Vi forventede ikke, at Final Fantasy VII Remake ville være en fuldstændig kopi af originalen, da den grafiske opdatering alene vil ændre spillets udtryk. Square Enix har dog lagt an til flere ændringer.
"We haven't shown any gameplay yet, but since we're updating them quite a bit," sagde Tetsuya Nomura i et Famitsu-interview (via Kotaku), men han indrømmede samtidig, at de originale mekanikker altid vil være en del af spillet.
"Since we now formally revealed Kazushige Nojima's name for the scenario, there will be more plot devices in the story," he continued, suggesting there will be some alterations - whether tweaks or complete changes - to the original story. Something that he believes is needed, not just to avoid having two versions of the game on the one machine (despite the differences), but also that fact that "if you are going to do a full remake, you have to take a different approach and make something that suits the times."