On its own, Last Order was good. I don't know why they changed the Sephiorth thing, nor do I understand why they changed the Cloud/Tifa thing, but otherwise, it was far better than Advent Children. Despite the two very glaring changes in plot, LO at least has a grip on the game, and represents it better than AC did.
As far as the cannon/non-cannon argument goes; it's either all cannon, or none of it is. Square is responsible for every game and movie that has followed the original, so it's up to you whether or not you want to include any of this into the mythos.
Personally, I incorporate none of it. Aerith is Aeris to me, Cloud threw Sephiroth into the MAKO, Tifa didn't know Cloud was in the reactor, and we never really knew if Holy stopped Meteor. We just don't know.
To me, everything that followed FFVII was crap, and none of it pays proper homage to the game. In my opinion, the story of FFVII begins on disc one, and ends forever on disc three. That's it. No more.
As far as the cannon/non-cannon argument goes; it's either all cannon, or none of it is. Square is responsible for every game and movie that has followed the original, so it's up to you whether or not you want to include any of this into the mythos.
Personally, I incorporate none of it. Aerith is Aeris to me, Cloud threw Sephiroth into the MAKO, Tifa didn't know Cloud was in the reactor, and we never really knew if Holy stopped Meteor. We just don't know.
To me, everything that followed FFVII was crap, and none of it pays proper homage to the game. In my opinion, the story of FFVII begins on disc one, and ends forever on disc three. That's it. No more.