As we anticipate the third a part of the Closing Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy to come back out, director Naoki Hamaguchi has mentioned that, when it lastly releases, it is going to supply a brand new gameplay expertise. Talking on the current Brasil Recreation Present, Hamaguchi mentioned that, together with providing a brand new story expertise with every of the three titles within the sequence, he additionally needed to supply new gameplay experiences.
We’ve already considerably scene the 2 video games within the trilogy supply up completely different gameplay experiences from one another. The place the primary sport is a extra linear, chapter-based story the place you don’t actually get to return to earlier areas fairly often, Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth as an alternative supplied up an open world to discover. The fight additionally noticed some adjustments alongside the best way, with Rebirth providing extra choices for combos and synergy assaults, together with a number of recent mini-games.
“The primary instalment featured story-driven development, the second half expanded upon that with an open-world design that supplied higher participant freedom,” mentioned Hamaguchi on the occasion (through Genki_JPN). “Constructing upon the second half, the third half can also be being created to ship gamers a brand new gaming expertise, so please stay up for it.”
As for what this implies for the eventual third sport within the trilogy, we received’t actually know a lot for positive till it’s formally unveiled. Within the meantime, we are able to speculate, nonetheless, that it’d find yourself providing a good higher stage of participant freedom. Even the open world of Rebirth, for example, nonetheless gated away a few of its zones with story progress. The third sport would possibly as an alternative give gamers complete freedom proper from the start.
On the similar present, Hamaguchi had additionally spoken concerning the resolution behind turning a remake of Closing Fantasy 7 into three distinct tasks, noting that the event crew didn’t need to minimize something out. This, he famous, got here from the truth that the unique 1997 launch of Closing Fantasy 7 has a passionate fan base that wouldn’t need to see something lacking from the core sport.
“Closing Fantasy 7 is a sport with a really large fanbase,” mentioned Hamaguchi on stage. “We may have minimize some components and turned it into one sport, however the followers of the unique would by no means have forgiven us. If we need to inform this story utilizing new know-how, it’s not doable to take action in a single title. That’s why we made the troublesome resolution to separate it into three components.”
He additionally spoke about how the studio plans on wrapping up the epic story that was began with Closing Fantasy 7 Remake and expanded upon by way of the Intermission DLC and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Whereas he didn’t reveal exact particulars, he did be aware that the ending will attraction to followers of the unique in addition to newer followers who acquired into the story because of the Remake trilogy.
“In fact, I have already got a transparent thought of the ending for Closing Fantasy 7 Remake Half 3,” he mentioned. “I believe this conclusion will attraction to each those that cherished the unique and those that turned followers of Closing Fantasy 7 because of the Remake sequence. I’m assured this new sport might be cherished by everybody.”
