Yoshinori Kitase believes the multi-part remake will allow for a more faithful remake for the original game.
What may be the saltiest response from the gaming community since the Xbox One reveal is the recent announcement that the Final Fantasy Remake will be in multiple installments.
While many gamers see this as a bad thing, Square Enix, the game’s publisher, believe this is an opportunity to expand on the world of the original game.
Recently, the game’s producer, Yoshinori Kitase, took to the official Square Enix Blog to address why the remake will be a multi-part series.
“With Final Fantasy 7 Remake, we have the opportunity to go beyond the story, world and experience of Final Fantasy 7, in ways we’ve always dreamed of — from the depths of Midgar to the skies above the Planet. The multi-part format enables us to expand the original story and turn it into an epic experience for fans and new gamers alike.”
Kitase also reiterated that the project will be a “massive undertaking to reconstruct Final Fantasy VII from the ground up with the current technology,” thus is why multiple installments would also be necessary.
“Producing a proper HD remake of FINAL FANTASY VII that maintains the same feeling of density of the original would result in a volume of content that couldn’t possibly fit into one instalment,” says Kitase.
The producer concluded by expressing that the new multi-part format will ensure that content will not be excluded, rather than the other way around.
“If we were to try to fit everything from the original into one remake instalment, we would have to cut various parts and create a condensed version of FINAL FANTASY VII. We knew none of you would have wanted that.”
Square Enix has yet to reveal how big these multiple installments are, and how much they will cost, but if this decision is to ensure a faithful remake, we can’t be too salty.
