Should Final Fantasy VII be remade? 

I thought I would jump at the chance but after thinking about it: No, it shouldn't.  Reasons being that while FFVII was a great game at the time, gaming has moved on... If they made some sort of new game which was set in the FFVII universe but didnt follow the same story, or the original story seen from someone elses point of view... Sephiroth springs to mind but I doubt they would make a villian the main character.  But it does sound strangely appealing :]

Personally, I have gone off final fantasy games a lot in the last few years... It hasnt been the same since FFX in my opinion.  That game remains my favourite FF of them all.  I also really liked FFIX, but again: at the time.  I would play FFX again, FFXII  I bought, opened, played for a few hours and just really disliked it... a tiny thing like not being able to switch the invert on the camera on or off really put me off though.  Oh yeah and FFVIII... not my cup of tea!

I havent seen much about FFXIII really, I kind of lost hope with the series.  Hopefully my faith will be restored over the next few years.

For future game I would love it if they made it more like a massive world to play in, with more intelligent NPCs and just a generally Deeper experience.. not that FF isnt deep already but it just has so much more potential if they went (slightly) more for an Oblivion type approach.  Keep the amazing stroylines obviously, but imagine if you could Choose what happened next and directly impact the story instead of it being set in stone.  Bring back something similar to the Orb system of leveling up seen in FFX, Also I'd love if they brought back the summons from FFX... I'd love to see Anima again in high def :)

No, i mean Before Crisis

I dont suppose anyone knows how to get hold of Before Crisis?

I just enjoyed the change in FFVIII, even if it wasn't the best battle system there has been. Got to disagree with the story criticisms though - kept me playing for hours.

As for FFXII having a poor battle-system, then I guess if you're a stalwart turn-based fan then yes, it does. I like the mix of real-time attacking with turn-based sensibilities that FFXII introduced.

Each to their own I suppose.

I've never been sure about VIII as i thought i could be too harsh on after following VII. Looking back i think VIII started off well and then they traded a potentially great villain for someone totally crap (Edea for Ultemecia), after that the story really was non-descript.
Oh and the battle system in XII sucks donkey balls.

phuzzy wrote:
> I  really wanted to love Blue Dragon, for example, but I just
> couldn't.

I started playing it, found it deeply absorbing, so stopped playing it for fear I'd not touch another game.

10 points on my tag...looks pathetic.  Ok, found my game this afternoon.

Kawada wrote:
> And all those games sucked.

I promised myself not to get into this... not after last time. Got the warrant and everything from before. But, personally speaking, FFVIII was the business. FFX-2 was pretty lame. But FFXII is immense. Lost Odyssey is pretty good, but I can't help feeling that turn-based games need to get themselves together (which LO *just* manages) or do the FFXII-twist. I really wanted to love Blue Dragon, for example, but I just couldn't.

For Nin, I guess you'll just have to live with the next FF. They seem to go in turns of old-style magick, then new-modern-futuristic, and back again. FFVI to FFVII / VIII, FFIX to FFX / FFX-2, FFXII to XIII.

Grandprix wrote:
> Okay, I've read there are a lot of problems with the PC version.
> Is it really worth my time? Anyone?

I suppose its going to depend on your machine, I never had any problems with it.

hippyman wrote:
> I tried FF Tactics for the PSP.  Nearly cried at how awful it
> was.  May try the remake of FF and FFII for it though
> eventually.

Its been ages since i played I and II. They dont really have much regarding a plot. You're told to repair/find some crystals at the start and thats pretty much it. You've got to work the rest out.

> FFX-2 Is not really a game that should be mentioned...

That is true. Put it this way, if Zelda went the same way that Final Fantasy is heading, there would be complete outrage from the Nintendo fanboys. Can you remember the fuss they made about cell-shading for Wind Waker. I think they would explode if you gave Link a gun.

I tried FF Tactics for the PSP.  Nearly cried at how awful it was.  May try the remake of FF and FFII for it though eventually.

FFX-2 Is not really a game that should be mentioned...

Gah, wrote a long post, then it disappeared.

Don't go with the PC version - the hoops you have to go through to get it to work with any modern graphics card are immense (and that's with a legit copy of the game I bought). Aside from the myriad of exciting glitches like upside down video, super-boss-crashes, and a game clock that runs at about 1/3 speed, it's naff with a keyboard. I got a PS1 controller adapter and, tbh, wish I had just restarted my PS1 copy.

To someone else's comment, guns in FF are hardly new. Squall, lead in FFVIII, had his gunblade. Yuna in FFX-2, basically a gunner. Balthier and his guns in FFXII - pretty bad-ass.

Anyhow, back on topic. A remake isn't what we need. It's more thought-out areas, an even better battle system, and fantastic storytelling & voiceacting. FFXII-2, anyone?

For the PC anyway, you can download an "Ultimate" edition of FF7 thats had the video re-encoded so its not so big and it includes some fan made patches to help it work with XP.

That's the reason why I'll never get to play FF7. I'm not forking out £20 for a PS1 game, no matter how good it is, probably because I don't have £20.

A remake would be good if they don't play around with the gameplay too much, just so I could see what the fuss is about.

Kawada wrote:
> Given the crap Square have been making lately i'd rather they
> leave FF7 well alone so i can still think of it positively.

If you still hold this statement after seeing the Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailers, I will have your head.

As far as remaking VII, I don't really see the point, people would hate it. You'd have to keep the story-line the same otherwise fans would be outraged in some way, so then all emphasis is on graphics, which would look lovely, no doubt, but people would get very bored of  the game play quite quickly.

Well, maybe not the die hard fans, but everyone else would. Yes it was fantastic and brilliant game way back in 1996(ish) but to todays standards, I'm not sure it could offer enough to get new gamers playing it, so I don't think they'd generate enough profit from it to allow a remake to be made.

If you love the game, you can buy it for Windows and PS1 for like a fiver :D

Nin wrote:
> Oh and FF XIII looks utter s**t. Guns in a Final Fantasy game?

I could have sworn Seven had some mini gun toting random block-headed black guy.

Yeah, guns do seem to have spoilt the idea of it. 

Sadly to say, it's hard to go back to FF7 when you've played things like Blue Dragon and others on the next next gen (so far back I can't believe it).  Great game, but I can get to grips with it now because of the graphics.  I don't usually rate a game on graphics, but it's hard when there is a HUGE difference.  I'm sure I will play it again as I loved it, but it'll be the initial 5 hours of the game that will be the toughest, as it'll mean I'll have to adapt back to the PSX me.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Nintendo DS release, or maybe s part of a compilation of FF games on the Xbox or Wii, but to change its looks would be like updating the original Goldeneye to have Halo 3-esque graphics. It wouldn't be the same game.

It's a quality classic. I was glad I was able to pick it up brand new on my PS2 last year - even if I still haven't found the time to get through the first disc :P

(If anyone on here remembers what I was like when FFVII was out on PSX then they'd be shocked to see me praising the original game...)

If Square made FFVII again, I think that they should leave the graphics as they are and increase the gameplay to colossal levels. BEST GAME EVER!!!

This is in my top 5 games too (got to have gran turismo, wipeout and Pro Evo in there!)

It should not be remade. The only thing they could improve is the graphics - and I think flashy graphics would spoil the appeal somewhat. I like the plinky music so that can't be updated either. I have it on PC and Playstation, you can pick up a PS1 with FF7 on ebay for under 30 quid and play it as it was intended.


A "patched" version with all the typos fixed would be nice, though.

Don't really see the point.

Making another FF game concentrating on the depth of storyline, the pick-up-and-play combat system with subtle masteries, the vastness of gameplay, the epic nature and all that other crap that made FF7 such an awesome game, should be the priority. Not re-hashing old games for new systems.

The focus MUST be taken away from just making games look really pretty.