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Fans Remake Final Fantasy VII Using Unreal Engine

Posted on Monday, December 5 @ 08:50:15 Eastern by



Square Enix says that a Final Fantasy VII remake would take too long and with too many resources. Fans, using hardly any resources, gave up on waiting and made it themselves.

Right now there's just a demo, which you can see the footage of below. It's by no means polished, but hey, it's better than what Square Enix is giving us. You can download the demo for yourself to check it out. Do you remember Tifa's boobs being so big?


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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    B O R I N G ! ! !
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 9:25 am
  • Doc_Holliday
    Doc_Holliday - Joined: Nov 11, 2005
    A W E S O M E ! ! !

    ...might be more appropriate.
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    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 9:17 am
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000 - Joined: Feb 28, 2010
    That's pretty ambitious but I doubt they'll get far. I mean, there were fans that made a 3D remake of Chrono Trigger but they got slapped with a cease and desist letter from Square-Enix
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 9:27 am
  • Bunfrap
    Bunfrap - Joined: Nov 3, 2011
    The characters and their animations are just taken from other games, so I'm sure that didn't take much effort, but the background scenery had to be created from scratch. Unfortunately one of the most important elements in the overall feel of a game is the sound, which certainly is not updated in this video, so the game still has the aged feel to it. I would figure something that like would be the first thing to go when doing a remake for the HD generation.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 10:18 am
  • shandog137
    shandog137 - Joined: Mar 14, 2007
    It seems kind of silly when you have capcom pumping out every type of super/special/uber remake bundle that square wouldn't take a step back from shitty FF's to go back to debateably one of their best FF. They keep talking about taking losses and working on the next big thing "Innovation" is key. The way's in which this could be profitable is silly, you have products that are already overstocked, revitalize the brand, and dlc character skins, missions, exp bundles, etc....Price the game between $30-$40 and DLC from $.99 - $4.99 and a killing could be made.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 10:48 am
  • Bras
    Bras - Joined: Jul 16, 2008
    Well the headline is a bit misleading, I thought the whole game was already remaked or in the process of being done, but I've read the website and I quote:

    "FFVII REMAKE has been created for two main reasons: to learn how to create a videogame and to pay tribute to one of the best RPGs ever created, which most of us love and admire. The idea is to show its 2D world in 3D in a short demo, trying to keep it as accurate and respectul as possible to the original."

    To me, that means they are not planning to remake the whole game. (sad face)
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 11:11 am
  • Bras
    Bras - Joined: Jul 16, 2008
    I just got a response from an email I sent to Alex Notario (one of the guys who made the remake).
    As I suspected, Spanish-speaking guys were behind this, and in summary, what he told me was that they spent almost 7 months doing this demo, and the whole game would take years, decades perhaps were they willing to do it, which they aren't.

    So the only FFVII 3D we will see from this guys is this demo. It's still remarkable though.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
  • nine_ball
    nine_ball - Joined: Nov 28, 2011
    5:34 I wouldn't call it the best rpg in history.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous - Joined: Jul 14, 2011
    This was the 1st game of the series I played all the way thru from start to finish and all the side quests. Its the reason I bought a damn PS and for the 1st time owned 2 consoles at the same time. Got me a T-shirt for preordering it from ToysRUs. The only game I ever preordered as well.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
  • JohnnyDanger
    JohnnyDanger - Joined: Oct 29, 2011
    "...a Final Fantasy VII remake would take too long and with too many resources."
    Translates to
    "...Sorry, we spent all our money on crap. Now we have nothing left to deliver a definite gaming blockbuster"
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
  • Vicsander
    Vicsander - Joined: Sep 21, 2011
    Thank you i was about to post but you beat me to it.
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 4:57 am
  • Doc_Holliday
    Doc_Holliday - Joined: Nov 11, 2005
    Wow, that's SE in a nutshell.
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    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 9:16 am
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99 - Joined: Jun 16, 2007
    Through superior technology, hundreds of man hours, and sheer determination, they have managed to recreate the first 8 seconds of one of the greatest games of all time. So they could finally find out what it would be like if Cloud jumped over those crates.
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    Posted: Dec 5th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit - Joined: Mar 15, 2009
    *counts the roman numerals on his hands*
    This doesn't look like Final Fantasy 8's intro at all. No gunswords, no petals in the wind, no wait

    *redoes the counting*
    FF6? Wow, Terra looks good as a brunette. Hold on, that can't be right.

    *counts again*
    So, it took a couple of modders and a few months to make Final Fantasy 14 look tolerable.
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    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 9:20 am
  • DynamicHaze
    DynamicHaze - Joined: Dec 20, 2011
    There is a legit petition with at least 100k signatures if people really want a final fantasy 7 remake or any remake in the final fantasy series people will have to demand it in forms of not buying their crap until they decide to deliver what we want and or more organized petitions/gaming communities that have clout basically the more people we can gather together in an organized fashion the higher the chances of square doing what we want
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    Posted: Dec 20th, 2011 at 9:42 am

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