We've said it time and time again, but Final Fantasy VII Remake is genuinely shaping up to be something very special. With its March 2020 release date slowly approaching, Square Enix has just dropped some new screenshots to whet our appetite. Check them out below, as Cloud and Barret take us on a tour of Midgar.
In the tweet that revealed this latest batch of screenshots, publisher Square Enix drew attention to the facial features of characters, stating: "Incredible detail has gone into character expressions in FinalFantasy VII Remake, and the story will be told in greater detail than ever before." What do you make of this latest lot of images? Draw your sword in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Screenshots lol. What is this? 1997?
It continues to look great.
Its 2019 Kyle.
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@Dobbos people keep saying that but I see little proof.
Looks so good. Especially the faces and that pic of Cloud with the buster sword at ready.
This looks so, so good. As soon as I saw the train car it took me right back to Barret explaining the sectors were suffering....1997 all over again. Easily the most memorable and cherished game for me. I really cannot wait.
Reckon Barret's threatening that Shinra manager?
@kyleforrester87 1997
More like 1999, when Sony was talking up the Emotion Engine and Square was talking about the graphics for it's game The Bouncer.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/21/the-bouncer-team-talks-ps2
This part of the article scared me -
""Incredible detail has gone into character expressions..."
Bad flashbacks when they start talking "Character expressions".
I recently downloaded the original game as last time i played it the discs i was lent were scratched. Only got to the end of disc 1 before it wouldn't play anymore. That was probably about 8 years ago!
@rjejr Hey, the Bouncer was a real game changer.
I do like how insane Cloud looks on the train surrounded by a bunch of regular people though. Imagine seeing that on the tube.
@kyleforrester87 Most people probably just assume he's a cos-player going to ComicCon.
@rjejr yeah pretty much. When I see it like that it looks a bit weird. I’d have expected the NPCs to look a bit punkier or at least have some jazzier hair. Not exactly hard spotting Avalanche in a crowded place is it. It’s probably why they are doing episodic tbf, it’s gunna take them some time to figure out how to get Cait Sith working in that mix. Best to kick that can down the road.
@kyleforrester87 i walk around with a giant sword on my back all the time.
@ellsworth004 Yeah but you're from America where they have an anything goes policy when it comes to carrying round weaponry.
@kyleforrester87 Besides being in the terrorist group AVALANCHE isn't he supposed to be an army soldier in SOLDIER?
I'll admit it's a bit jarring seeing those 1920's looking folk compared to Cloud, but all over the world normal looking folk are walking around cities w/ military type guys carrying assault weapons. Or maybe as a NYer I'm just screwed up? But even I'm not explaining Cait Sith. No joke, one of my most disliked things about FFXV was how everyone was humanoid. No Vivi or bunny girls. Always need 1 non-human species in a JRPG, otherwise it's a western RPG. They can cut Cait Sith, don't care, but Red XIII HAS to be in the game, not up for discussion. One of my all time favorite video game characters, good story line too.
@rjejr that's EX-SOLDIER, c'mon. Oh yeah Red 13 will be in and he will work in that environment, I just don't see how Cait Siths big marshmallow body is going to happen. Maybe he'll just be a cat most of the time and his body will be summoned during fights or something.
But yeah, I do wish the NPC's just had a bit more flare. Perhaps everyone in that train is off to work at the Shinra building, though.
@Dobbos it's "current year"
@kyleforrester87 true true...heck where i live alot of people walk around with guns on their side. Very safe!
@kyleforrester87 that is exactly what I thought
good times
at least they load faster than they did back then and you don't have to search through webrings amiright?
@rjejr if you do the FFXIV cross over event you can give Noctis a costume where he has Cat ears and a Tail, would that help?
I'm really glad they're focusing so much on Midgar for the first release, as I felt that was the most underwhelming part of the game but had so much potential. Midgar as a setting is great, if not very un-final fantasy. I've always wanted to see more emphasis on Midgar, and the remake looks like it's going to do just that.
Of course as a kid, I was blown away when I left Midgar and realized there was a whole world out there to explore, but now I find myself wanting to spend more time in Midgar.
@FullbringIchigo Thanks, that's a start, but he's no cat Mario. 😂
@rjejr true
@kyleforrester87 Cover of today's NY Post. Cloud would fit right in on our subways.
It's going to be like a shared, lucid dream. Can't wait.
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