It's been revealed that the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII remake will be released as a "multi part series" with each offering a "unique experience"

This may come as a blow to fans if this means the whole story of VII won't be available immediately. The announcement has yet to be properly clarifled.
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[Ericzander]

Yeah this is a cash grab people. I mean... It's just what these companies do. I can imagine Square pulling some PR move like, "We want to release the game in parts to see how much interest people have in buying the remake." And people would say that's a good idea... Completely ignoring the fact that the game is going to sell like crazy just for being called "Final Fantasy VII." Hell wasn't it announced alongside Fallout 4? People were equally ecstatic over both. This may as well have been Half Life 3.

Edit: I'm betting money that they mean they're releasing just VII in parts. They aren't remaking the PSP game or any other spinoff at all.

 

[hippy dave]

i kinda don't mind it in movies either, like Deathly Hallows which was a long-ass book so the story needed room to breath but Mockingjay on the other hand did not need to be 2 movies, though i heard The Stand remake is getting made into 4 parts and i wouldn't argue with that cause that book was DENSE

Don't forget The Hobbit. The book was like 12 pages long. So they announced it as two movies, I was like wtf, then later they changed it to three and I just gave up on the whole thing.

 

[dimmidice]

Don't forget The Hobbit. The book was like 12 pages long. So they announced it as two movies, I was like wtf, then later they changed it to three and I just gave up on the whole thing.

to be fair they did add in a lot of material to the movies. i liked the book but i like the movies too.

 

[Deboog]

to be fair they did add in a lot of material to the movies. i liked the book but i like the movies too.

And 90% of the added material was garbage. Who the fuck thought the most beloved fantasy novel of all time needed a love triangle?

 

[Madridi]

So I don't get it.. Is it going to be:

1- Broken down to 2 or more separate releases?

Or

2- Broken down to 2 or more discs (like the original psx version was) in the same release?

I don't have a problem with 2. If that's what it takes to not lose any content then make it 100 discs for all I care. But if it's 1, then that's just disgusting, and so is the decision to add microtransactions (if they do decide to do so).

I'm already bummed out that it's not turn based combat.. I just hope that this game is not massacared by their contraversial decisions by the time it comes out.

 

[mightymuffy]

Ya know, I'm gonna complain about all the changes, but then I'm going to buy whatever they put out anyway. I'll just be pissed if they remove my chocobo riding.

Chocobo Racing confirmed as DLC FTW etc.....

Kitase: From the beginning, we have considered it impossible to remake FF7 into one single game. Althought it's impossible to tell you the details about the splitting at the moment, please wait for our further announcement.

HAH! "Impossible" my arse...... Yeah like has been said, a simple upscale, new character models, couple of redone clips... maybe a bit of cleaning up the odd background - everybody wins, we'd all be happy!
I defended the battle system change but no, I'm out..... I'll stick with the PS1 version via emulation!

 

[osaka35]

HAH! "Impossible" my arse...... Yeah like has been said, a simple upscale, new character models, couple of redone clips... maybe a bit of cleaning up the odd background - everybody wins, we'd all be happy!
I defended the battle system change but no, I'm out..... I'll stick with the PS1 version via emulation!

The ps4 release of the original version lets you turn off random encounters, make the game run 3x speed, and insta-heal through button presses (L3, R3+L3, R3, respectively). I'll be playing through on that one. Though emulation is still probably better.

 

[dimmidice]

And 90% of the added material was garbage. Who the fuck thought the most beloved fantasy novel of all time needed a love triangle?

the love triangle thing was shit i admit. but the necromancer thing was excellent.

The ps4 release of the original version lets you turn off random encounters, make the game run 3x speed, and insta-heal through button presses (L3, R3+L3, R3, respectively). I'll be playing through on that one. Though emulation is still probably better.

that sounds ridiculous.

 

[KingVamp]

Would be neat if the remake had elements of the spinoffs or the rest of the games in general.

 

[Ericzander]

The ps4 release of the original version lets you turn off random encounters, make the game run 3x speed, and insta-heal through button presses (L3, R3+L3, R3, respectively). I'll be playing through on that one. Though emulation is still probably better.

I...I... Insta-heal? As in "I'm losing so I'll just heal my party with no ramifications?"

Genuinely asking. That's the kind of stuff I hated about Bravely Default. I don't think I died a single time in that game because it's so easy to turn on baby mode with no downside.

 

[MrJason005]

http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/7/98...make-will-be-bigger-than-the-original-made-in

 

[Meteor7]

"each entry will have the volume of content equal to a full-sized game."

Well, there's the clincher right there. Prepare for $60 per game, folks, with a release schedule likely spanning more than 1.5 years.
Why do I even get excited about things anymore; shouldn't I know better by now?

Now, I like the idea of adding content, like what they're doing by expanding the explorable area of Midgar, but I just can't swallow the idea of paying over $100 to experience the FFVII story. Maybe the first installment will actually have the content of a full game, like they claim each will, and I can get a worthwhile experience by buying just that, but I'm skeptical of how many hours you could possibly squeeze from 1/3 of FFVII's story as well as how deep you can get into the combat with 2 parts planned for the future. At the very most, this is a game for which I'll wait for reviews before I decide to buy it.

 

[osaka35]

I...I... Insta-heal? As in "I'm losing so I'll just heal my party with no ramifications?"

Genuinely asking. That's the kind of stuff I hated about Bravely Default. I don't think I died a single time in that game because it's so easy to turn on baby mode with no downside.

It's worse than you think.

Pressing R3 also gives everyone instant limit breaks. It refills your HP and MP, mid-battle, whenever you want it, just press R3. No limit. Baby mode if you want it, basically.

I will be using the no encounters and 3x game speed a great deal though.

So I don't get it.. Is it going to be:

1- Broken down to 2 or more separate releases?

Or

2- Broken down to 2 or more discs (like the original psx version was) in the same release?

It'll be 1. If we were living in a world that didn't have digital downloads, there would be a possibility of 2., but three disc would be 150GB (plus whatever day 1 patches/etc there are), if what they say about the size problem to be believed. Their plan is to release in probably 3 or 4 releases as separate games that are part of a larger story/universe (think lightning returns, etc, etc, etc I'm guessing)

The "each one has a completely separate story" thing is what confuses me, it suggest a larger reworking of the story to fit this separate release scenario.

 

[dimmidice]

honestly i don't buy the size explanation at all. i bet it'l come out it'l be a bit on the large side and it'l turn out they could've shrunk it down tons by just encoding it better or removing junk files or something. to me it just seems a cash grab. they won't admit that though.

 

[tbb043]

to be fair they did add in a lot of material to the movies. i liked the book but i like the movies too.

I think they would have been just fine keeping it to the original material rather than just inventing stuff and bringing in characters like Legolas that have no business being there. That said, I still like the movies, I just think the much more concise cartoon version showed that you really don't need 9 freakin hours to do things in a satisfying way.

I...I... Insta-heal? As in "I'm losing so I'll just heal my party with no ramifications?"

Genuinely asking. That's the kind of stuff I hated about Bravely Default. I don't think I died a single time in that game because it's so easy to turn on baby mode with no downside.

I loved the way BD did it. You can turn on battles to grind up your levels and jobs, then when you're ready to advance the story, you heal up and turn off the battles before going off to face the next boss. You still have to work to get strong enough to face them, but you don't have the frustration of being interrupted over and over while trying to explore.

 

[dimmidice]

I think they would have been just fine keeping it to the original material rather than just inventing stuff and bringing in characters like Legolas that have no business being there. That said, I still like the movies, I just think the much more concise cartoon version showed that you really don't need 9 freakin hours to do things in a satisfying way.



I loved the way BD did it. You can turn on battles to grind up your levels and jobs, then when you're ready to advance the story, you heal up and turn off the battles before going off to face the next boss. You still have to work to get strong enough to face them, but you don't have the frustration of being interrupted over and over while trying to explore.

fair enough, legolas felt a bit forced. i did like his scenes though. as for bravely default i don't understand what he means by "baby mode" you could set encounter rate but for the rest is was just a traditional MMO? and the real time attack thingy was limited to like 3 every day IF you left your 3ds on constantly. the bosses were plenty challenging on the first playthrough IMO. it was way easy at first though.


edit: or was it about the friend attack and skill sync thing? cause the friend attack thing was limited as well. the skill sync i do dislike though. just feels cheap.

 

[Justin20020]

I'm a big fan of the FF VII universe but will they split the game into episodes like telltale game? I don't like it to stop and wait in the middle of the game 'til the next episode is out. Thats why I didn't ever played 'life is strange' again..

But god thanks its an remake with the battle system of CC. The Characters are looking very nice. But first, i'm waiting for FF 15 <3

 

[Pedeadstrian]

I'm a big fan of the FF VII universe but will they split the game into episodes like telltale game? I don't like it to stop and wait in the middle of the game 'til the next episode is out. Thats why I didn't ever played 'life is strange' again..

But god thanks its an remake with the battle system of CC. The Characters are looking very nice. But first, i'm waiting for FF 15 <3

It's a bit different than Telltale Games, though. They're choice-based, and the problem (at least my problem with them) is that you forget what happened beforehand, but for anyone who's actually played FFVII, they'll know exactly what's coming up (except for whatever new content they're adding).

Shouldn't crisis core come first then? Seeing as it happens before clouds story..

Chronologically, yes, but CC was designed to be played after people have already played FF7. If the games were played chronologically, there'd be some HUGE spoilers, e.g. Crisis Core's ending.

 

[Ericzander]

It's worse than you think.

Pressing R3 also gives everyone instant limit breaks. It refills your HP and MP, mid-battle, whenever you want it, just press R3. No limit. Baby mode if you want it, basically.

I will be using the no encounters and 3x game speed a great deal though.

See I'm not a purist... I never even played the original Final Fantasy. But now I know that if I do, I'm staying away from the PS4 version. That just seems unfair. Do trophies at least get locked if you do that?

 

[Arras]

See I'm not a purist... I never even played the original Final Fantasy. But now I know that if I do, I'm staying away from the PS4 version. That just seems unfair. Do trophies at least get locked if you do that?

To be fair, the game is the exact same as the original if you just choose not to use the cheat options. Why stay away from a game just because it adds a baby mode that you can easily choose to ignore completely?