Final Fantasy VII Remake: Material Ultimania

Are you a sucker for details? Did you like those "behind-the-scenes" DVD bonus features, where there's a documentary about the making of your favorite film? This is an amazing book that really deep dives into all the nitty-gritty details of Final Fantasy VI Remake's development. From the outfits our beloved characters wear, in-depth storyboards for the cutscenes, even the thought that went into all the miscellaneous things that bring Midgar to life. The graphic designs of the advertisements you'd on the plate and in the slums, details from the composers when it comes to the wonderful soundtrack. Heck, this book even goes into detail Midgar DIETARY HABITS. There is an extensive, thorough outline of the culture of Midgar and the different sectors down below, in the slums. The development team thought. Of. EVERYTHING. It is so impressive how much love and care is going into this project. It even gives a taste of how sidequests are developed, showing cut material from a Tifa focused sidequest that didn't make it into the game. It's very interesting to me to see how the developers think when crafting this game. ALL the moving parts, for which there are many. If you're at all fascinated in the ins and outs are developing a AAA Final Fantasy, especially the likes of a beloved behemoth like the FF7 world, this is the book for you. If you're a FF7 maniac and want to learn more about what made this Remake so incredible and uncover some lore, this book has that. There is so much information in here, but if you love learning about the intrinsic details everyday folk might not pay attention to, I highly recommend thud Material Ultimania. I loved reading the little blurbs from the developers, joking and reminiscing and giving insight into what went on during the development stages. There's even interviews from the Japanese voice cast, which was fun to read about, too. There's just so much content in here. Very happy with my purchase, aha.

Amazing quality and beautiful artwork. The hardcover feels premium and full of nostalgia — a must-have for any Final Fantasy VII fan!

I got this guide mostly to collect it. I was pleasantly surprised when I found myself also using it to find more rare items and to complete harder materia collection missions. Beautifully collected, nice quality, worth the purchase.

My childhood best friend and I still keep in touch. He and I are diehard FF7 fans. This is a must for your collection. Whether you are a fan or not, the legacy of this game and it's impact on the gaming world is palpable. The art work within this book is extensive and mind blowing.

This book as a lot of cool stuff crammed into it. Of course it has artwork but also takes a look at the creative team's design philosophy, cutscene pre-renderings, character profiles, lore and more. The two coolest things in the book to me are the clothing design process and the Midgar timeline. When designing character clothing they actually had a lot of the in game costumes created in real life and had models wear and move around in them to see how they should be animated in the game and they show that process here. Even going so far as to make Rufus' outfit. The Midgar timeline is the kind of stuff I like to see in these kinds of books, more background on things we don't get to see in the game. Think of it as the Zelda timeline in Hyrule Historia. Any fan of the game should pick this up. Hopefully they do something similar for Rebirth.

This book is amazing, I expected it to have mostly the designs of the characters, but it goes so beyond that. It includes very detailed descriptions behind the recreations of characters, scenarios, items, lore and even soundtrack, analyzed piece by piece, also in a great quality presentation. If you are a fan of Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy VII, or if like great artbook with a lot of details on every process of a videogame production, this is a must buy. Cant wait for next ones

When I first played Remake I was in awe of the combat system and the general high fidelity and polish of the entire game. I was happy to purchase this knowing there’d be design documentation and tidbits about the production process, including a scrapped scenario starring Tifa being the MC. I’m usually skeptical about books that advertise themselves on game design theory, but what I saw in this Ultimania was worth more to me than all the books I read while I was in school. Real materials that were put into execution that you know works. I will be getting the next Ultimania for Rebirth for the same reason.

Beautiful book with lots of insightful comments by the staff, super recommended to any designer and fan of the series!

I absolutely love this, It's so high definition, As a new fan of FFVII I had to buy this

جاني مغلف ومرتب ، كتاب كبير وعريض ، صفحاته كثيره مره استمتعت وانا اشوف كل صفحه فيه ، الي يحبون فاينل فانتزي بيعجبهم بلا شك

Not a big fan of the FF7 Remake game, but absolutely love this book for the huge amount of concepts and behind-the-scenes information. Apart from the usual characters and environment artworks, included in the book are storyboards of cutscenes, breakdown of the music compositions, interviews with the voice actors/actresses as well as background information of the world of FF7. A worthy buy!

Excelente libro! Es el arte del FF7 Remake, los personajes, escenarios, modelados 3D y diseños.

What I was expecting and more! Awesome hardback cover art. So many pages and the quality is great. Real must have of you're a fan of the game. Go get it!