Final Fantasy 7 Remake Gets Demake Mod to Bring Back Low-Poly Graphics
Fans may have waited two decades for a Final Fantasy 7 remake – but a new PC mod has reverted 2020's uprezzed heroes back to the original PlayStation game's low-poly graphics.
As reported by PC Gamer, Nexus Mods user FantasyRaider has created a mod that turns Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, Barret and Yuffie back to their original, pointy Final Fantasy 7 appearances.
The characters will appear in their low-poly forms - which are technically taken from the Windows 1998 version of the game (evidenced by their mouths that don't appear in the original) throughout both gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. They won't appear in Remake's full cinematic cutscenes, however, but can still be enjoyed for most of the game.
Everything else remains in full HD, of course, with just the character models of playable characters being sent back in time. This includes Sonon Kusakabe, who wasn't in the original game and was instead introduced in Remake's Intermission chapter –but the mod also gives him a low-poly model too.
Similar wacky mods will likely be released for Final Fantasy 7 Remake's sequel, Rebirth, which has finally been confirmed by Square Enix as a late 2023 game. It will continue the story of Remake - though perhaps not exactly as Final Fantasy 7 told it - as the second game in the remastered trilogy.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
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