Jp wrote:

I've played a bit of FF:T, and 'm trying to get into it, but it's fairly difficult. I'm not sure who made the decision that death should be permanent, but I want to stab them. Repeatedly. Because it means that if one of my characters dies, I have to finish the mission in the next three turns or so (Not that there's turns, as such, but you know what I mean)

You can also revive them in-battle, if I recall correctly(like any other FF game, with the exception of this being more or less necessary in FFT, but optional in others). So by following simple buddy-rule systems, someone could be nearby to revive a fallen comrade (the last thing you need is someone to die on the opposite side of the map, relative to the rest of your party!).

I have a fair idea of Cloud's history, but the whole [...]

I suppose a fair number of people could've been confused as well. =/

The good news is that enough people caught on that a Square has a ton of FF7 support. Now they just need to hurry up and get FF:BC and FF:CC up and running over here. Someone needs to hassle our phone manufacturers and agencies over here. >=/

Hiead