I think people are making a mistake by saying "episodic" because they're thinking about a telltale game. SE said it's a multi-part game, and each part will be a full game. Just from that it sounds like a FFXIII 3 part trilogy, with each part having a different name.

I don't think anyone is taking the word "episodic" and thinking it's the shorthand for Telltale games' Walking Dead structure.

Square Enix has clarified and specifically stated that they'll be "full size games". But to the skeptics defense - we have no idea what SE means by that or what it'll entail progress wise.

I HIGHLY doubt Square will implement a structure where you carry your save data over from previous "episodes". Bioware tried that, but it was a half baked idea and it didn't work... What will their contingency plan be if someone buys Episode 2 but never played the first?

These kinds of questions point to a potentially polarizing design philosophy that SE has in place that won't have OG FF7 players best interests - the people that got to play as a whole game....

Personally, I don't buy the reasoning for their "episodic" bullshit. If the size of the game they want to make is truly too big to fit on one disk/in one game (their words, not mine). THEN SPREAD IT ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCS LIKE YOU USED TO DO IN THE 90'S!!!!

They're doing it with FFXIV Online, which I think would be preferable, for example each FFXIV expansion is a full game, but you can't advance to the new one without having the prior expansion complete, because it's all one continuing story. And, yes everything is carried over.

That would be a disastrous idea....

It's not an idea, it's something that is actually working, and it seems to be doing good for one of the most popular MMORPG's on the market, not to mention it's SE cashcow.

Who knows really this is SE, so throw logic away because they just might do it exactly like FFXIII where each game is different and all you get is a reminisce option in the main menu. I say pray or hope they take the FFXIV Online route.

Nonsense. Who in their right mind would want to experience FF VII starting from part 2 or 3?

That being said, if they do allow people to play from part 2 or 3 without having experienced the earlier parts, I would assume they’d have you start with characters at levels proportionate to what they’d be if you had done part 1 or 2.

But there is absolutely nothing preventing them from implementing a system where you carry over your save file from one part to the next.

Add a bit: Full game but not full story like the original though

Just a reminder: Episode, part, season or whatever, still the full story of the original is separated into at least 3 games

FYI: You're getting more story than the original.

PS: I prefer more story.

I've always bet that FF7R is going to hit at the very least PC and Xbox. I even expect a "Complete Edition" or something to be issued for pretty much all next gen consoles down the line.

But I can't make a thread title claiming this game is coming to all those platforms simply on a "it's common sense" argument. When I have a source to quote saying this game officially comes to those platforms, I will add it.

Personally I hope it does come to PC. I can imagine a lot of cool mods done to this game by passionate and nostalgic gamers. :D

The loss of the battle system is a given, but I still hope the new one will be cool. If they release a gameplay trailer without bits and pieces put together with battle highlights as was done in the latest trailer we may have a better idea of what is coming.

Maybe as some people have said here, the fact that they must create so much content for each episode will force them to not only keep those themes, dialogue and details but even expand upon them. My fear is that we will get the FFVII experience in a "first 10 or 11 missions of FFXIII" package. I don't want something streamlined for this remake, like the equivalent to a park attraction ride of FF7.

And as a the video you mentioned says, I think we all agree we want to be proven wrong about all our fears concerning this remake.

Only if the extra story is good, if it become like XIII confusing story or XV lackluster story then, well,...