Final Fantasy VII Remake is an
action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix, released for
PlayStation 4 on April 10, 2020. It is the first in a planned series of games
remaking the 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII.
Set in the dystopian cyberpunk
metropolis of Midgar, players control mercenary Cloud Strife as he and an
eco-terrorist group known as AVALANCHE oppose a powerful megacorporation known
as Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. The
gameplay combines real-time action with strategic and role-playing elements.
Remake was announced in 2015
following years of speculation. Several key staff members returned, including
character designer Tetsuya Nomura as director and main character designer,
director Yoshinori Kitase as producer, scenario writer Kazushige Nojima as
story/scenario, event planner Motomu Toriyama as co-director/scenario design,
and composer Nobuo Uematsu returning to compose the main theme of the game,
among other staff. The staff redesigned the characters to balance realism and
stylization.
The game was well received for its
graphics, gameplay, narrative and music. It has become one of the
fastest-selling PlayStation 4 games, selling over 3.5 million copies within the
first three days.
By Santiago Sandoval, Step 10.
