In Remaining Fantasy VII Remake, gamers had the possibility to totally discover the movesets of Cloud, Barret, Tifa, and Aerith by way of an prolonged keep in Midgar. Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth provides a number of new playable social gathering members. Whereas we already lined how a type of new playable characters, Crimson XIII, controls (learn extra right here), this time, we’re speaking about one other playable social gathering member: Cait Sith.
The cat creature joins the social gathering throughout the course of Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth following a short cameo in Remaining Fantasy VII Remake. Identical to Crimson XIII, he turns into a playable character for the primary time within the Remake trilogy in Rebirth. Because the crew started adapting the underappreciated character for gameplay becoming the Remake trilogy and, particularly, Rebirth, they seemed in the direction of Cait Sith’s unique Remaining Fantasy VII mechanics.
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“For Cait Sith, we wished to maintain intact the actually enjoyable parts from the unique, just like the cube assaults and the luck elements in his battle play; that is proven in Rebirth as effectively,” director Naoki Hamaguchi tells Recreation Informer. “In fact, given its very cute look, it may have a extra quirky and indulgent preventing model versus the extra orthodox battle model of Cloud.”
Battle director Teruki Endo agrees with Hamaguchi’s want to rely closely on the unique parts prevalent in Cait Sith’s model. “It actually goes again to and analyzing what’s on the core of those characters going again to the unique,” Endo says. “For Cait Sith, there are these luck-based talents; we actually wished to precise these in Rebirth. Ranging from there, we might then construct upon it with instructions and actions we felt had been appropriate for this character. It isn’t simply the case for [new additions like] Cait Sith or Crimson XIII, however the identical video games for different characters like Cloud or Barret. Seeing what preventing model or battle expertise gamers consider or think about when taking part in as Cloud or Barret, after which analyzing this on a extra micro degree allow us to specific it as we do in Rebirth.”
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Cait Sith begins battle as a singular character, with the choice to assault, carry out a particular capability often known as Kitty Wallop, or use a luck-based command like Fortunate Roll. Nonetheless, the principle differentiating issue for Cait Sith’s battle model lies in his capability to summon a secondary character to help and, within the course of, change his fight mechanics utterly.
“By calling a Moogle into battle, Cait Sith’s battle model will change,” Hamaguchi says. “You’ll be able to leap off and management Cait by yourself. In that case, the Moogle is simply an A.I. character that battles by itself. When the HP is depleted to zero, it disappears, however you possibly can name it once more to make it seem once more. There are assaults you possibly can solely do whenever you’re solo and never on the Moogle, however there are some you could solely do whenever you’re driving it.”
Throughout a hands-off demo displaying off a aspect mission (learn extra right here), Hamaguchi, who’s giving the demo, reveals off Moogle Mine, a capability the Moogle can use whereas on the battlefield. This capability spreads mines inside a radius of the Moogle, damaging any enemy that will get shut sufficient to at least one. Whereas I wasn’t the one controlling the motion, it did appear to be a reasonably impactful move from Cait Sith and the Moogle.
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Crimson XIII additionally joins as a brand new playable character in Rebirth, bringing one other distinct fight model
As with all party-character pairings, Cait Sith has Synergy Talents with each different character within the social gathering. Sadly, I solely received to see one among Cait Sith’s Synergy Talents, but when it is any indication, we’re in for some enjoyable interactions with the opposite characters within the social gathering. Hamaguchi prompts a Synergy Capacity between Cloud and Cait Sith. The outcome is likely one of the zaniest assaults I’ve seen within the Remaining Fantasy Remake trilogy up to now. Cait Sith summons a Moogle, who grabs Cloud’s Buster Sword whereas Cloud rides on its again. Whilst Hamaguchi touts the juxtaposition between Cloud’s extra orthodox model and Cait Sith’s over-the-top, extravagant model, their mixture on this Synergy Capacity feels pure and becoming whereas additionally being utterly wild and foolish.
I can not wait to play extra of Cait Sith and find out how he interacts with the opposite characters when Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives on PlayStation 5 on February 29. For extra on Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth, remember to try our unique protection hub by visiting the banner beneath!