Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to Offer ‘High Degree of Freedom 5s2266 ’ on Track to Release This Winter: Naoki Hamaguchi

While director Naoki Hamaguchi’s comment never suggested an open-world system, we can expect to see flexibility in exploration and side quests. 6j322x

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 5 June 2023 14:24 IST

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Highlights

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will pick up after Cloud’s exit from Midgar
Development is going smoothly, pointing towards a release this winter
Unlike the Final Fantasy 7 remake, Rebirth will not release on the PS4

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The world of Final Fantasy 7 Remake project, which picks up right after Cloud and his gang left the walls of Midgar, arriving at the quaint village of Kalm, home to miners. While his comments don't directly confirm an open-world format, we could still expect larger areas to explore, in addition to more flexibility in dealing with side content. In a separate tweet, producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed that development on the game was ‘progressing smoothly and according to plan,' suggesting that it's still on track to release this winter.

While confirmed last year, would be ‘released next winter,' pointing toward a late 2023 or early 2024 launch window.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Developer comment number 2#FF7R pic.twitter.com/WKQkBPWWsJ
— FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) June 3, 2023

“Players will witness a chain of narrative developments that lie at the very heart of the Final Fantasy VII story while discovering each character's destiny,” writer Kazushige Nojima revealed in a separate tweet. The promotion simply states that it will have a story, with threads that would reveal each character's arc. In a press release from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's announcement, producer Kitase claimed that the sequel is being developed in a way that new players could directly jump in without worrying about previous context.

“Making the middle part of a trilogy has its own challenges, but there are plenty of classic second instalments in the world of film that are defined by stunning story twists and deeper explorations of their characters. Often these second instalments become a favourite amongst the fans,” he added, hoping to make Final Fantasy VII Rebirth more gripping than 2020's PlayStation game for a new audience, tossing players into the dystopian cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar and dividing the chapters into three standalone experiences. Yes, it's a trilogy, with some work on the final part already in progress.

The plot centres around Cloud Strife, an ex-SOLDIER operative, who s a ragtag group of idealists called Avalanche to help destroy the Mako Reactor 1, whose bombing plunges the city into fiery chaos and brings visions of a bitter enemy long believed to be dead. Ditching the turn-based combat system of the original, FF7 Rebirth, however, will not release on the previous-generation PS4.

Based on the current development timeline, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is expected to release this winter on the PS5.

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Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4)

Modes Single-player

Series Final Fantasy

PEGI Rating 16+

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