Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is gunning hard for Yakuza's mini-game crown

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Square Enix showed off 20 more minutes of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth during a special State Of Play stream last night, and holy heck, they sure are bringing it with the mini-games in this one. There's a whole Gwent-like card game called Queen's Blood (watch out Triple Triad), dolphin ride obstacle courses, playing with Mooglets, the return of Intergrade's Fort Condor battles, a strange bit of chicken wrangling, photographing Red XIII, frog jumping... and that's before we even get to all the stuff at Gold Saucer. Honestly, Like A Dragon better watch out, as Rebirth is clearly making a play for its mini-game crown in this second part of Squeenix's Final Fantasy 7 Remake project, and man alive, I'm so very here for it.

Yes, yes, I know Rebirth hasn't been confirmed for PC yet, but let's be real. It's only a matter of time. Personally, I'm not putting much stock in the sneaky small print at the end of the stream that seemed to imply it will only be a PS5 exclusive "until at least 05.29.2024", as three months seems like far too short a time period to realistically unveil and release a whole extra PC version. Besides, Final Fantasy 16 was supposedly only a PS5 exclusive until "at least December 31st 2023", and there's still no sight of the (now confirmed) PC version of that, either. So make of that date what you will.

But in any case, when Rebirth does eventually come to PC, cor, even without all the mini-games, it sure looks peak video game, doesn't it? It's so gosh-darned colourful, and the open areas of the world map look properly stunning - way more impressive than Final Fantasy 16's secretly linear areas that are really just flat plains with fancy scenery dotted around in the background.

There will be eight distinct regions in Rebirth that Square Enix say will be "seamlessly interconnected", starting with the Grasslands south of Midgar. You'll then go to Junon - the one with the big gun on the cliff - before visiting the Corel Region with its sandy beaches,