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I recently chanced upon a long-lost WIP we worked on and I think it might be the most beautiful thing I've ever stained. I miss ya, bud

I woke up and it was the first thing I saw in my news feed. Fuck, just after Christopher Lee, 2015 is trying to say something. Will be listening to The Land Before Time this morning. RIP good sir.

i'm just expressing my love is all where else would it go? i wouldn't dare. i'd have to adapt it from scratch as a tribute if anything at all. and by that i mean not a chance

Great, this post could be take as a tribute to the last years of Beethoven's life

I think the Final Fantasy series has always been about evolving and trying new stuff out. They've very rarely stayed the same from game to game and almost always have tried very new things with each release. FF2 totally changed the character advancement system to be based on combat actions. FF3 introduced a basic job system. FF4 had ATB combat for the first time and a rotating cast of unique characters. FF5 used a greatly expanded job system. FF6 did tons of new stuff, from tactical multi-party battles to the ability to switch people in and out of your party, the esper system... FF7 was a drastic departure in tone and style, not to mention visuals, plus the materia system, limit breaks etc FF8 took a whole new approach to advancement again, plus a totally new magic system and pushed even more into sci-fi territory. FF9 was probably the 'safest' in that it re-used a lot of concepts from earlier games - I'll give you that one. FF10 used a new combat system - turn-based, but with free switching within combat and character agility mattering way more, plus again totally new character advancement. FF11 was an MMO, nuff said. etc. While technically FF2 and 10 are both "turn based" they're extraordinarily different games in terms of how combat, progression, equipment.. EVERYTHING.. works. SE trying new stuff with FF12, 13 (and 13-2, 13-3) is to be expected!

It's not always about making new experiences. Final Fantasy VII deserves a remake exactly because it is such a good game. It is so good that repackaging it in a modern production value makes it so that so many more people can experience what Final Fantasy VII is. Young gamers. Older gamers who didn't play games like FF when they were younger. People who don't take craphics game seriously in general. They're taking FF7 and bringing it to so many people who didn't have the chance to play it (or the stomach for its aged quality). The remake makes it *accessible*. It makes it so that FF7 a valid modern game you can recommend to someone alongside Mass Effect or The Last Guardian. This is why you remake games. Your statement that games should only be remade when they need to be fixed is, well, wrong, at least with what I value and what I think developers should value in the industry, which is bringing amazing experiences to everybody, not just the people who have the benefit of nostalgia. Final Fantasy VII is too amazing an experience to leave as a relic of the past.

until he returns I shall now assume he's in the looney bin as he used up all of his sanity dealing with this site.