The only way the Wutai connection makes sense to me is if Shinra is using it to disguise Avalanche's real motives for attacking them. It'd be easier to manipulate the public into believing they were just some small group of resistance fighters from Wutai than environmentalists and still have Shinra come out in a positive light.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake General Discussion Thread [Open Spoilers for Original FFVII ONLY please!]
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I'm definitely a little worried about the soundtrack. It seems like they're making the music a lot more industrial rock-oriented in general, taking away from the vibe of some of the original tracks. Hoping this is just to make the trailers more exciting.
We know that this first part will cover all of Midgar, more than likely ending right before you leave.
It's 100% going to take several years to have all the parts out, the most generous timeline is probably 3 years per game with it being 6 years before the last part is out. As a result the only part of the Remake that we'll see on current gen is the first part, and then part 2 onward will be on next gen.
This is what I'm thinking. Shinra branding Avalanche as allies of Wutai is likely going to tie into fleshing out Wutai village and Yuffie in subsequent parts.
At this point it's probably nothing more than putting the name in the players minds and providing a bit of background information about the Wutai war.
He looks like a skeezy old man/junkyard dog for some reason. Has no fluidity to his movements, doesn't have the sort of leonine/wolf thing he did in game. Doesn't work for me at all.
I'll bet that SOLDIER guy will be the jobber of this game; all flash and taken out like a punk. At least I hope.
I noticed that during the Ifrit part, he has his own gauge above the party's. Seems like the summons will fight alongside of you?
I noticed that during the Ifrit part, he has his own gauge above the party's. Seems like the summons will fight alongside of you?
It would be a shame IMO if they made Yuffie/Vincent mandatory, part of the charm was that you could finish the game never having them in your party. I feel like games don't do stuff like that much anymore, have secrets that aren't just hidden collectibles. I understand though that if they make a ton of story and program all that stuff, they are going to want it to be seen.
They are a 100% going to be mandatory. But I'm sure there'll be other secrets
Agreed that everything following part 1 will be on next-gen (which is how I want it, design them around Zen2 CPUs and SSDs), but I actually don't think it will necessarily take 3 years for each part. We don't know how many there will be exactly, but if the final part starts just after Meteor is summoned, it would require very little in the way of new assets/environments being created. I could see 2 years for the final part, with the 1 or 2 covering the various locations of the world taking longer.
They simply have to make them mandatory, because if they didn't they'd need to make like 4 versions of every cutscene and they wouldn't end up doing much. Hopefully they don't just become mandatory, but are also more important to the story.
For a game of this size and with how damn expensive part 1 looks I honestly feel like even 3 years is being generous. 3 years is a pretty quick turn around for a AAA game these days and given that future parts will be on next gen who knows what their development pipeline will be like by then.
If we assume that there's only 3 parts I could certainly see the final part having the shortest gap between releases though. The big challenge for Part 2 is going to be figuring out and implementing the open world which is something that will obviously carry forward and trim down development time somewhat for Part 3.
I was thinking about how they already have the engine and gameplay systems set up (and it doesn't seem like the jump to PS5 will be very complex this time), plus the fact that it seems that the SSD is probably going to help with speedy development. It'll be easier when they don't have to work around HDD speeds. That said:
You're quite right about the open-world complications. I do hope the SSD and procedural generation can help with that (like, maybe they can give an AI the basic map shape and it can make a basic land mass to build on, I know they already have AIs that can create and render basic cities from scratch). Part 2 is still going to be huge, but I really do think there will be 4 parts. Originally I assumed a trilogy where Part 1 would end at Junon and Part 2 ended at the Northern Crater, but now that Part 1 is only Midgar, I simply cannot see only 2 more parts. The final game should still begin after the Meteor summoning, but the idea of building everything from Kalm to the Northern Crater in 1:1 in a single game is ludicrous. That journey would need to be two games, and I feel like the first could comfortably end on the discovery of Nibelheim (though Cosmo Canyon might need some serious expansion).
Watched the gameplay.
One thing I hope they change is Baretts attack. Its being used like a sword attack. So you press to swing, or in this case, press to shoot. But the shooting only lasts for a second. So there is this start and stop to it that looks REAL ANNOYING.
It should be able to hold in the button to continuously attack. If they want to balance it, let his gun overheat if you hold it in for too long or something.
The way it is now with you having to press the button constantly looks like it feels wrong.
edit: Nevermind, the eurogamer girl was playing it wrong lol. Checked other previews and it looked fine.
One thing I hope they change is Baretts attack. Its being used like a sword attack. So you press to swing, or in this case, press to shoot. But the shooting only lasts for a second. So there is this start and stop to it that looks REAL ANNOYING.
It should be able to hold in the button to continuously attack. If they want to balance it, let his gun overheat if you hold it in for too long or something.
The way it is now with you having to press the button constantly looks like it feels wrong.
edit: Nevermind, the eurogamer girl was playing it wrong lol. Checked other previews and it looked fine.
How do you make antagonist characters who aren't the biggest bad not jobbers in an RPG again?
some new info from TGS pamphlet.
-For summons, you can equip summon materia to use in certain battles
-Summons fight automatically, but you can also give commands for special abilities
-there is materia growth system.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/23916
-For summons, you can equip summon materia to use in certain battles
-Summons fight automatically, but you can also give commands for special abilities
-there is materia growth system.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/23916
Sounds like it's pretty much the usual approach they take with summons then. Wonder if they'll tie it to the Limit gauge instead of ATB.
Summons that fight alongside your entire party (instead of dismissing some or all of your party) is what they should have done in 12 and 13. Sounds absolutely great to me.
"certain battles" makes me think they aren't going to let you summon a big Alexander in a small elevator fight.
which would be lame.
haha I mean it's to be expected when the summons aren't just a cutscene anymore.
it's the FF7R PR guy (the one who said "Let's Mosey" at E3 conference)
I don't know what he is referring to but I am hoping it's about the live stage on Saturday.
And here's me thinking I was going on a media blackout from today.
I just don't want it to be like a FFXV or KH3 situation where the coolest ones are so restricted in their use they might as well not be in the game.
And the silly stuff that tends to happen when you use one way out of context is always a good thing.
I mean I hope the restriction is not as crazy as FFXV. I used summon like twice in my entire playthrough lol.
More likely it's just a way to (try to) turn the common folk to be against Avalanche. Wutai terrorists instead of rebels from within Midgar who are trying to save the planet.
Still not a fan of that boss music but I like the other music we've heard though I generally agree with the complaints of things being a bit too orchestrated. Hope we get a good variety of styles and stuff.
Gonna be bummed if all the music turns mostly orchestral/cinematic. :(
Talked about this earlier, but I really hope that isn't the case and they keep the original vibes of the different tracks. Oppressed People is one I really like to point out, because I dig the reggae/dub sound:
Talked about this earlier, but I really hope that isn't the case and they keep the original vibes of the different tracks. Oppressed People is one I really like to point out, because I dig the reggae/dub sound:
Seems we get a little bit of the main theme from this trailer for the vinyl that SE just put up.
Some of the early shots of FFVII Remake had "Summon" as a permanent menu-command, IIRC. I don't think they are tying summons to limited elements in the environment. Probably will just have a "only one use per activated encounter without downtime between them"
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