Apparently, Kitase wanted the original “Final Fantasy VII” game to be expanded and receive more content in order for players and new gamers to enjoy it. He also hinted that if ever the “Final Fantasy 7 Remake” is going to make it, it will not be a one-time release.
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It seems like these won’t be the only major changes coming to the game, the story will also be somewhat altered.
No word yet on a release timeline for the first installment in said series, but we’ll keep you up-to-date as more information comes to light.
We’ve seen everyone’s comments and reactions to the news that Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be a multi-part series and many have speculated correctly as to the reason why we have made this decision. Recent ports including the PS4 version allow you to turn on cheats that speed up some of the slower grindy portions, and the remake footage we saw at PlayStation Experience implies the remake will include a faster battle system akin to the recent Lightning games. Producing a proper HD remake of FINAL FANTASY VII that maintains the same feeling of the density of the original would result in a volume of content that couldn’t possibly fit into one instalment. When news came out that the game would be ‘multi-part’ (which I assumed meant episodic, but could mean multiple games as well), those same people either nodded their heads understandingly, or broke the three discs from the original game in righteous fury.
However, the original game’s director Yoshinori Kitase (and producer on the remake) has posted an explanation on the Square Enix blog reiterating that it is the only way to make the game happen in a modern context. Breaking apart an adventure and story that was never designed for such treatment sounds like a awful idea to me.
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It’s tempting to freak out about this news-“OMG I can’t believe they’re gonna rip my favorite Final Fantasy into multiple parts it’s gonna be RUINED”-but I’m here to preach some caution”. I still say they did this – this “expanded take” – so they could charge more overall.
