Again, the problem is that it's a REMAKE of an existing game. We already have "all the content". We don't need filler crap to stretch a single game into THREE. See "the Hobbit".
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Final Fantasy VII Remake is a multi-part series
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Vincent Alexander
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Perhaps, yeah. I'm a sucker though, so if they release special editions (which I'm sure they will) I'll probably order and let it sit there on my shelf.
the mega theatre crap is on management and publicity though, not the developers.
Wada is the reason for that if anything.
anothertech
Member
Well I have great news for you guys! Waiting till 2021 is still an option!
Don't want it in episodes? Wait for the trilogy goty edition in 6 years
win win right? right?!Have you enjoyed no new released games in the past couple of years?
Don't know how it's going to pan out...
But if they had some decent designers on staff, they'd be able to make the world map work out quite easily...
I mean the original had the worldmap gated as hell anyway - through the discovery of vehicles and chocobos, etc.
Those gates would serve as natural stopping points for new episodes.
Moreover, here's where the real draw is; each episode can revisit the previous sections and update the monster map and sprinkle in some extra events, providing players a reason to revisit previous areas.
Similarly, once the whole world map is open via Airship, you can still have new events that unleash updated monsters in subsequent episodes - e.g. Emerald and Ruby weapons come out in the last episode.
But if they had some decent designers on staff, they'd be able to make the world map work out quite easily...
I mean the original had the worldmap gated as hell anyway - through the discovery of vehicles and chocobos, etc.
Those gates would serve as natural stopping points for new episodes.
Moreover, here's where the real draw is; each episode can revisit the previous sections and update the monster map and sprinkle in some extra events, providing players a reason to revisit previous areas.
Similarly, once the whole world map is open via Airship, you can still have new events that unleash updated monsters in subsequent episodes - e.g. Emerald and Ruby weapons come out in the last episode.
I'm generally ok with it being multi-part, especially if they can create a deeper experience. I always wanted to explore parts like Midgar, Gold Saucer, Cosmo Canyon or Junon and all the other stuff more and if that means splitting the game into more parts, I'm fine with it. What I fear - and probably most other people here - is a disconnect as we had with FF13. The splits just didn't make sense and I still don't fully understand what happend between 13-2 and LR (I will probably never finish the game, too, can't stand the fighting system). I also fear that we won't be able to travel across the whole world in the last entry. This was a hugh part of my FF7 experience.
As of now, I give them the benefit of the doubt, altough their track record suggests otherwise.
As of now, I give them the benefit of the doubt, altough their track record suggests otherwise.
Come to think of it,what Level-5 achieved with Ni No Kuni was really fucking impressive.
A fully complete visually varied and polished world.Maybe even the most beautiful in any RPG.
Maybe that Yokai watch money is helping with dev costs.Idk how they managed it.
Celcius
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Nostremitus
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Will they include Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus and Advent Children, etc, storylines as well?
You now, telling the whole story?
If not and its just FFVII story stretched out Hobbit style... Fuck that.
Also, Lightening will probably show up and Retcon the story.
You now, telling the whole story?
If not and its just FFVII story stretched out Hobbit style... Fuck that.
Also, Lightening will probably show up and Retcon the story.
Primethius
Banned
I mean, hey, if you want to go and read details into something like this and ignore actual game development hurdles and how game development has been getting progressively more expensive with each passing generation while ignoring how big of a game FF7 actually is, be my guest.
That's what most of everyone else seems to be doing as well.
Yikes. Way to miss the point and or not understand what I was saying. Continue on your tirade, don't let me stop you.
Well I have great news for you guys! Waiting till 2021 is still an option!
Don't want it in episodes? Wait for the trilogy goty edition in 6 years
Game dev is much more expensive these days
That's exactly how I feel. The way SE has handled this, from fucking hiding the fact, to how they nonchalantly dropped it, in HALF A SENTENCE, like it's a mundane thing, shows how little they respect the fans.
Rabid Dwarf 76
Member
I've been a junior for over a year and a half. How long until I become a full member so I don't get looked down on as some kind of noob?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
The Spoony Hou
Member
I expected them to fuck it up, but not that badly.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
I can't believe there are people here defending this and suggesting there's zero reason to be weary.
Of course episodic gaming isn't inherently bad. But are some of you seriously gonna sit here and suggest there's no reason to panic given how they've milked fans before? And how VII was one, self contained, epic experience where gutting it into pieces can easily run the risk of ruining that vibe?
Fuck that, this is some hype train obliteration shit right here.
Of course episodic gaming isn't inherently bad. But are some of you seriously gonna sit here and suggest there's no reason to panic given how they've milked fans before? And how VII was one, self contained, epic experience where gutting it into pieces can easily run the risk of ruining that vibe?
Fuck that, this is some hype train obliteration shit right here.
Celcius
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Words of wisdom
You need 300 posts and 3 months. But, really, anyone that calls you "junior" is a total shitlord and you should just ignore them.
LordOcidax
Member
pretty bad... 0/10Well I have great news for you guys! Waiting till 2021 is still an option!
Don't want it in episodes? Wait for the trilogy goty edition in 6 years
encephalon
Member
Release it like a Japanese book. Two parts. The story wasn't written as a trilogy.
Even then it will still be disappointing.
Even then it will still be disappointing.
Lion Heart
Banned
Too good to be true..Knew it was too good to be True, 2 gud to Bee truuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!
FJUFOD"JFD:LIJ.
There was no way they could have pulled it off with that fidelity over the course of 70 hours. And it not being turn based means they have to come up with attack patterns for all the bosses Souls style, just adding insult to injury.
It should have been turn based, they might have had a chance to make it in a reasonable timeframe.
FJUFOD"JFD:LIJ.
There was no way they could have pulled it off with that fidelity over the course of 70 hours. And it not being turn based means they have to come up with attack patterns for all the bosses Souls style, just adding insult to injury.
It should have been turn based, they might have had a chance to make it in a reasonable timeframe.
In about 250 more posts
THe gameplay was amazing and made people even more hype for it lol
Now I get it. I agree, the way Square released this news was pretty shit.
Member status requires 300 posts and 3 months or something like that. You only have 52 posts so it'll be a while. It's still kinda dumb though that people use Jr. status as an argument to shut down people.
Xamtheking
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Rabid Dwarf 76
Member
Thanks! I never knew about that.
I was just thinking.. didn't Nomura (or someone else) mentioned the game being more story oriented than the original anyway.
I could see them cutting a lot of location / bestiary to have something more linear and narrative. In the end it would indeed look more like a Kingdom Heart than something else.
I could see them cutting a lot of location / bestiary to have something more linear and narrative. In the end it would indeed look more like a Kingdom Heart than something else.
LordOcidax
Member
shhhh, some people say thats imposible....
Of course it can be done.
Question is, does Square think it's worth the investment of such a massive AAA project when they can do this episodic crap and probably make just as much money from die hard fans.
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You sound like a perfect corporate tool. "We don't care that you are diehard fans that made us big and buy our shit. We only care about even MORE cash and control. Don't have internet? Buy an 360!" :X
Ni no Kuni.
Which is one of the reasons why I liked it so much. It was a total package RPG in an era where everything was gimped in one way or another.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
what are the chances the the last episode releases in time for both PS4 and PS5
More likely then not but I was hoping they tried to fit it all in 7 parts and keep a lot of the extras. First disc broken into four parts:
Midgar-Kalm flashback
Ranch - Prison (buggy)
Buggy - rocket town
Tiny Bronco - Ancient forest
Etc for disc two and three
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is actually coming out, and it could be coming out with everything intact, but episodically. Or it could be coming out altogether, but with other shit releasing in separate parts (things like Crisis Core, DoC, etc.)
This is actually happening, which nobody in their right minds thought it would, and people are complaining about the delivery method, lol. We're gonna find out more about it in just a couple of weeks, and people are just whining like babies over the the product that nobody really thought could even exist, existing in a potentially not perfect form. Boo hoo.
This is actually happening, which nobody in their right minds thought it would, and people are complaining about the delivery method, lol. We're gonna find out more about it in just a couple of weeks, and people are just whining like babies over the the product that nobody really thought could even exist, existing in a potentially not perfect form. Boo hoo.
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Man... people just love to flip the fuck out, don't they?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
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qualitydisc
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"The reunion at hand may bring joy, it may bring fear, but let us embrace whatever it brings."
It was there, all along.
It was there, all along.