If this was part 2: Crisis Core and Part 3: Advent of Children though, I'll like it but splittint the game into episodes for a game that has a huge following is kinda messy.
Let me go and play the original really quick so I know I can fall back onto it if the remake goes horribly wrong.
Get the new PS4 version. It's discounted ATM, comes with cheats like speeding up time and stoping random encounters, and comes with the greatest PS4 theme thus far.
I don't see nothing wrong with this if it goes like:
2017: Final Fantasy VII: Episode I released (beginning of the story up until they get out of Midgar)
2018: Final Fantasy VII: Episode II released (until Aerith's death) & Crisis Core HD released
2019: Final Fantasy VII: Episode III released (closes the trilogy)
We get a new episode every 9 months, like the new Star Wars movies. And this way, we can play it earlier while they finish the last parts of the game.
Chill a ****ing bit, there's nothing wrong with this. The remake project is going to be different and I dont' mind a Star Wars like structure with 3 episodes released anually, filled with content.
I could see them splitting the game in half, ending with
Aeris's death
, and leaving that at a cliffhanger and releasing the next half the next year, which would allow us to get the game earlier and avoid the inevitable delay talk that XV got when the game doesn't release in full until 2029.