I wish for a remake (spoiler)

how was it not apparent that she was dead? She got stabbed through the chest, she fell over. Cloud buried her by putting her at the bottom of the lake. what do you think that she can breathe underwater? that somehow there is a magical tunnel in the lake where she'll just pop out of and go "OH HAI! I'm back! that whole sequence was for absolutely nothing. Here you can play as me again, but i'm a Zombie this tiem."

They made it fairly obvious that she died. and it wasn't just that sequence. when Cloud, Aerith and Sephiroth are all in the sleeping forest, it very strongly foreshadows that something bad is going to happen. Why is that? Aerith says 'i need to go on alone' 'bye cloud!' and she runs away. Cloud tries to follow her, but alas, he is running in place. then Sephiroth falls from the trees down to where Cloud is. Its really obvious.

Then you say that the game is not replayable because of all of the 'useless drama'. sorry to burst your bubble, but i've replayed this game more than twelve times. and i'm not the only one. ask just about anyone on this board and they'll tell you that they've replayed it at least one time. people replay final fantasy games. why? sure we already know what is going to happen. Its pretty similar to reading a book for a second time. execpt unlike a book, there are things in the video game medium that allow for the second or third time to be pretty different from the previous times. for example, the ancient forest, the golden chocobo, Emerald, Ultimate and Ruby Weapon. obtaining Vincent and Yuffie and then their subsequent side quests and hidden areas. There are many reasons to replay this game. and perhaps you'd want to argue that a book has usless drama because people die in books too that can't be revived. so perhaps their deaths have no meaning whatsoever either. like lets take The Lord of the Rings as a good example. boromir, one of the main and central characters, dies trying to protect Merry and Pippin. and he can't be revived. sure, Gandalf the Grey died and came back as Gandalf the white. but that's not the same thing, because Gandalf had it in his power to be brought back. Toklin even explains himself that Gandalf was brought back because he had authority that was greater than the authority that bound time together. So did Boromir die for no reason either? did his death scene serve no point whatsoever? If you can somehow argue that Boromir died for nothing either, then you should really reevaluate what literature is and what it means.

also, from what it sounds like, the only reason why you play this game is to get stronger than sephiroth and beat him. okay yes that is more or less the main goal of the game, to defeat sephiroth. but that is not at all why the majority of people out there play the game. they play the game for the wonderful story, for the great characters, for the drama and the substance of the story. there are so many wonderful aspects to it. Aerith's connection to Dr. Gast. Hojo being Sephiroth's father. Cait Sith and his ties with Reeve and Shinra. Reno, Rude, and Elena and how in the end (depending on how it is you played) and their realization that what Avalanche is trying to accomplish really is for the greater good of the planet. Cid and his dreams to go out into space and how that subsequently makes everyone realize that although there is so much more to life than the tiny planet that they reside on, that their tiny little home needs all the help and aid that it can get. that that realization that there are so many bigger aspects to the universe only gives them all the more reason to protect everything that they have and love. that is substance. that is drama. that is what we like to call a storyline.

if you just want to raise up your characters and defeat sephiroth, go for it. but you admitting your opinion that sephiroth is one of the greatest video game villains means that you acknowledge all the aspects of the wonderful story. which means that you have to atleast agree that the story has some aspect of drama and substance. if not, would you please explain to me your reasons why Sephiroth is one of the greatest villains in your opinion.

Oh and yes, by the way. killing of any character would add what i like to call substance. For instance Sephiroth didn't only just kill Aerith. he killed Tseng (yeah sure he comes back in Advent Children, and so does Rufus for that matter of fact, but i stick by the idea that they are dead. why? because how could they not die? the only reason they were brought back in AC, my opinion, is to bring back the element of the Shinra corporation.) Sephiroth also killed President Shinra as well.

So yes lets say they killed off Barret instead of Aerith. or they killed them both. it would have added substance because no one in that game died for no reason. Even Dyne, one of the least central character to the overall theme of the game, had a big reason to die. It showed Barret that no one was invincible and that sanity is a fragile thing. it also showed him that time does indeed change things and that the word 'redemption' really does mean something.

once again, in every piece of literature in any of its mediums (books, movies, games) or should i say in any noteworthy piece of literature that has a strong and meaningful story, everything happens for a reason. and just because everyone can't pick up on that doesn't mean that it is not a fact.

"This conversation is stupid. i'm hungry. where's the food?" - Tucker