Note: This article contains some spoilers for works related to "Final Fantasy 7".
As a landmark work in the history of games, the name of "Final Fantasy 7" has become so loud that even non-series players have heard of it.
's interesting and deep combat gameplay, exquisite and mature 3D cinematic camera movements, twists and turns and several reversal of narrative tricks, ff7's excellent quality set a new benchmark for subsequent role-playing games and became a generation Unforgettable memories for players.
In addition, ff7 also leaves a difficult problem for all players: Tifa or Alice?
Since the release of the original version of ff7, the controversy over "who is the best heroine, Tifa or Aerith?" has always been a hot topic among players. In the course of the official setting of
for decades, the two popular characters with distinctive images have gradually evolved into two pairs of enduring party-fighting CPs, which continue to maintain the discussion and topics of the game. sex.
In 2020, ff7 was reborn as a remake. The remake rebuilt the classic plot that everyone is familiar with, taking the story into unknown territory. While the official brought more possibilities, it also did not give up the opportunity to speculate on CP. With more ambiguous interactions and more straightforward expressions, the emergence of the remake announced the official opening of a new round of CP party struggle.
In "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth" released last week, the story finally reached its climax, and everyone's long-awaited date at the Kingdee Amusement Park came as promised.
erse officially reproduces the superb skills of Master Duan Shui, and the scenes are arranged so that neither side can offend, allowing fans of the two families to open champagne while cleaning up each other, and the war has reignited again after four years.
Although the influence of the IP of "Final Fantasy" has been greatly reduced, and the appeal of ff7 has also begun to show decline, the CP party struggle between Tifa and Alice is an eternal and eternal issue, just like the "Fallout" That famous saying:
"war, war never changes."
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Before officially entering the history of party struggle, we must first understand a little bit about some slang that passers-by cannot understand. The
ff7 series of games has a large number of branches, with many characters and complicated emotional lines. For the time being, we will only focus on the emotional drama of a few main characters. The ct (cloud tifa, Claude Tifa, foreign writing) developed with the protagonist Claude as the core The battle between cloti) and ca (cloud aerith, Claude Alice, foreign writing clerith) has not stopped yet.
The relationship between Tifa and Aerith in the game is actually not bad. In the hotel, they are willing to stay in the same room and open up about their secrets before going to bed. On the cargo ship, they will hide from Cloud and talk. Stories about parents and first love. However, outside of the game, the relationship between the CT Party and the CA Party is indeed a bit of an "eternal" enemy.
Take the domestic Baidu Tieba as an example. A few years ago, the main discussion community for ff7 was divided into two places: "Final Fantasy 7 Bar" and "FF7 Bar". Among them, "Final Fantasy 7 Bar" mainly dealt with ct. Generally speaking, they are disgusted with the Alice portrayed in "Rebirth"; while "ff7 Bar" mainly deals with CA, or in other words, they are quite dissatisfied with the arrogance of the CT party.
Generally speaking, "Final Fantasy 7 Bar" and "FF7 Bar" each hold their own opinions and have their own reasons. If you are a neutral player who has no interest in CP, you will probably be a fan of the two. During the repeated bombings, his faith was shaken. As for the main bar "Final Fantasy Bar", as early as a few years ago after the bar change, CP discussions of FF7 were banned, which naturally reduced a lot of scolding and controversy.
And if we bypass the player community, pull the timeline back to 1997, and examine these two pairs of CPs from the perspective of the original work, then we will see:
took good care of Claude and accompanied him during the days when he was unconscious. Tifa, who has gone through a complete journey, is gentle and strong, and proves with actions that "company is the longest confession of love";
Alice, who is lively, cute and proactive, uses the water burial in the Forgotten City as her farewell to life and death, and she and Claude The yin and yang is full of regretful beauty...
I have to say that the root of ff7's party struggle problem is actually that the script and character design are too poor. Under the premise that there is no official official match, ct and ca are completely different. The charm and tension of Koke, no matter how you knock it, it has a unique charm. After all, Koke CP emphasizes personal freedom.
But just like the long-standing works such as "Conan" and "Inuyasha", today's CP party members in FF7 do not have to fight for more scenes in the remake for their favorite characters, but simply dislike the opponent. That’s all. The domestic ff7 player community has had many criticisms and misunderstandings due to various coincidences. Here are two typical examples:
Players who have played the original ff7 should have the impression that when the process advances to Kingdee Playground, The protagonist group chasing Sephiroth accepted Kate West's prophecy: "You will get what you want, but you will lose what you love." Based on the subsequent plot, many CA party members believe that Claude's "love" is Ally. Silk.
However, in fact, the translation here is a Chinese translation, and the original text does not mention "love". Many CT Party members regard this sentence as a private product smuggled by the CA Party, and think that "losing what you love" is a mistake. The translation deceived a large number of players.
Another typical example is that many domestic players came into contact with ff7 from "Advent of the Son" or "Crisis Core", or simply from the 3D area. In short, a large number of players are not familiar with ff7 at all. I have never played the original ff7.
Compared to Alice's fan base, Tifa's fans are more disorganized. You never know whether those players who shout "Tifa is my wife" and "Tifa Cloud is a perfect match" all day long are just watching. After several 3D short films, I still played the original game with real feelings. The final result of
was that a large number of players who had not played the original ff7 mistakenly regarded the side story as the main story, which annoyed many ff7 players.
In the eyes of the ca party, players who have never played the original game but force themselves to stand on CT are disrespectful to both Tifa and Cloud. Ten years ago, there was a meme in the domestic Final Fantasy community called "7 Your Sisters", which refers to the phenomenon of mistaking "Advent of the Son" or "Crisis Core" for FF7.
In the past 20 years, the CT Party and the CA Party have accumulated a lot of historical issues. Fighting for official positions is important, but it is also important to give an account of one's youth. From this point of view, now CT and It is not difficult to understand the current situation of incompatibility between the two CA families.
Of course, there is no point in bringing out the dark history of these player communities now. The official has made countless patches for the story of ff7. Instead of dwelling on the past, it is better to take a look at the official version more than 20 years after the original release. Modern understanding and transformation of ff7.
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In the original version of ff7, the official set up a favorability system common in love simulation games. Players can increase the favorability of teammates through specific conversations or interactions, thus triggering subsequent intimate plots.
The remake version released in 2020 inherited the favorability system of the original work. However, due to space limitations, Cloud's relationship with Tifa and Alice did not develop by leaps and bounds in the remake version. Although these people thought Everyone already knows this, but fans definitely want to see more than just a few ambiguous love words.
With the release of "Rebirth" last week, the CT Party and the CA Party finally arrived at the Golden Butterfly Amusement Park they had longed for. Under the atmosphere of fireworks, the date between Cloud and Tifa exceeded everyone's expectations. Expectation - the sincere kiss between the two people in the Ferris wheel is a luxurious plot that no other character has ever had.
It’s not that Alice doesn’t have a date event at the Golden Butterfly Amusement Park. In fact, as long as her favorability is high enough, all her teammates will have an exclusive story about the Ferris wheel. However, the fact is that no matter how high the favorability of other teammates is, Claude’s The first kiss will only be given to Tifa.
If you think that the long war between the CT Party and the CA Party has ended, then you must have underestimated the official's strength as the Duan Shui Master, because just before the two kissed, Cloud sitting next to Tifa's mouth He also said: "Alice, does she still like Zack?"
Since Zack was mentioned, let's talk about the biggest change to the original plot in "Rebirth" - Zack won the battle. In the Easter match, I met Claude and Alice again.
However, "Rebirth" does not seem to be very friendly to the resurrected Zack. The brother he saved with all his strength does not remember him, and the woman he loves (referring to Alice) also ran away with Claude. Thanks to Zack Si is a sunny and cheerful big boy. If it were anyone else, he would probably collapse on the spot.
Well, strictly speaking, Zack and Alice's performance in "Crisis Core" was only extremely ambiguous, and the relationship between men and women was not officially confirmed. After Zack's death, the 89 letters sent by Alice were enough to show that I’ll leave it up to you to judge her feelings and how Alice completely let go of Zack in “Rebirth”.
comes back to the relationship between ct and ca. In order to make up for the kiss on the CT Ferris wheel, the official bowl of water was also held evenly. At the end of "Rebirth", Claude and Alice interlocked with their fingers, which paid tribute to that year's "Advent of the Son". "The position also corresponds to Alice's date at the Golden Butterfly Amusement Park.
Although interlocking fingers may not be as important as kissing, how could a man and woman without feelings make such an intimate gesture? Considering that ct's kissing scene is a side plot after the favorability level is maxed out, while ca's interlocking fingers are directly included in the main plot, it's hard to say in terms of the weight of the two.
All in all, the work "Rebirth" is so special in the eyes of CP fans. The official tried its best to please the ct and ca fans with a low profile that no one can offend. The ct party was satisfied after watching Kiss of the Century, and the ca party After watching the intertwining of fingers, they directly called her soul mate, although Claude's own attitude is still vague at the moment.
's ambiguity is not just about the CP relationship. "Rebirth" comes to an end in an inexplicable way. While digging holes without filling them, it deliberately confuses the timeline and the world line using the Riddler's technique, leaving more suspense. To the third part - As for how Tifa and Cloud carried water on the night they were alone in the original work, that will naturally be revealed in the third part.
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Having said so much, in fact, we haven’t talked about another pair of mainstream CPs in FF7, and it is also the most evil pair - sc (sephiroth cloud, Sephiroth Cloud)
Sephiroth, a classic in the history of games The villain burned down the entire Niflheim, and Cloud's mother, Tifa's father, and Alice herself all died in his hands. According to the plot setting, the relationship between Cloud and Sephiroth is a sworn feud. When they meet, it has become a muscle memory engraved in Cloud's DNA to draw the sword first without saying anything.
But evil practices never mean that it is hard to resist. In fact, SC has always been the most influential among the CPs in FF7. There are countless second-hand fan creations and a leading number of peripherals. At the end of this month, domestic SC fans will even hold an SC Only event. Interested friends can pay attention.
Regarding whether "the official vigorous selling of pornography has led to the glory of SC fan creations" or "the glory of SC fan creations has contributed to the official vigorous selling of pornography", it is as meaningless as "which came first, the chicken or the egg" .
The only thing that is certain is that in the ff7 series, the official has been selling these two men. One moment they are whispering in the ear intimately, and the other moment they are violently moving their hands and feet. No passerby can watch it. One sentence: "Aren't you really acting in some short movie?"
On the eve of the release of "Rebirth", ff7 linked up with Japanese Nissin instant noodles brand Donbei. Although the official said something like "Between Alice and Tifa" "We have been struggling for a long time," but they actually understood in their hearts that Sephiroth was obviously the best seller.
The number of likes of this tweet is higher than the first week physical sales of "Rebirth" in Japan
Therefore, in the world of ff7, speculating on CP is essentially a part of marketing. As a veritable master of water, the official No matter ca, ct, sc or za, any one of them will stuff some food and make some sugar.
Anyway, selling more peripherals and making more money is better than anything else. Since
earns money from CP fans, he must also endure high-pressure torture from CP fans for many years. The ambiguous and ambiguous relationship between the officials has indeed brought extra traffic to the game, but no one can guarantee that this traffic will not become a poison that will come back to bite them in the future. Even if a little bit of this smooth bowl of water is spilled, fans may be afraid I won't buy it again.
But then again, when the influence of the "Final Fantasy" series IP is no longer what it used to be, it is also an option to attract new players in the form of CP speculation. Of course, whether the last remake of ff7 should pursue the restoration and rationality of the script, or whether some settings should be modified to cater to the fan audience, may be the most important issue for SE to consider.
