Final Fantasy VII Remake's Launch Has Been a Disaster in Some Parts of Asia

Jeez, just make one version and include all main Asian languages plus English.
Or one version and have language packs downloadable.

I don’t get why things have to be so complicated sometimes.
Here in japan they often just exclude all languages except for Japanese, even though we got lots of foreigners.

@tatsumi You are right. Option to choose witch language should system download would prevent so much useless data downloading.

@tatsumi I was just going to write the same thing. There is zero excuse not to have Language Packs on the digital store , no matter what console it is .

And while we're talking about this, I'd love a Japanese language pack for the English version.

Yeah, that’s a ridiculous oversight. Language packs should just be selected by the user on purchase.

should have brought the physical version then

all that aside it's a strange one to be sure, my guess would be a mess up on Sonys end and they will probably either let people download the correct version or release a "update" that will replace it with the correct version

either that or they will ask Square to make a language pack for it or something

@Mince i take it you're not familiar with me and how i role but that bit about buying it physical was sarcasm (although i personally am a physical media guy)

so sorry about that

That's why my main account is psn usa 😌

@Mince yeah i get that

Damn that sucks!A huge 5 year wait just to get the wrong language..
Still,personally Id be quite happy if I received the version where they all talk like they live in Animal Crossing..

I remember when I finaly bought FF7 (original PSX) and it was in French...

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L Oh, you can do that? When it said "language" I thought it meant for everything, text as well.

In reference to your previous post, games have a function now where they can change the mouth movements based on the words being spoken. The Witcher 3 had that. So it always matches. FFVII probably has that.

physical copies are hard to find right now so it's frustrating because I can't play or buy final fantasy 7 plus the download is too big to buy digital 😢

@Matroska @1_W1NG3D_4NG3L that's pretty much what i was going to say, most games like this will match the lip movement with whatever language is being used

@huyi This is place has it. I've bought from them before.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/games/final-fantasy-vii-remake

@Matroska thanks for the link I will check it out.

Its just representative of everything wrong gaming today; lack of originality, being morally AND creatively bankrupt... your heart isn't in the project, so oversights like these exist.

Releasing this in three parts is one of the worst things to ever happen in gaming history.

@Matroska It's in the game. Like you wrote, if you change language it just changes the VA, not the text.
Be prepared for some really bad localization though. Most of the time, the subs are not what they're saying in japanese.

@Mince Im playing since the PS1 i have never had a disc that did not work.

The language is a mess here in the Asia store. There is always two separate versions and what's worse, sometimes only the non English version goes on sale. Heck sometimes you can't find the English version for a game designed in English primarily. I never understood why it is not one version with all languages.

I believe why Asia PSN often has 2 language versions because of the different release date & pricing. Which again the sole purpose is to accommodate the physical releases...
Chinese/Korean ver. tend to be more expensive than English ver.

@Matroska They actually need to program each and every mouth movement into the game for each language. There is no magic software that just automatically syncs it up.

@ChipBoundary Normally that would be the case, but FF7 Remake is one of if not the first game to use AI based technology for its lip syncing in all non pre rendered cutscenes.

That is why they can be so hit and miss,

Hong Kong is not a country. China is though.

It's been a disaster everywhere. Anti-consumer supporting "gamers" buying this game when it's not complete. Sad times we live in when suckers will pay full MSRP for 1/3rd of a game. How the media isn't tearing them and Square apart is amazing.

Wow. Square and all companies never learn anything. Make all languages in one game. That's simple!!!

"Amid the chaos of coronavirus, Square Enix deserves kudos for getting Final Fantasy VII Remake out on time"...
Bro, do you suffer from mako poisoning?
COVID19 has been around since December last year, and SE pushed the release date OVER A MONTH LATER than the original one set for 20/3/3.

You can change the language in game. Besides there are a few things about the game that are getting on my nerves like when you go to talk to a NPC sometimes it takes them 5min to turn around to start talking to you or like Cloud has just squeezed through a opening and has to do his stop animation for 15 sec before you can move or like how some enemies sink into walls or boxes etc and you cant touch them or how your party members get in your way all the time its a good game but aggravating at the same time.