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[Massive_Edge]

remember when i said that if this is a success i want that chrono trigger remake



well, i think i changed my mind

 

[RK9039]

FF7-2, FF7-Lightning Returngeance.

 

[darkistheway]

Remember Squaresoft?

 

[FlutterPuffs]

This is going to be linear as fuck and the only resemblance to the original will be superficial.

Helpppp

Since when has Final Fantasy VII been nonlinear. In fact it was one of the cons about it in an EGM review I read wayyyyyy back )

 

[mysteriousmage09]

On one hand, it might mean it will release sooner than we think.

On the other, we'll have to wait months between episodes, most likely...

It's going to be months between episodes. Doing episodic content with a RPG such as this is stupid beyond belief.

 

[laser]

Chopping up the highly anticipated remake to a beloved and universally acclaimed classic into pieces is an overreaction? With potentially cut or reworked content to fit this new idio- eh, episodic narrative?

Stop the bad trolling.

It certainly is. People are acting as if Square slept with their spouse.

 

[Vashetti]

Well that's deflated most of my hype.

 

[Two Words]

Who the hell wants to play FFVII, get to Cosmo Canyon/Golden Saucer or whatever, and wait a year to continue the game?

 

[rhandino]

Remember when Wada said it'd take 10 years to do an FF7 remake?

Well...

Now I do wonder if instead of a traditional JRPG they are going to concentrate the story of FF7 and distill it to their most important chapter (Chapter Midgar, Chaptar Nifhelheim, etc...)

Nope, better not think too much about this...

 

[GavinUK86]

Well, maybe it'll be like Resident Evil Revelations 2? A new one every week?


Bah, who am I kidding.


If this allows them to release it quicker though I think I'm ok with this news.

 

[Famassu]

Famassu
100% likely wrong.
(Today, 08:19 PM)

You stupidly quoting my tag doesn't make what I said any less true. They are announcing the release date of FFXV in 3 months and recently revealed you can play the game from start to finish & were done polishing about half of the game, with only the rest to still be polished. FFXV is nearing completion, that's fact at this point, not something you can dispute by silly tag quotes.

 

[CHC]

This is the shittiest fucking news. I'll quote myself from the other day:

I still can't believe this isn't actually just a tech demo. Just knowing that there is going to be SO much of the game to see after this. FFVII is huge.

Actually though this gives me a horrible idea: what if they release it "The Hobbit" style? Like, Part 1 is just Midgar, then so and so forth in like $20 "episodes"? That would be shitty, and I hope they don't.

Lo and behold it came true.

Best case scenario each "episode" is a disk of the original game. Those at least ended at some kind of meaningful moment. Ugh but still there's just no good spin you can put on this. It fucking sucks.

 

[MThanded]

Not like this

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

bwahaha

I'm nervous for REmake2 now

 

[Napalm_Frank]

This is going to be a bigger trainwreck than the one that happens in Episode 6.

Fixed

 

[sublimit]

FFVII Remake
FFVII-2 Remake
Cloud Returns FFVII Remake (guest starring Lightning and directed by Toriyama)

 

[Courage]

Do you guys actually know how episodic games are priced or are you all being ridiculous? We'll get a $60 "season pass" and the episodes themselves will total probably $10 to $20 more if bought separately. Unless I've missed out on some crazy episodic game pricing in the last few years.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 was episodic and it did a great job of it. Even if it's basically artificial I like how it extends the time I'm playing so I don't barrel through the experience in a weekend or a few days. Of course, Rev2 also had the benefit of basically being finished and having a set release day every week. Who the hell knows what the release schedule of this will be...

Episodic games are the (sort of) future brehs.

The scope of this remake is not analogous to Revelations 2. I don't even think each 'episode' will be released yearly.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

By the way, Verendus told us this long ago

got a link?

 

[Curufinwe]

Once again people freaking out without knowing all the facts.

This could be more of a reimagining than people think. What if they add content and make the game longer but split it into different games? The world is plenty interesting and there are a lot of stories to tell.

Let's get more facts.

In a few years I think this thread will be as fun to go back and pick out the wackiest posts from as the next gen console predictions thread from 2012 has been.

 

[quesalupa]

Well, at the very least, the intro to the game will be fucking amazing.

 

[NHarmonic.]

So unnecesary, ugh. SE always fucking up the mood.

 

[SDCowboy]

By "obvious", do you mean level system resetting?

By obvious, I mean that the story is progressing and there are different areas, thus being a different experience. I want to know what, if anything, it would be beyond that.

 

[AdanVC]

There goes all the interest I had in this game....

 

[TheGamingBox]

This is the shittiest fucking news. I'll quote myself from the other day:



Lo and behold it came true.

except that it didnt come true yet

 

[Zee-Row]

Also these episodes are gonna be 60 bucks each.

Bet on it.

Good thing these games are on Blu-Ray , if they were on CD it would retail for over $10,000.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Is anyone else thinking negative reaction to this may have them change their minds? I mean, I can hope right? They just seem to be quite a reactive company lately with XV so I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

bwahaha

I'm nervous for REmake2 now

Don't say that man. Now I'm nervous.
lol

 

[clarkision]

Remember Squaresoft?

Pepperidgefarmremembers.gif

 

[Quonny]

Hey guys, maybe light at the end of the tunnel here. I have a theory/hope.

What if they made each part WAY more fleshed out now that they can focus on sections of the game. So lets say all of Midgar section is part 1, but it is way more expansive, more to do, etc etc.

I would kind of be ok with that.

This is exactly what I'm predicting. It'd be really easy to throw in a story arch in each game that is tangentially related to the main story and flesh it out more.

All this overreacting, though.

 

[Fix The Scientist]

bye bye overworld

 

[Nanashrew]

You should really ditch your monkey paw.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

That should tell you something about the hype train and the dangers of riding it.

I like to live dangerously.

 

[LuuKyK]

Chopping up the highly anticipated remake to a beloved and universally acclaimed classic into pieces is an overreaction? With potentially cut or reworked content to fit this new idio- eh, episodic narrative?

Stop the bad trolling.

Again, there is literally no way to know what a "multi part experience" means based on what is in the OP. It could mean many things. So yeah, it is overreacting because all this doom and gloom is based on assumptions people are coming up with.

 

[Secret_asian_man]

I'm still looking forward to it. But what do they mean when each is its own unique experience?!

 

[ForsakenLotus]

Surely there is some kind of lost in translation thing going on here. There's just no way they would do this. Right?

 

[Korezo]

SE wants FF15 to be a better game than FF7R, so they have to ruin it somehow.

 

[Exentryk]

Don't know how the world map will work with this episodic nature. Also, total cost of complete game?!

 

[HeelPower]

Even if they do that, it's not like they're going to complete the entire world and include the whole thing in every episode. This game is going to be one giant hallway. Besides, the original was only split into three discs because of the CG. The third episode would be a rip-off if they did it that way.

Honestly ?

A best case scenario would be working out the remake the exact same way the original was split on the discs.

They could potentially still have a proper world ,despite splitting the game ,and after the final episode releases you'll be left with the full open world.

Unlikely ofcourse,but it could happen hypothetically.

 

[gwiz210]

FF7 is one game.
Not two, three, or four, or whatever. Guess I'm waiting for the complete collection.

 

[Chuck]

lol

how much are they going to charge for his multi part game?

 

[LordOcidax]

I Know what this mean. No materia system, No overworld map. Episodes of the most important parts of the old FF7 story. Fuck this.

 

[BlueWord]

Where does it say episodic again?

Multi-part series could mean anything, even a FFVII-2

This was honestly my first thought. Although trailers up to this point seem to imply a fairly faithful recreation of the game's opening sequence, I'd be willing to bet that we're going to see greater divergence throughout, including incorporation of elements introduced in other entries of the Compilation of FFVII.

With regard to the remake being episodic – so long as the contentrice ratio is reasonable and fair, I don't see the problem. Of course I would prefer conventional game=$60, but it all comes down to framing. Let's not forget that a full-scale remake of FFVII at the level of quality we've seen so far represents a considerably larger investment today than it did in 1997; ultimately, this may be the only economically feasible way for SE to deliver on their full ambitions.

 

[Megidolaon]

Ugh thats some BS. I know its a long game but it cant be a complete experience? Better have data transfer. I miss when rpgs had lesser graphics but felt complete.

I feared something like this. Budgets...

 

[careksims]

Dammit! Are you fucking kidding me? If this is the case, my hype deflated so hard. I just want a complete game!

 

[somecrazymember]

So what would you guys prefer, that they take 10 years to remake the full game or release an episode every 2 years? If its the former, just wait to play it all in 10 years!

 

[Htown]

Can Square just.... NOT fuck something up?

Just one time?

 

[Two Words]

You know what they say.....Hashimoto always wins.

 

[entremet]

Don't know how the world map will work with this episodic nature. Also, total cost of complete game?!

World Map?

LOL.

 

[MindGamingMantis]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[GoldandBlue]

bwahaha

I'm nervous for REmake2 now

RE2 wasn't huge like FF7 in terms of content. I don't they'll need to split that up.