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[TheDarkKnight774]

So a SC2 situation?

 

[Lashley]

Oh for fucks sake

 

[Master7]

 

[MulderYuffie]

how? why?

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Valve announces episodic series to end critically acclaimed game arc. Third and final entry never releases and never spoken of again.

Frequently requested remake of classic RPG announced 18 years after the original. Will be released episodically.

https://youtu.be/4JuK1Yr35Io?t=7

 

[entremet]

I hope it still has the Weapon fights and Chocobo breeding

DLC

 

[Metroidvania]

This....is some weird shit.

I wonder if the episodic focus means that there are different styles for each of the episodes?

Episode 1 or w/e has the KH style, and it changes later?

Either case, relatively sure of a 'do not want'.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

30 mins later and we're already at 17 pages. That's quite the reaction...

 

[Yoshichan]

lol Yoshi, stop being dramatic.

Don't you say this to me again. Seriously, don't.

 

[Comrade Crunch]

Well, good thing you'll have that option in the inevitable bundle that comes out.

That was my plan, same as with Hitman. Though the episodic thing has it's perks, like you can buy the first episode to get a taste to see if you like it or not and then you don't have to commit to the rest of the game if you hate it.

 

[rhandino]

True final boss battle will be DLC.

Spoiler

The Final Boss will be Genesis instead of Sephiroth, kii!

 

[carlsojo]

I'm trying to stay positive about this and hope maybe this is a misunderstanding but it's not working.

Like maybe first part is ff7, part 2 is advent children, part 3 is new story?

 

[duckroll]

You know what other rpg series was episodic? .hack! Wow wasn't there a rumor that CC2 is making this?! Whoa!!

 

[BahamutPT]

Fuck Telltale, their fans, the stupid idea of episodic content, fuck everything, seriously.

YOU HAD ONE JOB SQUARE

Half-Life 2.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

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

Oh Jesus

 

[Dangansona]

If this turns out to be "splitting the game in parts" and not the whole "connected universe thing", then I sure hope we can deliver the biggest twitter shitstorm the internet has ever witnessed to SE.

I'll be there to take part.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Probably not a bad thing if they can get it out quicker

Exactly what I was thinking. This way we can play the game sooner while they roll out the rest of it. Game looked fantastic from what was shown.

 

[ghst]

it's painful to see people mentally size up where they're going to put breaks in the original game.

this will be nothing like the sprawling, continuous universe connected by an overworld that you want. it'll be a cinematic, piecemeal experience with only a narrative continuity between each section.

by doing this, they can make a lot more money from nostalgia junkies for a magnitude less effort.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

This really drives home the point that modern game development can not accommodate the scope of past generations. Shit sucks.

 

[Xamtheking]

What if each episode has a separate overworld specific to the episode so there is still stuff to do after the main story

 

[BY2K]

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

What? No. It doesn't mean that at all.

Releasing the game in chunks doesn't mean it will be segmented like one. And like hell that means there won't be materia.

 

[jett]

Well I know for sure it's coming out on Xbox Tuu

Current generation exclusive.

addendum: full game not actually coming in the current generation.

 

[HeelPower]

How do you construct an overworld in an episodic game? Genuine question.

The same way original game did it across discs ?

There's still hope for a complete,cohesive world at the end of it all.

 

[DeSolos]

FF7 was always episodic.

Spoiler

I know... I know... But if they call it Disc 1-3, and cover equivalent content, I'd be ok with it.

 

[Phlebas]

They'll still charge $60 for it too.

Disgusting.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I think a series of loosely connected vignettes is pretty uninteresting to me.

 

[Nattan]

Really not looking forward to the effects of this decision.

 

[lazyproblems]

Well that's disappointing. Guess it really was too good to be true.

 

[fester]

Worked for Half Life.

Hah, I read this with the driest delivery I could think of and it totally cracked me up.

 

[robotrock]

I'M NOT HERE

THIS ISN'T HAPPENING

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Funny how Square said some years ago that they didn't want to remake FF7 because they don't want to mess it up and the first thing they do when they start the remake is mess it up.

It was never going to be what alot wanted..but damn eho expected This!

 

[GavinGT]

What happens if I don't buy a previous episode? They just give me all or some of the equipment I missed? That cheapens the whole thing...

 

[AESplusF]

I'm going to hope for the best instead of crying about it, and who knows maybe it is actually a mistranslation or misunderstanding, either way, I don't really think this is a big deal.

I mean it's the content that matters, not the publishing approach.

 

[ZeroCDR]

I get to replay FF7 for 3x + the price?

Select chunks of FF7

 

[The Last One]

And people were worried about the game's battle system.

"ACTION? NOOO, PLEASE, I CAN'T TAKE NEW THINGS!!!"

"ATB? WHAT IS THIS? THE 90's?!!"

Now the game is episodic. OH MY GOD

I can't believe this is happening.

 

[Wilsongt]

This is the part where we throw our heads back and laugh.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

 

[statham]

Question is how much for each episode and how long apart are the release dates.

 

[Xilium]

Could also mean they will be remaking Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus. The "unique experience" part doesn't make it sound episodic to me.

In any case, I'm not gonna jump to conclusions. I'll wait till more information is released.

 

[JimmyRustler]

That was kinda unexpected... What are you doing Square? You already had the fans and now this? Can't believe how stupid some CEOs are....

 

[wamberz1]

You simply can't.
There won't be an overworld.

Starting to think this is probably the case. Their gonna FF10 it

Crazy to me that it took 16 pages for this image to get posted.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Square Enix.

Making bad decisions because fuck you and fuck what our customers want.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

.......

Thinking about this, could it be that the game will be cut up into different parts, to have great focus on some characters?

-Part I: Focus on Cloud and Avalanche
-Part II: Continue Cloud's journey
-Part III: Backstory with Zack (Crisis Core re-done?)
-Part IV: Vicent and Yuffe focused
-Part V: Conclusion to Cloud's story
-Epilogue: Playable version of Advent Children

They could mean that through the FFVII Remake, they want to retell EVERYTHING that is part of the FFVII world. If that is the case....this isn't too bad then.

It allows focus on elements not covered in the original game alongside re-doing elements that people wanted to see more of (Zack) or want to see fixed up/expanded (Vicent).

Either way, this is both good and bad news, so they better explain this in more detail to us at some point :l.

Yeah, like I said. Each part would have more story to it. More detailed environments. More things to do, more people to interact with.

 

[SDCowboy]

Again, I want to know what in the hell each having its own unique experience entails (besides the obvious). Does that mean they're going to play differently?

 

[entremet]

This really drives home the point that modern game development can not accommodate the scope of past generations. Shit sucks.

It can, but SE wants to balls to walls high production values.

They've dug their own grave.

Ironically, FFVII was that shift in philosophy for them. At least for the FF series.

 

[Skux]

This is basically the Matrix sequels isn't it. You had to try so hard to make those movies shit, and yet the Wachowskis still did it.

Remaking FF7 is like the hardest thing to fuck up. It's all right there for you. And yet SE managed to fuck it up.

This really drives home the point that modern game development can not accommodate the scope of past generations. Shit sucks.

MGSV
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Get ready for the reveal that FF7 took place in the FF13 timeline.

It's happening.

 

[Gunslinger]

FF7 was always episodic.

Spoiler

I know... I know... But if they call it Disc 1-3, and cover equivalent content, I'd be ok with it.

You know why its 3 disc right? cause of data management issue. If blu ray existed back then it would have been 1 disc. Nothing episodic about it.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

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.

Multi-part series.

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE will be told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience.

Seems like a pretty good assumption, based on this snippet of info.
How else could you interpret this?
Don't get me wrong though, I would LOVE to be wrong about this.

 

[Ogawa-san]

I refuse to wait months for the next episode of any game, even in this case when I know its story by heart.

If they're really splitting the game I'll be waiting for the definitive version, probably so late that it'll be a simultaneous release on PS5 too.

 

[Scrooged]

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