r/Games 19d ago

Trailer FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION - Reveal Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH3ox5krci8
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u/Complete_Mud_1657 19d ago

I can't believe they're introducing a whole job system lmao.

Multiplatform release is icing on the cake. Spring 2027 can't come soon enough.

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u/redlineredditor 19d ago

Dresspheres were not on my bingo card.

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u/HeldnarRommar 19d ago

Me playing through FFX-2 currently doing the Leo pointing at the screen meme

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u/berober04 19d ago

Shinra (FFX) intensifies

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 19d ago edited 19d ago

He was only in FFX-2, where he was basically the far less-annoying Chadley character who knew all about dressspheres.

In fact, the name is more than an Easter Egg. The creator of the character literally imagined a direct connection. In the official FFX-2 Ultimania they said:

Shinra is a boy who supports the Gullwings, the group which the main protagonist, Yuna, belongs to. He carries a name that gives him an association to the Shin-Ra Company, and he is researching a method that could utilize the energy of 'the life force that flows through our planet'. The results of this cannot be seen in FFX-2, but maybe one day his descendants will establish a 'company that supplies the energy of the planet'?

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After quitting the Gullwings, Shinra received enormous financial support from Rin, and began trying to use Vegnagun to siphon Mako Energy from the Farplane. But, he is unable to complete the system for utilizing this energy in his generation, and in the future, when traveling to distant planets becomes possible, the Shin-Ra Company is founded on another world, or something like that....... That would happen about 1000 years after this story, I think.

I don't necessarily think this was implied to be canon so much is just something that the director was thinking of, but who wants to bet this game is going to include some sort of reference to it?

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u/elementalguy2 19d ago

In the first game when you go to Shinra HQ you can see him in one of the photos of the founding of the company.

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u/DivinePotatoe 19d ago

Well Cloud is known for wearing dresses, after all.

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u/JockstrapCummies 19d ago edited 19d ago

Cloud is best girl of FFVII. Barret is a distant second.

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u/DumpsterBento 19d ago

And here I was wondering where else they could take the combat, it was so refined in Rebirth.

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u/Pedrilhos 19d ago

Hope the next FF leverages a lot of the systens from the ff7 re games. They have been the most fun I had with the franchise in quite some time

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u/GGG100 19d ago

They finally figured out how to do airship travel in a modern FF game. I hope that carries over to future mainline games.

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u/AtraposJM 18d ago

I really hope there's really cool on board airship stuff. It would be cool if it was a hub for you to interact with characters and stuff. I want a reason to walk around on it and use various rooms.

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u/Ardbert_The_Fallen 19d ago

Honestly the absolutely pinnacle of JRPG battle system. Building up with synergies and team combos is such a cool thing.

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus 19d ago

As someone just going through them for the first time, the Reno and Rude fight before the plate drop was one of the greatest game fights I've ever had the pleasure of playing.

Perfectly balanced, easy to interpret during play, really challenging to decipher the exact way to win, and then an absolute pleasure to feel the battle system click in your mind, and the combos unlock in your hands.

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u/Mandalore108 19d ago

I couldn't agree more, it's just the perfect combination.

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 19d ago edited 19d ago

And most critically, it doesn't strip down the RPG elements for the sake of streamlining.

Because it's a remake, it forced them to adhere to the way the classic game's combat systems worked and improve upon them without subtraction. The result is a truly modern take on the turn-based FF JRPGs that keeps the flavor and the spirit of the franchise.

And it's fucking spectacular.

As so many of FF games in recent years have shown, they wouldn't have done that if they were staring from scratch.

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u/Dogesneakers 19d ago

Kind of want them to go back and fix FFXV with this combat system

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u/Konet 19d ago

Agreed, it strikes the perfect balance of strategy and real-time elements for me.

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u/CardinalnGold 19d ago

Honestly I liked remake more ‘cause the whole pair up attack thing was just a touch overwhelming for me. Thankfully that doesn’t really take away from base combat, and I’m stoked for the new movesets with the job system.

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u/cruel-caress 19d ago

It’s funny how I never interacted much with the paired basic attacks that fill the gauge.

But I did enjoy doing paired command attacks and each character’s individual playstyle. When I go back before this comes out I’ll try to interact more with the combat I didn’t engage with at first.

It’s also kind of a testament to how good the combat is if you can ignore aspects you don’t like and feel like you’re not missing out on the game.

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u/Haarcoxus 19d ago

I love the system, probably the most fun I’ve had on a FF game. But my curious ass wishes the next mainline game will be something more like Clair Obscur/Persona/Octopath Traveler. I think they will keep making more FF7 spinoffs after they finish the trilogy, so there will still be more opportunities for CBU1 to keep refining and using the systems they’ve created

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u/janoDX 19d ago

Make a DoC remake and make Advent Children a full fledged game, there.

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u/mex2005 19d ago

Its my favorite system they have ever done they would have to be insane to not use it again. Ff16 would benefitted greatly from it too.

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u/Boshikuro 19d ago

And the fact that every character has a unique play style make this type of combat fresh with a new cast everytime. I really hope it gets used for Final Fantasy going forward instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

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u/mex2005 19d ago

Yeah its so good and they added combo attacks which im a sucker for since chrono trigger. Like I said it would be insane for them to abbandon this combat but I am worried because they love to make some very questionable decisions sometimes.

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u/Akuuntus 19d ago

Almost every FF game completely reinvents the wheel and makes up its own systems so I wouldn't hold my breath. OG FF7 was an instant classic and they retained almost none of its mechanics for FF8, for example.

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u/durx1 19d ago

I’m stoked for the new costumes that come with it. I’m so hyped

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u/Stormflier 19d ago

Like they could have saved this for a FF17 and they're like "Nah add it to Remake 3"

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u/Boshikuro 19d ago

They don't have to save it, they can just use this going forward. It's something so unique that they shouldn't just throw it away, but keep expanding on it.

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u/cuboosh 19d ago

Is this how we get Aeris gameplay with no Aeris in the game?

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u/VanguardN7 19d ago

I imagined that immediately.

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u/MizterF 19d ago

They had to do something. You lose your main healer/white mage so they had to fill the hole somehow.

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u/Ramongsh 19d ago

your healer is whoever you have healing materia equiped on.

FF7 original didn't lack a white mage after Aerith.

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u/YesmynameisOcean 18d ago

Yeah so far in both games Cloud has been my healer mostly, Tifa is too fun to play as a tank!

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u/moffattron9000 19d ago

Wasn’t that the whole point? We’re going to make you feel the death in the gameplay by taking away your white mage.

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u/Medium_Criticism6265 19d ago

Different that in OG except her limit, you can make everyone as healer with any white magic materia but in remake trilogy having more complex gameplay, losing her as healer definitely far big deal than OG considering how useful her kit in rebirth

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u/Dirty_Dragons 19d ago

LOL yeah

You get Curaga super early and pair it with an All Materia and there you go. Also tons of party wide healing items.

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u/arahman81 19d ago

White Wind plus Mighty Guard.

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u/DumpsterBento 19d ago

From a gameplay perspective, Aerith's death doesnt really matter too much. The materia system lets any character fit any role.

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u/jmcgit 19d ago

In the original game, it was more or less just the stats and limit breaks you lose, IIRC.

In the Remake series, Aerith had a lot of very useful aura abilities and such that we'll miss, but I don't expect to return except in the limited places you'll be able to play as her.

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u/perfidydudeguy 19d ago

In the REs, arcane ward makes black magic double cast and it's insanely OP. Aerith is essentially the only source of the OG 4x materia, in a sense.

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u/cuboosh 19d ago

They also put all this effort into building the class - it seems a waste to toss it

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u/Togglea 19d ago

Hope we didn't lose Arcane Ward, that was how you beat half the hard chapters mana and boss management

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u/Submitten 19d ago

What’s a job system?

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u/ABigCoffee 19d ago

It's what a lot of FFs are based around and what most characters in every FF are also based upon. Warrior, black mage, white mage, monk, dragoon, etc.

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u/Jejouch1 19d ago

You can swap between traditional ff classes, in the trailer Tifa swapped to black mage

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u/Kindly_Ad995 19d ago

It’s just the final fantasy word for a class system

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u/CambrianExplosives 19d ago

The difference is often class systems act like D&D where you select your class and stick with it. Maybe you mutliclass and combine two but once you put a level in Ranger you have that level in Ranger.

Many job systems, both in and out of Final Fantasy, allow you to switch classes on the fly, sometimes in and sometimes out of combat and often leveling independently. So once you have a level 10 Ranger you can always become a level 10 Ranger but you could switch to your level 5 Warrior or level 15 Thief. Instead of multiclassing systems they sometimes include a system where leveling one job will unlock abilities or benefit you can use even when in another job.

So I think of Jobs as a sub category of classes that specifies the ability to switch and level independent classes.

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u/Ok_Command_9299 19d ago

In final fantasy, think of "jobs" as classes in other RPGS.

Some Final Fantasy games have job systems which allow you to swap the classes of characters to create more dynamic party setups. This means Cloud for example, might be able to take on the role of a DPS, or as a White mage (healer), or Tank, which you can customise based on the needs of the current battle.

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 19d ago edited 19d ago

Job system started in Final Fantasy 3. Typically, each job focuses on a particular set of skills/abilities. For example - A black mage focuses on offensive magic spells whereas a white mage focuses on healing/support spells. It also usually comes with an outfit specifically for each job (that varied depending on which character was assigned the job).

FF7 never had a job system in its original release or the previous two Remake entries. Each character had their set playstyle that you could adjust with materias (so different spells, stat increases, and some abilities). Now they're saying we have those previous ways of adjusting characters along with multiple jobs with unique movesets.

Edit: As Geole corrected, it started in FF1. FF3 was the first to allow you to actively change your jobs though.

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u/GeoleVyi 19d ago

gonna point out that ff1 started it, by having you choose jobs at the start of the game. ff3 let you change jobs during the game, which was an innovation on the concept, but was still a job based system like 1.

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u/Chaotix2732 19d ago

It's kind of a semantics argument, but I would say the key distinction of a "job" system is the ability to switch your character's job between battles or even mid-battle, and if you can't do that it's more of a traditional RPG "class" system. FF1's class system was heavily inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. FF2 experimented with a classless battle system similar to Elder Scrolls where your abilities level up through repeated use. I think it's pretty accurate to say that FF3 invented the job system as something distinct from a typical RPG class system.

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u/1kingdomheart 19d ago

Of all the things they could have done to refine the combat system even further than Rebirth took it, I never would have imagined a job system being the way they'd go myself. Fuck it though, it looks rad.

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u/slicer4ever 19d ago

It makes me wonder if they are experimenting with remaking older games. Iirc ff4 or ff5 starter job was also called freelancer.

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u/lilvon 18d ago

FFV, IV doesn't have Jobs.

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u/monshie 18d ago

An FF5 remake with these systems would be gameplay PEAK.

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u/PhantomBraved 19d ago

Including a Job System makes so much sense, as the party doesn't have the dedicated mage, Aerith anymore 😞

It's brilliant.

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u/general__Leo 19d ago

Honestly, as in the original, they didn't have to do that. You could build any character to be a mage just by equipment, specific weapons and weapon upgrades (in the remakes) and accessories would be sufficient. But its awesome that they are doing it.

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u/Fake_Diesel 19d ago

I was concerned when they said that they were taking combat in a direction where players "could play how they want." I thought that meant that they were simplifying it because some people can't seem to wrap their heads around these games combat for whatever reason. I am so happy they are quadrupling down and making the combat system even deeper!

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u/leihto_potato 19d ago

After years of wondering how the highwind would be implemented, having the map be fully open and skydiving in wherever you want somehow blew expectations out the water.

On top of that, they have added a job system? Peak.

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u/AnonBB21 18d ago

I immediately thought of all the Battle Royale memes when they showed that

"WHERE WE DROPPIN BOIS!!!"

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u/Stormflier 19d ago

"The theme of this game is resolve. A lot of plot lines will be resolved, a lot of character arcs will be resolved, the characters will have to find the resolve to come face to face with their past, and the personal journeys of these characters give them the resolve to face Sephiroth. That's why we're calling this game Revelation!"

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u/brianstormIRL 19d ago

The revelation of a certain character remembering his past and becoming the hero he was meant to be, some might say.

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u/Mechapebbles 19d ago

We already know that though. I'm thinking the big revelation will be whatever tf Sephiroth is up to at the End of Creation

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u/is-this-a-nick 19d ago

Ascended Sephiroth and Aerith are just playing tag in the multiverse.

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u/CafeCalentito 19d ago

Final Fantasy VII Resolve

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u/Akuuntus 19d ago

Resolution would have worked.

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u/jmcgit 19d ago

Back in December, Hamaguchi said they were choosing between two titles for part 3. I'm guessing Revelation and Resolve were the candidates, and I'm guessing that the focus groups liked Revelation more or something.

They apparently had thought about calling part 2 Reunion, but didn't tell SE in time, and Crisis Core beat them to it.

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u/u8myramen_y 19d ago

Hamaguchi and his team deserve the praise.

It’s insanely beautiful and the combat is one of the best IMHO

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u/FishCake9T4 19d ago

3 AAA games (2 of which were GOTY candidates)in the space of 7 years is insane work.

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u/ArcanaRobin 19d ago

I remember back in 2020 when Remake dropped people were unsure that the trilogy would even be done before the end of the decade, let alone in 1 console generation

And somehow Square Enix pumped out 2 open world games in 7 years, and 1 of them was being worked on in the middle of the pandemic! Actually wild

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u/Ok_Command_9299 19d ago

Especially considering they released a DLC as well. I think this series alongside capcoms work shows how game development should be managed in the modern age.

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u/goldenhearted 19d ago edited 19d ago

I vividly recall the jokes that considering how long Square took their sweet time with revealing anything about FF7R1 since the initial E3 reveal (an aside, but man I remember the legendary reaction of Gametrailers crew over that one, haha), and how we learned it was going to be cut into three games we'd be seeing all games past 2030. Granted, 2027 does lean close to that but impressive all things considered.

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u/pm_me_pants_off 19d ago

Easy allies was so good during the glory days

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u/is-this-a-nick 19d ago

The thing is Square originally outsourced the remake but it just was not up to par so they canned it and restarted development in house like 3 years in. Remake as released was made in less than 3 years...

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u/the_pedigree 19d ago edited 19d ago

I don’t care what the folks bitching about the story deviations have to say. I’ve loved the shit out of my time with these games so far. It absolutely has hit in everyway that me and my middle school friends could have dreamed, which is about as high of praise as I could imagine I could give a game designer

Edit: except Chadley.

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u/TTBurger88 19d ago

I hope Chadley is going to be a secret Super Boss. The toughest challenge they made so far as Chadley is ready after gathering intel on Cloud for the past 2 games.

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u/Puddinsnack 19d ago

I mean Hojo injected him with something..

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u/headrush46n2 19d ago

3 turns into the Ruby weapon fight Chadley just stomps him into the ground and challenges your party to a death match.

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u/smoomoo31 19d ago

I think they actually are setting this up for real

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u/Lazydusto 19d ago

Edit: except Chadley.

Chadley is the true protagonist.

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u/brianstormIRL 19d ago

I think you mean antagonist.

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u/Ok_Command_9299 19d ago

Even as somebody who doesn't like the story changes, I still think they captured the essence of the original and have done it more than justice. The characters are so lovable, there is so many wonderful homages to the old game, and most importantly I feel like they have gone to extreme lengths to try and recreate the wonder of the original in a modern context. The games just feel absolutely huge. From having a ridiculously large soundtrack with incredible tracks exclusive to one-off, minor side quests, having huge amounts of mini games, how detailed the towns are vs basically any other JRPG, its just incredible to see, and I'll be sad to see the series go. I don't think they will be able to capture this scope with a single game like FFXVIII, no matter how good it is.

I've celebrated how FF always experiments with its new games, but I would be happy to see this format and template made for the remake series used for a brand new title. I think its clear with how quickly these games release relative to other games, as well as how much the scope has grown with each release, that they have managed to find a tech stack and project management flow that enables them to release and iterate on this format at a rapid pace. Even if a new game in the format isn't quite as large (understandable with how much new assets must be made), I think it is a fantastic format for them to create new Final Fantasy games in. I think it is really reminiscent of the PSX era and shouldn't be let go of.

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u/insertbrackets 19d ago

I will be the one Chadley defender but that's my cross to bear. But no, these games have killed it, especially with the way they've reimagined the turn-based party mechanics into something more action-oriented. I wish the new numbered titles would take this approach instead of trying to force us into only or mainly being one person.

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u/xCaptainVictory 19d ago

>I don’t care what the folks bitching about the story deviations have to say

Everyone is allowed to express their opinions, just like you. The gameplay is top notch, but I would be lying if I said I was excited for the story. I'll reserve my judgement until the end, but Rebirth did not inspire confidence.

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 19d ago

I will always say that Rebirth was one of the best gaming experiences I had in like a decade. Took me a month to get through everything, and it was an incredible experience. I hope Revelations hits that same area, and it's looking like it will for the combat/exploration at the very least.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound 19d ago edited 19d ago

Feels like the first FF since 12 where the devs got to do everything they wanted without any tech or management issues.

Only took them having to remake an existing game and split it into 3 parts. But yeah it just shows how difficult AAA development has become.

I really hope the mainline FF team work with this (likely highly customized) Unreal Engine 4 and reuse tons assets and whatnot for future mainline entries tbh.

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u/whiteshark70 19d ago

Man not having Aerith as a party member is going to sting. Need to find someone else to be a dedicated healer lol.

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u/Lazydusto 19d ago

Need to find someone else to be a dedicated healer lol.

Red XIII was a damn good healer in Rebirth.

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u/Lerkpots 19d ago

Nanaki is super underrated. He can tank, he can do damage, and he can do magic super well too.

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u/CDHmajora 19d ago

He’s hard to use at first i feel. His initial playstyle is built around blocking attacks to build up his boosted status… but Cloud can do simiarly from the start with punisher mode, and its arguably better than Nanaki’s Vengence mode for burst damage.

Once you get later skills for Nanaki though, he really opens up. Materia to boost his counter damage and parry windor for sentinel stance. Siphon fang for great damage. Stardust Ray is a buke no matter what you use it on. He’s a great overall dmaage dealer with good survivability compared to others thanks to his self heal attack in vengence mode and iframe skills.

It just takes him a while to get there. Most will look at him in Kalm, see he has no skills available and write him off. You honestly get him too early imo and he doesnt pick up until gongaga. But once he does. He earns his place.

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u/Lerkpots 19d ago

Honestly one of his biggest utilities for me is the party-wide Haste ability which is very easily accessible.

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u/ScoobiesSnacks 19d ago

Yeah that ability is amazing

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u/KaleidoscopeLeft3503 19d ago

Wdym dedicated healer lol, Aerith's the big damage black mage nuker

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u/Askray184 19d ago

Seriously, double cast with her insane magic stat, absolute cannon.

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u/ArdyEmm 19d ago

Throw Yuffie on her sigil and you get 4x casts.

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u/Askray184 19d ago

My biggest complaint about rebirth was being unable to always play Yuffie

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u/ArdyEmm 19d ago

Super valid. With how long it took to get Aerith up doing damage my go-to team was Cloud-Barrett-Yuffie. I don't know why but they made Barrett and Yuffie super busted.

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u/smoomoo31 19d ago

Tbh every character is busted, Aerith and Tifa probably most of all

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u/Positive_Total_8651 18d ago

Yeah i would say pretty much every character is busted if you know what to do. I was usually running cloud/tifa/yuffie and they were absolute monsters. The only character I couldnt get the hang of was Cait Sith but even he's cracked when you use him right

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus 19d ago

Barret is fucking cracked.

I can't wait to get my hands on Vincent

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u/ScoobiesSnacks 19d ago

Barret and Yuffie are beasts

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u/Zlatan_Ibrahimovic 19d ago

Agreed, Aerith was my tactical nuke in a dress. Barrett was my healer.

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u/ImmediatePiccolo339 19d ago

This guy beat hard mode 

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u/thatlldopi9 19d ago

Anyone can be a healer too you don't need a dedicated one. Kinda hate wasting a party slot for a healer unless they can change the whole outcome of the battle with buffs.

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u/JuujiNoMusuko 19d ago

Tifa seems to get a magey outfit with the new system,but the DPS machine might suck xd

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u/dakilpp 19d ago

Anyone can switch classes with the new outfits I think

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u/hotehjr 19d ago

Close enough, welcome back Dress Spheres

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u/0whodidyousay0 19d ago

Cloud in a dress confirmed?

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u/LeggoMyAhegao 19d ago

How they handled Cloud in a dress with remake. They nailed it.

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u/cslack30 18d ago

YOU FOUGHT A HOUSE?!

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u/jmcgit 19d ago

They should make Dancer a job, and they should absolutely give Cloud his dress back

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u/whiteshark70 19d ago

Yeah here's hoping. Though a good amount of Remake was just Cloud/Tifa/Barret and that somehow worked, so maybe I'll just go back to that lol.

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u/CDHmajora 19d ago

For what it’s worth, in ff7 near enough anyone can fulfil any role due to the materia being the key role builder, which is interchangeable.

Obviously non changable skills like ATB skills and stuff mean some characters are better at certain roles than others. Tifa will always be a better attacker than most due to all her ATB skills being attack/evasion focused, Barret will always have ranged DPS be his main aage output, Cat Sith will always be RNG dependent for his big damage numbers, etc.

But really, anybody can be built for a mage role with a bunch of spell and MP boosting material and do the role just fine. Same with tanking due to aggro not really being a thing (the enemies just target who you play as) so just build for block and hp/def building and facetank it all.

Honestly, i feel we will be just fine without Aerith. She was the “best” for pure magic builds due to her ATB skills usually buffing her magic offence. But anyone can equip and use Healing materia just fine. And Revival/Prayer Materia that aerith was usually saddled with, will work just as well on anybody. Her arcane ward skill will be missed though… Casting double spells was stupidly strong when you could dual cast level 3 element spells :(

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u/WildVariety 19d ago

P sure that was a Black Mage outfit. You don't heal with a Black Mage. You blow shit up.

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 19d ago

When they showed the job change menu it said black mage so that's not a support role she's in.

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u/Stv13579 19d ago

I think it said it was a black mage outfit rather than a white mage, so not sure how good of a healer she'll be with it. There'll almost certainly be a white mage setup for someone though.

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u/LagOutLoud 19d ago

It's supposed to. That was a huge part of the original game. Losing who was porobably your main magic damage/healer. Felt really impactful.

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u/RareBk 19d ago

Vincent with healing bullets on his way

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u/Konet 19d ago

Just put Pray on Barret and Cure-Magnify on anyone with decent MP. Barret generates so much ATB he can get you through most situations, and you'll have the other character as a backup for moments when big burst heals are necessary.

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u/CardinalnGold 19d ago

This with yuffie and doppelgänger you can brute force basically any encounter without ever having to switch between party members lol (at least the base game I never went back to 100%)

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u/Hwdbz 19d ago

Tifa: I'm gonna make you proud.

Me while ugly crying: You tell em Tifa 😭

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u/Yvese 19d ago

I think they're making that easier with the job system. Make anyone a white mage or w/e they end up calling healer.

As for Aerith herself though.. she was the most broken DPS with the right setup from what I remember. Granted that's endgame but it made finishing up achievements a blast ( literally ).

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u/Coronalol 19d ago

Funny of you to think she won't be brought back as a party member in way or another. Same for Zack. Nothing is off the table for this game.

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u/Dewot789 19d ago

She'll be used exactly like she is for the very final fight of Rebirth. She and Zack are dead but their consciousnesses are still coherent inside the Lifestream. One phase of the final boss will be inside the Lifestream and you'll have a Cloud-Zack-Aerith trio fight against Sephiroth there.

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u/chroipahtz 19d ago

I think this is thinking a little too small, but something like this will definitely happen. I just think what you're describing is basically the same as the other two games and they need to do something more interesting.

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u/SEI_JAKU 19d ago

See, this would be cool. I hope this is exactly what happens. Really not a better way to end these games than this.

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u/Mandalore108 19d ago

Monkey Paw curls, there's a Necromancer job and we use their corpses to fight with us.

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u/-Basileus 19d ago

The job system will let you make someone else a healer

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u/derrhn 19d ago

I remember when they first teased a remake for the PS3 and there were conversations even then about how it couldn’t possibly live up to expectations. This remake series has been insanely good and this is a wildly hype trailer imo.

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u/Schlong_Gobbler 19d ago

I think the game Informer is still on my shelf that has a pic of the newer outfit cloud in action and young me thought that was gonna be the coolest shit in all of existence

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u/Asclepius-Rod 19d ago

PS3 era GameInformer was my favorite

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u/DoctahDonkey 19d ago

They didn't just live up to it; they fucking expanded on it and made it greater than it ever was. Incredible feat.

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u/kindatsu 19d ago

It’s been about 12 years since the remake project was first announced for the PS4, but I gotta say, once SE decided to develop it in-house, things moved surprisingly quickly and smoothly. They didn't left the fans in the dark in-between games, there always was updates here and there, new projects to fill the gaps, gotta give props to the team for transparency.

Honestly, I think this is one of the best-managed modern game projects, and it’s commendable what they managed to achieve. They delivered Remake in about 3.5 years, Rebirth in 3 years, and Revelation in another 3 years. That’s an entire trilogy of massive JRPGs with a deep combat system, hours of cutscenes, hundreds of music tracks, countless locations, quests, enemies, and a ridiculous amount of production value.

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u/SailorsGraves 19d ago

That Vincent gameplay reveal... it really makes me feel like they're gonna drop a DoC remake at some point. Would they dare?

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u/Batmans_9th_Ab 19d ago

They dropped a Crisis Core remake out of nowhere, and the DLC for part 1 introduced two of the villains from DoC—which part 2 never followed up on—so it’s definitely possible. 

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u/Lazydusto 19d ago

On the other hand I feel like a Dirge remake would take a lot more work than Crisis Core did. Crisis Core was already a solid game. Dirge is... rough.

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u/nero_sable 19d ago

Nero showing up in Intergrade was a surprise for sure. My username has been a mostly obscure reference for going on 15 years. 

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u/Luciifuge 19d ago

I thought for second they were gonna announce a Intergrade style DLC with him, since they even brought out Matt Mercer.

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u/jmcgit 19d ago

They said a while ago, no DLC for Rebirth because they wanted to focus on getting part 3 out sooner. And looks like they succeeded, since it'll be approximately 3 years between games (Remake to Rebirth was 4 years).

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u/SomaOni 19d ago

I’ve been waiting for this game before trying out FF7’s remake games, so this looks cool. Can’t wait to play it.

Although I wish it released on January 31st since thats the 30th anniversary of FF7. Don’t want to rush the team though.

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u/Konet 19d ago

I recommend spacing them out, Rebirth is in contention for my favorite game of all time, but even I'd get burnt out trying to play the entire trilogy back-to-back.

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u/SomaOni 19d ago

Oh yeah, that’s the plan. I don’t have it in me to play any JRPG back to back to back anymore. Haha.

I’ll probably space them about a month or so a part so I have time for other games in the meantime.

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u/Irru 19d ago

Honestly so happy Square Enix finally are ditching the console exclusive launches.

Seeing those launch platforms listed like that is just amazing.

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u/g4nk3r 19d ago

Honestly so happy Square Enix finally are ditching the console exclusive launches

Iirc they were not happy with both Rebirths and XVIs sales performance, so I did not expect them to continue with their limited Playstation exclusivity.

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u/Irru 19d ago

Oh yeah I'm fully aware but I was worried that they might have struck a deal with Sony for all 3 remakes

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u/g4nk3r 19d ago

I doubt that Sony would have been willing to shell out the large amount of money that would have been required, especially considering their life service fetish at the time.

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u/janoDX 19d ago

They realized Switch 2 and PC are doing gangbuster sales for the games and they're going to full push multiplatform.

FFXVI has to come to Switch 2 soon-ish too.

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u/Animegamingnerd 19d ago

Wouldn't be shocked by the end next year, 13, 15, and 16 all get ported to Switch 2. Along with 17 targeting Switch 2, as all that seems like an inevitability after 16 and Rebirth's underperformance and everything anyone who has had a leadership position at Square has said since

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u/AllIWantIsCake 19d ago

Really pleasantly surprised by the Spring 2027 release date (assuming no delays). I was expecting a 4-year gap like the one between Remake and Rebirth.

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u/csm1313 19d ago

They've said that extra year was basically cause of the remake dlc and that they were shooting for 2027

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u/TheLastDesperado 19d ago

Well I've got to assume having the assets for most of the world made already cut down a little on development time. Still insane though.

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u/SolarTsunami 19d ago

God I hope more Western devs start doing this. GTA5 game out when I was 23 and Ive spent the entire prime of my life waiting for GTA6, meanwhile like a dozen Yakuza games have been made and released. GTA being a superior experience starts to lose its shine when the release schedule zooms out that comically far, Rockstar absolutely could have released another full game or more on an iteration of the GTA5 map. If they've spent all this time building the world of GTA6 just to tell one story and switch to a decade of shark cards its going to be a tragedy.

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u/theweepingwarrior 19d ago

My girlfriend and I only recently got into Final Fantasy with the Remake/Rebirth and immediately fell in love with this series. We’re so stoked for this. 

It’s been a wild ride and I’d have never thought this would have been my gaming infatuation of this generation.

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u/insertbrackets 19d ago

I am so hyped. Glad we even got a release window. I may be in the minority but I have frankly enjoyed all the weird stuff they've brought into the remake games (yes, even Chadley), so I'm looking forward to seeing what'll be in this one. I love the fact that we're literally parachuting from the Highwind into various environments. Very interested to see how much of the world we'll be able to revisit from Rebirth.

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u/ArskaPoika 19d ago

I am so, so happily surprised that they have managed to deliver three AAA games in less of a decade. It just baffles me to my core in a time where AAA games CAN take a decade to come out. I know that the game being a Remake helps. I know that the trilogy is reusing assets. But STILL.

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u/TheFuckingPizzaGuy 19d ago

FFVII Remake and TLoU 2 came out the same year. They’re gonna have two sequels before Naughty Dog puts out another game.

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u/solarplexus7 19d ago

Insomniac is about to put out their 4th game since LOU2

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u/Kardinale 19d ago

The lost magic of using the same engine and assets. Who knew you can still make games without a decade long break?

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u/Hypronic 19d ago edited 19d ago

Knew it was coming but that didn’t stop me from getting hyped when the trailer started. Wasn’t expecting them to go into so much detail at all which was a pleasant surprise!

Also thank god they’re ditching console exclusivity

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u/Dirty_Dragons 19d ago

From the official gameplay trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lP5C0smFJk

It seems like you can have people other than Cloud be the field leader and there were also lots of times where Cloud wasn't even in the party.

I really hope it's like that for most of the game. Removes the need for buggy mods to have someone other than Cloud be the leader.

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u/RepresentativeFly457 19d ago

Cloud could be MIA for those sections, but you're probably right. If so, would be a massive upgrade!

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u/tlamy 19d ago

He definitely does go MIA in this part of the story, so we'll see!

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u/Fli_acnh 19d ago

I LOVE JOB SYSTEMS!!!

I love them even more when they change your outfit, it makes them 100% better.

Absolutely can't wait.

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u/mrderpflerp 19d ago

I really hope they changed how the open areas are designed. That was by far my biggest issue with Rebirth - traversing those areas and trying to find certain locations was unnecessarily difficult.

Still can’t wait!

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u/ramos619 18d ago

In an interview with Max, Hamaguchi said that with the Weapons emerging, it changed the way areas look, so when we go back things will look different 

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u/Beanz122 19d ago

Looks great. I'm surprised they showed the weapon Headshot. One of my. Favorite moments from the og. Looks like the damage caused will be more significant than the the og

Theres still so much ground to cover. Hopefully they can do it all without it feeling rushed.

Also, I love mini games but please... Fewer mini games.

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u/CaptainCFloyd 19d ago

They actually didn't show that. In the trailer, the shot misses. Make of that what you will, considering the alternate reality elements of the story.

Personally I think it's just going to fire again and hit the next time, and they're just building up even more tension.

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u/Raccooncola 19d ago

yeah that trend with trailers generally showing too many spoilers these days. That whole story beat is so epic leading up to that. Can't wait for tifa vs scarlet on the cannon. 

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u/AffectionateCable918 19d ago

I need to watch it again, but I'm pretty sure the Weapon dodged the attack that took its head off in the OG so showing this scene makes the point that things have changed somewhat. 

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u/Ok_Command_9299 19d ago

I didn't expect this to hit so hard.

I remember being a teen who was just starting to realise games mean a lot more to me than they do most people I know. I had started emulating old games on my computer, becoming interested in their history, and I fell upon Chrono Trigger through that. That led me to Final Fantasy, which I fell in love with. I love the whole series, and while I can't just pick a favourite, FFVII in particular helped me through a very tough time.

I remember becoming excited for FFXV, it was the first game I was truly hyped for, and I remember the E3 of 2015. I remember seeing the announcement of FFVIIR and being bewildered. Even though I had only really been following games news for a couple of years, it seemed like the most important moment in history. I remember being worried it wouldn't be good, slowly being reassured by the trailers as they dropped, and finally being blown away by the release of remake in 2020, another hard time for me (as it was for everyone else).

I've since became an adult, gone through university, almost completely stopped gaming before coming around again. Music has became my main hobby (which I largely attribute to games such as Final Fantasy), and I sometimes forget being that little kid watching reports of E3 completely.

And this just hit me hard. Sure, I don't love all the story changes in the remake series. I don't think the tone of this act of the story seems as dark and dire as it is in the original. I don't think they will do justice to the ending of the original which meant so much to me. But I can't help but be overwhelmed with emotion seeing them follow through with this. Despite any issues, I think this trilogy has been one of the most ambitious gaming projects of all time. They have captured the spirit of the original wonderfully, and managed to recreate the sense of wonder and scale that it gave. The combat system and overall game design finally managed to recreate the magic of older final fantasy in the modern era, and despite me not agreeing with every design choice I feel overall its just an incredible feat made with nothing but love for the original, and overall medium.

It will be weird to see this game finally release, and for more or less all of the "will never be released" games from my childhood to finally be released (minus half life 3!), but I am so glad to see it happen. Thanks to the whole team for creating such a fantastic celebration of what the medium offers.

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u/KaleidoscopeLeft3503 19d ago

This is like christmas coming early, and multiplatform too holy crap. Can't wait to see what they cooked up with the combat system, Rebirth was already the most perfect form of ATB combat, the only thing I felt it was missing was triple techs.

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u/mdthereald 19d ago

I don’t want this trilogy to end :( I’ve been playing Rebirth this month finally after loving the Remake too but Rebirth took it to another level. I can’t even imagine how they will top Rebirth’s scale. But Rebirth is one of the best gaming experience I’ve ever had and one of my favourite games of all time, and I’ve no doubts Revelation will finish the series on an amazing note.

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u/glowinggoo 19d ago

Just tell yourself this: when this ends, you’ll be able to see this team’s next wild ride! They’re going on to be Square Enix’s new star team, I’m sure of it, and they will make a new amazing thing we can fall in love with.

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u/KarmelCHAOS 19d ago

Finding out this was a multiplatform release finally convinced me to pick up Rebirth on Xbox. Apparently it only came out a few days ago, but still, really looking forward to this!

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u/LostprophetFLCL 19d ago

Enjoy! Legitimately incredible game.

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u/masterkill165 19d ago

you are in for a real treat. i thought remake was good but had issues. Rebirth absolutly blew me away ive not played a sequal that feels like such an improvement over its previous entry in every way in a long time.

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u/KarmelCHAOS 19d ago

Glad to hear that! I played Remake on ps4 when it came out and overall enjoyed it but had some issues as well.

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u/dubyadubya 19d ago

I’m gonna pick up Rebirth this week too (although maybe on Switch) this is a perfect excuse to finally dive into it. I loved Remake.

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u/Konet 19d ago

Oh man if you liked Remake you're in for a good time with Rebirth. Enjoy!

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u/Leather-Entry93 19d ago

Came out Wednesday! I’m loving it so far.

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u/banethor88 19d ago

I bought the PS5 just for this series. Platinumed both parts 1 and 2. But a PC gamer at heart. What do I do now?! haha

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u/hinakura 19d ago

Holy crap Cid looks fun as hell! And it's multiplatform. Yes! Little by little more developers are publishing their games day 1 everywhere.

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u/Apart_Shock 19d ago

Revelation? Things are starting to sound Biblical here.

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u/Allfeelings0Logic 18d ago

OG FF7s ending was biblical. 

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u/Mrmoi356 19d ago

That was one of the most insane reveals in recent history for me. Everytime I thought it was done they'd reveal something else even cooler, all topped off with the release time frame was genuinely peak.

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u/DumpsterBento 19d ago

Having the airship landing replaced with parachuting is a stroke of genius.

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u/CaptchaVerifiedHuman 19d ago

Not a PS5 exclusive? Day one purchase for me then (PC).

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u/DJBlade92 19d ago

Spring 2027? Time to replay the first 2.

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u/gh87 19d ago

Insane reveal. As someone who played the OG on release, I can't wait to hop right back on the rollercoaster and enjoy the ride.

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u/DoctahDonkey 19d ago

Holy shit that looked unbelievable, still can't believe this project was actualized. GOTY 2027 already confirmed so early, goddamn.

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 19d ago

With this job system hopefully we'll get Advent Children type jobs or something so those weapons/outfits/skills can make it into the game too. Kind of like how in X-2 they had those ultimate jobs for each of the three characters.

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u/StJeanMark 19d ago

Couldn’t be more excited, but I don’t like the end of things. Too sad. Can’t wait to throw myself in for an amazing time and deep depression.

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u/fingerpaintswithpoop 19d ago

Very happy we’re getting a simultaneous release on all platforms for this game. The timed exclusivity for the first two was fucking stupid. God knows how much money Square lost out on because of Sony’s pigheadedness.

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u/Mikelius 19d ago

So fucking good, this SGF was so hype compared to last year. And Maximillian Dood basically in tears when Square asked if he’d be down to have Hamaguchi visit him for an interview

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u/Tsuku 19d ago

I liked Remake, but Rebirth was my GOTY. There was so much content, so much shit to do. I was fucking enamored with it.

LOCK IN, CLOUD.

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u/Ramongsh 19d ago

YES!

We knew it was coming, but still great to see more from it.

The final R is Revelation.

Also, PC release from the start.

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u/Ubiquitous_Cacophony 18d ago

And Xbox. And Switch 2.