Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Co-Director Doesn't Think Rebirth Was 'Longer Than Necessary,' But Is Working To Make Part 3 Feel 'More Concise'

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 co-director Naoki Hamaguchi has assured fans that the squad moving connected the highly anticipated last instalment is "striking a balance" betwixt keeping the communicative moving and tightening the pacing.

Talking to ScreenRant, the manager reflected connected disapproval of the series's pacing and lengthy instalments. Asked if helium agreed with the feedback that "certain sections" successful Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth felt a small long, helium disagreed, saying: "Regarding clip absorption successful definite sections, particularly successful FF7 Rebirth, I honestly don’t judge that they were longer than necessary. I consciousness similar nowadays, players conscionable person excessively overmuch to bash and excessively overmuch to play; truthful they often consciousness the impulse that thing has to beryllium concluded quickly."

That said, Hamaguchi is astatine slightest mindful of the criticism, adding: "As we enactment connected the decision to the trilogy, we are striking a equilibrium connected however communicative arcs are told and dispersed retired truthful arsenic to guarantee that the crippled feels a spot much concise."

In the aforesaid interview, Hamaguchi — who was inspired to go a developer aft playing 1994's Final Fantasy VI — spoke of different games that person provided inspiration, including The Witcher bid and Fable. He's peculiarly taken with Ghost of Yotei astatine the moment, admitting: "I can't hold to get location to proceed playing it."

RPG fans person been connected the hunt for quality astir the adjacent introduction successful the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy since its past installment, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, launched successful aboriginal 2024. We cognize improvement started arsenic aboriginal arsenic June 2022, with Square Enix saying past twelvemonth that its extremity was to spot it motorboat by 2027. Excitement for the 3rd and last section successful the trilogy grew adjacent much erstwhile the squad revealed that it had completed its communicative earlier this year.

Hamaguchi besides precocious assured fans that contempt Square Enix admitting past twelvemonth that Rebirth "did not conscionable expectations," the 2nd portion of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy has been "doing precise well" connected some PC and PS5, and the squad has been capable to transmission that occurrence into a "high-quality 3rd instalment." Co-director Tetsuya Nomura likewise acknowledged he'd heard the cries for updates connected Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts 4 past month, and happily reported that improvement was “progressing truly smoothly.”

While we wait, you tin work up wherefore the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 squad “will not cheat” erstwhile it comes to Final Fantasy 7’s iconic airship.

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