The fanbase reactions were mixed when Square Enix announced their plan of turning the Final Fantasy VII Remake into an episodic venture.
Last July, it was to the joy of many fans that the rumors of an anticipated FFVII remake was validated and that the remake was already under production for a PS4 release. And a few days ago, on PlayStation Experience 2015, a new trailer was revealed, featuring some insight on the gameplay, the graphics and even the voice acting. But sadly, it was also revealed in a press release on the following day that FFVIIR "will be told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience."
While this is the cause of much complaining within the fanbase, Kotaku managed to extract a statement from Square Enix that claims that "As a gaming experience, each entry will have the volume of content equal to a full-sized game." Meaning that the "episodes" would be full of content, or resemble the three-disk format of the original game. Square Enix also assures us that this is to preserve all of the content present in the original game.
In an interview by Dengeki Online (via Kotaku), Tetsuya Nomura, the character designer of the original game, and Yoshinori Kitase, the original director of the original game, they say that the game was always planned to "be bigger than a single release" and that "there would be things (they'd) have to put into a shortened compilation." And seeing as how detailed the areas we've seen in the gameplay trailer are, there's no doubt that the game would definitely be much bigger than a single release, or would at least take much too long. It's quite possible they're going to follow the original 3 disk format and give the remake 3 episodes as a result if they want to be completely faithful, though it might be a bit of a stretch to say at this point.
Aside from that, according to IGN, it's been revealed in a live-streamed interview that the original composer of the game's soundtrack, Nobuo Uematsu, won't be working with Square Enix on the remake, though the reasons are not elaborated on.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake will be available to play on the PlayStation 4. There is no news about a release date or pre-order as of writing.
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