Final Fantasy VII - Original vs. Remake

hey Gamespot, at 1:17 the original version is supposed to be Barret's limit break Big Shot and Cloud's limit Braver not just their respective Attack commands.

Wouldve been nice also if you did it side by side not just cut to the original back and forth.

i tried reading some comments below to see if it was brought up, but shouldn't it have been more turn-based style of play like original? just curious on what people think.

I am a huge fan of the original, and although I do have an open mind about what Square is doing here, because we don't know all the details, it's very hard to not be concerned after all the garbage developers have pulled on us gamers recently. We all have a right to be concerned and to voice our concerns. We buy the games, without us, Square is nothing.

How are they going to implement the open world aspects of the game when it's episodic? Will it be a linear action game? That's my fear.

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the remake has better graphics

I like Cloud's look. He is young and not supposed to be crazy buff yet. He is sickly looking because of all the mako energy he's been exposed to.

I like how they made an effort to actually show that. Unfortunately for the fans that jerk off to him, they aren't going to like that.

I don't like remakes of films or games since I believe that developers/directors/writers should create new things but hot damn this looks good. FFVII was the first real rpg that I ever played so I am definitely looking forward to this.

Unbelievably laggy video again, unwatchable.

Loved the original, I still play it every so often, with my last play through being towards the beginning of this year. One of the major things that makes the game is the music, to the point you can forgive the visuals and mistakes in the story as the music conveys emotion/mood in the game so well. Sometimes I feel developers could learn a lot from looking at what made older games classics when we didn't have the processing power to make games that were graphically strong.

I am not hyping myself up for the remake - I don't trust them to not go for style over substance. To be fair, I very rarely hype myself up for any game, at least that way I can only be pleasantly surprised and not disappointed if the game turns out average.

This is the game that changed the RPG style. Touching story, complex weapon system, wide open world, lots of sidequests, 3D! A masterpiece.

After FF7, a lot of japanese RPGs started to be translated to english to be sold in US and the world.

Longest-awaited remake of all!

i had to admit remake is better :(

and we will soon be able to try the game demo when kingdom hearts 3 comes

Is this coming to xb1 too?

I'm liking what I see so far. Even from this little bit, it is looking like Cloud in the remake is having a close personality to that of the original. My big concern is that he turns overly broody like he did later in the lore. I hope that he gets rebooted into the Cloud that we remember.

ok so IMO the story is a big part of the FF games, this one should have that part down. now combat i can see they are using something like what FF15 will be using, might even be the exact same. that said, if the depth of the micro managing is still there then i can see this being a good game.

@stiffmeister: Wedge's voice sounds like the "you want fries with that" guy from the Simpsons lol.

I remember playing the old FFVII when it first came out in the 90s. It was unbelievebly difficult. I'm sure the remake will be dumbed down for all those who care about nothing more than grapix and 200fps.

Sorry which ones which?

both so far

Now that's great for the holiday

I don't see any difference...

Cloud looks starved and sickly haha...skinny little arms wielding that huge sword.

i dont see how you ps4 fans put up with the ps4 and square.you know they are making this in episodes like mind craft story mode and other games like it.they are going to charge you $20-$30 for 6hr episodes.they are going to make a killing off of you guys/the ps4 may have sold more consoles buy sony and others are making the worst business decisions i have ever seen.

first pay to play ps2-ps3 games while bc is free on xbox one.nothing but indies coming out till uncharted 4.trying to hard to get exclusive dlc for games like destiny instead of making exclusives.i mean really what AAA exclusive is coming out between bloodborne and uncharted 4 none.i feel bad for you guys.