To sayFinal Fantasy VII Remake’sending is wild would be a gross understatement. The last several hours throws a multitude plot twists at the player, opening the door to countless possibilities in the future.
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People should prepare to wait a while, however, because Square Enix is not known for pushing games out the door quickly. It is both a blessing and a curse, since the long waits are almost unbearable, but usually assure a level of polish many other Triple-A games struggle to match.
But in the meantime, fans have tons of burning questions for the developers aboutFinal Fantasy VII Remake, 10 of which are listed below.
10Structure
How will the sequel ultimately be structured? Will it take cues fromFinal Fantasy VII Remakeand divide it up into chapters one can select after beating the game? Maybe it will take some inspiration fromFinal Fantasy XV, which was open for the first several chapters before putting players on a linear path towards the ending, which helped focus the story. Given how the journey changes after the party leaves Midgar, pacing will most likely differ too.
9How Far Into The Story Will It Go?
Assuming the sequels follow the general outline of the original game, how far into the story will the next part go? The ending of the original’s first disc is still quite a while after leavingMidgar, so it is doubtful the game will go that far if the rest of the world will be as detailed as the metropolis where the journey starts. What other plot points beforehand serve as good stopping points for a full game?
8Battle System
Final Fantasy VII Remake’s battle system takes cues from the 1997 original while making it more consistently engaging and factoring movement into strategy.
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While a welcome change, it is far from perfect. What changes and quality of life improvements will the sequel put into the combat? Some subtle changes can go a long way towards making menus and fighting more convenient.
7How Much Has Changed?
The ending implies that things have changed, but to what extent? Will the future titles barely resemble the legendary 1997RPG, or will they mostly follow the outline save for minor adjustments? Just the concept of a future open to change makes the sequels more enticing. If it was a straightforward remake with no changes to the plot, the conversation surrounding the first part would already be over.
6Will It Be Cross-Generation?
Depending on how many years pass between games, one has to wonder if the second part will come out on thePS4. The recent game already pushes the current platforms to their limits, so maybe focusing on the next generation will let the sequels shine. However, if the current generation lives long enough into thePS5’slife, it could be financially advantageous for them to make a PS4 version.
5Party Management
Players never choose which party members to use in combat. Instead, circumstances decide it for them. Will the sequels follow the same route even though the party is bigger and together for longer periods of time outside of Midgar? Chapter Seventeen uses PHS terminals to switch between parties in Hojo’s lab, which is the name of the device players use to switch party members in the original once they access the world map.
4Zack
Zack shows up in the ending ofFinal Fantasy VII Remake. However, the climactic scene plays out dramatically different, perhaps leading to drastic consequences for the future. Zack was always a minor yet vital supporting character, but this new turn of events will perhaps significantly expand his role in the new games. Maybe he will even become a playable character.
3Will Yuffie Be Optional?
The originalJapaneseRPG classic features two optional party members, Yuffie and Vincent.Vincent shows up a little later, but Yuffie is available almost right away.
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Will she still be optional? Given the increased focus on Wutai, perhaps she will be mandatory and end up playing a larger role in the plot. Her thieving ways could also be used as a way to take away all the party’s Materia at the start of the next title.
2How The World Map Will Be Interpreted
Final Fantasy VIIfeatures an extensiveworld map, but the series has slowly done away with this feature. How will the sequel interpret the massive overworld? Fans are already pitching their own theories, ranging fromFinal Fantasy XV’s open-world design toFinal Fantasy XII’szones. Open-world games take a long time to develop, and also bring up a whole new range of design issues in trying to make these areas interesting to traverse.
1The Rest Of Avalanche
In the original game, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie bite it when the Sector Seven plate falls. InFinal Fantasy VII Remake, Biggs is shown recovering from his wounds; Wedge potentially dies from the Whispers in the Shinra building, but his fate is ultimately ambiguous; andJessie’s glove is on the tablenext to Biggs in the orphanage during the ending cinematic, implying her continued existence. Will whichever characters who survive play a major role in the future?
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