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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead "can finally feel that pressure lifting" as the RPG is now "satisfying" to play as it nears completion: "I am quite confident in it"

"Of course, the final judgment is in the hands of the players," says Naoki Hamaguchi

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss says the ending "might be fully faithful to the original" RPG, or "it might end up being something completely different"

Naoki Hamaguchi wants people to have an open mind

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FF7 Remake director had to tell his team to 'be reasonable' because they got too excited about the FF14 crossover: 'That would be putting the cart before the horse'

Worlds collide.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake boss wanted to make sure its crossover with Final Fantasy 14 didn't derail the MMO's patch schedule

Naoki Hamaguchi had to tell his team to "look at our bandwidth to see what's realistic"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says each character in the RPG only has 4 jobs because making games is so much harder now

"It did make me realize all over again how hard it is to develop games these days."

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is "serious about concluding the series" at the end of the JRPG, and any DLC will focus on "untold stories"

Like FF7 Remake's Yuffie expansion

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is happy people argue about the remake trilogy because when people "get heated," it means "they see value in those elements"

"I'm proud that this series has enough depth and capacity to inspire those kinds of discussions"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director knows players "got a little bit of tired" of side quests in the JRPG's massive open world and might have "stepped away"

This could suggest Revelation may be more streamlined

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Final Fantasy 14: Evercold will revitalize the long-running MMO with all-new content and gameplay features — here are the top three things I can't wait to try

Final Fantasy 14: Evercold is looking to be a mighty expansion filled with major updates and playable content, but here are the things I'm excited to try out.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's endgame fights may involve some minigames, but its director is more interested in using your levelled-up characters to "overcome difficult situations"

Square Enix wants to see what you can do

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Final Fantasy 7 remake director says he hopes Revelation will get 'some kind of physical edition' despite the industry and Sony's 'shift away' from discs

A difficult disc-ussion.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss has been thinking about ways to make a mysterious boss suitable for the upcoming crossover raid with Final Fantasy 14

"Nobody wants to go in there and just see Cloud looking like Cloud, but massive."

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director wants "some kind of physical edition" for the RPG, but he can't promise it as Sony becomes the latest to "shift away" toward digital

"We're still having internal discussions on what the exact SKU product lineup is going to be for Revelation"

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Naoki Hamaguchi talks Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Final Fantasy 14, and physical media plans: "It's a wonderful culture and it would be a shame to lose that"

Interview | Hamaguchi also tells us about the one FF7 Revelation feature that taught him "how hard it is to develop games these days."

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"I want this guy to make Final Fantasy 17": Yoshi-P embarrasses Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead with the "highest praise you can get" from players live on stage at FF14 Fan Fest

Yoshi-P reassured him that he didn't "have to respond" to the compliment

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Final Fantasy 6, 8, or 9 remakes would need even more games than the FF7 trilogy, Yoshi-P warns: "We'd probably end up having to release them in 4 or maybe even 5 installments"

At least, if the JRPGs were remade in the same fashion

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It's taken 13 years, but Final Fantasy 14 has finally broken the Sephiroth-shaped emergency glass

Final Fantasy 7 is showing up in Evercold in a big way.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says "open-world fatigue" is real, and since "the world is even bigger than it was in Rebirth," Square Enix specially focused on guiding players

"I know I've had the experience where I've been thrown out into an open world game and not known where to go"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation DLC includes "Story Expansion Pass," according to Epic Games Store database listings

The Unknown Journey continues even further

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says characters from spin-offs "such as Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, and Crisis Core" will appear in the JRPG

"Our goal is to create a single, new Final Fantasy 7 that incorporates the settings and concepts of all the previous spin-off titles," says Naoki Hamaguchi

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead says "the way we design games also needs to evolve" as streaming over buying becomes more common, even if he does "fully support" content creators

It makes sense, like Naoki Hamaguchi says, "as times change"

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Sorry Kingdom Hearts nerds, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi says sea salt ice cream "isn't a homage"

It's a nice idea, though

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's queer representation "enhances the world's realism," lead says, and the RPG's devs were "incredibly happy" people picked up on it

Naoki Hamaguchi says Square Enix wanted to "portray the stories of those inhabiting this world with sincerity and care"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's portrayal of an "essential" scene from the OG JRPG made game director Naoki Hamaguchi cry in each of his 40 playthroughs

And I reckon I know which one he's talking about

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will have an endgame "unlike Remake and Rebirth," teases the JRPG's lead, and I sure can't wait to have my teeth kicked in by Ruby and Emerald Weapon again

You don't have to replay the entire adventure on hard mode if you're seeking a challenge

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