Quote Originally Posted by Fox View Post
So apparently each episode will be the size of a full game and will each be a unique story. So it sounds very much like these are separate experiences allowing you to play chunks of FFVII as self-contained games, and less part of one big whole.

It's almost like they're listening to me saying "Well, as long as it's not like this..." and then changing the design to make it like that.
Basically.

"Oh no, some people liked the action based combat! Quick, how can we kill the hype for this game even more?!"

So, no more backtracking. No exploration outside of where you're supposed to go next. No optional content...

It looks like this remake will, at least, prove exactly why the current AAA development system leads to objectively inferior products.

Quote Originally Posted by fat_moogle View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Fox View Post
So apparently each episode will be the size of a full game and will each be a unique story. So it sounds very much like these are separate experiences allowing you to play chunks of FFVII as self-contained games, and less part of one big whole.

It's almost like they're listening to me saying "Well, as long as it's not like this..." and then changing the design to make it like that.
If this is the case then I wonder how they would enable the carrying over of items, levels, Materia etc.
What makes you think they will? Lightning started back with no abilities during Lightning Returns, after all.