except that it didnt come true yet
What practice? Honestly, what practice? I'm embarrassed by all the "fuck this I'm out" posts over a quote that could be interpreted dozens of ways.I am glad to see most of NeoGAF is against this idea. I can't believe how can anyone defend this garbage practice.
Until I see otherwise I feel this is clearly cause they can't make the overworld. FFVII is too huge a game for the graphics we want, so instead of coming up with a way to put the overworld they will remove it.
This will be like FFXIII a, linear chunks of the story across the many locations of FFVII but you don't get to explore or control where you go like you did in the original.
I hope I am wrong but I don't see anyway they can recreate FFVII episodically, it's impossible.
How do you construct an overworld in an episodic game? Genuine question.
How do you construct an overworld in an episodic game? Genuine question.
If they don't condense it too much it could be a great format. Reactor raid episode, shinra hq episode, Nibelheim flashback episode, etc. A decent amount of the original game is filler that wouldn't really fly in a modern context.
How do you construct an overworld in an episodic game? Genuine question.
Man, I'm with a lot of people (haven't read this thread) that this DOES fuckin' suck. But things have to change on both sides, there has to be a way to make a game disc with all of its content on it valuable. A variable game pricing scheme would be ideal, although it could cause more shit then it is worth.
But the truth is, these games ARE SO FUCKING expensive to make nowadays. Just look at comparisons between the remake and the original, it takes huge teams to do even the smallest of things now and charging the same price (if not cheaper) just doesn't cut it.
With that said, there is literally nothing that could be done to fix this issues and everyone is going to be annoyed on both sides until everyone gives up and the industry dies. The end.
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!
Except Midgar is like 5 hours of the game, if that. There's an entire overworld and dozens of locations to explore that make up the rest of it. Plus mini-games etc. I mean any way you slice it (.....) this is going to be gutted mercilessly.
Also sayonnara Overworld Map-san.
If you stop and think about it, it makes sense and is actually a good thing.
No one wants to wait 6 to 8 years for this.
BUT, if we get part one Holliday 2016, part two Holliday 2018, part three Holliday 2020 and the master collection plus all the extras, in 2021, perhaps with a new console release, we all can all enjoy it as it comes. I personally would pay $200 for this remake. And if every release comes with an LE version, I'll put down more lol.
Ok, actually, they said "multi-part". I doubt this is going to be episodic. They'll just release more games to tell the FF7 story.
My speculation:
Final Fantasy VII: This will be the main game
Final Fantasy VII-2: Crisis Core: Yep, a remake of Crisis Core
Final Fantasy VII-3: Maybe a post-Advent Children game?
I can only hope right now. If they actually are dividing the main FF7 story into many parts, I won't buy this game. Such bullshit will never see my money.
Wasn't it $50?
Nobody should ever react to anything unless they have all the facts.
But how do you know if you have all of the facts? Better keep waiting.
It's safer to just not react to anything at all. There might be more facts you don't have.
You know, this is probably going to be a great set of games, but I think it's time we start accepting that this is not going to be what many of us were expecting at the start.
Enjoy the FF VII re-release on PS4 and look at the Remake as an entirely new interpretation.