Every game would be better if it was Streets of Rage – and that includes Push Square's greatest of all time, Final Fantasy VII. Fortunately, Singapore-based studio PD Design has cottoned on to this, repurposing Square Enix's classic PSone role-playing release as a beat-'em-up. In the video below, you'll see the spiky haired Cloud Strife and the amply-endowed Tifa Lockhart laying the smackdown without a single menu screen in sight.
The developer plans to release a one-level demo in order to draw interest in the re-imagining, but sadly we suspect that the aforementioned publisher's lawyers will be in touch long before it gets the chance. The studio's making this as a fan project, so it has no plans to profit from the endeavour – but with a real Final Fantasy VII Remake on the horizon, we're not convinced that the company's going to look too kindly upon this.
Update (14:45PM BST): Whoops, as pointed out in the comments this is actually already playable through here. Try it out before Square Enix files a cease and desist.
[source ffvii-reimagined.com, via eurogamer.net, vg247.com]
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Square Enix currently sitting there like "wow this looks cool! Guys have you seen this? Really cool fan game, great stuff. Anyway, get a cease and desist on this before we sue them into oblivion."
@ShogunRok Spot on.
I played it, quite fun, a few problems but then again it is in it's alpha stage
kind of makes me wish Square would do a Final Fantasy beat-em-up
Next up is a Barret-themed shooting gallery.
Square: Hmmm. You know what guys? Let's buy this and make it ourselves. I know they're expecting the ff7 remake soon, but you don't think they'll mind if we put it on the ps6?
I seen this on Facebook, I would definitely play it.
Hint to sega: do a frickin new streets of rage game already!!!
Superior to the original guff
When this kind of things happens, why doesn't the rights holder just say "We'll let you carry on making it as long as we legally own it and the only place it can be played is as a Flash game (or whatever) on our website"? And then advertise the crap out of stuff to people who come to play it? Seems like a win/win.
Actually looks good.
Reminds me of the decent Flash games of old.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi OOOOOOH what a bait. Seriously hope someone has a go.
@ShogunRok it almost hooked me. Almost
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