Final Fantasy VII Remake Changed Cloud’s Design, Nomura Says It Is Closest To The Original

Those who attended the Final Fantasy series’ 30th anniversary exhibition got a first look at new screenshots for Final Fantasy VII Remake along with a surprise appearance from director Tetsuya Nomura.

[PhoenixUp]

2.5 years after this remake’s announcement and we’re getting screenshots instead of substantial footage

[RememberThe357]

It's getting split into three games. This is a massive project. We might see a little at e3 or tgs but I'm still not expecting much. Part of me thinks this will come to the next gen

[Godmars290]

At least three games. My bet is that it'll be milked into five.

[Segata]

3 episodes. 1 game broken into 3 episodes.

[UltraNova]

Hell if they're gonna milk that cow let them do it properly; how many nipples are there on a cow? Thats how many parts FF7 should be.

Smh...

[terrorofdeath]

Let's not forget milking it further with Advent Children DLC...probably.

[Lionsguard]

It may as well just be next gen. It'll work far better on a PS5 than a PS4 pro.

[bouzebbal]

Segata:

original had 3 CDs.
each CD reflects on a different side of the story.
if they manage to make episode 1 up to aeris death it would be great.
my favorite is CD2. Junon, Icicle, Mideel and the weapons!

[PhobeB]

You're absolutely right, the original FF7 is so massive that trying to recreate that to today's AAA standard is an enormous undertaking.

[Lilrizky]

You sound surprised? Theyve been doing this with KH3 and FF15

[Seraphim]

that's Square Enix for you... I remember when FF Versus XIII was announced alongside FFXIII back when the PS3 was in it's infancy. Eventually VS XIII became FF XV after like a decade. Square Enix are painfully slow at developing their games. Which is great when it works. Though hopefully like other companies who are trying to refrain from showing games too early, hopefully Square learns and starts showing games that are slated to release w/in 1-2 years instead of always showing early concepts and teasers of a game that's barely begun development.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Final Fantasy 7 remake started development I believe almost two years before its announcement....

[Harkins1721]

They've made plenty of other games in between. XV is the only one to take forever. They just announce games way early. 4 to 5 years is typical of an AAA game. Fallout 4 took 7.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Rem

And yet we still haven’t even seen much of the first portion of the game

[-Foxtrot]

Not to mention holding images back from events

I want to see these pictures

[Andrealsant]

You know how perfectionist Nomura is, every one of Square Enix's games are like that, and that's what makes them all great in the first place so.. let's be patient, I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

[Harkins1721]

They said April to June ull see their games.

[MADGameR]

The problem is that Japanese developers are so out of touch with gamers now a days, they like to tease too much.

[Pozzle]

Quote from article: 'Nomura and Hamaguchi mentioned that “while Cloud may look this way, he was a dork. I believe those of you who played the the original would understand what I mean by saying he’s a dorky character.” That said, we’ll see more of the youthful side of Cloud rather than the always-serious one we’ve seen more outside of the original game.'

Yessss! I'm so glad Square has remembered how much of a dorky, fun guy Cloud was in the original game. He was never dark and broody like the Compilation and spin-offs have portrayed him. He was goofy and often said silly things like "Let's mosey!" and "we'll be turned into crispy critters!". Half the party called him "Spikey" because even they thought his hair was ridiculous. He was a much more endearing character in the original game than people seem to remember.

[rainslacker]

I never liked the overly broding Cloud that existed outside the main game. I found him rather one dimensional in things after the first game. It's not that Cloud didn't have issues that brought him down, but he wasn't always so emo. Usually, he struggled at appropriate times, not just because it was the cool thing to do. Advent Children was made completely uninteresting because of his personality and sudden change at the end to realize what was important.

[Pozzle]

So true. I felt that way about Vincent in Dirge of Cerberus too. Vincent already had a redemption arc in FFVII. He found Lucrecia in the cave, she forgave him, and Vincent put Lucrecia's spirit to rest by telling her that Sephiroth is dead to spare her from the truth of what her son has become. He was content after that, and ready to start his life again without the guilt of his past sins weighing him down.

And then Dirge of Cerberus came around, and he was back to brooding over Lucrecia and his past sins again. It's like Square forgot what their own characters went through in the original game :/

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[Chexs1990]

I think the brooding part went full on from Advent Children and onwards :O
In the original game he became a bit more of an emotional doll after Aeris was killed, but even then, he didn't have the whole "f**k the world" emo thing going on, as far as i recall :)

[Pennywise138]

The real question here is will we get the bath house scene in the remake? Haha

[paintedgamer1984]

This game needs to hurry up already

[Miss_Vixen]

I love FFVII and am very happy that a remake is coming... But if I have to be honest, it's going to be a long time until the game actually releases. 2019 or 2020 is my guess, while the fully fledge complete game with every episode looks more likely 2022 or so.

[Pantz]

I like the sound of this design change, the newer serious clouds never fit for me

[Vithar]

typical Nomura.....

[Nebaku]

Um, no it isn't. Typical Nomura is the Nomura that gave us Cloud and Sephiroth "reimagined" with bat wings and scarves, and gave them this false brooding personality that they never had. This change is directly in spite of Nomura.

[CorndogBurglar]

Meh. It isn't turn-based so I have no interest.

[Goldby]

Its closer to turn based combat than kingdom heart is. Watch the combat videos they have released there is a block command instead of button prompt. That would not work it an action combat setting similar to ffxv

[Nebaku]

We don't know that yet. I for one wouldn't be surprised if they offer a way to toggle between the two.

[CorndogBurglar]

Well I hope you are right. I would like a system similar to Divinity Original Sin, if nothing else.

[bigmalky]

Three episodes, and the average release window for FF and KH is ten years... Guess I'll be dead when the last part comes to PS9.

[ninsigma]

Man I'm so looking forward to this but I'm happy to wait until it's ready. I think at this point it should release on next gen unless they manage to acually be ready to release part 1 this year and parts 2 and 3 in 2019 and 2020. Otherwise I'd imagine PS5 would be out well before the three parts are released.

[FernDiggidy]

How about another gameplay trailer? FFS

[Bleucrunch]

They gonna miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilk this thing DRY. I say they should speak to us about it until they have more than just screen shots. That is just tantamount to a tease. I strongly dislike companies that do this. FUcking annoying. Make the dam game and don't make announcements until they are of some substance. Screw screen shots man!

[trooper_]

My God Square, release the game already!

[blacktiger]

this is the game u want to avoid! They going milk this game so hard watch! Final Fantasy 7 remake will be the open gate MT for Square Enix if not many many episoes

[Zanarkand]

The moment FF7 compilation is brought back. If you think XV was milking, this will be next level milking.

[venomexsoldier]

I don't like the sound of this...