Final Fantasy 7 As A Side Scroller

While the folks over at Square Enix are said to be working on a remake of the hit classic Final Fantasy title, Final Fantasy 7 (which we also hear that it will not make use of Square’s Luminous Engine), this does not mean that fans with time on their hands and passion in their hearts are just going to sit down and wait for something to happen! No sir, as you can see in the video above, this bunch of fans decided to take Final Fantasy 7 and churn out a demo that can be played in Unity, except that the title has been transformed from a turn-based JRPG into a side-scrolling beat ’em up.

Both Cloud and Tifa will star in this particular title, where it is known as Final Fantasy 7 Re-imagined, which is rather apt, in my opinion. The project’s official website mentioned, “We re-imagined how the game would be like if it’s an action game. Classic 2D Side-scrollers, such as Dragons and Dungeons: Chronicles of Mystara, Streets of Rage, etc, came to our minds. We thought about how we can incorporate some of the FFVII game play elements, such as Materia and summoning of Guardian Force into a Hack and Slash genre.”

Right now, Final Fantasy 7 Re-imagined remains as a one-level demo, which we are keeping our fingers crossed that it will be a whole lot more than that in due time.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Final Fantasy, Square Enix