Final Fantasy 7 Remakepart 1 takes players through the Midgar section of the original game. Though this was initially only a five hour segment, theremake breathes new life into Midgarand stretches this out into a full length experience. This worked well enough for the first part, but there’s a lot of confusion about how the rest of the game will be handled. One major question fans have is how Square Enix plans to move forward in regards to new consoles. With the launch of the PS5 less than two weeks away, it’s unclear whether development will continue on the PS4 or shift focus to prioritize the new PS5 hardware.
There’s a couple things to consider here regarding which consoleFinal Fantasy 7 Remakepart 2 releases on. Even putting aside the obvious differences of hardware and capabilities, there’s backwards compatibility, maintaining a player base, and more to think about. At the moment there’s no information from Square Enix or Sony regarding what the plans for future installments of theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeare, so this is all purely speculation. Fans should keep in mind that until there’s an official announcement, nothing is set in stone and anything could theoretically happen. Despite this, there are some context clues fans can use to get a sense for how this will work.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 on PS5
It seems obvious thatFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2would continue forging its path on the PS5, as it simply wouldn’t make sense for the rest of this thrilling tale to be told on thePS4’s comparatively weaker hardware. Even so, there are a lot of pitfalls that come along with taking this approach that Square Enix will have to navigate, mostly in regards to the first game moving forward. It would be somewhat odd if the first part of the remake was the only one to release on PS4.
to get around this, there are a couple things that Square Enix could do. The first, and potentially most likely, is to simply make the first part of the remakeplayable on PS5 through backwards compatibility. This would ensure that all the parts of the remake can be played on one console and not require switching between the PS4 and PS5. It’s also possible that Square Enix will release every installment of the remake on both PS4 and PS5, taking a cross-platform approach throughout the entire project, but this puts more time on development while fans are still awaiting word for the next part. Finally, Square Enix could theoretically never make the jump to PS5, choosing instead to keepFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeon PS4 for its lifetime, but then it loses out on a lot.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Moving Forward
Of all these potential options, the first seems the most likely for a number of reasons. The thought of Square Enix refusing to take one of the most anticipated games of the year to the next generation of gaming is too far fetched to believe. AlreadyFinal Fantasy 7 Remakestunned fans with its gorgeous visuals and sound design, pushing the PS4 to its very limits. Fans want to see how far it could go on the PS5, as it could be atrue display of the next generation of gaming.
On the other hand, while each installment releasing on both consoles would be the best option for players, it is also the more time consuming and resource intensive of the three.Final Fantasy 7 Remakeis already taking quite a while to develop, and having to test two separate versions of the game would only add to that time. There’s also a question of whether it would be worth doing monetarily for Square Enix, something that won’t be easy to tell until a few weeks after the PS5’s release. It’s likely that many gamers will stick with the PS4 for some time before making the jump.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 on PS4
For the sake of speculation, say Square Enix did decide to keepFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeon PS4. As odd as this would be, it could theoretically work thanks to the backwards compatibility features on PS5. Keeping it as a PS4 game would allow the developers to maintain most of the systems from the first part without having torewrite code for PS5, and theoretically the game would still be playable on that console anyway thanks to backwards compatibility. Naturally, this would come with its own set of drawbacks as well.
Of course, the downside of this is that the game will still feel like a PS4 game. Without specific adjustments made to tailor the game as a PS5 experience, certainnext generation features may be absent or lacking. This does help with the issue of audience though, as players with either a PS4 or PS5 would be able to enjoy the game in its entirety. It just may be a slightly disappointing experience for PS5 users when compared to the fidelity of other games designed specifically for that console.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Theory
According to some theories, this entire problem may not actually be a concern to Square Enix at all. This is something of a crazier idea, but there are those that believe the next entry in theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeadventure won’t be a part 2 at all, but instead a completely separate game. ThoughFinal Fantasy 7 Remakepart 1 followed the story of the original fairly closely, the introduction and eventualdefeat of the Whispers caused a lot of minor changesthat will snowball down the road.
As these snowballs gain in speed and size, the story moving forward could look vastly different from the original game. It’s possible that the next entry could release on PS5 under a different name, and the PS4Final Fantasy 7 Remakeactually just served as a prologue of sorts to the real story Square Enix wants to tell using thecharacters ofFinal Fantasy 7. Of course, there’s no evidence to back this up, and Square Enix hasn’t made any sort of announcements indicating this sort of plan, instead insisting the rest of the adventure would see less major changes. Until something official comes from either Square Enix or Sony, fans will just have to wait and see how the remake is handled on the next generation of consoles moving forward.
Final Fantasy 7 Remakeis available now exclusively on PS4.
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