A leak

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

This is just a leak from 4chan but many former leaks have turned out to be true. Not my words. Take with grain of salt.

""""

Seems like a good thread for me to leak trout on the low. Don't expect FF7R at PSX, the next big showing is already decided to happen after KH3 is released though Kitase and Nomura are trying to convince the higher ups to let them do a KH3+FF7R event at E3 but it doesn't seem like they'll give the ok, they want to market it when it will be closer to release.

FF7R right now is in no shape to be shown in real time because a lot of gameplay aspects are not yet set in stone (will explain below). Lot of trout is going on right now, the development was stalled for a few months after CC2 was fired. It's not in "dev hell" or anything and it is actually progressing nicely. Problem is that CC2 did a troutty job on many parts and we have to reevaluate the entire project, see what we should keep and what we should rebuild from scratch which smurfed our schedule a bit and we missed some deadlines. We restarted development in September after hiring new staff and pulling some seniors from Division 2.

do you know anything else on PSX or only FF7R stuff? When will they reveal Tifa if it's the latter?


All the character designs including Tifa have been finalized. There is no plan to reveal characters in specific order. The only character the team is thinking of definitely revealing at the next showing is Aerith.

Tifa's tits have been slightly nerfed though.

>Tifa's tits have been slightly nerfed though.
This will cause troutstorms.

How far into the story will part 1 be? End of Midgar?

The final boss of the first game is Jenova birth. That's where part 1 ends.

what's the timeframe for kh3 then, if we have to wait until thats out?



KH3 is set for the end of 2018, no specific date as they don't know when they will be ready. Some of our senior battle planners are working on both 7R and KH3, i heard it's progressing pretty well and they haven't missed any deadlines so far.


I don't know much more about kh3, not a lot of communication going on about it in the office.


Last post and i am out.


For the world map we're working on something similar to XII, not as many loading screens. Areas are split into zones but we're trying to make each zone as big and seamless as possible.


To get into cities you will also have to go through a loading sceen but the cities will be completely seamless or at least that's the plan. Making Midgar completely seamless has been pretty smurfing hard because it's way bigger than it was in the original game. Splitting the city up with loading screens is still possibility if we fail but Nomura is pretty stubborn about this.""""

Now this could be garbage for all we know but many FF leaks on 4chan have come true. I wouldn't doubt it right away. This could be true

[charliepanayi]

How many former leaks have turned out to be true? 90% 50% 20% 1%?

Even if it's true, it tells us almost nothing anyway.

[Psychotic]

I'd be surprised if they ended it at Jenova Birth, that's not really a natural stopping point, I think they should end it with Motorball and cut it short there.

[Fynn]

I mean, that would be cool, since we'd be looking at 2-3 parts instead of - God forbid - 7, but I kinda doubt it. Then again, I am dead certain they won't end the first episode with Aerith's dead since if they're paying money to create that Aerith model then, God dammit, they will use it for as many games as they can.

[Psychotic]

With that you gotta ask two questions: Will there be an Aerith revival quest and will it be separate DLC?

[Fynn]

I mean, they've already jumped the shark with the introduction of Genesis and the goddess Minerva, so I don't give a crap if they add a Mukki romance option, let alone an Aerith revival quest.

[Psychotic]

I mean, they've already jumped the shark with the introduction of Genesis and the goddess MinervaWait they're doing what now

[Fynn]

Play Crisis Core


or don't

[Psychotic]

Oh okay thank god I thought you meant they'd said that shit was in the remake.

[Fynn]

They did say they plan to integrate he compilation canon into the remake though soooooo

[Example]

So far nothing really important. I wonder if they're going to make Midgar fully explorable this time. Maybe make it into its own hub world, hopefully they at least pull it off better than Naughty Dog did with the Jak games.


They did say they plan to integrate he compilation canon into the remake though soooooo

Wait really? When did they say that?

[maybee]

Play Crisis Core


or don't


Voting on the "don't " answer unless you can handle obnoxious characters and/or have the tolerance of a saint and you love repetitive missions and gambling LV UP like systems.

I mean.... Genesis !.... What a amazing character that wasn't annoying at all ! / S

[Fynn]

So far nothing really important. I wonder if they're going to make Midgar fully explorable this time. Maybe make it into its own hub world, hopefully they at least pull it off better than Naughty Dog did with the Jak games.


They did say they plan to integrate he compilation canon into the remake though soooooo

Wait really? When did they say that?

https://gematsu.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-vii-remake-producer-discusses-scale-compilation-changes-more


Compilation of Final Fantasy VII: “If there are any areas [from The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII] where we can use the settings or the characters, we do want to try to incorporate it in there, so it gives off that sense of nuance and those other stories existing,” Kitase said. “But, of course, it would be difficult to follow up on everything that happened in this universe. So, maybe some of the characters who weren’t as famous won’t appear or be mentioned. But in terms of the characters and instances that remain in the memories of our fans, we do want to try our best to integrate that in some fashion in the world.”
Read more at https://gematsu.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-vii-remake-producer-discusses-scale-compilation-changes-more#by3IMCtbUMl5133J.99

So yeah, strap in for some Genesis, y'all! :monster: Also, probably some DLC with the Goddess Minerva creation myth or something

[Psychotic]

Fynn you're lucky I don't believe in shooting the messenger because otherwise I'd be burying your bullet-riddled corpse in a shallow grave right about now.

[Fynn]

I'm surprised you all missed this before!

Also, calling it - Cissnei will show up either instead of or along with Elena.

[Psychotic]

WHAT EVEN IS A CISSNEI

[Fynn]

I don't know if I envy your blissful ignorance, or feel sad for your crushed childhood dreams

[Jinx]

WHAT EVEN IS A CISSNEI

a cisgendered snei

[Bubba]

WHAT EVEN IS A CISSNEI

[charliepanayi]

That quote is still pretty vague though, doesn't rule in or rule out anything!

[Example]

So far nothing really important. I wonder if they're going to make Midgar fully explorable this time. Maybe make it into its own hub world, hopefully they at least pull it off better than Naughty Dog did with the Jak games.


They did say they plan to integrate he compilation canon into the remake though soooooo

Wait really? When did they say that?

https://gematsu.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-vii-remake-producer-discusses-scale-compilation-changes-more


Compilation of Final Fantasy VII: “If there are any areas [from The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII] where we can use the settings or the characters, we do want to try to incorporate it in there, so it gives off that sense of nuance and those other stories existing,” Kitase said. “But, of course, it would be difficult to follow up on everything that happened in this universe. So, maybe some of the characters who weren’t as famous won’t appear or be mentioned. But in terms of the characters and instances that remain in the memories of our fans, we do want to try our best to integrate that in some fashion in the world.”
Read more at https://gematsu.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-vii-remake-producer-discusses-scale-compilation-changes-more#by3IMCtbUMl5133J.99

So yeah, strap in for some Genesis, y'all! :monster: Also, probably some DLC with the Goddess Minerva creation myth or something

Welp looks like they had a change of heart.

http://www.finalfantasyunion.com/news/3357/tetsuya-nomura-reveals-compilation-of-ffvii-is-not-canon-to-ffvii-remake/

http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/27/crisis-crisis-core-dirge-cerberus-hd-compilations-difficult-says-nomura/#SBSoZG6w85uFoObv.99

http://gameranx.com/updates/id/94798/article/final-fantasy-vii-remake-director-reveals-past-spin-off-titles-would-not-go-with-story/


If we make a compilation, these games will hardly have an overall coherence.

And it only took them over a decade to realize that. Shame since I was really looking forward to seeing Gackt forced into everything everywhere again while constantly beating us over the head with pretentious, masturbatory drivel about soldiers and honor.

[maybee]

Shame since I was really looking forward to seeing Gackt forced into everything everywhere again while constantly beating us over the head with pretentious, masturbatory drivel about soldiers and honor.

Zack did that too though. In fact that was 97 per cent of the game.

[Fynn]

Welp looks like they had a change of heart.

http://www.finalfantasyunion.com/news/3357/tetsuya-nomura-reveals-compilation-of-ffvii-is-not-canon-to-ffvii-remake/

http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/27/crisis-crisis-core-dirge-cerberus-hd-compilations-difficult-says-nomura/#SBSoZG6w85uFoObv.99

http://gameranx.com/updates/id/94798/article/final-fantasy-vii-remake-director-reveals-past-spin-off-titles-would-not-go-with-story/


If we make a compilation, these games will hardly have an overall coherence.

And it only took them over a decade to realize that. Shame since I was really looking forward to seeing Gackt forced into everything everywhere again while constantly beating us over the head with pretentious, masturbatory drivel about soldiers and honor.

Except all that refers to the possibility of doing an HD collection of all the other compilation titles, and not the presence of the compilation canon in the remake. The title in the first link is misleading because Nomura never states that outright. He does mention, however, that FFVII will be different than what it was before. He says there is no continuity "for the moment", and you know how Nomura is when it comes to sticking to his statements (*cough Les Mis-style FFXV musical cough*). It's also worth pointing out that this is a translation of a translation, and that it's not really a change of heart so much as Nomura hinting at something else than Nojima.

Whatever the case will be, however, remains a mystery until we get the game. I am 100% certain that the story will be very different than the original. This may turn out to be for the best if they actually address the insane issues the game has after the mid point. It might as well be a disaster if they do actaully go the compilation route. Only time will tell, though.

[Example]

Welp looks like they had a change of heart.

http://www.finalfantasyunion.com/news/3357/tetsuya-nomura-reveals-compilation-of-ffvii-is-not-canon-to-ffvii-remake/

http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/27/crisis-crisis-core-dirge-cerberus-hd-compilations-difficult-says-nomura/#SBSoZG6w85uFoObv.99

http://gameranx.com/updates/id/94798/article/final-fantasy-vii-remake-director-reveals-past-spin-off-titles-would-not-go-with-story/


If we make a compilation, these games will hardly have an overall coherence.

And it only took them over a decade to realize that. Shame since I was really looking forward to seeing Gackt forced into everything everywhere again while constantly beating us over the head with pretentious, masturbatory drivel about soldiers and honor.

Except all that refers to the possibility of doing an HD collection of all the other compilation titles, and not the presence of the compilation canon in the remake. The title in the first link is misleading because Nomura never states that outright. He does mention, however, that FFVII will be different than what it was before. He says there is no continuity "for the moment", and you know how Nomura is when it comes to sticking to his statements (*cough Les Mis-style FFXV musical cough*). It's also worth pointing out that this is a translation of a translation, and that it's not really a change of heart so much as Nomura hinting at something else than Nojima.

Whatever the case will be, however, remains a mystery until we get the game. I am 100% certain that the story will be very different than the original. This may turn out to be for the best if they actually address the insane issues the game has after the mid point. It might as well be a disaster if they do actaully go the compilation route. Only time will tell, though.

But they just said it was because of the presence of the compilation canon in the remake, or lack thereof, and they cited coherency as the key issue. Now I know that sounds pretty rich coming from the "genius" behind Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts, but since they confirmed they'll be changing the story they shouldn't have any issues connecting the remake to the compilation, or at the very least a much easier time than connecting the compilation with the original PS1 game, so coherency should be the last of their worries here especially given their track record for the last decade. Which could be a sign that things are starting to improve and they're putting some actual thought and effort into their storytelling as opposed to relying entirely on nostalgia and brand recognition. Of course it's more than likely wishful thinking on my part, and I'm just setting myself up for disappointment, but a part of me honestly believes they have a chance to not fuck up this time.

[Fynn]

I've pretty much just given up on hoping they'd leave the Compilation out of it. Really, the only thing I want from the remake that I think is likely, considering the game is divided into parts, is that they'll actually improve the general writing of the parts that used to be on the second disc. Not a lot of story really needs to be changed - even just a couple lines justifying the party's reasoning for all the bullshit there could do wonders to make the whole game feel more cohesive. Yes, even if there is a Genesis in this game. And a Cissnei. And a- okay, maybe not a Minerva.

[Skyblade]

I'm with Fynn. I'm positive they're going to shove the Compilation stuff in there, and the game's story will be the worse for it.

I would look forward to some minor writing improvements, but I wouldn't trust Square to make them.

[Serapy]

/SE'd

Kitase is considering making the Squall=Dead theory come true for the FF8 remake (if/when that ever happens) because social media. It's more popular than R=U. He probably have so many things planned to change. He or SE already done that in the past anyway.

No ty I rather stick with the Originals. And I shall won't be dictated. I feel sorry for the new players though but I believe the Remakes are just there for nostalgic playing and more sales.

[Stephenr]

I really wish they'd delay the game and make it in one part. Imagine how great it would be if this game came out and completely nailed it. Has every quest available from the original, fully explorable world map, completely to scale.

Story mode complete from day one. If there's moderate problems with the game when they release part one, critics will rip it apart, it could pit a damper on the hype for part two, nvm just waiting 2 years for part two is a bummer in itself.

[Example]

I really wish they'd delay the game and make it in one part. Imagine how great it would be if this game came out and completely nailed it. Has every quest available from the original, fully explorable world map, completely to scale.

Story mode complete from day one. If there's moderate problems with the game when they release part one, critics will rip it apart, it could pit a damper on the hype for part two, nvm just waiting 2 years for part two is a bummer in itself.

That would cost too much. And as indicated by FFXV, Square has really been slipping up with handling big games in development hell.

[Vyk]

At least there's the PC and PS4 ports

[AppJetty]

Its damn perfect idea to ask questions on Aerith's revival quest and seperate DLC, as its too interesting and seeing worthy too.. Perfect going.