One thing notably absent from Squeenix's Tokyo Game Show presentation was any mention of Final Fantasy VII Remake coming to PC. A second demo (this time with multiplayer) is coming to consoles soon but still no mention of PC seeing either demo, boo. It'll also be on PlayStations and Xboxes. Stranger Of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin is coming March 18th via the Epic Games Store, as Square Enix annoyingly are wont to do with RPGs on PC these days. That does make it a bit jarring when you see murderous finishing moves but hey, what else would you expect from the studio behind Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, and Dead Or Alive? Yeah man, that's some Final Fantasy alright. And absolutely no grim growling about 'killing Chaos'. And lots of chat about crystals and the four elements and prophecy and warriors of light. And a cheery pirate with strings of pearls and gems. That's a few suggestions to get started with.See? That's a classic fantasy king right there. If Square Enix decides to go for FF7's cutscene attacks, they must be skippable-an option the original game still desperately needs. That's fun, but you lose FF7's theatricality.
In modern games you transform into the monster and gain their moveset for a short time. Final Fantasy 8 added a button-mashing mechanic to try and introduce some interactivity to summons, but that was annoying. Watching regularly repeated 90 second cutscenes gets boring after a while.
Sephiroth's summon, which destroys the entire solar system, is as memorable as it was insanely long.Īnd that brings us to our problem. At the time, in-engine sequence that could fly into space and show a dragon launching an orbital bombardment was a tour de force accomplishment. Summoning sequences provided FF7's most extravagant moments. Ifrit, Shiva, Titan, Ramuh, Bahamut Vanilla, Bahamut Strawberry, Bahamut Chocolate-I love them all. It wouldn't be Final Fantasy 7 without these supernatural monsters. AND you can race them at the Gold Saucer. You breed them in a sidequest, which unlocks new exploration options, which in turn unlocks more combat options. FF7's chocobos are a great example of an RPG feature that enriches all aspects of the game. Limit breaks, incredible summons and materia could only be reached on the back of a pedigree bird. A blue Chocobo could get you across rivers, a green could sprint over mountains and the coveted gold Chocobo could get you almost anywhere. It provided a calming distraction from the rigours of combat, and doubled as an elegant way to unlock secrets. Too bad the game does not have a screenshot / taking photos mode, because they look spectacular, love the details. You will find my favorite selection of Final Fantasy VII Remake Screenshots or Wallpaper below, don’t forget to click the thumbnail for a bigger pic. There's that snowboarding section (which surely deserves to be reborn as an SSX Tricky analogue), and the minigame that has you marshaling forces to rescue a phoenix, and that pants Midgar motorway chase sequence which seemed amazing at the time.Ĭhocobo breeding was great, however. Top Final Fantasy VII Remake Screenshots and Wallpaper. There are a lot of minigames in Final Fantasy 7-and not all of them good. A direct remake detailed enough to meet modern trends seems like a staggeringly difficult task, so the big question is: what will the remake keep, and what will it throw out? Would you play a truncated version of the game if it looked like the CGI shot above? Prev of 11 Next Prev of 11 Next FF7's little lego men aren't going to cut it, and the low-fi, heavily abstracted world map looks increasingly outmoded in this era of luscious open wold games. Final Fantasy 7 was an expensive project at the time, but now audiences demand a far higher fidelity from environments and characters. The world is huge, and the remake will have to be too if it's going to capture the magic of the original.Įvidently, remaking such a beast is no easy task. You visit the tallest mountains, dig into ancient craters, explore the seabed, poke about in ancient ruins, explore forests, fight in deserts and chat to locals in 15 different towns across multiple continents. Final Fantasy 7 sends you to space and back.