At PlayStation Experience, Final Fantasy fans were treated to a second helping of Final Fantasy 7 Remake with a second trailer, which showed gameplay footage alongside some cutscenes featuring Cloud and Barret. However, the company’s latest press release about the game included interesting details about the game’s release. Instead of one whole game, Final Fantasy 7 Remake “will be told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience.”
Obviously, graphical updates, voiceovers and new gameplay mechanics will take up a significant portion in development of the updated classic, but the reason for multiple parts of the game isn’t due to its new assets. According to a spokesperson for Square Enix, each entry will have its own unique story and have “the full volume of content equal to a full-sized game.”
One of the obvious places for expansion is in exploration. The city of Midgar will no doubt be expanded to give more players freedom to roam the streets and explore new areas not included in the first game. The gameplay trailer also showed an update to how combat is handled. The classic turn-based fighting is no longer used, with the developers favoring a more modern style similar to the Kingdom Hearts franchise, along with the ability to control other characters during the fight.
Other parts of the game will no doubt receive an upgrade in some shape or form, but it seems like the team at Square Enix doesn’t want to leave any stone unturned during the development process. An update to the game’s graphics isn’t enough, and even though this will (in part) be a walk down memory lane for most fans, the remake is an opportunity to attract those who never played one of the most memorable games of the 1990s.
With two trailers and more information, Square Enix has yet to announce when the first part of the remake hits stores, nor pricing for the single game or bundle. (A season pass seems unlikely, but who knows?) There will no doubt be critics of the company’s efforts to revitalize an old game, but then again, you can always play the original game, or even the PC version, which came out on the PlayStation 4 this past weekend.
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