It wrapped up pretty well, although I'm still a bit shady over where Kadaj and his gang came from still. I do hope they make another one because FF7 AC was totally badass. I think that for a sequel it would be interesting if a totally new threat arose that only Cloud would be strong enough to face. Then as this almost invincible threat travels around, Cloud's closest friends challenge it when Cloud is busy elsewhere, and are either killed or thought to be killed. Imagine if Tifa were killed, the guilt Cloud would have over not having been there for her and having failed his friends again would resurface much more powerfully and poignantly than before. It would be staggering. This brings the plot back to what is most interesting in FF7: Cloud's internal battles as a human being. We would be able to relate to him and understand as he either becomes shattered by the loss or hell-bent on revenge (which I think would be a bit out of character for Cloud, but a possibility). Aeris would be gone at this point, so there would be no reassuring spiritual guidance for Cloud. In the past, Cloud has been a true loner, but he has always had friends, or followers of a sort. While Tifa has been the only one to truly understand him for the most part, Cloud still keeps to himself and does not actively seek out his friends for internal issues that he has. An aspect of Cloud that still has not been addressed is his real lack of family, or that he has preferred to stay alone for fear of hurting those who might get too close to him. A sequel like this might present a chance for Cloud and Tifa to finally get together, or for Cloud to finally embrace his 'followers' as true friends in the scenario that Tifa was slain without hope of revival. Damn, that would be one emotional story.
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