TOTTY: Taking a 1997 video game and updating it for 2020 meant a lot of changes. JOHN ERIC BENTLEY: (As Barret Wallace) You going to stand there and pretend you can't hear the planet crying out in pain? I know you can.ĬODY CHRISTIAN: (As Cloud Strife) You really hear that?īENTLEY: (As Barret Wallace) Damn straight I do. (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO GAME, 'FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE') But Barret truly believes his methods are the only way to save the planet. At the beginning, Cloud's just looking out for No. The hero is Cloud Strife, a mercenary who's hired for the job by the extremist group Avalanche, led by a tough-talking guy with a gun for an arm named Barret Wallace. The adventure begins with a mission to bomb one of the reactors that powers a city.

The corporation known as Shinra sucks all of that energy out of the planet to make electricity, creating massive pollution and potentially killing all life. The game is set in a world where all living things share a unique spiritual energy. TOTTY: That story combines elements of science fiction and fantasy. Returning to the world also gives our biggest fans a chance to experience what they loved in a whole new way. NEAL PABON: Final Fantasy VII Remake gives new audiences a chance to finally meet some of the most iconic characters in gaming and experience a modernized version of a beloved story. TOTTY: Neal Pabon does marketing at the game company Square Enix. TOTTY: The game is Final Fantasy VII, and my friend Kelsey is going back to this 23-year-old game now because she's really excited to play a brand-new, modernized version of it called Final Fantasy VII Remake. TOMBLIN: I haven't played this game in 20 years. All this, of course, is happening in a video game. TOTTY: She's a mercenary who just got hired by a ragtag group of resistance fighters that are trying to stop a greedy energy corporation from destroying all life on the planet. KELSEY TOMBLIN: So we just hopped off the train, and I think we're about to go do some ecoterrorism. LINDSAY TOTTY, BYLINE: Kelsey Tomblin is on a top-secret mission. NPR's Lindsay Totty has this one, and just a quick warning - there will be light spoilers for the beginning of the game. Some people stuck at home are dealing with boredom by picking up their game controllers, and for some gamers, a long wait ends tomorrow, a more than 20-year wait.

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