Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Every Confirmed & Leaked Detail We Know

17. It's Episodic - And Part 2 Is Already Underway

Final Fantasy VII Remake Aerith — Square Enix

We've had to wait nearly half a decade for Final Fantasy VII's remake, and even when it does hit shelves, it'll only be half finished.

That's because Square Enix, wanting to do justice to the scope and scale of the project, whilst coincidentally reaping the profits several times over - made the difficult decision to split the game into several episodes.

Episode 1 will focus solely on the game's Midgar plotline, roughly equating to the opening fifteen hours or so of the original. As the starring location in its own standalone chapter, the area is expected to be expanded significantly on its PS1 depiction.

So how many episodes will there be? We can't say - producer Yoshinori Kitase told Kotaku's Jason Schreier back in June that Square Enix don't even know themselves.

What we do know is that Episode 2 is already deep into production, even before the first has exited the vault. Tetsuya Nomura, speaking in a Square Enix blog post, boasted he is "confident that playing [Episode 2] will expand your expectations just like the world beyond Midgar."

Blimey.

Benjamin Richardson

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