Thu, Jul 05, 2012 | 10:49 BST
Final Fantasy VII PC re-release confirmed – first video
Final Fantasy VII has been confirmed for PC re-release today, with the new version packing fresh online features including achievements, a “Character Booster” and cloud saving.
Final Fantasy VII is coming to PC, Square Enix has said today. The announcement brought the game’s site to its knees.
No release date or price has been confirmed. Square told VG247 today that “we will be issuing more information within the next 24 hours.”
The revamp will include now “a host of new online features”. Achievements are to be included, of which there are 36, as is something called the “Character Booster”.
“With the Character Booster you can increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to their maximum, all with the simple click of a button, leaving you to enjoy your adventure,” said the site.
The game will support cloud saving: “With cloud save support in Final Fantasy VII you can continue your game progress right where you left off, all you need is an internet connection.”
Minimum specs for the new version are:
- Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64-bit)
- 2GHz Processor or faster
- 1GB RAM
- DirectX 9-compatible graphic card
The PC version of FFVII will release “soon,” and will be available exclusively through the Square Enix store. It’ll be shipped in English, French, German and Spanish.
A Final Fantasy VII remake has been rumoured and begged for since time immemorial. Square president Yoichi Wada recently poured water on the talk, however, saying the project could kill the franchise.
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Posted in: PC, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy vii
29 comments
#1
Sam Clay
04/07/12, 1:24 pm
Boom.
#2
TheBlackHole
04/07/12, 1:25 pm
iPad version would have been pretty cool. PC though? Not HD? Am I missing something?
#3
mad1723
04/07/12, 1:26 pm
Well, it doesnt look like an HD remake, more like a rebuilt version so that it could work on recent PCs. Oh well, I’ll take that over FFXIV anyday
#4
diego-rbb-93
04/07/12, 1:28 pm
Wait a minute! Are those specs really neccesary? LMFAO
#5
YoungZer0
04/07/12, 1:32 pm
I think people who use the line “Like never before” should be punished for their bullshit.
#6
Colin Gallacher
04/07/12, 1:32 pm
Cloud saving? Oh you.
#7
Just-Joe
04/07/12, 1:33 pm
Aeris still dies.
#8
Colin Gallacher
04/07/12, 1:36 pm
@2 Technically, it was in ‘HD’ when it came out on the PC back in 1998.
#9
Fin
04/07/12, 1:49 pm
lol shitty sub-hd graphics
Curious that it says it’ll be exclusive to the Square-Enix store. Didn’t this leak come from Steam originally?
#10
Dimaco
04/07/12, 1:51 pm
Day one buy. Just to have a version that works on my current pc…
#11
L.O.R.D
04/07/12, 1:55 pm
soo..its an HD re-release ?
why not release it on 3DS
just put 3D on it..and it will sell alot
#12
mad1723
04/07/12, 1:58 pm
@11 From the looks of it, it doesnt look very HD. More like re-release that works with PC.
#13
YoungZer0
04/07/12, 2:00 pm
@10: You can still play the PSX version through an emulator.
#14
Ireland Michael
04/07/12, 2:05 pm
It’s not a “HD re-release”. It’s just the original PC version being released in digital form with some fixes for bugs and other potential problems that would stop it from playing properly on modern computers.
#15
Erthazus
04/07/12, 2:15 pm
1 Gb Of Ram?
Ehh?
2 GHZ?
#16
Ireland Michael
04/07/12, 2:29 pm
Gotta love how there isn’t a single ounce of gameplay in that trailer. Hahaha!
#17
StolenGlory
04/07/12, 2:37 pm
@15
I giggled too a tad at that.
@16
Yeah, I thought that too. It was like the last fifteen years didn’t happen or something. Additionally, the VO guy on it needs to fuck off really.
#18
ManuOtaku
04/07/12, 2:49 pm
#15 dont worry the almighty powerfull PC´s will handle that, consoles on the other hand….
#19
loki
04/07/12, 3:46 pm
lol re-fail
#20
Dave Oshry
04/07/12, 4:26 pm
ERMAGERHD!!! AERERZZ GAINZBERERRR!!
#21
Edo
04/07/12, 4:39 pm
Yeah…flying fuck something something.
#22
ManuOtaku
04/07/12, 4:48 pm
For the record i was being sarcastic
#23
Sini
04/07/12, 5:30 pm
meh, this is nothing more than SE whoring their online store
#24
Da Man
04/07/12, 7:35 pm
How’s shit like this the news?
#25
Joe_Gamer
04/07/12, 8:33 pm
I’ve replayed the game a few times, emulator, original PC release, and even the PSN version and one thing always bugs the shit out of me. I Don’t want them to change the music, the gameplay or the the backgrounds and environments. There is one thing that smacks me in the face every time though, those godawful character models. Seriously how hard could it be update that shit? You could add 10x the poly count to each one and not strain the lowliest of netbooks. I mean I KNOW that cleaning up the translations/dialogue, expanding on the story and clarifying some of the more obscure and confusing portions is WAY WAY too much to ask but how about assigning an intern to update those character models huh, it would only take poor guy a day or two.
#26
Phoenixblight
04/07/12, 8:50 pm
@25
Wouldn’t take a day to remodel all the characters. Not sure what you are smoking but you should lay off of it.
#27
Ireland Michael
04/07/12, 10:40 pm
@25 @26 There are mods out there already that allow you to update the character models.
#28
Phoenixblight
04/07/12, 10:45 pm
@27
I understand that I am just saying that it would take more than a day for a single person to update the models there is no button that automatically makes low poly models into models like God of War or more.
#29
Joe_Gamer
05/07/12, 11:50 am
I was being facetious, I don’t really believe that an intern could update the models in one day >.> the point I was making through my little comical exaggeration is that for a company of their size and resources, updating the character models is a spectacularly trivial task, well within the scope of their abilities.