Final Fantasy VII Remake General Discussion Thread [Open Spoilers for Original FFVII ONLY please!]
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I had a lot of fun with the demo. I was musing whilst playing it that FFVIIR's Jessie feels more like OG English Aeris than the actual Aerith I've seen in the remake thus far. Well, maybe Jessie's got 40% more snark than on even Aeris back in the day. Erica Lindbeck does a fantastic job with her, and I'm actually baffled she's not voicing Aerith in the first place since she's a very experienced VA, and a fantastic actress besides.
FFVIIR has done a great job at making Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge really likeable, and I loved the banter between Jessie and Biggs in the demo re: Cloud. I was never particularly emotionally invested in their characters in the original game... so not only to we get to look forward to the heartbreak of losing Aerith, but now the horror of losing the original Avalanche trio, too. Ouch, Square. Ouch.
Love it.
FFVIIR has done a great job at making Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge really likeable, and I loved the banter between Jessie and Biggs in the demo re: Cloud. I was never particularly emotionally invested in their characters in the original game... so not only to we get to look forward to the heartbreak of losing Aerith, but now the horror of losing the original Avalanche trio, too. Ouch, Square. Ouch.
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Intro screen full game.
Love it.
Apparently Red 13 has many lines in the remake:
Nomura likes Barret's character a lot:
Nomura says that Cloud in Remake is Weird, wants to be cool but sometimes end up being comical or lame.
The battle system took a long time to figure out (and it paid off i think!)
Most grueling project he's ever worked on, most voiced lines in any game he's made
A very dense game, side-content has a focus on quality:
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Nomura likes Barret's character a lot:
Nomura says that Cloud in Remake is Weird, wants to be cool but sometimes end up being comical or lame.
The battle system took a long time to figure out (and it paid off i think!)
Most grueling project he's ever worked on, most voiced lines in any game he's made
A very dense game, side-content has a focus on quality:
Tetsuya Nomura Reveals New Details on Final Fantasy VII Remake
Tetsuya Nomura revealed new details on Final Fantasy VII Remake including its story changes, theme song, character designs, and battle system.
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Preview video by gamersyde, no commentary, 4K, very low compression.
I think it was relatively pitch perfect.
My one 'complaint' is that it kind of feels like a (gorgeous) PSP/Vita game. It feels very narrow and streamlined with relatively small areas that are essentially nicely decorated hallways. This was a bit exacerbated by the very video-gamey addition of the breakable Shin-Ra boxes that drop glowy orbs. Those are fine by themselves, but they are currently implemented as if they are the one breakable that drops items.
I am hoping that Midgar opens up a little bit.
I'd like to have an option to change to the classic soundtrack.
Matt Jones from Breaking Bad was really recognizable! Well-cast.
My one 'complaint' is that it kind of feels like a (gorgeous) PSP/Vita game. It feels very narrow and streamlined with relatively small areas that are essentially nicely decorated hallways. This was a bit exacerbated by the very video-gamey addition of the breakable Shin-Ra boxes that drop glowy orbs. Those are fine by themselves, but they are currently implemented as if they are the one breakable that drops items.
I am hoping that Midgar opens up a little bit.
I'd like to have an option to change to the classic soundtrack.
Matt Jones from Breaking Bad was really recognizable! Well-cast.
Better looking and more detailed than most games' cut-scene models.
Definitely, and it's also very tutorial heavy... so I'm looking forward to experiencing the game proper!
Listened to about 10-15 minutes of Max's preview impressions before bailing to avoid spoiling too much. What I caught in that time was really encouraging though, specifically the way they're expanding on the bombing mission.
My only minor gripe about the game is that they haven't said a word about a hard mode, especially one being available off the bat. This combat system is soo good, I just once them to force me to push it to its absolute limit!
Calling it now, Hard Mode is either unlockable in a ng+ or will be added as dlc later...
Hard mode apparently is in after you beat the game. So prepare for a second playthrough :D
I'm fine with that. It's not like I won't play through this game 3 times before the year is done anyway. I just hope they don't make it Kingdom Hearts Secret Boss hard-because-we-can hard.
Was that from the datamine? Those spoilers aren't allowed here FYI.
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Can't say for sure though it's been talked about in the demo thread. I haven't visited any of the spoiler threads.
It is, but I fail to see how a difficulty mode is a spoiler as hard as I try.
Apparently Red 13 has many lines in the remake:
Nomura likes Barret's character a lot:
Nomura says that Cloud in Remake is Weird, wants to be cool but sometimes end up being comical or lame.
The battle system took a long time to figure out (and it paid off i think!)
Most grueling project he's ever worked on, most voiced lines in any game he's made
A very dense game, side-content has a focus on quality:
Tetsuya Nomura Reveals New Details on Final Fantasy VII Remake
Tetsuya Nomura revealed new details on Final Fantasy VII Remake including its story changes, theme song, character designs, and battle system.
his sidequest comments are the best news out of this.
Apparently Red 13 has many lines in the remake:
Nomura likes Barret's character a lot:
Nomura says that Cloud in Remake is Weird, wants to be cool but sometimes end up being comical or lame.
The battle system took a long time to figure out (and it paid off i think!)
Most grueling project he's ever worked on, most voiced lines in any game he's made
A very dense game, side-content has a focus on quality:
Tetsuya Nomura Reveals New Details on Final Fantasy VII Remake
Tetsuya Nomura revealed new details on Final Fantasy VII Remake including its story changes, theme song, character designs, and battle system.
That last qoute makes me giggity.
Would be amazing tbh.
I.Hate.This.
Give me the Hard mode right of the bat. I will never play a game twice just get a harder version of it. I want that the first playthrough.
also want to point out that this qoute from Nomura
just underlines how massive of a project this single part might be and not just a money milking short experience like some people alway shout out
just underlines how massive of a project this single part might be and not just a money milking short experience like some people alway shout out
To be fair, you can skip cutscenes. I was thinking about letting the wife play on my account for her first playthrough and when she's done, boom. I got hard mode.
I will not skip through it to get something arbitary hidden behind a playthrough so you stretch how long people play your game. I dont replay games so this is just always a trash decision for me personally.
Why not a Boss Rush while we're at it. Now that would be super sweet to have.
I understand having to beat the game to unlock hard mode is shitty but let's be honest, people were having trouble with the demo boss on normal.
I'm sure it'll be challenging enough and if anything I'll run through it again on the ps5.
I'm sure it'll be challenging enough and if anything I'll run through it again on the ps5.
Wow, more than the Kingdom Hearts franchise? Impressive stuff.
If Hard mode is only available after beating it then I hope Normal is pretty challenging and Hard is downright brutal.
Anybody still saying this is a lazy money-grab is in denial or just hasn't been paying attention.
I mean two blu-rays of content and the cutscenes are not recorded. This game will have tons of stuff to do.
Some are. Not all, but enough that we got two of them in the demo alone.
I imagine the narrative is gonna stick until the game is released. Until proven otherwise, the idea that they're "only giving ten percent of a game" is gonna be tough for some people to get past.
(Honestly, I expect it's something we'll be hearing a lot about no matter how much content they end up putting into it.)
Just the opening and the ending. Some key scenes will be CG thanks to the required action but not enough to make the game come in 2 discs
Yeah, the fact alone that this is the Nomura's game with the biggest number of voice lines is already a sign of hope.
are there references to banora in the original or is it just completely a crisis core thing? it's weird that one of the first things you see when you play the game is crisis core reference
Just the opening and ending of the first chapter. If there are many chapters throughout the game and that ratio persists, it could be a fair amount.
We also have to consider that RDR2 and TLOU2 are also two disc games, and they (definitely RDR2 and probably TLOU2 if U4 is any indication) don't have CGI cutscenes at all.
FFVIIR may well be insanely huge. But it could also just be a normal-length RPG with a lot of unique assets and dialogue and not much compression. A large data size doesn't necessarily translate to length.
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crisis core only, there's another small nod to crisis core in the buster sword description
The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII seems to be canon to the remake. They also mention that Avalanche tried to murder President Shinra in the past, and that's a plot line from Before Crisis.
It is not canon. It just has some parts of it in the remake. The remake it is in it's own universe.
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