Poll: Final Fantasy VII

[Fortesque]

Even though i have a 360 and dont have a PS3, yet a huge FF fan from VI onwards (except XII)

It should be PS3 exclusive, as should all future FF games.

 

[Charli]

In an Idillic world, Every platform. But I'm going to guess Ps3 - given, and Xbox-360 - maybe if they pay for it enough.

I just don't think Square Enix will downgrade their beloved graphics for the Wii. I think it might be Sacreligious to them or somthing...

 

[Altorin]

It would have to be the PS3/360

The DS can't hold enough space to just port FFVII over in one piece, so it'd be a shitty port. It's not like the recent SNES remakes on the DS, where they're graphically overhauled and upgraded - a FFVII on the DS would look and play like shit.

 

[doctorwhofan]

Wouldn't care what console they made it for, as long as it looks like the ps3 tech demo intro that would be nice.

God! I thought that they were goingto do it!! That was the only reason I agreed to buy the PS3 at launch. sigh. And the movie and kinda sorta game sequals just made it worse.

Saying that, they should make the original game forthe DS or PSP. It looks horrible now on my HDTV.

 

[manicfoot]

It would have to be the PS3/360

The DS can't hold enough space to just port FFVII over in one piece, so it'd be a shitty port. It's not like the recent SNES remakes on the DS, where they're graphically overhauled and upgraded - a FFVII on the DS would look and play like shit.

Sorry but I don't believe that. Capcom managed to port RE2 to the N64 ten years ago. That's 1.4Gb of data compressed onto a 64Mb cartridge with all FMV's intact. Do you really think Square-Enix couldn't do the same with FFVII DS?

 

[Altorin]

It would have to be the PS3/360

The DS can't hold enough space to just port FFVII over in one piece, so it'd be a shitty port. It's not like the recent SNES remakes on the DS, where they're graphically overhauled and upgraded - a FFVII on the DS would look and play like shit.

Sorry but I don't believe that. Capcom managed to port RE2 to the N64 ten years ago. That's 1.4Gb of data compressed onto a 64Mb cartridge with all FMV's intact. Do you really think Square-Enix couldn't do the same with FFVII DS?

yup.

 

[manicfoot]

Uhh.Ok. Please explain why...

 

[Don't taze me bro]

I'm not sure a remake could be done without changing certain elements. The dialogue for one would likely be re-done. Sure it is readable as text, but more would have to be added to it. Would the purists then complain about changes that may been made. Let this game go down in history for what it is. Let people fondly remember it as it is / was.

 

[hippieshopper]

Why make a remake when you could be using that time/effort to make a new and different game? If you want to play FF7 then play the original.

I completely agree. Although it would be nice if they rereleased the original on Steam or PSN.

If it makes people happy and they buy it, what's so wrong?

 

[Altorin]

Uhh.Ok. Please explain why...

RE2 wasn't made the same way that FFVII was. The 2 discs in RE2 were filled with largely the same stuff. Each disc was used to tell a different character's tale through the same game.. A lot of the things in one disc could have been consolidated onto one disc.. A lot of the areas and models for characters had to be duplicated so that each campaign could use them, effectively doubling the size of the game without really needing to.

FFVII on the otherhand was just so jam-packed with FMVs, and Locales that weren't recycled on subsequent discs, and it was 3 discs..

I don't know for sure if it couldn't be done.. It might.. DS carts are bigger then N64 carts.. Compression capabilities are a lot better now then they were when even RE2 was ported.. The RE2 port, despite my reasons listed above is pretty impressive..

But I think there's adequate evidence that it might not be doable in the way that you are describing it to be.

 

[manicfoot]

Uhh.Ok. Please explain why...

RE2 wasn't made the same way that FFVII was. The 2 discs in RE2 were filled with largely the same stuff. Each disc was used to tell a different character's tale through the same game.. A lot of the things in one disc could have been consolidated onto one disc.. A lot of the areas and models for characters had to be duplicated so that each campaign could use them, effectively doubling the size of the game without really needing to.

FFVII on the otherhand was just so jam-packed with FMVs, and Locales that weren't recycled on subsequent discs, and it was 3 discs..

I don't know for sure if it couldn't be done.. It might.. DS carts are bigger then N64 carts.. Compression capabilities are a lot better now then they were when even RE2 was ported.. The RE2 port, despite my reasons listed above is pretty impressive..

But I think there's adequate evidence that it might not be doable in the way that you are describing it to be.

You have a good point there. Wasn't the world map of FFVII on all three disks though? As well as Midgar, Cosmo Canyon and all the other towns you could access on the first disk? If that's the case then the cart is already saving them a lot of space... I think a port would be doable, but updating the graphics on top of that would be quite a challenge.

 

[Librarian Mike]

I just don't get this "I loved (game title) so they should rerelease it on a current console" obsession. I mean, you spent hundreds of dollars on a console just so you can buy and play a game you played over a decade ago? The last thing Square...enix...soft needs now is another reason to delay Final Fantasy 13 yet again.

 

[Altorin]

I just don't get this "I loved (game title) so they should rerelease it on a current console" obsession. I mean, you spent hundreds of dollars on a console just so you can buy and play a game you played over a decade ago? The last thing Square...enix...soft needs now is another reason to delay Final Fantasy 13 yet again.

well, they don't make the remakes inhouse.

They farm them out to other developers.

FFXIII is probably already made. They're probably just scratching their head on how to deliver it on the 360.

 

[PureChaos]

i said 360, PS3 and Wii. there are a lot of people that like the game, i've never played it bus because i've never had a Playstation i never had the opportunity. if they released it on all platforms it would have a much wider audience and allow people that want to play it that haven't had the opportunity to play it.

 

[t.tocs]

I played the game when it first came out. Haven't touched it since. I'm a little older though than most gamers out there today, so I think re-releasing it would be a very smart move on the squeenix's part. It would have to be a solid remake though, not just a port with original graphics. PS1's are cheap nowadays (PS2's also for that matter) so if someone really wanted to play it, it would be too hard.

 

[Altorin]

I played the game when it first came out. Haven't touched it since. I'm a little older though than most gamers out there today, so I think re-releasing it would be a very smart move on the squeenix's part. It would have to be a solid remake though, not just a port with original graphics. PS1's are cheap nowadays (PS2's also for that matter) so if someone really wanted to play it, it would be too hard.

I do wish I picked one up back when EB was liquidating their PS1 games and were selling it for 5 bucks or less.. I lost my copy in a movie, but didn't care enough at the time to buy it.. now I'd have to buy it online for probably more then 5 bucks.. pity.

 

[GloatingSwine]

I am getting a bit tired of developers trying to shoe-horn in needless wiggle controls onto everything. FFVII on Wii could quite easily have sideways wii remote or remote and nunchuck controls without gimmicky motion controls.

Or, y'know, point and click controls like FFIII/IV on the DS.

 

[ItsAPaul]

DS so I can actually play it.

 

[t.tocs]

Here's something surprising...

check out how much people are selling FF7 for on ebay. Wow! I know I have the game somewhere...I just might fling it on ebay.

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=final+fantasy+7+ps1&_sacat=0&_fromfsb=&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=final+fantasy+7&_osacat=0