‘We want players to experience what the rest of the world feels like’
Here we go again!
Final Fantasy VII Remake “Part 2.” The name alone probably hits the ire of many fans. But the original Remake has attracted so much goodwill (much more than I expected) that I think many people are willing to see what Square Enix has to offer before they get up in combat.
When it comes? Well, we don’t really know. What do we know about this? Vague buzzwords! This is the way of most Final fantasy game release schedules; with the exception of XVI (so far), which fortunately hardened Yoshida in charge. Thank you, Final Fantasy VII Remake star translator Audrey has some news for us coming out of CEDEC + Kyushu 2020 Online.
Although much of the digital event dealt with the story of Part 1 (retelling some of the things we already knew), Part 2 was mentioned eventually. Co-director Naoki Hamaguchi added that in terms of “goals” in mind for Part 2, the team “wants players to experience what the rest of the world is like”. “Rest of the world” is a very high goal!
But of course, with Redo messing with the timeline a bit, producer Yoshinori Kitase thinks there is a lot of room to subvert expectations. Kitase explains “Although those who played the original game know the story, are they probably thinking about what’s going to happen now? We want to create something that can surprise them and that they can enjoy and match their expectations. We did something similar in Part 1. “
Hamaguchi says it’s “everything [they] can reveal about Part 2 now, “and the interviewer jokes that he” hopes “that we can experience the great post-Midgar field map. Hamaguchi laughs and says he will” take note of it “. They confirm, however, that there is a” new staff wave “coming to Part 2, which, you see, is still being done in part, remotely.
Everything looks very exciting and vague! As Audrey points out, it is entirely possible that Part 2 is much shorter than anticipated. I can see that easily, since Square Enix has the ability to add all kinds of background stories with Zack and Cloud, as well as new time-consuming mechanics and zones.
Although Part 2 may not cover a large range of “old FFVII narrative, “has the power to open all kinds of new doors. As long as it’s fun to play and Square Enix doesn’t go bankrupt before it’s over, I’ll gladly accompany you.
Audrey [Twitter]
