Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Debuts Its First Gameplay Trailer & Teases a Release Window

This 12 months’s Summer season Recreation Fest reside stream on YouTube included numerous new surprises from the gaming business, however the largest of them after all was saved till the very finish of the printed. The world premiere of the official trailer for Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth, the second main installment within the grand-scale, trilogy retelling of Sq. Enix’s Closing Fantasy VII recreation, was placed on show together with an up to date launch window.

The primary installment, which was aptly titled ‘Final Fantasy VII: Remake‘, debuted the grand re-imagining of the story of Ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife and plenty of different acquainted faces equivalent to Tifa Lockhart, Barret Wallace, Aerith Gainsborough, Purple XIII (actual title ‘Nanaki’), together with most of the foremost 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 most of the main characters of the story, and carried gamers by the occasions of AVALANCHE’s newest assault on Shinra Company, and naturally the instant 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.

Nonetheless, 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 Truthful, and it’s not clear in any respect the place he’s come from, or if he’s truly by some means alive. Both means, the remake is taking an interesting special approach on the story and its members, and it’s destined solely get crazier.

The occasions of FFVII: Rebirth are set to choose up from there, as Cloud and the others start their journey throughout the expansive continents of Gaia to determine the best way 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 large open world space ripe for exploring and touring from one city to the subsequent.

We get a sneak peek at what appears to be like 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 appears to be like way more intimidating this time round. That’s, till ‘that’ hilarious music Junon is understood for blasts our ears as soon as once more, perhaps.

Different teases embody Bugenhagen himself giving his ominous lecture in regards to 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 recent gameplay footage, exhibiting off the most recent variations to the fight system, together with having the ability to play Purple XIII as a non-guest character.

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.

We additionally see the subsequent main battle with the harmful alien entity Jenova that’s been wrapping its tendrils across the planet because it first landed by way of a meteor. The place this one takes place will not be precisely clear.

Both means, we’re certain to expertise loads of new twists to the already-incredible storyline, with loads of unbearably obscure foreshadowing from Sephiroth. “You realize that I killed her, so who’s she?”

The trailer ends with a new launch window for the sport of Spring 2024, and it is going to be on two discs this time as a substitute of 1. Which means it’ll primarily dwarf what we’ve skilled to this point with ‘Remake’.

Closing Fantasy VII: Remake is at present accessible on PS4, PS5, and PC. Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth may have an unique launch on PS5, with no at present introduced plans for different platforms.

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Stephanie Watel is a contract author for Twinfinite. Stephanie has been with the location for just a few months, and within the video games media business for a couple of 12 months. Stephanie sometimes covers the most recent information and a wide range of gaming guides for the location, and loves gardening and being the chicken woman of the neighborhood. She has a BA in Writing from Tempo College in NY.