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5 Things to Remember from the Epic New Trailer of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Story, Worlds, Characters, Gameplay and More!

It was the incredible climax of a rather soporific conference: the official trailer from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was revealed to the general public during Summer Game Fest 2023, last night June 8. A phenomenal trailer to raise the hype around the sequel to FF7 Remake, even though FF16 is expected to turn in less than two weeks. Fans of the saga are eating excessively well at the moment, while FF7 Rebirth is already shaping up to be one of the most ambitious games of all time.

Between new characters, elements of gameplay, history, and many others, here is the 5 things to remember of this latest Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer.

What turn will the story take?

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

The very first image of the trailer that you can see for a split second is this tornado. After that, we can see our group except Cloud: Barret, Tifa, Nanaki (ok, Red XIII…) and Aerith, potentially deceased following this tornado that ravaged Midgar. So many theories are already imaginable, but no certainty is currently certifiable given all the information sent to us by Square.

The most likely would be that Zack’s Return, alive and well, at the end of FF7 Remake altered the so-called “canon” timeline, the original, and caused this catastrophe, leading to the death of our group, and explaining the last post-credits scene of Intergrade, the FF7R DLC. Our heroes that we play would be sent to an alternate timeline in which they are alive and well, and would all of this lead to a convergence of timelines, the infamous “Reunion” that the mysterious Whispers keep calling for, for the 3rd and final episode of the trilogy?

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Impossible to know at the moment T what it is, maybe they are just injured, then Zack will arrive at the wrong time… But if only the name “Rebirth” (Renaissance) of this second opus strongly suggests this first theory. What about the sequence of events shown in this trailer, the iconic scene between Tifa & Sephiroth 5 years in the past? Tifa who has no memory of Cloud’s presence in Nibelheim, Sephiroth who will try to turn Cloud against her by saying “You know I killed her, so who is she?”. So many questions that we can’t wait to get answers to!

We’re out of Midgar! A semi-open world?

It was expected, we now have our first glimpses of FF7 Rebirth out of Midgar, and what does it throw. After a “corridor side” which may have disturbed some in FF7R and even if we imagine that certain parts of the game will always be in this genre, Square offers us splendid images to the tunes of semi-open worlds. Kalm, Juno, Cosmo Canyon, it’s already talking about Nibelheim, all these key places on the FF7 map will once again be part of the adventure.

How will they be brought? Will there be a giant map where we will travel on the back of chocobo at FF15, or a series of chapters just like FF7 Remake? No idea yet, but… woah.

New playable characters!

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Even if Yuffie has already had her start of glory in the Intergrade DLC of FF7 Remake, she will have her full place within the group in FF7 Rebirth, and even a gift for Rouge XIII ! The number of playable characters now seems to rise to 5, compared to the 3 of the first opus. And knowing where we seem to be headed story-wise, would that just be a teaser and could our party accommodate even more playable characters? Vincent Valentine, Cait Sith… Maybe they will be reserved for the final episode of the trilogy, but who knows.

New on the gameplay with duo combos!

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Even if the heart of the gameplay seems to remain faithful to FF7 Remake, we can already observe the first novelties. Besides the 5 small vertical bars under the ATB gauge of which we have no information on their usefulness for the moment, duo combos have been revealed! Inspired by many J-RPGs including Tales of Arise which is one of the most recent very good examples, it seems that all the characters have respective duo combos, giving rise to spectacular new attacks.

No information yet on the menus, the progression system and the materials, if they will change from the previous opus or not, but we imagine knowing more during this second half of the year, once the hype around Final Fantasy 16 fallout gradually.

An exit window that becomes clearer, and TWO CDs!?

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be like Intergrade, exclusively on PS5 and more on PS4. Given the visual quality and content offered by Rebirth, the older generation is therefore definitively set aside. But the information to remember is the exit window which is becoming clearer for early 2024, which always coincides with the previously announced initial window of winter 2023. A release to be planned during January / February 2024?

Finally, the size of the game seems colossal. It will require two CDs for the physical version, reminiscent of the 3 of the original version on PS1. Discs and incomparable capacity, however, since a PS5 CD contains up to 100GB of data. FFVII Rebirth would approach 200GB? It’s simply one of the biggest games of all time, and when we know that there will still be an episode behind, the hype is definitely not ready to fall among fans of the license.

2023-06-09 22:28:18
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