Did I read correctly and are they remaking VII for PS3?
No they have said they are not. They released a tech demo when PS3 was announced of Midgar...it was awesome but they've denied a full game ever since.
12 was not that bad. Way better than the quite frankly rubbish 10 and the even rubbisher 10-2 but I find arguing Final fantasies is futile because everyone has a different opinion even though I know I'm right.
In the first 7 hours of Lost Odyssey I was affected emotionally. Ignore the bad reviews of this game. It's everything a jrpg should be...except for random battles and so far no world map (still on the first disc so that might change).
Other games that have tugged my emotional chord would be Half-life 2, 2.1, 2.2. Final Fantasy 8. Max Payne 2. Planescape Torment. Panzer Dragoon Saga. That's all I can think of really. It's only more recently that games have been able to draw me in with ease, it shows the progression of the industry. Back in the Amiga/Snes days I really couldn't care less.
On the other hand we should not be talking solely about games that have been able to make you sad. Gaming's real triumph is making you excited, happy, exhilerated etc. It's much easier for the medium to achieve this.
Racing games like F-Zero and Burnout just leave you frazzled.
Games like Counter Strike, Team Fortress or CoD4 online leave you feeling so tense. (To quote the great bard "
There is nothing like the rush of hunting people down and killing them, I mean, my hearts beating, my hearts beating, my hands are shaking, my hands are shaking but I'm still shooting, I'm still getting the headshots. It's like Boom headshot. BOOM headshot! BOOM HEADSHOT!"
Games like Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports, Half-Life 2, BioShock are so brilliant that they just make you smile. They make you feel happy.
People focus far too much on the fact "Yeah well a game never made me cry so they have a long way to go" that's bull. It's not about that. It's about fun and being happy.