FFVII: Time Guardian

Rodensoft, an independent developer based in Aomori, Japan making games and web projects for Japanese and English speaking markets, was working a fan-made sequel to PSone’s Final Fantasy VII… for PSone.

A purely personal project, the sequel started life as a modification, but has since turned into a proof-of-concept, existing only to “demonstrate how much power even the original Final Fantasy VII PSone engine has.” Development is not ongoing, as Rodensoft explains, “it’s a full time job and the scripting tools, while great, are quite restrictive compared to real coding.” The studio is now working on an original RPG based on the Unreal Engine.

Final Fantasy VII: Time Guardian took the original world of Final Fantasy VII and added a plethora of new features, including a day-and-night system, time-based world, resource mining, house ownership, repeatable quests, switching between characters and teams, and a faction/karma system.

The story began at the Temple of the Ancients, in which the Time Guardian sets a trap for Cait Sith, who was taking the Black Materia, and scrambles time so that events from the beta and Ultimania concepts of Final Fantasy VII take place. Each character would forget each other and start in locations across the world meaningful to them (for example, Yuffie near Kalm, Barret in Corel, etc.), eventually meeting each other in set circumstances.


This video shows how far you can go with modding a game. It was made by a professional team, yes, but it also means a dedicated team of modders can achieve impressive results. Should some of the new features make it to the PS4 remake?

Source: Germatsu.com