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Square Enix is Making Final Fantasy VII Remake as if it Were a Main Numbered Game

Yoshinori Kitase spent some time talking about what has been going on behind the scenes. The team he put together to work on Final Fantasy VII Remake is made of many of the original game's core team members overseeing a fresh young cadre of developers. Kitase noted since Final Fantasy VII was a "defining title in the history of video games," the pressure is on his team to "make something incredible."

What that means in terms of the high-level design philosophy is that the team is treating Final Fantasy VII Remake as a main numbered game in the series. In other words, it's as if they are developing Final Fantasy XVI, but it has the same story skeleton as Final Fantasy VII.

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PhoenixUp2187d ago

That kind of dedication is great and should be respected, but I hope this doesn’t mean that we’ll have to wait forever for Final Fantasy XVI to come out

TheOneWhoIsTornApart2186d ago

I don't think we are going to have to wait for the entire FFVII remake saga to be finished before they release FFXVI. Since they are treating each one of these as a full numbered FF title the next one in line is FFXVI. That has probably been in development longer than the second part of FFVII remake. I would expect that in the next couple years.

Lionsguard2186d ago (Edited 2186d ago )

I highly doubt XVI is anywhere on their radar. They have both teams from KH3 and FF15 on FF7 and the remake has two teams working (over 200 people). One to complete the current chapter and the other team working on the second. They'll probably do this for another 5-10 years for all we know. There's no way they'd dedicate a whole other team for XVI. They know they need to pump VII out fast.

PhoenixUp2186d ago

I didn’t say that would be the case but since FFXVI hasn’t been announced yet it’s likely we won’t see the game on shelves until 2024 at possible earliest

septemberindecember2187d ago

Yeah, must be why it's taking so long lol.

In all seriousness though, the combat really sold me. I was somewhat worried, but it looks to be a good reimagining of what Final Fantasy VII was. Day one buy.

Nacho_Z2186d ago

It's all up in the air really but looking on the brightest possible side, meaning that the FF7 remake will be brilliant, it's a good template for future games. Mash up of ARPG and turn based combat in a semi open world setting.

Horseygamer2184d ago (Edited 2184d ago )

I hope they flesh out FF7 with crisis core and before crisis as free story!! DLC like in FF15

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Xbox Game Studios' 2025 Calendar: Confirmed releases and dates

A year packed with major releases for Xbox consoles, PC and Game Pass.

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Lightning771d 11h ago

ninja Gaiden being released 8 days apart is insane MS hasn't learned anything with shoulder to shoulder releases. October 29 for Outer Worlds and October 21 for Ninja Gaiden. These games now range from 60 to 80$. Yalls audience might GP it but other platforms have to buy it and your average person won't shell out that kinda money a week apart.

franwex18h ago

Aren’t those games made for different audiences though?

Lightning7710h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Yes but what if you want both?

Not everyone can buy both.

Reaper22_17h ago

Well, you dont have to buy it. Noone is making gamers buy it a week apart. I don't see anything wrong with it.

Lightning7710h ago

You want another Doom The Dark Ages scenario? I'm surprised Oblivion and Expedition 33 did well with a simultaneous release. Clearly that fatigue was definitely felt with Doom.

They need at least 2 weeks apart.

coolbeans12h ago

You're talking about a first-person RPG and a third-person action game though. So, it's a bit different than EA putting Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 back-to-back.

ravens5218h ago

"A year packed with major releases for Xbox consoles, PC , Game Pass and PS"*

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dveio12h ago

I count 7 original multiplatform IPs, which were ultimately bought and are now published by Microsoft.

Sigh.

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dveio9h ago

If you look closer again, then you'll notice that I, at any point, didn't even mentioned the adjective "bad".

But you.

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Lightning778h ago

The "sigh" means your displeased. Don't make excuses why is it bad?

dveio7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Nope, 'displeased' ain't the feeling I had when reading that article.

But speaking of pleasure:

Are you personally pleased with that line-up Xbox have in store for you in the Series' fifth year?

Edit: I didn't downvote you.

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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 devs praise games like Space Marine 2 for "lowering the barrier"

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 developers discuss the huge success of Space Marine 2 and its effect on the series as a whole.

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Jingsing3d ago

How about an official level editor for Boltgun?

jznrpg1d 7h ago

I’ll get Space Marine 2 when it’s cheaper. I don’t pay more than half price for short games.

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Glen Schofield: Dead Space Wouldn’t Be Greenlit Today—Publishers Are Afraid to Take Risks

Sector sat down with Glen Schofield—creator of Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol—during the Game Developers Session (GDS) in Prague to discuss the evolution of the game industry, the current challenges of AAA development, and why it's become so hard to get original ideas off the ground in today’s risk-averse environment.

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1nsomniac4d ago

It’s easy enough to say that, but why? It feels weird to me when developers say this but common sense would tell you everything about the idea itself should work.

The idea of the concept seems like a winner at whichever angle you look at it so why would publishers not greenlight it?

… it’s almost as if the majority of publishers are massively incompetent at their jobs. But there’s no surprise to anyone there.