Has Square Enix Acknowledged That Final Fantasy XV "Exceeds the Quality of Final Fantasy VII"?

In light of Square Enix announcing that it is working on a remake of Final Fantasy VII, Grab It discusses the implications of comments made by former CEO Yoichi Wada about the conditions for a remake.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I'm sure FF15 is also great but that has nothing to do with the FF7 remake. Did you see the trailer? It looked amazing, and I'm sure they're putting everything they got into making the FF7 remake the highest quality.

To be honest, I think they would of made a FF7 remake last gen for PS3 and maybe they planned to, remember that FF7 tech demo? but I think the PS3 was kind of on shaky grounds for a lot of that generation as the Wii was dominating. The PS4 is on much better position than the PS3 was, so it's more worth it now.

[FallenAngel1984]

PS3 sold better in Japan than PS4 did.

[SoulMikeY]

Yes, but everyone should know where more gamers exist....

[DarkOcelet]

And Tetsuya Nomura on the helm. Maybe his real dark vision for a mature Final Fantasy game will be in the Remake.

I cant believe this is happening.

[AsheXII]

Nomura fucked up Advent Children with his emo crap, cant wait for him to fuck up FFVII too.

[Summons75]

@AsheXII

Cloud was emo in the game, that didn't start with Advent Children. Take off the rose tinted glasses because everything that was intended for the original game that maybe got lost in translation or deluded due to technology will be back in full force and rip them off. Hopefully they make some changes to the characters to make them more interesting and fix all the faults with the story. But this is going to be interesting to see what the gameplay will be like.

[Irishguy95]

Summons cloud was NOT an emo, he was crazy sure, but he was very cheerful for 98% of the game. The other 2% he was rightfully sad. However he was not emo in the slightest.

[Magicite]

I think FF10 was the only FF game to sell close to what FF7 did (11m+).

[Godmars290]

Or, when they said the original comment, where they just talking out of their @$$? Much in the same way they showed the "original" FF7 PS4 tech demo, apparently let the rumor that it was a full game run wild, then backed down with "It would take us forty years to make" comment.

Hell, for all we know this could take twice as long as its taking FF15 to actually come out.

[CoyoteHunter]

Haha that too Godmars290. We could speculate till the cows come home. But in any case I don't care because... Final Fantasy VII Remake!!! :P

[NoctisPendragon]

I think they did , there is no way they would reveal FF VII remake so early if they didn't trust 100% FF XV .

[Elda]

We won't see this game till 2018-2019 or possibly 10 years(FF-XV) knowing S-E track record.(edit)..it's funny I'm getting disagree's because the fanitics want it to come out sooner knowing FF-XV & KH3 has to debut first 2016-2017,then FF-VII after 2018 or beyond.

[iamtehpwn]

Considering that they most likely will be using Final Fantasy XV's Luminous Engine, we most likely won't be waiting much longer than 2017 for this game, about a 2 year wait which isn't bad at all. The tech is already established, and that's the longest part of developing the game.

[Elda]

Doubt it...wishful thinking..3 or 4 years from now.

[NoctisPendragon]

Some rumors are talking about UE4 :( .

I really hope they use Luminous Engine .

[Bob Dole]

^^
Seems silly to use UE when they've got their own engine.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Oh my god 2 disagrees the fanatics are going wild.....

[Pennywise138]

I think this remake actually makes me more excited for FF15. Now I can have both a new school and old school style final fantasy.

[Aloren]

Not necessarily. It's a remake, not a remaster. Gameplay may change more than we think; after all, not everyone wants a game that plays like 20 years ago. Same with shenmue 3. If they want to broaden their audience, they may need to alter the gameplay a bit.

[raWfodog]

Yeah I don't think we're going to get the same turn-based battle system where everyone stands in a line across from each other going back and forth with their attacks :) I can see a more dynamic, fluid battle system though similar to (but not exactly like) FFXV.

[Lng101010]

Why not? I have no problem with turn-based RPGs. And with all the turn-based JRPGs coming out soon, seems like I'm not the only one.

If they want to broaden their audience, they shouldn't be remaking a game that's almost 20 years old with a plot twist everybody already knows.

[Aloren]

Hmmm ? I have no problem with turn-based RPGs either. "Change the gameplay a bit" doesn't mean make it a real time at all cost or whatever. Turnbased combat is ok and still used a lot these days, I don't see that as being speficically "old school".

However lots of other stuff in gaming didn't really age well, whether its the way games control, the UI and how you use it in game (HUD, map, inventory), the amount of grinding, fast travel, the way the games "helps you", the level design...I'm just not sure the game will feel "old school" at all (but then again, "turn based" never meant "old school" to me, if it does to you then yeah, I guess you can say it will probably be old school...)

[shipnabottle]

Well this E3 sure is shaping up to be one for the books. Electricity held with bare hands, cowboy boots and a cigar sticking from a wry smile. Loving it.

If someone would have said "FFVII remake" 24 hours ago I would have pictured more of a HD style remaster with an exact copy but upgraded with greater visual fidelity.

But this trailer leads us to believe that it's a total overhaul, redoing everything, even character modelling, toning down Cloud's hair and all. Which is a good thing.

I'm excited.

[Nodoze]

FF XV release date is 2020 so let them gloat about how great it looks. Has been in development for almost a decade already.

[Summons75]

Who cares? It's still going to be fantastic.