
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is resurrecting the series' staple world map for the first time since Final Fantasy 9, over 23 years ago.
Issue 362 of Game Informer features a huge preview of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, interviewing development figureheads like co-director Naoki Hamaguchi, creative director Tetsuya Nomuyra, and producer Yoshinori Kitase. One feature the preview focuses on is Rebirth's new world map, which is drawing from Final Fantasy's past with a fully open-world map.