Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Director Tells Fans Not to Worry About Rebirth Sales, Insists the Trilogy Ender Will Be a 'Proper, High-Quality' Send Off

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 manager Naoki Hamaguchi has assured fans that contempt Square Enix admitting past twelvemonth that Rebirth "did not conscionable expectations," the 2nd portion of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy has been "doing precise well" connected some PC and PS5, and the squad has been capable to transmission that occurrence into a "high-quality 3rd instalment."

“The 2nd entry, FFVII Rebirth, has been doing precise good connected some PS5 and PC," Hamaguchi told Automaton. "I cognize immoderate fans person expressed concerns, but delight remainder assured, we’ll beryllium capable to present a proper, high-quality 3rd instalment."

The interest revolved astir the proposition that the scope of Part 3 mightiness person been scaled backmost arsenic a effect of Rebirth's disappointing profits. But Rebirth has enjoyed a comeback of sorts aft debuting powerfully connected PC via Steam.

Hamaguchi besides took the accidental to guarantee the assemblage that improvement connected Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 is going "extremely well," adding: "The crippled is shaping up nicely. A batch of the contented is already playable, and the game’s absorption and signifier are firmly acceptable successful place. Right now, the squad is agreed astir refining everything."

RPG fans person been connected the hunt for quality astir the adjacent introduction successful the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy since its past installment, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, launched successful aboriginal 2024. We cognize improvement started arsenic aboriginal arsenic June 2022, with Square Enix saying past twelvemonth that its extremity was to spot it motorboat by 2027. Excitement for the 3rd and last section successful the trilogy grew adjacent much erstwhile the squad revealed that it had completed its communicative earlier this year.

And though helium was inactive being a small coy with the details, successful a abstracted interrogation with German outlet JPGames, Hamaguchi revealed that the "key words [...] that underpin the plan doctrine and past the taxable for each game" were "reunion" for Remake, and "bonds" for Rebirth. The 3rd instalment besides has a cardinal term, but Hamaguchi's keeping that to himself for now.

"In presumption of improvement [of Part 3], we’re moving connected that close now," helium added. "We’ve got builds moving wherever you tin really acquisition what that taxable is done the gameplay. And we cognize wherever we’re going with it. It’s looking similar it’s going successful the close direction, and we’ll support moving connected it and marque it adjacent better. So hopefully successful the adjacent aboriginal we’ll beryllium capable to uncover immoderate of that.

"And yeah, this is going to beryllium the climax, the finale of the series. And we’re going to marque it a suitable finale, a truly large send-off for the game. It volition beryllium thing ideally we anticipation volition delight fans, volition delight the fans of this much-loved series, and truly reward everyone for sticking with america to the end. So look guardant to that. More accusation successful the not excessively distant future. It’s each successful harmless hands!"

Co-director Tetsuya Nomura likewise admit he'd heard the cries for updates connected Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts 4 earlier this month, and happily reported that improvement was “progressing truly smoothly.” While we wait, you tin work up wherefore the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 squad “will not cheat” erstwhile it comes to Final Fantasy 7’s iconic airship.

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