Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Have Both Action-Oriented and Turn-Based Battles

Despite the hit that the game Final Fantasy VII was in the 90s, I didn't have the opportunity to play it at the time. I've only played it just recently, a few years ago on my old PlayStation 2. I was halfway through the first disk (the game has three) when my PS2 began refusing to read PSX disks, and unfortunately my FF7 journey came to a halt. So, when I found out that Final Fantasy VII Remake would be coming to the PS4, I thought it would be my chance to take on my FF7 journey again, and maybe see it through to the end this time.

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At first, it seemed like the battles would be action-based. This was a worry for me, not only because battles in FF7 weren't like that, but because I prefer turn-based battles, where I can calmly think on what to do and choose the appropriate options.

However, at Tokyo Game Show 2019, producer Yoshinori Kitase demonstrated the game and revealed that, aside from the action-based battles where the player must frantically attack the enemy to fill the ATB Gauge and only then be able to choose spells, there is also an option called "Classic Mode," where the AI will be in charge of the action-packed attacking (though the player may also press the attack buttons and intervene if he/she so chooses) and once the ATB Gauge is full, the player will be able to call up the menus and calmly choose the spells like in a turn-based game, which makes the battles feel a bit closer to the original FF7 battles. One less worry for me, and probably a good strategy to please both the players who prefer action and who prefer turn-based battles.

Besides this revelation, producer Kitase also showed other things like a bit of the game's first stage (he showed Classic Mode during the boss battle, actually), another boss battle which included a summoning, and a minigame that whoever played the original FF7 will remember for sure!

Final Fantasy VII Remake will come out as games separated into episodes (we don't know how many yet), though it was revealed that the first game will consist of two Blu-ray disks and will cover the part of the story set in Midgar. The first game will be released for PS4 on March 3rd, 2020 worldwide.

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