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[Cao Cao]

Just thinking about what could have been. If they had done a faithful 1:1 Remake in one 80h game.
Glorious! Would be in my TOP3 games of all time.
But no... Of course it would have been too good to be true.
They rather decided to do some timetravel multiverse ghostwhisper Sequel with 3 different games. Thank you Square Enix.
The chances of getting another 1:1 remake now are almost zero.

Also lol @ this thread:

Would you buy a FF7 Remake in multiple parts?

 

[Spukc]

Currently playing remake 7 part 2
can't remember a single fucking thing .

 

[Loomy]

Best "FF7 remake" is the OG PC game with a crap ton of mods.

 

[Radical_3d]

Also lol @ this thread:

Would you buy a FF7 Remake in multiple parts?

"No!"

Narrator: they did.

 

[IAmRei]

Best "FF7 remake" is the OG PC game with a crap ton of mods.

i once used beacause and battle size, no chibi in field and dungeons, rocking experience

 

[Yoshichan]

who is that whore on the left and why do you compare that to the goddess that is on the right

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Best "FF7 remake" is the OG PC game with a crap ton of mods.

Chibi on field, HD textures, upscaled backgrounds with the PS1 sound quality. It was the best FFVII experience, better than Remake/Rebirth.

 

[Ceallach]

What the fuck is the point of a 1:1 remake

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

If SE made a 1:1 Remake, you'd all still fucking bitch.

 

[SeanyQuest]

I got remake intergrade yesterday to play on steam deck. I've played OG on Vita about 10 years ago.

I'm probably just having a fundamental misunderstanding about how combat works but I currently hate the gameplay. The setting reimagined is extremely well done. About to just replay the OG. Also getting access at random times to your inventory items while in combat is so dumb.

 

[HRK69]

These Final Fantasy fans are unbearable

Your "perfect" RPG still exists.

Go play it and stop crying about the remakes.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Maybe SE is testing the waters with the DQ7 reimagined game, maybe they will use similar style to remake games like FF7 and FF9 in the future, these games didn't need the AAA Cinematic remake to begin with

 

[KungFucius]

What the fuck is the point of a 1:1 remake

It depends what people mean by that. It's also straddling the line between remake and remaster.

Clearly the concept makes no sense if we are talking an exact copy, but something like Links Awakening is a good case for why rebuilding a game with modern tech with the same content is a good way to bring in new players. I think it's reasonable to call that a 1:1 remake. But when you are talking FFVII, a lot of the gameplay is rather dated. It was great at the time, but the exploration really doesn't translate well to something more modern and many of the minigames could use a change.

I think it come down to 2D games can get 1:1 remakes and 3D games from PS2 on probably could get 1:1 remake depending on the game, but really early, groundbreaking 3D games need some modernization to make them more palatable to more gamers.

 

[videogamedude]

ff7 is god awful.,. just a shit tier videogame

square obviously knows it, which is why they redesigned the whole game to cash in on the retarded levels of nastalgia for this title

a modern remake of the first game would be epic

 

[Loomy]

Chibi on field, HD textures, upscaled backgrounds with the PS1 sound quality. It was the best FFVII experience, better than Remake/Rebirth.

Yeah. It's really good. Remake/Rebirth doesn't feel like the OG game. Good for what it is, but whenever I want to play FF7, I just pop in the PC version.

 

[Melfice7]

I'll die on this hill that remakes should always be 1:1 , only with latest graphics and small QoL upgrades if needed, everything else the same, especially music

 

[Clear]

I'll die on this hill that remakes should always be 1:1 , only with latest graphics and small QoL upgrades if needed, everything else the same, especially music

I think the word you're looking for is REMASTER not remake.

 

[Aressa]

Wait you mean 1-1 game as a single release or 1-1 in term of content? Both wouldn't work.

 

[kunonabi]

As someone who didn't like the original all that much all I really wanted was for the game to not be a total cakewalk with some properly balanced bosses and limit breaks and for it to not be so short. Instead we got stuck with this godawful mess of a trilogy.

 

[Yoshichan]

ff7 is god awful.,. just a shit tier videogame

square obviously knows it, which is why they redesigned the whole game to cash in on the retarded levels of nastalgia for this title

a modern remake of the first game would be epic

stranger of paradise is the closest thing we'll get to a remake of ff1

 

[Melfice7]

I think the word you're looking for is REMASTER not remake.

nope, remakes, like shadow of the colossus (the most faithful 1:1 remake, same gameplay, same music, better graphics and performance, sure they changed wander design a bit but thats it). Demon's souls remake, yes they took too many liberties with the art and designs and completely modified the ost, the gameplay is intact at least. it would have been so much better with the original ost and atmosphere

 

[Calverz]

It's funny because when remake came out there were people on here adamant it was amazing. Seem to have gone quiet now it's multi platform

 

[Madflavor]

I'm pretty happy with what we got. I don't see it overtaking the original. I'll always have the original. To me it's a companion piece. It's not just one game. It's three games where I'll get to revisit FF7's world and characters three times. On top of that I really love the combat. It's some of my favorite in the entire franchise. I really enjoy the camaraderie of the party members, the music, all the side content, most of the mini games are really fun (especially Queen's Gambit), and I think it's done a mostly good job recreating some of the original's moments. For the most part.

That said yeah, when veer's off into new additions to the story, the writing gets pretty trash. They completely botched Aerith's death. The final hour of Rebirth is really terrible. They fucked up Red XIII's voice and made him annoying. The mini games are great, except for the ones you're forced to play during a he story, like Cait Sith's box game. But at the end of the day, I'm really glad we have these games. Rebirth felt like the first true modern FF game, that gives us the fun party, the epic journey, and an uncompromising world map.

The game gets such an unnecessary amount of hate. If you did nothing but read the discourse surrounding Rebirth, and nothing else, you would NEVER think that it has a 92 on Metacritic and a high user score too.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I like boobs in tank tops too

 

[videogamedude]

I'm pretty happy with what we got. I don't see it overtaking the original. I'll always have the original. To me it's a companion piece. It's not just one game. It's three games where I'll get to revisit FF7's world and characters three times. On top of that I really love the combat. It's some of my favorite in the entire franchise. I really enjoy the camaraderie of the party members, the music, all the side content, most of the mini games are really fun (especially Queen's Gambit), and I think it's done a mostly good job recreating some of the original's moments. For the most part.

That said yeah, when veer's off into new additions to the story, the writing gets pretty trash. They completely botched Aerith's death. The final hour of Rebirth is really terrible. They fucked up Red XIII's voice and made him annoying. The mini games are great, except for the ones you're forced to play during a he story, like Cait Sith's box game. But at the end of the day, I'm really glad we have these games. Rebirth felt like the first true modern FF game, that gives us the fun party, the epic journey, and an uncompromising world map.

The game gets such an unnecessary amount of hate. If you did nothing but read the discourse surrounding Rebirth, and nothing else, you would NEVER think that it has a 92 on Metacritic and a high user score too.

I've been thinking about taking a chance on them. I think if they get a proper cartridge release and not a key card, I'll pull the trigger.