Square Enix has finally announced that April 8 2027 will be the release day of FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION, the third and last part of the Remake trilogy that reconfigures the great 1997 RPG. The release date was made public during a PlayStation State of Play event, stating that players will get the game at the same time on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store), a radical turn from the exclusive timed access method that the previous games in the Remake series implemented. This debut across multiple platforms is happening in the 30th-anniversary year of the original FINAL FANTASY VII and will mark a pivotal moment for existing and new fans who have been following Cloud Strife's story for the last seven years.
The game REVVELATION continues the story directly from FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH. In this installment, the protagonists, Cloud and the environmentalist organization Avalanche are racing against time in an effort to prevent Sephiroth from becoming a god through the powerful Meteor spell. Among the places fans have wanted to visit but weren't able to in REBIRTH, this release will finally include Wutai, a brave tribal country, Rocket Town as well as the icy Northern Continent represented in rich detail via an upgraded Unreal Engine 4. The game is set to introduce the Highwind airship as a controllable vehicle allowing the player to travel freely, with loading screens being almost gone, from sky to surface. Based on his idea, the team led by Naoki Hamaguchi has borrowed from games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Horizon the world creation concept to craft a vividly detailed and rich environment filled with secret places and hidden treasures.
Combat in REVELATION is very different when the new and innovative FITS system is introduced to the game. This system lets every player character to switch into different styles based on FINAL FANTASY jobs outfits which can radically change the way the character moves and their abilities, and which can be done mid battle. Vincent Valentine, brought to life with Matthew Mercer as his voice, is the new gun slinger player character who can morph himself into beast like forms for heavy attacks. Cid Highwind on his side fights with his familiar lance and dragoon aerial moves to his opponents. And the real time play, the Tactics Mode that allows a player to make moves ahead of time was improved so that the level of details about the party setup and strategy is given during encounters withWeapons and Shinra's forces. Based on Hamaguchi, one of the designers of the game, the main themes of the game "choice" and "resolve" that will manifest in the story as well as in the way players tackle battle and exploration.
Square Enix revealed that they'll release FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION in several versions at varying prices from $69.99 to $349.99. The most expensive version, the Premium Edition, brings early access for 24 hours, a Story Expansion Pass, plus exclusive in game items such as the Mecha Chocobo & Moogle Summon Materia. Save from FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE will help in unlocking one of the Materia Chocobo & Moogle Summon, whereas the data of final game REBIRTH offers early access to Phoenix Summon Materia. Since three years is the shortest development cycle in the trilogy, REVELATION marks as the conclusion of the narrative of decades by producer Yoshinori Kitase, creative director Tetsuya Nomura and an artist staff who haven't changed at all since the project started in 2015. The launch is set on April 8, 2027 and the game will be one of the most anticipated finales in the modern RPG history.
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