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[Jonnax]

Isn't just the PC version they announced in December? I feel having hope here will set you up for disappointment.

 

[Lost Fragment]

If our 'insider' info is true, I just need to wonder what can be accomplished in a FFVII remake in two year of development.... especially since they also need to develop FFXV concurrently.

If it is true... maybe just asset upgrade/standard PS2-level graphics overhaul? I don't know.

Very, very likely not an AAA remake if rumors are true.

A full-on big budget remake of FF7 is never going to happen, but a limited remake is bound to happen eventually. FF7 is the most popular in the series, and if you told me that Square had ported FF4 to graphing calculators somewhere along the line I'd believe you.

So considering how much technology has advanced since the original PS3 tech demo 10 years ago and knowing Square's history, this rumor is very believable if it's a downloadable remake that only brings the game up to PS2 levels of fidelity. It being an AAA $100 mil production is not realistic.

 

[R-User!]

I hope the Mods aren't all sleeping... I'd love for the "insider" to be vetted/discredited asap so I can sleep too!

 

[Stilton Disco]

"Learnt" and "Square Enix are" make me suspicious. Also the fact that it's only Siliconera

So you're suspicious of words and grammar?

Each to their own I guess.

 

[Snapshot King]

Very, very likely not an AAA remake if rumors are true.

A full-on big budget remake of FF7 is never going to happen, but a limited remake is bound to happen eventually. FF7 is the most popular in the series, and if you told me that Square had ported FF4 to graphing calculators somewhere along the line I'd believe you.

So considering how much technology has advanced since the original PS3 tech demo 10 years ago and knowing Square's history, I could believe this rumor is true if it's a downloadable remake that only brings the game up to PS2 levels of fidelity.

Honestly a high res PS2 version of the game is all I ever wanted. The original game aged pretty poorly, like nearly everything on the PS1.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Well all these rumors, hopefully at least one of them is true.

 

[GnawtyDog]

Can't give my word on the crazy Shenmue rumours but the FF VII remake is a real thing. They started production a few months ago and it will be announced this week for a 2017 release.

The Last Guardian is coming back too, Sony PR guys are giving appointments to the press and they plan to release it during the holiday season since Uncharted 4 is delayed until 2016.

What is this?

 

[Garrett Hawke]

mess tbh.

 

[GreenMakoEyes]

when did siliconeria become such a troll site? LOL

 

[Vorg]

Not falling for this.

 

[weekev]

Is it me or is E3 season this year particularly BATSHIT INSANE

It's not you....

 

[chadboban]

Dammit stop playing with my heart!

 

[DarkLordMalik]

mess tbh.

LOL. Source pls

 

[jony_m]

I'd put a fiver on TLG showing up.. why not

FF7 remake,, Dont do this to yourselves peeps

 

[J-Skee]

Well, this gave me a good laugh.

 

[Kain]

Posting to prepare for disappointment and tears.

 

[Mexen]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[GnawtyDog]

I'll believe it when I see it.

Since when is that believing? Gotta take the plunge.

 

[Android18a]

In the unlikely event of this being true, I hope they don't emo Cloud up too much.

I always got the impression of him being cocky and self-assured

Spoiler

(at least until his mental breakdown).

 

[ICPEE]

Quit playin' games with my heart (with my heart)
Before you tear us apart (my heart)
Quit playin' games with my heart
I should've known from the start
You know you've gotta stop (from my heart)
You're tearin' us apart (my heart, my heart)
Quit playin' games with my heart

 

[Rymuth]

Not this again

 

[WolvenOne]

Uh...

...Okay I won't dismiss the possibility out of hand. However, I'm not sure what internal development team Square Enix has left at this point to undergo such a project. Remaking FFVII would be an immense task, especially if you're doing it in a modern engine. Additionally, SE only has a few really effective teams since they started re-organizing things. One's permanently on tap for FFXIV, another is working on XV, then there's the Kingdom Hearts team working on KH3.

So, for this to be true they'd have to have had another internal development team, that's been squirreled away quietly for years working on a FFVII remake. I have a hard time seeing that. Maaaybe if this was a more modest remake, but that seems unlikely too. Don't get me wrong, this would be megaton. I'm just not certain it's even plausible right now.

 

[dickroach]

since the original PS3 tech demo 10 years ago.

what the hell. how did that happen? feels like yesterday

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Shenmue, TLG, BanjoThreeie and FF7REmake

Either best E3

Or normal E3.

 

[RoadHazard]

Sony conference tonight.

-"One more thing".

-The Last Guardian re-revealed.

-Crowd goes ape shit.

-Trailer ends and stays dark for 10 seconds or so.

-Music that everyone recognizes starts playing.

-It's the opening cinematic for FFVII using their current engine technology.

-Trailer ends with "Re-live the fantasy only on PS4.

-Paramedics begin rushing around frantically helping those that just had a heart attack.

-Shawn Layden appears from the darkness with sunglasses on and drops a mic on stage and walks off with the FFVII fanfare music playing.

-GAF servers burst into flames and the site is down for 5 days.

E3.

This would be so amazing. I hate it when they end their conferences without any "one more thing" megaton. So disappointing when it just... ends.

 

[JeffZero]

Awww, dammit, I was in bed and seconds away from shutting down the laptop.

 

[Hypereides]

I'm not saying that I believe the rumor is true, albeit, I would lend Siliconera some credibility. They seem to be one of the few media outlets that tend to be able to distinguish/differentiate hearsay from valid information. I'm giving them the benefit of doubt.

 

[Roxas]

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN

 

[Estus]

Sum it up pretty much:
https://youtu.be/4ta58tUxCTc

 

[scarlet]

Well maybe it's a remake like FF I-VI for mobile? I mean the remake is stuck at VI now.

 

[Nibel]

I hope this is real so we can get finally pass this and be happy for new FF games. :>

 

[yurinka]

Siliconera wants to ruin Sony's E3 conference by overhyping us to dissapoint us once we see they don't announce it in this E3?

 

[Ashler]

If both TLG and FFVII remake get revealed at the Sony press conference, NeoGAF will be down for 2 days.

 

[Condom]

I cent believe, why are people doing this to themselves

 

[Gambit 1138]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised after that huge backlash they got from the FF7 "reveal"

 

[li bur]

Y2Kev will have another job it seems.

 

[Stereogatari]

2017.

 

[Acquiescence]

If both TLG and FFVII remake get revealed at the Sony press conference, NeoGAF will be down for 2 days.

And an extra day if Shenmue sees the light of day too.

 

[philion]

its just too god damn late.

 

[Whatever'sComfortable]

I've gone pathetically full circle in the space of about 5 minutes.

I believe.

What's another year of hurt and disappointment? It's the same with sport, you learn to take it.

FF7 and TLG are happening

 

[Immaculate]

-GAF servers burst into flames and the site is down for 5 days.

E3.

It always does every e3 regardless. I don't think this place has ever been up during an e3

 

[Ashler]

And an extra day if Shenmue sees the light of day too.

I can't even imagine the meltdown that would be.

 

[IchigoSharingan]

40,000 views in little over an hour.

So none of us have moved on, eh?

 

[nib95]

Every year. TLG, Shenmue, FFVII….all over again. Why do this to yourselves? Lol.

 

[Phoenix944]

Nice bait. Good job Siliconera!

 

[xzeldax3]

 

[Palette Swap]

FFVII and TLG, regardless of their respective outcomes, they're the gifts that keep on giving.

In a world where these two, FFXV and Shenmue 3 were released, I wonder what people would obsess over. Secret games I guess.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

LOL. Source pls

I'm not sure, sorry but here's another gif of it

sums up my reaction pretty well tbh

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

Every year. TLG, Shenmue, FFVII….all over again. Why do this to yourselves? Lol.

Those are three games. 3. Half-Life 3 confirmed.

 

[TheHolyTurnip]

40,000 views in little over an hour.

So none of us have moved on, eh?

Nope