There are real reasons as to why people aren't accepting the multi-part series. And there are just too many ways to F it up. There's no perfect middle ground with it. And this is coming from someone who was fully and willing to embrace any changes to the story, so long as their intent was to be faithful. I know some scenes will have to be altered, i know some of them were designed for that clunkly polygon style that was FF7. This remake will inevitably alter these scenes. I was the first to fully embrace that. Yuffie using save points as traps? I doubt we'll see that int he official release. I bet Save points will be retconned to something more in-universe like how Crystals are in FF12. Now with everything that went down, i don't think they want to bring FF7 to modern fans, they want to change it for modern fans and get some extra cash along the way.
When fans uproar, initially, they have many reasons going inside their heads. Probably too many to say out loud because it is a natural response for this kind of information. It just feels like common sense. But then we get a response (not an answer), some fans just dropped it. They stopped investigating, they stopped looking into how this could impact them. But, its important to sort out these thoughts. Otherwise, so long as Square Enix fortifies their response, fans will come to terms with it. At least the die-hard fans (and by die-hard, i am seriously putting emphasis on the "die hard"). The other fans, who really take both outside and inside perspective on things. But just because Square Enix gave a response, doesn't mean the reasons to be concerned are suddenly gone.
When i saw this information, i thought i didn't even need to explain why this was a bad idea. And i have every reason, just like you all did. Whats ironic is that I didn't suspect telltale style of Episodic, I actually thought more along the lines of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Dimensions, albeit bulkier in content. Lets analyze what they have said so far:
They told us that this would be a multi-part series. With this piece of information, it defuses the episodic nature similar "telltale" style that some people ad suspicions about. For me, that didn't change nothing. Suddenly people were making this odd assumption that people will get to play the game sooner. Which there's no guarantee of that. Their main concern was disc-space. FF7 would be so huge that it can't fit into one disc. And this is also something to consider. FF7 Remake; Part 1 may end up taking just as long as it would for a normal 1-disc game. Although, at the same time, it runs on Unreal 4. Which is a very versatile game engine, and Square Enix has admitted that it makes game making even easier. So time isn't an issue even if they released the entire game as a single entity.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg that is the mess of this news. Here are concerns no interview can confirm for us because its up for the player to confirm. How well could we enjoy FF7 Remake. Believe it or not, we've seen this type of style. And surprise, surprise, it was by CyberConnect2 who did this. They released a 4-part series, mostly having the same maps, some new areas every now and then, but ultimately the same gameplay. The story progression didn't even change. Many people who actually played the game (Including myself) had complaints on how tedious it was, but the reality was that we were playing a 4-part series. It was a cult classic however because you could transfer info between games via USB. But if you see it as a single game, it looks very passable. (Even fans such as myself are demanding a single disc remake)
When you think about "series" you think that the next game is going to evolve. It wont be much of a series if the game keeps the same Final Fantasy VII will have to obviously limit us from things early on just to give us a sense of progression through the "series". Things such as level caps, and limiting monsters. Otherwise, we can be a mad powerhouse on the first part and then when the nexts parts come out, it will feel like a breeze. So freedom will punish us with lack of challenge.
If these games will individually rival each other in size, it would be bad idea to have them all DLC, takes way too long to download. but it also a bad idea to split a world up into different discs as each individual game and then having to play it as if it was a sequel rather than an expansion. There is no perfect middle ground.
the original FF7 was able to successfully make a multi-disc open world game. (i remember it was actually pricier than the normal ps1 game which i expected for being multi-disc). But It actually makes more sense to make it the same way they originally did in FF7. To make it multi-disc and release it as a single release. FF7 was pricey even for back then. Before anyone complains, PC games have done the multi-disc years ago, and no one complained about multi disc for those. And PS4 is definitely closer to PC.
I have a feeling that CyberConnect2 is selling this approach to the FF7 Development team, and knowing full well what kind of developer Tetsuya Nomura is, he absolutely has no self-control when it comes to making a single stand-alone game, FF7 had to become a series within a series.
There is an entire community who doesn't believe in downloading games and stick with disc/cartridge. There are people who dont believe in DLC at all (don't believe me? look it up. type "i dont believe in DLC" in google.) This is not the future of gaming. This is an excuse for SE to play it safe for them, not for us. Once the games released (whether complete or in parts) they can't change anything. Its out there.
When fans uproar, initially, they have many reasons going inside their heads. Probably too many to say out loud because it is a natural response for this kind of information. It just feels like common sense. But then we get a response (not an answer), some fans just dropped it. They stopped investigating, they stopped looking into how this could impact them. But, its important to sort out these thoughts. Otherwise, so long as Square Enix fortifies their response, fans will come to terms with it. At least the die-hard fans (and by die-hard, i am seriously putting emphasis on the "die hard"). The other fans, who really take both outside and inside perspective on things. But just because Square Enix gave a response, doesn't mean the reasons to be concerned are suddenly gone.
When i saw this information, i thought i didn't even need to explain why this was a bad idea. And i have every reason, just like you all did. Whats ironic is that I didn't suspect telltale style of Episodic, I actually thought more along the lines of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Dimensions, albeit bulkier in content. Lets analyze what they have said so far:
They told us that this would be a multi-part series. With this piece of information, it defuses the episodic nature similar "telltale" style that some people ad suspicions about. For me, that didn't change nothing. Suddenly people were making this odd assumption that people will get to play the game sooner. Which there's no guarantee of that. Their main concern was disc-space. FF7 would be so huge that it can't fit into one disc. And this is also something to consider. FF7 Remake; Part 1 may end up taking just as long as it would for a normal 1-disc game. Although, at the same time, it runs on Unreal 4. Which is a very versatile game engine, and Square Enix has admitted that it makes game making even easier. So time isn't an issue even if they released the entire game as a single entity.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg that is the mess of this news. Here are concerns no interview can confirm for us because its up for the player to confirm. How well could we enjoy FF7 Remake. Believe it or not, we've seen this type of style. And surprise, surprise, it was by CyberConnect2 who did this. They released a 4-part series, mostly having the same maps, some new areas every now and then, but ultimately the same gameplay. The story progression didn't even change. Many people who actually played the game (Including myself) had complaints on how tedious it was, but the reality was that we were playing a 4-part series. It was a cult classic however because you could transfer info between games via USB. But if you see it as a single game, it looks very passable. (Even fans such as myself are demanding a single disc remake)
When you think about "series" you think that the next game is going to evolve. It wont be much of a series if the game keeps the same Final Fantasy VII will have to obviously limit us from things early on just to give us a sense of progression through the "series". Things such as level caps, and limiting monsters. Otherwise, we can be a mad powerhouse on the first part and then when the nexts parts come out, it will feel like a breeze. So freedom will punish us with lack of challenge.
If these games will individually rival each other in size, it would be bad idea to have them all DLC, takes way too long to download. but it also a bad idea to split a world up into different discs as each individual game and then having to play it as if it was a sequel rather than an expansion. There is no perfect middle ground.
the original FF7 was able to successfully make a multi-disc open world game. (i remember it was actually pricier than the normal ps1 game which i expected for being multi-disc). But It actually makes more sense to make it the same way they originally did in FF7. To make it multi-disc and release it as a single release. FF7 was pricey even for back then. Before anyone complains, PC games have done the multi-disc years ago, and no one complained about multi disc for those. And PS4 is definitely closer to PC.
I have a feeling that CyberConnect2 is selling this approach to the FF7 Development team, and knowing full well what kind of developer Tetsuya Nomura is, he absolutely has no self-control when it comes to making a single stand-alone game, FF7 had to become a series within a series.
There is an entire community who doesn't believe in downloading games and stick with disc/cartridge. There are people who dont believe in DLC at all (don't believe me? look it up. type "i dont believe in DLC" in google.) This is not the future of gaming. This is an excuse for SE to play it safe for them, not for us. Once the games released (whether complete or in parts) they can't change anything. Its out there.
