AN INTERVIEW with top executives working on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has revealed the reasons why the second part of the Remake will only be available on PlayStation 5.
Despite the first instalment to the Final Fantasy 7 Remake being released for PlayStation 4, Square Enix has announced that the second part, officially called Rebirth, will be a PS5 exclusive.
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The reason being that the developers believe the last generation console is not powerful enough to load the Rebirth’s much larger world.
In an interview with Japanese website Gamer, producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed that only the PS5, with its much improved specs, was powerful enough to prevent bottlenecks caused by loading.
As translated by GLHF:
“The quality of the graphics is the same [as Remake] but the PS5 has faster access to the SSD [console’s memory].
“If you’ve played the first part of the story, you will know that Rebirth enters into a vast world after you escape Midgar.
“Because Rebirth takes place in an expanding world, the stress of loading could create a bottleneck.
“In order to play Rebirth smoothly, we felt the specs of the PS5 were necessary.”
In the same interview, Mariko Sato, producer of the upcoming Crisis Core remake, FF7 Reunion, also revealed more about the upcoming release.
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Originally released for the PSP, the trailer revealed some of the story elements, as well as graphics which looked in line with the main FF7 Remake.
However, Sato is hesitant to call it a remake, despite the game’s complete overhaul. She revealed:
“Crisis Core FF7 Reunion faithfully recreates the story of the original game. We’ve also left the interface, and the core game as it is.
“Because of this, we are making the game with the idea in mind that it is a remaster rather than a remake.”
Reunion is set to release late this year, though no specific date has been given as of yet.
Unlike Rebirth, it will be available on less powerful consoles.
As well as PS5, it will also be available for PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC and even Nintendo Switch.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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