so, final fantasy remake part 2 It is true. It’s officially called Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and it’s coming “next winter.” This gives us plenty of time to prepare and expand by playing the newly released Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Remake, learning about the story, learning who Zack Fair is and what he has to do with Cloud, Tifa, Barrett, Red XIII Midgar crew.
But before we revisit the second installment of the iconic Final Fantasy 7 story, we need to answer some burning questions about the next title in the series. During the Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary stream, returning Square Enix director Kano Kitase revealed that a third game in the series is already in development. We’ve got Remake, we’re reborn, and we’re expecting… something else. But what can it be called?
Now, we know that Tetsuya Nomura, Kitase, and their Square Enix development team love a little wordplay. Take a look at the expanded Final Fantasy 7 compilation and I’m sure you’ll notice a pattern: Descend to Children, Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Cerberus’ Elegy, Crisis Forever. see? AC, BC, CC, DC, etc. Given that we’ve already done Remake and Rebirth, it’s only natural that the third game so far will be RE–something.
A quick list of some remarks got us thinking; what could a game be called? There are obviously some wiser ideas related to the events and lore of the Final Fantasy 7 world – resolutions, resurrections, vengeance – but there are plenty of others that fit as well (if you’re a little creative).
Requiem, reload, regurgitate, relapse, report, rerelease, restart, retcon, silence, revisit, respond, resurrect, resurrect, return, limit, reflect, neglect, redo, reawaken? There are thousands of options.
To remove distractions, some of the teams at iGamesNews have chosen the title of their next game, along with an introduction describing the choice and why we think – if you’re a bettor – you should put your money on our picks*.
Without further ado, this is what we think the final game in the Final Fantasy Remake trilogy will be called.
Alex Donaldson, Assistant Editor: Resolution
The obvious choice was of course the reunion — a major recurring theme throughout the FF7 universe, referring to the phenomenon in which Xenovia’s cells were pulled back together — which had a profound effect on Cloud. However, with Reunion’s subtitles being handed over to the HD remake of the newly announced spinoff Crisis at Core (which, by the way, fits perfectly), that seems unlikely.
So, let me present my next pick: Final Fantasy VII Resolution. This is my logic. With FF7 Remake’s changes to the timeline, it seems we’re finally going to have a final, once-and-for-all solution to the game’s storyline.
Currently, the latest points in the FF7 timeline are Advent Children, in which Sephiroth is defeated again but promises to “never be a memory,” and Cerberus’ Dirge. Both leave some loose ends, and “Elegy” even has an end credit stinger that never gets resolved.
I use the word solve a lot, right? Well, that’s because that’s what this franchise needs – resolution. I think the timeline of the new explosion will allow Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima and other story collaborators to introduce loose endings from the timeline – and provide the final ending. Sephiroth is forever destroyed—or remodeled, whichever makes the most sense. So Resolution is my choice – a title that symbolizes what could be the final entry in the FF7 saga.
Tom Oli, Editor-in-Chief: Remastered, Remastered and Reborn
In another twist on the FF7 Remake saga, the third game in the trilogy will actually be a remake of Remake and Rebirth – a complete reimagining of the first and second remakes as a whole new remake, referencing the original FF7 and two existing remakes to create the ultimate remake.
Meanwhile, Square Enix will finally release the original FF7 Remake on the Xbox platform, as it won’t mention the new Remake, Remade, and Rebirthed, which won’t be released on the Xbox platform. Another seven years.
Connor Makar, Staff Writer: renew
I think the update is a good call because everything in FF7 revolves around the idea of bringing the planet back from the brink of ecological catastrophe.
Since the remake trilogy appears to be designed to breathe more life into FF7’s story with new narrative twists and modernized gameplay, the third game in the trilogy is likely to be the final act of the series’ renewal. In this context, maybe we’ll see the end of the story and all the actors get better? The trailers we’ve seen seem to suggest that Aerith might survive the game’s events – so I don’t think the gang is going to save the world and everyone make it across the finish line.
Dom Peppiatt, feature editor: resurrection
Watching the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer yesterday, one thing struck me right away: Aerith’s voice lines. Anyone who knows anything about Final Fantasy 7 — heck, even the entire video game — will know that Aerith dies in the game. Some of you may have even tried all the crap you heard on the school playground, trying to get her back once she bit the proverbial bullet, to no avail. Alice is dead. That’s it.
But what if she didn’t? What if there really was a way to save the green-eyed flower girl? What if there was a way to see what would happen at the end of the story with Aeris by your side? Perhaps in the remake trilogy, that was the case. Those lines in the trailer — which definitely sound like they’re from Alice’s voice actor — say, “Wait, what are you implying? I’m dead? What impostor am I?”
Given that we’ve seen Sephiroth mess with the game’s continuity compared to its original form, is it really strange to suggest that maybe–maybe- Aerith can survive? Could the game be so different from the source material (l)?
I like Alex’s suggestion that this game will bring elements of the entire compilation together, but I also think the third game is so far removed from the actual events of Final Fantasy VII that – by then – it will be is a whole new chapter in the franchise and something completely different from the story told by the original game. So Resurrected would be a killer subtitle, wouldn’t it? Representing something that has been done, once, and brought back again as something completely different from before. The unknowable is entirely its own.
Is Square Enix so awesome? A quick look at Ever Crisis, Cerberus’ Elegy, First Soldier, and Advent Children shows that yes, it does.
*(Disclaimer: Don’t bet on our picks)
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