Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread

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does anyone know the release date?
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No, a release date has not been announced yet. Chances are pretty good even Square-Enix doesn't know for sure yet, otherwise they'd have announced it and be building hype right now. There's probably some sort of boring bureaucracy stuff in the way, maybe an audio engine or codec that they didn't properly license (I dunno how much they changed, but these issues are especially common delays in downloaded games).

Then again, I wouldn't expect this to be using bink or fmod. Kinda overkill for something like this.
 
I mean, that's a joke right?

https://store.eu.square-enix.com/emea_en/pc-windows-download/FINAL-FANTASY-VII.php

Features

The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!

Achievements – Whether you´re a seasoned FINAL FANTASY VII veteran or exploring this RPG classic for the very first time, show off your in-game accomplishments and put your gaming skills to the test with 36 brand new achievements to unlock. Share your profile with friends online to find out who is the ultimate FINAL FANTASY fan.

Cloud Saves – If you´re away from home or simply using a different computer to play, enjoy FINAL FANTASY VII wherever you are. With cloud save support in FINAL FANTASY VII you can continue your game progress right where you left off (Requires Internet Connection).

Character Booster – Find yourself stuck on a difficult section or lacking the funds to buy that vital Phoenix Down? With the Character Booster you can increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to their maximum, all with the simple click of a button, leaving you to enjoy your adventure.

Optimized for PC – FINAL FANTASY VII has been updated to support the latest hardware and Windows Operating Systems.
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that sounds absolutely ridiculous. Has the gaming fallen so low already ? Or maybe someone hacked the website?
 
Achievements – Whether you´re a seasoned FINAL FANTASY VII veteran or exploring this RPG classic for the very first time, show off your in-game accomplishments and put your gaming skills to the test with 36 brand new achievements to unlock. Share your profile with friends online to find out who is the ultimate FINAL FANTASY fan.
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"Congrats, you just rode a Chocobo!"  "You picked up some Materia!"  "You didn't die at a mandatory boss!" :P Achievements are lame.

Cloud Saves – If you´re away from home or simply using a different computer to play, enjoy FINAL FANTASY VII wherever you are. With cloud save support in FINAL FANTASY VII you can continue your game progress right where you left off (Requires Internet Connection).
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I get that this is a "feature" of most steam games nowadays, but since the main character's default name is "Cloud".....

Character Booster – Find yourself stuck on a difficult section or lacking the funds to buy that vital Phoenix Down? With the Character Booster you can increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to their maximum, all with the simple click of a button, leaving you to enjoy your adventure.
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WHAT?!!?! If you're having problems with a part it's called "difficulty curve"! It's part of all RPGs. It's not meant to be easy to the first time player. After you get the hang of it it's almost TOO easy. But THIS? It ruins the entire game for you. Gil really isn't that much of a problem if you're leveling up properly.

Optimized for PC – FINAL FANTASY VII has been updated to support the latest hardware and Windows Operating Systems.
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Yeah, it REALLY needs that DirectX 11 interface. :P
 
They aren't remaking it, Just enable it to run on current gen OS's and tech. So i guess the above "Features" are after thoguhts
 
I get that this is a "feature" of most steam games nowadays, but since the main character's default name is "Cloud".....
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As pointless as the other features are, I really don't know how anyone can complain about cloud saves. If I can play on three different machines without having to move save files around, so much the better.

Yeah, it REALLY needs that DirectX 11 interface. :P
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FF7 uses the latest in 3D technology.
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Obviously they are just keeping in line with the traditions of old :P
 
I think it will be a blast. and if moddable, even better. no idea of a release date, right?
 
I wonder how achievements will work. Is the application being monitored by a service with the privileges to read certain arbitrary memory addresses?
 
I am curious about that as well.
perhaps it could work in a way similar to Dragon age, where they can be unlocked even offline.
 
Correct me if i'm worng but that would limit to loading mods using automated means such as bootleg, which i find a pain especially if i want to leave somethings unchanged and only mod certain bits like main characters[that too with certain models by different users which may or may not be supported by bootleg] and a few enemies.

Now i know bootleg gives us the option to choose for each thing from characters to effects etc, but i'm just saying it doesn't always work out.
 
I don't know what to think, when i was little these games did wonders for my boredom and on some levels even taught me how to read. They used to make games because they enjoyed it and put there hearts into a real good storyline but with the reviews and meetings there having, from what iv gathered in lamens terms their saying buy our games or were not giving you what you want. It's all money now. That's my opinion. They complain that no game since 7 has exceeded the amount of sales thus wont release a new one till they do but what they don't realize is if they re-released 7 in a HD PS3 new gen graphics which they are easily capable of doing they will make maybe triple the amount of the best selling game they have EVER made. Maybe even any game ever made . . .by anyone? I have to say call of duty for example mustn't be that far behind now but this sorta game would blow any opposition way off the scale.

Anyone understand this??
 
I don't know what to think, when i was little these games did wonders for my boredom and on some levels even taught me how to read. They used to make games because they enjoyed it and put there hearts into a real good storyline but with the reviews and meetings there having, from what iv gathered in lamens terms their saying buy our games or were not giving you what you want. It's all money now. That's my opinion. They complain that no game since 7 has exceeded the amount of sales thus wont release a new one till they do but what they don't realize is if they re-released 7 in a HD PS3 new gen graphics which they are easily capable of doing they will make maybe triple the amount of the best selling game they have EVER made. Maybe even any game ever made . . .by anyone? I have to say call of duty for example mustn't be that far behind now but this sorta game would blow any opposition way off the scale.

Anyone understand this??
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I understand, but I can't agree. I would love to see it happen, but we have no idea if the game would sell like you describe. It is all speculation. I would personally have a hard time to even buy a remake PS3 version as I don't own a PS3. It's hard to buy a several hundred dollar system for one game.
 
They complain that no game since 7 has exceeded the amount of sales thus wont release a new one till they do but what they don't realize is if they re-released 7 in a HD PS3 new gen graphics which they are easily capable of doing they will make maybe triple the amount of the best selling game they have EVER made. Maybe even any game ever made . . .by anyone? I have to say call of duty for example mustn't be that far behind now but this sorta game would blow any opposition way off the scale.

Anyone understand this??
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What i understand is
 
- they would have to remake ALL the assets from scratch to give game a decent hd presentation. that is not so easy, especially since pc team could not do it - they did not have source material to redo it back then. they might have a few character models redone a few times already, but the locations, backgrounds, animations, fmv's, enemy models - everything from scratch.
- there are some things they would rather leave out (cross dressing and whole don corneo thing in general)
- remakes usually get lukewarm reception, a lot of people would prefer things as they used to be.
- they would not prevent themselves from making 'improvements' to the game (and change e.g. the nibelheim scene again)
- they would most likely attempt to tie ff7 with other ff7-related games.

in the end - that would be game not worth getting.
 
I have visualized in my head many awesome ways to take existing script and existing scenes from Final Fantasy VII into HD game-play. My ideas are slightly based on the game-play of Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and MALICE. A third person view of Cloud Strife or whoever the party leader would make a great new part of the game remake. If Final Fantasy VII was remade this way plus other ways without changing anything to the game itself, that would work well. For the controversial parts of the game, such as extra game modes and tying Final Fantasy VII to its sequels and prequels, well, make those optional downloadable content. The remake should only be made exclusively for the Playstation 3 and computers. If it was made for the computers, then modders like you can mod the hell out of it anyway you wanted to. How does all of this sound?  :lol:
 
regardless of where it goes, I'm giving it 2 days before it's cracked and shared
 
I'm curious if they are using the current PC version but improving it, or if they are making a whole new port entirely. If it's the latter, it would probably interfere with mods (assuming it doesn't already have some sort of encryption to prevent them in the first place)
 
I'm curious if they are using the current PC version but improving it, or if they are making a whole new port entirely. If it's the latter, it would probably interfere with mods (assuming it doesn't already have some sort of encryption to prevent them in the first place)
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It'd be cheaper to update the current PC port, and I can't imagine them spending too much on this.

But they can't prevent mods, only make it more difficult. At most, we'll have to do some of reverse engineering and recompile things in different formats. At the minimum, we'll have to put textures in lgp files because we won't have Aali's driver to take care of things the easy way. Regardless, I can't imagine this being impossible, just difficult. With any luck, it might even reinvigorate the FF7 modding scene; there's a lot of talent that's no doubt stayed away because the PC version is so difficult to come by anymore.
 
Very true, I hope that ends up being the case.

I also hope they implemented the actual PSX music properly now. That would just be a joke if it still used midis. I also wonder how much work would have to go into something like the MOP to make it compatible with the re-release if we can't use Aali's driver.

Also it's amazing how news of this spreads and the haters start popping up everywhere. I'm seeing "Oh now you can relive the shittiest game on PC too!" on a lot of videos and articles. It's expected, but still.
 
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