Even though we reckon it will happen one day in the future (where there's money to be made...) there still seems to be no progress on a remake of Final Fantasy VII. And that's because of the visuals, believe it or not.
In an interview with Ultimania magazine (thanks 1UP), producer Yoshinori Kitase says that the reason there are no towns in Final Fantasy XIII is because they're tricky to create in HD.
Roughly translated quotes pulled from the mag have FFXIII devs saying, "It is a result of considering HD graphics will be the mainstream. Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style.
"In the limited period of development time, to convey the the great story that deserves the name of Final Fantasy, and to convey the battles that entertain players enough, we condensed each element.
"It is very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in that era had. Making graphics will take enormous time."
It's not like they haven't had ten years to get this going.. Just saying.
License the rights out to Sony or MS to make as an exclusive, with no financial risk or burden for Square Enix. That way they can take their time to create it as it should be.
Or is that just too simple of a solution for them?
Fook, I'm up late... Damn coursework, sh!t, p1ss, cr@p, turtle.
I think it would be. they have some special agreement with sony about FFVII. God knows why. I'd rather see a remake of VI or VIII they were far better.
It's also a p**s poor excuse from Square, They've basically turned round and said we don't have the talent or patience to create the free roaming elements that make up a modern RPG.
Screw square the guys that made the Final Fantasy games great are gone anyway. Maybe they should get mystwalker to develop it. What with them being the best part of the team that made it in the first place.
Lazy F**kers, it's strange how you can get games like fable 2 with towns in HD and done pretty well, even tho the story bored me it looked good and only took 2 years to do. They need to listen to what the fans want and it looks like 90% don't want any more new games till we get a remake of VII and VIII if they can, i liked that one too.
OK; you have the story, the characters, the locations, the HD models (advent children)and music. In fact you have everything mapped out about how the game should be. All we want is a HD upgrade. Oh and did I say - it will be a guarenteed seller in the millions.
Oh...you want to make an entirely different game from the ground up?..ok
Seriously? What kind of excuse is this? Of course it's going to take an enormous amount of time. Perhaps that's why they should get started on it now. It will happen - there's too much money to be made to not.
I'd be happy with a hd update of the current FF VII (a la GOW collection). Frankly- I wouldn't trust Square to redo the whole game from the ground up. There's no way they would do it justice imo. Who knows, maybe that's the real reason why they won't do it?.
I know that it's a classic, but I don't really understand why people would truly want this instead of a brand new FF.
It was a good game, with a great story - but, once it was beaten, there was no need to go back and play it again. I'd think that those that did were in the minority.
I also don't think that it'd be the huge seller that a lot of people like to make out. I think that the vast majority that played it all those years ago wouldn't be that interested in going over it again, even if it was in HD. Also, I'd be surprised if FF games still sell as well as they did back then.
The best option would be to slightly update the original - just a little polish - then release it on PSN and Live and see how well it does.
What is this nonsense about it being "very difficult"??
Its your fricking JOB!And there are others that are doing a good job at it.Look at Shenmue 10 years ago,look at Yakuza 3 ,look at Fable 2 or WKC.Hell ,look at your own SOIV.Now go to work and stop with your lazy excuses.
JUST LEAVE IT ALONE. They killed off Final Fantasy 7 with the awful Advent Children. I actually think Cloud looked better in his lego man form than his girly faced, translucent skinned look in that 'film'.
The less said about what they did to Barrett the better...
No way could they convert FFVII for the DS (much as though I'd like them to). FFVII shipped on three discs, and the largest DS cart to date is 512 MB. Even if they were to come up with a larger cart, it's a vast jump to accommodate that extra data (and that's without thinking about the possibility of v/o).
I think the chances of an FFVII remake hinge hugely on how well FFXIII sells when it comes out in Europe and the US. 9 months ago, FFXIII was right towards the top of my most anticipated list, but the more and more I see about it, the less it seems to be the A++ title I was hoping for (and the one people had expected, given its dev time). If it sells poorly, and Square actually make a loss on the game (not completely out of the question, given the development time), then I would have thought they would look to need for a guaranteed money spinner, and the FFVII remake would be just that.
That said - "not being able to make HD towns" is a shocking excuse!
No way could they convert FFVII for the DS (much as though I'd like them to). FFVII shipped on three discs, and the largest DS cart to date is 512 MB. Even if they were to come up with a larger cart, it's a vast jump to accommodate that extra data (and that's without thinking about the possibility of v/o).
It's entirely possible. The ghibli game is going to clock in at about 2gb and compression tech is way in advance of what it was when the games made. They could squeeze it onto the ds easy. OR they could just put it on 2 carts, like they proposed with Dragon Quest IX.
I know that it's a classic, but I don't really understand why people would truly want this instead of a brand new FF.
It was a good game, with a great story - but, once it was beaten, there was no need to go back and play it again. I'd think that those that did were in the minority.
I also don't think that it'd be the huge seller that a lot of people like to make out. I think that the vast majority that played it all those years ago wouldn't be that interested in going over it again, even if it was in HD. Also, I'd be surprised if FF games still sell as well as they did back then.
The best option would be to slightly update the original - just a little polish - then release it on PSN and Live and see how well it does.
I know that it's a classic, but I don't really understand why people would truly want this instead of a brand new FF.
It was a good game, with a great story - but, once it was beaten, there was no need to go back and play it again. I'd think that those that did were in the minority.
I also don't think that it'd be the huge seller that a lot of people like to make out. I think that the vast majority that played it all those years ago wouldn't be that interested in going over it again, even if it was in HD. Also, I'd be surprised if FF games still sell as well as they did back then.
The best option would be to slightly update the original - just a little polish - then release it on PSN and Live and see how well it does.
You're kidding, right?
I don't think too many people would, in all honesty. It's one of those things that sounds good in principle, but is less appealing as a reality - it's like Shenmue 3, lots of people seem to be screaming out for it, but I highly doubt that it'd actually sell in huge quantities....much like the first two.
I don't get it... in-house Square have already done some (fantastic) HD cities in The Last Remnant, and they're going to have to make some for FFXIV for basic MMO mechanics. I realize that they are different teams making those games but surely they can help each other out?
To be honest, though, I'd sooner see a sequel in the vein of X-2. We never found out what really happened to Genesis so it would cool to see a continuation of his story.
I know that it's a classic, but I don't really understand why people would truly want this instead of a brand new FF.
It was a good game, with a great story - but, once it was beaten, there was no need to go back and play it again. I'd think that those that did were in the minority.
I also don't think that it'd be the huge seller that a lot of people like to make out. I think that the vast majority that played it all those years ago wouldn't be that interested in going over it again, even if it was in HD. Also, I'd be surprised if FF games still sell as well as they did back then.
The best option would be to slightly update the original - just a little polish - then release it on PSN and Live and see how well it does.
You're kidding, right?
I don't think too many people would, in all honesty. It's one of those things that sounds good in principle, but is less appealing as a reality - it's like Shenmue 3, lots of people seem to be screaming out for it, but I highly doubt that it'd actually sell in huge quantities....much like the first two.
The first two Shenmue games didn't sell all that great because a) they were originally on the Dreamcast which didn't exactly have the largest user base (even if they were re-released on the Xbox) and b) they're not FPS's. Go figure.
I think you're really underestimating the nostalgia factor, though. If I were to go back and play it now, I've no doubt that I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I did the first time around, but a HD remake would be a different story. Plus, Final Fantasy fans tend to be more hardcore than those of other genres. Anyone who loved the original would jump at the chance to play a remake. Remember how excited people got at seeing the HD FFVII tech demo back in 2005? That level of fervour doesn't just disappear so easily. Shenmue never commanded that level of adoration. Given how poorly FFXIII seems to be doing in people's estimations (although most of the naysayers haven't actually played it yet, granted), I say they'd welcome a return to one of the most popular games in the series. Look at how receptive people have been to other additions in the Compilation of FFVII, and some of those haven't even been RPG's. The Square-Enix president said that the Compilation of FFVII could continue until its twentieth anniversary. Square might not have, but Square-Enix are far too financially-oriented to not pursue such a venture.
more than likely they won't do this one cos they know they'd NEVER be able to do it for 360. if FF7 was remade i could see it being the 1st game to need more than 1 blu ray...so it would definately not fit on a reasonable amount of dvds for 3-s**tsy
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