The Remaining Fantasy 7 Remake got here to Steam a couple of yr in the past, permitting gamers to expertise an enhanced model of an necessary piece of their childhood as soon as extra. RPG recreation followers wished to see extra of what the Remaining Fantasy 7 Remake may deliver after Sq. Enix introduced a sequel could be coming. With the brand new recreation on the horizon, followers are left questioning if their information of the primary recreation will suffice sufficient to know its sequel.
Whereas many potential gamers of Remaining Fantasy 7 Rebirth have performed Remake already, there are additionally many others who may very well be trying ahead to the sequel with out having performed the primary recreation. There are additionally followers desirous to know if they need to brush up on Remake first. Sq. took observe of this, taking the chance to reply to such questions immediately on social media.
On Remaining Fantasy 7’s official Twitter, the sport’s co-director Motomu Toriyama addresses followers in a publish, citing the generally requested query, “Do I have to play Remaining Fantasy VII Remak to get pleasure from Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth?” Toriyama follows the query up together with his reply, through which he states that gamers won’t have to expertise Remake earlier than diving into Rebirth.
The co-director particularly says that the builders “have made preparations in order that gamers who didn’t get an opportunity to play the primary recreation can totally get pleasure from Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth.” Which means that regardless of all of Remaining Fantasy 7’s well-written story, plot twist and all, followers can expertise Rebirth as a separate entity with its standalone lore.
Most individuals have been responding to the developer’s replace positively, calling the publish “thrilling.” There’s, nevertheless, a way of unease in lots of the fan feedback beneath, regardless of their preliminary enthusiasm. One participant wrote that they discover it “sort of regarding,” questioning, “how will the story movement if we don’t want any of the data from the earlier recreation?” Others merely replied with emojis referencing their very own doubts.
As an enormous fan of the Remaining Fantasy collection, I’m excited for Rebirth myself and may perceive why gamers are confused about how they’ll pull the story off as a standalone expertise. I do know the facility of excellent writing although, and am sure that at least, it CAN be accomplished. My very own considerations should do extra with Rebirth’s launch itself, as a participant strictly utilizing PC and never PlayStation. How can one recreation be on a platform whereas its sequel isn’t going to be? How is that truthful to these of us who spent a small fortune on Remake?
Sq. has but to debate the potential for Rebirth becoming a member of its predecessor on PC after the PlayStation launch. Remaining Fantasy 7 Remake on Steam felt like an not possible feat at first, however nonetheless occurred, so I don’t actually see how Rebirth may stay unique for too lengthy. Equally, Remaining Fantasy 16 has an unsure future in relation to its PC port. The non-console launch has suffered a delay, which means followers might want to wait to expertise it on computer systems for an extended whereas after its PlayStation launch.
Hopefully Sq. proves that it would proceed listening to the group because it did with Toriyama’s Tweet. We make up a group of gamers from all backgrounds hoping to expertise Remaining Fantasy, not simply these on console. If you’re excited about Remaining Fantasy 7 Rebrith and its lore, you’ll want to try extra concerning the FF7 Rebirth story. You too can flick through our favourite Remaining Fantasy video games on PC till we hear extra concerning the Steam port if you’re like me and don’t use a PlayStation.