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Quote (Cloud_Strife510 @ 13th May 2006 03:21)

A remake of FFVII would be nice, but I am not going to buy a PS3 just for that (which probably is already a plan by sony, since it was FFVII that made the playstation)
PS3 would have to get many great games and have slashed the price by 60% before I buy one.

Did you see some trailers for PS3 yet?
Graphics will blow you away

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Cloud_Strife510 wrote:  which probably is already a plan by sony, since it was FFVII that made the playstation

What planet are you living on? The PS1 has TONS of memorable games that will be remembered for many, many years for their ingenuity and originality.

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Regarding the FFVII Opening tech demo for the ps3.. I wouldnt be too impressed, remember the FFVIII tech demo for the ps2, where you 'controlled' the ball room scene? The ps2 ended up being (so I've been told, Im not a freakin game designer) the hardest gaming console to develop for. Ever? I dont know... the only way we will know is by cutting down the worlds oldest tree, counting the annual rings for age on it, dividing it by 100, and then we have the answer. Like, 33 or something.

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What what what? They made the parts you're talking about AGES ago. Then they promptly said they would not be making an FFVII remake.

They won't make a remake on the PS3, surely not after announcing they're making FFXIII for it at the moment. Although I must say I'd love a purely graphical update. Squenix have almost NONE of the same people working in their company that made FFVII. Therefore it'd be crap no doubt.

Just be happy with knowing FFVII was the greatest game of its time. Not the greatest game of the future.

I read in a Game Informer that they released a Remake video of the opening movie clip for the PS3 just to show what it can do. The magazine also added that square had no future plans of remakeing the game and if they did, they would need 500 more people and a time period of 5 years to complete it.


I only wish they would remake it but it's not likely anytime in the near future.

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I like FFVII as much as anyone, maybe more. But let's face it:

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REMAKE IT.
IF THEY DID, IT WOULD ONLY BE A CRAPPY ATTEMPT AT MILKING MONEY.

It's just not going to happen. Get over it.

P.S. If they did, I think DS would be a better choice, because it has the graphics capabilities and since all their other re-releases have been on the GBA recently, it would make more sense to do it on the DS. Plus, the ides of FF7 on the run is awesome.

I guess you should tell the President of Square Enix that it's not going to happen and it's just a tech demo, because at this point he seems to have different ideas and has stated he is strongly considering the entire remake to several reliable sources. And it is his decision, like it or not.

If you can't stand the idea, when it gets released, don't buy it, simple really.

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They've said they'll consider it ever since the Tech Demo's been released. But can you really imagine them making a remake before all XVI games are released? If it is after that, i'll be in my 30s and have no interest anymore (probably). If they do remake (won't happen anyway) i hope it's just after FFXIII.

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Everyone keeps saying not to touch it except for the graphics. What about audio?? The background music was all MIDI technology...old technology. Not to mention adding a voice to each character. Each of the main characters already has an actors voice associated with it (Kingdom Hearts Series and FF7 movie).

Half the problem with the 'holes' in the game was because of poor translation. The story was very complex and intertwined, and it was poorly translated and rushed to the US. Add in a voice and facial expressions, and the story becomes so much more powerful.

They don't need to spend a lot of time and money creating new technologies to make it great. They already have amazing graphics technology, and they have the game engines from some other FF games (X and up) that they could use to remake the game. It did not take them long at all to make X-2 after X was released, because it used X's game engine. If they do have plans to ramke VII for PS3, they will develop the engine for XIII keeping in mind that they can build a remake of VII off of its game engine.

My only concern is them doing something completely stupid that they think will make it better. Like remove a character.
But if it is perfect, I probably will buy a PS3...... I have been loyal to Sony since I was 5 and I put my faith in them.

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After such an excellent music score in Advent Children I'd happily allow Squenix to screw around with the music in a remake. But I'd also like them to add more extras and secrets.

Such as a possible way of getting to fight Sapphire Weapon. And more materia/weapons/armour etc. It's not really a case of changing things if they remade it; in my eyes, I'd like them to expand the game.

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The only thing I'd want in the remake is improved difficulty. I've started an I.E.M.C. (Initial Equip & Materia Challenge) and the game is STILL pretty darn easy. I think removing all but one limit break to each and every character and KOTR would solve all our problems and give us more difficulty.

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Not to mention adding a voice to each character. Each of the main characters already has an actors voice associated with it (Kingdom Hearts Series and FF7 movie).

NO. NO. NO.

PLEASE no.

Two reasons:

1. The game already feels too much like a movie. This isn't a gameplay-heavy game like, say, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It's a story-heavy game, and it's already laden with a ton of cutscenes as well. Also, skipping over spoken dialogue sounds terrible, while skipping over text sounds just fine, considering the mood that background music can give, and considering how awesome Uematsu's soundtrack for the game is. Not making text skippable, though, would make dialogue a nuisance.

2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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As for sound quality, I'd say that the soundtrack only needs minor tweaking (preferably under Uematsu's supervision), if anything. The original Playstation version had awesome music as is.

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Yeah the game has got legendary music already, but that doesn't mean they can't add more. Uematsu (ooo-a-master) should get his mind busy with more brilliant additions to the score.

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Ever since I saw the FF7 technical demo I cannot believe Square seem so reluctant to remake FF7 on the PS3. There is no doubt in my mind that it would be one of if not the greatest selling game of all time and I for one would love to see it remade. Any one got any thoughts on this issue?

This is actually something they should've done instead of all those Compilation travesties (Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core, Before Crisis) etc. Even Advent Children, while having great fight scenes, was entirely devoid of plot (and whether or not the fight scenes were good is also arguable, although I liked them).

The original PSX game is pretty ugly by today's standards, especially in comparison to VIII and IX, so a remake would be nice. I'm referring to the out of battle graphics, not the in-battle or cutscene graphics, which have held up fairly well (although the FMVs are pretty cruddy, too, now that I think about it, after having seen VIII and IX's, let alone some of the stuff they do today).

Oh, and as an extra angst about the Compilation games, how in the world did they get an entire freakin' game out of the Nibelheim incident?! That's all Crisis Core is about (supposedly). Blah.

They aren't making a FF7 remake

sorry

I completely agree with sweetdude on terms of the music.

I think it would be incredible if they could create every song again with actual instruments instead of the classic synthesizer that had been previously used.

I actually have every one of the songs on my mp3 player and learned three of them on the guitar.



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Looks like there will be no FFVII remake.

Tetsuya Nomura of Square Enix has come out and stated that there will not be any type of remake of Final Fantasy VII for the PS3 or any console. Nomura stated that he has the original script of Final Fantasy VII and the entire team currently working on Final Fantasy XIII is more than willing to do the remake. The thing though is that there are absolutely no plans to make it officially happen.

From:
http://ps3center.net/story-556.html

This post has been edited by Toxiedogg on 7th June 2007 08:15

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Looks like there will be no FFVII remake.

Tetsuya Nomura of Square Enix has come out and stated that there will not be any type of remake of Final Fantasy VII for the PS3 or any console. Nomura stated that he has the original script of Final Fantasy VII and the entire team currently working on Final Fantasy XIII is more than willing to do the remake. The thing though is that there are absolutely no plans to make it officially happen.

From:
http://ps3center.net/story-556.html

They did unofficially state that the video clip of the ff7 was just a demo to show the power of the ps3.

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Why?

they said that there isn't one being made currently.

then they said that they wouldn't rule it out in the future.

i figure, everyone wants it, people want to make it, it will make money, so eventually square will do a remake.

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It's not a question of if, but rather when Square decides to remake FF7. It's their MO right now to remake every single old game and milk all the money they can. After all, their fanbase is getting into the working world, so they can take advantage of all those nostalgic feelings.

And people will treat it as the second coming regardless.

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i agree with elessar. its a question of when, especially since they are doing so many remakes right now. why stop remaking the old ones when there is still a lot of money to be made? and what better way for square to take advantage of those nastalgic feelings and newer technology then a 3D makover!

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FF7 remake?



Yah! Maybe if I can buy it when (if) it comes out I can go round a friend's and play it on his PS3.

As the price of those things is scary, maybe when I am rich and famous. But not at the moment

I agree with it's a case of when, not if with this remake.
I think Square-Enix consider FFVII thier "crown jewel" if you like, although it wasn't the best FF, it was certainly the most popular, and this reflects on thier effort to complete a complilation for it.

I think they'll probably wait untill the PS3 is more common within gamers homes, ie, when it's cheaper and most established.
But, it wouldn't surprize me if they ported a remake to 360, considering thats more popular. And it's all about the money to them isn't it.

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In the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't.

Look, I'm with Elessar on that this is a matter of when rather than if, but I'm also pretty sure that 95% percent of the hype for this game isn't even coming from Square. While Square has repeatedly denied that a remake is being made, but also appears optimistic on the possibility of a remake and has been baiting fans with things like that old PS3 demo and these vague responses during interviews.

So what do I think? It's probably going to happen eventually. As are remakes of every single FF game through XXIII. No, that wasn't a typo.

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i think that within a few years they will simply have to do remakes of FFVII, FFVIII, and FFIX. just because we are now 2 generations ahead of the PS1, and these three games are at the top for many people when it comes to most popular games. plus, as we all see, Square is into the remake thing right now. so i think once we're done seeing remakes of FFI through FFVI, they will quietly move onto FFVII through FFIX.

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This whole thread shows exactly why it's not going to happen. They could not possibly please everyone unless they kept the story line the exact same. And who wants that? Playing the exact same game, albeit with better graphics, but knowing everything that's going to happen and knowing nothing will be different?

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This whole thread shows exactly why it's not going to happen. They could not possibly please everyone unless they kept the story line the exact same. And who wants that? Playing the exact same game, albeit with better graphics, but knowing everything that's going to happen and knowing nothing will be different?

I disagree. I think that just seeing the game new and improved just graphically is enough to please any fan of the game.

Anyways, I wish they would make a remake of both FFVI and FFVII.

I would like to see FFVI because it is my favorite game. I would love to see it in 3D.

I would like to see FFVII because I wasn't able to get a copy of the original when it came out, mainly because I wasn't a fan of the series at that time. I know that's weird. I am probably the only person alive to not play FFVII. I have watched my cousin play it though, and I thought it was awesome.

I hope they put it on the Wii or the 360, because the PS3 costs too much.



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This whole thread shows exactly why it's not going to happen. They could not possibly please everyone unless they kept the story line the exact same. And who wants that? Playing the exact same game, albeit with better graphics, but knowing everything that's going to happen and knowing nothing will be different?

It worked with FF IVa, Va and VIa, so why wouldn't it work with this? With this, the graphics will be improved a lot more than withthose three, so surely even more people would want to buy it. And even if those three were made for a different generation of gamers (those who missed them on the SNES), maybe the remake of FFVII will be late enough to apply for the same thing. If they make it in four or five years time, it'll no doubt mainly be played by people who were born around the same time as FFVII originally came out, so they won't know the story yet.

Wrong. FF IVa/Va/VIa were all changed around to include improved graphics, rewritten and altered dialog, optional material, and more.

FF IVa allows you to change your party in the end and play with characters that should no longer be accessible. It also introduces a lot of new developement through its optional dungeons.

FF Va gives you optional dungeons and three new jobs.

FF VIa gives you four additional espers (each with a sort of mini-quest surrounding them) and two new dungeons.

I for one welcome change.

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We've all played FF7. We all know Aeris dies at the end of disc 1, that Sephiroth is Hojo's son, and that funky crap happens between Holy, the Lifestream, and Meteor.

This is common knowledge after 10-some years of FF7 existing.

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Except it's not to people who are new to the series and haven't played it yet. Best to be on the safe side, hmm?

So if they're going to make a remake, why not go all the way and give us some reason to buy this instead of just prettifying it?

It's not as though the translation would suffer any further from a rewrite. And optional dungeons/materia would be neat. Even neater would be changes to the game engine to give characters more individuality. Extra cutscenes to better convey the storyline wouldn't hurt.

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