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Square Enix: Where is our Final Fantasy VII remake?

jshackles

jshackles

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On May 16, 2005 Square Enix released the "PS3 Tech Demo" featuring the opening sequence of Final Fantasy VII as it would look if it were remade to run on the then-upcoming Playstation 3 system. Rumors circulated for months that a remake of Final Fantasy VII was in the works.

This was almost 10 years ago.
This was before Final Fantasy XII (12) was released in the US.

Later that year in 2005 we got Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, a full length (and available in high definition) movie which took place in the world of Final Fantasy VII. This movie was longer than all of the cutscenes in Final Fantasy VII put together.

The original Final Fantasy VII was released for the Playstation in 1997, 17 years ago, and has become a cultural mainstay that's widely regarded as the birth of modern jRPG games. The original game was rendered at 320 x 224 resolution, or approximately 1/6th of 1080p or what is generally considered nowadays to be "high definition".

The typical excuse we get is "a remake like this would be too hard and / or take too much manpower" but here is a list of other Final Fantasy remakes that Square Enix has released since showing the tech demo at E3 in 2005:
  • Final Fantasy III (DS)
  • Final Fantasy III (PC)
  • Final Fantasy IV (DS)
  • Final Fantasy IV (PC)
  • Final Fantasy IV - The After Years (iOS / Android)
  • Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (PSP)
  • Final Fantasy V (GBA)
  • Final Fantasy V (iOS / Android)
  • Final Fantasy VI (GBA)
  • Final Fantasy VI (iOS / Android)
  • Final Fantasy VII (PC)
  • Final Fantasy VIII (PC)
  • Final Fantasy X (PS3 / Vita)
  • Final Fantasy X-2 (PS3 / Vita)
  • Final Fantasy XI (Xbox 360)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics - The War of the Lions (PSP)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics (iOS)
And this doesn't even count the other Final Fantasy games (which aren't re-releases) that have been released since then, such as Type-0 (PSP), Final Fantasy XIV (PC / PS3 / PS4 / etc etc), and Dimensions (iOS / Android).

Final Fantasy is obviously a huge franchise, and fans around the world are hungry for a high definition version of Final Fantasy VII. Obviously releasing a remastered version of Final Fantasy VII would generate a lot of money, so what's the hold up?


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I want to point out that I'm a *huge* fan of Final Fantasy VII. I even played the PC re-release last year on Steam for 65 hours.

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I'm not trying to shit in anyone's cereal and this isn't some sort of port begging, I'm just legitimately wondering why this hasn't happened yet.
 
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ArkhamFantasy

Member
I can't believe people want all of those resources put into a 15 year old game that we've already played countless times instead of making a new game like XV or XVI.
 
dark_chris

dark_chris

Member
Im tired of people bitching about a 7 remake. People need to get over it.
It makes me hate 7 more whenever i see stuff like that.

Get 7 for the PC, mod it, there. Theres your remake.

...Plus we all know 6 and 8 are far superior than 7.
 
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Mucudadada

Insomniac Games
Going from PS1 graphics to something decent would take a lot of time and money. To do something the calibur of what we saw in that tech demo would require a whole revamp.

The other remakes are essentially going from 2D to slightly 3D. And those are on hardware that's lighter.

So, ya - that's the thing. You could have square make something new like FFXV - or have them focus on a FFVII remake. I'd rather them create something new every single time.

I love FFVII, too. But - a simple remake doesn't interest me. A new game and story in that universe? Sure!
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
jshackles said:
On May 16, 2005 Square Enix released the "PS3 Tech Demo" featuring the opening sequence of Final Fantasy VII as it would look if it were remade to run on the then-upcoming Playstation 3 system. Rumors circulated for months that a remake of Final Fantasy VII was in the works.
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That was just meant to be a tech demo. No different from when Square recreated the ballroom sequence from FF8 for the PS2's unveiling. Neither are going to be remade because at this point they'd be way too expensive and time consuming to justify doing at the scale that they'd need to be done at.
 
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saher

Banned
Yes first let them do remake for FF6 on PS4 then we talk 7.

FF6 remake would be far more amazing than FF7 remake
 
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Savantcore

Unconfirmed Member
I don't understand the obsession. A remaster I can get behind. A remake would fundamentally change the game into something unrecognisable to the original. If you love it so much, just keep playing it. I don't beg for a FFIX remake because the original is the one that I fell in love with.
 
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PixyJunket

Member
I hate Final Fantasy VII, and even I can see that a remake would be nothing but awful, even for fans.

I mean, all you need to do is look at everything they've done to Final Fantasy VII after the original game (Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, etc.) and then look at Square-Enix's output over the last several years (Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XV, etc.).
 
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Marow

Member
It will never be able to live up to the expectations, so perhaps it'll never come. At least not until the craving for it stops.

But who knows. Only Square Enix does.
 
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mp1990

Banned
Maybe if FF XV sales go really good they will remake it ? Idk man,i'm playing FF7 at the moment and even the graphics are really bad for today standards,i can live without a remake.
 
Duxxy3

Duxxy3

Member
It's their get out of jail free card. When the shit really hits the fan, that's when they'll play it.
 
appaws

appaws

Banned
I really don't care about this at all....I never understand why people get so worked up about it.

It was a good game that made an extra big impact because of the timing of when it came out. But in hindsight it was just that....a good RPG, nothing earth shattering. There have been so many better jrpgs that have come out since. Put it on a PSP or Vita...or DL it on steam.
 
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Chie Satonaka

Member
Snowblindvictim said:
Probably because it was only supposed to be a tech demo.
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I mean...

Wasn't Final Fantasy VII a really big project for it's time?

They can't even get Final Fantasy 15 out in less than eight years after it was originally announced.

I'm sorry, but it's a massive stretch to think that a remake of this game on PS4 would be anywhere even close to the quality of the original. If it was announced right now, I doubt it'd even come out before the end of the PS4's lifecycle.

Snowblindvictim is right, it was meant to be a tech demo.
 
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GhostTrick

Banned
ShockingAlberto said:
It will come to iOS and you'll wish you never made this thread.
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Yeah... thanks for stealing what I had in mind :/
But basically, there'll be no FFVII remake. Because it's too much of a work, even more nowadays.
Also, keep in mind that's it highly likely that this tech demo was just CG, like a lot of PS3 tech demos back in 2005.
 
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krackerjack

Member
Wasn't there someone on here saying that it's happening? I thought that particular poster was saying it's very very very early in pre-production.
 
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Liquid-San

Member
Asd202 said:
I'd rather have new games.
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This. The game still exists and it's not as if it has changed since its release, so you can still go back and play it if need be. FFVII has gotten so much more than any FF title that a remake is highly unnecessary. Plus, I don't think it'd sell as well as many assume.
 
jshackles

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I'm with you guys when you say that you'd rather have new, original content. But I find it hard to believe that a company like Square Enix couldn't recruit enough quality talent to make this a reality without having to pull people off of their existing projects. Why can't we have both Final Fantasy XV (which looks amazing) and a Final Fantasy VII remake?
 
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