Players of the original Final Fantasy VII and its Remake returning for the upcoming Rebirth have been anticipating a particular gondola ride for a very long time. The Gold Saucer date scene is shaping up to be more dynamic and romantic than ever; the mysterious system that determines your potential partner laid bare, as it were.
During gameplay shown off today during a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth-centric State of Play, players were given a glimpse of the new relationship system called Bonds of Friendship. Apparently, "the strength of these bonds can alter portions of the story", and one such moment will surely be the anticipated Gold Saucer date sequence. Director Naoki Hamaguchi explains why the developers are lifting the lid on the system, which was determined by factors hidden from the player in the 1997 original:

"For Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, a lot of people understand that there's that very famous date scene on the gondola coming. So because people sort of know where this is heading, if it was still kept in the dark and they didn't know roughly what level of affinity they were with each character, this could be quite stressful for the players."
Certain side quests will now indicate that completing them will influence your relationship with a specific party member. Pleasing these characters will reward the player with an emoji, which is basically how romance works in real life, as far as we can tell. Players could take Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, or Barrett out on a date in the original game. Hamaguchi teased that allies not interested in the original could be persuaded to accompany Cloud this time around.
What do you think of Final Fantasy VII's commitment to the bit, and how many permutations will be possible? Remember always to remain polite, attentive, and naturally handsome in the comments below.
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No, I don't like this. It turns what should be a series of natural choices into a technical exercise.
But as someone smarter than me once said "if given the choice, humans will engineer the fun out of their game every single time "
@LifeGirl When a video game has video game elements:
Problem here is there's probably gear or something linked to it or a trophy. Meaning more playthroughs or save game jumping like you had to do with dance thing in pt1 and the things at corneos mansion...
Red XIII best cover the drinks on the platonic asexual furry run.
@LifeGirl The "technical exercise" was having to look up a guide for every little interaction if you wanted to have a snowball's chance in hell to get the date you wanted - Barrett's especially so.
This is just playing the game, which is what it should have been from the start.
I don't really see a big deal with it. Unless I'm missing something, it's just making you aware of your relationship and the side quests would have been available regardless. Seems like an overreaction to me that they are just making you more aware of your budding relationship and your choices in the game.
I need this in real life.
Tifa the only reason to play final fantasy to me
@Uromastryx Not this time. Thank god. Original FFVII had a trophy to take Barrett on the date.
@starbuck2212 I don't know man, there's a trophy for basically maxing everything out, I could be almost 100% sure there will item (gift) from each person you take on a date in the gold saucer,
Nomura said they wanted to make a similar trilogy to xiii and xiii2 is the best of that trilogy and also had a gold saucer with a lot of minigames and a colosseum with some of the best superbosses of the franchise.
I went with Yuffie the first time now I'll go with Tifa the only real choice.
@Uromastryx oh I hope not 🤞. You're probably right though. Like Dressed to the Nines in Remake.
I love Aerith, but you can probably guess who I'm taking on that date....
I’m curious to see who these additional options end up being. 👀
Nonetheless, I fully intend to experience every option.
A return of the notorious bro-night with Barret, maybe??
IIRC in the original game, Aeris’s score was by default so high that you had to really ignore her to get Tifa as a date, and had to take incredibly specific dialogue and party options to have Yuffie or Barret.
@LifeGirl Playing through the PS4 port of FFVII now...the Best Bromance Trophy already did that, except you have to follow an online guide to navigate the game's hidden systems. This sounds like an improvement over that.
Cloud is clearly gay. Let him have what he really wants
In the original release, the only way to take Tifa on the date was to be an ass to Aeris at every possible opportunity .
Hopefully, now Tifa will feel secure enough around us that we don't need to be obnoxious to Aerith.
Typically, I've always found that women don't like it when a man is horrible to another woman in front of them.
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