The remake trailer takes its sweet time getting to Aeris as well but uses that time more wisely. Rather than lazing about a starry sky, it does a sweep of Midgar in the daytime, giving us a taste of what life is like under the plates of the industrial city.

But you see, when they finish this game, it means they’ve more or less completed a large amount of work on any remaining chapters, automatically. They’ve got the game engine, the battle system, etc. If they want a consistent experience across the entire collection, they’re not going to want to change those up every…

I don’t think this has anything to do with feature creep. It has to do with the serious deficiencies FFVII would have as a modern game.

A remake has to be brought up to modern standards to have any chance at success. There’s no way to just give it a fresh coat of paint here.