Final Fantasy 7 Revelation game director Naoki Hamaguchi wants to encourage challenge seekers to brave the JRPG’s endgame content rather than tackle something like a New Game+ with added difficulty.
Following the reveal of part three of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy as part of Summer Game Fest, Hamaguchi has been doing the media rounds to drum up some excitement while trying not to give too much away.
As part of that, we’ve got some idea what Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s endgame might look like. Talking to Italian outlet Everyeye.it, Hamaguchi reveals that you will face some of the JRPG’s infamous Weapons during the game.
Much like the original JRPG, though, there will be a few more to face as optional encounters unrelated to the main story, and they’ll be among the hardest fights you can subject yourself to in the upcoming game.
“I think one of the differences between Revelation and Remake/Rebirth is that the first two were designed to encourage players to replay the entire adventure on hard mode after completing it,” Hamaguchi says (thanks, WCCFTech). “In Revelation, it will be different. There will be several endgame contents here, unlike Remake and Rebirth.”
If you need a quick refresher of the OG JRPG, narratively speaking, Weapons are produced and unleashed when the Planet senses a threat to its existence – Sephiroth, basically.
You see plenty of them in the main story, but there are two optional superbosses if you crave the punishment – Ruby and Emerald Weapon. They appear on the open-world map when certain criteria have been met, and are typically best faced when you have really maxed your characters out.
Considering how Square Enix has approached the Remake series so far, I can’t see things being too different here. There will likely be more layers, sure, but the bones of the fights will likely stay the same.
What I wouldn’t read this as, however, is any confirmation that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation won’t include New Game+. Rather, it sounds like Hamaguchi and the game want to give challenger seekers a way to challenge themselves that doesn’t mean restarting the game.
