Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to be a much more open experience than its predecessor, and it seems like fan feedback was among the reasons behind this.
19.09.2023 - 00:43 / pushsquare.com / Derby County / Naoki Hamaguchi
Square Enix has announced that those who played PS5, PS4 game Final Fantasy VII Remake will be treated to «special bonuses» when they boot up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Tracked through your save data, this is being done because the publisher isn't carrying over levels or abilities. As such, the bonus items are just a «little something extra».
The complete quote from director Naoki Hamaguchi on the PlayStation Blog reads: «We have announced that the Final Fantasy VII remake project will be a trilogy and that each entry will be a standalone game in its own right. Because of this, each game’s balancing is done independently and a player’s levels and abilities will not carry over from one game to the next. However, we have created some special bonuses for fans who played the previous game, allowing them to start with a little something extra.»
Over on the PS Store pre-order page, two bonus items are actually detailed. If you have save data for Final Fantasy VII Remake from either the PS5 or PS4 version, you'll get a Summon Materia for Leviathan. If you have save data from DLC Episode Intermission also, you'll get Summon Materia for Ramuh. You must have the save data available natively on your PS5 console to get the bonuses.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth launches for PS5 on 29th February 2024, with the base version set at £69.99 / $69.99 and a Digital Deluxe Edition costing £84.99 / $89.99. There's also a digital bundle that gives you both Rebirth and Final Fantasy VII Remake for the same price, but the offer is only available until the day before release: 28th February 2024.
Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he can be found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.
I’m still very excited for this game and never hit max level in Remake, but I was hoping that would all carry over.
I shall be summoning my FFVII Remake save data from the Cloud!
I'm going to echo @Odium here, still very excited, but a bit gutted they're not going with proper continuity. I just hope they have a good reason in the game why our guys are suddenly level 1 again and have lost all their hard won stuff.
Does anyone know how they'll handle things like materia/weapon upgrades? Since this is a continuation in the game, will I have access to the materia I gained in the first game or is it gonna be like starting a brand new game?
I genuinely dislike this. I’m not sure why, probably because it’ll always be one game in my head. Also getting the plats will likely involve high levelling, which will be wasted…oh well.
@Mintie My guess is Yuffie steals them and sells them off, a similar thing happened in the
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to be a much more open experience than its predecessor, and it seems like fan feedback was among the reasons behind this.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to be a massive game, and now we have a better idea of how bigger the Eastern Continent will be, compared to the original game.
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is continuing Cloud and the gang's adventure outside the walls of Midgar, so it was always assumed that it would feature larger, more open environments than what you'll find in the typically cramped Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But we didn't realise just how big this sequel's world might actually be.
There’s been much discussion about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Square Enix’s follow-up to Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and how it offers a larger world to explore. As a seamless one-to-one recreation of the original game’s world map, it promises 100 hours of content, various mini-games and side content (like the recently showcased Grasslands).
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth aims to retain the original game’s zaniness with “a lot of gimmicks thrown inside like a giant toy box.”
Square Enix showcased over 30 minutes of gameplay footage and a new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth focused on mini-games playable in the Grasslands during its Tokyo Game Show 2023 stage event.
Fans have been pleading for years, hoping that Square Enix would provide a remake of the beloved Final Fantasy VII video game. This title launched back on the original PlayStation. Of course, we now know this remake was finally put into production, but it won’t be a complete experience with just one game. In fact, the first part of the remake has already been published, and you can enjoy it right now. However, if you’ve already played the first game in the remake collection for Final Fantasy VII, your eyes might be set on that next installment, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
If there’s one that recent weeks have taught us about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Square Enix’s second part in the remake trilogy, it’s the sheer size of its world. Final Fantasy 7 Remake was a bit more confined due to its chapter-wise setup and Midgar setting, but Rebirth goes much bigger and employs a seamless map.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is looking more and more impressive with each new reveal, and some additional details on the world map that have been provided in a recent interview highlight the extreme amount of care the development team is putting into the game.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a sizable lad that'll take up 150GB of storage on your PS5 when it eventually releases. While that's spread across two disks, though, don't worry about needing to swap between them.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth looks set to bring back chocobos in a big way. Thanks to details revealed in the recent release date trailer as well as our time with a hands-on preview of the game, we can confirm that both chocobo racing and chocobo riding will be in the game. However, it also looks like Square Enix won't be including chocobo breeding.