IGN: "The Final Fantasy 7 Remake has had a pretty long development cycle, first being revealed way back in 2015. So we thought we'd take a look at how the game has evolved from its 2015 PlayStation Experience trailer to what is finally playable here in 2020. What do you think: has it changed for the better or do prefer its older, more gritty art style?"
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
2020 looks clearly better!
Damn they did a reverse UBIsoft lol upgraded instead of downgraded.
Great comparison video from IGN.
I think people don't give them enough credit for the amazing job they've done since the reveal.
When the news came up that Square was taking all the work in-house, consequently taking it away from their 3rd Party contractor to 'ensure better quality', it sounded like development mess and poor management on their behalf.
Now seeing these direct comparisons, it's clear to see where the time/dedication has gone into. Whether that's better lighting, skin textures, hair, geomatry, but most of all the art direction is miles better. One of the complaints people had of the original reveal, was that the Midgar look too 'real life like' without distinct steam punk direction.
Square have been known to do great rendering and CGI for their games. Im not at all surprised that 2020 is far superior than 2015. But again technology is a lot better today than 5 years ago.
2005 tech demo vs 2019 remake comparison
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