Could Square Enix modernize the game while staying true to the source material?
Sure, the materia system was vast, and the options seemed limitless back then. But now, gamers play RPGs expecting to build their own towns, or have tons of morality options, customize their character, so on and so forth. If the remake was nothing but a minor graphical update, the game would look new and feel stale. In order to combat that, measures would be taken to bring the game “up to par” with modern offerings. • Implementations would have to be made, yet no one would want them. Gamers are adamant about their memories and past experiences, particularly with Final Fantasy VII. To apply a fresh layer of polish over the original wouldn’t be enough (consider the remake of FFIII) to please the masses, yet to change the core of the experience and bring it up to modern standards would be in direct opposition to the fans’ interests. • Square has done much for FFVII fans already. I understand that it may have the most fans of all the games in the series, that is not news to me. What I don’
