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BMaker11 on 11 December 2014
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RenCutypoison said:
BMaker11 said:

Why would it cost 10 times more? Why not just make a "new" FF with FFVII in mind? You have the characters, story, etc already in place. So that part of the production budget is already covered. Then just build the game like they built FFXIII and are building FFXV. It should have, at the worst, the same development cost as any FF they're working on right now.

You can't use any of the PS1 assets anyway, since they're too old. So just build it from the ground up, like any new FF would be. What's so complicated about that that it has to be "10 times the price of a new game"? Did FFXIII cost 10 times as much?


No, but FFVII HD remake would cost 10 times FFXIII budget according to yoshida. What would cost so much ? I have no fkin idea, I'm no producer. So I trust him on this one.

Pre-Production cost nothing compared to production and marketing, so they might as well do it again. Why would they rehash a 15 years old game when we can have a new one, more modern, with a script that doesn't make me laugh when one of the main characters die, with a villain that doesn't look like an emo and the black guy doesn't have a gatling instead of an arm ?

If you want SE to make spiritual successors to PS1 FF, just buy bravely default and second. They are done in the exact same spirit. If you want to play FFVII again, why would you need an HD remake ? Plug in your PS1 and start playing already. There are tons of solution for people who wants to stay in the past, which doesn't require a AAA budget leading to an inbevitable flop.

Because that's what we've wanted since 2005 when the tech demo was shown on PS3.

And I wouldn't want a spiritual successor. When I say "make a 'new' FF with FFVII in mind" I mean, take the development, production, marketing, etc. that they'd put in, say, FFXIII, and just make that game "FFVII: Remastered". Don't do concept art, develop environments, etc for Gran Pulse. Do it for Midgar. Don't develop character models and movements for Lightning. Do it for Cloud. So on and so forth. No way that costs "10 times more" to do. I'm sure that was just BS from Yoshida as an excuse for why they aren't making it.

And saying "if you wanna play FFVII, just fire up your PS1" is like telling people that were excited for Wind Waker HD "if you wanted to play Wind Waker, just turn on your GCN". Yea, both options work, but it misses the point. And if you seriously think an FFVII remake will flop, I can only call you delusional. It's been the most requested game for SE to make for almost a decade. Just look at the [initial] reaction when FFVII popped up at PSX