Well, I have thought about this a ton. As much as FF7 made me 'jizz in my pants' when I first saw it....It could seriously be improved.
Graphics, obviously....heck VIII was waaaay more detailed than VII....
What they could do now would bring a whole new group of fans...I would like to see my son enjoy this game...and I honestly don't think he would give it the same appreciation I have for it without an update in graphics.
Skipping cut scenes and narrowing down the 'summon' animation is a must for me. 'Knights of the round' was cool to watch the first 200 times, but when I set my materia to repeat.....ugh.....I have seriously walked out of the room and made a meal....ate half of it....rinsed and repeated the game commands....ect...
Get rid of the 'smart guy' cheats....like the 'Midgar Zolom' and learning 'Beta' early....
Don't get me wrong....I like the fact that FFVII is full of interesting stuff like this and that it is 'kind of' non-linear...but...let's face it, it's a cheat.
I don't like cheating.
Quick dialog is another must...
I press the 'command' button ....a sentence appears and I read it....(maybe the Japanese are slow readers or they think that the folks in the West are?IDFK FKEM)
With that said...voice acting would be a cool thing....but not if they are going to force me to listen to it......the option of hitting 'command' and getting the words is good enough for me.
I think the definition of the characters personality types can be more defined now that the authors are not so limited in their medium....I would like to see more of how Tifa and Cloud really reacted...ect...
That cool, but stupid battle that you always have to return to ehh.... 'Fort Condor' (sorry took me a minute).... It would be nice if there was some way of warning you when 'they' were in danger....maybe a (this is how much 'time' you have left system)....so that you didn't miss any battles.... (granted, most were crap)
But, to the defense of what you are saying, it seems that the FFVII world will not even be the same....perhaps they are thinking 'multi-player'.....I just hope they don't fk this up
J~