Naoki Yoshida, known as Yoshi-P and the director of Final Fantasy 14, has expressed skepticism about the feasibility of remaking Final Fantasy 9 as a single title. In recent interviews, he highlighted the challenges posed by the game's extensive content and the potential need to split it into multiple parts, similar to the approach taken with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series.Key Points from Yoshi-P's RemarksVolume and Complexity: Yoshi-P noted that Final Fantasy 9 is a game with significant volume, encompassing various kingdoms, environments, and story elements. This complexity makes it challenging to fit into a single remake without substantial

Naoki Yoshida, known as Yoshi-P and the director of Final Fantasy 14, has expressed skepticism about the feasibility of remaking Final Fantasy 9 as a single title.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
    601·
    3 months ago

    Because it’s just not possible to make fully featured games anymore? Everything’s gotta be bite sized chunks for full price.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      239·
      3 months ago

      The FF7 Remake games have a lot more content than the respective parts of the original

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        381·
        3 months ago

        And it honestly breaks the flow of the story sometimes compared to the original. Rebirth’s added content felt like busywork at times to make it seem like a bigger game than it actually is.

        The Honeybee sequence in Remake is peak tho, and I’ll fight anyone that says otherwise.

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          122·
          3 months ago

          Personally I’ve loved how much they have fleshed everything out. Like, Johnny was such a completely missable, non consequential character in the original and now he’s a prominent side character. Just one example of many where they’ve taken a small part of the original and they have added a ton of context or fleshed out content around it.

          A lot of the stuff is optional too, which I think strikes a solid balance. If you don’t like the content and find it busy work, you don’t have to do it. If you do like it, it’s there for you to enjoy.

          • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            10·
            3 months ago

            I’m usually with you on the “skip the quests you don’t like”, but it really doesn’t feel like an option for this series. Each of the remake games are priced at $70USD and it’s not even a full story, technically speaking.

            It feels really bad to not do side content, because it feels like you’re not getting your “money’s worth” psychologically. But the side content varies so much in quality depending on the chapter that the game just feels like a drag. It especially sucks because the OG FF7 is such a well paced story IMO, with a good balance of action/plot vs silly downtime.

      • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Even still, I think there’s like over a dozen games based on and around ff7 out there. It’s a bit much. Remake the original!

            • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              FF1 probably has the most remakes of any game in the series, and I believe Stranger of Paradise is a modern retelling of the original’s story. Not at all a remake though.

              FF1 doesn’t really lend itself to FF7-style remake treatment, though. The Pixel Remaster is the most recent remake of FF1.