AFTER a long string of cryptic social media posts, the first full trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is here.
Shown at the end of the Summer Game Fest showcase, the new trailer gave a lot of new information about the next part of the remake.
Cloud and the gang leave Midgar to enter the open world of Gaia.
The group speaks to Bugenhagen about the lifestream.
We’ve broken down everything we caught during the three-minute trailer, which had gameplay and story beats.
Here’s what we spotted in the new Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer compared to the original game.
FF7 Rebirth trailer breakdown
The trailer opens with Midgar in ruins after the gang’s fight with Sephiroth, as many get taken away in ambulances due to their injuries.
Sometime after this, the group leave Midgar and enter the open world of Gaia, with Aerith remarking on how green the world still is, before being rebuked by Red.
Gaia is far more in-depth and fleshed out than in the original game, where players could get quickly from one town to the next.
Here traversing between towns looks as interesting as travelling around towns.
While Gaia in the original game felt almost completely open, the goal marker at the top makes it seem like the sequel will try to focus players down a path.
We can see one of the first areas the group arrive in after leaving Midgar, the Chocobo Farm, and we see them all riding chocobos through the ruins.
In the voiceover, we can hear Aerith and Tifa discussing the Nibelheim incident, with Tifa explaining how she doesn’t remember Cloud being there.
This is the same as in the original game, and doesn’t necessarily mean there will be a plot divergence here.
We also get a chance to see Red’s hometown Cosmo Canyon, as the group speak to Bugenhagen about the lifestream.
Speaking of Red, we also see the player take control of him as the main character for the first time.
We are also introduced to Elena, who was also in the original.
Elena’s first appearance in the game.
She is a member of the Turks who work for Shinra, and we even see a boss fight featuring her.
We also see Yuffie fighting alongside the main cast for the first time, and we get a look at one of her combo attacks with Red.
The Nibelheim incident plays a large part in this story, and we see Tifa being attacked by Sephiroth at the Mako Reactor.
Sephiroth says: “You know that I killed her, so who is she?” seemingly referring to Tifa.
Sephiroth in the new Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer.
However, it is likely that, just like in the original, Tifa is only heavily wounded by Sephiroth at the Mako Reactor.
FF7 Rebirth will launch in early 2024, and will be the first PS5 game to be released on two discs.
From the footage shown, we believe that this part will end where Disc 1 ended on the original game.
This is due to a boss fight we see against Jenova in the trailer, which is featured at this point.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
The Jenova boss fight shown in the trailer could be the point where FF7 Rebirth ends, which is where Disc 1 ended in the original game.
