It’s been known for a while that Final Fantasy 7 Remake would only cover the first part of the PS1 original, expanding its Midgar section into a full game with reworked combat and a more in-depth narrative. While Square hasn’t divulged much of its plans for Part 2 and beyond, it had previously suggested that the release schedule for any sequels will be dependent on the remake’s ability to meet its original March 3 release date. Now that it’s missed that, fans are worried about the potential domino effect that could result in further delays down the line.
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According to Square Enix, however, this won’t be the case. During a financial results briefing this month, company president Yosuke Matsuda addressed the matter directly. When asked if the delay would affect the ETA for Final Fantasy 7 Part 2, he simply said, “No, it will not.”
It’s understandable that people would have been concerned, though. By all accounts, it sounds like each of the sequels to Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be just as large as the first game, and a production of such a large scale could easily run into delay-inducing problems. But as producer Yoshinori Kitase pointed out last year, it’s likely that FF7 Remake’s sequels won’t take as long to develop, since they will be utilizing most of the assets and game systems that Square had to make from scratch for the first game.
“While the development team finish the first game in the project, we are continuing to plan and outline the overall volume of content for the second,” he said at E3 2019. “Due to the work already done on the first game we anticipate development of the second game to be more efficient.”
Of course, it’s always possible that even a more streamlined develop could run into trouble, especially with how much Square is adding new content to Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but now that the hard work of laying a foundation for this reimagining of FF7 seems to be largely complete, it should indeed be much easier for follow-up titles to be developed. At any rate, players likely won’t have to wait five years to play Part 2 as they have for Part 1.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be out on April 10 for the PS4.
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Source: Video Game Chronicle
