More news regarding the highly anticipated (or perhaps highly dreaded) Final Fantasy VII remake has surfaced, implying that the esteemed RPG is about to undergo yet more drastic changes that will no doubt garner further hatred from long-time fans.
Yoshinori Kitase, Tetsuya Nomura, and Kazushige Nojima of the development team have claimed (via the latest issue of Game Informer) that they have the authority to make changes to the game due to having worked on the original, with the entirety of the plot apparently not being safe from these alterations either.
It has also been unveiled that the game’s first volume (or whatever it will be called) currently stands at about 30+ hours of total playtime, suggesting some combination of padding, grinding or optimism has been added to the mix, at least making for a multi-part milking which will be overly long rather than overly short.
The Final Fantasy VII remake is available for pre-order now; no release date has been confirmed, but the team has mentioned that they intend to speed up the game’s development cycle.
If it was me, especially for such a treasured work, I would have simply made both an original version and an altered version.
The Odin Sphere HD remake has something like that.
Notice it’s usually smaller groups of creators that actually care.
This site is literally the only place on the internet where I see mostly opposition towards the game. Everyone else outside is either neutral, expecting anything, waiting for more info to form an opinion or actually optimistic (because it makes sense, being a game still in development…), with the doomsayers being a minority. Had no idea this site was full of FF VII fanboys… I could have sworn them extinct a few years after the original. And that includes even YouTube comments – you KNOW something is wrong when you make less sense than YouTube comments…
And yes, I know I will be downvoted to oblivion since having an opinion different than what the hive mind dictates here is a federal crime, I have seen it several times happening. “Oh, I actually think this game might be–” “SHUT UP AND MINDLESSLY s♥♥t ON IT AND SQUEENIX LIKE THE REST OF THE HIVE, DAMN IT!”. No surprises there. Not like this site is representative of the reality around the game in any way.
My only complaint is that the game will cost 120+ dollars, which is just way too overpriced for ANY game. Hell, I would not pay that for even the original.
For the record, I upvoted you even at my own expense. Final Fantasy 7 was my first RPG experience which served as a gateway to other JRPGs, and I’m stoked about this remake regardless of the changes. f♥♥k these whiners.
From what I was reading on outside sources (including the one linked in THIS SAME article), people’s main worries are about the possible censorship the game may undergo. You know, Don Cornelio, Cloud’s crossdressing, that honey-themed brothel, Tifa’s breasts, Barret’s vocabulary, etc. You know, worries that make sense.
Absolutely nobody is discussing non-censoring changes to the game outside here. So yes, I am with you.
Come for the pic, stay for the drama.
Let me play a little Nostradamus here. The first episode is going to include a full story of the original. Then, the 2nd episode is going to be a ‘sequel’ so to speak, with the story continuing beyond meteor crisis.
I mean, sure, yeah, you can change whatever you want, but it doesn’t mean it’s going to be good or anyone will like what you’re doing.