CGI animation was made for Blu-ray, and for young children.
But there might be one or two exceptions…
CGI animation.
What do you think of when you hear it?
You see, heres the bizarre thing with CGI.
CGI animation has become synonymous with the idea that animation must be for children.
Its set two years afterFFVII, when Cloud and his colleagues took on the evil Sephiroth.
This recap is brilliant as I remember the plotline of the game being incredibly convoluted!
In the meantime, Kadaj and his gang of bikers are hunting for something called Mother.
Shinra knows that they cant fight him so plan to recruit Cloud to deal with Kadaj too.
This, however, doesnt detract too heavily from the stunning visuals.
Visually, Advent Children on Blu Ray is absolutely stunning, even four years after it was first released.
The picture has been rendered in high definition, and it definitely shows.
Hmmmm, is this going to be a stumbling block?
It runs for 6 mins and 38 seconds.
Still, its nice to see how things have changed.
Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VIIandReminiscence of Final Fantasy VIICompilationare 24 minutes and 29 minutes long respectively.
The former covers theFFVIIPlaystation game.
Its pretty much a walk through of key points of the game in all its 16 bit glory.
If youve got kids who havent seen that generation of consoles, stick them in front of this!
Its based on the original Japanese language game, using theFFVIImusic, featuring English language subtitles.
As with the characters inAdvent Children, everyone looks realistically recognised.
Its bound to be a big seller when it arrives on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Also on the disc are trailers forAdvent Childrenas shown at a variety of trade shows.
The extras, whilst plentiful, dont feel that substantial.
How about a demonstration of the rendering process at various stages?
Disc:
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Blu Ray isout now.
Rating:
2 out of 5