Square Enix has confirmed that no rest will be taken. As soon as the game is released on PS4 they will work in the second part.
The development of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 will begin immediately after the release of the expected first part on PS4 this April. Square Enix, which has already reached the gold phase in Part 1, will not take breaks before embarking on an ambitious project that will embark the entire team beyond Midgar, which is what this first title encompasses.
In a meeting with GameSpot, the producer of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Yoshinori Kitase – who was also a director in the original PlayStation title – has stated that Square Enix will begin work in Part 2 as soon as the first one is available in stores; No respite will be taken. "I think we are probably going straight with it," he says in this regard. It does not explain on what platform that Part 2 will be launched.
"Even if it's the last thing I do for the rest of my career, I won't be disappointed."
Although they remain unconfirmed of how many parts this reimagining or reinterpretation of the adventure of Cloud, Tifa, Aeris and company will be composed (we only know that it will be more than one), veteran Kitase, 53, assumes that Final Fantasy VII can Being the last videogame in which he worked in his career, a trajectory marked by continued successes in tasks of stage writer, director and producer since 1991, when he began his career in Square.
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He is not intimidated by this condition, however, since he believes that the deed deserves it for the title in question. His final reflection in the interview given to the media is as follows: "Final Fantasy VII is a game in which, if it were left as the original, it would be remembered simply as something of the past and people would no longer be attracted to it" ; That's why they believe it was necessary to justify their return to current consoles. “I think that, to ensure that he continues to be loved and followed by future generations, we have to keep updating him, just as we are doing now. And from here to 10 years, from here to 20 years, it may be done again! ”, He laughs. And it ends: "So, even if it's the last thing I do for the rest of my career, I won't be disappointed."
Demo already available on PS4; we have played Final Fantasy VII Remake for three hours
Now available for download a free demo of Final Fantasy VII Remake exclusively for PS4, where it will be exclusive until April 10, 2021; that is, a full year. Since then, it may be launched on other platforms; Although at the moment nothing has been said about the next-generation consoles, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 The demo has a weight of 7.59 GB and can be played in Spanish.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will arrive in stores in physical format (also in digital at PS Store) on April 10, 2020. You can read our impressions after being able to play more than three hours here.
