‘Realism’ why gamers want Final Fantasy VII remake, says Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy XIII and director of 1997’s Final Fantasy VII, has said that ‘realism’ is the reason why gamers so direly want a Final Fantasy VII remake. He explains that it was the first Final Fantasy to have “more life-like” characters.

“I think there’s such a strong voice out there for the Final Fantasy VII remake because with Final Fantasy VII, when it first came out, the characters were really the core of the game,” Kitase told 1UP in a new interview, “The CG 3D technology enabled us to create characters that seemed more relatable and more real in every way. They were more life-like than in any other FF title. But now, technology has evolved so far; in Final Fantasy XIII, we’re able to breathe more life into the characters. I think people really want to see the characters they love in a more realistic form. There were no voices back then, for instance. I think adding all these new layers to the characters is something fans really would like to see.”

So, uhm. Want to remake the game already?