Square Enix just announced that the original FINAL FANTASY VII is being refreshed, with existing owners granted a free copy of the new one.
  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 month ago

    If you think this is great news, just wait until they announce their next big project: Final Fantasy VII refined! And after that: Final Fantasy VII reworked.

    There are even rumors of a Final Fantasy VII reboot!

    • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      I’d trash on Squenix for this more of it wasn’t going to be free to owners of the previous version and wasn’t likely to fix a bunch of issues (like controller support). As announced it is basically a large patch to the current version.

      • Baaron87@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        As someone who finished Rebirth recently and decided to revisit the original after, I’m actually glad to hear about this newer version. Mostly for the (hopefully improved) controller support.

    • shinratdr@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Maybe it’s just me but I kind of hope it does.

      I love the mods but they work because the 2013 version is just the 1998 version repackaged. Why would SE make yet another version based on the rickety old codebase of the 1998 version? If that was the case this would just be a version update. I know the response will be “cash grab” but they’re giving it away for free to anyone with the 2013 version so that doesn’t fit either.

      This strategy is why the mobile port of FFVII is also awful, it’s literally just the PC port in a virtualization wrapper. The 1998/2013 version will be around for anyone who wants to use the mods. I’m hoping to see something akin to the Unity rebuild we got for FFIX, which will allow a wave of new supported ports for mobile as well.

      Unfortunate they are delisting the 2013 version though. That does mean that there may no longer be a moddable version available, which is definitely a regression.

  • foodvacuum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Still waiting for FFIX pixel hd remake. Or update the regular FFIX with that faster combat animations mod so it’s pleasant out the box

  • HeartyOfGlass@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    I’m confused why they’re releasing what’s effectively a patch for the 2013 release as a standalone thing. Why not update what’s already out there?