Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Third Entry 'Won't Cheat' with the Airship

"We will take on the challenge"

by Sammy Barker 1:30pm

Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Third Entry 'Won't Cheat' with the Airship 1

While Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – the second entry in Square Enix’s remake trilogy – offered a vast open world, fans of the original PS1 title will know the Highwind airship forms a crucial part of traversal in the closing act of the game.

Speaking at G-Star 2024 in Busan this week, director Naoki Hamaguchi revealed his team would “not cheat” when it comes to this crucial element.

“Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth provided a vast map, but in the third game, the Highwind airship will appear, so we need to let you experience the world from a higher perspective,” he said, as reported by 4Gamer via Google Translate. “We will take on the challenge of being able to fly freely around the map.”

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According to Hamaguchi, the plot and concept for the third game has already been completed, and development is already underway. We wouldn’t expect it for at least three years yet, but it’s reassuring to know progress is already ongoing.

Are you looking forward to the third part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s trilogy? How do you think the team is going to make the airship work? Let us know in the comments section below.

[source 4gamer.net]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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REALAIS
1:33pm

I haven't played Original games. And I'm avoiding anything from that side of spoiler. This Remake Trilogy is awsome for me. I enjoyed 1st Remake, I am enjoying Rebirth on Pro finally and I will definitely pre-order final game. Let them create something epic )

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AinsleyE
1:34pm

I'm interested in how they'll handle it. I imagine it will have a set height so you can't get too low to collide with objects and landing is only allowed at designated spots. If it ends up being more of a portable base than an exploration method I'm fine with that.

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LowDefAl
1:42pm

I'm not sure this was high up on the list of subjects to tackle. I'm more interested in them telling us if they will restore the "cut" locations. The only one we had been forewarned about was the optional one and the main location they cut had a lot of exposition which now needs to be moved.

This should be interesting final fantasy 7 remake and rebirth is excellent.word up son

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QiaraIris
1:45pm

"Are you looking forward to the third part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s trilogy? "

After how Rebirth ends, no.

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LowDefAl
1:55pm

@QiaraIris Are you referring to the final cutscene or the battle sequences.

The final cutscene seems to have given some people the wrong impression, it's an extra bridging scene rather than changing anything and doesn't really do anything that can't be explained by the original game. Either by the next chapter or the ending.

It's a lot more natural than Remake's ending thats for sure.

As for some of the battle sequences and the storytelling around that, thats more up for debate sure.

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Balaam_
1:58pm

I’d rather remove the airship and have a trophy list that caters to trophy hunting.

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Nei
1:59pm

The way the “airship” was implemented in XV was technically impressive, interesting and weird (like the whole game tbh) so I am curious to see what they’ll do.

This team has my complete trust. I liked Remake and with Intergrade I started to think they really knew what they were doing. With Rebirth they just gave us what I consider the best modern JRPG I played. Finger crossed 🤞🏻 for goty awards season.

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Matroska
2:01pm

@AinsleyE Yeah, and like XII they'll probably have an anchor coming down from the sky rather than have it land on the ground like in the original. It's way too big to land in most places.

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Oram77
2:05pm

I honestly can't wait for part 3 ( I like to call it Final Fantasy 7 Repose). My only concern is for them to stick the landing with the story, I have complete faith in the combat because Rebirth's is one of the best combat systems out there.

I can’t wait for the final chapter of this game. Rebirth improved what I felt was the weakest section of 7, so I fully trust Square with what’s next. Remake and Rebirth were both GotYs for their respective years, in my opinion.

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Broosh
2:15pm

@QiaraIris Agreed, and I really went into it optimistic too. But the team behind these remakes can't comprehend subtlety in storytelling at all. As a big fan of the original and to an extent the first remake, it really bummed me out 😓
But seriously Squenix, give us a separate download version of Queens Blood and I'll play the hell out of it 🤩

I don’t really mind if we didn’t get the airship, the vehicles in Rebirth were good enough for travelling, I’d prefer the Highwind to be more of a base of operations. Considering Rebirth is the greatest FF and arguable best dog of all time I do not envy the team making part 3 at all.

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Nakatomi_Uk
17m ago

As much as I liked the High wind the best airship they ever did for the games was FF8s Ragnarok especially when you see the cutscene in 8 where you attack Lunatic Pandora and it's fires it's machines gun and Turbos through the shield as it's still firing and then it's Railgun to blow a hole in the side.

https://youtu.be/AEK3hmYkg44

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Nyne11Tyme
5m ago

Rebirth became a chore for me. Got to around the Dyne fight and I got frustrated. Dude gets his arm blown off from a few shots but eats literally thousands of rounds and morphs into some outrageous looking monster lol. I was enjoying up to that point. Got to that awful gongaga region and that was it for me.

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