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Would you buy a next gen re-make of FFVII?
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Doom_Bringer
Banned
I am worried that the development for the remake is already well underway. The tech demo keeps popping up at various places. It was shown ant TGS, Square Enix Party etc. I hope they make an epic and open FF though.
Naked Snake
Member
Absolutely.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
And they would for FFVII?Amir0x said:
SonicMegaDrive
Member
A next gen FFVII remake is as inevitable as Madden appearing on the PS3.
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
i'm going to be pissed if they remake VII before remaking IV-VI (if not in 3D, then in high-res sprites. i wouldn't really count the GBA versions as remakes)
and square needs to give the FFVII revival a rest for awhile. how about a an expansion of the FF8 universe? the game isn't near as popular as VII, but it had alot of interesting concepts and characters.
and square needs to give the FFVII revival a rest for awhile. how about a an expansion of the FF8 universe? the game isn't near as popular as VII, but it had alot of interesting concepts and characters.
Jive Turkey said:
They can fix the plotholes in FFVII with better writing/translating, I think. FFVIII has such colossal plotholes that literally became integral to the storyline that you'd need to change entire sections of the game for next-gen systems to be powerful enough to render it.
Doom_Bringer
Banned
God we shouldn't be talking about Final Fantasy next gen cause Square Enix hasn't released FFXII for PS2 yet.
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
FFXII seems to be the first FF in awhile that nobody's cared about. im sure it'll sell, but it dont see it being that popular. i see it selling like FF9
..pakbeka..
Member
we don't need a FFVIII remake, all we need is a movie, an ova and a game where you play as Laguna and another where you play as Seifer
Only if they:
1) Gave the characters motivation with more depth than simple blind idealism that remains unwavering even in the face of everything going on around them.
2) Made the characters animated and alive during their conversations rather than having them stand around like a group of talking statues.
3) Killed Aeris three seconds after you meet her. Or at least stopped her from doing that stupid swaying thing that she does. Most annoying character ever.
4) Dropped the materia system and replaced it with something more sensible that didn't turn the characters into swappable faceplates as far as battles are concerned.
5) Gave the characters abilities that could be used with a lot more regularity than Limit Breaks. You know, abilities like Jump for Cid, Steal for Yuffie (why someone who steals for a living has to equip materia to do it is beyond me), and so on.
6) Drastically revamped the story so that the last 35-45 hours of it can't all be boiled down to "hunt down Sephiroth." If I know 15 hours that the goal of the game is to kill Sephiroth, and by the end of the game I kill Sephiroth, why did I even need to play? I knew what would happen anyway.
7) Created a better ending, like one that doesn't send the message that I just completely wasted 60 hours of my life because the world would have saved itself anyway.
8) Got rid of the five dozen or so terrible minigames. If I'm buying an RPG, I don't want to have to march in a parade, defend a tower RTS-style, give a little girl CPR, wiggle my way to a key in the gas chamber, have a slapping fight with Scarlet, work the controls of a train to make it accelerate, or anything else that's not playing an RPG, much less do it with bad controls. Even the motorcycle and snowboarding sequences, despite the fact that I liked them, shouldn't have been forced on players outside of the Gold Saucer. Make all this stuff optional if it has to be kept.
9) Didn't force me to put Cloud in the party. I couldn't care less about Cloud.
10) Eliminated the load times before each battle, and/or doubled the amount of experience you earn while halving the encounter rate.
11) Made at least three alternate outfits for Tifa and Yuffie, all of which were cute.
Yeah, I'm still bitter about having wasted a Christmas list spot on FF7. And 8, for that matter.
Especially considering the beauty they managed to pull off in FF6, FF9, FF4, and FF5. And even FF10 to some extent, because despite its extreme linearity it's still better than 7 and 8 combined if for no other reason than that you can't get away with using three and only three characters for the entire game.
1) Gave the characters motivation with more depth than simple blind idealism that remains unwavering even in the face of everything going on around them.
2) Made the characters animated and alive during their conversations rather than having them stand around like a group of talking statues.
3) Killed Aeris three seconds after you meet her. Or at least stopped her from doing that stupid swaying thing that she does. Most annoying character ever.
4) Dropped the materia system and replaced it with something more sensible that didn't turn the characters into swappable faceplates as far as battles are concerned.
5) Gave the characters abilities that could be used with a lot more regularity than Limit Breaks. You know, abilities like Jump for Cid, Steal for Yuffie (why someone who steals for a living has to equip materia to do it is beyond me), and so on.
6) Drastically revamped the story so that the last 35-45 hours of it can't all be boiled down to "hunt down Sephiroth." If I know 15 hours that the goal of the game is to kill Sephiroth, and by the end of the game I kill Sephiroth, why did I even need to play? I knew what would happen anyway.
7) Created a better ending, like one that doesn't send the message that I just completely wasted 60 hours of my life because the world would have saved itself anyway.
8) Got rid of the five dozen or so terrible minigames. If I'm buying an RPG, I don't want to have to march in a parade, defend a tower RTS-style, give a little girl CPR, wiggle my way to a key in the gas chamber, have a slapping fight with Scarlet, work the controls of a train to make it accelerate, or anything else that's not playing an RPG, much less do it with bad controls. Even the motorcycle and snowboarding sequences, despite the fact that I liked them, shouldn't have been forced on players outside of the Gold Saucer. Make all this stuff optional if it has to be kept.
9) Didn't force me to put Cloud in the party. I couldn't care less about Cloud.
10) Eliminated the load times before each battle, and/or doubled the amount of experience you earn while halving the encounter rate.
11) Made at least three alternate outfits for Tifa and Yuffie, all of which were cute.
Yeah, I'm still bitter about having wasted a Christmas list spot on FF7. And 8, for that matter.
Especially considering the beauty they managed to pull off in FF6, FF9, FF4, and FF5. And even FF10 to some extent, because despite its extreme linearity it's still better than 7 and 8 combined if for no other reason than that you can't get away with using three and only three characters for the entire game.
Tyrone Slothrop said:
Shit, I care more about the impending release of FFXII than any other FF since FFVIII. I'm genuinely excited. They're taking the series to brand new places, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Almost everything I've wished for in the FF world all this time is in, I just hope the elements themselves are solid now
Doom_Bringer
Banned
Tyrone Slothrop said:
They hype will restart when Square Enix announces the NA release date. I am actually very hyped about the demo, can't wait for Nov 15.
..pakbeka..
Member
Why do you hate fun?Jiggy37 said:
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
Amir0x said:Shit, I care more about the impending release of FFXII than any other FF since FFVIII. I'm genuinely excited. They're taking the series to brand new places, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Almost everything I've wished for in the FF world all this time is in, I just hope the elements themselves are solid now
I agree. i always wanted an (offline) FF without random battle encounters, so i should have a field day with this one.
in some recent EGM they called it a "dungeon hack" though. I thought that was kind of odd to judge it so quick
Link1110
Member
How is this rather worrying? Not all people liked FF7 that much. Myself I think it's the worst ff now that 1&2 have been remade for GBA. Other people like it, fine, I'm just not among them, and that's my opinion. You can have your own. I'd be more worried if everyone had the same opinion.
"Opinions are like butts, everyone has one and everyonbe thinks their's doesn't stink." - Lunar 2
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
I'd probably want to try it if it looked like the E3 trailer but I think FFVII is extremely overrated so who knows.
SolidSnakex
Member
Tyrone Slothrop said:
My hype dropped as soon as I heard about the battle system. I'm still interested in it a little because it is FF, but that battle system.
Dark Age Iron Savior
Banned
Link1110 said:
Concept: you have a good game and a bad game.
Which has more potential to become a better title if it is remade?
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Dear God what the hell is wrong with you? You admit you didn't like it yet you bought that shit TWICE???Mejilan said:
It gets worse. 
If anything, I hated FFVIII even more... and own the PC and PSOne versions of that too...
But wait. The second greatest evil inflicted upon the FF franchise (FFX-2 being the first greatest evil) was FFXI, and I picked that up on the PS2 (with the HDD), with the Chains of Promethia expansion pack later, and then got the Vana'diel Collection for the PC (FFXI, Rise of the Zigart expansion, Chains of Promethia expansion).
I... I... I have a drinking problem... :/
If anything, I hated FFVIII even more... and own the PC and PSOne versions of that too...
But wait. The second greatest evil inflicted upon the FF franchise (FFX-2 being the first greatest evil) was FFXI, and I picked that up on the PS2 (with the HDD), with the Chains of Promethia expansion pack later, and then got the Vana'diel Collection for the PC (FFXI, Rise of the Zigart expansion, Chains of Promethia expansion).
I... I... I have a drinking problem... :/
Mejilan said:It gets worse.
If anything, I hated FFVIII even more... and own the PC and PSOne versions of that too...
But wait. The second greatest evil inflicted upon the FF franchise (FFX-2 being the first greatest evil) was FFXI, and I picked that up on the PS2 (with the HDD), with the Chains of Promethia expansion pack later, and then got the Vana'diel Collection for the PC (FFXI, Rise of the Zigart expansion, Chains of Promethia expansion).
I... I... I have a drinking problem... :/
Are you even a Final Fantasy fan?
Die Squirrel Die
Member
I'd like to think I wouldn't buy it unless they added new content, enhanced and refined the gameplay, tweaked the materia system (I think they could do a whole lot with this, especially if they followed that persons suggestion and gave each character a unique ability, then add materias that would enhance those abilities), maybe do it like DQVIII where there's a smooth, continous transition between field/town/dungeon, ditch the random battles, etc.
But knowing me, I'd rebuy if all they did was add some higher poly models, cleaned up the pre-rendered backdrops and threw a new FMV intro into it.
But knowing me, I'd rebuy if all they did was add some higher poly models, cleaned up the pre-rendered backdrops and threw a new FMV intro into it.
Forgotten Ancient
Banned
It depends on how much the graphics have improved. If we're only getting graphical upgrades, they should put all 3 PSone Final Fantasies on one disc to make it worth it.
I don't understand the hate towards a remake of a "classic" game. While it may not be one's cup of tea, by the time FFVII would be remade, there'll be several "new" gamers that never got a chance to play the original. I'm going through FF1+2 on the GBA and loving it, tho I never had the opportunity to play FF1 on the NES. I'm going through FF1+2 on the GBA and loving it, tho I never had the opportunity to play FF1 on the NES.
I realize some people wouldn't buy the remake because they either didn't like the original, don't feel it needs to be updated, or would rather play something new. To those people, there'll be plenty of other new games. But to chastise a company for releasing something that tons of other gamers desire is just selfish.
I don't understand the hate towards a remake of a "classic" game. While it may not be one's cup of tea, by the time FFVII would be remade, there'll be several "new" gamers that never got a chance to play the original. I'm going through FF1+2 on the GBA and loving it, tho I never had the opportunity to play FF1 on the NES. I'm going through FF1+2 on the GBA and loving it, tho I never had the opportunity to play FF1 on the NES.
I realize some people wouldn't buy the remake because they either didn't like the original, don't feel it needs to be updated, or would rather play something new. To those people, there'll be plenty of other new games. But to chastise a company for releasing something that tons of other gamers desire is just selfish.
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
regardless, im pretty certain the game will be remade sometime within the next 5-10 yrs, and when it's released, im certain it'll be squarenix's best selling game ever
chaostrophy
Member
I would if they re-translated it like they did with FFIV.
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