Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 Is Already In Development, Confirms Producer

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a multi-part series and the first game is out now for PS4. The sequel is already in development according to the game's producer.

[FallenAngel1984]

I hope Final Fantasy XVI is in development as well

[Antnee534]

With how good this remake is I rather they put that on hold and just complete this series.

[GameZenith]

And spend a decade solely focused on nostalgia/the past? I think not.

[DethWish]

@GameZenith A decade? I think we will hear and see stuff from part 2 this year. Maybe even soon. Realize that they have most of the heavy lifting done already with alot of the graphics done, most systems, etc, etc. Part 2 is mostly content additions: voice acting, new monsters, spells, weapons, environments, story cutscenes, music.

[bouzebbal]

Remake gave me the crisis core vibes, with much more likable characters.. Love this game so much and can't be happier for the follow up in development..
I'm just wondering how they're going to call it

[Eamon]

Square-Enix has now 4 'Creative Business Units' - fancy name for development team.
2 of them are large and talented enough to work on AAA games.
1 is solely focused on MMORPG games.
The last one focuses on remasters, ports and mobile games.

Essentially, Square can work on a Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest game at the same time, but likely cannot work on 2 main Final Fantasy games at once. So we will likely not see Final Fantasy XVI until the final part of FF7 Remake is almost finished.

It's also part of the reason why we won't be seeing a Kingdom Hearts 4 game anytime soon. CBU 1 is working on FF7 Remake Part 2 and will likely continue to focus solely on the remake series for the next 5 years.

CBU 2 is working on Bravely Default II and likely on the next Nier game. Or a new DQ game.

Until 2019, Square had around 12 Business Division teams but have merged them all into just 4 by 2020. This is very likely due to the management problems that have plagued games like FF13, FFvs13, FF15, KH3 and FF7R. Luckily FF7R turned out to be great though.

The good news is that this means far more people are working on FF7R Part 2 than during the early years of Part 1. I reckon, we may get Part 2 in 2-3 years. Any longer will be due to development hardships rather than management issues.

[Muzikguy]

@GameZenith

FFVIIR is not just a nostalgia game. It's a full game all on its own, whether based on a past game or not.

[FallenAngel1984]

They can easily do both. You do know the series has had multiple times where multiple mainline titles were in development at the same time right

[ninsigma]

Yeah but that didn't work out well for 13 and vs13(15). 13 was awful and 15 go changed completely and was rushed.

The games are big, so I'd prefer they focus on 7R, learn from that then make 16. Making multiple games at the same time can lead to both games having the same mistakes.

[TheGamez100]

It ended up horrible tho lol. Look how bad kh3 and ffxv got it alongside ff7. 13 was bad enough too with type 0, versus 13, and the 3 games for ff13. Square was a complete wreckage during those times.
It looks like ff7 got the priority which was how it ended up actually good and I much rather they keep doing it to finish up the remake so that the qualitys good and it doesnt take another 5+ years to release. Im sure ff16 and kh4 are somewhat in very early stages though.
Some of square's key devs did say that they aren't getting any younger so they'd really like to finish off the remake.
So stop being greedy and be patient. Let square do their thing and finish off the remake before 16 as I think it'll be a LONG time lol.

[FallenAngel1984]

@ nin

That’s not a valid comparison. FFXIII didn’t have a stable structure, which is why Business Division 2 had to help Business Division 1 with developing FFXIII and put off FFXV in the meantime. This mainly happened because Square Enix wasn’t used to HD development at the time. Also Square Enix learned since FFXIII-2 how to have a more effective development process.

In direct contrast Business Division 1 already has FFVIIR in an acceptable state while Business Division 2 is free to work on a major project. They were even retitled to being Luminous Productions and it’s already been stated that they were working on a new AAA title alongside FFXV. Now that FFXV is finished they can focus their entire attention to this new project, which will most likely be FFXVI.

FFVIIR is going to be a massive project that’ll take a decade to complete. I don’t expect Square Enix to wait that long for the next numbered mainline entry.

@ Gamez

FFXV, KH3 and FFVIIR were all worked on by different teams within Square Enix. It doesn’t take resources away from each other to work on them all at once. Not only that but Square Enix also works on other major products in other series as well like with DQXI.

This has been a practice ever since FFVIII when that title, FFIX, FFX, & FFXI were made concurrently.

Stop living under a rock. Do you believe that every publisher only develops one major title at a time?

[ninsigma]

"It doesn’t take resources away from each other to work on them all at once. "

Of course it does! They may be different teams but high end technical skills and design and management may be cross team as well as all the monetary resources are not separate. As you said, one team had to stop 15 to help with 13. There's nothing to say that can't happen again. I think kh3 really suffered for not having Nomura's full attention and 15 was a fair bit of a mess story wise.

[Teflon02]

If anyone thinks FFVII will take a decade to complete. They'll be pumping out the rest at a good rate I bet

[FallenAngel1984]

@ nin
You keep neglecting that FFXIII is a special case. Business Division 2 had to stop work on FFXV because Square Enix was not used to the demand of HD gaming with FFXIII. You can’t treat FFXIII as the rule and not the exception especially when FFVIII, FFIX, FFX & FFXI were developed concurrently. If you actually understood the development issues that FFXIII ran away not you’d get that something like that isn’t likely to happen again with Final Fantasy VII Remake being the prime example.

Since FFXIII released Business Division 1 has since improved its development process with FFXIII-2, LR: FFXIII & FFVIIR.

On top of that Business Division 2 is more than ready to handle their next project. You really expect a large team like that to just sit on their ass and wait until another team is finished with their multipart project before they start on their next game?

Nomura’s attention has been on multiple titles at a time for most of his career. This isn’t anything new for him. Even with KH2 he was busy directing FFVII: AC at the same time as well as managing the entirety of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.

@ Tef

However long it takes to complete FFVIIR it shouldn’t stop FFXVI from being made

[Asuka]

Yeah it has been in development for quite a while now actually. The guy that directed FF14 is said to be directing it and it's supposed to be going back to a more fantasy setting, maybe even a return to Ivalice?

[Segata]

I think it is or at least in planning as there is that released concept art of FFXVI with the massive castle on a cliff.

[Harkins1721]

They did take resources away. KH3, and XV were both suppose to use the Luminous engine and KH3 started over in U4. SE has proven over and over again they aren't like The Witcher 3 devs, they won't hire 1000 people to work on it. XV had what 300? Definitely needed another year at full development

[FallenAngel1984]

@ Asuka

I’d like for FFXVI to be its own setting. FFXV was loosely connected to FNC even though it’s officially not a part of it so some of that mythology poured into its design while FFVIIR is a remake. It’d be great for the next title to have its own built from the ground up setting. Plus another Ivalice title wouldn’t be the same without Matsuno.

@ Sega

I wouldn’t be surprised if they already started work on FFXVI. They immediately go to their next mainline project as soon as they finish a game.

@ Hark

How does KH3 switching engines prove anything? Luminous Studio wasn’t even finalized until after FFXV released, so they outsourced the engines for their other titles. The devs just felt that UE4 suited KH3 better just like with DQXI& FFVIIR. In fact with the latter title they switched development from CyberConnect2 to an in-house project from the FFXIII team Business Division 1 and that game still turned out spectacularly.

Are you really comparing Square Enix to CD Projekt? That studio doesn’t project even a quarter of content that Square Enix is able to put out.

[Thundercat77]

FF7 Remake is a huge commercial and critical success. A beautiful masterpeace of this generation. It is only normal that they continue with the other parts.

FF7 Remake Part 2 being exclusive for Playstation a whole year is going to move a serious amount of PS5s.

[Smclaren1985]

Thank you can’t believe there comparing it to ff13 2 etc that was only because square had huge financial troubles so they made a tone of sequels to cash in, ff15 was a game they also made out of what was complete for it at the time , basically they had no money left to record any more story cut scenes quests etc , that’s the main reason they had to add to it after it went on sale, this ff7 remake really is a new start for them it’s by far there best game since ff10 hands down,

[Blackcanary]

The only main reason why we are getting FF7 R is because they have lost so much money. In the past with FF13 series and FF15. FF7 R is gonna help them remake allot of the money they lost in the past.

[-Foxtrot]

I really hope this means they are just going to put their heads down, stop doing multiple other projects and get this series done. 3 games is the most they should do and once that’s done I’d get FFXVI started while this team continues with a VIII remake (then IX / VI)

Hopefully there’s no DLC either, I just want them to get straight to the next game

[PhoenixUp]

You expect every major publisher and developer to just only work on one title at a time?

Doing multiple projects is a basic thing that the majority of companies have been doing for decades. It’s naive to think such massive corporations would put everything else on hold just to focus on one thing at a time.

The world entertainment industry would be very desolate place if every publishing arm only focused on one title at a time like Rockstar.

[-Foxtrot]

I didn't really mean like only one I just meant doing so many they can't keep up with

They were trying to do Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy VII Remake at the same time, Nomura was literally pulled from each project almost to go to the next.

[PhoenixUp]

They didn’t try, they did do all of those titles at the same time and they were able to release them all in a timely manner.

Square Enix does put Nomura on a lot of titles, but that doesn’t mean that these multitude of teams shouldn’t make new titles at the same time. That just means to let other people besides Nomura helm these projects

[-Foxtrot]

At what cost though?

Final Fantasy XV was a dissapointment, it had obvious cut content, things didn't make sense, story had gaps

Kingdom Hearts III felt like it was missing stuff, characters were missing, less worlds, story wasn't as good, no Final Fantasy cameos

Final Fantasy VII Remake is the best of the bunch but even still they didn't lean from XV's mistakes because the side missions are really poor, they offer nothing to the story or game like they said they were going to, a reason why they said they split the game up into parts.

[cooperdnizzle]

Yes every team does this. But they do not have full teams working on 3 different games at the same time. There is story boarding and pre production, writing, camera angels, art concepts etc. Post production, mastering tuning advertisement etc. Then you have it where most of three teams come together and work on production. Coding level design animation ect. They do not have 3 teams doing all this for separate projects all the time. Nope. Sorry no studio does. Same goes with movies!

[PhoenixUp]

@ Fox

Each Division is responsible for their own projects. You can’t hold one accountable for the work another has done. It’s as absurd as saying it’s the fault of Division 4 for focusing on Dissidia NT, Division 5 for focusing on Final Fantasy XIV or Division 6 for focusing on Dragon Quest XI for shortcomings of BD2’s major project.

Personally I and many others still enjoyed FFXV so it’s erroneous to say it’s a disappointment for everyone like FFXIV originally was.

Nomura said from the onset that KH3 would have less worlds than KH2 which was a given since they’re massively bigger. Those other points you listed are things that BD3 should be held accountable for, not other teams who are working on their own projects.

For your complaints about FFVIIR, read above.

When Square Enix takes their time with projects people complain. When Square Enix devotes multiple massive teams to each project people complain. I’m not saying they’re perfect but it seems they can’t win either way with certain fans.

@ coo

Even if there is some overlap, you’re acting as if Square Enix, or even most other publishers, hasn’t already been multitasking for decades.

[Godmars290]

"I really hope this means they are just going to put their heads down, stop doing multiple other projects and get this series done."

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...(Cause "lol" ain't cutting it anymore.)

Reconsider who you're talking about. Please.

Then again, given the Neir remake they may actually be focused on revisiting past successes than trying to make new ones. Not sink resources into a new graphics engine.

[Immagaiden]

That’s as absurd as saying Square Enix should put Dragon Quest XII on hold just to focus on Final Fantasy VII Remake. Or even more ludicrous that Nintendo should put everything else on hold while they focus on Breath of the Wild 2.

They have multiple teams that work on these massive projects, and Business Division 2 aka Luminous Productions aka the FFXV team are free to work on a new AAA title which they’ve already confirmed that they’re doing so.

[-Foxtrot]

See my above post

It's there...I explained myself.

[MeteorPanda]

theres multiple teams you realize that right? The team dedicated to ff7 arent budging from ff7

[Smclaren1985]

@-foxtrot Yeah I totally agree with you anymore than 3 games and there just taking the mick, three parts is more than enough to do the game justice none of us wants to wait ten years before it’s finished, they do work on other projects at the same time but most of the staff will be working on part 2, I loved part 1 but I am wondering how they will approach the open world sections will the go full open world or just an open area like the original

[Seraphim]

honestly, after playing VII:R I feel like they already have a portion of part 2 complete at this very moment. Or at least they should. Regardless it won't surprise me if part 2 drops next year or in 3 years.

[FallenAngel1984]

Square Enix does far more than just 3 games at a time.

BD1: FFX, FFX-2, FFXIII trilogy, FFVIIR
BD2: KH1, KH2, FF Type-0 HD, FFXV
BD3: KH1.5, KH2.5, KH2.8, World of Final Fantasy, KH3
BD4: FFXII, Dissidia 012, Theatrhythm, Dissidia NT
BD5: FFXI, FFXIV, Dragon Quest Builders 1&2
BD6: DQIX, DQX, DQXI, Octopath Traveler, Bravely Default, NieR: Automata
BD7: Star Ocean 4 & 5, Drakengard 3
BD8: 3D Mana remakes

This doesn’t even get into their European branch that handles properties like Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Life is Strange, & Just Cause

They have nearly twice the amount of employees that Capcom has and I didn’t see you complaining when Resident Evil 7, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 2, & Devil May Cry 5 were released in quick succession

[Butters360]

Old news, but good to hear again. Hopefully this gives them time to finish the Remake project so when the Final Remake Project is announced, we get an official announcement that XIV's Yoshida is Game Director on FFXVI as well.

[solideagle]

Yeah old news.
It's cool to see all these remakes but I want to play new games new settings new characters new summons... there are a lot of remakes in this gen. I hope they make new games with remakes as remakes are safe to make

[Lionsguard]

We've known this for months.

[MadLad]

2025 is going to be lit!

2039 is also going to be lit, when we actually get a FF16.

[NobleRed]

No shit Sherlock. This was already confirmed montags ago.

[jambola]

and yet somehow this got approved

[Tross]

I assumed all three parts were in development to varying extents all along. Sure, earlier parts would be further along in development than later parts, but I would hope that SE isn’t just starting to develop part 2 now, and it’s highly doubtful that’s the case.

[jambola]

never confirmed to be 3 parts

[GameZenith]

So it'll release in 3-4 years. Standard for Square Enix

[Findingcrybabies]

I don't want it in development. I want it NOW! all of it

[AnnaDea]

Was confirmed to be in development since late October last year.

[jambola]

sad state of this site when random people in the comments are more informed than people posting stories

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I just can’t get behind this. It’s a complete rip off. They should’ve just released the full FF7 game when it was done. People who support this will end up paying $180 plus assuming its 3 parts. That’s just ridiculous for a game that came complete on lesser hardware. The game itself is not bad but I refuse to buy this chopped up game.

[Battlestar23]

LOL.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Am I supposed to decode what your response means or are you not articulate enough to say it?

[borneFROMblood]

it would be full game, but it wouldnt be expanded
a 1by1 remake would get smashed and laughed at, what they did with it. It's impossible to do the whole game right away with that quality and quantity. It's a full game that is worth 60$, there are many 6 hour games that are sold for that price and no one seem to complain.
The way they did it, is the best possible way it would have been.
Also, games back then, was completely different development timeframe. Games were developed in 1-2 years with very primitive code and mechanics. Now it's much more complex, to develop and do what they did in just few years, is insane (development was shifted to new engine and developers, and even voice actors were completely changed around 2016. This quality from scratch in just mere 4 years, is a miracle.
FF7 story is epic, and it was possible back then only cause it was simpler and faster to implement it.
To span it over 2-3 games shouldn't be concern, it's a gift. That there's more of a game that we all love.
But if you don't , nothing stops you to ignore it and play something else.

[galmi]

I disagree that a 1-1 remake would have been smashed

[Rebel_Scum]

You literally have no idea what you're talking about.

Edit: Don't @ me either. I'm not wasting my time.

[meka2611]

He's speaking the truth you dip, you will end up paying minimum of $180 if it's three parts for what used to be a $60 game. And no they haven't expanded it, they added more screens, some bad dungeons and battles, and then some time ghost crap. This is not a good thing for the game industry as a whole.

[jambola]

Why bother commenting if you don't want people replying ? are you that fragile?

[meka2611]

Agreed this is a horrible presidence that is being set by this and gamers are just eating it up because shiny keys. Just wait until other games are being split up. What's funny is gamers will piss and moan about GAAS but then support this, this is worse than GAAS.

[jambola]

how is multiple full size games worse than microtransaction filled, empty games?

[jambola]

yes, paying 180$ for 3 full games is a pretty standard thing

[Rebel_Scum]

Because I've commented before about why this game couldn't be released in just one single release before in several other articles. Not to mention judging by his comment from my experience as a developer I can tell he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[MADGameR]

They've already confirmed this back at Square Enix E3 back in June 2019. I'm sure that Final Fantasy VII Remake part 2 is ALREADY 6 months in.

[CaitSith]

After this, they should remake Final Fantasy Tactics.

[L7CHAPEL]

Seeing as the final fantasy VII remake is a several-stage-single-project, spanning multiple games (at least as is my understanding) why would it NOT BE in development now?
And in other news: water is wet...

[Elda]

Common sense says they should be so it gets out at a shorter time frame then 5 years.

[syphon32]

Uhh, shouldn't be

[Avalanche]

we wont see it until atleast 2024

[autobotdan]

This means the Xbox Series X version will include Parts 1&2 next year possibly

[L7CHAPEL]

unless that one-year delay is for each release...

[DangerousDAN]

I mean, it better be, right?

[Thomaticus]

I’m ready for the next game! I need it by the end of 2020.

[titans9999]

hopefully part 2 will have some open world stuff, and be less linear! I want out of Midgar already!!!

[Muzikguy]

I feel like this is old news. Either way, I hope to see part 2 "soonish". I put off part 1 until 2 comes out

[HackenzoBR]

How many episodes are we gonna see from FF7 Remake?
Does the first part cover the first half of the original game?

[AK91]

To the surprise of no one but I'm still wondering how many parts we will get in total.

[MeteorPanda]

l wonder....only part 2 or there a 3 also planned?

[ninsigma]

There's a hell of a lot of content left from the original to get through so if part 2 is gonna be the same quality as part 1, there will be at least 3 parts I think.

[Docmortem]

They said part 2 is in developement 2 years ago ... already? ... it better be for a long time as if they started now it would take at least 3 if not 5 years.

[L7CHAPEL]

well if you take into account they don't have to worry about the assets as far as characters and environment rendering, things like that being already locked down.
it's basically knowing or sifting through how and what they're going to do as far as all of the content story-wise and side missions, so on and so forth but there's at least a great deal of heavy lifting that's already been taken care of.
it shouldn't take five years, it might take three, but not five.

[PyroMessiah86]

They can't take too long with it or if part 2 takes 2 years and part 3 another....in 4 years time the graphics with be average looking to other things that will be coming out

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

A little bit less filler so we can get the remaining part out sooner please.

[L7CHAPEL]

I'm curious as to how much of the original story was covered, when the first installment ended ?

[PyroMessiah86]

Only up to leaving Midgar

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

As PyroMessiah86 said, it ends at leaving Midgar, so I think that's roughly half the first disc or maybe less?

If you look at this site:

http://squarehaven.com/game...

The remake ends at about 3.10 Escape, there's still about half the disc left to go.

[PyroMessiah86]

How is this news? Of course it should have already been in development. Barely 1/10th of the original story has been told. Or did they wait to see how part 1 would sell so they would see if making the rest was feasible 😂 "here pay us $60 and maybe we will finish it and maybe you'll get a complete product in X Years time but for the privilege we'll split it into 3 or 4 parts so we can charge you 3-4 times as much cash for it"

Imagine paying good money for something so incomplete that they are now gonna charge you 3-4 times for the full experience.

I'm waiting until the inevitable 'complete' version is released and I'll play it on next gen.
So far this appears like a cash grab.

[gamer7804]

sweeet, cant wait to play this part of the game in 2030!

[Blackcanary]

This is old news they started working on Part 2 in November 2019.

[lellkay]

Absolutely digging FF7 remake so i'm glad to see this

[tigertron]

Alexa, play "I want it all" by Queen.

[UncertainCategory]

Well that doesn't really say much.. Development for part one started back in 2015. It took 5 years for that to come out.

[Knightofelemia]

I just wonder how long we have to wait for episode 2 and I still with they would bring Crisis Core to PS4

[Epicent3r1249]

Final Fantasy 13 is the best Final Fantasy. Change my miind

[jambola]

wasn't this confirmed like 3 months ago?

[Exvalos]

For those of you worried that it will be another 3 or 4 years before part 2, remember most of the hard work is already done. I'd expect a release as soon as next year probably around even the same month., though I would personally love a 2022 release just to give them maximum time as we saw what happens when you rush a remake. As great as Resident evil 3 is it is clearly rushed with several sections that where in the original removed and a nemesis whonis a basic push over. Game needed more time in the oven. I'd rather square take there time with ff7 remake part 2 and 3