To be honest, I'd rather have a completely new FF7, gameplay and combat system wise.

I would be extremely disappointed if they literally just did a visual upgrade to the combat system. I want a remake, meaning developers have to change what they see fit in a modern videogame. Old formulas just don't work anymore as mush as they did 15 years ago.

Crisis Core was a PERFECT example. not a perfect game sure. But it was something fresh but felt familiar at the same time.

Pls. just have an open mind guys. Same for the developers from Square. Have an open mind on how you guys will do the remake.

There was a lot of problems with the original that could use fixing. Just like there are plenty of changes that they can do to bring it up to today's gaming standards since it's not limited by what the original PS could do. Do be so afraid of change. Looks at Majora's Mask. The N64 version was a nightmare which made it one of the worst zelda game but they fixed the problems and added more current gaming styles and now it's a great game.

Then play the original game.

You people begged for a FFVII remake. Now you don't want it? My god I hate this community.

I agree. Square is murdering this franchise. Between mobile whoring, FFXV being an ARPG, FFXIII trilogy, and the MMOs littering the single player experiences, things have been going downhill straight after FFX.

Many of you guys weren't even born when FF 7 came out. You missed the SURPRISE of when the magazines reported it first from the japanese gaming world. Then you missed all the articles and reports later that you would get from these same magazines, especially Gamefan. The ANTICIPATION for this coming game was just out of this world. I mean, it was a big deal that Square had left Nintendo to bring this to Sony! This game really put the PS 1 over the top! You should have seen the commercials and stuff!

Then when the game finally came I myself took a week out of work just to play it! Although it took me longer than that to beat and find everything of course. I could go into why everything about that game screamed next gen RPGS and why it brought RPGS into the mainstream, but I wont as you already know the story.

I hope they do a great job with this game. I think if Square fails at this one they will lose american gamer respect.

End of line.

For those who keep asking, is FFVII that good? Just go and play the game. Its in my top 5 game list of greatest games ever. The graphics are old and look pretty terrible, but a good game isn't defined by how it looks, but rather how it plays. Graphics don't make a game fun.

Just play the first hour of this game, and if you enjoy RPGs, you'll probably keep playing.

While a remake is awesome, the new version will never replace the old one and the original will always have a place in my heart.

I can't stress how bad of a game FF7 would be if they just upped the graphics and sound. When it came out it was an amazing game, but nowadays it is close to being a broken game (several mechanics are very unbalanced and the gameplay is average at best for today's standards, also very few costumization and depth for nowadays). I should know, I 100% it last month. Let SE do what they want with the game. Whatever comes out will be a new and exciting experience, and not just the same old, same old.

I said multiple times already that remaking FFVII is a bad idea. First off, most of the character interactions won't work for today's standards when they can be quirky and downright weird. They work for early 3D polygonal lego pixelated visuals because it adds the charm but I don't want to see them interpreted with modern visual quality. Cloud's cross-dressing, half-naked gay wrestlers with pornstaches, Tifa slapping Scarlet would be downright weird. I don't even see how will they pull off the Cait Sith character in a modern version. He's a robot cat doll riding a giant ugly robot moogle doll like a Master Blaster from Beyond Thunderdome. And the story isn't up to snuff with today's standards. We already have games with better stories and deeper characters than FFVII. Dragon-Age Origins, Mass Effect, Persona 4, most RPG's after FFVII have better stories. Even though gameplay was critically acclaimed back in the day for active time battle mechanics, materia system and the addition of mini-games, they seem dated and downright easy compared to other RPG's with deeper and more complex mechanics that came afterwards. Now Square-Enix is forced to change all of that to appeal to future generations for better or worse. Just forget about the remake. It is not coming out anytime soon. You're just going to be pissed for its outcome. The original is available pretty much everywhere, including in smartphones. You can mod the game on PC with better character models and better translation compared to the original PS1 version. The original isn't going anywhere. Judging by Square-Enix's marketing practices with FF Versus XIII (now it's renamed into FFXV) for over a decade I'm very doubtful the game is coming out this console generation.

I have no problem with them smoothing out the gameplay and adjusting the combat system... but I want it to remain a turn-based game. Turn-based combat isn't outdated, and not every modern RPG should have action combat. I love turn-based RPGs, and I want to see a FFVII remake with that style of gameplay.

To me, the "REmake" of Resident Evil is the perfect example of what a remake should be: a fresh experience that changes thing up and adds new features, but holds true to the core gameplay.

I want the Final Fantasy VII remake to do that.

I didn't play this on the original Playstation, but I did buy the steam version after hearing about the amazing mods that are available. Square Enix definitely made the right decision to re-release this game on multiple platforms decades after release.

I am still wishing for the day Nintendo releases the original Pokemon Red and Blue on mobile with online features.

Edit: I am also looking forward to the day Square Enix ports FFX to mobile.

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