Final Fantasy VII Rebirth revealed, with open-world details, story beats, locations, and more

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Final Fantasy VII Remake part 2, officially titled Rebirth, was officially revealed at the Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary Celebration livestream. The game, releasing in winter of 2023 and exclusive to the Playstation 5. In the trailer, we hear Aerith speaking about how the future is not inevitable, but the past remains the past, hinting that the fate-changing events of the first title will have major repercussions on the events of the story fans remember from the 1997 original.

In the trailer, released on the Final Fantasy VII Remake Twitter, shows off the open world and plenty of juicy story beats.

Sephiroth is back, and he seems to be journeying alongside Cloud and the party, either as a presence in Cloud’s consciousness or part of the Nibelheim flashback. We also hear dialog from Tifa questioning whether Cloud considers her to be fake, or dead. This dialog likely comes from the Northern Crater section of the narrative, where Sephiroth uses everything he has to push Cloud to the brink of collapse and beyond. It might also be Cloud questioning the reality of the Remake world, as in the first game he has flashes of events from the original game that sends his mind into a tailspin long before it otherwise would have.

Zack, Cloud’s friend from years past, also features prominently, dragging an unconscious Cloud toward Midgar. This also hints at the events of Rebirth being a rewriting of the game fans remember from 1997. At one point in the trailer, a caption asks, “What is fact and what is fiction?” possibly implying the game will play with expectations outside of how the first Remake title did. We also see white feathers falling from around Cloud and Zack. Sephiroth’s one-winged feathers are black, so these could