FF7 remake observation. This whole thing with making sacrifices to stop relying on Mako, while big corporations saying draining Mako is safe and necessary for society to function...

Fossil fuels & global warming parallels? Hats off if this was intentional in the original game. 

 @338e8289 Totally was, that's part of what made it click so well!  I believe the city design and bits of that plot were also heavily inspired by a Japanese author with similar environmental themes too.  Lots of depth to the design of FF7s world and themes, even back on original release.