Final Fantasy Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director defends the JRPG's overlong filler, but says he’s "striking a balance" with Part 3: "Players just have too much to do and too much to play" Final Fantasy ...

Final Fantasy 7 Remake took the first eight or so hours of Final Fantasy 7 and expanded them into a 30-hour prestige RPG that, while it contained some quite skippable sidequests, added to the story in ...

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' director Naoki Hamaguchi feels a genuine sadness at how the internet has killed video game fan speculation.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi seems to have an affinity for guiding players with yellow paint, as he expressed in a ...

The seemingly endless list of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth minigames and side quests is almost immediately brought up every time the game is mentioned, but director Naoki Hamaguchi says he doesn't believe ...

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi has good news for anyone worried that its concluding act would strip out elements in response to pushback against the scale of FF7 Rebirth. The ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When it released back in 1997, Final Fantasy 7 required an impressive 3 discs to play. The story ...

The Final Fantasy series is home to some of the most fleshed-out fictional settings in video games, but few are as rich as Final Fantasy VII's Gaia. While the original PS1 RPG and its various ...

Final Fantasy Switch 2's controversial game-key cards "let us do things that maybe we wouldn't otherwise," says Final Fantasy 7 remake co-director, but "I really get where people are coming from in ...

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is emphasizing party bonds in both combat and story, aligning seamlessly with its overarching theme. This integration enhances the overall experience by intertwining the ...

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