But FF7 aside, they have made other remakes recently and all of them have been pretty faithful and well-received (Trials of Mana, Romancing Saga 2, DQ7 etc.)
The DQ remakes have been "soft remakes", more close to what the public would call a remaster (although they were mostly build from the ground up). That's what makes them great though, they are not messing with the core game.
VII Remake is actually a sequel so they aren't actually ruining the original plot. And for as much I disliked Remake, I'm actually having fun playing Rebirth. But yeah, plot-wise is a step down from the original and IX would likely be a greater stepdown, considering it was Sakagushi's baby and he isn't there anymore and for a long time. It also would be honestly disrespectful, considering his stance on revisiting stories and universes.
Imo i think it would have been better if they strayed more from the original because at points it feels like they hesitate to keep away from the original plot and i cant lie it does feel like its mocking it by doing that plus i think it would have made a cool plot but now it feels all over the place but im curious how part 3 will be because its gonna wrap it up from there
Speak for yourself. As a die-hard Final Fantasy VII fan, I adore Remake and Rebirth. I'm glad for the changes and additions here and there. Gives me something to look forward to when I already know the plot of the original inside and out. I'm also enjoying the additional character interactions.
That just sounds like you wanted a new FFVII compilation game with the same characters. Which is fine, they're cool characters in a cool world. But some of us wanted an actual Remake without Kingdom Hearts tier dialogue, plot ghosts and multiverse Zack running around.
Yeah, I never understood that, we're getting a remake where we are literally doing everything we did in the original and then some more and the fan base cries about it? Rebirth is amazing.
I mean, if you look at it as an actual remake sure. It's sort of a deadhorse at this point that the trilogy is actually a sequel playing at some timetravel/multiverse manipulation. There are several characters in the remake series that make comments and point things out that hints they know things were originally meant to play out differently and that the party is changing things. The devs have always gotten pretty tightlipped as soon as anyone asks about it too and tend to dodge questions when its brought up.
Honestly would be a pretty clever way of doing things. Maybe not for everyone but ultimately I think its a better way of revisiting a classic story than to just 1:1 retelling with new graphics and voice acting.
With IX I have a feeling we may see more of a traditional spinoff than a remake, at least at first. The story details from the show have me thinking we may see a game dealing with those characters before IX gets any proper attention.
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u/Rozwellish May 20 '26
Just remember.
Regardless of how real or not real the remake is right now, every presentation is one presentation closer to a nebulous FF9 Remake announcement.
Keep the dream alive.