Sq. Enix says you don’t must play Closing Fantasy 7 Remake earlier than Rebirth

Sq. Enix has mentioned gamers gained’t must have skilled Closing Fantasy 7 Remake in an effort to take pleasure in its follow-up, Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

“We have now made preparations in order that gamers who didn’t get an opportunity to play the primary sport can totally take pleasure in Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth,” co-director Motomu Toriyama said in an replace revealed on Monday.

Toriyama’s remark is the most recent in a sequence of every day updates concerning the sport which Sq. Enix kicked off final week.

“Growth is progressing easily and in response to plan,” producer Yoshinori Kitase mentioned within the first replace.

The second entry within the Closing Fantasy 7 remake trilogy was introduced in June 2022. On the time, Kitase, who additionally directed 1997’s unique sport, mentioned Rebirth could be “launched subsequent winter”, which means in late 2023 or early 2024.

In Sq.’s second every day developer replace on Saturday, director Naoki Hamaguchi commented on how gamers will traverse the world outdoors of Midgar.

“Gamers will have the ability to journey throughout the broad and multifaceted world with a excessive diploma of freedom. Experiencing a myriad of various tales alongside the best way,” he mentioned.

“Gamers will witness a series of narrative developments that lie on the very coronary heart of the Closing Fantasy VII story whereas discovering every character’s future,” story and situation author Kazushige Nojima provided on Sunday.

Not like Closing Fantasy 7 Remake, which was launched for PS4 in 2020 earlier than making its technique to PS5 and PC the next 12 months, Rebirth gained’t be accessible for Sony’s last-gen console.

The subsequent mainline entry within the sequence, Closing Fantasy 16, will probably be launched for PS5 on June 22.