Final Fantasy 7 Remake "Would be such a huge commitment"

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Final Fantasy 7 director "would love" to do an HD remake

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The director of Final Fantasy VII has admitted that while he "would love to" create a HD remake of the game, there are a number of obstacles standing in the way.

Speaking to Eurogamer in his capacity as producer of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Yoshinori Kitase admitted that he would love to do a remake, but it would be an enormous undertaking.

"I can honestly tell you I would love to do that," he said. "If you simply ask me if I personally would like to do that, yes I would. Definitely. There's no lie about it. But you must believe me when I say it would take a lot to happen."

Two of the biggest issues are apparently "staff availability and budget" which, given the epic scale of the game, makes sense. The development time required to recreate the world at the standard fans want would likely rival even Final Fantasy XV at this point. But Kitase also explained there's another reason he hasn't pursued a remake of the game: he's not actually motivated enough to do it, as it would be such a huge commitment.

"Even if I casually say I would like to do that, because it would be a huge project I would have to motivate myself to the level that I really am prepared to take on this huge responsibility," he said. "I don't know if those three things will happen simultaneously. It has to tick lots of very big boxes. I won't rule out the possibility, but it would take a lot to make it happen.

"But should I ever take it on, it would have to be the biggest project I've done. My life work. So I would have to be as highly motivated as that to end up with something I'm very happy with. It's a huge thing for me."

Elsewhere in the interview, Kitase admitted he had no knowledge of a HD remake of Final Fantasy XII being planned, though he said if the team that created it though it was a good idea, then it could happen.

Demand for a HD remake of Final Fantasy VII has been high ever since a tech demo was released for the PS3. Since then, former company CEO Yoichi Wada said the game wouldn't be remade until a fresh entry in the franchise surpasses it in quality, a statement that was echoed by Tetsuya Nomura.
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Bad news for those of us still hoping for this to happen. If it does, it's years and years away :(.
 
Personally, I want them to keep it as it is. There's a certain feeling you get when you play the original. Childhood feels.

And it holds up. Might not be HD, but that doesn't change how good this game STILL is.
 
TheAvenged87 said:
Personally, I want them to keep it as it is. There's a certain feeling you get when you play the original. Childhood feels.

And it holds up. Might not be HD, but that doesn't change how good this game STILL is.
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I agree... BUT the original wouldn't go anywhere. We can still get the nostalgia from it should we choose to. I would still love to see the game in today's (or future) gaming standards. It would be seriously incredible.
 
It's funny - I always suspected, in a massive conspiracy theory kind of way, that Final Fantasy Versus XIII was actually a remake of Final Fantasy VII, and Square was being all sneaky about it.

As it turned out, Square WAS being sneaky - but it ended up being Final Fantasy XV instead. Heh.

I don't think we will see a FFVII remake until Square Enix starts sinking down the tube and they put their last cash pile into it to make big bank off of fan boy sweat.
 
qornea said:
It's funny - I always suspected, in a massive conspiracy theory kind of way, that Final Fantasy Versus XIII was actually a remake of Final Fantasy VII, and Square was being all sneaky about it.

As it turned out, Square WAS being sneaky - but it ended up being Final Fantasy XV instead. Heh.

I don't think we will see a FFVII remake until Square Enix starts sinking down the tube and they put their last cash pile into it to make big bank off of fan boy sweat.
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Lol, so essentially they are saving FF VII HD as a trump card should the excrement hit the spinning turbine? :p :D
 
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