The PC release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lastly received introduced at The Recreation Awards, and it will be right here on January 23. What’s extra, it will be coming to Steam and the Epic Games Store on the identical date—no exclusivity interval this time.
That does not depart me with a lot time to get my second playthrough in, and I might wish to have every little thing that occurred recent in my thoughts for the sequel. It took me 55 hours to get by means of Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake as soon as, and that is after skipping a few sidequests. Luckily, the 1.004 update has received my again.
This patch provides a “head begin” possibility while you start a playthrough that bumps all characters as much as degree 45, with the suitable variety of ability factors. It additionally offers you some materia at max degree, gear and equipment from “towards the center to the top of the story”, additional objects, and 50,000 gil. Head begin mode can be chosen for the Intermission growth the place you play as Yuffie.
Probably the most uncommon a part of this patch is that it additionally lets gamers fast-forward “occasion scenes”, rising the playback velocity to 1.5 or 2.0x. This sounds superb? I do not need to skip the cutscenes fully on my replay, however I additionally do not need to sit by means of all that anime grunting at 1.0 velocity. For certain somebody out there may be going to complain about this being an indication of the occasions, the younger folks of right this moment do not have consideration spans like they used to, this all was once fields. However I’ll inform you as a middle-aged man who has quite a lot of podcasts to maintain up with, this appears like an absolute fucking godsend.
