“We ask modders to not create or set up something offensive or inappropriate”
Epic Games‘ web site posted an interview with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s director Naoki Hamaguchi on December 13. As the corporate’s X (previously Twitter) account later famous, the interview comes simply in time for the sport’s launch on PC by way of the Steam and the Epic Games Store on January 23.
PC players can lastly play what many take into account the very best @FinalFantasy in many years ⚔️
We talked to Director Naoki Hamaguchi: https://t.co/vMLx6IJcUH pic.twitter.com/w6nO91MEUl
— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) December 14, 2024
The interview lined many subjects together with the sport’s improvement and the Final Fantasy franchise‘s historical past. However, the ultimate third of the interview targeted on what gamers can anticipate with the PC model of the sport.
Interviewer Aidan Moher famous the very first PC model of Final Fantasy VII debuted in June 1998. However, the part detailing Rebirth’s PC model opens with a short historical past of the 2012 Final Fantasy VII PC model and among the enhancements made to the sport then. Moher then asks Hamaguchi what kind of enhancements PC gamers can anticipate from Rebirth. The interview states, “Hamaguchi’s crew (the identical group that developed the bottom sport on PlayStation 5) did should struggle the urge so as to add new content material.”
One side of PC gaming, although, is participant modifications or mods. Moher notes the 2012 Final Fantasy VII PC model has a number of fan mods, however cites seventh Heaven as some of the fashionable builds. Moher requested if Rebirth could be “as mod-friendly because the 2012 remaster.” Hamaguchi said his crew has no plans for mod-support for the sport. The director additional added he respects the creativity within the modding group, however he requested modders to not “create or set up something offensive or inappropriate” in the event that they mod Rebirth.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth first appeared on the PlayStation 5 console in February 2024. The sport is the sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake and the second installment of a deliberate Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth PC model will probably be obtainable by means of Steam and the Epic Games Store on January 23. The video games specs can be found by means of the Square Enix web site.
Sources: Epic Games Store’s X/Twitter account, Epic Games‘ web site by way of automation, Square Enix‘s web site