When Will We See More Of The Final Fantasy VII Remake?

When the remake of Final Fantasy VII was announced at E3 2015, our minds were blown. The game fans have hounded Square-Enix for years has finally been announced.

After seeing the unforgettable announcement trailer the only question that went through my mind is when will I see more? Square-Enix conveniently left the message " More to come this Winter" at the end of the reveal trailer.

[Godmars290]

???

Have yet to see anything of it at all.

[DarkOcelet]

2020 if we are lucky.

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

We will see it at the PSX most likely. It says "more to come this winter" or something like that at the end of the trailer.

[Damien1801]

I don't expect more than a concept trailer or concept sketches from them. They'll probably show us some 3D character models in an Unreal 4 or any other third party engine they're going to use (I doubt they'll be using the Luminous since that engine is being developed altogether with FFXV), they'll probably show us the concept battle system and that's it. I don't expect much from them since the game is far from its official release.

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

I am perfectly fine with just seeing in game models of some of the characters and some environments. If we get a trailer that would be be a nice surprise. This game has been in development for a year and a half before last E3 so they are now at two years into development so it isn't out of the question to see something.

[-Gespenst-]

I just don't know, because on the one hand, a good bit of the work is already done - it is a remake after all - but on the other hand, SE are probably going to be really careful making this game. Also, it's not a straight-forward remake, so I'm sure there's an awful lot of work to be done nevertheless.

I just hope they've gone into this with a strong vision for it, because if they haven't, god knows how many times they'll find themselves starting from scratch, and god knows how long it'll be before they release it, and god knows what a mess the final game will be. If they have a solid vision for it, and they know exactly what they want to do and how to do it, then maybe we'll see this game sooner rather than later. Part of me thinks they wouldn't be so silly as to announce that they're going to do it if they didn't have a pretty strong idea of what they wanted to do. Then again, they might be gambling, because after all, their stocks soared when they announced this game. Maybe they're just going to wing it, and announced it merely to boost their financial prospects - now they've got to deliver on what they promised.

[Godmars290]

You mean how many times they'll waste all the more time between developing bleeding edge graphic engines while switching directors who want to make the game their own instead of building on what their predecessors did.

If they want to do it right, my hope is that they use UE4 keeping to the original game as much as possible while using a isometric/Diablo like setting. Make the world functional instead of flashy.

[-Gespenst-]

I think they'll stay on UE4. It's a tried and trusted engine, unlike SE's proprietary ones. I think they'll be able get what they need out of UE4 without any hitches.

I strongly disagree with the Diablo-esque isometric setting though. Too monotonous and homogeneous. The original game was filled with diverse locations and diverse camera angles. I don't want a dungeon crawler.

Take a look at the Dissidia trailers - I believe the Midgar stage is a good visual reference for what the remake will look like. It will be open world, and will be an action-rpg with action similar to Advent Children. I mean, look at that Midgar stage and tell me that view of the streets of Midgar isn't super exciting. The scale is fantastic. I'd welcome an open-world Final Fantasy VII if the quality matched or was greater than that Midgar stage.

Obviously though, they'd have to triple or quadruple the amount of content from the original game if they wanted to beef up an open world remake of it, so I'd expect a LOT of stuff that wasn't in the original alongside, hopefully, everything that was.

Again though, I think it boils down to them having a strong vision for the game - knowing exactly what they want to do before they go in and do it, and having confidence in that vision.

[Godmars290]

"Obviously though, they'd have to triple or quadruple the amount of content from the original game if they wanted to beef up an open world remake of it, so I'd expect a LOT of stuff that wasn't in the original alongside, hopefully, everything that was."

And given what the original game offered at the time, what Square of old was able to deliver, I really don't expect Square as it is now will be able to show half of the effort. That mini games in the old version will be cut or reduced to cutscenes in the new.

And I keep saying, hoping, or hope to do if ever a large sum of cash comes my way, something similar to what Lost Ark promises as an MMO except as a SP title.

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[Orbertron]

Well first we have to get FFXV then FFXV-2 two years later, then FFXV-3 Re-Birth two years after that, so in 7 years we will get FFVII remake (poetic no?), and get update trailer every f-ing E3 till then, fingers crossed.

[jambola]

Well this and ffxv are completely unrelated

[FallenAngel1984]

Does this article forget that the FFVII remake was announced this year, not 2014?

It'd be interesting if this game arrived in 2017, exactly 20 years after the original

[jambola]

Well his first line is "When the remake of Final Fantasy VII was announced at E3 2015, "

and he didn't mention 2014 even once, so i highly doubt he forgot.

[FallenAngel1984]

He obviously edited his article after I listed the mistake

[Relientk77]

Probably next year or 2017

[DevilOgreFish]

The remake trailer said more information in "winter" of this year. hopefully it isn't just text. some early screens would be nice.

[ninsigma]

I'm hoping for more at psx but if not there then I'd imagine e3 next year. They can't do this the same way as they've done 15, going far too long between information.

[Dan_scruggs]

Funny how no one seems to realize that Tetsuya Nomura is directing FF7 BUT he is also directing Kingdom Harts 3. And to my knowledge KH3 doesn't even have a release date yet. So don't hold your breath. I'm guessing 3 to 4 years till FF7 is a reality.

[jambola]

Actually everyone knows he is directing it

[Dan_scruggs]

That he is directing BOTH and NEITHER has a release date. That is what people don't seem to realize. I can see now my last comment was far to complicated for you to fully grasp.

[jambola]

Your comment was badly worded
you said "Funny how no one seems to realize that Tetsuya Nomura is directing FF7 BUT he is also directing Kingdom Harts 3." then r you start talking about how to your knowledge KH3 doesn't have a release date, you should have written if better.

And my point still stands, everyone knows.

[jagstar44]

why do square do this, spend ages working on cg trailers on games they probably haven't even started work on. probably gonna be 10 years till we see anything, like versus xiii

[jambola]

Yeah, and all those other occasions where square took 10 years for games to come out, oh wait, it was 1 time, not a regular occurrence.

[CLOUD1983]

They stall obviously because they know what is going to happen when they finally reveal what they plan to do but they can't stall 4ever the shitstorm is inevitable they can't escape from it.

[jambola]

How are they stalling?

[Spotie]

When it's ready.