GoldandBlue
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"why haven't they done it yet, considering all of the other Final Fantasy games they've remade?"
But they've only completely remade FF3 and FF4. It's only two games.
"why haven't they done it yet, considering all of the other Final Fantasy games they've remade?"
Which is kind of the whole thought behind this thread. Typically when big companies have a method to print money, they take advantage of it. A lot of people are missing the point I'm trying to make which is not "why doesn't Square Enix start making a Final Fantasy 7 remake right now?" but more of a "why haven't they done it yet, considering all of the other Final Fantasy games they've remade?"
Which is kind of the whole thought behind this thread. Typically when big companies have a method to print money, they take advantage of it. A lot of people are missing the point I'm trying to make which is not "why doesn't Square Enix start making a Final Fantasy 7 remake right now?" but more of a "why haven't they done it yet, considering all of the other Final Fantasy games they've remade?"
You can't tell me that the time / manpower / everything factored together for all of those remakes couldn't have been used to make a decent Final Fantasy 7 remake either this generation or last.
the only way I could see them conceivably doing a FFVII remake would be if it looked more or less the same as the original with higher-res backgrounds and character models...
but it feels like whenever the concept for a FFVII remake comes up people want something like FFXV or Advent Children-style fully explorable environments and stuff, and I just don't see that happening.
They couldn't remake FFV and VI for 3DS, yet you expect them to do it on Vita ?
Heck, they couldn't even port Type-0 HD to Vita, which is based on a PSP game...
I don't even know if I want a remake, at least not the hyper-HD one that everyone always talks about. FF7 is such a goofy game. It works precisely because it doesn't try to be realistic. A modernized remake would either keep all the weird stuff in and come across as hella awkward, or take it all out and become a soulless husk of its former self. And let's not forget SE's revisionist history regarding Cloud's personality in all the FF7 spin-offs, which would probably rear its ugly head in a remake.
I don't even know what my ideal FF7 remake would be. It's a product of its time, and its own inherent jankiness. Updating any part of it runs the risk of undermining the entire whole. A better translation and properly orchestrated music is really all that game needs to be perfect in my eyes.
I feel pretty confident in saying that the Final Fantasy 7 demo for PS3 only happened because around the same time they were in their big FF7 multimedia push. If it hadn't been for that, I'm sure Square would've did a generic demo or perhaps one based around FF12.
FF8 for the PS2 era
I haven't played it but Ocarina of Time 3D does away with the pre-renders while still keeping the same camera angle.But those pre-rendered games in the 32-bit era cannot be upscaled... And the graphical detail in those pre-renders imply graphics that would be a lot of work to recreate in HD. You could go for pre-rendered artworks in HD, but that is a huge job, and pre-rendered is way out of style. You could render the art in real-time... But would you keep the same overhead camera? If not, you've got a AAA 3D game on your hands, with a pre-existing level layout and scenario that dictates a certain scope... And that scope is massive.
It would be the opposite of most remakes. Instead of having a lot of the game done for you, just waiting for a shiny coat of paint, it would actually be a far bigger game design than the original.
andLet it go.
Please understand.Square Enix, you keep your grubby mitts off of Squaresoft's masterpiece.
Of course you could do it. I just don't see them diving into a massive 3D rendered game with the same over-head perspective.I haven't played it but Ocarina of Time 3D does away with the pre-renders while still keeping the same camera angle.
Of course, it's not a complete remake and it's also made for 3DS hardware but just saying...
I haven't played it but Ocarina of Time 3D does away with the pre-renders while still keeping the same camera angle.
Of course, it's not a complete remake and it's also made for 3DS hardware but just saying...
If our options are FFVII remake for the same cost as FFXVI, I'll take FFXVI thanks
Square Enix, you keep your grubby mitts off of Squaresoft's masterpiece.
Well put.Remaking FFVII is the same thing as just making a whole new game, since none of the assets can be reused or anything
What you're saying is "I want Square to make a whole new FF, budget and everything, but to follow the exact storyline from 1997"
If our options are FFVII remake for the same cost as FFXVI, I'll take FFXVI thanks
Except Squaresoft was a brand in Japan too. I'm looking at my Super Famicom games right now, many of them say Squaresoft.Um, Squaresoft didn't make FF7, Square did. Squaresoft, for the most part was Square's western branch that handled localizations of Square's software. I think the only games they actually made were Mystic Quest and Secret of Evermore.
I know what your saying but its the truth. Current se is incapable of recapturing the charm ff7 had. Look how overly serious and dull most of the characters in xiii are. Do you really think they can do sections like the bumblebee inn or cloud cross dressing and not completely ruin the goofiness of that part of the game? How about cloud? Ff7 cloud is no where near as mopey and boring as every other version after him. He was cocky and talkative. Even after falling into his rut he came out of it and became the leader. Hes nothing like that now. Yea a new ff7 remake would be flashier and nicer but it would be all style no substance.No remake would stand a chance against the original games nostalgia. Everyone wants to recapture the feeling they had as a kid playing ff7, but I don't think a remake would give that. Instead, fans would hate all the ways it's different from the original. They would say it's lost its original charisma.
Now we got people begging for Agni.Like I mentioned earlier, they did this with FF6 and FF8.
FF6 during the N64 era
FF8 for the PS2 era
I'm pretty sure the reason they didn't do it again this time around is cause people assume they're game announcements now. So they likely didn't wanna set peoples hopes up for another remake of a FF on the PS4/XBone
Yes first let them do remake for FF6 on PS4 then we talk 7.
FF6 remake would be far more amazing than FF7 remake
Except Squaresoft was a brand in Japan too. I'm looking at my Super Famicom games right now, many of them say Squaresoft.
Square Co Ltd was the actual company name, so that's probably why you got this idea.
Squaresoft, Inc. was established as the official North American subsidiary of Square in March 1989. It was responsible for both the production and distribution of North American localizations of Square titles during the 16-bit era, and continued to produce English language localizations of Square games in the 32-bit era. It has also been responsible for localizing a number of non-Square titles, including Capcom's Breath of Fire for the SNES and Sony's Wild Arms 3 for the PlayStation 2. It developed the game Secret of Evermore for the SNES. It is currently known as Square Enix, Inc. Square Soft's original headquarters were in Redmond, Washington, where it distributed its now-dead newsletter, the Ogopogo Examiner, but it was relocated to Costa Mesa, California in August 1996, where it remained until late 2005; as of 2006, Square Enix, Inc. is now located in El Segundo, California.
Yes first let them do remake for FF6 on PS4 then we talk 7.
FF6 remake would be far more amazing than FF7 remake
Nope. It's on all of their Japanese releases from the SFC-PS2 days. Just google a few Japanese Square boxarts to confirm ... Even the Japanese FFVII.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28company%29
It was a publishing branch for NA. The SFC games you are referring to are probably Japanese versions of Secret of Evermore and Mystic Quest or something like that.
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I can't believe people want all of those resources put into a 15 year old game that we've already played countless times instead of making a new game like XV or XVI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28company%29
It was a publishing branch for NA. The SFC games you are referring to are probably Japanese versions of Secret of Evermore and Mystic Quest or something like that.
I'd be okay with that too.
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Remaking FFVII is the same thing as just making a whole new game, since none of the assets can be reused or anything
What you're saying is "I want Square to make a whole new FF, budget and everything, but to follow the exact storyline from 1997"
If our options are FFVII remake for the same cost as FFXVI, I'll take FFXVI thanks
Japanese FF7 with Squaresoft logo. Five seconds in Google.
You can stop being dickishly argumentative now.
And you can stop being dickishly condescending and insulting. And I don't see how I was being argumentative. I was just posting information I know.