Home I’d rather play this reimagining than the Final Fantasy VII remake

I’d rather play this reimagining than the Final Fantasy VII remake

1 min read
28

FF7reimagined

After years of rabid speculation and fervent begging, Square Enix finally announced at this year’s E3 that it was remaking the unfathomably popular, much-loved and terribly overrated Final Fantasy VII. People are very, very excited about playing a shiner version of a game they played to death 18 years ago.

I have close to no interest in it, if you haven’t already surmised as much- but I’d play the hell out of this: Final Fantasy VII: RE-imagined. It’s a fan-made project (and as such, is likely to be shut down by Square Enix within the week) that turns the RPG in to a side-scrolling brawler, not too dissimilar to things like Golden Axe, Capcom’s excellent Dungeons and Dragons games, or Streets of Rage.

“Final Fantasy VII: Re-Imagined is a project made by fans of the original game. We re-imagined how the game would be like if it’s an action game. Classic 2D Side-scrollers, such as Dragons and Dungeons: Chronicles of Mystara, Streets of Rage, etc, came to our minds. We thought about how we can incorporate some of the FFVII game play elements, such as Materia and summoning of Guardian Force into a Hack and Slash genre,“ they say on their site, which offers a playable demo in the form of a browser-based demo or as a standalone download.

The demo allows players to play the game co-operatively as either Cloud or Tifa, includes materia-attacks and great big summons, and puts gun-toting Barret in a charged support role. Take a look:

A bit of polish, and this is something I’d love to play, much more than the actual remake that’s coming at some point in the not-too-distant future. It’s being released for free – but its lack of commercial status may not be enough to keep Square’s Lawyers at bay.

Last Updated: August 17, 2015

28 Comments

  1. Umar

    August 17, 2015 at 13:08

    SHEEEEAT That looks insanely good….Holy crap…
    Also, all that FF 7 bashing…WHO HURT YOU!?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      August 17, 2015 at 13:12

      He bought something at Pick and Pay for R150 but they ran out of toys?

      Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      August 17, 2015 at 13:27

      Square Enix touched me in my private area.

      Reply

      • Umar

        August 17, 2015 at 13:42

        Shame, seems they extended the ATB system to your private area, Active Touching Battle that is.

        Reply

      • Mark Vincer

        August 17, 2015 at 16:35

        Show us on the doll. Did they kiss your bottom?

        Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      August 17, 2015 at 13:27

      Square Enix touched me in my private area.

      Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      August 17, 2015 at 13:27

      Square Enix touched me in my private area.

      Reply

    • RinceThis

      August 17, 2015 at 13:50

      Exactly. FF7 and TLOU, both over-rated games in the Asian’s eyes…

      Reply

      • Umar

        August 17, 2015 at 13:51

        Know what else is overrated? MARIO

        Reply

        • RinceThis

          August 17, 2015 at 13:53

          Yeah! And Yoshi! Fuck Yoshi!

          Reply

          • Umar

            August 17, 2015 at 13:54

            Green baby stealing mutant bastard!

          • RinceThis

            August 17, 2015 at 13:55

            Yeah! You hear that @OddSockZA:disqus !?

  2. Hammersteyn

    August 17, 2015 at 13:10

    The game is taking longer to load than LAGZ
    *Runs

    Reply

  3. DiegoZicoB

    August 17, 2015 at 13:18

    Yeah no. Interesting concept and executed well for a group of fans but the less action RPGness in a Final Fantasy game the better. I can get that from the many other action RPGs out there.

    Reply

  4. Tiaan Pat

    August 17, 2015 at 13:59

    This looks good. Still want to see the remake though

    Reply

  5. Dawid Eduard Roestorf

    August 17, 2015 at 15:14

    HEEELLLL NOOOOOO!!!!! There is no way in hell I am playing street fighter meets FF VII. Get that away. NOOOOO!!!!

    Reply

    • Sephiroth Crescent

      August 19, 2015 at 19:59

      Omg, Side-SCRILLER????!!! GET THE FUCK OUT!

      Reply

  6. Michael Matusowsky

    August 17, 2015 at 16:17

    EVIL MAN. U ARE SUCK.

    Reply

  7. Brandon Moore

    August 18, 2015 at 00:47

    And you sir, are a fucking dip shit.

    Reply

  8. Sephiroth Crescent

    August 19, 2015 at 20:01

    “SIDE”-“S-C-R-O-L-L-E-R”?!!! The words alone give me the shaking of fear. NO. You must have the mind of a fool. GET OUT

    Reply

  9. sirmichaelvalentine

    August 22, 2015 at 05:27

    guys seriously this game isn the re-imagining what this is a 2d ff7 fighting game not a rpg

    do you fans remember how to play ff7 on pc with all the good mods right, well thats what the actual re-imagining is i been looking it up and i hear its basically the pc version with fan made mods but officially they are re-imagining the original game better backgrounds clearer crisp visuals and sound along with better character models

    what you see above ISNT the re-imagining but a spin off 2d fighting game nothing more

    Reply

    • sirmichaelvalentine

      August 22, 2015 at 05:53

      to continue from my comment if they revive jenova then the fan favorite vincent could get into the story more since his G/F was used to make jenova {shes the female in the capsule} then vincent and cloud could team up more instead of using vincent as a extra character and cause as of playing vincents game that yuffie has some past with him so having vincent more in the story would bring yuffie in she’d follow him anywhere lol

      Reply

      • Gachan

        October 20, 2015 at 01:09

        Holy crap, have you ever been introduced to punctuation marks at elementary school? You made it so hard to read I have no more MP for any form of debate!

        Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Check Also

Outriders Review…I’m Out…

When Outriders was announced at E3 2019, it was received with mixed feelings. A later game…