Kitase's statement doesn't really alleviate that worry but I guess the final product would be able to do that. Hey everyone and welcome to my Let's Play of Final Fantasy VII the unofficial 'HD' remake made possible by the guys over at the qhimm forums. The game was originally announced back in 2015 and has finally launched after more than four years of its original announcement. Final Fantasy 7 Remake is finally available to play on the PS4. The sequel is already in development according to the game’s producer.
What I really don't want to see is the game equivalent of The Hobbit movie trilogy: a story stretched out to an ungainly length just so it can be sold to us several times over. Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a multi-part series and the first game is out now for PS4. My main concern with splitting up Final Fantasy 7 into multiple parts is that it's a decision driven by business concerns rather than the wishes of the designers. We knew none of you would have wanted that. If we were to try to fit everything from the original into one remake instalment, we would have to cut various parts and create a condensed version of Final Fantasy VII. Producing a proper HD remake of Final Fantasy VII that maintains the same feeling of density of the original would result in a volume of content that couldn’t possibly fit into one instalment.We’ve seen everyone’s comments and reactions to the news that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a multi-part series and many have speculated correctly as to the reason why we have made this decision. The biggest reason why we haven’t done a remake until now is because it’s a massive undertaking to reconstruct Final Fantasy VII from the ground up with the current technology. Until then, Square Enix's apparently going to just keep bringing the same old game to new platforms.Kitase explained in his letter that their goal with Final Fantasy 7 Remake is to "go beyond" the original in terms of the "story, world and experience." He says that breaking the game into parts allows them to make each section of the game denser and feel like a proper modernization of the RPG: Perhaps the desire that fans and Square Enix have for a full-blown remake will result in the project actually happening. But you must believe me when I say it would take a lot to happen."
"If you simply ask me if I personally would like to do that, yes I would. Each game in the project will have a volume of content comparable to a standalone Final Fantasy game. The first portion of the game is completely remade, using the story and characters from the original, and future portions will be released in parts. in all its remade HD glory / Square Enix. It seems quite likely that the next release in this remake series will be a long way off still. "I can honestly tell you I would love to do that," Kitase said. Final Fantasy VII Remake is a partial remake of Final Fantasy VII, originally released for the PlayStation in 1997. Final Fantasy 7 remake part 2 is in development.
He said that rebuilding the game with modern visuals would take more time than making Final Fantasy 13, which took the studio five years.
It's very difficult to decide what we should we keep in and what we should take out."Įarlier this year, Kitase said that a Final Fantasy 7 HD remake would be a costly undertaking. PS4 Final Fantasy VII Remake details: reason for multi-part release, CyberConnect2 collaboration, more New Famitsu and Dengeki Online interviews published. So maybe they would rather we didn't do anything about it and we just leave it in as it is. "Those slightly negative features and bits, for some of the really enthusiastic fans of these titles, that gives the game extra flavour or personality or whatever. In his 2011 conversation about changing or adding features, he mentions that it would be a tough balancing act between improving the game and keeping enough elements similar to the original version to placate nostalgic fans. "If I may speak as a game creator, if we were to produce a remake of VII, for example, I would be really tempted to delete things and add new elements, new systems or whatever because if we were to make exactly the same thing now, it'd be like a repeat," Kitase said.Įach time he's spoken about an HD remake, though, he's discussed how difficult it would be. FF7 director said in 2011 that if such a project happened, it would likely have new features. Square Enix has discussed the possibility of a true HD remake in the past.