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After nearly a whole year of silence on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Square Enix has randomly decided to start giving us some updates on the game's progress in the form of comments from the developers. Yesterday, it confirmed that development on the game was going according to plan and that the team is still trying to "nail down" a re𒀰lease date. Now it's seemingly even confirmed one of the biggest questions everyone has about 𝕴the game - whether it'll feature an open world.
, the account shared a developer comment from Rebirth's director Naoki Hamaguchi, which responds to the question, "How will players journey through t🌺hꩲe world outside of Midgar in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?". Hamaguchi's answer all but confirms that Rebirth will feature an open world to explore this time around, without explicitly saying that or the word "overworld".
Hamaguchi said, "Players will be able to jou🐟rney across the wide and multifaceted world with a high degree of freedom, experiencing a myriad of different stories along the way". The emphasis on the world being "wide" and players getting a "high degree of freedom" is basically saying open-world, even without using that term.
Ever since Final Fantasy 7 Remake was confirmed not to feature an open worl𒆙d and that Square Enix had instead gone for something more linear, the biggest question for Rebirth is whether it'd follow the same route, especially now that Cloud and the gang are outside of Midgar. It didn't make much sense to go linear, but we'd also seen and heard nothing that said otherwise, so it's been one of the game's biggest questions.
In fairness, Square Enix has been dropping some hints about the overworld in Rebirth. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Back before we e🅘ven know the sequel's name, Tetsuya Nomura noted that he'd seen Cloud "running around in the wildꦑ", which seemed like a subtle hint towards more freedom in the sequel, or at least 🌌some grassier locations.
Then, in an interview regarding the Yuffie Intermission DLC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hamaguchi noted that th🎉e next installment would "involve Cloud and company to leave Midgar and explore the world map, our next c🍌hallenge will be to create gameplay that leverages the vastness of the world", which all but confirmed it too. Now, Square Enix is directly facing the question and putting 🐼it forward as one of the big features of Rebirth.