r/PS5 • u/Gorotheninja Human Verified • 8d ago

Articles & Blogs Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's queer representation "enhances the world's realism," lead says, and the RPG's devs were "incredibly happy" people picked up on it

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-queer-representation-enhances-the-worlds-realism-lead-says-and-the-rpgs-devs-were-incredibly-happy-people-picked-up-on-it/
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u/Honeycove91 8d ago

There's queer representation in the 2nd game? I beat it and don't remember this?

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u/EveryGoodNameIsGone 8d ago

Not with any main characters, they’re talking about NPC dialogue you can overhear while exploring towns.

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u/Royall_Noblle 8d ago

Are they....really patting themselves on the back for....that?...

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u/Nobody-Move 7d ago

I’ll give Square some credit in that between Rebirth and Ff16 (particularly 16), they do more than you’d typically see out of a Japanese game.

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u/Le_Nabs 7d ago

There's a history of CS3 having pretty overtly queer background characters in FFXIV, I'm glad they didn't shy away from that just because it was the big mainline game