{"id":11627,"date":"2023-09-21T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/21\/we-remade-it-from-a-fans-perspective-the-creators-of-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:38:17","slug":"we-remade-it-from-a-fans-perspective-the-creators-of-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/21\/we-remade-it-from-a-fans-perspective-the-creators-of-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We remade it from a fan\u2019s perspective\u2019: the creators of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game\u2019s creators reflect on making the original \u2013 and remaking a classic<\/p>\n<p>There are few fictional locales as iconic as Final Fantasy VII\u2019s Midgar. Originally envisioned as a rain soaked New York-esque metropolis, the final sprawling cityscape kept the Big Apple\u2019s detective noir grit \u2013 but imbued it with a quietly ominous steampunk flavour. Boot up the PS1 original today, and its blurry pre-rendered backgrounds still conjure up a startling sense of place \u2013 Midgar\u2019s billowing chimneys and dusty streets blending seamlessly with skyscrapers that could preside in modern-day Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing visual comparisons to Blade Runner and the character-led melodrama of Star Wars, this PlayStation 1 role-playing game has attained an almost mythological status \u2013 a pioneering playable parable about climate change destined to be retold time and time again. It was to fans\u2019 delight, then, when 23 years after the release of the low-poly original, 2020\u2019s Remake saw Final Fantasy VII reborn in high definition.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/sep\/21\/the-makers-of-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ef2cfd6c5b787c2725f960a4aa476f37a7cfc937\/175_122_1597_958\/master\/1597.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=649aa5c6323b51870c22c4a842510a4d\" title=\"\u2018We remade it from a fan\u2019s perspective\u2019: the creators of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth\" \/>As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game\u2019s creators reflect on making the original \u2013 and remaking a classic<br \/>\nThere are few fictional locales as iconic as Final Fantasy VII\u2019s Midgar. Originally envisioned as a rain soaked New York-esque metropolis, the final sprawling cityscape kept the Big Apple\u2019s detective noir grit \u2013 but imbued it with a quietly ominous steampunk flavour. Boot up the PS1 original today, and its blurry pre-rendered backgrounds still conjure up a startling sense of place \u2013 Midgar\u2019s billowing chimneys and dusty streets blending seamlessly with skyscrapers that could preside in modern-day Tokyo.<br \/>\nDrawing visual comparisons to Blade Runner and the character-led melodrama of Star Wars, this PlayStation 1 role-playing game has attained an almost mythological status \u2013 a pioneering playable parable about climate change destined to be retold time and time again. It was to fans\u2019 delight, then, when 23 years after the release of the low-poly original, 2020\u2019s Remake saw Final Fantasy VII reborn in high definition. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game\u2019s creators reflect on making the original \u2013 and remaking a classic There are few fictional locales as iconic as Final Fantasy VII\u2019s Midgar. Originally envisioned as a rain soaked New York-esque metropolis, the final sprawling cityscape kept the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/21\/we-remade-it-from-a-fans-perspective-the-creators-of-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We remade it from a fan\u2019s perspective\u2019: the creators of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11627"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}