Submitted 1 month ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
https://www.retronews.com/final-fantasy-9-remake-may-not-happen-as-a-single-title/
Naoki Yoshida, known as Yoshi-P and the director of Final Fantasy 14, has expressed skepticism about the feasibility of remaking Final Fantasy 9 as a single title.
Every one is mad because they’re greedily milking reruns and I’m just laughing because they clean skipped over FF8.
They know you can’t improve on a master piece.
Which is my favorite one. I never liked 7, it never grabbed me. But I loved 8.
Funny enough, it could benefit from a rewrite the most
“Volume and Complexity: Yoshi-P noted that Final Fantasy 9 is a game with significant volume, encompassing various kingdoms, environments, and story elements. This complexity makes it challenging to fit into a single remake without substantial expansion and enhancement of its world.”
Because Lord knows there was never a time when we had multiple disks for a large game.
Go fuck yourself greedy fucking assholes… I’m sure they’ll pull some PS5 exclusive first bullshit too so they can milk every last cent possible…
It’s not about amounting discs. It’s about dev time. If it was one whole game they’d not only bloat the budget to dangerous levels, it’d likely be outdated by the time it’s finished and will either need to redo large parts of the game so it looks modern or release a range that looks like it should’ve released 5+ years ago.
Imagine if FFVII didn’t split up it’s remake, not only would we not have any of it right now. When the third part comes out it’ll all just look like a PS4 game on a PS6.
If you want to argue whether or not they should go balls to wall that requires them to make a series of games so large is infeasible as a single entry, and do something a bit more budget friendly like the original, then fair enough. But then it’d just be a remaster or something not that far removed.
I don’t think so on the PS5 exclusivity. SE said that it did not pay off in sales for XVI and I believe they said they weren’t doing that again
It’s funny they say that, as if we haven’t played games like red dead that are much larger and more complex
Eh the “PS5 first” angle for FF16 and the continuation of Remake underperformed, and they admitted it themselves. I think PS5/PC releases are the future for them, so they can make more money at launch with minimal porting issues.
I really hope so. I’ve been playing ff16 finally since it’s on PC and it’s really good. I absolutely love how dark the story is lol it deserved better treatment/exposure on PC
Because people liked the idea so much with FF7? /s
They’re gonna ruin it like the did 7…aren’t they?
How is 7 “ruined”? It’s still there, isn’t it?
Yup, they left the number 7 there alright.
Speak for yourself, I’ve been absolutely loving the 7 remakes.
I’m truly happy for you, to each their own… but the soulless, empty cash grabs that they turned them into, when all they had to do was port the original to modern graphics and maybe change the combat system (up for debate, not the issue here) is painfully obvious to any who look.
Remake and Rebirth are so fucking good. They’re more than what I wanted because instead of just getting a basic bitch remake in more than just name, I get a fucking sequel that expand upon so many aspects of the original. As a fan. Why wouldn’t you want more of what you love?
Not only that they’ve shown time and time again throughout the games so far that they hold so much reverence to the original and show it so much more respect than a beat for beat remake ever could.
The story changes are awful so far. Gameplay is good though
Why wouldn’t you want more of what you love?
…it’s not the game that I loved, not even close. I bought the first remake, got to the first boss, and uninstalled.
Square are dead to me.
I think it made sense for 7. Midgar was the most interesting set piece and a ton of stuff happens there. But it’s only like 10% of the game.
Then you collect side characters like infinity stones and to through a bunch of their individual stories.
Then the actual story happens.
Also, 7 is popular enough to support the split up.
This doesn’t make sense for 9. Also, isn’t it supposed to be a 1 for 1 remake?
But they want more moneyyyyy 🥺
I don’t think it even makes sense financially. There’s not really a first part for people to get excited about compared to Midgar in 7. 9 is more of a full package game.
Jumping rope about to be a whole chapter LET’S GOOOOOO
Shit just make a live service with mtx if you want to fuck over wallets so badly.
Isn’t that how we ended up with Ever Crisis?
I would’ve liked a normal remaster of FF7 with that graphical style. Guessing we won’t ever get it.
Oh not this shit again
Remake 8 you cowards
Did they even finish the FF7 remake?
There are two 7 Remake games out, with one more on the way afaik.
Ah, so the answer is no, no it’s not done yet. Cool. /s
To be fair, there’s never been a time when Final Fantasy 9 could’ve been a single game. It’s simply not possible.
But it is.
If it had been, don’t you think Square could simply remake it in one game rather than splitting it into the multi-game saga that it always has been? It would never work!
i’m fine with that, honestly. i love the breakup of ff7 into three different pieces because it gives it more time to bake and tell a story instead of trying to fit it all in one game.
So far it’s a worse story than the original, and taking a decade to tell it doesn’t improve its enjoyment
They had so much filler too. The giant mechanical hand sitting on a junk pile in Shinra is cool as a bit of a background piece, but not as an entire puzzle corridor. The remakes are littered with little things like this that deliberately slow down the pacing in a not very meaningful way.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Because it’s just not possible to make fully featured games anymore? Everything’s gotta be bite sized chunks for full price.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The FF7 Remake games have a lot more content than the respective parts of the original
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
And it honestly breaks the flow of the story sometimes compared to the original. Rebirth’s added content felt like busywork at times to make it seem like a bigger game than it actually is.
The Honeybee sequence is peak tho, and I’ll fight anyone that says otherwise.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Even still, I think there’s like over a dozen games based on and around ff7 out there. It’s a bit much. Remake 3!