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Post by amaron on Aug 25, 2012 14:37:50 GMT -5
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 25, 2012 14:41:41 GMT -5
That sucks and all, but why would they even bother remaking FFVII with the original code at this point? The game is so incredibly dated, if they were to do the whole remake thing, they might as well just build an entire new engine for it, or use XIII's engine, or something.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 25, 2012 14:45:33 GMT -5
That sucks and all, but why would they even bother remaking FFVII with the original code at this point? The game is so incredibly dated, if they were to do the whole remake thing, they might as well just build an entire new engine for it, or use XIII's engine, or something. Hell, why not wait for the next generation of systems and use the Agni's Philosophy engine for the remake? |
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Post by amaron on Aug 25, 2012 14:47:15 GMT -5
That sucks and all, but why would they even bother remaking FFVII with the original code at this point? The game is so incredibly dated, if they were to do the whole remake thing, they might as well just build an entire new engine for it, or use XIII's engine, or something. Well, all it really means is that they can't re-release it like they have a good amount of their older games. |
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 25, 2012 14:47:14 GMT -5
Is Square run by the BBC?
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 25, 2012 14:49:42 GMT -5
That sucks and all, but why would they even bother remaking FFVII with the original code at this point? The game is so incredibly dated, if they were to do the whole remake thing, they might as well just build an entire new engine for it, or use XIII's engine, or something. Well, all it really means is that they can't re-release it like they have a good amount of their older games. True, though the re-release they did for PSN seems to work just fine. Honestly, the PC version was the first one I played, and aside from the HORRENDOUS music, there was nothing wrong with it at all. Seeing as they replaced the dreadful PC version music with the original score for that rerelease anyway, I just don't see what too much of the problem is, other than some ineptness on their part. |
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Post by amaron on Aug 25, 2012 15:15:03 GMT -5
Well, all it really means is that they can't re-release it like they have a good amount of their older games. True, though the re-release they did for PSN seems to work just fine. Honestly, the PC version was the first one I played, and aside from the HORRENDOUS music, there was nothing wrong with it at all. Seeing as they replaced the dreadful PC version music with the original score for that rerelease anyway, I just don't see what too much of the problem is, other than some ineptness on their part. The ineptness was really my specific point. I DO find it really odd that they are so super against not remaking the game when it would make them a ton of money. |
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Post by Square on Aug 25, 2012 15:21:19 GMT -5
Is Square run by the BBC? WATCH DOCTOR WHO SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER ONLY ON THE BBC, THE HOME OF ENTERTAINMENT |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 25, 2012 15:25:34 GMT -5
You'd probably would be surprised by how many source codes are lost in video games
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Post by H-Virus on Aug 25, 2012 15:26:41 GMT -5
I can think of about half a dozen other Final Fantasy games I would rather see remade than VII, so I'm not terribly disappointed about this.
Even so, pretty stupid thing for them to do.
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 25, 2012 15:30:01 GMT -5
Though, couldn't they get a PSX copy of the game and just work backward?
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Aug 25, 2012 15:49:20 GMT -5
Though, couldn't they get a PSX copy of the game and just work backward? That's much harder than you'd think. The game was likely optimized to run on playstations, so it was probably coded in a way that the resulting code would be a mess to run on modern computers to the point where it would be nearly useless. Even assuming they can extract the code from the PSX version, they probably can't get it from "PSX Optimized Code" to "Something they can still improve." Not entirely sure how to word this in a way that makes sense. |
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Aug 25, 2012 16:35:19 GMT -5
I can think of about half a dozen other Final Fantasy games I would rather see remade than VII, so I'm not terribly disappointed about this. Even so, pretty stupid thing for them to do. They've already remade like every final fantasy game... except 7. It's been time for a while. IN fact a new "anthology set" of 7 8 and 9 would be spectacular! |
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 25, 2012 16:40:19 GMT -5
I can think of about half a dozen other Final Fantasy games I would rather see remade than VII, so I'm not terribly disappointed about this. Even so, pretty stupid thing for them to do. They've already remade like every final fantasy game... except 7. It's been time for a while. IN fact a new "anthology set" of 7 8 and 9 would be spectacular! The first four have gotten remakes, and to my knowledge, that's about it. I really want a remake of 6, personally. |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Aug 25, 2012 17:21:27 GMT -5
you'll know Squenix is in severe financial collapse when they announce an FF7 remake. that's their "in case of catastrophic f***-up break glass"game.
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Post by FinalGwen on Aug 25, 2012 17:39:47 GMT -5
Is Square run by the BBC? At least the BBC's junking policies was before rereleasing or even reairing shows wasn't the done thing. This is just pure incompetence. |
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Post by Cyno on Aug 25, 2012 18:12:56 GMT -5
Square Enix's incompetence is truly astounding.
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Post by thirteen3 on Aug 25, 2012 18:22:07 GMT -5
I believe this is the same studio that when working with some Scandinavian dev company demanded them to FAX them a game's source code.
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Post by WarChief on Aug 25, 2012 18:23:29 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they remake the game completely, with the way they do Final Fantasy games now?
Sounds like another excuse to not make something people have been asking for.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Aug 25, 2012 19:13:17 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they remake the game completely, with the way they do Final Fantasy games now? Sounds like another excuse to not make something people have been asking for. They would need the original code more for reference than for anything else, honestly. Nothing from it would make the final cut but it would make organization way easier. Plus it does explain why they don't do HD re-releases. They flat out can't do that. |
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