FFVII Remake 'Looking Pretty Unrealistic'

[Skeithex]

In case you haven't yet completely given up hope for a Final Fantasy VII remake on the PlayStation 3, here is Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase with yet another proclamation of how very unlikely it is to happen. Speaking to TechDigest, Kitase explained that the sheer amount of work and development time that a remake would require makes the prospect "pretty unrealistic."

"If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it," Kitase said, with a very obvious "but" looming on the horizon. "But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we'd imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together! So it's looking pretty unrealistic to happen!"

So in other words, according to the man who would probably know best, it apparently could conceivably take up to twelve years to make a FFVII remake with the same graphical quality as FFXIII. We're not sure if that was an exaggeration, but it's no wonder Kitase says it's "looking pretty unrealistic."

This also echoes similar comments Kitase made earlier this month, when he said that it's "very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in [FFVII's] era had. Making graphics will take an enormous time." He explained that's also part of the reason FFXIII is more linear than past Final Fantasy games.

Still, Kitase did say that if by "any remote chance" it were possible to do the remake in less time, they would. But by the sound of it, you're probably better off lowering your hopes, FFVII fans.

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So I take it took 6 months to make that tech demo of the opening?

[froggyboy604]

That sucks that it will take 12 years to make a nicer looking of Final Fantasy 7.

[Skeithex]

That sucks that it will take 12 years to make a nicer looking of Final Fantasy 7.

one must wonder if they are being truthful.

[froggyboy604]

I think they just don't want to make it or invest so much money into a game so many people played since if they hire enough talented people they can probably finish it in less then 12 years.

[Skeithex]

I think they just don't want to make it or invest so much money into a game so many people played since if they hire enough talented people they can probably finish it in less then 12 years.

so I guess they wanted to remake 1-6 so many times and yet when fans want a remake of 7-9 they don't do it? who's making decisions at SE?

[froggyboy604]

Final Fantasy 1-6 were mostly text and 2D base, so they were easier to port to other consoles. I think they did not remake FF 1-6 much they just change the button layout and made the pictures bigger for the PSP, and other consoles.

FF 1-2 for the GBA, PSP, and Iphone all relatively look the same when I see screens.

SE just probably don't want to spend so much money on remaking 3D games.

[Skeithex]

Final Fantasy 1-6 were mostly text and 2D base, so they were easier to port to other consoles. I think they did not remake FF 1-6 much they just change the button layout and made the pictures bigger for the PSP, and other consoles.

FF 1-2 for the GBA, PSP, and Iphone all relatively look the same when I see screens.

SE just probably don't want to spend so much money on remaking 3D games.

FF 1-6 were remade for PS1, GBA, while 1 and 2 were remade for PSP and Iphone. SE is releasing the first 6 a lot even if they are easy to remake.