Remake on hold until series improves

[ShinGundam]

Why not just downrank it...picture FF7 with FF4 PSP sprites. THAT is something new and intriguing.

I am sorry but for who? hipsters?

[Jowy]

People who like those sort of games. If they put it on iOS or Android marketplace it would make billions.

[ShinGundam]

People who like those sort of games. If they put it on iOS or Android marketplace it would make billions.

Me, No thanks. I want more premier console JRPGs now more than ever. I don't care about nostalgia because if i want old school feel then i will just play old games not a retro wannabe. I know that is selfish but i am more disheartened by lack of variety of console JRPGs.

[Jiro]

a remake would be the coolest!! hurry up and make better games then

[Wolf Kanno]

People who like those sort of games. If they put it on iOS or Android marketplace it would make billions.

Me, No thanks. I want more premier console JRPGs now more than ever. I don't care about nostalgia because if i want old school feel then i will just play old games not a retro wannabe. I know that is selfish but i am more disheartened by lack of variety of console JRPGs.

I just don't feel Japan has it in them to make a premium next-gen JRPG. Partly because they want to move away from a lot of the elements that made the genre what it is and partly because the gamers genre taste don't care for it as much anymore. It hasn't been helped that JRPGs lost their niche (story telling games), have been shackled with graphic quality and most designers feel that modern RPGs need to absorb action game elements or MMO style gameplay to be even remotely successful.

I honestly don't think a remake of VII would work since the game still plays like a 16-bit RPG, has been cluttered with it's plothole tumor Compilation, and several of the elements probably wouldn't fly over so well in today's market. The best you could hope for is a smaller handheld release on the Vita using the Crisis Cire/Dissidia/Agito engine with a few tweaks and references thrown in.

[Mercen-X]

My wishlist (it's different again):

1: Fix graphics glitches. Okay. Fine. Keep Cloud a blocky Popeye wannabe. But grant a bit more diversity to character animations (like when you scan through the character reactions of Cloud's catatonia, most of then just swivel on a dime with no real reaction. My favorites were Barret's and Vincent's where Barret looks over his shoulder while Vincent just walks out without a second's thought. I think Red XIII should have looked over his shoulder instead of swiveling around 'cause that made no sense and his tail goes through the wall.)

2: Tad more diverse battle animations. For what was a "modern-era" game, a lot of what you saw in battle was copy-pasted dozens over and I personally feel that even the main party's finishing reaction got stale after the first few times. I liked in XII how each character's finishing stance was determined by their weapon (and like their active battle pose was also unique for each character). Maybe broadswords like the Buster Sword and Ultima Weapon are a bit too hefty to be believably swung about like a windmill fan before being slung over Cloud's shoulder or maybe I just think it'd look cooler to gouge the thing into the ground. In his intial cocky ex-SOLDIER mercenary state, Cloud should probably have a more hyperactive repeating stance like Yuffie's, Barret's, or Red XIII's (hell, Tifa sorely needs one as well, "sitting pretty" doesn't suit a badass like her).

3: Stick to a single FMV format. Why were most of the scenes animated to express Cloud as a lifelike individual and then we got some crappy filler bits where he's still a dwarf? Also, there's never any dialogue during these bits and I'm not complaining. But there is dialogue during the final FMV after defeating Sephiroth. I know many of you twits will hate me for suggesting it, but that one scene should be voice-acted. We already got a lineup of voice actors thanks to AC DC & CC so we don't need to worry about anyone sounding "off" as we already know what they sound like now.

4: Fix the translator. Keep the scene where Aerish says "This guy are sick" but have Cloud point out how silly she sounds. But for the most part fix the weirdo translation mistakes. How am I supposed to acquire the right items if when I get them, they read as something else..?

5: Use XII's battle display. Why the hell did VII's display cut off half of the animation for something as uniform as a Summon?

6: Grant some motion strategem to battle. Battle positioning was always determined at random. Either you'd be facing the enemy, facing away, attacked from both sides, or attacking from both sides. Allow for characters to choose to shift to other parts of the battle field. You know how it's useful sometimes to attack an enemy from behind. Battling Air Buster was made a lot easier due to positioning. Sure, maneuvering characters around may seem tedious but it's the closest I come to saying a battle system with a full-range of motion field map is at all a good thing.

7: Fix the W-Item glitch so these pansies will stop saying it's the best strategy in the game.

8: Effing reward me for bothering with Aerish at all.

9: Show the end at the beginning. Later, we can explore how it's possible that Red XIII is not the last of his kind.

10: Add a battle animation for Cloud's crossdressing. Y'all know you want to see that. Hell. Add an FMV of his debut in the dress shop. And one of the three girls being looked over by Corneo.

11: Toss in a few weapons, accessories, materia from parts of the Compilation.

12: Make Vincent's transformations truer to the DoC incarnations.

13: Put Vincent's and Yuffie's major roles back in the game but keep them optional characters. This way your choice of whether to recruit them impacts the game... if somewhat.

14: Add the Excalibur as a weapon for Cloud. Let Cloud wield the Masamune Replica (weak a la Excalipoor). Make Barret and Yuffie's critical hits target all opponents (even if that might be irritating during battles against Chocobos). Give Red XIII weapons that make sense (Behemoth Horn was fine). How was Yuffie's Pinwheel less of a joke than the Super Ball? Give everyone else a second joke weapon. Banish Cait Sith's giant mog. Let Vincent also equip Tifa's gloves (like Albel on SOTET). Put a third Triple AP weapon in the game (this one will have one slot and either Red XIII or Cait Sith should wield it, I suggest to piss some people off).

15: Make Koji Masuda from Ehrgeiz the leader of Bone Village. lol

16: Most importantly, allow me to take Cloud out of the party for battles.

[Jinx]

6: Grant some motion strategem to battle. Battle positioning was always determined at random. Either you'd facing the enemy, facing away, attacked from both sides, or attacking from both sides. Allow for characters to choose to shift to other parts of the battle field. You know how it's useful sometimes to attack an enemy from behind. Battling Air Buster was made a lot easier due to positioning. Sure, maneuvering characters around may seem tedious but it's the closest I come to saying a battle system with a full-range of motion field map is at all a good thing.

No.

I think you're missing the point on this one. The whole "being attacked from behind" etc was random because it created a challenge. Your characters were more vulnerable to attacks and it switched the front/back lines. The others also added a different level of easiness/difficulty. The point was for it to be random so you don't know what's going to happen, and it possibly messing up your game. I know there were times when enemies would attack from both sides, and I'd die.

The point is to throw a wrench in, not allow you to choose to attack from both sides to make the game easier for you.

[Mercen-X]

Don't much care. Basically, I've been thinking on being able to move around the battlefield for a long time, because hey, in a real battle, you're not stuck in one place... well, in gun battles you usually are, but not these.

[Jinx]

Don't much care. Basically, I've been thinking on being able to move around the battlefield for a long time, because hey, in a real battle, you're not stuck in one place... well, in gun battles you usually are, but not these.

That's true. :P

That's one reason, now that I'm older, I'm interested in giving FFXII another try. It's more realistic.

[Sephex]

The fact that these type of threads get so much attention across the internet really should say something to Square-Enix.

[Mercen-X]

I'm stealing some ideas from Wolfie's post in the Remake VIII thread.

1) If 7 were remade, I would hope that Cloud would be made an optional party member by the point when he reveals how he knows Sephiroth to the party at Kalm. Forcing him on us did force us to appreciate his strengths in the original, but it'd be nice to have other options as party leader. In fact, I think the story should be tweaked slightly so that Cloud isn't turned to for every decision. Barret was the leader of AVALANCHE, Red XIII is highly intelligent, Cait Sith is a fortune teller, Vincent was a Turk, and Cid's a captain... in a game of rock, paper, scissor, Cloud ain't the dynamite!

2) Alternate outfits are always a plus especially in differing enviornments. Before traveling down to the Great Glacier, the group was at Icicle Inn. Why wouldn't there be a shop selling warmer clothes? Even if you were too cheap to buy them, why wouldn't Holzoff give you warmer clothes before you climbed Gaea's Cliff? I would especially love to see Tifa wearing that leather jacket she sports only in fanart. I imagine the disguise outfits acquired in Junon would be a permanent fixture in your alt outfits collection.

3) Obviously, being remade for a new console, as Wolf has said, VII would certainly sport a new dungeon. Well, I mean, is it really obvious, or is that just an assumption? I would approve it.

4) Definitely re-balance the materia system. Maybe rearrange which spells/commands appear on which pieces of materia. Something I definitely wish to see is the materia being dependent upon its TYPE rather than its COLOR to determine what is does. Partially or mostly because I want the Lavender materia to disappear. Introduce a materia that lets you dual-wield. It's a classic.

5) Make running the default rather than having to hold a button (or at least set an option in the menu to change it to defaut).

6) Summons, for which I have two options: I never appreciated the size of the summons cutting away half of the screen so I can't even see the enemies who are supposedly being attacked. So either the summons' size can be reduced, or the cut-scene by which they attack could be like 9 wherein you could skip the animation.

7) I would like a more in-depth version of the Fort Condor defense battles. Also I think FC should call Cloud up on the PHS to tell him there's an incoming attack from Shinra rather than relying on guesses as to timing.

8) The Costal Del villa. I think they should add at least one extra feature to this place. Why waste money on it if it just does the same thing any other inn will do for less money? Then again, if there is an extra feature added, buying it should cost more money. That shouldn't be a problem though. I would imagine the extra feature as the villa being the only place where you can change outfits.

[Jiro]

5) Make running the default rather than having to hold a button (or at least set an option in the menu to change it to defaut).

There is an option for this

Costa Del Sol villa is utterly useless so they should give you something cool in there. Maybe some extra minigames, or just put the actual minigames in there and have them not cost gil to play for the trade off of never gaining GP.

Alt outfits would be great. Sailor Barret always and forever <3

I don't know about making Cloud optional there, perhaps after Mideel. He's way too integral to the plot at Kalm. If you don't take him with you then nothing happens.

[Mercen-X]

5) Make running the default rather than having to hold a button (or at least set an option in the menu to change it to defaut).

There is an option for this

Screenshot, please.

Costa Del Sol villa is utterly useless so they should give you something cool in there. Maybe some extra minigames, or just put the actual minigames in there and have them not cost gil to play for the trade off of never gaining GP.

I kind of feel the mini-games played throughout the story should feel more like the rest of the environment. So if any enhancements are made to the graphics, the same has to be done for the mini-games.
However, all mini-games in Gold Saucer can retain their original form because they're games after all.

Alt outfits would be great. Sailor Barret always and forever

Outfit Alt Tifaeris:

I imagine the girls would each put their own spin on the switch. So Tifa would still be baring her midriff and Aeris would still look proper. It's not so much the idea that they switched outfits with each other but that they've obtained outfits that look similar to the other.

Outfit Alt Aeris 1

Aeris KH

I don't know about making Cloud optional there, perhaps after Mideel. He's way too integral to the plot at Kalm. If you don't take him with you then nothing happens.

Plenty of times, VII shoved a party member into your team you were expecting to have prepared; Aerith, Tifa, Barret, Red XIII... why not Cloud? Sure their instances were once each and his would likely happen someting like eight times throughout the game, but hey, the point is having control over your party during battle. Hell, I'd accept a Chrono Cross-style battle-switch where though is the lead on the field, he disappears from combat.

[Jinx]

Dude, somebody needs to tell KH Aeris that her skirt and top clash horribly.

[Sephex]

Dude, somebody needs to tell KH Aeris that her skirt and top clash horribly.

Oh, she'll just die when she gets called out like that!