No thanks.
I'm at the age where prostate exams have started to become a thing... if they discovered a new way to test for it that involved shoving bamboo needles under finger nails I'd be signing up so fast you'd get whiplash.
I didn't mind the remake.
The combat system was good and the setting and locations were well done and definitely aligned with the original.
Things I didn't enjoy were the changes to the story, the watchers of fate or whatever they are calling them are a needless retarded story trope that detracts from the story and I hope they abandon them and just say they were Jenova cells fucking with everyone's mind for the next parts. The other thing that is an issue is that this game was short on story. They have padded it out with some sidequests but they didn't really add much. The battle arena is also just padding and will be replaced by the Gold saucers battle square IMO for the sequels.
All of my issues with the game stem entirely from the changes to the story beats. It ruins the pacing of the story and makes the story needlessly complicated and messy. The original had a good story that was complex enough without becoming convoluted. This one was convoluted and ridiculous, the whole time travel, fighting personifications of fate etc. crap is just wank. A massive fight with Jenova spawn (even have the Jenova spawn imitate Sephiroth for your Sephiroth jollies) but make it clear after you defeat it that it was only a weak offshoot of Jenova and a shadow of Sephiroth not anything that parallels the real power and strength of the two.
I'm still looking forward to the next releases but I hope now that the core mechanics are ironed out they add more story and move the prime storyline at a faster pace but I think we are going to be disappointed there. My biggest concerns is that they will abandon the project before they finish it as well as decide they will try and "fix" the story more.
The neutral simplified version:
KotakuInAction had strict moderation. Partially to try to avoid getting banned from reddit and partially to try and keep things on topic. The mods at KotakuInAction wants to keep the movement focused on video games and not the greater culture war at large. KotakuInAction2 went with lighter moderation, while still having a focus on gaming also discusses the wider cultural war as well.
KIA1 probably overmoderated and a lot of relevant stuff wasn't allowed, but KIA2 is probably a bit too unfocused and a little spammy at times.
KiA mods wanted to keep the sub hyper focused on gaming and kept introducing rules to keep the focus narrow. Eventually they held a vote on one of the rules. The vote went the opposite way the mods wanted so they ignored the vote and brought in the rule that they wanted to in the first place and it ended up getting rid of every second post submitted. A sub was set up to try and mediate the difference between the community and the mods but the mods did not participate and ignored everything that the users raised (hats of to TheHat and AdamRises for making a big effort despite it being futile). That fell apart when one of the mods entered in there and only spent their time their insulting AoV before leaving.
KiA2 formed in protest. KiA increasingly seemed to attempt to narrow the scope whereas KiA2 accepted that GG is simply one field of battle in the wider culture war. The mods on KiA became more and more antagonistic against the people unhappy with the backflip and disregard of the vote, unhappy with the heavy handed moderation and attitude of many of the mods. The mods on KiA started banning longtime contributors and eventually kicked one of the only mods that was trying to keep moderating with the original spirit of the sub.
KiA2 became more and more active over this time. The mods on KiA doubled down and started calling users of KiA2 all the standard SJW insults (nazi, white supremacist etc.). The subs sort of entered into a bit of a stalemate and did their own thing (though some of the mods on KiA still felt the need to throw shade every now and then).
KiA is still going ok and KiA2 is coming on strong a getting good growth and activity.
KiA is trying to keep an image of being politically neutral whereas KiA2 is openly anti leftist at the moment because the issues with media are all stemming from leftism at the moment.
I think DoM forgot a rule: no Aussies.
Oi, we aren't all like raaraa
Its because they were worried about how the left would twist it.
They still think that the other side of this argument don't want us all to die in a fire. This isn't a pleasant disagreement, this is a culture war and I only see it ramping up. There won't ever be a coming together with the leftists and a compromise and live and let live mentality. The leftists will only accept complete capitulation and even then will use that to tear you down more. Never apologise, don't compromise because they won't they will just take and take.
I'm going to stay sub agnostic and just post on both.
I post more on KiA2 because there are more posts there that I'm interested in posting in but I'm not going to stop giving my opinion on KiA.
Polyamory is a load of shit.
Monogamy is more intimate as the couple shares stuff with each other that they share with no one else. They can dedicate their attention and affection entirely to one other person and that person reciprocates. In a good healthy relationship you are also best friends with your partner and enjoy spending time with them.
A polyamorous group cannot do this as they must share affection and attention amongst multiple people. Affection and attention are a limited resource and when they are split amongst multiple people it automatically decreases it.
It will always lead to someone in the group feeling neglected and starved and desperate for more as that is human nature.
But in saying that, that's just my personal views, if someone else wants to go off and do that, I'll judge you and look down on your relationship as being lesser but you do you, you shouldn't care what I think.