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[madstarr12]

Funny. Square Enix and their slowness of development as usual. Watch each part be priced like a full-retail game. 3 parts = ~$180, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Complete Experience $199.99, with all DLC and extra ending.

Spoiler

trololololol

 

[Yoshichan]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

 

[SkyOdin]

Is this a joke? I swear I've seen this exact same post before but the game and company were different. Is there something I'm missing?

It's just a GAF meme.

 

[Sub_Level]

Final Fantasy threads sure bring the entitled manchildren to the yard.

Nice buzzwords.

 

[Ray Down]

I can't see this being a design choice.. Maybe SE can't manage to wait the entire development time this could potentially take?

Possible, this game is pretty mush outsourced to CC2 since SE is busy with FFXV, KH3, FFXIV, DQX and maybe DQXI?

 

[kswiston]

Ni No Kuni? Lot's of HD towns and all that shit.

It's not so much about towns or overworld in isolation as it is that mixed with AAA production values.

A lot of PS3 JRPGs look nice because they go with the clean, cell shaded anime look which has really benefited from HD resolutions. However, all of that just covers up PS2 era animation, sparse backgrounds, and scaled back set pieces in the large majority of instances.

 

[Buster Wolf]

I'm trying not to overreact about this but I've got a bad feeling about it. As great as it would be that the reason behind this decision is because the game is that huge, I feel like it's gonna be episodic. I'm thinking they're gonna attempt to milk the fanbase by selling them the episodes first and then later releasing a physical and collector's edition. I hope I'm completely wrong on that.

What really baffles me is why they would drop this little nugget of information without exact details... they had to have seen that storm coming.

 

[Ultimadrago]

And there it is.

Notlikethis.gif

 

[POWERSPHERE]

FFVII Episode 3 eternal valve limbo

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Oh good call. My Level5 hatred blocked it out. Lol.

They make great games tho

 

[Aurizen]

I hope they back track on this idea, I feel like this is for them to experiment and it would ruin the game for people.

 

[Grisby]

Well, I was gonna make a comment on the trailer. You know, I was super surprised that they showed off what they did, especially with such a quick turn-around.

Sigh. There had to be some kind of string attached.

Try this instead.

This makes me sad.

 

[Neiteio]

Incoming episodic TLG, Shenmue III, Ni No Kuni 2, Nier Automata, Uncharted 4, TLoU2 and Crash revival.

Also, episodic Demon's Souls remake, $29.99 per archstone.

#YearOfDreams

 

[TheSpoiler]

Remember how Square would only show the Final Fantasy XIII/Versus trailers in closed megatheatres? What the fuck was up with that.

Was that just shown to the press or to real humans?

Any time a developer does that shit, it makes me angry. Journalists are so unreliable at conveying that information, or the tidbits they can give out.

I also think SE is stuck in the past. Years ago, this would have been a cute thing that people would speculate, but I think most of us are grown and don't have time for this run around shit I guess.

Since the game is morphing into its own, I don't mind a trilogy so long as I'm not hampered to venture like the previous games. And if each part is decently long and filled with content, I'm okay with that too.

But it's up to the consumer individually to decide the worth of a product. Some of you will see that different, and that's purely okay.

 

[0racle]

I don't like this.

I rather have a scalled down complete game rather than 25% of a remake.

Keep the isometric view
Keep the same gameplay mechanics

Don't reinvent the wheel if you can't put out your vision. This will be a start of a new age of how the industry can milk the gamer.

 

[Kacho]

The difference here is that Resident Evil is a short shitty game. Can't really compare that to FFVII.

 

[Celcius]

Same. I can't watch a season of a show until it is finished so I can plow through, and same will hold true with this. I'll wait for it all to be out.

I see this as a double-edged sword though. If everyone does this, then SE will see the episodes not selling well and could cut down the budget & do less than they originally planned, when in reality many were just waiting to play it all in one go.

 

[nynt9]

I don't see anything inherently wrong with this... why don't we wait for more concrete details before getting upset?

 

[A-V-B]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

A cliffhanger so intense that you need a time machine to see the next part.

 

[demosthenes]

there has to be 7 parts. It is in the title and this is Square. You'll be lucky to hit the Chocobo Ranch in the first part.

First part will end with you leaving Midgar.

 

[Famassu]

You are wrong if you assume that the "episodic structure" doesn't have an impact on the game itself. 1 big game doesn't equal 5 connected smaller games.

What if it's a trilogy of full-fledged JRPGs that end up being far bigger than the original FFVII actually is from a content POV? A remake could still offer far more exploration even with a world map removed if they just expand on the cities & overworld areas into being something that are of more realistic scale instead of a giant Cloud running 1000km/h on a relatively empty miniature world map. What if Midgar or other cities are bigger & properly explorable in this remake? You're thinking Telltale episodic when all they said is that they will divide it into more than one game. That doesn't mean each part will be 5 hours max with structure even more linear than FFXIII or anything.

 

[CanUKlehead]

Guess I'll be waiting til the complete edition comes out.

I envisioned playing the shit out of it on a weekend (knowing I won't finish it), maybe even taking time off from work, like how I played it as a 22 year old that summer.

But if it's going to be smaller chunks, it won't be the same.

Hell I waited to watch Breaking Bad til it finished. This whole thing still sucks, but well...at least Shenmue 3 won't be episodic (gulp).

 

[Darkangel]

Is this a joke? I swear I've seen this exact same post before but the game and company were different. Is there something I'm missing?

Just a glitch in the matrix.

 

[Xamtheking]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

You should piss in an evelope and send it to Squeenix
(Note: Don't actually do that)

 

[laser]

I really wanted to be as blindly optmistic as some folks here. Really, I do. I want to believe they're following this format not so they cam streamline and sell a "best moments of FF7" kind of deal, but to actually be able to cover every single bit of content from the original. I want to believe character progress will carry over throughout the episodes and it won't be as limiting as it sounds. I want to believe there'll be a huge world to explore between dungeons and cities.
Most importantly, I want to believe there'll be a "Complete Edition" with the episodes compilled as a single game, without "to be continued"s or anything that'd suggest it was ever an episodic endeavor, and you can just play it as a single conhesive experience like the original. That'd be perfect and worth the trade off.

I sadly don't believe this is going to happen. Prove me wrong, Square.

It would be pretty cool if you have all the episodes digitally, there is a patch to get rid of any "to be continued" screens.

 

[Neiteio]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

http://i.imgur.com/snY4d9E.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]
To be continued... 2008?

Did you mean 2018?

 

[Arkeband]

Final Fantasy threads sure bring the entitled manchildren to the yard.

"Be grateful while corporations suck you dry with season passes, DLC, and unfinished releases."

No thanks. The existence of FF7R was supposed to be a big "fuck you" to the status quo of game development. A project that everyone said couldn't be done. "RPG's will never be AAA, nerds!"

Well now we're slowly finding out that this paradigm shift is actually just more of the same shit, except now it's not directed at Call of Duty bros, it's directed at us.

 

[SDBurton]

I have no words...

 

[muteki]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

Either I'm missing the joke or you forgot to carry the 1.

 

[Zukuu]

No, it isn't. The original game is massive. The episodic nature of this indicates that either a full game would have cuts in content or would take an extremely long time to come out.

People have some right to be upset and their are legitimate concerns (overworld) but a vast amount of this thread is an utter joke.

Yeah, because SE has only the best of our interests in mind and not simply $... you do realize that we got FF13-2 and 13-3 ONLY because they were "easy to make", which translated to ca$h?

 

[somecrazymember]

I had to make this gif out of pure fucking hatred.

2008?

 

[anaron]

No, it isn't. The original game is massive. The episodic nature of this indicates that either a full game would have cuts in content or would take an extremely long time to come out.

People have some right to be upset and their are legitimate concerns (overworld) but a vast amount of this thread is an utter joke.

lol

Trying to say Square-Enix basically can't afford to do a massive game is hysterical.


I guarantee you that Xenoblade X will have ten times the content than whenever this shit is released

 

[Papercuts]

I'm not that opposed to episodic gaming, but doing it with a remake like this is really offputting. Not liking the sound of this at all.

 

[duckroll]

It's not so much about towns or overworld in isolation as it is that mixed with AAA production values.

A lot of PS3 JRPGs look nice because they go with the clean, cell shaded anime look which has really benefited from HD resolutions. However, all of that just covers up PS2 era animation, sparse backgrounds, and scaled back set pieces in the large majority of instances.

Yeah but NnK definitely counts imo. Level5 production values are up there.

 

[NotEasy]

Sounds greedy.

 

[Plywood]

They make great games tho

I'm not buying a PS4 for Kuku Nooni.

 

[Hatchtag]

anyone else think they'll later announce that nomura is only the director of the first episode?

 

[Yoshichan]

I don't even know anymore.

What year is it? Because I don't want to live in the times where video game development has become such shit.

Edit: actually, I'm fine with how the video game industry has developed. I'm not, however, fine with being teased like this and then gotten the news afterwards.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Do we know yet what engine Square's using for FFVIIR?

It's Luminous, isn't it? It must be....

 

[JigglesBunny]

Not like this, Square.

Not like this.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Incoming episodic TLG, Shenmue III, Ni No Kuni 2, Nier Automata, Uncharted 4, TLoU2 and Crash revival.

Also, episodic Demon's Souls remake, $29.99 per archstone.

#YearOfDreams

Shenmue is practically already episodic.

 

[Petrae]

Final Fantasy threads sure bring the entitled manchildren to the yard.

They bring out shitposters in equal number, I see.

 

[ZSeba]

To be continued... 2008?

Did you mean 2018?

It has already continued.

 

[timetokill]

What? That shit was done from 2004 to like 2010. It had nothing to do with the PS1 era.

I'm not saying they did it during the PS1 era, I'm saying their success after that era started the transformation. And was 2004 really the first time they did that? I feel like I had to go into one of their little cinema rooms before that.

 

[rubius01]

It's going to be episodic self contained set pieces with CG intros and outros isn't it.

CG is the bane of all of our existences.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

They don't want to spend 6 years to develop an incredibly expensive game, only to have it undersell and the company goes under.

You guys better buy it then. I'll wait it out to see how it goes, and if the segments are not full game sized. If it's not waiting for full collection, especially if PC version is announced.

The reason for waiting for PC version is that PC Backwards Compatibility is awesome, and possible visual performance mods, and possible community patches. I still might double dip if episode one is huge and worth it to play near launch with a possible huge wait between episodes.

 

[CanUKlehead]

What if it's a trilogy of full-fledged JRPGs that end up being far bigger than FFVII actually is from a content POV? A remake could still offer far more exploration even with a world map removed if they just expand on the cities & overworld areas into being something that are of more realistic scale instead of a giant Cloud running 100km/h on a relatively empty miniature world map. What if Midgar or other cities are bigger & properly explorable in this remake? You're thinking Telltale episodic when all they said is that they will divide it into more than one game. That doesn't mean each part will be 5 hours max with structure even more linear than FFXIII or anything.

The cynic in me has always thought an FFVII remake would be a cash grab. I'm more likely to think they'll put less effort in the overall scope, and cut corners where they can.

Reeks of The Hobbit in 3 films, tbh.

 

[Suzushiiro]

Is this a joke? I swear I've seen this exact same post before but the game and company were different. Is there something I'm missing?

It's one of the two classic meltdown posts from the thread where FFXIII being ported to the 360 was announced, the other being Amir0x's "The era of Sony is DONE" post. It has since become a major GAF meme that was even referenced in Persona 4.

 

[Jigorath]

Their PS1 success sent Square WAY up their own ass. They were high as shit on themselves for a long time.

Square's output was fucking god-tier on the PS1, but they continued most of that success on the PS2. It was last gen that Square down a spiral with Japanese games.

 

[A-V-B]

It has already continued.

Gif should really say

"To be continued

1997"