Final Fantasy 7: Why Square Enix must NOT remake this masterpiece for PS4

The video game industry must move away from the Hollywood cycle of remaking what was once popular. Also, the George Lucas and Ted Turner approach of technologically upgrading a piece of art. The purity of the game is tarnished and its original soul does not exist any more.

[SeanScythe]

Glad no one listens to this dumba$$.

[camel_toad]

Yep. There are so many people that have not experienced this game that absolutely need to experience it. I cant wait to go through it again (remade) after all of this time.

Everyone that even remotely likes RPG's need to have it on their list.

[mikeslemonade]

And please please please remake FF 1-9. I'm not interested in FF15 and beyond anymore. I rather spend the next 15 years just remaking the old Final Fantasys.

[Septic]

I am one of them. I never had the chance to play this and I remember staring at the postcard for this that Sony sent me for AGES. Seriously, my mind filled in the blanks and I wanted it so much. The same with Croc.

I held off playing FF7 all this time because it didn't age well visually. I am glad I did. I REALLY hope they do the original game justice. I don't want to miss out on what many consider the best FF game.

[joab777]

How does it ruin the soul? Can't you still play the original? Oh yeah, you can. And name me which remakes or remasters this gen have ruined their originals?

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

You know that you're going to get all sorts of opinions about FF7 remake. So obviously you're bound to get some real dumb ones.

[Shadow Flare]

It may bring joy.
It may bring fear.
But let us embrace whatever it may bring.

[DDOS-DelDaemonicOSes]

"But" let us embrace "whatever it may bring".

Your imagery needs work. LOL at the 10 agrees.

[iamtehpwn]

Even if Square Enix remade this game and it was an awful remake, the original game still forever exists. And really, if Dirge of Cerberus couldn't hurt FF7's name, nothing really could at this point.

[KwietStorm]

Lol now that's the damn truth. I forgot that even existed.

[Charybdis]

Its a huge game expectations are high. Lots of concerns with a game of this magnitude but glad to see it will finally happen. Biggest problem in my opinion will be budget and time needed to remake such a game into a next gen experience. This remake might be the biggest project for square since the original game which at that time was easily one if not the most expensive ps1 title ever created.

[showtimefolks]

So tjis industry doesn't need ff7 temake and nor it will be any good? First of all the industry stood up and clapped

And this man e
here knows the future, I hope you do realize that ff7 won't be coming till 2017, meaning it will be developed right

If you don't want it than don't wrote a stupid article. But there are a lot of gamers who want it

[LegoIsAwesome]

I think what Mr. relateuk2003 means is, Why Square Enix must remake this masterpiece FOR the PC first before PS4.

[AndrewLB]

A far more valid criticism that the author completely missed is there are so many scenes throughout the game that will not work with modern graphics... or modern political correctness. Just think about everything that goes down at Wall Market (Honeybee Inn, Cornholio, and of course Big-Bro!) for instance. I doubt we'll be having a squatting contest with a gay bodybuilder who wears wigs in the remake.
The trailer looks as if they're going to take the game in a dark direction much like we saw in Advent Children.

Here's a great article from 2012 entitled "Five Things We Won't See in the Final Fantasy VII Remake"

http://www.1up.com/features...

[ScorpianusNoir]

It has already been implied that we will be seeing Cloud in a dress.
All of the storyline issues that this article puts forth can easily be addressed in an updated remake. There is no problem with any of the Don Corneo, plot points, unless you are a homophobic child. They are meant to be funny and that is exactly how they come across. Some of it may change, but most of it should remain exactly as it was.

[King_of_Nothing]

If anything, I would think the opposite to be true. We just witnessed a former Olympic athlete announce their new identity as female to the world. Most backlash seemed to be from people who felt dubbing her a hero etc. was misplaced, not because of sexual orientation.

I would hope that the portrayal of a gay bodybuilder in one of the games more humorous scenarios wouldn't be removed considering how much has changed since the original games release.

[Genova84]

He's right though:they need to remake it for ps4, xbone and pc, not just the ps4!

[3-4-5]

Who is this person ?

They ARE making it. Learn to accept reality.

[Irishguy95]

Yeah yeah

FF7 on Ps1 is still there regardless of any future games

[the_dark_one]

"Final Fantasy 7 remake is not what the video game industry needs, nor will it probably be any good" yeah.... neither is this article

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

I don't know who this person is, and i'm already not liking this guy.

[knifefight]

They see me trollin'...

[Eyesoftheraven]

Thanks for the laugh. Oh, wait.. he's serious. 0_o

[contradictory]

If it would turn out to be horrible POS you still wouldn't lose anything..

a remake won't delete the game from the past or something like that..

[Fez]

It would be a shame if you're first experience with the game was a sub-par remake though. It could make playing the original afterwards not as special.

It's a turn-based RPG though so gameplay and story will be so similar to the original that there is no reason the game won't be as good as or even better.

[SeanScythe]

If you haven't played the original by now then that's your own fault. Look at pacman games. They redid them in 3d and most of them suck, does that make the original suck? No.

[contradictory]

but we don't actually know that yet. Or have i missed something? They definitely didn't show any gameplay, nor story for that matter..

maybe they'll do action-based battle system and make it so you can save Aerith hahahahahaaaa....

[Hoffmann]

Articles nobody asked for.

[Eonjay]

Some people are just... wow.

[MasterCornholio]

Sounds like somebody is salty.

:)

[Spotie]

Anything to downplay this game, huh?

[tontontam0]

LOL

Movies and games are made differently.

[LightofDarkness]

The Lucas comparisons are unfounded. This is a REMAKE, not a REMASTER or an enhanced edition, directors cut or anniversary edition. Did the REmake ruin Resident Evil? No? Made it a better game that can be enjoyed by modern gamers and fans alike? Shocking stuff.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Gtfo, so in this writers world we wouldn't have the new Wolfenstein, no new Star Wars, No Dark Souls 2 Scholar ect, No Metro Redux ect. The original is still available for ppl, this just expands on it's appeal and allows ppl who otherwise would never of experienced the film, game, franchise ect to experience it. It harms no one and allows newcomers to go back and explore the original in some cases.

[kingdomtriggers]

Whats up with all these "why ff7 remake is a bad idea!" articles? Can people just not be happy for once??

[LegoIsAwesome]

Maybe it's because it's not on PC first.

[RustCohle]

Too friggin' bad, it's happening.

Man, what an idiot...

[daveddy1972]

Clickbait

[slappy508]

But fans were cheering and screaming and the internet exploded...
Bit clearly this guy knows what everyone wants

[TheTony316]

He must be a 1%er

[MRMagoo123]

0.0000001 percenter more like.

[jeromeface]

Hey OP... get a new hobby.

[vork77]

to later its already happening

[il-JumperMT]

Remaking FFVI.

FFVI is the best Final Fantasy ever. People who lost their Final Fantasy to VII have no idea how good FFVI is.

FFVI also has the best Villain ever made. It makes Sepiroth look like a whiney emo boy who failed at everything he tried.

[coreyweb]

I agree. However, Sepiroth was freakin' awesome.

[gamer7804]

not even giving the url a click, if you don't like it, just don't buy it, play the original version or something else...

[rashada07]

Click bait! Author makes sensationalist article for clicks to make the income to buy the remake when it comes out!!!

[Tex117]

I hope they actually take some liberties with the game.

If it is just a graphical update, well, I mean, thats well and good but wont excite me all too much.

If they put a modern spin on the materia system, maybe even play around with the story to give me something fresh, I'd be much more excited.

As much as I love nostalgia (and it seems the current generation really loves nostalgia) I'm well aware I will never replicate the feeling I got when playing FFVII for the first time back in Sept of 1997.

[Max-Zorin]

Everyone been asking for a remake for years, why would they not remake it? This article like many other articles should have been thrown into the failed category immediately.