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Final Fantasy VIII Director Yoshinori Kitase Explains Why It Was Late To The Remaster Party

Last year when the Final Fantasy VII, IX, X/X-2, XII HD remasters were announced for rerelease on Xbox One & Switch, Final Fantasy VIII was noticeably missing but later announced for a 2019 release. The original director Yoshinori Kitase explained in an interview with Famitsu why its remaster was delayed.

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PhoenixUp1800d ago

Now when you guys going to get to work on that FFXIII remaster? It’d be worth playing if you integrated the character switching from FFXIII-2 into the original game

FalconofLucis981800d ago

Yeah they should remaster the 13 trilogy into 1 disk for people who enjoyed it

Teflon021800d ago (Edited 1800d ago )

... Not anyone's fault you played the crap 360 version. That wasn't a issue on PS3 at all, it was 1 disc. PC version is good as well

Dabigsiebowski1800d ago

@falconflucis98

Damn dude I hope you are hard at work on compression methods! I cannot wait to see how you optimize the high bitrate 1080 FMV's for all three games on one disc with all the game content! You would go down as a legend!!!!!!!!!!! DO it dude!!!!!

Shiken1800d ago

@Teflon02

Tone down the fanboy bud, thats not what he was talking about. He said the TRILOGY on one disk...thats 3 games.

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Returns

Seriously focus more on gaming itself rather than trying to bash people for not playing on the same box as you. You only make yourself look bad.

-Foxtrot1800d ago

Honestly, FFXIII is a trilogy that really dosen't need to be touched again...ever

rainslacker1800d ago

I liked it well enough. It deserves to be touched about as much as any game does. Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean it's not worth anything.

-Foxtrot1800d ago

Just because I don't like it?

There's many others who don't, I'm not in the minority here.

Why waste time on something recent and not well liked as all the other titles in the series which deserve more love?

Elda1800d ago

The ones that didn't like it are in the minority including the most vocal on these game sites,the game sold over 7 million copies.

AspiringProGenji1800d ago

I agree with Fox. Besides the game graphically hasn’t aged a bit. Other than that, the trilogy just sucks. It doesn’t need a remaster

RedDevils1800d ago

I wish f13 never existed, It a biggest turd I have ever played.

Wintersun6161800d ago

@Elda, sales and someones subjective opinion of a game are not in direct relation. A game can sell well and still be bad. I bought it too and was disappointed and vocal about it. I read all the bad reviews and thought to still give it a chance.

Chexs19901799d ago (Edited 1799d ago )

I loved it :)
Didn't really mind that it was as linear as 10, it kinda got me going on the story and lore.
Although the kid (can't recall his name) can burn in hell. He was obnoxious as all hell.

With that being said, while I enjoyed 2 and Lightning for what they were, I can only really see myself playing the original again.

Lionsguard1799d ago

FF13 wasn't the greatest but I think if any game does deserve a...reimagining with a new story, it'd be 13. They really screwed that game with that corridor progression crap.

rainslacker1798d ago

Except you are in the minority. The critics liked it well enough. Many people liked it, and the first two in the series sold decently well. The third fell a bit, but also sold well. That's a lot of people buying games in a series they apparently don't like.

FFXIII was a good enough game, but wasn't a very good FF game....mostly because they seemed like they dialed it back as too much seemed left undone. the second was actually really good, despite it's plot structure. The third was good in it's own right game play wise, the story was stupid and pointless.

It's fine if you didn't like it. I can see why people would be disappointed in it. But there was nothing technically wrong with the game itself. It was an average game. The best thing about a remaster is that you could just avoid it, and the people that did like it, could buy it if they did.

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SegaSaturn6691800d ago

FF10-2 and FF13 were aboritons IMO. Remake ff6, remaster FFTactics in HD.

pietro12121800d ago

X-2 had the best battle system in the franchise along side the ATD system in XII

dumahim1800d ago

I'd prefer Crisis Core before those.

Elda1800d ago

I would love a FFXIII remaster as well!!

Last_Boss1800d ago (Edited 1800d ago )

They really should compress the game into one story and do it right. I mean it literally needs a remake itself. XIII had an incredible backdrop and wasn't even skimmed over.

Father__Merrin1799d ago

@teflon the pc version is awful you have no choice but to use an external program to lock to 30fps otherwise it's unplayable..

But a 13 trilogy remaster would be ace. I'm part way through 13-2 on pc but it's very difficult to follow it's like checkpoint levels and not a flowing story. Immaculate music though

sephiroth4201799d ago

they really shouldnt remaster any of the ff13 games, they are all shit, plus you can play them on PC if you want to play it looking its best.

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Platformgamer1800d ago

well, the real reason is that FF8 is sadly underrated, expecially in america, so SE didn't see a remunerative return by remastering it...
a stupid thought by them, being FF8 one of the best FF game ever made and very appreciated all around the globe (mostly), i'm glad SE finally understand it :)
D1 for sure by me

Immagaiden1800d ago

That logic doesn’t hold up. FFVIII has a bigger following than FF Crystal Chronicles and Square Enix has no issue remastering the latter. Plus FFVIII is one of the most commercially successful games in the series

It’s most likely that they just lost the resources and had to reverse engineer a remaster like they did with KH1

TheHan1800d ago

I’d rather get remake of 8 just like 7 is. Both are my most favorite in the entire series/saga of final fantasy.

RizBiz1800d ago

I want to know why they changed Squall's hairstyle. It looks absolutely awful now.

on_line_forever1800d ago

I was hoping for remake , maybe in the future ?

FallenAngel19841800d ago

We don’t even know when they’ll be done with FFVIIR completely or even when FFXVI will be out, yet you think they’d just casually start a remake on another high profile game?

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff21832d ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan2d ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin2d ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_2d ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

MrNinosan2d ago

@Notelin
I am one of the few who bought Days Gone on release day and loved it completely.
However, "more online trash" is phrased like Sony has put out alot of trash online games.
We got what, 2 games? Helldivers 2 and GT7, 2 of the most sold Playstation games where both is loved by millions.

You, me and especially shinoff has no idea if Fairgames, Marathon and Concord will be trash.

Just because we (as in you and me) don't love or support online games, doesn't mean millions of other do.

And we don't know what Bend Studio is working with? We don't know if they're forced to make a online game or another amazing single player experience.

The only thing we do know is that it's not Days Gone, sadly due to poor sales the first 6 months.

shinoff21831d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

More online trash wasmt meant how insee it comes across. I should've worded it different I was meaning the focus they currently have on it.

Anything online is online trash to me. How long did naughty dog spend on that dumba last of us multiplayer, how about Concord, or even the other couple we hear about. I fk with Sony because rpgs and their 1st party single player games. Been like that for years. I hate seeing them waste time, money, and talent on trash. I understand bot every game is gonna be for me but this focus they've seem to had on multiplayer is extremely disheartening. Even at the state of play the only things I was really feeling were Astrobot and silent hill 2 and I'm content with that, not everything is for me. It's just the online focus I hate. Ms bought up 3 to 4 wrpgs developers, Sony just ignores rpgs 1st party wise.

And a days gone 2 would've been much better then whatever online sht bend is working on. I do know sometimes I get very idk emotional. I do need to work on toning that down a bit lol

SimpleDad1d 12h ago

Ammm let's see... That All-stars, Foamstars, Babilon 5 wass gaas...
Concord... can wait to play that...Marathon uuuu... Last of them gaas... U
Horizon Zero dawn has a project that leaked as a Fortnite lookalike.

They bought Destiny that is a dead gaas...people love ti.

Helldivers 2 was luck.

Jimbo was all in and pushed Sony single player games 5 years behind.

Spiderman gaas was cancelled... I mean every 1st party studio was doing gaas.

Bend had to pitch a gaas game... Open world coop something

I can't remember more... Of that crap.

tay87011d 11h ago

@simpledad. Destiny 2 isn't a dead game. Its the number 5 most played game on steam. I dont play it, but alot of people do.

MrNinosan1d 6h ago

@SimpleDad
You failed to mention a single PS Studios game that has been released last 10 years.
Either your reading skills are crap or you think Sony own every studio in the world.

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just_looken1d 7h ago

I rolled my eyes at concord not only was it just yet another cookie cutter hero shooter but that qucik look for the hero select.

Already has a free section then paid section along with a they/them she/her dei crap top right.

Nothing like a day off of work to fire up concord to read about the new characters sexual identity and or preference then a paywall do you want o buy this character shit like no i just want to shoot my gun have fun.

-Foxtrot2d ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink2d ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

shinoff21831d 22h ago

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Grilla2d ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5232d ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin2d ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-642d ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga2d ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

tay87011d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

Dude is pretty pathetic. Sounds like a guy who's girl left him for someone better. Always talking about days gone sequel that never was, even though he is no longer at bend and hasnt been for a while. I for one am not upset about the lack of a sequel. It is one of the worst 1st party games in recent memory. Completely jank, played like an xbox game. The only redeeming quality was the hordes.

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excaliburps2d ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla2d ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

derek2d ago

@Notellin, of course you'll believe an embittered ex-employee with an axe to grind because it's evil Sony he's complaining about. You guys act like days gone was this huge success and somehow Sony hates easy money a sequel would have generated. The game was mid and so was the response to it. They're still supporting the developer who is making a new ip that could be great.

shinoff21831d 22h ago

Days gone was fantastic. I bought day one but didn't get around to it for months. When I finally did I was pissed at myself for waiting so long lol

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P_Bomb2d ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip2d ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

-Foxtrot1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

But if it’s true what this guy says it sold better than Death Stranding

Yet that got a sequel and Kojima aside out of them both DS didn’t really NEED a sequel compared to Days Gone which ended on such a cliff hanger twist.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

Game Rant speaks with Frostpunk 2 co-game director and design director Jakub Stokalski about everything 11 bit poured into the sequel.

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