[FF7PC-98] The Reunion (OLD THREAD, SAVED FOR POSTERITY)

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I agree though it neglects some parts.  Cloud stabs him checks on Tifa.  Shortly after Sephiroth recovers holding Jenova's head he walks out the room to the catwalk back in the room Zax tells Cloud to get Sephiroth.  Then the events with Cloud getting stabbed and such happen.  It also neglects what Cloud himself stated saying that is was Sephiroth's will.  This also neglects the fact that Sephiroth's mind was not the only crystilized.  If it just goes by the mind as it suggests then Sephiroth wouldn't have anything to reconstruct from which is actually even stated even in the wiki.  Though I assume the person who wrote that expected you to know already or just simply forgot.
 
Wiki sums it up nice actually.  :-P
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Exactly. The only thing that bugs me the is the "A few weeks prior to the first events of the game" part. The timeline states that they broke free December 18 of 0006 and they reach the outskirts of Midgar only in late September of 0007, and the bombing of reactor 1 takes place on December 9 making almost a year (51 weeks,  :-P) worth of time :-o
 
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Not the original game anyway...  dates aren't recorded at all.  So I guess that comes from preq seq again?

I mean, part of the original game's charm is that you can believe their world uses a different dating system or names for months.... and now it all has to have real world names and dates?  That sucks.
 
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I believe there are notes of their experimentation results, when they found them and what happened after and why they let Cloud go in the manshion basement which I believe give dates to them.
 
Not the original game anyway...  dates aren't recorded at all.  So I guess that comes from preq seq again?

I mean, part of the original game's charm is that you can believe their world uses a different dating system or names for months.... and now it all has to have real world names and dates?  That sucks.
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Yeah it's likely that that is the case, but at the same time I don't remember where it's stated in the game that only a few weeks of time have passed from Nibelheim to Zack's death.

I believe there are notes of their experimentation results, when they found them and what happened after and why they let Cloud go in the manshion basement which I believe give dates to them.
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But they are way too detailed... could it be the Ultimania the source for them?

Anyway if isn't told in the original game if it's few weeks or 50 weeks it shouldn't matter THAT much.
 
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Yeah it's likely that that is the case, but at the same time I don't remember where it's stated in the game that only a few weeks of time have passed from Nibelheim to Zack's death.
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It isn't...  so that's come from elsewhere. imho It's best to stay well away from other sources if you want to enjoy FF7, because the more you read from other sources, the more the story seems to get retarded from all the crap they have added, and retcons they've made and so forth.
 
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It isn't...  so that's come from elsewhere. imho It's best to stay well away from other sources if you want to enjoy FF7, because the more you read from other sources, the more the story seems to get retarded from all the crap they have added, and retcons they've made and so forth. 
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So nobody should care  ;-) .
 
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I believe that not only does it not say ingame I believe geoghracially it is impossible given Midgar is on another continent.  It would take a heck of alot longer especially given what between the two give how we had to get there ingame meaning the driver would never go in that direction meaning he had to take some off the beaten path roads or maybe not even roads at all.
 
Anyway to me it's incredible how only 16 years later some forum users manage to make sense of a much more complicated situation given all the prequels that help for worse and actually care enough to spend their free time in correcting that (and get complained), while the original translator couldn't, never cared, and everyone was happy of their job (FF7 the MASTERPIECE... even if it makes no sense, lol)  :-o
 
What can I say I love a game with villians that have god complexes and dude with huge broadsword.  This is something I've realized for a long while and proud to contribute to the debate and bring some valualbe information to anothers mod.  Thanks DLPB for all that you are doing sir I hope to see more works from you in the future.  I also thank you for having this debate with me this was very enlightning.
 
It was enlightening for me too.  8) 

This one was still awkward but has been fixed:
This one is a very good example of bad flow.

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{BARRET}“So let's hear your story…”{NEW}“You know, the one about Sephiroth and the crisis of the Planet.”{NEW}“Let's hear it all.”------------------------------{CLOUD}“…I used to want to be like Sephiroth, so I joined SOLDIER.”{NEW}“After working with Sephiroth on several missions, we became friends.”------------------------------{BARRET}“You call that a friend?”------------------------------{CLOUD}“Yeah, well…”{NEW}“He was older than me, and hardly ever talked about himself.”------------------------------{CLOUD}“So I guess you'd call us war buddies… We trusted each other. Until one day…”
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{BARRET}“So… Your story?”{NEW}“Sephiroth. A crisis facin'  the planet. Let's hear it.”{CLOUD}“I wanted to be like Sephiroth,  so I joined Soldier.”{NEW}“After working with him on  several missions,we got  to know each other.”------------------------------{BARRET}“You were friends?”------------------------------{CLOUD}“I'm not sure…”{NEW}“I mean,he was older than  me and didn't really talk  about himself.”------------------------------{CLOUD}“We were more like  comrades,I guess.”{NEW}“We trusted each other.  Up until then…”
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ktN09WRXNheHJ4NFhrakl6Vnc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

You can follow our progress there.   :P
 
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Ah well, as for the dates thing...  I was wrong, the original game makes it fairly clear that FF7 uses same time and dating system as Earth (which is a shame... I think they should have been more original there.)

It mentions weeks, years, months, and days.  Doesn't name them, but that's scraping the barrel.  I am sure the reason they didn't name them is because that makes the game harder for the writers ;)
 
They kept the concept which evolved into Parasite Eve, which wasn't half bad.
 
Midgar is its own little world, if you ask me. I don't see why they need to tie it into our world at all...
 
In terms of gravity and stuff, it's important.  I mean it's important that you set boundaries.  i.e.  if someone stabbed, they are seriously injured and bleed and can die.  That works well if you are placing them into danger situations because then it matters to the audience (which is one of the reasons why Advent Children/Star Wars Prequels aren't well written because the violence and real life situations are treated as cartoons)...

but using earth's time system and so forth strikes me as lazy.  The writers didn't want to make it hard on themselves figuring out what year such and such happened, and they didn't want to invest time expanding on ff7 mythos.  of course they also had to consider time and schedule... unlike Tolkien.
 
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They kept the concept which evolved into Parasite Eve, which wasn't half bad.
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Wait, so there IS a connection between VII and Parasite Eve? I was telling a friend about Sephiroth's backstory and she said it reminded her of Parasite Eve so oh my gosh. XD
 
Wait, so there IS a connection between VII and Parasite Eve? I was telling a friend about Sephiroth's backstory and she said it reminded her of Parasite Eve so oh my gosh. XD
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Just about the only connection is the 1999 New York setting. Most of the backstory in Parasite Eve was predetermined, since it was a sequel to the book (which is a damn good read, btw).
 
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