Final Fantasy Remake Series Going Multiplatform Will Not Lower Quality of Part 3, Director Insists While Acknowledging Fan Concern

Final Fantasy Remake Part 3 manager Naoki Hamaguchi has discussed the interaction of expanding the platforms connected which the Final Fantasy 7 Remake bid is available, insisting that going multiplatform "will not successful immoderate mode little the prime of the 3rd instalment."

In an interrogation with Automaton, via Eurogamer, Hamaguchi said some the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox versions of the game's anterior instalments "have been incredibly good received and generated a batch of buzz online," but did enactment immoderate assemblage concerns.

"Both the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox versions person been incredibly good received and generated a batch of buzz online," Hamaguchi said. "That attraction has besides made maine recognize however galore radical are disquieted astir this issue. However, our determination to spell multiplatform with the FF7 Remake bid volition not successful immoderate mode little the prime of the 3rd installment.

"Our improvement operation simply doesn't enactment that mode to statesman with... I accidental I'll conscionable person to support saying it," helium said, laughing. He besides stressed that due to the fact that of the increasing popularity of gaming connected PC some successful Japan and beyond, the crippled has been built with PC "as the foundation."

"While PC gaming is gradually expanding successful Japan, overseas maturation has been adjacent much rapid," Hamaguchi added. "The marketplace has broadened tremendously crossed some consoles and PC. The FF7 Remake bid has sold precise good connected platforms similar Steam and the Epic Games Store, truthful we make assets with the wide PC marketplace successful mind. In fact, our 3D assets are created astatine the highest prime level based connected PC arsenic the foundation.

"When FFVII Rebirth launched, determination was speech astir however the PC mentation looked amended than the PS5 version, and our doctrine volition not alteration for the 3rd instalment," helium concluded. "As our cardinal principle, we bash not plan assets to conscionable the lowest baseline. Instead, we make them for high-end environments first."

Last month, Hamaguchi teased that the "core crippled acquisition is astir complete," and portion helium "really want[s] everyone to play it arsenic soon arsenic possible," the squad has present moved connected to "refining and polishing."

Meanwhile, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Queen's Blood paper crippled is making a “powered-up” comeback for the last section successful Square Enix’s remake trilogy. Hamaguchi said helium plans to treble down connected the paper crippled erstwhile its adjacent installment yet launches, promising to “expand” what was seen with its Rebirth launch.

We besides precocious learned that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake squad really considered resizing Cloud's iconic Buster Sword to marque it much realistic earlier deciding to instrumentality with the archetypal design, admitting "it was conscionable excessively iconic" to change.

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