Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined has received a new behind-the-scenes development video, and it is the kind of thing remake fans should pay attention to. Square Enix and the team discuss the visual and design choices behind reworking such a large, old-school RPG for a modern audience.
That is not a simple job. Dragon Quest 7 has always been enormous, strange, slow-burn and structurally unusual, which makes a modern reimagining more complicated than polishing a few textures and calling it a day.
The video reportedly touches on how the team balanced bright character models with darker narrative moments, which is exactly the kind of tonal problem Dragon Quest often handles better than outsiders expect. A good remake does not simply modernize; it interprets. It has to understand what made the original work, what made it difficult and what modern players will tolerate before politely wandering off to a backlog with better menus.
Source: GamingBolt - https://gamingbolt.com/dragon-quest-7-reimagined-video-goes-behind-the-scenes-with-the-remakes-development