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[DragoonKain]

I was thinking about this with how highly regarded the Resident Evil 2 remake has been and how popular remakes can be if done right.

With how unpopular(or at least not as popular as FF entries used to be) the FFXIII trilogy is and FFXV, if you had your choice would you rather have the next few Final Fantasy entries all be brand new titles(XVI, XVII, etc) or would you rather them totally remake VII(already in the works obviously) and then remake VIII and IX? Assuming hypothetically they do these remakes right, like Capcom did with RE2 just for the sake of this question, because I know that is not a given with how shaky FFVII's remake looks lol.

This is a tough call for me. I always usually prefer something new so I can experience a new world with a new story, new characters, new battle system and gameplay and all that, but with how much faith I've lost in SquareEnix these days, I may just prefer a remake of games I know I love. Playing VIII and IX with current graphics would just be amazing IMO and with modified gameplay and seeing what they could do with these worlds with the development power of new consoles would be a treat.

So if you had your choice would you rather have new FF entries or the remakes done right?

 

[Ka-Kui]

Remakes done right? Hell yeah I'd like an FFIX remake with turn based combat... and then I'm reminded of the FFVII remake.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Remakes. Square wasted the past 10 years showing they lost their skill to make decent Final Fantasies. At least with remakes there is less chance for them to screw up.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I loved FF15 and I want more of it so Im all in for brand new titles. We havent yet seen almost anything regarding FF7 remake so I dont know if they will do a proper job like RE2 remake or will they butcher it. Either way Im always up for new story instead of revisiting old ones.

 

[-MD-]

I'd be all in on a IX remake.

 

[kunonabi]

A proper ff7 remake with turn based combat, harder battles, and rebalanced materia/limit breaks would improve that game greatly. An FF9 remake with faster combat and a better skill development system would be a godsend too.

 

[cireza]

A new game of course, based on the Luminous Engine, not Corridor Engine 4.

 

[Deleted member 738976]

FF V and FF VI needed remakes for the 3DS. Talk about wasted opportunities.

 

[klosos]

I will take the remakes of 7,8 and 9 over anything new, imo the moment they put voice acting in final fantasy is the moment it started going down hill.

 

[Hudo]

If we assume that Square does right by remakes, I'd love a remake of the best Final Fantasy and one of the best RPGs ever made: Final Fantasy VI.

FF9 was alright, though.

 

[Lucumo]

Remakes? No, thanks. I already played the game or would rather play the original game instead. Focus on something new instead.

 

[_Justinian_]

New titles. I don't want to play games that I've already played before. Even if they do have a fresh coat of paint.

 

[Danjin44]

If they going to turn their turn based FF titles in to action RPG like FFVII Remake then no thanks. For once I want to see they make modern FF (Remake or new) with turn based combat. Thats all!!!

 

[Closer]

Can I order a full serving of Final Fantasy VIII with updated script, please? With extra graphics, please. Yes. Yes. No, I want the classic, with turn based combat, but can add the flashiness. Yes. OH, no DLC please, I'm allergic. Thank you very much.

 

[Von Hugh]

Whatever titles that don't take over 10 years to develop.

 

[Enygger_Tzu]

Remakes, want to see them all upgraded!

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Neither, because I don't believe square enix has a capacity to deliver a good remake. They would get rid of turn based combat and change it into some hybrid-like shit. No thanks.

 

[Teslerum]

A proper ff7 remake with turn based combat, harder battles, and rebalanced materia/limit breaks would improve that game greatly. An FF9 remake with faster combat and a better skill development system would be a godsend too.

Would probably have also taken less time than what they are doing now.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Btw imo they shouldn't do an entire overhaul of their psx era games. I'm playing Chrono Crosss right now on hd display and still think it looks very good and charmful. If they ever would do a remake of it (I don't want it) they should just res up background art, make better fight arena/character models and new vfx for elements. That's basically it. Playing these old-school rpgs in full 3d would lose charm to me.

 

[TeamGhobad]

third option. they stop making games completely

 

[Virex]

A remake of VIII and IX would be god-tier to me. Always like 8 and 9 more than 7. While 7 was still a fantastic game I still find it over rated.

 

[Yoshi]

Always new games.

 

[Danjin44]

third option. they stop making games completely

I still enjoy their games. You know......you just not play their games. I don't like R* games but that doesn't mean they should stop making games.

 

[God Enel]

I’d love to have a new proper FF title with turn based combat. With a cohesive story from start to finish. Like 1-9. This new shit is too convoluted. And I don’t want any add ons. Just a good game.

 

[PSFan]

FF V and FF VI needed remakes for the 3DS. Talk about wasted opportunities.

They also need 3D/HD remakes for modern consoles. Fuck VII, VIII and IX.

 

[TeamGhobad]

I still enjoy their games. You know......you just not play their games. I don't like R* games but that doesn't mean they should stop making games.

R* should also stop making games.

 

[Fuz]

VII remake will be a disaster.

I would love a "remake done well" of VI VII IX.

New FFs? They're not able to do them properly anymore. The last (barely) decent FF was X.
They should get back to its roots. Back to the "fantasy" theme and get more medieval vibes, less technology: the airship must be a wonder (not something a dime a dozen), coherent stories, good character development, less emo/boyband characters, turn base combat. And they have to get rid of Nomura.

 

[Deleted member 738976]

They also need 3D/HD remakes for modern consoles. Fuck VII, VIII and IX.

Of course they do but the 3DS was the last chance for them to become 3D in a cheap inexpensive way. Because the 3DS is on it's way out they would need much bigger budgets now to make it presentable on current hardware.

 

[kyubajin]

FF IX remake with turn-based combat and modern graphics, my absolute dream come true. It was definitely their love letter to all the previous classic FF games of yonder.

 

[Vawn]

Well, depends on what "done right" and "new game" actually mean.

Right now, I'm having a difficult time having faith either will be done. FFVII is not what I wanted from a remake. I never thought, "FFVII is good, but I wish it was a button masher with characters that can inexplicably float in the sky as long as they're sword fighting. Also, spread it across three full games".

And as long as it's taking for FF7, I might not be around long enough to see further remakes.

I use to count the days to hear about new mainline Final Fantasy games. But, that was when Final Fantasy was Final Fantasy. FFXV happened and it does not resemble the games I loved in the SNES days at all.

So give me either a remake along the lines of the new Crash or Spyro with perhaps voice acting or a new Final Fantasy closer to Octopath Traveler than FFXV.

 

[cubicle47b]

Remakes, I guess. I'm not a fan of VIII or IX, but I'll take remakes of them over anything they did in the PS3/PS4 eras. Well, I shouldn't say that. XIV is supposed to be good.

 

[mortal]

Can we please fucking stop with the remakes?

It's been 10 years since we've seen a completely new and original Final Fantasy world and cast of characters.

 

[Petrae]

As much as I think FFVIII is goatshit, it’s still better than any Final Fantasy game over the last two console generations.

That said, Square-Enix is defiling FFVII in a remake, so maybe the older/better games should just be left alone.

 

[Shy Fingers]

I'm one of those apparently crazy people who loved FFXIII, so bring on new ones please.

 

[db1416]

I’ll take some remakes done right. I hate that they turned away from the turn based format and would love to experience those older games in a remake, especially IX.

 

[Fuz]

Right now, I'm having a difficult time having faith either will be done. FFVII is not what I wanted from a remake. I never thought, "FFVII is good, but I wish it was a button masher with characters that can inexplicably float in the sky as long as they're sword fighting. Also, spread it across three full games".

Goddammit.
Nobody fucking asked for that. We just wanted the same game with modern graphics.

 

[Hudo]

Whatever titles that don't take over 10 years to develop.

That's pretty easy though. Just don't put Nomura in charge, haha.

 

[Boss Mog]

FFXVI directed by Hiroyuki Ito is the dream.

 

[NahaNago]

If they're done right then I would love a remake of ix, but I think it was the limitation of the hardware that forced square to make those games that ended up being classics. I think right now I would prefer just an anime series or movie and just make the games from 16 onward.

 

[ethomaz]

FFVI deserves a remake but I prefer a new FF doing right not the abomination of XIII and XV.

BTW give Nomura to make FF again... KH3 showed it is absolutely better than anything from Tabata.

 

[Ar¢tos]

VII remake will be a disaster.

I would love a "remake done well" of VI VII IX.

New FFs? They're not able to do them properly anymore. The last (barely) decent FF was X.
They should get back to its roots. Back to the "fantasy" theme and get more medieval vibes, less technology: the airship must be a wonder (not something a dime a dozen), coherent stories, good character development, less emo/boyband characters, turn base combat.

I totally agree, X was a bit messy already. XII was a star wars clone, XIII made me want to punch Lightning every single second of the game and XV was an elaborated J-pop video with the expected nonsense story. IX was the best and how fan service should be done, it had many flaws, but it was the most recent one to have the real spirit of a Final Fantasy game.
I would love to see another FF with proper classes like FFIX had.

 

[Ivellios]

New games for sure.

The older games have aged well enough and the remakes would make every game in the series an action RPG anyway

 

[Airbus Jr]

A remake of FF VIII or IX should be great

 

[sublimit]

New.
I'm totally fine with the old ones as they are.

However that doesn't mean i will not try the remakes if they are being made respectfully to the source material.I'm also open to changes since if i wanted exact copies of the old games i would play those instead.

 

[Sub_Level]

VII remake is happening regardless of what we choose. We can only hope for the best.

VIII doesn't need a remake, just needs a rerelease to clean up the backgrounds and at least ATTEMPT to fix the broken game balance.

IX is perfectly fine.

 

[Bolivar687]

Definitely remakes.

 

[wvnative]

8 remake like what 7 is doing but then just new ones or at least a proper remaster of 6

 

[UltimaKilo]

FF V and FF VI needed remakes for the 3DS. Talk about wasted opportunities.

At this point, I would love FFV and FFVI remakes on Switch.

 

[Durask]

Remakes of 8 and 9 because I only played the originals for about 3 hours.

 

[demigod]

Not sure how OP forgot to add the best game in the series, Final Fantasy VI.