Daweii Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 hour ago, hogso said: No reference to episode 1 I really don't like how Square Enix are handling the release material for this game. Lots of people will be misled if they don't add Part 1, or Episode 1 onto the packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Indeed, it's awfully odd. I appreciate they're replicating the original NTSC cover, but even so. It must have some sort of reference to it being episode / part one on there, it's potentially so misleading otherwise. Sure, the vast majority will know it's not the whole story, but the minority may not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Maybe they'll surprise everyone and it'll be a multidisc full game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 I would love that to happen, and considered it myself - it's not possible though, unfortunately, they've confirmed it many times, including most recently when the new trailers dropped. They also haven't confirmed how many parts it'll be in. Most assume three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Square Enix initially said three parts years ago, but after personnel changes we now have lead producer Yoshinori Kitase saying he has no idea how many parts it'll be. What we do know is Remake: Part 1 is about 1/10 of the games overall story so we're looking at likely three parts minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 "We could make loads more money if we release it in 3 stages!" "You know how we could make even MORE money? 8 stages" ".... Do it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 It appears as though its been delayed until 10th April Shame, but hardly a surprise. There's due to be a demo on PSN at some point too, but no date for that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Good thing I got the discounted Switch version to play as I knew it would be a while until it came out. Haven't played it since the mid 2000's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Why is this taking so long? It's not like they had to put much thought into the story and concept, which is one of the more challenging things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) It's very typical of recent SquareEnix releases. They seem to favour a delayed release over a very large day one patch. In a time when it has almost become normal for games to be released that don't really work the way they should, an extra 5ish weeks is a small price to pay to avoid that. Now, if the game is released full of glitches, there's really no excuse. But, FFXV and KH3 were both delayed multiple times, and when the release came round, they were fine (not that they weren't then patched too, of course) Edited January 16, 2020 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I'm OK with waiting a few more weeks for a more polished game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 New trailer, it features a lot of the Wall Market / Pillar Collapse / Shinra HQ portion of the game It looks absolutely terrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Looks great, though I did have most of the contents spoiled by news feed popups before I could find it though. All that stuff they have shown there does suggest the delay was for some polish - I was a little concerned there was going to be another delay - but I'm looking hopeful at what we've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 The full opening movie was released yesterday If the extra bit at the start is indicative of a move towards the story being more about the ecowarrior stuff (especially in the early game), then for me at least it's another good decision. No word on the proposed PSN demo release date yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) An interesting correlation between the FFVIIR opening and the Crisis Core end movies has been pointed out The slight focus in the FF7R opening movie could be the place of Zack's death. And if you wanted to make a bit more of a leap, given Zack's death and the treatment of CC as canon in FF7R, could the black bird be a reincarnation of Zack? I'll put the following in spoilers in case anyone wants to go in to FF7R completely blind, but following leaks of chapter titles and dialogue text for the full game, a suggestion of the length of it has been made Spoiler There are 18 chapters, ending just before you leave Midgar. The length of the text suggests a game of around 25 hours in length, although admittedly I have no idea how that figure has been reached (comparison to other recent FF games?). In addition, there's not many suggestions yet at all about the post game, or the length of that, so... Edited February 16, 2020 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I'd be interested to see how they would do an end game, if at all. Being a story driven game it wouldn't surprise me if there was a point of no return where you could go back to other areas if you wanted to mop up side quests, hunts or whatever, but once you go through its end game and it reloads you from that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 the demo is out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Red XIII isn't a playable character! he's an AI controlled "guest" character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Exciting stuff! I know what I'm doing all evening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) OK, maybe the afternoon too. I have a bit of a gripe with the camera, but other than that, it's a cracking little demo. The combat initially is a little disappointing (hold square), but different mob types are thrown at you which require different strategies, and the boss battle is excellent, being just challenging enough - and in a perculiar quirk which is definitely not a coincidence, much like the original game it can become a slag and really rather hard if you don't listen (no typo this time though...)! Going to give it another run through on classic and see what that's like. Edited March 2, 2020 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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