The third part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy will be more “concise”, director Naoki Hamaguchi said, as feedback from Rebirth fans was taken into account.
Rebirth, the second part of the trilogy, moved to an open world filled with mini-games, but some players criticized the story sections for being too long.
Speaking to Screen Rant, Hamaguchi disagreed but is still taking these comments into consideration when developing the next game.
“As far as time management in certain sections, especially in FF7 Rebirth, I honestly don’t think they were any longer than they needed to be,” he said. “I feel like gamers today just have too much to do and too much to play, so they often feel the need to wrap something up quickly.”
He added: “As we work on the conclusion of the trilogy, we are achieving a balance in how the story arcs are told and distributed to ensure that the game is a little more concise.”
Rebirth did, however, introduce some great mini-games like the Queen’s Blood card game. Hopefully, being more “concise” in the storytelling will still leave room for innovation and fun side activities.
Additionally, in a previous interview, Hamaguchi said that the third game would offer a new gaming experience, even if it remained a secret.
“But as for the third game in the series,” he said, “obviously I can’t say exactly what it is, but I don’t want to deliver the exact same style of gaming experience that we had with Rebirth. We’re going to evolve it and change it again to give another different and new take on the gameplay of Final Fantasy 7. Again, that will be revealed in the not too distant future. I can say that we are working on it and that We’re trying to change that because we actually have a build and run in the development team right now where you can experience this new style of play.”
So it certainly seems like Part 3 will be a step up from Rebirth, not only adding something new beyond just wrapping up the story, but also taking fan feedback into account. Let’s just hope the Remake Trilogy’s convoluted narrative comes to a complete conclusion.
Additionally, Hamaguchi previously stated that the trilogy’s cross-platform approach would have no impact on development “anyway”, now that Final Fantasy 7 Remake is heading to Switch 2 and Xbox, and will be followed by subsequent games.
