Do they not realize that it's ok for the remake to retain the top-down, non-rotating camera view for the overworld/town maps?
It does NOT have to be to FF XIII specs.
Were any other remakes made to stand up against the current FF that had just been released? No.
Just make it so the characters aren't all boxy in world and town maps...the backgrounds were already pretty lush and beautiful, but they could improve those to HD standards as well. Fight scenes could be brought to the level of XIII graphics without a problem -- and yes we'd still be flashing to a fight scene from an overworld map, so it's not like the graphics have to be integrated through the whole game like with XIII. Finally, revamp the cutscenes somewhat (they were already beautiful, just up the res) and give us some new content.
This wouldn't take 3 years.
