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Final Fantasy 8 would need reworked battle system in hypothetical remake, says series producer


Final Fantasy 8 director, and series producer, Yoshinori Kitase has said he would change its combat system in a hypothe…

"So I think I'd want to return to that and really rework the battle system on [Final Fantasy 8] and make it something where that level of difficulty and approachability for some fans was a lot better balanced. Speaking to Eurogamer, Kitase said he's not deterred from more remakes in future but they do need to be carefully considered due to their size and the amount of work required. "It did blow us away: the amount of time and effort and resources that we need to realise something like [a modern remake] was much more than we originally imagined it would be, so it has made us think quite carefully about starting up another project of that scale again, certainly."

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