Insider says remake is happening

[Jiro]

I want them to remake it as a pinball game. Not that I like or dislike pinball I just think it's be amusing if the long awaited remake was a pinball game!

I'm at the point now where a troll remake would actually entertain me a lot more than a half-assed one, tbh.

[Wolf Kanno]

I want them to remake this game so we can stop talking about it. There are better games out there that deserve remakes more than this one. coffee5.gif

[NeoCracker]

Yeah man! I mean how long have we all been waiting for an HD Paladins Quest Remake?

[Carl the Llama]

I see "I don't want a remake" "If they do a remake they will probably smurf it up" "I don't want to see a remake because they will include the genesis crap", what I read is "I secretly want a remake, but its been so long I will remain derisive about it to everyone else".

I know why people don't want a remake, because it was such a popular game the first time around, you think it will breed a new wave of hate for other games/fanboism and hundreds of secret ways to revive Aerith. Fact is, I too remain pessimistic about a re-release, but at least I still want one. As for all the people who say they don't want a remake because of all the things that happened in Crisis Core, I don't care either way, I liked the game. And while many feel Genesis was tacked on to make it more interesting, it does stand to reason that there are more then one Soldier 1st Class, and indeed at least some of them would be jealous of all the attention Sephiroth gets.

[Bolivar]

I do not want Square to remake it. They'll insert Genesis, emo Cloud, and every other stupid retcon the Compilation has added in, with the result being that the new game will lose all the charm and style that the original game had. It will be an utter disaster.

This. They've already revised whether Cloud killed Sephiroth or not back and forth, I just don't want all this extra tacked on crap bloating what was already a special game in 1997.

The other big fear is known: Square will unavoidably make this with the highest end graphics and many of the story scenes will not translate. Moreover, they will likely completely revise the heart of the combat system given Japanese aversion to create menu-driven, turn-based battles with high definition graphics.

The only thing that could work would be what Square did with Tactics Ogre in 2011. The made the game as if it was made with modern sensibilities but in essence they did not change a thing. The developers even had a hard time putting into words what it is they actually did, which is probably why it turned out so well.

[Kalevala]

There's absolutely no chance it won't get remade at SOME point in the future, whether next year or in 15 years.

Which is when it should happen. The game isn't even 20 years old yet. I'm not saying a remake shouldn't happen, but they should at least wait a little longer.

[Bubba]

Congratulations to all the winners