Chapter 9 – The gamechanger

Hello there everybody. We finally arrived at the grand finale. As you are all very perceptive people I am sure you noticed that the title doesn't reveal what we will be discussing this time. In fact this is the only time I didn't give any hint of what will be the topic. I wanted to increase the anticipation.

What could this moron be thinking? 

What is the biggest change that is comming to Final Fantasy VII. 

Well it is very popular nowadays. 

Three letters, begins with a D.

DRM

Hahahahaha, no. Just joking. I had you worried there for a moment, huh? No, DRM are the results of the misconception that players have to be punished for not having enough money to buy new videogames or being cautious when spending money on Ubisoft products. Smart companies like Blizzard are able to get lots of money out of games that people can play for free. The actual topic is.

DLC.

A much more friendly idea. According to Hajime Tabata not only will XV have DLC but they will be free DLC. And we already have plenty of precedent for DLC in other games, like Type-0 and XIII-2.

So why are DLC such a big deal?

Well because the current game is not desinged for them. Let's look at new character skins. That's about as simple as DLC can get. It would also work well. Even if we only pick canon outfits Cloud has the shinra trooper uniform, his regular outfit, his cowgirl outfit and his advent children outfit. Tifa has the regular, the advent children, the cowgirl and the wall market outfit. Yuffie has one for Crisis Core, one for Kingdom Hearts, one for Advent Children, one for Dirge of Cerberus and the regular. Oh yeah and one more for Before Crisis. Even Vincent has the Turk suit to change into.

So how do you put them on? You can't even equip armor in VII. You might think adding a new option in the menu is no big deal, but for me it kinda is. Also, remember how I mentioned that Gilgamesh might show up on the Battle Square? Currently there is no option to challenge single opponents. It simply doesn't work that way.

How about new scenarios? Keep in mind that at this point I am only proposing things that have precedent in the series, so all of this will likely totally happen. In XIII-2 you could play side stories starring characters otherwise not playable in the game by going to specific places. VII could either incorporate this system and have you go to Costa Del Sol to relive Zack in swimwear fighting off monsters with a freakin parasol.

Or, it could include a question to the main menu when you pick new game. Do you want to play the campaing or maybe What if Zack surived? - The untold adventures or Aerith lives – The Wishful thinking or maybe Clouds journey home – Across the multiverse.

I am especially proud of my last idea. So Cloud goes crazy and falls into the Lifestream. He is summoned to Ivalice for a few adventures and sent back. But was he sent back? Maybe he missed the exit and ended up in the future setting of Final Fantasy XVI. Or Spira where he meets with Shinra and realises that he is in the past. A whole campaing can be based on Cloud's dimension hopping adventures. And he doesn't have to do it alone. He could party up with Gilgamesh and make him playable for the first time. You know what? Let's throw in my favorite sociopath Shantotto. She is super fun and also likes to jump between different universes.

Okay now I really want this game to happen. Damit.