FFVII for PS4!?Follow

It's SE, the 'main branch' stopped giving a **** a long time. Remember, it's the same company that went to a Sony event to make an announcement about an announcement that stumped even the MC for a second.

I hate VII with every fiber of my being (it really was a ****** FF game when you truly break it down) but at this point in time, I'd say give it to Nintendo, they'll do a remake no problem. Look at Zelda OoT/MM remakes - All of the pre-rendered stuff was redone and looked pretty nice and VII was still on the lower end of the spectrum so on the WiiU it would be no problem.

They said they'll remake VII if another FF game surpasses it - Well FFXI long surpassed VII almost a decade ago so they simply want to milk the hype they knew it would generate. I agree it would be costly as **** because they have to not only redo the graphics, progression but they have to actually finish the game, fix all of the bugs and actually make most of your stats work. I wouldn't want to remake it either.

Though at the same time I do want a remake so people will see VII wasn't as good as they thought it was.

Now FFV or IX on the other hand..

It's not easy. It's not like they can make simple 2D sprites into simple 3D characters like they did with the remakes of I, II, III and IV. And it's not like they already have super detailed models that they could re-texture and brush up like they did with the HD remastering of X.

They'd basicly have to redesign the entire game from scratch, and cant get away with the same simple 3D characters they did before, since they already had those shapes. The only step they can make is current or last gen HD. Which means minimally Crisis Core quality (which was already pretty damn impressive on a tiny screen).

I really like VII, it has an interesting and incredibly long story, good setting and backstory, good playability, huge world to explore and excellent combat mechanics. I know it's fallen a bit on a rough patch with everyone and their grandmother having a character named Cloud or Sephiroth in XI (and even XIV) and i know people really dislike the fanbase of those characters, but you cant fault the game for that. It's the one of the series that i personally enjoyed the most and above all others i'd love to see a HD remake.

I love IX as well, but that's perfectly playable still. Heck, i put it on my PSP every now and then and just go through the entire game. VII is just a little... no. Graphics wise you cant get away with that anymore. Back when i was a kid i could surely imagine that the square block of yellow pixels was a chocobo. Now that i'm hitting my 30's, i need a little more incentive to make my imagination go that far.

In other words, not for a very, very long time...

I'm a bit mixed on this VII release. Personally, I'm excited for it... I never got the PC port, and from what I've seen, the worst of the graphics have been upgraded while keeping the classic feel of the game. I'm well aware of the fact that there are downsides to making old games fully HD... but damn, it would be cool to see SE truly attempt to bring this game up to modern standards for a new generation of gamers. A few years ago, I tried to get my teenage stepdaughter to play VII, but between the game's old graphics and her short attention span, she didn't even make it out of the opening sequence.

I can't really agree with this statement. XIV and XI are in the same boat here as far as I'm concerned. Had either MMO flopped, it wouldn't have really made much of a difference. Their single player RPGs are easier to create (logistically speaking) in terms of investment and development and they draw multiples more fans.

I guess I just don't understand why they're giving other games HD remakes and not the most obvious and probably most requested choice. It just seems odd that Sony have SE at their experience expo to make the announcement that instead of the remake that many fans wanted, they're going to get a PC port. It's not going to attract people to PS4 and it just ended up pissing a lot of people off.

I saw the announcement, but I went back to look at the trailer again to make sure it wasn't just a really bad troll but it was. The ratio of likes to dislikes on the official youtube video would make Killua blush. Sony's tweet had a lot of backlash on it as well. I guess it just seemed like something they could have let launch without any publicity at all and probably would have been better off...


I had the idea to make a poll, but didn't wanna blow up the XIV forums about it... but I honestly think that many players would enjoy FF more if they went back to the roots of JRPG. Even if it's not a VII remake, if you took the same old school strategy ATB/wait style battle mechanic and slapped high resolution graphics and a good story on it... If I didn't already have a PS4 I'd actually buy one to play that game

It was called Bravely Default, and it was kind of bad.

badass you mean ;) I really enjoyed it, well until the 5th time running through the end :p

Bravely Default was a runaway hit with awesome reviews.

It was ridiculously repetitive, but it was still the best Final Fantasy game to be made in the last twenty years.

The series has been devoid of the classic elements of JRPG for years, possibly because they keep trying to push. It's the reason you hear things like 'restore JRPG to it's former glory' when you hear reviews of upcoming JRPGs that are not Final Fantasy. Other gaming companies and even indies have taken the position that JRPG has fallen off and it's up to them to fix it. That's not a good look for SE...


The last FF I truly enjoyed was IX so I'm with you for the past 15ish years.

It wasn't even the best Final Fantasy in the last 3 years.

No they didn't forget where they came from. But most of the original devs are long gone from the glory years. And by glory years I mean FF1-10(Hironobu Sakaguchi), Secret Of Mana(Tanaka), Xenogears,(Monolith Soft), and they have aged. Sakaguchi was the father of FF but for many years he was the guy who kept them from straying too much from their core foundations.

They still have many talented developers and artists, and one director(Ito) who hasn't failed to impress. Imo they also have three of the best rpg battle system designers in the world. And they still have decent writers. The pacing and storytelling is what has lowered reviews for FF last gen the most. Maybe it is time for them to get some fresh writers as well?

Yes it was. It was very close to a spiritual successor of FF7.

The only thing? Are you ******* kidding me? How about the entire game taking place in one long corridor? Or the battle system being so stupidly simplified that you could literally play with one finger? Or perhaps the fact that they practically removed equipment from the game. Or, my favorite, the one time when gear mattered (the last fight) you had no idea going into it that you would have needed it, thereby making the final boss a fight a fight against the RNG gods? As to those datalogs, placing the vast majority of your storyline in a menu outside of the game itself, not a great choice.

Edited, Dec 8th 2014 8:12pm by Turin