(06-17-2015, 05:57 AM)cherrybomb Wrote: The problem isn't just an aversion to anything that didn't happen in the original, though - you're kind of glossing over the more relevant point. Candor's post is absolutely spot-on; introducing a retcon for absolutely no narrative benefit besides over-complication for the sake of it is a major storytelling pitfall. (& as a metal gear fan i'm intimately familiar with it :II) Even putting aside all the stuff that makes Genesis such an obnoxious and trite character, his inclusion is just plain redundant and unnecessary, which is a thing that's endemic to the extended universe style of writing in general.Except it wasn't really a retcon? SE didn't go "I like this guy so im gonna forget ff VII because I want him in it"
It's kind of telling that even a lot of the people who really like Crisis Core's story tend to say stuff like, "yea it was surprisingly good whenever Genesis wasn't on screen"
They literally took time to work him into the story. I've played all the games like everyone else and I can clearly see there's nothing astoundingly hurtful to anything in vii because of Genesis input.
Not like he picked Seph up and dropped him in Shinra manor. And everyone in CC that knew Genesis was either dead or corrupted in vii so of course he wasn't mentioned in vii.
He wasn't hurting the series contrary to everyones belief. Whether he helped it or was just there however is up to opinion. There's plenty people who liked Genesis as well (im one of em) but on this forum it seems im alone in that regard.
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