I feel like a minority saying this, but I'd be cool with a combat system like FFXV with a materia spin combined with FF7's story and world. Would be fun to duke it out with Jenova and the Weapons in epic real-time RPG combat instead of seeing high-fidelity animation and abilities limited to a menu option again. At least not in the big screen. I'd rather that in a portable or phone or tablet app.
Also if they treat the FF7 summons like how they plan to treat the FFXV summons where they are larger than life, then fuck me just think about Bahamut Zero real-time shooting from space down to the enemies in front of you, or all the Knights of the round coming in and trampling fools all over the place. Or just port Ramuh from FFXV right into FF7 because fuck that guy is awesome! Just think about that guys.
I'll live with the lack of an ATB system if they replace it with an amazing visual combat experience to re-kindle my nostalgia for this game. If they do this, SIGN ME UP!
I guess when I think about these things, I am interpreting the word 'remake' to mean that they are literally re-creating the game as if it was a new project. They want to see what kind of gameplay they would want to make with today's technology and experience, as well as how they would tell the FF7 story with the latest in animation and audio/visual fidelity with voice acting. Of course materia will be integral to the game and I wonder how much they can translate this to real-time combat like FFXV. Also I'm hoping they let you play all of the characters and even create AI routines to allow you to manage how allies would fight. There's a lot of ways to make brand new, interesting experiences with this world if they decide to say 'fuck it' and go all out in re-imagining this game. The FFXV demo alone gives me some hope that they at least know how to aim high and I always saw FFXV as some spiritual successor to the FFXV, at least in style and in theme of both modern and sci-fi technology infused with magic. Not enough games play with science and magic mashed together with a modern look.
If people are thinking they'll just spit out the same game with crazy graphics, that's just a 'remaster' (which I interpret very differently to 'remake') with an over-priced budget when they could just make a chibi-anime style game with some cinematics with more proper-proportioned models for cutscenes and release it as a downloadable title. From the interviews that have come out recently, it's being indicated they will truly 'remake' this and change how this game will play and I am thumbs up in their choice to shake things up.
I say all this as someone that not only loves the potential madness that can come out of this remake, but can also still enjoy the classic game without a care in the world if the FF7 remake doesn't live up to my particular expectations. It's just not that big a problem guys yeesh.
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