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You ask ten fans of Japanese role-plays and ask them which Final Fantasy is the best, we will probably get about eight different answers. Opinions are divided, but one game that's most likely to be repeated in several responses is the FF VII. Although Final Fantasy VII was pretty experimental and had a rather bumpy development history (which resulted in cutting lots of content out), it was the game installment that's most fondly remembered, and both fans and people from Square Enix consider it cult – as evidenced by the number of sequels, prequels and spin-offs that the studio spits out regularly, not letting Cloud's story reach its conclusion.

After the first euphoria caused by the official announcement of the remake of FFVII, there came the disappointment – news reached us that the game will give up the classic, half-turn ATB combat system for a more classic approach to fights, and dividing the story into episodes (the game we'll receive in 2020 is going to focus on the events in Midgar, which were merely a few-hour long prologue in the original). Fortunately, subsequent information restored our faith in this project.

The story, while actually based solely on the section in Midgar city, will be greatly expanded with new storylines, opponents, or locations. The combat system will be more action-driven, but the developers have prepared an alternative mode, changing the rules of fights to resemble the classic system. The graphic style and technical design are a dream come true for everyone who –watching the square heads of Cloud and Aeris years ago – imagined how these characters could look like in reality.

This could be the project to bring Final Fantasy back to its former glory as one of the most important console series ever. And the only thing you can worry about is whether Square Enix, after the release of the first part, will be able to speed up the works on the next episodes of this remake – waiting fifteen years to re-live the most dramatic scene in the history of Japanese role-playing games isn't a very exciting prospect.

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