Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Game Director Confirms This Will Be A Standalone Experience

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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.

The next major release for the remake is set to be Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Today, a new interview from Square Enix has been published. The game director, Naoki Hamaguchi, gave us a bit more insight into what we can expect for this upcoming installment. For starters, we know that all the locations featured in this game will go up to the Forgotten Capital. However, the game director did confirm that you don’t have to play the previous installment, Final Fantasy VII, to enjoy this game. Naoki stated that all of the remake project titles are designed to be standalone games. 

That might be a relief if you don’t want to go back and play Final Fantasy VII; it might be a bit odd not to, but at the very least, it’s confirmed you don’t need to have played the game. Although the game director did say that it might be worthwhile to play that first remake, but there would be an included digest movie to catch players up to speed on the narrative if you wish to just start with this installment.

All three of the remake project titles have been designed as standalone games in their own right, so any can be enjoyed fully, even if you haven’t experienced the previous