Final Fantasy VII: Remake (Discussion and Speculation)

Originally Posted by Colonel Skills

[01:39] <@Miles|work> I wish SOLDIER would play a non-Square Enix game for once
[01:39] <@Miles|work> or talk about something other than final fantasy for once

This thread fails for massive fanboyism. And if it's allowed to exist, can I have a thread about discussing a remake of BUBSY 3D? Fuck knows it might happen.

[01:53] <@Miles|work> Hey CS. I also like how SOLDIER compliments OBVIOUS flaws in Square-Enix games.

Oh come on now. Stop being so cynical. What's so wrong about speculating about an FFVII remake? The game is immensely popular (Unlike BUBSY) and there have been rumblings about it's remake for a good while now. (Also unlike BUBSY so your sarcastic analogy fails)


Anyway, I really like the area sensitive soundtrack idea. I'd like it if they just made all general aspects of the game more in-depth with lots of extra features. Make summon intros interactive, have more FMVs and feature Cid & Yuffie this time, make the Cloud cross dressing part into a full out, dating minigame!

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Originally Posted by Colonel Skills

But I heard a rumour on these here INTERNETS that Bubsy 3D is totally gonna be remade. It MIGHT HAPPEN. There have been RUMBLINGS and such. YOU NEVER KNOW. And I could make the thread way before any official announcement is made so if/when it does happen I have the only claim to it! Because I'm a huge Bubsy fanboy faggot.



Wait a minute, up until this point I thought you were being serious. Since no one can be stupid crazy enough to honestly suggest that, I'll assume the rest of your post was a joke too.

OK good. You assume that. Maybe then you'll stop gracing shittifying the thread with your hilarious wit douche-baggetry.


Honestly now, what's so wrong with a bunch of people speculating about some rumors? Or have you always, really had a deep seeded desire to start a BUBSY 3D FOR TEH 360 thread but never found an adequate scapegoat till this very thread?

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And that's exactly why a remake feels so necessary now. In my opinion, FFVII is currently the ugliest FF title currently available. The previous FF's were all sprite-based (and FFI-II have been given makeovers, with FFIII getting a full 3D makeover), which have a timeless quality to it, but when you compare FFVII to the later 3D incarnations like FFVIII and IX, the game sticks out like a sore thumb. Lego models, crappy FMV, midi tunes, badly translated dialogue, and a story that could've been more coherently narrated make up the flaws. Make no mistake, FFVII was fantastic and ground-breaking at the time, but with the increasing standards in graphics and presentation (especially from Square themselves), it doesn't look so hot nowadays.

Exactly. There is so much to fix and expand upon! At the time of it's release, FFVII was as close to perfect as you can get with an RPG. Now, it's a diamond in the rough with a lot of potential but filled with glaring flaws.

And fuck the PSP. If the PS3's as powerful as Sony's suggesting then that's definately where the remake needs to be. It needs to get the full monsterous power/mega-face lift treatment.

Given FFVII's popularity and name recognition (due to the fact that it was such a huge milestone for the series) I think Square had planned a remake for it a long time ago. Simply because such a project would be incredibly profitable. However I think they wanted to milk it for it's worth with all these spin offs and the movie before they hit us with the grand finale: FFVII remake for the PS3. (Which would be the definitive cashcow for SE but you know, gotta save the biggest gun of them all for the very last)

I don't know if anyone recalls but at some point they even announced their own made up term for milking franchises like this. It was polysomething... (I don't exactly remember). But they went on to explain about how it's a new strategy they're adopting that entails extending existing franchices into new titles and mediums. A full blown FFVII remake would be the epitome of this new strategy of their's.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah I read about that too. I dunno...

Anyway, I would argue against just simply giving the game a visual face-lift. I think some parts of the game should definately be changed. I mean when the game first came out, standards were a lot lower, so it got away with some really awkward and downright crappy parts. It'd be a joke if they left these parts as they were and just gave them better graphics and sound.

Also, new weaposn, summons, attacks and spells that DON'T replace the old ones are welcome! (as are additional side-quests, minigames, and backstories)

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Originally Posted by nanstey

I'd really like to see a decent FFVII remake like the rest of you, but it would need a full treatment - everything from the ground up - reworked story, translation, dialogue, battle system, Materia, right down to how the materia system worked - after all, in the final stages of the game, you could make th3e characters virtually identical with Materia except for their Limit Breaks and ultimate weapons. I would dearly love to see voice-overs in this one, assuming they can get it right (I'm hoping Advent Children's dub isn't screwed up.) And finish the story in the game properly. And for those of you who don't want anything besides a graphical overhaul, understand that FFVII is a game that was great in it's own time, and that it would be insanely difficult to blow people's minds or make as great a leap from one generation to the next as was done from the SNES to the PS1 in 1997. And you will not get the same feeling of discovery from a remake as you likely did from the original.

Yes. Thank you. My thoughts exactly. Only if they rework everything over, will the remake be worth it.

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