Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director asks PC gamers to keep away from “offensive or inappropriate” mods

Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, has requested PC gamers to not set up any “offensive or inappropriate” mods as soon as the sport is launched.

The PC launch of the sport was revealed eventually week’s The Game Awards, arriving twenty third January 2025. Of course, this implies it is going to be open to the modding group.

“While the workforce has no plans for official in-game mod help,” Hamaguchi instructed Epic Games, “we respect the creativity of the modding group and welcome their creations – although we ask modders to not create or set up something offensive or inappropriate.”

When earlier recreation Final Fantasy 7 Remake was launched, it turned famend within the modding scene – from VR mods to different costumes and even changing Cloud’s iconic Buster Sword with different characters.

No doubt Rebirth will befall an analogous destiny – I look ahead to seeing the Weapons changed by Thomas the Tank Engine.

Hamaguchi’s feedback echo these of Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida, who equally requested followers to not create inappropriate mods for that recreation’s PC launch. That could have been asking for hassle, however since its launch in September the weirdest mods had been merely including Ben Starr’s shining meme face to Clive’s cape.

Hamaguchi additionally instructed Epic that DLC was thought of for the PC model “as an episodic story”, very like the Yuffie INTERmission DLC for Remake. However, with restricted assets, the workforce finally determined ending the third recreation within the trilogy was the “highest precedence”.

“However, if we obtain robust requests from gamers after the discharge concerning sure issues, we want to take into account them,” added Hamaguchi.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will include improved lighting, although, and followers have been sharing comparisons on social media.

Square Enix has additionally revealed the technical specs and confirmed the workforce is “working exhausting to optimise the sport for Steam Deck”.