They're remaking FFVII, they're not doing a new game out of nothing. I'm always happy to see changes in a franchise, like FF did all those years, but, again, they're remaking FFVII. They have to be respectful with, at least, its gameplay, the heart and soul of ANY game. They are offering a totally different experience if they butcher that. That's not modernizing a game, that's a fucking murder. 

So, we can anticipate the amazing cinemas of the summons will be a lametastic show like in FFXIII?? Great!

Sounds awesome. Hope they implement the FFXIII combat system. It is extremely stylish and fun, and paradigms would give FFVII some new gameplay mechanics that could go along well with the classic things.

LOL. I'm not asking you to 'pass judgement'. You make it sound so meaningful. I'm sure this game will be the game we want BUT I still have to be honest and say when I read that it made me twitch. 'Tis only natural...

That makes things boring. 

"We’re not going to be changing it into a shooter or something like that," Nomura told Official PlayStation Magazine (via GamesRadar). "We are going to be bringing dramatic changes, but we want to make sure it’s still recognizable."

Huh, I never heard Nomura talk like that before. He seems looser. Well, something "like a shooter" would be an action game and they still want to make it recognizable so it could still be turn based of a different form.

It will only be recognizable if we can control the party directly however. Kind of difficult if it's just an action game, that would require some *puts shades on*

Active Turn Based Mechanics

No, he's definitely right about that.  Not saying FF7R should stay with that, but it had its advantages...ah you know what, in this particular case fuck it, SE would do better with that design technique in their current state of camera angle use.  They really do have too much over the top camera action.  Very jittery and spastic camera movements in key story scenes.

It's important to just let the camera stay on the actors in play for a while and let it rest.  Let moments sink in and allow the audience to judge rather than having the camera try to tell the audience.  There were plenty of striking scenes that stuck in gamer's minds as they played just because of how the scene looked.  It was very effective.  That and the original's soundtrack did wonders for the experience.  

People saying turn-based combat is a thing of the past make me sad. I still play games with turn-based combat that feel fresh and new.

A wat? What games are ARPGs?

Doesn't sound too good, but will wait and see what the actual gameplay is like