Final Fantasy 15 is a good news for all FF fans who had fear about the future of the series. Its success has saved the IP from the pit. However, with the upcoming remake of FF7, i cannot help but have some fears about how episodes will be received.
Episodic model negatively impacted Hitman, published by Square Enix. With FF7, the risk might be increased by nostalgia and temptation to compare the remake with the original game. The original rpg had an incredible amount of content, including optional quests and fans may be disappointed if some of the mythic side quest are going to miss: chocobo breeding, fighting massive optional bosses, etc
I make the link between optional quests and episodic release because in my mind, it may be hard to have the possibility to come back in previous places, the way you did it in the original game.Those three episodes are going to be huge, a lot of in game events are probably scripted, and overall i wonder if implementing most popular side quest will be compatible with the technology and philosophy of the three episodes.
There might also be a risk that some fans prefer to wait for the release of the three episodes to be over, rather than buy each episode right when they come.
How do you think Tetsuya Nomura will face those challenges?
Episodic model negatively impacted Hitman, published by Square Enix. With FF7, the risk might be increased by nostalgia and temptation to compare the remake with the original game. The original rpg had an incredible amount of content, including optional quests and fans may be disappointed if some of the mythic side quest are going to miss: chocobo breeding, fighting massive optional bosses, etc
I make the link between optional quests and episodic release because in my mind, it may be hard to have the possibility to come back in previous places, the way you did it in the original game.Those three episodes are going to be huge, a lot of in game events are probably scripted, and overall i wonder if implementing most popular side quest will be compatible with the technology and philosophy of the three episodes.
There might also be a risk that some fans prefer to wait for the release of the three episodes to be over, rather than buy each episode right when they come.
How do you think Tetsuya Nomura will face those challenges?