Final Fantasy VII Remake won't be developed on the Luminous Engine (i.e. this is a good thing) http://t.co/Kv6IgTb1KB pic.twitter.com/7MfBEEaoz9
— shinobi602 (@shinobi602) August 6, 2015
GC 2015: Final Fantasy VII Remake won’t run on Luminous Engine
By André Mackowiak on August 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM
At E3 2015 Square Enix finally confirmed the development of a Final Fantasy VII remake, bringing some fresh air not only to the graphics, but also to the gameplay. Witnessing the visual beauty of Final Fantasy XV, fans may wonder which graphics engine will be used for the VII remake.
During an interview at Gamescom, we asked Final Fantasy XV Director Hajime Tabata if the Luminous engine might be used for the remake.
Tabata replied: “Final Fantasy VII (Remake) is not planned to be made with that.”
Kingdom Hearts 3 was the last game, which dropped the Luminous Engine in favor of Unreal Engine 4 in 2014.
The Luminous graphics engine is in development at Square Enix and was shown to the public for the first time in 2011. It now powers Final Fantasy XV and will be enhanced alongside the game development.
Read more details about the graphics engine in our upcoming interview with Tabata, which will be released later this week.
Not really sure what this means for the game, Shinobi seems to think it's a good thing, but I haven't played any of the FF games developed on the luminous engine, so I can't really comment. Thoughts?
