Games Inbox: Final Fantasy VII remake, Forza Horizon 2, and Metroid Prime Trilogy

GC: Final Fantasy VII remains to this day one of the most expensive video games ever made, so, especially given its size, the cost of remaking it to modern audio and visual standards would be immense. And while the game has plenty of older fans Square Enix are no doubt concerned that it’s not the sort of game that would necessarily be a mainstream hit nowadays.

Most HD remakes are low budget projects that reuse most of the original assets. You can’t do that with Final Fantasy VII or Resident Evil 2 as they have pre-rendered backdrops that would have to be re-created from scratch, and they’re so old the polygon models and textures are unusable too. Although Resident Evil 2 is a smaller game, so there’s more of a chance of that if Capcom are feeling confident after the Resident Evil 1 remake.