[Tom4784]

I've made peace with the fact that it's gonna be episodic, Apparently the Midgar section alone is going to be huge since they're adding a crapton more areas to it. As long as we don't have to wait too long between episodes and we can backtrack to previous areas then I'll be fine with it.

I won't bother buying it until the complete version comes out but I'll be buying it at any rate.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

As long as ... we can backtrack to previous areas then I'll be fine with it.

See, this is sort of worrying me though...

"Told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience."


It sort of makes it sound like each entry will be a standalone entity and it might not be that all eventually combine into one huge game with a tonne of assets - but rather that each will be a separate game that doesn't require the previous ones installed to function, which would mean the assets from previous games not needing to be on the system, which would mean limited backtracking...

It's not a massive issue for the supposed first entry as Midgar WAS pretty much "locked out" for most of the game after the opening few hours set there... but unsure how it works for the rest of the game? We'll see, I guess...

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Santa

See, this is sort of worrying me though...

"Told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience."


It sort of makes it sound like each entry will be a standalone entity and it might not be that all eventually combine into one huge game with a tonne of assets - but rather that each will be a separate game that doesn't require the previous ones installed to function, which would mean the assets from previous games not needing to be on the system, which would mean limited backtracking...

It's not a massive issue for the supposed first entry as Midgar WAS pretty much "locked out" for most of the game after the opening few hours set there... but unsure how it works for the rest of the game? We'll see, I guess...

When it comes to the story, I can kind of see what they mean by each part potentially having their own story since each disc in the original FFVII had it's own arc that tied everything together.

Spoiler:

Disc 1 - Aeris' storyline, chasing Sephiroth across the world to figure out his plan.

Disc 2 - Attempting to stop Sephiroth from summoning Meteor and failing, Cloud dealing with his issues and the search for Holy and a way to stop Meteor.

Disc 3 - The group accepts they can't do anything to stop Meteor from falling and endeavor to defeat Sephiroth as a last ditch attempt. I can see SE potentially adding side stories at this point for each character and how they come to the realization that they want to fight Sephiroth regardless.

If it releases in three parts it can retain the story format from the original, they'd just have to add more content to Disc 3. I have read reports that state that each part will be big enough to be it's own game which suggests that they'll keep the structure from the original.

My guess for backtracking and the World Map is that it'll fit together like a puzzle, If you just have Part 1, you may be able to see the World Map in full but places like Mideel or a large part of the Northern Continent but even if you could get there, there wouldn't be anything to do there since the data for those areas would come in the later parts. I think that would be okay since it's not possible to get to those areas legitimately in Disc 1 anyway. Part 1 would come with the World Map and all the areas you can access in Disc 1, Part 2 will fill in the rest of the areas since the map opens up in Disc 2 and I'm guessing that, for Part 3, it would just come with a bunch events and any sidequests that weren't covered in Part/Disc 2.

I'd be okay with that, still wouldn't bother playing it until every part's available but I could live with that.