One word for you, "spin-offs" ... 

And if we were to go off by your case, half of the mainline series would be considered episodic and that doesn't realistically reflect how the majority would see it ...

As somebody who quit the original due to....not liking it, this news is less impactful to me. I am still quite interested in the remake however, and would definitely prefer a single package to an episodic game.

Looks like people should've wished for a remaster instead of a remake^^

The remaster came out yesterday

I'm only going to buy this if I can get the full game and if I have to wait another year or two for the full version then so be it. Way to kill the hype Square Enix. Thanks a lot.

I'm okay with that depending on price/model

It's sad that everyone is already jumping on the speculation bandwagon. Not one word from Square said anything about FF7FR being episodic lol. But this backlash might also force Square to reveal more specific info and they may even reveal the remakes for Crisis Core and others. 

It will be fun to see the reactions of these people if ever Square reveals their plans on remaking the whole FF7 collection.

Those specific games maybe sequels to the sub-series but I would very much call them spin-offs since they don't normally succeed the series itself ...

If this means what i think it means then...

I dont understand the hate here, videogames are expensive to make. Gamers should blame themself for not supporting SE like they do with their call of duty and EA games.

Look at MGS5, the game could have been so much better would it be episodic. I would much rather have 2, 3 episodes than then the game just stoping or waiting forever like with FF15. SE sure knows better what they are doing than you.