Dealspwn: Hands up. Who'd given up on ever seeing a Final Fantasy VII remake? I certainly had, especially after reading one interview with Square-Enix a while back where they said they wouldn't even consider it until they'd made a game as good as FFVII. Considering the XIII trilogy (they made three!) exists, it didn't look good.
But as we saw during Sony's presser, it is happening and will be coming to PS4 first and presumably other formats afterwards. We're getting what we want. But are we?
Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
I’d love to know how many units have been sold of all the Final Fantasy VII franchise games, including the original, the remakes, spin offs such as Crisis Core, and mobile games Ever Crisis. I bet a fair few copies.
Modern day publisher be like: "Failed to meet sales expectations. Pivoting to live service."
It's an absolute legend of a game. And I honestly really love how the remake trilogy is shaping up so far.
Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most iconic video games of all time, with it helping to changed the RPG landscape when it was released in 1997.
If you already own it... There, I saved you the click on a deliberately misleading article.
I bought the game yesterday on steam for $4 because Square Enix is trying to replace it with a version that has no mod support.
Prior to yesterday, I had no idea the game had so many great mods until people started making a fuss out of it.
u get the switch 1 version of the og ff7 for free if you own 7 remake for the switch 2.
lol.
But BG2 didn't emerge in a vacuum, and in a recent chat with Slandered Gaming it emerged that—while we can thank BG2 for a lot of our favourite RPGs since—we have a whole other game to thank for BG2. That'd be Final Fantasy 7, which lit a fire under BG2 director James Ohlen to go all out with the game's structure and companions, per Trent Oster—who worked on the original Baldur's Gate and has since become CEO of Beamdog, the studio behind the BG1 and BG2 Enhanced Editions.
Baldurs Gate 1&2 were my games back in the day on PC. Icewindale and Neverwinter Nights as well
It's gonna be interesting to see how they tinker with it. Updating art style is a good idea seeing as they have to visually rebuild it anyway, but I wonder if Square will have the discipline to know when to stop.
Either way, I can't wait, though reckon we might be waiting until 2017. 20th anniversary and all that.
"We're getting what we want. But are we? "
Yes. it really isn't that deep. Its a remake that people have wanted for a very long time.
Of course there will be changes but thats the point. We are expecting improved visuals, better translation and refined mechanics.
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And, like with Final Fantasy 15, you can bet that Square will be reaching out to the fans to ask what changes they would like to see.
What did they expect? there is no way it'll be turn based, especially after the refreshing take FF15 has given us, hell even Crisis Core stood away from turn based and no one complained, those that do complain are just jumping on the "Played FF7 once as a kid, OMFG my childhood" train.
Take FF15's world exploration and gameplay, tweak it to FF7's needs, and LET us play as all party members and boom, there's the modern FF7 those who kept playing FF games after 7 expect and want.
If they even touch the turn based combat and materia system I'll lose my shit.
let them do what they have to