Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post

Why would traditionalists be looking forward to the HD remaster if they're moving away from traditional systems? Apparently SE should be saying "if you enjoyed this game years ago, stay the hell away, because we're changing everything about it".
There are two versions of the game being released soon. The Remake and the HD Remaster of the original that was announced last December. The HD Remaster is basically an HD port of the PC Steam version from what I gather.

I'm also just basically quoting Nomura on all of this. He hasn't said how the remake will be different from the original but he did say that if you were just hoping for the original game with modern FF graphics, you're better off just getting the HD remaster because the remake will be changing things. Kitase mentioned in an interview a few years back that if he did do a remake of VII he would implement changes as he does feel VII has elements that haven't aged well or simply wanted to change things he decided in hindsight didn't work too well. Both have basically said that a VII remake without changes would just be repetitious.