Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth doesn't launch until February 2024, but it's guaranteed to be one of the biggest games of the year ahead. Building on the success of 2020's Final Fantasy 7 Remake – yes, it really is almost four years since we last visited Cloud and company – and with anticipation for the upcoming sequel now at fever pitch, you'd be forgiven for thinking producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi's recent appearance at Paris Games Week was already something of a victory lap.
"We've done a number of fan events and signings here," Kitase-san tells GamesRadar at the end of the French games expo. "I think you really can feel that respect towards game creators [here]. A lot of people stay behind afterwards, and they really want to express how much they respect us and what we've made, and that's a bit of a different thing; we don't get that so much in Japan."
