Simply as Last Fantasy 7 Remake did earlier than it, Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s story performs with and subverts expectations in fascinating methods, and although in some ways the remake trilogy is hitting the entire primary story beats you’ll count on it to, in others, it’s making some vital adjustments. Nevertheless, its builders need to additionally guarantee veteran followers of the unique sport that by the point the trilogy involves an finish, they gained’t really feel like their expectations have been betrayed.
Talking in an interview with Anime Information Community, producer Yoshinori Kitase supplied assurances that the upcoming Last Fantasy 7 Remake Half 3 (or no matter it finally ends up being referred to as) gained’t make too many radical adjustments to the story, however that, on the identical time, the event staff can also be hoping to ship “a brand new form of feeling of satisfaction to the gamers” that it couldn’t with the unique Last Fantasy 7 again within the day.
“We do hear lots of gamers’ completely different conjectures, saying, ‘Oh, how a lot will this story change from the unique?’ And I do need to remark that I don’t assume that’s how it will likely be,” Kitase stated. “We’ve at all times stored the unique in thoughts, and I don’t assume it’s going to be a storyline that may betray the followers of the unique [game]. But additionally, on the identical time, [it’s] been 27 years for the reason that launch of the unique Last Fantasy 7. There are these items that we really feel we will solely do now within the remake venture that may carry a brand new happiness, a brand new form of feeling of satisfaction to the gamers taking part in this sport now 27 years later. What this can entail precisely is one thing we hope gamers will expertise quickly.”
Earlier this yr, the trilogy’s artistic director Tetsuya Nomura confirmed that the event staff was already “laborious at work” on the subsequent instalment. Later, the aforementioned Yoshinori Kitase acknowledged that Sq. Enix hoped to wrap up improvement inside three years, which might counsel the corporate is focusing on a 2027 launch for the remake trilogy’s remaining instalment.
