Meccanical
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Like it or not he had every reason to be angry all the time.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Announced (First on PS4)
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Like it or not he had every reason to be angry all the time.
sensui-tomo
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Its the guy who voices kenpachi from bleach, he's got lots of voice acting roles (also grigori from dragon's dogma, jiraiya from naruto, some guy from ninja scrolls and a ton of other roles)
Efren is G.O.A.T.
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I wonder how long sony's ps4 will remain their main console after learning about the FFVII remake. It's obviously gonna take a long time for the game to be done and released and the ps4 has been out for already a year and a half so I'm wondering if the ps4 is gonna have a long life cycle like the ps3 did....
Bearpowers
Neo Member
This is a big problem and one of the perks of turn based.
Turn based doesn't need to be boring, You can experiment with new forms of ATB.
Maybe add combo systems, timing for presses, etc
Zoe
Member
We'll probably see with the PC port if it's true they're doing a new translation. He didn't speak like that in the Japanese version.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Yep, I feel this is the #1 reason it will stay turn based (and I'm happy about that)
shamo42
Member
This.
I don't understand how anyone who loved and played FF7 in the past would prefer real time battles in FF7R.
It would dump down the gameplay immensely. You go from directly controlling the whole team to controlling a single character. You go from strategic commander to foot soldier.
ATB is more like a chess game with time limits while real time battles feel more like an action game to me.
This is for the fans. If anything, make it more complex. Please don't dumb this down Square.
keisuke999
Member
Can't wait to use my ultimate best party of all time: Cloud, Yuffie, Cait Sith
texhnolyze
Banned
Gamers nowadays want everything simplified.
So, so true.
I hope so, because if not, then heads are definitely going to roll.
This is why I want it to be turn based. Controlling the other characters in the battle is very important for me.
I think they can work on a free roam and turn based combat. Something like Final Fantasy XII, but without the Gambit system.
Exactly. Think of games like Xenogears as examples of interesting combo systems. Or Sabin in FF6.
SRTtoZ
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Haha yep. This is the first and only website I ever made (because FF7 was awesome) and I can't believe it hasn't been deleted.
Bearpowers
Neo Member
Eternal Sonata had an unusual mix of turn based and action too.
I get the feeling there are ways to keep controlling all party members without boring people too much.
4.3 million views in 24 hours.
It prints money.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Maybe they'll expand on the scene with her ghost in the flower garden. Maybe even leave some kind of "fragment" of her that makes her playable again, but not as an actual character with lines or anything. You know, just as a sidequest so you can have an overpowered healer and get to use her level 4 limit break for more than an hour.
It might be, though it might cause a time paradox in advent children and Dirge of cerberus.
Via Purifico
Banned
I wouldn't mind the AC outfits as unlockable costumes. New game plus would be nice too.
Via Purifico
Banned
Guise
That will be glorious in HD.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Now that the remake is happening... I actually kind of like that we're getting an up-resed PC version on PS4. It would be nice to have the original version as nice as it can possibly look on PS4.
The Last One
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4.3 million views in 24 hours.
5 millions now lol
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_batman
Banned
i don't get it. what's wrong with cait sith, he's rad.
Whatever'sComfortable
Banned
If this is a success I'm hoping they'll see sense and remake Final Fantasy 9.
anothertech
Member
So I'm calling it now. They are going to have Sephiroth kill Tifa instead of Aeris. How much would that suck.
manipulate
Member
now we talkin' brah
I'll take Cait Sith over any character Post FF9 save Balthier and Sazh.
Don't even mention that.
That would be even more nightmarish than the original.
Kill Cloud instead and have Aeris or Tifa lead the party.
The Silver
Member
sure there is, Square's trying to save consoles in Japan
Via Purifico
Banned
He kills both Tifa and Aerith and laughs maniacally at Cloud.
AstuteClass
Banned
Cloud, Tifa and Barrett crew checking in!
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Why hasn't someone taken this video and broken it down to GIFs and frame-by-frame to analyze it yet?
If I had my way, this remake would retcon the Compilation out of existence.
That's probably why I'm not in charge of anything.
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?
Listening to the OST... goosebumps on every song...
When I re-listened the OST before the announcement, I got depressed - thinking that I'd never play a remake for this game
Now I'm re-listening to the OST and I'm just smiling...
Just smiling, folks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj0F2KfCvhg&list=PL77D98F68F6DBB35D&index=9
When I re-listened the OST before the announcement, I got depressed - thinking that I'd never play a remake for this game
Now I'm re-listening to the OST and I'm just smiling...
Just smiling, folks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj0F2KfCvhg&list=PL77D98F68F6DBB35D&index=9
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
What I love about the OST is that so much of the town and environment music is incredibly sweetly, nostalgically sad. This is not a boisterous adventure... it's incredibly melancholy.
I guess it's that Evangelion influence... the spectacle of mid-90s Japanese entertainment wasn't just going for "cool"... it was going for bittersweet introspective emotion amongst the ashes of the spectacle. And I think that's part of the secret sauce of what makes VII so great. If it were just going for a so-cool adventure, it wouldn't have this strange pull over our hearts...
LouisaFerre
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Wasn't Jun Akiyama also removed from FFXV?
Imagine if he was brought in to do event/cutscene direction on this.
Imagine if he was brought in to do event/cutscene direction on this.
NeoGold123
Member
So, it's not going to be FFXIII/X hallway style, right? I mean, in a game mechanic kind of way, it just can't, it would ruin a lot of how the areas work. I hope so. That it isn't, I mean.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
In a way, much of the interiors of VII were just hallways. Think of most of the pathways through Midgar or, say, the path from Costa del Sol to Corel. It definitely opens up on the world map, but even then, you're still mostly bottlenecked by having one or two caves to go through.
That said, they haven't said anything about it. Actually, I think they'd be shy to do a X or XIII environment ever again, based on how it was received the last time.
badcrumble
Member
I'm hoping really fucking hard for that.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
It's not exactly the MIDI-feel I'd want them to keep but the synth-y Blade Runner feel the original music had, that's what I'm hoping for.
ShroudOfFate
Member
Ayo!
I'm honestly not sure what I want from a gameplay perspective for the remake. On one hand, it would be cool for it to play as an action RPG, but as one poster said, that just means the teammates become dumb AI. On the other hand, I do really like the ATB in the original, and I think if they sped it up a bit, and tweaked it a bit, it could be fantastic.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Ok let's break it down.
Subways will probably be important:
If this were an actual Hollywood movie, the guy behind the glass here on the left is the one to watch:
Daytime Midgar is splendid and busy and beeeeautiful:
You can see those mileages again here, along with a big ad for Valentina (maybe a nod to Valentine?):
Here's a playground in a polluted Midgar hell:
Here are kids playing swords and look at that! Buster Swords must be a common design.
Raining in Midgar slums:
Here's clearly CLEARLY the biggest design change so far -- (I'm assuming Shinra soldiers):
Maaaaaan, I've watched this a dozen times and can't decide if that's a reflection of a statue or of Aeris standing there:
This is the Midgar reactor making the rounds today in those comparison shots:
Square has always (always) understood the way to establish scale with beauty is with birds.
Here's our first shot of Barrett's arm cannon, notably slimmer than the old version:
And finally, our hero:
Subways will probably be important:
If this were an actual Hollywood movie, the guy behind the glass here on the left is the one to watch:
Daytime Midgar is splendid and busy and beeeeautiful:
Note street sign: Center Gate 6 | Kalm 51 | Junon 133
You can see those mileages again here, along with a big ad for Valentina (maybe a nod to Valentine?):
Note the same old-timey cars from the original
Here's a playground in a polluted Midgar hell:
Again note the subway/train.
Here are kids playing swords and look at that! Buster Swords must be a common design.
Raining in Midgar slums:
Here's clearly CLEARLY the biggest design change so far -- (I'm assuming Shinra soldiers):
A dumb thing to note, but beards were way out of style back in 1997.
Maaaaaan, I've watched this a dozen times and can't decide if that's a reflection of a statue or of Aeris standing there:
It's probably a statue. But those are definitely her flowers.
This is the Midgar reactor making the rounds today in those comparison shots:
but here's a big version if you want a new wallpaper. sorry about the crops.
Square has always (always) understood the way to establish scale with beauty is with birds.
This very quick pan downward reminded me so much of the Secret of Mana cover art.
Here's our first shot of Barrett's arm cannon, notably slimmer than the old version:
And finally, our hero:
And look, the bolts on the shoulder are back.
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?
Cloud, Barret, Yuffie
How one could not be completely mind blown over how awesome Yuffie is beyond me
Yuffie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aeris >>>>>>>>>>>> Tifa
She's cute, she has a (sick) sense of humor, she's got charisma
She's got it all, unlike the trash that is Tifa.
edit: can't believe I'm having a discussion like it's 1997
SO AWESOME!
How one could not be completely mind blown over how awesome Yuffie is beyond me
Yuffie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aeris >>>>>>>>>>>> Tifa
She's cute, she has a (sick) sense of humor, she's got charisma
She's got it all, unlike the trash that is Tifa.
edit: can't believe I'm having a discussion like it's 1997
SO AWESOME!AuthenticM
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This is seriously one of the best leitmotifs ever composed. Fucking ominous and amazing.
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