Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: accomplished and impressive but not above criticism
Digital Foundry delivers first impressions on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
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Digital Foundry delivers first impressions on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
The explosive opening for Square Enix’s second FF7 remake, which takes Cloud and Sephiroth back to Nibelheim, will work for fans and newcomers alike.
The way Remake concluded left things ambiguous as to how faithful the next parts would be moving forward. The arbiters of fate are seemingly out of the equation and the story has a meta element that has strong implications that things are not what they appear to be. In all probability, Rebirth may end up rewriting history as the story unfolds… or does it?
Players were given the choice of two possible demos to play.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel, but is content to iterate. A good job, then, that it’s iter…