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FFVII PS3 Remake - Yay or Nay?
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: forsaken on March 22, 2010, 08:04:57 AM ---Hmm, dunno why but I can haz no poll? :(
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/final-fantasy-ff7-ff13-final-fantasy-xiii,news-6198.html
--- Quote from: TomsHardwareGuide ---There's little question that Final Fantasy VII is the most popular in the series. Besides it being the first one in 3D and the first for its new home on the Sony PlayStation family. Perhaps for that reason, it holds a special place in many gamers' hearts.
Today, our latest Final Fantasy is up to XIII, and for the first time in its traditional format (not MMO) it's gone onto Microsoft's Xbox. By all measures, Final Fantasy is bigger than ever, but many still remember fondly back to the series' first big splash in the worldwide market.
In an inteview with Siliconera, Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII, answered a question that sent many the hearts of fans aflutter.
--- Quote from: Motomu Toriyama ---You worked on a bunch of Final Fantasy games. Which one would you want to remake the most?
[Laughs.] That would be Final Fantasy VII!
If we had the manpower and the time to work on a project, if we were to remake Final Fantasy VII with the quality of Final Fantasy XIII it would become a tremendous project. If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake.
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And now would be a good time to bring back this PlayStation 3 tech demo featuring a Final Fantasy VII theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8cYrGG220
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What's your opinion? FFVII PS3 Remake: Yay or Nay?
I say abso-fcking-lutely ;D
4 years ago Advent Children managed to show us FFVII in a way that simply wasn't technologically possible 10 years previously when 3D pre-renders and real-time processing power were still at their origins...
Now FFXIII proved that the technology has finally reached the real-time-rendering level and pre-rendered storage capacity (BRD ftw) that a FF truly requires. Everybody agrees that the game has managed surpass expectations visually.
If SE remade FFVII with the Advent Children character models and stayed true to it's roots, I'd most definitely buy and enjoy it. I'm not saying they have to stick to the gameplay-mechanics, interface and character interactions in exactly the same way, so long as they keep the story and the plethora of side-quests and explorational possibilities. For all I care they can add further side-quests.
I think it'd be epic :) What about you?
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They'll remake it eventually. FFVII's 20 year completion ends in 2017 so they've got 7 years to bring it to us. I hope they focus on the PS3's version first before the 360's.
In the meantime, I want Versus XIII...
forsaken:
--- Quote from: DaggerLite on March 22, 2010, 12:43:36 PM ---Edit
--- Quote from: forsaken on March 22, 2010, 08:27:07 AM ---It'd still sell extremely well though. There'd be much moneys to be made. Hence it could happen...
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I don't really think money is the first thing on Square-Enix mind. They've always had a love for their games, as many Japanese game creators have. Many of their games are quite original, and while they normally do stick to traditions with a franchise like Final Fantasy, they usually reinvent various features in the game from chapter to chapter. Not always for the better, but at least they're trying.
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I agree in some ways. They are constantly evolving the battlesystem/limit system/summons (X - switching characters), (XII - Gambits) & now (XIII - Paradigms), aswell as the Skill system (X's grid was the best so far imo).
However SE are most definitely money-grubbing capitalists pig-dogs ^^ See the VII remakes (some of which are better than others). They realized VII to be a cash-cow and tried to milk it some. Same goes for X-2, absolutely trashy remake, trying to build on the success of a previous money-maker.
DaggerLite:
--- Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on March 22, 2010, 01:32:23 PM ---By "successors" I mean "Final Fanatasy VIII through Final Fantasy XII (excluding Final Fantasy XI, which was also terrible, but an MMO, not a single player game)."
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I see. My mistake then. I thought IX and X were fairly good, but I don't really see them as successors of VII. Though, it makes sense when you clarify it.
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--- Quote from: forsaken on March 22, 2010, 02:25:15 PM ---However SE are most definitely money-grubbing capitalists pig-dogs ^^ See the VII remakes (some of which are better than others). They realized VII to be a cash-cow and tried to milk it some. Same goes for X-2, absolutely trashy remake, trying to build on the success of a previous money-maker.
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I wonder, have you played Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus? Or did you just watch Advent Children? All of the VII related stuff is very high quality, as I've already commented on. Fine, they might be thinking about earning some money. So does every company when they do anything at all. However, none of their products are half-assed (X-2 possibly excluded). Advent Children got a bit mixed criticism, because even though the production was ace, the movie did not make much sense on its own (for people who did not already understand FF VII). Crisis Core would help explain a lot of it. With the BD re-release, they remastered it and added 30 minutes extra, so it would both look good and work well as a stand-alone. However, this too got them a lot of criticism for just being after the money, since "they should've made that (BD) movie in the first place" (not my words).
I don't know exactly why you think they're only after money compared to a lot of other companies. Personally, I think it's one of the few companies that put their soul into things. I could compare with other companies, but I won't go that much off-topic here.
I haven't played X-2 personally, but I basically know all there is to know about that one. I think it was a game meant to appeal to girls mainly.
beezer08:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on March 22, 2010, 02:14:08 PM ---They'll remake it eventually. FFVII's 20 year completion ends in 2017 so they've got 7 years to bring it to us. I hope they focus on the PS3's version first before the 360's.
In the meantime, I want Versus XIII...
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I doubt it'll hit the 360, since Sony has to have some rights to it....or they'll use their brain (for once) and make sure it stays exclusive. I honestly would rather them focus on making new games instead of remaking old ones and since their dev times are getting longer (their last 2 FF games have taken a very long time to release), so I do not want them working on a remake.
Lucerin Red:
Nay, I want FFVI, thank you. Kefka > Sephiroth any day of the week.
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