The Z-Trigger team return to do a more in-depth discussion of turned based combat and try and hash out exactly why people have seemed to turn against it.

Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
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.

Square Enix announced its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year, related to the period between April and December 2025.

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.
Rather than stating "people" have turned against turn based combat, it should state "devs" have turned against turn based combat. Many "people" including myself would love more turned based combat RPG's, I'm looking at you FFVIIR.