Final Fantasy VII remake can't happen until Square Enix makes a better game
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada says that the company would be "happy" to make a full-fledged remake of Final Fantasy VII. However, before it can do so, he believes the company must make a game that "exceeds the quality" of the PSone classic.
Is there any Final Fantasy game more beloved than VII? While fans can spend days arguing over which game is the best, it's undeniable that the adventures of Cloud and company are the most iconic. No wonder fans have been long-clamoring for a remake of the game.
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada says that the company would be "happy" to make a full-fledged remake of Final Fantasy VII. However, before it can do so, he believes the company must make a game that "exceeds the quality" of the PSone classic.
When asked about a possible remake during the company's annual shareholder's meeting, Wada said that a remake is only possible once the company has made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of 7. "If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with," a translation by Andriasang explains.
The company has dabbled in an HD "remake" of Final Fantasy VII. At the PS3 launch, the company released a "technical demo"--a real-time render of the game's CG intro.
The most recent addition to the Final Fantasy franchise was XIII-2, which received middling reviews. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is presumably still in development as well.
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Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada says that the company would be "happy" to make a full-fledged remake of Final Fantasy VII. However, before it can do so, he believes the company must make a game that "exceeds the quality" of the PSone classic.-
Let Eidos do it. They seem to know how to make good games.
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They did do the PC port. Which was surprisingly functional for PC ports at the time.
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We are on the same page Demius.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/62747/morning-discussion?id=22390126-
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FFIV was mine, and I will admit that if you played VII before VI you may not appreciate everything that VI gave it.
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What's always been funny to me is the number of people who draw the love/hate line at 6 and not 5.
FF6 is much, much more akin to 7 and the later titles than it is to 1-5, except for it being sprite-based.-
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I think part of it is that the story isn't particularly interesting and yeah, for a lot of American gamers, we didn't play it until long after the epic, world-shattering story of FF6, or the intense more-twists-than-you-can-count story of FF7 had become paramount in most of our minds as "The most awesome FF story".
That, and the gameplay. FFV uses the job system, which again, most people had likely already experienced in a much more complex and satisfying form in FFT, by the time FFV was widely available in the US.-
I think the game play of FFV was pretty awesome but yeah, the story suffered terribly compared to IV, VI, and VII.
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I really enjoyed VII, I didn't like VIII and I loved IX (although it was a bit too awkward). I think the creators just lost the magic somewhere around then and stopped improving.
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Note to daggot. Just use the japanese numbering scheme. Mixing it is confusing as hell now that the unreleased final fantasy have actually been released here. FF III SNES = FF 6
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basically 'nothing has been as good, so if we released it people would realize that everything afterwards has sorta sucked.'
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They already have in my book, three favorites would be XI, VIII, and VII-Crisis Core.
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VI was a far superior game anyway. Remake that instead.
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I second this.
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This would be nice.
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Yep, VII was made a bit more popular because it was the first 3D title.
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VI's pixel-art graphics hold up a lot better than PS1 games do, but the lack of battle animations feels really dated. If they remake VI in a similar manner to how they did IV, I would buy a 3DS just to play that single game.
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XII is great in just about every way except for the story, which is a shame because it's really fun.
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I thought the story was pretty cool. A more grounded, political story that's a departure from the 'HOLY SHIT MONSTER GONNA EAT THE WORLD' craziness that the series was known for.
I think it's really a forgotten gem of the PS2 era, never got enough love.-
I thought the concept was neat but I think they fell down on the execution.
Lots of "hey we're going to this place 'cause... uh... we have to go there now. There's A Thing," style plot arcs without actually exploring the major things that constitute a story like conflict, character motivation, etc. Most of the characters had interesting back stories, but in the slice of their story that we saw their reactions to major plot events were always pretty stilted and perfunctory (unless it was either Vaan or Panelo, in which case it was exaggerated and silly).
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Except for the story? Isn't that like the defining aspect of RPGs? At least for me it is, considering that the gameplay is the same for 20+ hours.
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Ok, i should say the overarching story is the weak point. I like the characters, but I really don't care about the political intrigue with the two countries fighting over ribbonasty or whatever it's called.
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The story isn't weak so much as it is very different from standard FF fare, and far more similar to Matsuno's other titles.
I just wish he hadn't bailed/been forced out or whatever halfway through, because it definitely shows in the story.-
do you have a good write up of the history? Why was he forced out?
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I don't think it's ever been talked about very publicly. Over the years I've heard a lot of things, and I know that initially Square's statement was something about him having gotten very sick. I'm fairly sure, given that Matsuno was generally a guy they let kind of do whatever, he likely didn't mesh too well with the kind of corporate meddling that I've always heard goes on at Square with the big titles (especially main series FF titles), and that they sent him on his way.
I'm sure you've heard the oft-discussed bit about the suits requiring the main character be changed from Basch, to the much more "appealing" Vaan. I suspect strongly there were many things like that.
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same here. I hated how chrono cross played. A billion characters and an annoying battle system. Also, the story seems interesting when I read the wiki, but i just couldn't get into it while playing.
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i want to play 9..why do most people say it's bad? Is it the super deformed look to the characters?
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I honestly don't know. It was popular to hate on it when it came out, and that stigma just kind of stuck with it (kind of like Blade Runner).
I don't think there's an aspect of it that I dislike.
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You can play the whole game and not remember anything that actually happened. That being said, there's nothing particularly grevious about the title, it's just not memorable.
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You should!!! I'm getting the itch to replay it after talking about it.
It's even better when you make challenges for yourself: I did a no-save game run through and almost wiped in the last dungeon cause of some asshole behemoth that cast meteor when he died. Good thing Vivi had auto-life equipped. I was cursing and jumping up and down.
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I don't really understand his logic here. How does doing a remake of a game (which many people loved) kill the FF franchise? That just doesn't make sense. What if people love it, it sells great and then you can bring even more people into the franchise and some other people who lost interest back in?
And they do remakes of old FF all the time. I don't quite see what he's saying here.-
It can also set the bar the bar too high, so when your other games don't sell as well for 5 iterations people start asking questions.
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I know I'm basically waiting for a VII remake before I even touch the franchise.
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Not really, I remember the game. Take out the story and there are 1000 games like it. They will never "improve" the story in the fans eyes, but they could certainly build a better game around it. Personally I'd just like to see someone remake xenogears without touching the fucking story, but thats to obscure.
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The story isn't even that good. And that's if you understood it, which a lot of people didn't.
Sephiroth is "killed," and somehow gains the power to control anyone with Jenova cells and manifest himself, sword included? The main character is so traumatized that he deludes himself into thinking he's from SOLDIER? Not that he lies about it or tries to step into the role, but actually believes it?
The first disc's story was amazing, and it was all downhill from there. Sec ond disc was ok. Third disc (end of game, don't remember where it starts exactly)felt like they just ran out of time/money and were frantically rushing things.
Also, the crater having basically one boss encounter was pretty anti-climactic.
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No game is.
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How was XIII? There was a ton of hype around the time of release, and I haven't heard one word about it since. Was it a dud?
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That's too bad. For me, one of the marks of a good JRPG (or most games really) is keeping you on track, without loosing the feeling of exploration and choice.
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I didn't mind the on-rails aspect so much, but I don't like where squeeeenix is going with their combat system. I prefer the British style of two lines facing off across an open field, calmly exchanging volleys until one side gives up.
I play MMOs and FPSs for action-combat. I play RPGs for turn-based combat. :(
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It was really fun in my opinion. Yeah it was pretty on rails, but I do think it's worth playing if you've got the time for it. XIII-2 is supposed to fix the annoying stuff from XIII but I haven't played it yet so I can't say.
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It's extremely linear. Progression system is alright, I guess. For some reason getting summon spells are a must? (In a way you can't avoid them? I'm stuck at one of those fights)
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^^^^ This.
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They could've just said, "If you want a picture of Final Fantasy's future, imagine a J-rock band playing Crazy Chocobo... forever."
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A lot of replies for such a non-story. I guess a lot of people here were aged somewhere from 10-17 in 1997.
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Their best games were from when they were Squaresoft, IMO.
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Sigh... So I guess we wait a very long time until they realise that nostalgia has made FF7 a better game than what it would be if released today. Loved FF7 and 8 equally and if they don't make a FF7 remake atleast make an 8!
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I think of it this way, at least if a remake does happen it will be on the next generation of hardware and not this one which is fine by me.
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Yeah, that doesn't sound to bad. I've never cared if they remake it or not, but the further away from the original it is hardware-wise, the more likely I am to buy it.
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Never played 13-2 but 13 isn't as bad as they say.
I could just imagine if it didn't have the Final Fantasy name attached to it, RPG fanatics would be singing it's praises and saying it's a must play. But instead it's put in the shadow of VII which imo of course is an old, outdated game anyway. A perfect example of nostalgia.
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