I'm just wondering what Square's thinking will be with it. I can't imagine them doing everything on PS4 first or going PS4, everything else, PS4, everything else, PS4, everything else.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake is a multi-part series
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I'm just wondering what Square's thinking will be with it. I can't imagine them doing everything on PS4 first or going PS4, everything else, PS4, everything else, PS4, everything else.
-Pyromaniac-
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I thought it's similar to what Verendus implied as well.
Could FFVII REMAKE be part of a big project as opposed to a remake of a single game? Think Crisis Core, Dirge, Advent Children etc... Maybe they just mean that FFVII will be one game. There will be more spinoffs and whatnot that tell other parts of the overall story that will come out as well. Maybe I'm just being too hopeful.
If it's legit episodic with just vignettes of different parts of the game.....lol.
The Last One
Member
Yeah, my hype just completely vanished. HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE FUCK
Altered Juice
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i was waiting for this....
i offered square enix money....and they spat in my face
i offered square enix money....and they spat in my face
Lights and Waves
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I wonder if the episodes will only be of key scenes, or if they're going to remake the entire game.
shinobi602
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clay_ghost
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Nope.
OrbitalBeard
Member
3 episodes / $39.99 each.
If we're lucky. I could honestly see each costing $60.
Or each episode is only around 5 hours or so and this is actually a much smaller game than we're expecting.
Ser Pounce
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Breaking up a giant, story-driven, world-spanning RPG in to segments separated by who knows how long seems like an absolutely horrible idea.
How long will each part be is the real question. And how often will parts be released? Even if you say it's to get the parts out quicker which is true, people are going to rip through each part and then they'll be pissed off they have to wait to play more. The negative feedback after someone tears through an episode is going to be through the roof. If you're getting one part every 4-6 months, that's going to be awful. I guess we have to wait and see what they announce for it but I won't get my hopes up too much. This will be weird, especially in such a long game.
I really doubt they're doing this to squeeze money out of consumers. They probably want this out next year to compliment Final Fantasy XV's release date in the later quarters.
That's what I figured. Still seems like an odd choice for a remake, though.
At this point, every numbered FF might as well be episodic as well. Hell, every long ass JRPG that is a valuable franchise should be episodic.
what a time to be alive.
I'm thinking it'll be this too. Meh....
names2hard4you
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WHOAguitarninja
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After seeing how detailed everything was, this doesn't surprise me at all. Did people really expect a complete recreation of FF7 in its entirity with that fidelity? The number of man hours required for that many assets would be astronomical.
Paracelsus
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CambriaRising
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Totally okay with this actually.
RomanticHeroX
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Yep, this is the dark place my mind instantly went to. It feels very likely that this could kill all the cohesion of the original.
Just Some Guy
Banned
This is a bad joke right?
So are you saying that this won't have any impact in the game design? i.e. will there be any cut content and the will the episodes focus on the important story bits only?
Ingueferroque
Banned
I knew it. I knew that episode 1 would end after the terrorists leave/escape Midgar!
And I'm fine with it.
Exactly, the game wouldn't be released until 2018 if that was the case. Now I look forward to playing the first episode in 12 months.
And I'm fine with it.
Exactly, the game wouldn't be released until 2018 if that was the case. Now I look forward to playing the first episode in 12 months.
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Jotamide
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So that's why we have footage now. 1 episode every 2 years.
dammit, i wanted to post dis, im like how has no one posted it. i swear to goodness last night i was thinking they'll probably split it into two parts. there is alot of content in ff7 guys. plus now HD Towns we know those are hard, cause square told us that.
chromatic9
Member
Oh shit, HD towns strikes again.
The dream was nice SE, even with it being action rpg but this is the wake up to reality moment.
Weirdly I very recently revisited FF7 and was quite staggered at the work they'd put in and only posted this moments ago in the other thread.
The dream was nice SE, even with it being action rpg but this is the wake up to reality moment.
Weirdly I very recently revisited FF7 and was quite staggered at the work they'd put in and only posted this moments ago in the other thread.
KZXcellent
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I do like all the "The dream is dead" and other such posts.
I honestly don't see the problem with it. It's going to come out. If people want to play "The whole thing" they can wait for all of the episodes to release. This is a way for people to play and enjoy the game much earlier and continue to drum up buzz. Then again, most (not all) people in these threads have been very negative toward any changes in general so it's not surprising.
I honestly don't see the problem with it. It's going to come out. If people want to play "The whole thing" they can wait for all of the episodes to release. This is a way for people to play and enjoy the game much earlier and continue to drum up buzz. Then again, most (not all) people in these threads have been very negative toward any changes in general so it's not surprising.
Don't worry. People will ignore your suggestion and be mad for no real reason anyway.
LowParry
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Which is going to be fucking stupid. Eeeesh. Ya know I don't think we're getting a full game then. Time to pack it up.
NinjaCoachZ
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I have to be honest, this is actually how I interpreted it at first.
It's in an official SE press release.
The Silver
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Square can't handle FF7's girth, gotta take it in episode by episode
I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being 3 episodes, $40 each. With a complete edition coming out a year after episode 3 with some sort of bonus or something priced at $60.
LouisaFerre
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Lol, FFVIIR might actually come out before FFXV now.
Maybe Square looked at it that way after the decade+ debacle that was Versus XIII. I don't know if it'll work out, but I can completely see why they would want to go that route.
Dictator93
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This is quite literally a thread where all you need is the title. Hilarious.
somecrazymember
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Being episodic by itself is not really a problem, you could just wait untill everything is done to start playing it. What worries me more is this: 'each with their own unique experience'.
This pretty much implies different types of gameplay per episode.. and it'll probably span out on Ps5 etc. Oh well. Why not... They should have been more clear from the beginning though..
This pretty much implies different types of gameplay per episode.. and it'll probably span out on Ps5 etc. Oh well. Why not... They should have been more clear from the beginning though..
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Nah, each episode is a unique experience.
Episode 1: PS4
Episode 2: Xbox Tuu
Episode 3: Wii Z
finalflame
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What the fuck SqEnix.
cosmicblizzard
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She seems conscious of the floating text.