With the recent announcement of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, fans may want to go back and play Final Fantasy 7 Remake or the original Final Fantasy 7, but how long are they? While a game's remake is typically around the same length as its source, Final Fantasy 7 Remake isn't a typical remake, and makes changes to the story and world of the original Final Fantasy 7. Because of this, the lengths of the two games differ a bit from each other.
Released in April 2020, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the first part of what was recently announced to be a trilogy of Final Fantasy 7 games, which will branch off from the original game's events. In FF7 Remake, most new content came in the form of additional side quests, and smaller story beats and characters being introduced. However, it seems like future entries like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be changing even more of the narrative. Because of this, it may be useful for players to play the original Final Fantasy 7 and FF7 Remake to fully understand characters that seem like they may serve a bigger part in the story this time around.
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Comparatively, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the original game are roughly the same lengths, taking many players more than a few dozen hours. However, with the large number of side quests in Remake, players could spend even more time in that game. The original game's length could be made even shorter, too, with different versions of Final Fantasy 7providing different quality of life changes to make the original game flow better.
Overall, when focusing on just the main story, Final Fantasy 7 and Remake are roughly the same length, around 35 hours. However, much of Remake is spent subjects the original
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