Square Enix is doing more than just remaking Final Fantasy VII. It sounds like FFVII will be episodic. You might have questions about this. Square Enix might even have answers.
âFrom the beginning, we thought a Final Fantasy VII remake would be bigger than a single release,â the gameâs original director Yoshinori Kitase told Dengeki Online.
âIf you did get it into a single release, there would be things weâd have to put into a shortened compilation,â Tetsuya Nomura, FFVIIâs character designer, added. âSince we thought there would be stuff we would probably have to pare down and supplemental things we probably couldnât add, we decided to divide it up, concluding that we have to do a remake thatâs fully packed with content.â
Kitase added that with the Sector 1 and Sector 8 areas shown in the most recent trailer are quite dense. âIf we took everything thatâs in the original game and remade it at that quality, we couldnât get it all on a single release,â said Kitase.
The Final Fantasy VII director explained that since they wonât be dividing up the game, the substance of the original title wonât be cut. With that added breathing room, Square Enix can do a full-on remake.
Earlier this year, Square Enix said that the Final Fantasy VII remake would not be exactly the same as the original game. Square Enix wasnât kidding.
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