At present throughout The Recreation Awards, Sq. Enix made a shock look with a brand new trailer for Closing Fantasy 7: Rebirth displaying off a model new theme music, and much more anticipated moments from the subsequent chapter within the story.
Frankly, this appears like an abundance of riches provided that we have already seen numerous Rebirth. A Purple XIII-narrated trailer in November gave us tons of recent particulars, and we obtained a hands-on preview of the sport again within the fall. In reality, at this level, we’re simply prepared for the sport to be out already. Nonetheless, the brand new trailer did a very good job of juxtaposing the priority on the coronary heart of Rebirth: will the longer term truly change? Sq. Enix has been toying with us on this level for some time, by reintroducing Disaster Core protagonist (and presumably, on the time of FF7, deceased) Zack Truthful.
Every little thing’s main as much as the massive query on the coronary heart of Rebirth: will Aerith re-die probably the most infamous online game demise of all time? Or, if she will survive, can the world survive together with her? Massive questions for Closing Fantasy 7 to grapple with in a multi-part remake that may change all the things.
Closing Fantasy 7: Rebirth is deliberate for launch quickly – on February 29, 2024, and might be unique to PlayStation at launch. We’re fairly stoked for it, provided that our reviewer stated its precessor, Closing Fantasy 7: Remake, “delivered on letting me relive (a part of) a basic in stupendous style, whereas additionally standing as a fantastic RPG all its personal.”
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Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Obtained a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.