Dev: Final Fantasy X-3 Could Happen With Fan Demand

[karma9308]

As a FFX fan and someone who...is ok with FFX-2, let me say this.

AHEM.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... so on an no forth.

FFX was contained. It had a story focused on characters who had their arcs completed and universe at an end. It had some tragedy, but it was for the most part done. Gameplay was really good though.

FFX-2 while not terrible, was not very good. Gameplay was probably the most fun in a FF game, but story had a lot of poor points in it, with some spots of decent writing. But the story ended in a very final note (even if you only get the normal ending).

Please, leave X alone. It's very tired, and a bit on the pale side.

 

[loa]

Even hardcore final fantasy fans kind of deny X-2s existence.
Why would you even think of making a sequel to that of all things.
Go make an hd version of 9 or something.
Not enough people played 9 and the ps1 version is plagued by terrible technical issues and design decisions.
You don't need to create an entire 3d world, just HD character models on painted HD backgrounds with some quality of life changes and done is the HD version. Not everything has to be a huge AAA project with a budget of 20 million blown on making the main characters hair look shiny.

10 didn't need a sequel.
13 didn't need 2 sequels.
Stop.

 

[Roxas1359]

Now if anything I'd like my Final Fantasy XII International HD remake that you hinted at Square, because then you'd have fully rendered all the imports I've gotten from you useless. Well that and I really love XII and my modified PS2 isn't gonna last forever sadly.

Hinted at? They hinted at it you say!? Max pls, pls tell me you are not joking!

Nope, in an interview a couple months ago one of the people asked if a FF VII HD remake would be made after the X and X-2 HD collection was released, and they said that if they are making another one it'd more than likely be one for Final Fantasy XII. :3

I knows my stuff about FF XII Tizzy, don't you doubt me! >.<

 

[Rednog]

Ha ha ha, if there's enough demand, yea right...oh god there's actually people who want this...

Excuse me while my inner child ties a noose around his neck, hangs himself and then with his last breath puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger.
He's now in a better place, where the possibility of a FFX-3 doesn't exist.

 

[The White Hunter]

Now if anything I'd like my Final Fantasy XII International HD remake that you hinted at Square, because then you'd have fully rendered all the imports I've gotten from you useless. Well that and I really love XII and my modified PS2 isn't gonna last forever sadly.

Hinted at? They hinted at it you say!? Max pls, pls tell me you are not joking!

It depends what it is.

I will definately buy a saga of Auron, Jecht and Braska's journey.

I will not buy a sequel to X-2.

Indeed, I really would love to go on the adventure of Braska and his guardians, show us Spira before the events of the story, see lil Yuna, it would be interesting. It would be a great lore friendly addition to the FFX universe.

A sequel...no, the story of Yuna and her guardians is done, if they do make it a sequel...I dunno what they could do.

Gotta say I agree, that story really ended in FFX, 2 was uneccessary even if it does have awesome combat.

 

[Igen]

How about FF7, you know, the one that got a few movies, has had several petitions for a remake, their characters and the game itself still held in high regards world wide?

So... 7? how about 7? You know what the fans want? FF7!!!!!!!

 

[Igen]

How about FF7, you know, the one that got a few movies, has had several petitions for a remake, their characters and the game itself still held in high regards world wide?

So... 7? how about 7? You know what the fans want? FF7!!!!!!!

The problem with that is, they would have to remake the entire game from the ground up, they can't use resources from the PS1.

Also, when it comes out, there will (guaranteed) be fans who claim its terrible and doesn't live up to the original.

I love Final Fantasy VII, I really do, probably my 3rd or 4th favorite, but it really won't turn heads nowadays, it was ground-breaking back in the day, if it was remade now, it won't be a head-turner like it used to be, despite is long lasting legacy...

They still have all the advent children models and city scape, every thing else from that as well, would be a nice starting point.

Though talk of FFXII remake might be nice, I actually enjoyed that one. Sadly still cant stomach playing FFXIII at all.

 

[Eve Charm]

Well remaking a game isn't has hard as making a brand new game and even the amount of fans that will say ff7 is terrible in no where near the amount of fans that think FF-X and more so X-2 is down right terrible.

On this point I like to get the FF's basically collecting them at this point... I'll have to make sure I don't buy it anywhere near launch to promote another one of these.

 

[2HF]

The problem with that is, they would have to remake the entire game from the ground up, they can't use resources from the PS1.

It's easier and cheaper than making a sequel to any game.

With a sequel you need writers, musicians, character design from the ground up, you need to create an entirely new world. You need everything creative done from scratch and once that's all done you need code.

With a FF7 remake all you need to do is put in the final work. The characters are already created, their stories are already written, the world already exists, the music is already in place (just use the higher quality versions). All the heavy creative lifting is done. All you need is code.

 

[otakon17]

You know, I enjoyed FFX. I didn't get FFX-2 though, no matter how much I wanted to like it. If they did a proper sequel I'd be interested. But I'd rather see a full remake of FFV and FFVI like what FFV got on the DS. Voicework, cutscenes, tweaked combat and fully polygon graphics.

 

[Headbiter]

"If you're a fan of Tidus"?

"IF YOU'RE A FAN OF TIDUS"?!

Which barking-at-the-moon mad doltwaffle would be a fan, hell even a sympathizer of bloody, frigging Tidus of all people? Many people out there who can identify with or aspire to be a whiney, horribly dressed, generally idiotic, and incredibly unjustified self-absorbed asshat? This walking condom-commercial who get swooned over by Yuna for the sole benefit of being falsely dubbed the protagonist of this program?

Fml, forget hentai, insane game shows and panty slot-machines, THIS is why Japan is weird.

 

[MCerberus]

Please fans, don't demand it.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

As one of the five people in the world who liked X-2 I wouldn't say no, I actually liked it more than X. Oh the sacrilege I've committed today, next I'm going to kick a puppy in vein of my absolute tastelessness.

But a HD remake of 7 would be nice, as I'd like to play the game everybody (including sqaure) have been wanking for years, and no I'm not going to play the Psone version... because I'm Satan obviously if haven't figured that out.

 

[MetalMagpie]

Seriously. Who would demand it?

Well, there seems to be a reasonable amount of interest just on this thread!

Disclaimer: I've got no horse in this race. The only Final Fantasy game I've ever played was VII, which I didn't finish.

The problem with that is, they would have to remake the entire game from the ground up, they can't use resources from the PS1.

It's easier and cheaper than making a sequel to any game.

With a sequel you need writers, musicians, character design from the ground up, you need to create an entirely new world. You need everything creative done from scratch and once that's all done you need code.

With a FF7 remake all you need to do is put in the final work. The characters are already created, their stories are already written, the world already exists, the music is already in place (just use the higher quality versions). All the heavy creative lifting is done. All you need is code.

As a software developer, I'll admit that sentences like "All you need is code" make me twitch just a little bit. That's only the most time-consuming part of the process. The "creative" bit is comparatively cheap!

I would also argue against the idea that they wouldn't have to do any writing. FFVII is a very long game compared with current gen titles, and would probably be infeasible to reproduce beat-for-beat using up-to-date technology. So a bit of rewriting would still be required to cut it down.

Brand new character models and environments would also be needed, as none of the originals could be re-used. (Just because I've seen it suggested elsewhere in this thread: No, I'm pretty the models from Advent Children could not be used.) And if they wanted to have it fully voiced this time around, they'd also need to book in a lot of recording hours. While they're at it, they might as well rerecord all of the music with a full orchestra (which, as far as I know, has only been done for a few key tracks in the game).

I'm not trying to make light of the creative, concept-art and script-writing work that goes into video games. But they're only the start of a long and expensive process.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I cringe to think what kind of fan would demand a sequel to that.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Hark! I believe I hear Spoony screaming uncontrollably.

I only played a few hours of X at a friend's house once. While I found myself scratching my head at the story and setting, the gameplay mechanics were solid enough. Blitzball was a fun diversion, regardless of how impractical such a sport would be. I remember it spawning a short-lived fan creation for Jedi Outcast called Hydroball. The mod was loads of fun while it lasted. Sadly, people seemed to lose interest when Jedi Academy was announced.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I can now happily conclude my plan with bombing a local kingergarden.

Reminds me..

"We're... THE KINDERGAURDIANS!"

Oh God Square please die and take the world with you just die for the love of all that is holy not another shitty J-pop loaded Charlie's Angels adaptation o my god I just reminded myself of the Charlie's Angels gamecube game

This day can't get much worse.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

...And people want a sequel to this game why[/?] I suppose it had some interesting ideas... but from what I can tell, it kinda dropped the ball with the story and some of the gameplay. Besides, the story was wrapped up, wasn't it? Maybe a remake could work...

 

[Mangod]

Hark! I believe I hear Spoony screaming uncontrollably.

I honestly do not understand the appeal of the FF series anymore. Rosetinted glasses, I know, but I can not for the life of me understand what it is that still draws people to that series...

 

[omega 616]

You know if you keep yanking your FFVII you're going to pull it off! Stop circle jerking 7, it's not going to happen. They are re-doing X 'cos it's already really pretty, they wont do 7 'cos it looks like fucking ass! They would have to re-make everything from the ground up, they would have to get voice actors in etc ... basically it would be a whole new game.

Not to mention the fucking hype, how could 7 ever live up to the rosiest of rose tinted specs and the all consuming nostalgia people have for 7? No matter what they did they could never live up to that! It would get announced, the net would explode with rabid fanboyism and it will all froth and simmer till release day when it sells like water in a desert ... then the back lash, entire forums would collapse under load of angry rants about X, Y and Z.

Just look at what happened to ME3, the series is well loved but it can't compare to FF7's overly obsessed gamers, months and months of endless people starting new threads to give there take on it.

It would be what turns the world as we know into a fallout style waste land.