In 2015, audiences around the world shed tears after Sony seemingly did the impossible: revealed that Final Fantasy 7 would be receiving a remake for its modern console.
You see, Final Fantasy 7 is one in an elite series of games that could be described as truly iconic. It shaped a generation of gamers into appreciating JRPGs – and indeed, Japanese games in general – and was very mich the touchstone for graphical prowess at the time. It also very much tapped into the sort of storytelling that teenagers, in particular, loved – brooding heroes and longing romanticism and dark, black-clad pain.
Source: IGN.com What We Want From Final Fantasy 7 Remake At E3