Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth appears to be an enormous sport, as we present in our preview, however now we all know precisely how a lot of the unique Final Fantasy VII the brand new sport will cowl, and it is nonetheless simply the equal of the 1997 sport’s first disc.
In its current State of Play presentation exhibiting off Rebirth gameplay, Sq. Enix famous that Rebirth goes from when Cloud and his mates depart Midgar, “by way of their arrival on the Forgotten Capital.” That is a serious occasion within the sport’s story and initially marked the tip of the discharge’s first of three CDs when it was launched on the unique PlayStation.
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That means that whereas Rebirth covers a variety of floor, apparently providing gamers the power to traverse an enormous portion of the unique sport’s world, from Junon and Costa del Sol to Cosmo Canyon and the Golden Saucer, it is leaving the final two discs’ price of story for the ultimate sport within the remake trilogy. Granted, the unique’s disc 3 largely included mop-up content material like aspect quests, however there’s nonetheless fairly a little bit of content material that Rebirth won’t get to.
Given the best way Rebirth was mentioned through the State of Play, nonetheless, we’d see some important remixing of the story, bringing some parts from later into Rebirth and letting you entry them earlier than a number of the later story developments. There’s additionally the truth that, as we noticed in Final Fantasy VII Remake, the story is not essentially certain by what we noticed within the authentic launch.
There’s another excuse ending Rebirth on the Forgotten Capital is important, although.
Warning: Spoilers for the unique Final Fantasy VII–and presumably for Rebirth–from right here on out.
First, there’s this picture, which exhibits the Forgotten Capital swarmed by Whispers, the unusual spectral kinds that appeared within the first sport. It appears the ending of Final Fantasy VII Remake did not utterly cease the Whispers or their makes an attempt to pressure Cloud and his buddies into the destiny depicted within the authentic sport.
Second, the Forgotten Capital is the place, canonically, Aerith is killed by Sephiroth.
Within the State of Play presentation, Sq. Enix makes particular point out of Aerith’s story, saying, “We have taken painstaking care to depict how the group bonds throughout their journey, one which in the end decides Aerith’s destiny.” Aerith’s dying is the elephant within the room in relation to the FF7 remake trilogy, however since different story parts are not set in stone, it feels like this one is not, both.
To invest a bit, the presentation nearly makes it sound like your actions and selections all through the sport will decide what occurs to Aerith. The presentation particulars how you can make selections in dialogue that can have an effect on how the opposite celebration members really feel about Cloud, which can finally decide who joins Cloud within the well-known Golden Saucer date scene. However the quote above means that the bond between the staff members might need higher implications on how the story shakes out, too. It sounds as if it might nearly be like Mass Impact 2’s Suicide Mission, the end result of which is set by how a lot effort you’ve got put into loyalty missions for every member of your crew.
Of course, it is robust to say if that is the case for positive, however the impression I am getting is that not solely is Aerith’s destiny nonetheless up within the air going into Rebirth, however there is likely to be extra potential outcomes than gamers have but realized. We’ll have to attend till February 29 to search out out.
Within the meantime, the PlayStation Retailer has a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo you’ll be able to play proper now.