Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Confirms Character Customisation
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director, Naoki Hamaguchi, has seemingly confirmed in a recent interview that characters will have customisation options, something that was specific to story scenes in Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Unarguably one of the best scenes in Final Fantasy 7 Remake was when Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith went to Sector 6's Honeybee Inn and players were able to make choices that affected which dresses the three wore. It wasn't quite character customisation as it only lasted for that section of the game, but it was the closest thing that Remake had.
Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith's choice of dress in the Honeybee Inn is affected by decisions that the player makes in Chapter 3, Chapter 8, and Chapter 9, with the "right" choice resulting in a better ouffit.
Well, it seems like Square Enix saw how wild fans went for the Honeybee section of the game and being able to dress up Cloud, because it looks like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is going to expand on those mechanics and offer players more opportunities to customise their characters outside of story sections.
As pointed out by Final Fantasy insider Genki_JPN, this was revealed by Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director Naoki Hamaguchi during an interview with French site Final Fantasy Dream. During the interview, Hamaguchi is asked whether Rebirth will have the same kind of bonus outfits that Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis has.
In response, Rebirth's producer Yoshinori Kitase said that the team hasn't thought about DLC yet, but that there are some outfits that are "very well hidden" that the player can find, which seemingly confirms that it's not just in story-specific sequences and that outfits can be more readily swapped whenever the player wants.
After Kitase revealed that Rebirth
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