Square Enix have finally announced some activity on the Final Fantasy VII front, and just as the leak suggested, it is one unlikely to satisfy even the none too lofty expectations of fans.
The trailer:
As previously detailed, a low spec PC is all that is needed to enjoy PSX-era FF7 with the addition of cheats, cloud saves and achievements.
Whilst the opportunity to lose saves to a server problem rather than merely due to a local hard drive failure is sure to be valued, the lack of graphical improvements or other enhancements (and amongst Japanese fans, the absence of a Japanese release) has led to some disappointment…
if they can’t remake ff7 in HD, at least do consider making ff1-ff6 in ffx quality. or just make it like the ff7(psx) quality. they surely can make money from this. *imagine a DVD collection of ff1 to ff6, now in polygon!
They’re too proud to give the fans what they truly want and they’re on life support because of mismanagement and bad titles.
This guy are sick.
this is why people need to stop whining and pestering game companies about making a remake of “The best rpg ever”. If a company is going to remake a game then they will when the time is right (which is likely never). This constant pestering forces them to release sub-par games to silence the bickering if only for a little while and if anything generates even more whining when people actually play the game. Look I’m not hating on FF7, honestly I enjoyed it. I don’t however think it was the best Final Fantasy in the series. Each FF game is unique and honestly shouldn’t be compared to the previous. I don’t think game companies have become crappier I do however think we as gamers have lost our place. Where are the days where we enjoyed a game because it was a brand new experience?! We’ve forgotten that games are just that, games! They aren’t something to write a petition about or to flip out and start bagging on the company that made it (the same company you said was amazing just a few months ago) *sigh* that’s all, i gave my two cents.
Square Enix, that married make tons of fails…..cof cof FF12, 13 cof cof. And now this.
Eh, I never really liked Final Fantasy.
FROM NOW ON, I SHALL BOYCOT SQUARE-ENIX TILL FINAL FANTASY VII IS REMADE AND MADE COMPLETE IN NEXT GEN SPLENDOR.
I so swear it by my gamer heart.
FF7 is shit.
why not release it on the android or the iOS instead if they are not changing anything? I’m sure those things are even capable of running FFX.
I actually still own the original PC release of FF7, but it’s so buggy on modern OS’s.
Like, it would work better if I had windows 95 or windows 98. Windows XP and higher it gets fucked up sorta.
Same problem with Grim Fandango.
So, I’ll probably pick this up. There’s plenty of mods out there already that fix the graphics a bit.
Why am I not surprised?
I can’t fap to this!!!!! :'(
So is this just a re-release of the PC version?? What the hell… I still have the disks for the PC version, and with no new enhancements to the game I’ve got no reason to get this… Come on Square, give the fans what they’ve been asking for for about a decade!
FFFFUUUUU*******KKKKK TTTTTHHHHHIIIIISSSSS!!!!!!
wtf was that crap!!!! IF THERES A NEW FEATURE… ITS THE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! ITS TO EPIC TO BE TRUE!!!
It’s the fan’s fault for treating FF7 like it’s the holy grail. They got three FF7 tie-in games, a Cloud-centric feature length movie that made no sense, and a crappy anime series that had nothing to do with 7. I understand people don’t like Crystal Chronicles but I did. At least it was a deviation from the usual crap.
Already bought this game once, 14 years ago(late 1998). Not making the same mistake twice.
It will sell because it is FF7!
There’s epsxe/pcsx-r… if you have the psx disc, There’s your pc-fied FFVII… both emulators have texture filters which make the game a tad prettier than on the psx.
I’ll just wait for the cell phone release.
No improvement on the graphics, now that’s kinda disappointing…
This is the smartest thing SE has done in ages. I’m not even kidding. It’s perfect.
“You want us to make it again? Okay, here’s the original. Fancy it up until you’re happy, because there’s no way we could make you happy with a remake no matter how hard we tried. You make it how you want it. Knock yourselves out”.
Dead is right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII
Final Fantasy was released on PC back in 1998.. I still have the original box and software in storage. The only FF that was released on PC.. so what do they do release the same damn game on PC again!
they also made FF8 on PC.
I still play it from time to time whenn I miss the simple yet really fun triple triad mini game 😀
No, FFXI was released on PC along with FFXV…
The quote goes something like “either piss in the bucket or fetch some water” It makes no sense just like this stupid ass rehash.
The PC version came out years ago…I don’t get whats different? Is this like a “rerelease” that they do for movies with rabid fan bases just to take their money?
All of us who were shocked and mystified by FFXI have since grown up to get compsci and assorted graphics degrees; the fan base itself could redo the entire game in dazzling technicolor glory like a week from now if they could be properly organized.
And then we can upgrade Chrono trigger while were at it. :/ Aspie powers…unite!
I’ve had FFVII on PC for years… I ripped my CDs and play it on emulator. Seriously, what a shallow cash-in. They won’t get a nickle from me for this crap.
Instead of a FFVII PC port, I’d prefer a remake of one of the older classic Final Fantasies. Alas, it’s just a fool’s dream…
hard to believe they are really going to do this, you just need a ps1 emulator download the game and you are done… i completed the full game on my pc a few years back…, i could even save and load whenever i wanted, that was specially good while farming items
Well, maybe this time the cutscenes will play right…
I see it this way: with a PC release they will be fan made mod’s to make it look better.
Is this a joke? We are in 2012 and yet they do this crap? WOW Enix sure is working hard…
Please tell me why they would release this on PC when its pretty much the same graphics and so on as it was on PS1?!
ffs
Because easy money.
So you’re getting the 10 year old PC port with SOCIAL and you can buy level ups. And it’s not even on Steam.
BRILLANT.
Achievments:
Brotherly Love=Go on a date with Barret
Jail Bait=Go on a date with Yuffie
Friends with Benefits=Go on a date with Tifa
Zack Envy=Go on a date with Aerith
Maybe Square Enix is try to test FF7 popularity nowadays, before deciding if it worth to make a new HD remake FF7?
I mean why release it on PC again, and why only FF7 only, and not along with other classic FF?
isnt it the same?
Did people forget there was already an FF7 for PC? They’re redoing it to milk the franchise. Make something good and let 7 die out as it should.
It was already too late for 7 to die with dignity as soon as Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus came along…
Not everyone has a ps3 and the pc version are out of production so if you were to buy it via pc then you’d have to pay 30-40. If I’m not mistaken this pc version which sure they are adding some dinky features is only 7.99 or 10 dollars which is a great deal for a classic game.
Haters are gonna hate because they want to hate the game but if you ignore the fanboys and just play the game you’ll see why it’s such a hit, it offers so much content and for the 7.99 price tag it’s definitely worth more than what you get from the 13-2 dlc.
1- Get the PSX ISOs from the internet just under 3GB
2- Download and install PCSX, PCSX-Reloaded, ePCSXe or whatever psx emulator you prefer
3- Buy a good logitec psx-simil gamepad (coordless rumble pad 2 FTW!)
4- Play in your PC
you can always pirate it tho and for pc you get the plettora of mods to make it HD quality, I’m sure this version won’t be allowed the same modability that people had put in the old game
While I’m actually sure it’s going to be a cheap reworking to make the engine compatible with most current systems.
I might buy it either way.
the problem is..
same graphics
same sound
same gameplay
same all
probably the same glitches too
it can be cheap, but doesn’t change d fact that they are doing this because they wasted money with 13-serie
never played the original, so i’ll take what i get
Didn’t this already have a PC release.
Yes, just like VIII. But i dont see anything wrong with putting it on steam.. especially when you see the prices for a new pc version of VII or VIII.
Now, if only they’d put it on Steam – their current statement is that it’ll be exclusive to their own webstore. Yes, Square Enix apparently has a digital distribution store in the west. Yes, it comes with download/activation limits.
This company really needs that Meteorfall more than the fans do..
R.I.P squaresoft.
1986-2002
Why don’t they just admit that the franchise is DEAD?
could be better this game on android.
Why to expend money developing a game when they can just sell the old game in re-realse.
If morons and fanboys stoped buying re-realeases once for all may be the chances of getting a remake would improve.
I think with this one, they are just porting it to Steam for more people to find out and play. I see nothing wrong here.
seconding this. Full-on remakes might be worth the money (depending on how much it was improved and whatever’s different from the original), but unless someone’s a serious game collector, there should be no reason to go after every re-port out there. But looking on the bright side, the situation with FF7 has yet to be anywhere near as ridiculous as FF4 (there’s gotta be at least 10 different versions of that one game, and only about two or three of them are actual remakes).
Where did all my Tifa X Cloud and Aries x Sephiroth goodies goooooo?!
This game deserved a remake from the ground-up than some RPG 2000 tweak.
Hehehe found one!
http://oi45.tinypic.com/dwoqxs.jpg
Sephiroth was a beast! But he’ll never beat Yuri from Shadow-Hearts.
I love you just for the fact someone else said what I think for every antagonist, no one can touch Yuri!
That’s all they can release now?
A barely graphic improved game? BOO.
Final Fantasy 7 deserves a total remake than this money turd.
They could at least fine tune the already existing mods, port the character models from Crisis Core, or at least do SOMETHING other than an increased resolution port!
i wonder if there is any people with a pc that like the game and still dont have the game or an emulator already.
They should wait for the 20 year anniversary, or even 25, to release a remake. There is still much to be gained in the graphics department, and it would be a waste to release the game on current or even next gen (console) hardware.
I remember they did remakes of 3 and 6 and release them on GBA,DS,PS1,and PS2.They can’t make a Remake of FF7 because they had 200 people working on one game wasted tons of money making a game on a HD console it didn’t turn much for profit.
Release FF Type-0 to US instead this direct port crap dammit!!
Didn’t they say if they re-made FFVII it would not be the same game we know(and some love like only crazy obsessed fans can)? people bitch and moan but they would anyways with a re-make so why waste money on one?
It doesn’t look TOO BAD, I mean, the original was way worse at least.
I’ll probably pirate it considering I’m not about to buy a TENTH copy of FFVII, but I’m probably still check it out a little bit.
Anyone who uses the cheats is a pathetic coward.
Cloud saves…I C Wat U did thar.
Square Enix has fallen. It’s no longer the game company everyone admired back in the good old day of gaming. It’s now a shitty shell of its former self. The only thing good they can produce now is Kingdom Hearts but even that’s going to end soon after 3.
“It’s no longer the game company everyone admired back in the good old day of gaming.”
I think you mean the old, dead companies Squaresoft and Enix. SquareEnix was never admirable.
Kingdom Hearts 3 was just confirmed.
Amen.
Square Enix makes me sad. I its all about milking money now.
Yeah. That’s how multinatinal companies work now. It’s all about the money
@8:31
They’re not very good at working for money though. Every time the fans ask them for something, they essentially give them the finger and decide to work on some other ridiculously expensive project with a new engine that’s out of date by the time it’s done. And surprise, when it doesn’t live up to what they’re expecting it to sell, they crap out a sequel with some minor pandering to fans wishes and go on a spree of re-releasing old games with very few changes to them.
Companies work for money. There, I simplified it for you.
so they’re re releasing the original ff7 pc port from 15 years ago with a few ‘features’ that probably took a day to implement.
Glad I’m not the only one who remembers the PC port from like 15 years ago.
It looks alright, but who the hell would wanna play FF7 again. For the best gameplay, Final Fantasy 8 is the game Squaresoft should be HD re-releasing.
When the article hinted about low system requirements I thought ‘Hey! A game that I might actually be able to play!’ so I went to the website… *sniffle*
Low being relative to the standards of Skyrim and the like…
Ugg…
And considering a more realistic FF remake could be made casually with a “Look Mommy I maded my first video game!” kit…
IMO they should have made an “Enhanced” version and then had the “Original” as a back-up.
What’s with that doller-face Tifa in the second pic?
Just throwing it out there but FF7 has had a PC port for years, I’m sure I could find my copy somewhere.
I already own FF7 for PC… game came out for PC more than 10 years ago.. got the box, the disks, the manual…
What will this “new” edition provide anyway… proper support for windows xp/7 and no need for an additional patch to fix crashes that happen before the chocobo race and the submarine part?
I bet it will be an exact replica, and they’ll release the patches to fix the chocobo and submarine part a couple weeks after people realize they never fixed the original PC version.
Dont forget the fps problems with snowboarding
I actually lost saves to mem card problems with the original PSX.
Square just wants to shut-up all the fans demanding an hi-res-remake.
It seems they managed it.
By releasing a direct port? Yeah sure shuts up anyone that wanted a remake of the game.
I dont care, i am really happy about this. I would be more happy if my old pc cds would still be intact though 🙁
A graphically improved version would have been appreciated too.
I am still happy 🙂
one’s the squaresoft gone.. all games release in square enix now are bullshit.. just making a profit.
Both companies were the greatest of the 80s/90s, and now, together, it’s just horrible, as some people said, only Kingdom Hearts was a true masterpiece although I doubt 3 will be good enough…
one’s the enix gone.. all games release in square enix now are bullshit.. just making a profit.
Square Enix quality.
..should I just grab the PSP version?
its already out on pc its called an emulator! People where hoping for better graphic voice acting and all that greatness what do we get …. a fuckin port well I’ll just hook my ps2 up and pop the disc in thank-you
It was published on PC in 1998… You don’t even need an emulator. I first played it on PC before falling in love with it and purchasing the PSX platinum…
http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/130791-final-fantasy-vii/data
I don’t get why they’re releasing it again if they’re not gonna even bother imroving it in any way…
[quote]I don’t get why they’re releasing it again if they’re not gonna even bother imroving it in any way…[/quote]
Well gee, I wonder what the motive of a for-profit organization may be in re-releasing a product. It certainly can’t be something as crazy as trying to generate sales!
I doubt its even real, that trailer is copyrighted 1998 as well.
They make something that looks as good as DX3, and now this?
Thy should’ve at least tweaked the graphics engine a bit, this is… Too old!
They don’t need to. Fans over at Qhimm have been making graphic mods for the PC versions for years now. You can download Aali’s graphics driver, which allows for higher resolutions, widescreen, antialiasing, amongst other things.
They probably decided to re-release the PC version in order to capitalise on the modding community, as the only major thing holding them back is the fact that the PC version of FF7 is rare and hard to get a hold of for a decent price.
This sh*t for PC?. Dont joke around. I thing it suitable for PSx or PS1 version.
I see a problem with your reasoning. Where exactly do you suggest I find a working PS1? What about in 5 years? 10? 20?
I almost expected him to say “In 3D….”
But seriously, at least they could REVIVE THE FUCKING AERITH!!!!!!!!!!
What, and ruin the emotional impact her death causes and completely change the game’s story?
whatever, most people here already know and you spoiled the rest 🙂
beehhh, old graphic PSX ? shitttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
online save ? fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Why is Square Enix so adamant in denying themselves a commercial super-smash hit? It’s not like they don’t need the money…
What happened to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCYy8C5Av4 ?
It’s a tech “demo” is what happened.
That video is fake. Everyone and their grandmother knows this. Look at that terrible job on the fake IGN logo. Please don’t post that and give people false hope on something that will never be released. Althought when square enix stops making games and starts outsourcing maybe they will let another studio try their hand at making one when the director of ff7 needs a paycheck bad enough. The chances of that happening are very slim though since he’s gone on record stating he doesn’t want anyone touching his original work..
Apparently everyone and their grandmothers are wrong. If yer gonna make long posts, I suggest you learn a touch of how things work or what they are.
stop milking the dead cow
I am extremely disappointed Enix decided to take this route when they know it’s a train-wreck ahead of them!!!
square doesn’t think right these days, my friend. it’s almost like they are trying to run the company into the ground. i’ve come to expect low quality from them and cant think of a game made by them that i’m looking forward to.
just for fun, what are the top 5 games you guys are looking forward to? for me off the top of my head..
-metal gear rising
-the last of us.
-dishonoured
-grand theft auto 5
-the witcher 3
also, not really a game, but dark souls DLC
its square not enix.
was
And put a stop to all the gangstalkers.
I managed to fap to that Tifa Lockhart image. Is there something wrong with me?
I’ve been thinking about playing this game on my android phone, but now that they already had this PC version, I might get one…. or not -__-
Satisfied me, buying day 1
If you manager to fap to that there’s a group for you.
I can’t fap to this unless i tilt my head sideways!
You are stuck in the past wether thats a good thing its up to you.
Yes, it’ll be on steam ?
Too lazy to even just use the community graphically updated version, not really surprising but sad nonetheless. But hey achievements, everyone cares about those.
LOL, I think i’m gonna go play this on my PS2 instead.
Play it on an PSX emulator on the PC. It looks tons better then this or the original PC version.
I already bought this for PC 10 years ago….
I bought it for PC back in the 90’s.
Cloud saves, but Cloud failed to save Aerith again. what’s the point ;A;
this time when Aerith gets killed you can share it with your timeline and invite friends along
Masato Kato really hated that dumb blonde
Screw FF VII! I want FF VIII and IX!
FF7 = most overrated RPG of all times.
15 years on, FF7 is still making fans of less popular RPGs butthurt. That’s quite an achievement.
People who are still anusangry about it should really grow up; there’s something wrong with anyone who is still bitter about a game that hasn’t been popular for over a decade.
Unless you’re trolling, in which case I suggest you find a recent game to bash.
Well Said SS! 😉
With the exception of Xenogears I can’t remember any other RPG from that long ago making that big an impression on me.
Maybe square enix trying to test ff7 current popularity, before deciding whether it worth it to make a true hd remake?
I’ll probably buy it, i have it for PS1 & PS3, why not PC too?
I love it, no raging internet hate will change that.
My hopes is that it will erase any uncertainty about a remake from their mind if this sells well, they need the money for christ sake, just fucking do it already.
No this will just prove to them that they don’t even have to remake the game to sell it.
You buying the game is the doing the exact OPPOSITE of what you are hoping to achieve.
So why is it bad to release an old game for a “new” platform again? It’s not like every other company doesn’t do it.
The old port was horrible, hopefully it will at least be playable without crashes this time.
Also; All you’re doing is stating your opinions, excuse me if i don’t take your word for it.
Fucking fake guys, sorry, you’ve been trolled.
Of course it will fail because PRATING!
Not because it’s a piece of shit.
Square Enix should just have 1 extra option and 1 cheat code. Extra option = Tifa ona hole exploration. Buy that usb vagina and fuck Tifa! 1 cheat = female nude mode. Who doesn’t want to see Tifa naked all the time?
[quote]Who doesn’t want to see Tifa naked all the time?[/quote]
Pretty much everybody.