Final Fantasy VII - 1997 Classic vs 2020 Remake | Direct Comparison

[@OGdigitalpink]

One of the things that made the original a masterpiece was the impeccable aesthetic, even despite the limited graphics and visual story telling fidelity. The way they captured the world in the original was amazing. And watching this comparison I see so many aesthetic choices in the remake that would have been easy to replicate or even improve upon but are lazily or sloppily done. Firstly, one of the things that gave the reactor mission so much vibe was the enormous sense of space dropping away beneath the narrow gangways. In the remake they removed this aspect completely with water directly below the gangway or design the gangways and walls so that you don't get a sense of epic industrial space. Why? Why skip over the main feature that gave the original bombing mission it's awe inspiring aesthetic flavour? And another one which is even more painful to see... is that Seventh Heaven in the original truly looks like a tiny slum shack bar. With soooo much vibe. Exposed pipes. Planked floor with visible gaps. Even the square light above the bar with it's colour blocks is was such an on point dystopian aesthetic choice. A single salvaged pinball machine glowing a mesmerising orange in an otherwise dark corner. Just a hobbled ugly shelf with it's random contents and clutter showing... In the remake they made the bar way bigger, with a clean almost modern chic aesthetic... elegant tables placed nicely, bright lighting, actual bar cabinets with proper trim on them... in a slum... Why? Do the devs even know what a slum looks like? There's never space in a slum. Things are always crammed together in a ramshackle cluttered way, with cheap and tacky neon gimmicks and messy electrical work. Uhh. It just sucks to see so much money poured into a thing and then have the professionals in charge of location design totally not get something that gave so much identity to the original.

[@LazerGlassX3]

You’re definitely an old-head lol. The remake is definitely a million times better. The old one actually sucks in comparison

[@Bassmaster_UK_Band]

The new game has more technically impressive graphics, but the original wins on charm and originality every time.

[@phaex2288]

Please stop.

[@Bassmaster_UK_Band]

@@phaex2288 Of course not.

[@xarchanx]

Thank you for this!

[@michaelhuebner6843]

This is like comparing apples to oranges. What is the point?

[@olmanggg3]

Believe it or not some people did not play the orinal FF7, so they may want to see how the old game looks like, compare to this new one. Can be curiosity, can be to see how games have evolved through time, could be a lot of different things, in my case is the second option since I no longer have the old game I just wanted to remember how the old game looks like. Which is funny because I remember the game exactly as the remake looks now xD.

[@sigurdtheblue]

@@olmanggg3 They should have checked a while ago.

[@zetsuboushinjiruu9350]

The story isn't accurate, that was the huge problem