A Final Fantasy 6 remake would take ‘twice as long’ as FF7, says producer

But Kitase acknowledges internal calls for the company to remake the classic entry.

[Puty]

But do we want just a remake or this crazy fanfic that is going on with ff7?

[Tapani]

Exactly! I really didn't enjoy FFVII Remake Intergrade. It felt too confined and too many fetch quests, and disliked the battle system because in the end it was reduced to smashing buttons (no matter how much people say it was strategic!) FFXVI battle system was equally bad, and confined and had very little content.

All these new entries want me to play the old classics, they were simply just better in every way. Most of all, the atmosphere, pacing, storytelling and RPG elements were so much better. Plus they had more personality.

[glennhkboy]

I to VI have been remaked, remastered multiple times before. So there would be no surprise if SE decides to remark VI.

[-Foxtrot]

Oh please let’s not exaggerate

They could do it, no one is asking for an ambitious reimagining like VII

It can be done, they just don’t to want do it

[Tzuno]

ambitious reimagining? you mean episodic greed?

[Inverno]

Final Fantasy has had many games with direct sequels, idk why years later people keep calling 7 episodic

[CS7]

Bro FFVII Remake has an 89 metacritic and is a sequel to the original.

Furthermore, it is truly near impossible to release a full FF7 with the presentation given in the remake without cutting alot of content.

I dont think this is a case of greed.

[-Foxtrot]

@Inverno

Oh come on man, look at this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Prequels, sequels, films, side games, remakes, ports

Other Final Fantasy games have nothing on the love VII gets

It's the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy VIII next month, VII had a massive celebration, will VIII? God no, it will be forgotten about like most other FF games.

[goldwyncq]

Each part has taken four years to develop and are full games on their own with over 50 hours of content. How is that not ambitious?

[andy85]

Isn't greed at all tbh. I don't see how it's even possible to put every location in FF7 in one game with the scale they made Midgar. Look at the size of Kalm town to pick one location of rebirth. The scale is grand and it was absolutely tiny in FF7. I'd rather them fully flesh out each location than give us some rushed cash grab condensing everything.

[amazinglover]

The First episode is almost as long as the original game and too some could be longer depending on how you play.

They could have put almost no effort into it and still made a ton of money.

So how is that in any way a cash grab.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@amazinglover
They should have made the first part shorter, the game suffers from bad pacing, and sometimes it's absolutely excruciating, I would have paid for a shorter experience as long as it was priced reasonably.

[CrimsonWing69]

So, sequels are episodic greed now? Remake/Integrade was a lengthy RPG that felt like a first installment in a series.

Give me a break with this “episodic greed” nonsense.

[OtterX]

Yea, I'd be happy with a Star Ocean Second Story R style remake of FF6, it was flippin gorgeous.

[shinoff2183]

Man was it ever. It was my personal game of the year last year. Idc it was a remake

[Nebaku]

Personally I think the Bravely Default engine would have made a good fit for a more faithful FF7 remake.

It would have been cool to see all of FF7's pre-rendered backgrounds redone in Bravely's style, where everything has a pop-up book like effect, and the bg layers move as the player does throughout the world.

Not to mention FF7's famously low poly chibi characters would have transferred so well to the style.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I'll take a AA game with graphics on par with Trials of Mana or somewhat better, not everything has to be AAA, but I also don't trust Square-Enix to remake it, Square-Enix tends to take the easy/lazy path with this franchise more often these days.

[TheEnigma313]

hyperbole

[Eonjay]

It depends on their scope. There are certainly levels to this.

[Knightofelemia]

FF6 is a good game but I'd rather have Xenogears or even Chrono Trigger.

[Eonjay]

Oh man imagine how long a proper Xenogears remake would take! Would love to see it though.

[notachance]

I hope whoever did star ocean 2 remake would take on xenogears remake

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Imagine a proper disc 2! The story deserves a remake, or at least, do the second disc.

[nommers]

They could make a 2.5 HD remake of it like Octopath traveler

[ZeekQuattro]

I was hoping they'd dojust that after seeing how Octopath, Live A Live & Triangle Strategy turned out.

[MehmetAlperTR]

We need FF8 Remake! not this.

[shinoff2183]

Ff6 definitely before 8. I always used to hate on 8. I finally 2 years ago decided to stick with it after hating the level scaling for years. Anyway great game hidden under that dumb level scaling sh. With that said. Six next after 9. My order goes ff7, ff6, ff9 ff8 no game series ever had that great of a 4 game run that to this day square can't match the quality and dopeness of these 4 final fantasies.

[jambola]

what if
and hear me out on this
you give it to people who can release games in less than 10 years?

[Themba76]

Prolly in my top 3 all time games I hope they follow through with this

[_Decadent_Descent]

Good. Get on it!

[GoodGuy09]

I'd take a remake like star ocean 2 R with the nicer visuals and qol improvements. Although I do think 6+8 definitely deserve full on remakes as well.

[Soy]

I don't buy a remake taking 4x the time most games take from scratch. Just say you don't wanna risk screwing it up.

[Chard]

We got Pixel Remaster, which is pretty good - that’s enough.
I’d be in favour of some new version of Chrono Trigger since the current steam version, decent as it is, still has some foibles that they don’t seem willing to patch

[shinoff2183]

Ff6 would be dope. Just give us a 1 to 1 ratio though. Like I've stated ff7 remake is pretty damn dope but please don't change anymore. Just give us everything as is with today's graphics. Probably gonna have to cut the dogfighting section though, I know no dogs were actually fighting but they were betting on them and it was heavily implied.

[VincentVanBro]

Oh, Square Enix. Sometimes I wonder how they’re still in business lol FF6 remade in 3D HD like Octopath or Star Ocean Second Story is low hanging fruit and would essentially print money

[CrimsonWing69]

There’s a big difference going from pixel art, with static enemy portraits and minimal animation to fully 3D environments with modeling and rigging/fully animating characters, monsters, espers, and yadda yadda. You also have cutscenes, particle effects, etc.

I don’t know if people have realized it, but the further we go into generations the longer games take to develop.

[shinoff2183]

Which is perfectly fine but dude definitely over sold it. It can be done in less time sure it would take work but they are a developer ffs. It's just typical square sh imo. Anyone remember the bs reasons there weren't town in ff13.

[CrimsonWing69]

Let me ask you this, what future FF games resemble anything from the SNES or PS1 eras?

I think the further we go into generations the less recognizable games are. There's even like weird examples that don't make sense like the cut content and changes from RE2 Remake and RE3 Remake. Those games should be easier to make 1:1, but for some reason they didn't. The lab area in RE2 vs RE2 Remake was a massive let down.

You do make a good point on FF13, like that was a complete disappointment to me. As a JRPG on its own merits, it was... fine. But as an FF game for a new generation it was really not what I was expecting or wanted.

I just don't think with the higher fidelity graphics and more intricate development that games can necessarily be these "next-gen reflections" of previous games.

There are definite standouts like Rockstar that can and do it. They use the backbone of the previous games they created and make some crazy-ass monster that overshadows what was previously done. However, look at their staff and budget. GTA6 is rumored to have a budget of $2 billion... which, yea if you got that money and the amount of dev staff you could knock out a full on next-gen FF6 title in say.... I dunno, 5-6 years, assuming they add even more to what was originally there.

Square just doesn't have the staff and money. But seriously, look at FF7 Remake and what they're doing. It's kind of genius. They are... for the most part, making this weird Remake/Sequel that does pretty much give you everything from the original. I'm talking like locations, enemies, scenarios, etc. When everything is done it'll be like what, a 12 year project? Maybe they can do something similar for FF6? I don't know, but it definitely takes a good bit to make these vs how quick they could pump them out back in the day.

The other thing they could possibly do is what they did with FF4 Remake on the DS. It's not exactly high-end, but simple models, lo-res textures, and whatnot to make something 3D. I don't think that would take a massive amount of time, but then fans would demand something better and something more.