Sorry, Final Fantasy sickos. Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth is not getting any main story DLC akin to Remake’s Intergrade growth, in keeping with sport director Naoki Hamaguchi.
In an interview with The Daily Star, Hamaguchi gently denied fan hopes of an middleman chapter between Rebirth and the subsequent sport. Final Fantasy 7: Remake obtained such a chapter with “Intermission,” which included a brand new story that includes Yuffie.
“We undoubtedly do hear the will from followers, the voices on the market that need that sort of factor,” he stated. “I perceive it fully, however I feel, from my perspective, what the followers actually wish to see essentially the most shouldn’t be essentially DLC. They wish to see the third a part of the collection as rapidly as attainable.”
Whereas Hamaguchi’s evaluation might be appropriate, this could be a let-down for followers who had been anticipating extra. Rumors of a Rebirth DLC have been effervescent each as a result of Remake’s current DLC, as properly as a prior comment from Hamaguchi about desirous to make “additional expansions” to addictive minigame Queen’s Blood.
Whereas that comment may have meant something from minor updates to a standalone sport, many took it to imply Queen’s Blood DLC was within the playing cards. Hamaguchi’s remarks right now do not appear to completely refute that, as he seems to be particularly referring to a full-blown, character-driven, story DLC right here. But it surely’s additionally not trying hopeful.
For now, it feels like Square Enix is full velocity forward on the third a part of Final Fantasy 7’s trilogy of a remake. The primary two video games, Remake and Rebirth, had been 4 years aside, and Rebirth simply launched this 12 months. Meaning we probably have a little bit of a wait forward of us, with Square Enix suggesting it hoped to launch the finale by 2027. That provides us loads of time to play during Rebirth, which we gave a 9/10 and which is a nominee for Recreation of the Yr at The Recreation Awards in December.
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