[Megathread] FF7 Remake

[Tech614]

Yeah I'm just sour, really wish I could play.

Ah PC gamers never cease to amaze me, most of them own kbs that cost as much as a PS4 does at this point. Port begging is annoying and brings nothing to this thread.

[Biomega]

I'm fine with waiting for it to come out on PC. I've waited more than two decades, what's another year. There's enough out there to occupy my time, it'll still be fun to play a year from now. Heck, it'll probably be MORE fun with better FPS, possible modding, and all that.

I don't fault console players for enjoying it, of course.

[Wangming]

,Modding yeah. I look forward to make this game I have been waiting for decades not look like itself. Yeah. Well to each their own I guess.

My PC is shit and my brother took our PS4 with him when he moved out. So I don't feel guilty about watching the streams. I already have a crazy theory about the remake.

[Dacien]

I don't fault console players for enjoying it, of course.

I do. They should not be enjoying the remake while PC players are left out in the cold.

It's impolite.

[tru]

Back in the day you played and loved or didn't these games and ports and mods were non-existent. Idk if I'm gonna buy it or not. Depends on how long it lasts. I just can't fathom the entire first part last the starting zone that didn't last all that long in the first game.

How much of it is cinematic?
Is there any replayability?
Will your progress go through to part 2 or will you start with what the game gives you? If so will someone have to play the first part in order to play the second?

[Bugg]

Hey, short question: is the game out?
I saw this report: https://howlongtobeat.com/game?id=57686 saying that it has about 20+ hours of gameplay. How can this be already out?
Thanks.

[kenn9530]

Hey, short question: is the game out?
I saw this report: https://howlongtobeat.com/game?id=57686 saying that it has about 20+ hours of gameplay. How can this be already out?
Thanks.

physical copies have been delived to some areas i think mostly in australia, rest will have to wait but its not really an issue means you wont get bored of the game even faster

[Shakzor]

Hey, short question: is the game out?
I saw this report: https://howlongtobeat.com/game?id=57686 saying that it has about 20+ hours of gameplay. How can this be already out?
Thanks.

That's a rather small amount of people so far, so i'd guess the rushed times will go down and the leisure time with extras go up
The 20h+ is mainstory rushed and most people will play main story + extras at a more leisure pace, so probably more around 40h+

[everydaygamer]

Honestly, 20+ hours is pretty good considering this is just the beginning of FF7. I look forward to seeing how they manage to stretch it all out. I will probably cancel my physical preorder though, I was fine waiting for Persona 5R but I don't think I can wait until Monday to get this.

[RobertoCarlos]

20 hours. So less than half the original game.

Yeah this game is looking more and more over hyped. Glad I didn't pre order. Square are a wait for reviews before you buy company now

[beanman12345]

20 hours. So less than half the original game.

Yeah this game is looking more and more over hyped. Glad I didn't pre order. Square are a wait for reviews before you buy company now

Based on that link it's more closer to 30-40 hours, and 20 if you rush it. Most aren't gonna rush their first time, so they'll get just a little less the same length of game they did with the original.

[Onikaroshi]

20 hours. So less than half the original game.

Yeah this game is looking more and more over hyped. Glad I didn't pre order. Square are a wait for reviews before you buy company now

20h to rush the main story, that speaks of nothing of side content or end game. You can rush FFVII pretty fast too, you can easily less than 20h that game.

[RobertoCarlos]

20h to rush the main story, that speaks of nothing of side content or end game. You can rush FFVII pretty fast too, you can easily less than 20h that game.

Well considering squares side content has been awful the last decade that doesn't fill me with confidence. Instead of chocobo racing it'll be fetch quest spam or bounties for mobs that spawn normally anyway

[Kumorii]

Well considering squares side content has been awful the last decade that doesn't fill me with confidence. Instead of chocobo racing it'll be fetch quest spam or bounties for mobs that spawn normally anyway

Or it will probably be the same side content that exists in the original.

[Biomega]

Most FF games can be rushed in very short time, and in the case of the older ones are usually gated mostly by unskippable cutscenes and videos.

Here's some data from speedruns:

V: 3:41h (any %, English)
VI: 5:04h (any %, glitchless)
VII: 7:11h (any %, no slots)
VIII: 7:18h (any %, French)
IX: 8:39h (any %)
X: 10:02h (any %)
X-2: 3:41h (any %) | 18:30h (100%)
XII: 5:46h (any %, PS2, NA)
XIII: 6:04h (any %, PC, no shroud)
XIII-2: 2:39 (any %, PC) | 10:26h (all fragments, PC)
XIII-3: 1:58h (any %, normal, PC) | 1:34h (any %, hard, PC)
XV: 4:10h (any %, no ring, PC, normal)


Obviously these are speedruns, but as you can see, they're CONSIDERABLY under even the 20h mark, let alone 40h. Even a 100% run of X-2 (which actually has a % mechanic) comes in under 20h.

I'm not worried that the game will be too short. SO FAR. Of course, all this is subject to revision as more information becomes available. Additionally, as was already pointed out earlier in the thread, completion time/content length is only one very rough heuristic - it also matters HOW GOOD the content is, so if it's a 10h story and 30h of fetch quests and escort missions, that would obviously be terrible. It's hard to gauge that quality, though, and put into an objective, comparable metric; some people enjoy things others don't (I really like FFX-2 for example and many other people don't).

[beanman12345]

I think a lot of the extra time is gonna be extra dialogue, and cutscenes, I mean if the demo is any indication. Which yeah you can skip which will cut down the time considerably for sure. From what I understand it's a pretty linear experience, not that it's a bad thing, but means it probably won't be terribly bloated with open world fetch quests, so it's not something I'm terribly concerned about. And I think 30ish hours for an RPG is the sweet spot for me. A game that's taking me over 50 hours I usually just end up getting bored from the repetition of the gameplay and stories that don't know when it's a good time to end. Like the tales of games, I love them, but damn do they drag on.

[Bugg]

Honestly, 20+ hours is pretty good considering this is just the beginning of FF7. I look forward to seeing how they manage to stretch it all out.

Without any spoilers, what do you mean? Will there be DLCs? Payed / free ?
Thanks.

[Tech614]

20 hours. So less than half the original game.

Yeah this game is looking more and more over hyped. Glad I didn't pre order. Square are a wait for reviews before you buy company now

If I just do main story I can finish VII in like 15-20 hours easily lmfao, half my ass. If the game is between 30-40 hours for 100% then it's pretty much in line with main line FF games(only exceptions to this rule are the international versions of XII and X which are a bit longer but not crazily so). Now I'm sure some one is gonna reply to me with "but I spent 70 hours+ in X game!". Yea that either means you're slow or bad or afk for half of your play time and counting it, so don't reply with that. FF games have never been that long by JRPG standards.

[Tech614]

I think he meant that there are 2 more games to be made to complete the entirety of the FF7 main storyline, but I wouldn't bet against there being eventual DLC for each episode, including this one.

There is an undetermined number of more games to complete it. They never said how many games it would be.

[Anastacy]

Whelp, read spoilers; I will no longer be buying this game.

Oh well I guess.