Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

therobotchoir — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:50:56 GMT

FF7, nah. It was fun but I think I am happy with what we got. Not a truly epic game like FF6 THAT would be something. I would love a FF13 quality remake of ff6. Not the DS style I mean all the bells and whistles.

Chrono Trigger would be another that would be awesome as a full-fledged remake. Maybe throw in a few new endings and a new time-period/character and some side quests (wishful thinking... okay maybe no new character it really does not need one. LOL maybe Serge as a super secret character a-la Bleu from Breath of Fire 2, just in reverse.)

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Kevin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:14:24 GMT

The best possible remake of Final Fantasy VII would be a 5-DVD choose-your-own-adventure interactive movie with the same production value as Advent Children. Even if the gameplay and graphicks of the original aged poorly, FFVII's story is nigh unfuckwithable, and that's all I'd be coming back for.

Also: When they going to make some fucking MATERIA KEYCHAINS already? You listening, S/E?

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Nemo Incognito — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:00:39 GMT

Yes I would. I won't hide the fact I am a little nostalgic for it but I do think the game holds up a little better than it's popularly given credit for. If anyone starts talking about "8-bit era translation" or "horrible midi music" they get vigorously ignored.

But a FF7 remake is pretty much inevitable IMO. After remaking/re-releasing FF's 1-6 and Tactics (multiple times in some cases!) Squeenix has made it clear remakes are big business for them, and Sony must be begging them right now for a second coming of their biggest ever game in the hope it might salvage the PS3.

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Amber Ahlborn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:53:26 GMT

Yes I would actually. I think if they cleaned up the messy dialog and messy plot, trimmed the fat, it would be an excellent title. The basic play was fun enough. Oh, and if Squeenix realized that every character does not have to have a screwed up, depressing back story. I swear, every single character in the game is a sack of angst. I wonder if the people who came up with the characters had a contest to see who could come up with the most horrific "the universe hates me and screwed up my life" back story for their character.

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Peter Smith — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:47:14 GMT

For all the revisionist hating on FF7 (understandable given how crazily out of proportion fanboy love of that game is), there's still a lot about it that's really effective, I think. The opening sequence is immortal, much of the Midgar stuff is awesome, the repeated, Rashomon-style attempts to reconstruct the events at Nibelheim are cool and eerie, and the ending remains hauntingly ambiguous. There's also the awesome moment where, hours in, you're approaching the top of Shinra HQ, thinking you're getting to the lair of the ultimate enemy. The whole game seems to be this rebels-vs.-evil-empire story (which didn't seem that far-fetched given most of the previous games in the series.) You've only gotten these vague references to a former soldier who went batshit some time back. Then when you get to the top of the tower, you discover that that crazy bastard just came back to town in a big way, and the real story is just beginning.

All that said, there's a ton of filler in that game, and the best way to make it great would be to cut it in half, removing all the dross, and polishing the remainder to a glorious sheen, with the themes elegantly explored by a lyrical new translation.

But that will never, ever, happen.

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Angelfish_Titan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:18:48 GMT

I would probably be up for playing a remake just because I never actually finished the original and I'd feel kinda guilty being a hardcore gamer and never finishing FFVII. I liked the game, it is just that RPGs (as far as videogames go) have never been my thing. Really...Chrono Trigger remake has me more interested, now that was an RPG that kept me happy.

re: Would You Play a Final Fantasy VII Remake? Hmmm?

Roto13 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:48:48 GMT

I might play a Final Fantasy VII remake if they did it right this time. I didn't think Final Fantasy VII was very good in the first place.