We also felt for new players, it may seem odd to have control over a new character so late into this game and we couldn’t introduce him earlier. We decided to largely reimagine the events that unfold throughout Wall Market, including Honeybee Inn, based on the following direction: “If we’re going to change it, we might as well make it highly entertaining.” We referenced things like the French Moulin Rouge and Japanese burlesques, so that the Honeybee Inn would have this dance off element. There’s good reason to be disappointed that the remake’s story only covers about 30% of the original game, but the way in which FF7 Remake dives into that 30% and expands upon things like Jessie’s backstory, life in the Sector 7 slums, and Cloud’s relationship with his fellow avalanche buddies is absolutely exemplary. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. It wasn’t so much depicting a new side, but rather, just now bringing out a side to them that existed back then but wasn’t fully portrayed at the time. We began using actors for the characters starting with the second work in the compilation, the sequel movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

We, the development team, our fans, and the state of the world have continued to change over the past 23 years.

Our approach with the Remake project was to reintroduce these characters and the world to both newcomers and existing fans.

It wasn’t so much depicting a new side, but rather, just now bringing out a side to [the characters] that existed back then but wasn’t fully portrayed at the time. And in taking a new crack (in time) at the story, it tells the origin with fresh humor, better pacing and writing, and actually takes all the years of franchise storytelling to better form Ratchet and Clank’s bond from the jump.

Let’s see… It’s a fact that we were challenged quite a bit with Hell House. While expressing our utmost respect to the Advent Children cast, I look forward to the future success of the new cast. Our approach with the Remake project was to reintroduce these characters and the world to both newcomers and existing fans. Being able to revisit a beloved video game of yesteryear with modern revamped graphics and mechanics is always exciting, especially because it often introduces classic series to brand new audiences. And in reimagining Wall Market itself, we were searching for a way to portray the city as an avenue of entertainment that would be accepted across a wide variety of cultures and ages, while capturing the feeling of it being an “adults-only” city. Mount and Gladius is set at the formidable peak of the Roman Empire, between the years 9AD and 124AD. With LucasArts ceasing to make games, I can't imagine Disney will randomly decide to make another Gladius game... then again, perhaps some of the developers of the first Gladius game will be free to go off and take their ideas to another company and finally make Gladius 2. Aerith was a challenging character. A retelling of the titular duo’s origin story, meant to be paired with the far less successful film adaptation that same year, the PS4 exclusive manages to do just about everything right as a remake and a fun game in its own right. Probably.

IGN: What would you say to fans who were hoping for a more straightforward remake of the original game, when this actually seems to be more of a re-imagining of sorts instead? Movies and TV shows get remade all the time, but there’s something extra special about a video game remake. Kazushige Nojima, Scenario Writer, Final Fantasy VII Remake: As the physical depiction of characters have gotten far more realistic, there was a need to make their inner depiction with a similar sense of realism. Mount and Blade: Warband - Mount and Musket Battalion Mod, Mount and Blade: Warband - Floris Mod Pack v2.5, Mount and Blade: Warband - Imperium Graecorum, Mount and Blade: Warband - Europe 1200 - Beta 5, Mount and Blade: Warband - 1812-1815 Waterloo Campaign mod v1.0, Mount and Blade: Warband - Europe 1200 - Beta 6, Mount and Blade: Warband - Apocalypse on Calradia v1.0, Mount and Blade: Warband - Floris Mod Pack v2.54, Mount and Blade: Warband - Brytenwalda v1.40 Special Edition, Mount and Blade: Warband - Sick of playing in night mode? A remake of the game that retains Blast Corps brilliant concept, fantastic level design, ... Best of all, a Gladius remake wouldn’t require much more than some improved graphics. And in reimagining Wall Market itself, we were searching for a way to portray the city as an avenue of entertainment that would be accepted across a wide variety of cultures and ages, while capturing the feeling of it being an “adults-only” city. Mount and Gladius is set at the formidable peak of the Roman Empire, between the years 9AD and 124AD. Adding abilities like being able to hang off of ledges, peek around corners, and – perhaps most importantly – shoot in first-person offered players far more flexibility to navigate an area, and coupled with the enhanced enemy AI, even veterans of the PSX version got a fresh look at Snake’s first 3D adventure. IGN: The world fell in love with Jesse, were you expecting her to be such a breakout character with fans? – to get some answers.

I would love something gladius! Completely reimagining and retooling one of the most beloved and picked-over video games of all time seems nearly impossible.

For the film, the characters were already older than in the original game and 15 years have passed since then, we’ve continued to work with the same voice actors over numerous projects. IGN: The Honeybee Inn has been greatly praised for how it adapted that original segment, what were the goals behind how you changed it? In the original game, Hell House was an enemy that could be randomly encountered near Wall Market, but we determined that no matter how we approached it, we simply could not think of a setting in which it would be natural to find it wandering the slums in REMAKE. How did the team balance the character building of individual team members, and how do those characters inform Avalanche’s overall “mission statement”?

By depicting the affinity between the individual Avalanche members, I wanted to portray their bond, as well as the alienation Cloud must have initially felt. Probably.

The 2004 remake of 1998’s Metal Gear Solid took the PS1 masterpiece and modernized it for the GameCube. I can dream.

For over a decade I have yet to find a game that I've enjoyed more than Gladius. In the original game, Hell House was an enemy that could be randomly encountered near Wall Market, but we determined that no matter how we approached it, we simply could not think of a setting in which it would be natural to find it wandering the slums in REMAKE. Im not saying black guard is worse than or better im just saying Gladius had its ♥♥♥♥ down and that was a longgggggggg time ago. Tell Us: What's Your Best Guess for Metroid Prime 4's Release Date?

How did the team decide where and how to add new dimensions and layers to these characters? However, since this title is set in an era that precedes Advent Children, with a younger cast, we wanted to discover a new generation of voice actors that would be suitable for expressing younger versions of the characters.

During the game you can recruit gladiators to your school. We’ve updated the original in a far more realistic and immersive way, so that the excitement of the original game could be experienced by all audiences and be seen as something new, surprising and innovative, rather than just a beloved game from the past. IGN: Upon seeing Hell House, Aerith and Cloud seem shocked. I also heavily referenced the expanded Compilation titles, which portrayed these characters with more realistic CG (for the time) and with VO. IGN: Upon seeing Hell House, Aerith and Cloud seem shocked.

– to get some answers. IGN: Cloud in the remake seems like a much deeper character and his arc is more motivated and interesting here than in the original.