Given the news that the FF7 remake is going to be episodic can have one feeling hesitant or conflicted on the type of game that fans might be receiving. This decision could be great fortune or great folly for the franchise. I have been wondering how Square Enix will plan it all out, there are a few ways I can see this all happening.
One way is making each original disc of the game an episode, this would make the game 3 episodes long, although I think there could be up to 5 or 6 episodes of the main game depending on where Square stops in the story. If Square chooses to chop up the main game then I hope that there are at least references to the compilation. There could still be room for the Compilation games as future episodic DLC or expansions.
Another way could be by including all of the story and games of the FF7 Compilation. This would be a long project and have many releases, if Square really wanted to milk the franchise they would do this. Compilation Final Fantasy VII happened about a decade ago and generated a large amount of revenue for Square Enix. The Compilation of FF7 also provided an expansion on the lore and story of Final Fantasy VII. The remake is a perfect opportunity to blend the entire Compilation of FF7 together into one all expansive game. Given that they are overhauling the battle system if Square Enix develops a system that allows a seamless blending of all the games in the compilation then I’m all for it. This would also be a perfect opportunity to present the events of Advent Children in a game, which would be what a number of fans have been asking for. If all of Compilation FF7 was made part of the FF7 remake then there could be 20+ episodes of material and even years of releases and relevance given the episodic presentation. Square could literally produce content for as long as it was profitable to them.
Which ever way Square chooses to go with the Episodic releases of the FF7 remake, they just need to remember that anything they do flesh out in the game makes sense for what is already presented. The Jenova Project, Ancients, SOLDIER, Deep Ground, Chaos, WEAPONS, and the Lifestream all need to make sense in the game. There is no need to add some cliché concept to make the game popular, the brand recognition is popular enough. With all that the compilation games have added in the story of FF7 I am expecting tons of references to it even if it is not included in the remake. Let’s hope they drop that reference to FFX and FF7 being connected.
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