What’s It Like On The Crust?
Since the newest Final Fantasy game is going to be spending so much time in Midgar, it makes sense that they would want to expand it somewhat. To that end, the first episode of Inside Final Fantasy 7 Remake explores what’s new and exciting in the city of Midgar.
Embedded below, this initial offering in the behind the scenes video series looks into the new areas and ideas behind Square Enix’s upcoming RPG. While we see a lot of the slums in the original game, there’s not a lot of the upper crust shown off. And that’s a real shame, because it would have been fascinating, right? Well, now we’re going to see what we’ve missed all these years.
Tetsuya Nomura, the game’s director, maintained that this expanded Midgar doesn’t mean the city is going open world or anything. Indeed, the game is still going to be fairly linear for a significant portion of it. This is in line with the design philosophy of the original version, which took players on a curated journey through the game’s world. You can check out the video below if you want more details on this new and improved Midgar. Final Fantasy VII: Remake is coming to the PS4 on April 10th, 2020.