This 12 months’s Summer time Sport Fest stay stream on YouTube included numerous new surprises from the gaming trade, however the largest of them in fact was saved till the very finish of the printed. The world premiere of the official trailer for Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth, the second main installment within the grand-scale, trilogy retelling of Sq. Enix’s Remaining Fantasy VII sport, was placed on show together with an up to date launch window.
The primary installment, which was aptly titled ‘Remaining Fantasy VII: Remake‘, debuted the grand re-imagining of the story of Ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife and lots of different acquainted faces comparable to Tifa Lockhart, Barret Wallace, Aerith Gainsborough, Crimson XIII (actual identify ‘Nanaki’), together with lots of the important antagonists like President Shinra, his son Rufus, the Turks, Hojo, and naturally Sephiroth himself, all in some methods influenced by the extraterrestrial arch villain, Jenova.
The story opened in the primary metropolis of Midgar, the place we meet lots of the major characters of the story, and carried gamers by the occasions of AVALANCHE’s newest assault on Shinra Company, and naturally the speedy penalties of it. Cloud and Co. are focused by each Shinra and a mysterious, phantom-like look of Sephiroth, and finally get pushed out of town.
Nevertheless, earlier than they escape Sephiroth confronts them in an sudden main battle that results in some main trans-dimensional ramifications. Essentially the most notable of these is the pre-credits emergence of Zack Honest, and it’s not clear in any respect the place he’s come from, or if he’s truly in some way alive. Both manner, the remake is taking an interesting special approach on the story and its contributors, and it’s destined solely get crazier.
The occasions of FFVII: Rebirth are set to select up from there, as Cloud and the others start their journey throughout the expansive continents of Gaia to determine easy methods to save the planet and humanity from Sephiroth and Jenova. That’s proper the place the trailer units off, with the grand unveiling of the huge open world space ripe for exploring and touring from one city to the following.
We get a sneak peek at what seems to be just like the Chocobo Ranch not removed from Midgar, in addition to the Mythril Mines the place the group subsequent encounters the Turks, getting a full introduction to its latest and really formidable member, Elena.
We additionally see at the very least one of many different Mako Reactors, and even a split-second glimpse at Junon Harbor, which seems to be much more intimidating this time round. That’s, till ‘that’ hilarious music Junon is thought for blasts our ears as soon as once more, perhaps.
![Final Fantasy VII Rebirth appearance of Bugenhagen](https://twinfinite.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bugenhagen-final-fantasy-vii.jpg?resize=1000%2C563)
Different teases embrace Bugenhagen himself giving his ominous lecture concerning the downfall of the planet at Cosmo Canyon, together with Yuffie’s fated encounter with the group out within the wilderness. We additionally get loads of contemporary gameplay footage, exhibiting off the newest diversifications to the fight system, together with having the ability to play Crimson XIII as a non-guest character.
![Final Fantasy VII Rebirth new gameplay footage](https://twinfinite.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ffvii-rebirth-gameplay-shot.jpg?resize=1000%2C563)
On prime of all of it, we get teases about what to anticipate subsequent from the story, and there’s nonetheless loads of thriller round it. Sephiroth returns as soon as once more in varied encounters with the get together, each in current time and in memorable flashbacks, such because the tragic occasions on the Nibelhiem reactor the place a youthful Tifa confronts him.
![Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Tifa encounters Sephiroth in a flashback](https://twinfinite.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ffvii-rebirth-tifa-sephiroth.jpg?resize=1000%2C563)
We additionally see the following main battle with the damaging alien entity Jenova that’s been wrapping its tendrils across the planet because it first landed through a meteor. The place this one takes place is just not precisely clear.
Both manner, we’re positive to expertise loads of new twists to the already-incredible storyline, with loads of unbearably obscure foreshadowing from Sephiroth. “ that I killed her, so who’s she?”
The trailer ends with a new launch window for the sport of Spring 2024, and will probably be on two discs this time as a substitute of 1. Which means it’ll primarily dwarf what we’ve skilled thus far with ‘Remake’.
Remaining Fantasy VII: Remake is presently accessible on PS4, PS5, and PC. Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth can have an unique launch on PS5, with no presently introduced plans for different platforms.