"I sense immense expectations": Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's director on ending the remake trilogy and DLC

Goodbye, each of Final Fantasy 7

Final Fantasy 7 is the crippled that ne'er seems to end. That's not conscionable due to the fact that the archetypal PS1 merchandise is filled with things to do, it's due to the fact that of the consequent follow-ups that came arsenic portion of the Final Fantasy 7 Compilation. It's besides due to the fact that of the full remake happening that Square Enix has been doing implicit the past fewer years, with the 3rd part, Revelation, owed retired adjacent year. And arsenic hard arsenic it mightiness beryllium to believe, according to manager Naoki Hamaguchi, this truly volition beryllium the end. For the remake trilogy, astatine least. More oregon less.

Hamaguchi precocious spoke with Automaton (ta for the spot, GamesRadar) wherever helium was notably asked astir the imaginable for DLC with this release. "I consciousness that, astatine this point, some the media and the instrumentality assemblage are expecting a DLC to come," Hamaguchi said. "Plus, I consciousness immense expectations for the FF7 franchise, oregon rather, it feels similar fans don’t privation it to extremity yet. That being said, things haven’t crystallized yet, truthful we can’t surely accidental 'Okay, we’re going to marque DLC for FF7 Revelation.' However, if we get the enactment from fans, and if there’s genuine request for it, I deliberation we’d privation to see it."

That, of course, would propulsion the existent extremity of Final Fantasy 7 abstractly into the future, but Hamaguchi did privation to marque 1 happening wide astir the main game: "The communicative volition beryllium concluded wrong the main game. We’re superior astir concluding the bid with FF7 Revelation, and we’re proceeding with improvement with that extremity successful mind." As helium explains it, if immoderate DLC does materialise, it would beryllium "a benignant of spin-off focused connected a circumstantial quality that depicts their untold stories, benignant of similar what we did with Yuffie with FF7R Episode Intermission."

Hamaguchi was besides asked astir Ever Crisis shutting down, and his thoughts connected Revelation genuinely being the extremity of Final Fantasy 7. "Once the crippled is out, we’ll beryllium observing everyone’s reactions and reviews. So, if determination is simply a important demand, and if we, arsenic creators, are capable to travel up with a caller and compelling reply to that, we mightiness see doing thing other down the line," helium explains. I definite anticipation they don't! He does, astatine least, enactment that "thinking excessively acold up is decidedly not a bully happening for FFV7 Revelation, truthful we’re solely focused connected finishing up its improvement for the clip being."

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is owed retired outpouring 2027.