After our preview of Crisis Core’s impending remake, Alex and I sat down to chat about its place in the remastered new Final Fantasy VII universe, and whether it’s still in this situation Can serve as a prequel and pass some gorgeous 4K gameplay footage.
Undoubtedly, the emerging media franchise final fantasy 7 The 2020 remake has already attracted many new fans since its launch, introducing an entire generation of new players to a universe that has been steadily expanding since 1997, with multiple prequel and cinematic projects making up the Final Fantasy VII Compilation meta-series .
Originally released in 2007, 10 years after the original game, Crisis Core is widely regarded as FF7’s best spin-off, chronicling the lives of fan-favorite key characters and revisiting key moments in the timeline. Shadows the rest of the collection.
That’s why Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is such an interesting project: the events it leads to – in fact, all the major events in the FF7 timeline – are very susceptible to change, as FF7 Remake’s characters seem to be somehow aware that they were in the original game the destiny depicted.
Crisis Core Reunion has been spruced up with new character models and VOs to align with FF7 Remake, and is being advertised as “more than just a remake”, so the open question as to whether it will appear is somehow reflected Swinging time for the remake.
In a world where endless intersections, expanding continuities and multiverses are as common as TV soap operas, the concept of self-aware remakes isn’t much of a problem for modern audiences. But you can’t help but wonder: If the remake assumes too much prior knowledge of the source material, who is it for?
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion releases on December 13 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
