“In my research, I unearthed artwork that show a ludicrous level of detail went into the game – detail that never made it into the final product due to the limitations of the target format. The “lost art” referenced in the thread title isn’t meant to describe this content as having been lost and found – it refers to the art details that were lost when the graphics were downconverted to a limited 32-bit console.
The following pieces are the highly-detailed environment art from a selection of Square USA staff. The intense details were eventually downscaled to the 320x240 native resolution of the PlayStation to become pre-rendered in-game backgrounds. As you can see much was lost:”
ok i’m gonna rant for a minute
because despite being a not-so-secret clerith shipper
i hate the cloti/clerith shipping wars
or the fanfics where tifa and aerith are like worst enemies
because you guys do realize that they’re seriously like the best of friends and pretty much inseparable in the game right? like 8 times out of 10 if the party is split up and hanging around somewhere, aerith and tifa are almost always together.
despite the two of them having obvious affection for cloud (and anyone can argue that aerith was attracted to the zack she saw in cloud but w/e ur welcome to ur opinion)
they still managed to develop a beautiful friendship, and not let any romantic feelings get in the way of what their job and their goal was.
