Final Fantasy X Remake Proves Square Enix Doesn't Really Care About FFVII Fans

With the announcement of Final Fantasy X HD, McKinley argues that Square Enix is out of touch, and doesn't really care about fans of their most influential RPG.



Every year, either at E3 or the Tokyo Game Show, RPGs fans wait to hear about news of a Final Fantasy VII remake. It seems like we've been asking about it for longer than the PlayStation 3's been around. And yet, every single year, Square Enix fails to deliver.

What's even worse is that this was the year it could've really happened.



After all, January 31, 2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the original Japanese release of FFVII. Given the significance of that date, it would have made perfect sense. Square Enix could finally throw back the curtain and show us high-definition remake we've been wanting for so long.

But instead, we get a 10-year anniversary re-do of Final Fantasy X. And it's not even a remake, but an HD update. Huh.

Quite simply, Square Enix doesn't care what their fans want.

But the truth is, Final Fantasy needs to saved from itself. There hasn't been a good, "core" Final Fantasy title since FFXII, and Final Fantasy XIII never lived up to the extraordinarily high bar that the franchise usually sets. Final Fantasy XIV, a broken mess of a game, is a running joke among console and PC gamers, and Square Enix even apologized for ruining it. And yet, the series continues its backwards progression with an aggravating amount of spin-offs, side projects, and more things that the fans never asked for.




Sure, I understand the concept of a Final Fantasy X HD remake. It's cheap to produce. It's easy to shill out for the PlayStation Vita launch. It's also an anniversary release, and you're essentially just re-skinning a PlayStation 2 title. Final Fantasy VII, an original PlayStation title from 1997, is so old that Square Enix would literally have to create a brand new game with a brand new engine. And they should have been doing that since the PS3 first rolled off the factory lines.

Honestly, who didn't think "But it's not Final Fantasy VII!" when Square Enix revealed the FFX remake?

And what's worse is that Square Enix has proven they have the technology to do Final Fantasy VII again. I'm not just talking about the PlayStation 3 tech demo, either. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (and the Final Fantasy Dissidia series) has shown that Square Enix is more than capable of recreating a full RPG experience with the world of Gaia. They've proven that they have the assets and art direction to do a FFVII remake on the PlayStation Vita -- or even the PlayStation Portable. But they haven't. For whatever reason, they won't.




And no matter how much we beg, we might not even get a remake until 2017. Why 2017, of all years? Because that's the date of the 20th anniversary -- and literally how long it might take before Square Enix finally lets us eat the carrot that they've been dangling in front of us since E3 2005.

Kat accurately describes an FFVII HD remake as "the Holy Grail of Final Fantasy fans." If that's what this phantom RPG is received as, that's a terrible thing. That means Square Enix has no intention of giving the fans what they want, and are holding the project back so that fans will stay interested in the possiblity of a remake -- and by extension, stay interested in Final Fantasy. If there's ever a date when Square Enix is on the verge of financial collapse, their stocks hit record lows, and the withered husks of their cash cow franchises have finally been sucked dry -- that's most likely when they'll bring back Final Fantasy VII. At least, that's what it looks like.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they just don't have the time, the manpower, or the resources, and Square Enix genuinely can't make an FFVII remake that will please the entire fan base. But it's been too long -- and far too many breadcrumbs have been dropped for to me to think they're not hiding the mother of all sandwiches behind their doors.

Square Enix is either waiting on better technology (PlayStation 4?), or they're waiting for the day that their fans finally stop caring. Well congratulations, Square Enix, you win. I don't care about Final Fantasy anymore.

Now what's the word on Kingdom Hearts 3, guys?






Source: gamepro

Oh my god, what a bunch of Assholes. SE said themselves that remaking Final Fantasy VIII would take them a decade, literally. These people are retarded.

Hey, I was promised a FFVI64 and FFVIII PS2 and you don't see me complaining.

well they did say its money consuming if they did that it would be more work to remake it, and ffx is easier and also a popular game, ff7 had many missing features modern day games have, voices, decent 3d character models and other think, bond knows wait , u will see his reply soon with more info :P

Well they wasted a lot of time for Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete

oh yeah f*%# SE! lol >___>

Fanboys, fanboys. Really, FFVII is totally overrated, and it already got too much. Isn't movies, prequels and sequels not enough for FFVII fans?

I feel sorry for all FF VII fans

lets see, FFVII has 4 games, a movie and alot of short films yes, SE doesn't care about FFVII fans -.-

THIS ^