Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Continue Development in-House by Square Enix

The Final Fantasy VII Remake has been in development for a while in collaboration with Fukuoka-based developer CyberConnect2, but apparently Square Enix decided to move everything back in-house, as mentioned by recently-appointed Project Lead Naoki Hamaguchi, who recently has been working on Mobius: Final Fantasy.

[PhoenixUp]

If it takes this long just to get one episode, imagine how long we'll have to wait to get the complete FFVII Remake experience.

Them moving development internally shows they haven't made much substantial process to make the first episode come out anytime soon.

[Abriael]

Not necessarily. It can easily simply mean that they want to either increase quality or speed up development, or simply that they want tighter control.

Reading too much into vague statements is always fallacious.

[Gazondaily]

If the first episode isn't out by this year then what hope is there that the series will be even completed this gen?

I guess it all depends on how many of these episodes there are but the whole announcement is starting to lose its lustre after firstly revealing that it's episodic and then the lack of new info on the game and release dates. Well there's E3. Hope this internal love speeds things up.

[OB1Biker]

And it s exactly what they seem to be saying but people often see what they want or fear. We never really know but thanks for your most of he time balanced and relevant opinion.

[Nodoze]

SquareEnix and speed do not EVER belong anywhere close together. SE cannot do ANYTHING fast.

[bouzebbal]

Septic

FF7 was on 3 CDs.
I guess 3 episodes for the remake.
One until Aeris death, second until the crater or somewhere in CD2 cause it's the longest one and the third one for the rebellion and final chapter

[alstruck]

I'm wondering how many teams does SE actually has..

There's one for FF15 updates that probably finished in 2018
one for KH3 on whatever development phase they are in
one for FF14 that's not gonna be working on other than that online game
one for DQ11 which coming out this year..
DQ10 online?
one for Yoko Taro

Seeing that noone is free especially KH3 team, I'm guessing a new one for FF7R..

And there's that Marvel IP..

[PhoenixUp]

Even still it's still going to be long until we get the full experience

[ninsigma]

I would imagine the bulk of the first part will be to develop the gameplay systems like combat etc. After that it would be easier so I can see the 2nd and 3rd parts releasing quicker.

[The 10th Rider]

Eh, who knows. If the first one doesn't turn out so hot, they'll have to revamp things if they want people to stay hyped for the second one. (I'm not saying the first one will be bad, I'm just saying that gameplay systems may need to be redone even after the first part is released).

[ninsigma]

Think we should wait and see before going down that line of thought xD

[Gardenia]

I still hope it will be released as a full game. Nothing worse than playing an episode and then have to wait for months or a year to continue the game

[_-EDMIX-_]

"I still hope it will be released as a full game"

Hope?

What tells you it won't?

Could you not theoretically buy them all when they are all complete? What would stop you exactly?

Hitman released on disk.
Life Is Strange released on disk

I don't see any real evidence that this won't release as some complete collection.

I also haven't officially read anything about FFVII release in parts like that as much as releasing many games ie like FFXIII

http://www.playstationlifes...

So i'm not sure its going to be FFVII part 1 out of Midgar, it could very well be FFVII Part 1 ,FFVII Part 2 Advent Children etc

Who knows. They will have to give more info.

But consider even if they release it in parts, you ultimately choose what way you want to play it anyway.

Don't want to buy it by episode? We'll....who is tell you, you must even play it that way anyway? lol

Just wait til its done and play it the way you want. No one is really forcing you to even starting it that way and to "wait for months". Thats up to you bud. I like watching my shows in bulk and binge, doesn't mean shows don't need to release every week for those who want to watch it that way.

Choice.

[-Foxtrot]

I hate the episode idea still

I liked going back later on in the game to see or do things I forgot about. Now how they going to do that? You'll not be able to go to an Episode 1 town or quest in Episode 2/3. It'll be push on or get left behind.

Rather wait until they have everything in one box

[ninsigma]

How do you know you won't be able to go back?? Everywhere you've been could still be there in part two but remove all the story content from the first part, leaving in side missions and reachable locations from the first with a save that will carry from the first part to the 2nd part to the 3rd part so that it will remember the optional stuff you have or haven't done. We don't know nearly enough information to say either which way.

[Omnislashver36]

Wasn't the original like that too? There were areas you couldn't reach again and things you couldn't do on disc 2/3.

[-Foxtrot]

Because it's Square...

What about if there's a trophy side mission? You can't have the same trophy for completing it registering on two different games so you'd have to leave the mission behind while moving on

Besides if they are expanding the world they'll obviously won't want to waste time/room on stuff from the other disc

[Adrian_v01]

Could be the same concept as multi-cd games on PS1. Legend of the Dragoon for example, as you push on you put in the next cd and when u want to revisit a place you have to insert one of the previous cds. Could be less a hessle since there could be the option to install content on the harddrive.

[smashman98]

Game development is weird once we get this first part of 7 I'm sure we will see a consistent release pattern of once every year or so

[Goldby]

Episode 1 will always take the longest a because they have to make the asses from scratch where as when episode 2 or 3 come out they aren't going to remake the assets.

[Gatsu]

Relax.... making games isn't fast. For example, CDProjekt Red started revealing stuff of Cyberpunk years ago in 1012 and it still isn't here. So this is nothing new...

[Horseygamer]

i would disagree as the bombing section of the game is complete!! moving it in house will increase the dev , games are getting more and more technical to develop!!!

[NovusTerminus]

Actually it stems from FFXV finishing development and SE now having the internal staff free to work on it, before it was outsourced to kick start the project while FFXV was deep in development.

[Kyizen]

You do realize once the engine and assets are developed for episode 1 the other episodes can be developed alot quicker and easier...

[MasterCornholio]

I really hope the first episode comes out in 2018 but I have my doubts. They said that each episode will be as big as a full game so I can't imagine how long it will take them to make all three.

In my opinion they should have just kept the original intact but update everything so it looks current gen. That's something the Crash collection does and I would like to see that done with the PSX Final Fantasy.

http://www.mweb.co.za/Deskt...

[InKnight7s]

Ok I can see that maybe its 3 episodes as equal to 3 discs original release, and they said "each episode is full game in its own" (((((but))))) what full game length? 10 hours full game ? 15 hours full game? More less? That what really scary because the last decade Square Enix habits screw up things and went to wrong directions as example FFXIII and FFXV :)

[Blade1587]

I think they said once than an "episode" would be the same length of a game in the xiii series

[-Foxtrot]

Exactly

Any expanded stuff could have waited for a sequel of some kind or a game with a mixture of the different spin offs it's had over the years

[ninsigma]

For a world such as FF7s, it would have been a wasted opportunity to not expand it in the remake.

[_-EDMIX-_]

? What would be the point of a remake if they would not seek to expand on the concept of the game?

[Godmars290]

Oh, but what you're talking about would be as simple as making a Diablo-like isometric with scaling locations. Basically Lost Ark.

[TheColbertinator]

2020

[thatguyhayat]

Naah too realistic, i'd say 2030 before we get one new trailer of kingdom hearts 3

[The 10th Rider]

It's been 4 f****** years since they showed Kingdom Hearts 3.

[TheColbertinator]

@The10th Rider

And 12 years since Kingdom hearts 2

[DivineBliss]

New playstation being announced at e3. Ff7 is being developed for new hardware. It will release 2020 along with the console.

[Elda]

3 years from now..hopefully.

[Artemidorus]

That means they are likely starting again.

I'm writing this off.

[DJ]

I agree with Artemidorus. We've only gotten a handful of screenshots, and the entire project is being pulled away from an outsourced developer. That means the product wasn't fun, and wasn't fulfilling expectations. Now one of the internal business divisions of Square Enix is going to handle it. FFXV is done, so i'm guessing Business Division 2 will handle this title.

They literally said Square needs to "retain full control on quality within a stable schedule." It's hard to interpret that as a good sign.

[talocaca]

So it will officially take (at least) another 3 years.

Been living in Japan for YEARS and they are the definition of inefficient.

At least 1 year will be meetings....1 year scanning rocks....and 1 year releasing collaborations.

THEN development will begin and they will release a statement like "we are surprised that fans really seem to want this title".

[Artemidorus]

Japanese guys like perfection and that comes with time sadly

[terrorofdeath]

So, will KH3 be placed on the backburner again?

[Omnislashver36]

KH's team is separate from S-E Division 1, whose making FFVIIR. If anything I think KH3 will be released before FFVIIR.

[terrorofdeath]

Dammit I hope so.

[Horseygamer]

this good news means the dev will be accelerated, plus ff7RE will be kept under control of the original designers of FF7 I'm happy about this

[Steveoreno1]

Square and accelerated do not go together

[ApexWolf22]

They're talking that these games are about 3 yrs from completion, on top of that VII is episodic, yeah ok...I'll be dead before the final credits roll...cryogenics will be available to the masses before VII is completed, freeze yourself until it's done I guess....@ 5-7 years per episode you do the math...

[ApexWolf22]

Oh yeah, most of us older gamers have waited
forever to see Star Wars conclude which would be around 2020, making it 43 years since the first film, so can we really complain about Square- Enixl ol...

[The 10th Rider]

But the final Episode of Star Wars came out in 1983 . . . I don't know what else you're talking about.

[ApexWolf22]

You clearly don't know your chronology.
Star Wars is 9 episodes. Lucas gave us 4,5 & 6 first. Then 1, 2 & 3, and now we're treated to 7, 8(2017) & finally 9 in 2019/20 depending if they don't toss in another side story like Rogue One, they did 2 ewok spinoffs in the 80's also.

[The 10th Rider]

@ApexWolf22,

Oh, I know loads about Star Wars. It was a joke about the prequel trilogy and the Disney movies not existing.

[kevnb]

it sounds like a train wreck so far, hopefully it turns out ok. They should just redo the game in a modern engine and call it a day, they can make a few game play tweaks but its not the most loved game in the franchise for nothing. Also making the game episodic makes me want to puke.

[Greyfoxdbz]

as long as this will take to release i'm going to wait for a complete edition instead of playing it episodically. I'm a bit of a binge gamer. prefer a complete experience.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

For the look of it, they should use all the help they could get

[BlakHavoc]

Just please announce and release episode 1 sometime before Q2 of 2018!

[Yo Mama]

This has been a train wreck from the very beginning. Let's see. They teased us all the way back in 2005 at the PS3 reveal. They knew everyone wanted a remake and did nothing but laugh at us. Then they finally announce it 10 years later, except that now it's in episodes and won't even be the full game. Instead saying "it will focus on specific moments". What horse shit. Oh, and let's not forget that they're changing it from the original turn based combat to action based. This game isn't even on my radar anymore.

It doesn't even take new RPG this long to be developed from conception to release day, so why the hell is it taking this long for one that already has a blueprint available? Yes, there is still a lot of work that has to be done, but it's all laid out for them to go by. All they have to do is update everything to make it prettier. I just don't get it.

[Zabatsu]

They actually said that they would keep the turnbased element in some way incorporated with the actionbased mechanic, turning into a whole new mechanic. I don't think we ever got to know more about it than that though. But I believe the game will be awesome, just wait. Print this comment out and frame it. If the game fails horribly and sucks hard, I'll buy you a pizza.

[Zabatsu]

@kalkano No. It will not be full on action like FF XV. It will be a new fighting mechanic which has parts from all areas, leaving you space to plan out your tactics at a slower pace. This is what they have to do, FF VII would never work out if you removed the possibility to be tactical in your fights. In full on action fighting mechanics it's hit, roll, hit, roll, hit, roll. This won't be the case here. Facts are facts no matter how much you disaprove of it.

https://www.google.se/amp/s...

[Zabatsu]

Lol. I never said it was gonna be turn-based, where did you get that from? I said that they would keep the turn-based elements ("leaving you space to plan out your tactics at a slower pace") remember? and not just hack&slashing like in every other action game. Maybe you need eye-correction surgery or a new brain, but I can't help you with that man, sorry for your loss.

[Zabatsu]

I shouldn't have to explain it to you like you're five, but I will. You're hilarious.

ELEMENTS. Since you're clearly unable to read sentences inbetween the lines, I will give you some additional hints. IE some of the ELEMENTS that is turn-based. ALLOWING you to be TACTICAL in your DECISIONS because the game will play out at a SLOWER pace than you're average action-based hack&slash, dash&roll game. This element will be combined in a new way together with the action-based elements, because it's simply impossible to remove the core element which resides in turn-based games. It would simply not work out in this remake otherwise.

Comprende? Verstehst du? Comprenez-vous? Förstår du? Do you understand?

I can't help you with the stupidity though, good luck with that.

[Nodoze]

Great. Plan to see this one in about a decade.

[Zabatsu]

Even if I really hate to wait, I'm more happy to wait for a long time than having a game created fast resulting in broken mechanics with shitloads of bugs, like everyother game nowadays, really.

[Brash]

Very surprising... said no one

[DaGreatOne]

Development for horizon zero dawn started in 2011 and after a delay finally released this year. Rumors for ff7 remake started back in 2014, so what's the problem again only that they showed it too soon.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

There are problems behind the scenes. The project is so behind schedule that it will slip into next gen consoles and game streaming services. Definitely not platform exclusive and coming to as many platforms as possible, even your tablet and PC.

[3-4-5]

They should just start making it from the ground up now on whatever specs will be closest to PS5.

The PS5 dev kits will start making their rounds in 1-2 years anyways.

[DFresh]

So it's releasing on the PS5 pretty much.
T_T

[FallenAngel1984]

At least give us an HD remaster of FFVII: Crisis Core

[CrimsonWing69]

They shouldn't announce these games until it's a year before release. It's just annoying to build that anticipation and wait and wait. I'm excited for it, but I'm tired of getting my hopes up that we'll see something new only to be told they're probably 3 years out.