Thread by @GameOverThirty

1/ #FinalFantasyVIIRemake, for as excellent as it might turn out, feels like the result of a product that doesn't have an end game plan. Given that we know the first installment of #FF7R barely scratches the surface of the story, but is a "full" AAA experience, concerns me.

2/ At the size of the "chunk" they have chosen for the first installment of #FF7R, how many more #games are required to tell the entirety of the #FF7 story? 8? 10? 12? Are they going to skip insignificant story bits as time goes on? We haven't been given the outline.

3/ From a project management standpoint, it's clear to me that @SquareEnix decided very little beyond this first episode. Because if they did, the required work to complete multiple AAA #FF7 #games, at this rate, is beyond the lifespan of the #PS5 alone.

4/ Obviously there is some time/cost savings now that they have a solid engine defined, but reality of #development sets in over time. Designers & developers will come and go, business priorities change, and each chapter is supposed to be a compete game on its own (yikes).

5/ I just don't see how the entirety of #FinalFantasyVII comes together in a reasonable amount of time without #SquareEnix making some serious concessions. The more I think about it, the more I see this first episode as a pilot release that is essentially testing the market.