This Fan-Made FFVII Intro is Amazing(ish)

[CardinalPiggles]

If you remake it you're only going to realize the game was not as good as you remember. It had its time and place and that was many years ago. Most people remember it fondly because it was their first introduction to RPGs or Japanese storytelling, not because it was some amazing game.

Precisely, I have fond memories of FFX because that was my first JRPG. I have fond memories of Spyro and Mario Kart because they were a couple of my first console games. How old you were and what you already experienced when you played it play a bigger part in how much you liked it than how good the game actually was.

 

[leahzero]

Not really amazing at all, but the nostalgia for FFVII is appreciated.

I'd love to see FFVII remade by Square-Enix, to current-gen standards--or, more likely, setting the standard for next-gen production values.

 

[Risingblade]

I don't remember Tifa being there...

 

[Erja_Perttu]

I don't remember Tifa being there...

She wasn't - considering this is basically just fan service I guess they wanted ol' big boobs in it from the start.

 

[Raddra]

Square is too busy taking away the open world, the control from the player, coming up with esoteric names (preferably weather related), strange esoteric character designs and coming up with new (battle/character) 'systems' to really understand what it really was that real fans wanted.

An involving storyline, user friendly controls (stick with what worked: FF6-10's systems, as much as I hated X I can admit it had a great battle system, though not character system.. the sphere grid was pointless, counter intuitive and mapped out to a straight line, aaanyway tangent..) a believable yet interesting world/setting, the ability to explore it and interesting characters that evolved through playing the game as the story unfolded.

I really don't understand the Japanese obsession with making new 'systems' each time... why they don't just stick to what works and was enjoyed.

 

[Brawndo]

I lol'd at those Shinra guards and their horrid animations

 

[dimensional]

If you remake it you're only going to realize the game was not as good as you remember. It had its time and place and that was many years ago. Most people remember it fondly because it was their first introduction to RPGs or Japanese storytelling, not because it was some amazing game.

Not always the case yes sometimes a game is not as good as you remember in my own experience bubble bobble springs to mind but in other cases I have found the game to be much better than I remember most notably Ocarina of Time.
Also you dont remember something fondly if you didnt think it was amazing just because it was your first experience of something, usually you would just forget it if you were unmoved either way or remember it as a load of crap i.e Mario Kart for the Snes was my first kart racer game (was it the first ever?) and I have no fond memories of that because I bloody hated it (except battle mode) whereas I cant remember my first rpg or platform or shooting game because it did not prove memorable.

Now OT: That is not a remake of the intro it dosent even have Barret,Biggs,Wedge and Jessie for a start and what the hell is tifa doing there? Taken as a fan recreation and re-imagining of the starting area as an out of game prototype it is reasonably impressive but first person does not work and as others have said the animation is incredibly stiff still I enjoyed watching it.
Now if only someone would remake the full game in ps2 or ps3 graphics, seriously if Nintendo owned this game it would be on its fourth reiteration by now.

 

[Scrythe]

I don't recall FFVII being quite so awkward in the animation department. Also, is one of those Shinra mooks using a M41A pulse rifle from Aliens? That's new.

Are you sure? I remember it being pret-ty awkward...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Xfmb6e9ySpc#t=237s

 

[TastyCarcass]

I can't think of a single remake that I've bought that I've actually enjoyed more than the original

Anyone who plays Resident Evil can tell you that the original had an outstanding remake on the gamecube.

As for the video in question, If it was a student/learner thing I'd say it was an admirable effort. If it came from a real dev, I'd say they got lazy.


Personally I don't want a remake. I just want this in HD with models that actually look like people. Is that so much to ask?

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

I think we've seen over the years that remoakes of popular games is generally a bad idea...

So long as they're just paying homage i don't see anything wrong with it (Though Square Enix might), but yeah... the animations are pretty bad. Not that i think you should expect much when they say it was made so they could learn how to make video games.

I might just keep an eye out for these Studio Paint people in the future.

 

[floppylobster]

...seriously if Nintendo owned this game it would be on its fourth reiteration by now.

Instead they're up to number 14. Or should I say XIV.

 

[Zhukov]

I'm glad they remembered to include some jiggle physic.

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What?

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YOU ALL SAW IT!

 

[anthony87]

...seriously if Nintendo owned this game it would be on its fourth reiteration by now.

Instead they're up to number 14. Or should I say XIV.

Pretty sure he means the fourth reiteration of Final Fantasy VII, not the fourth Final Fantasy overall.

 

[FogHornG36]

really Escapist? You changed it to Amazing(ish) well you sure changed your opinion fast.

You people really need to understand, this is a hand full of people doing this as a school project, yes its not perfect, but they don't have a few million dollars, and a few hundred people working on it.

How would you people feel if i came into your school while you were trying to draw Mario in art class and i told you how shitty it was, and then told you to stick to booger eating kid.

 

[Something Amyss]

Oh look, first person. I'm sure that makes it more immersive or something.

 

[dimensional]

...seriously if Nintendo owned this game it would be on its fourth reiteration by now.

Instead they're up to number 14. Or should I say XIV.

Indeed 14 very different games just listen to the bitching about which one is the best and worse for proof of that generally things are changed characters,battle systems,plots,gameplay devices even if the last one proved popular whereas Nintendo much less so they find a formula that works and stick within it sure there is innovation within their template but it is the same template can you imagine the chaos that would erupt if they changed link in the next zelda game with an almost identical character but he was blue carried an axe and was called clive. Note I am saying template not genre they are two different things oh and I am not complaining about Nintendo either.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Aside from the jerky animations and Tifa's boobs being way too big, it's not bad for a fan remake. It will be interesting to see where it goes.