Final Fantasy VII Remake to be Multi-Part Series

[Rowan]

I guess another important question, are saves going to transfer like they would from disc 1 to 2, or are these going to be 3 completely independent games?

This is one of my greatest concerns.

The other concern being are we not going to be able to travel back to previous places from the other discs? This would have a huge impact on the 'free roam' aspect of the game in my opinion.

[Coff9]

The other concern being are we not going to be able to travel back to previous places from the other discs? This would have a huge impact on the 'free roam' aspect of the game in my opinion.

Oh, I didn't even think of that! I hope that's not what happens, but now that you mention it, I have a suspicion it might.

[Andromeda]

For the sake of our non-forum viewers, I made a new News Article that covers all of the new details that came out. There are a lot of tiny and big pieces shattered all over the internet and parsing it all is a bit an effort.

But the big picture painted by Square, Nomura and Kitase seems to be that each part of Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a full sized RPG experience. If that is to be read correctly, it sounds like it will be equal into content/playtime/investment as a normal 40 hour RPG/$60 game. They haven't said pricing, so there is no idea if they will be charging $60 per game. Despite everything, they've still failed to really give a clear picture on the product that they're selling us. I want to know what my money is buying, how much game am I getting for my money and how long I'm waiting between releases. Because this doesn't seem like a Telltale sort of release schedule. This seems like full game development times X parts.

The interesting and positive side of things, is that they said Midgar is more explorable than before. Places we never got to go to before will be available. And since what they're doing now is the bar for the whole game. We could actually end up seeing a vastly larger world to explore. We'll actually have new things to see and find that weren't in the original. The story will still be the same, but we could be having a new experience playing Final Fantasy VII in a way that wasn't really expected.

I'm remaining positive and excited for the game. But I think they're still doing a bad job being transparent. They need to take lessons from FFXIV and FFXV dev teams and be clear and up front about things. Even if it is unfavorable news, people take it better when you're clear and honest rather than trying to cover it up because you know it's going to blow up the internet.