They will have to rework the Emerald boss fight since they are going torwards a more realistic approach. It’s going to look silly if they just swim out of the sub to fight him underwater like they do on the OG.
Vicent is not with the party during Jenova fight. So as some people were guessing from the last trailer this probably confirmed he just joins the party after the Junon stuff.
Cloud and Tifa are not in the scene of the Huge Materia. So it is probably the Cid leader part as the og.
The Jenova fight is most likely early into the game at the Northern caves. Vincent was shown apparently solo shooting crystals in the same underground looking sections of the area.
I think Cid first becomes playable here (fighting with Tifa) and Vincent goes on his own small side quest around that early part of the game but maybe doesnt get party combat yet at that point.
They also give us a Glimpse of Diamond Weapon at the beginning, it just isn't called out. It looks completely made of metal unlike Emerald which looks very organic
I’m pretty sure it’s just a redesigned diamond weapon, you can see it has the same face design as Diamond Weapon in the OG, which is pretty distinct because it has 7 eyes, and it also has the red core in its chest.
It also looks like it is covered in diamonds or crystals.
Assuming we just weren’t “introduced” to it because it’s not one of the 3 optional superbosses, we didn’t get a formal introduction for the “baby” weapons or Sapphire either.
"You're being stationed at the Shinra HQ Annex for an 18 month duration. You will live in the underwater city to maintain operations for the reactor, and hidden operations for Junon city itself. There's no cell reception down there and you're not allowed to leave, but the Underwater Annex has some basic amenities to meet your needs."
They really did good job to with those classic WEAPON bosses. Also it's brilliant that HIghwind now has mounted weapons as it makes a lot of sense and just makes it more epic! New WEAPON boss monsters look cool too.
I'm glad they didn't show too much, the rebirth trailers were crazy with the amount of spoilers they showed. I'll probably watch the TGS stuff and play the demo then I'm peacing out till launch lol
Super fun screenshot, but boy is that some goofy scale with the submarine lol. Which is fine, considering what the original looked like, it's just odd seeing it in the new game too.
Wait good point. It's probably her at the end of the line with nowhere to run with Scarlet walking up to her before the slap fight, then she jumps and we get the ICONIC music/highwind reveal.
Dang so the demo leak wasn't true, or they're saving it for TGS. That's all good. I'm on vacation rn and I brought my PS5 with me just in case it did drop lol
I don't think we're gonna get a public demo until like month or two before the release of the game in spring. The demo that has been rumored would be playable for people who attend these events. And for journalists/influencers who get invited to private event to get first impression of the game
There is very little incentive for SE to ramp up marketing and release a demo before GTA6 since it’s gonna be a black hole of attention for the next few months.
Ngl, this trailer felt more like a teaser. Feels more like an american promo for a movie than FF one. Game awards will likely reveal the theme song with more intense trailer like Rebirth!
It was a cool little trailer but weird Hamaguchi flew all the way out to Europe just to show that… it was one of those he could have stayed in Japan trailers… nothing major
His main purpose at Gamescom is to talk to the press and have business meetings with distributors and other business partners. Even at cons like PAX, game devs spend a lot of time in hotel rooms having meetings with various members of the press, publishers, and other business partners..
Gamescom lasts a few days. We will likely get interviews about this trailer and more plans for future showings in the future. Also, FF7R is confirmed at Pax West to have its own panel, so a week and a half from now, then TGS 2 weeks after that. My best guess is an interview blitz with bursts of staggered releases from basically now until early October, and they will show real game play like they did with Rebirth's open world exploration in the Grasslands for ~30 ish minutes the last time. Maybe a small weapon fight @ mideel, or just highwind and new exploration shenanigans instead + the FITS system? And ofc, another trailer at TGS. Then, no trailers till TGA, and that one will be either the theme song trailer or the Release date trailer (if that isnt what we get at TGS).
If anyone is worried about story spoilers, its likely we'll start getting them around TGA, assuming TGS isn't suddenly a story heavy trailer already! It may have *some* since it could end up being the release date trailer, and that can't be 100% gameplay. But, I kind of suspect they dont want to spoil the intro chapters OR the end or any of the many huge story moments, so they are somewhat limited to just showing highwind + weapons and probably fits, mini games like snowboarding, glimpse at new gold saucer story, cid/vincent showoff, and perhaps some of the like, choices matter mechanic that affects the way the story unfolds for character development.
I bet they don't even explicitly acknowledge Cloud's missing from the party, or when Tifa is briefly missing narratively until TGA trailer or later, and probably NOTHING about Aerith/Zack until Final Trailer where they'll just show us way too damn much as always lol. At least, I hope I'm right about all this :P
So when we see the magnus materia in the airship there's no Cloud or Tifa in sight which makes it likely this is the during the missions to collect the materia we do while Cloud and Tifa are in Mideel.
In the OG that was the Green materia in Corel and the Yellow in Fort Condor both of which we see in the ship.
But we know in the Retrilogy the huge materia (magnus materia) will actually come from killing the weapons now rather than simple just picking them up from old Reactors.
We see a bit of the fight with the baby weapon for the Green Materia but I can't quite put my finger on where we'll get yellow from.
Emerald Weapon has the red materia
Ultima has a purple materia
Sapphire has a Blue materia
Ruby and Diamond we haven't seen their materia yet but they are late game.
So I assume the other baby weapon will house the yellow materia and we'll fight that near fort condor or Corel.
Also makes sense why the underground reactor is now an Emerald Weapon fight rather than chasing down a red submarine, there's no longer a huge materia for the submarine to carry off, unless they have grabbed Sapphire weapons or that's what we get the submarine specifically for until Emerald gets involved.
Also all the weapons that got freeze frames were the original superboss, Ultima had story fights but he was only defeated as a super boss and thus I think it's fair to assume that they will stay that way even if we do now fight Ruby and Emerald in the story at some point, the fact they were clumped together and Diamond or Sapphire weren't given the same treatment means they are being specifically shown as different.
I spotted the ruins of the old Junon "on the water" city in the trailer where you fight Emerald.
Also we finally got a look to all the old Weapons of FF7 since Diamond and Emerald were missing before (we saw a tiny bit of Diamond in the first trailer but was a close up). With that said, I'll be disappointed if they do indeed have the group just go "oh the Weapons are on a rampage? Let's hunt every last one of them then!". I always hated even in the OG how despite the game is all about enviromentalism, the group see these guardians of the planet and immediatly go into kill mode without a second thought.
But in the original, they never even question it for a second. And players too should be brought into the dilemma as well. Otherwise it's like making a LotR game that encourage you to kill Ents for loot while you are supposed to be the good guys.
They can’t show too much of it because, remember, Cloud is already his “real self” if you know what I mean during this period. It would me a major spoiler for new players if they show Cloud acting completely different.
He is saying the same lines but using the same AC depressed tone he has been using for decades. Probably recorded this version just for the trailer and he sounds more excited on the actual game.
He's not meant to sound excited though? Heck Cid admonishes him for not having enough pep in his motivation.
I don't really expect Cloud to sound chipper and excited, instead he should be softer and less sure of himself. Which is the tone we are getting in these trailers to me, not depressed but softer, less on the edge.
You can actually hear his softer tone in the japanese trailer here after the LSS has happened. I do hope Cody can also make the difference sound more clearer in the final product.
Obviously it's a marketing cycle and they want to use an event to reach more potential buyers, that's not what I meant.
Even if you are not subscribed to FF7 content there were multiple previous trailers that already covered 90% of what was shown in this one, the lack of new content is what I was wondering about.
Not a lot of huge plot reveals which I am thankful for, but they are really showing off the Weapons a lot. It seems like the focus on them means they must be more than just optional. Maybe you don't kill them in the main game, but you have to significantly engage with all of them to some degree. Seeing us engaging with them using the submarine and Highwind looks unreal.
Really just wishing they would show off some new locations and more on the FITS.
Not even gonna lie, I didn't think of that lol. I still think they could do it, since most people will have Saturday off, but yea Friday the Ninth, or Wednesday the Seventh are more likely
Depending on what you define as spoilers, I'd say this is super light. All it really shows is the weapons and a summon from the original but that's it. There really aren't any gameplay clips in it and the short story clips don't really add anything to worry about story wise (assuming you already watched the Summer Games Fest footage).
I was so hyped to see Emerald. The shots of Ruby and Ultima are fire as well. Nice trailer. I would rather have a few less detailed trailers over the course of a few events, than a single long and spoilery one. Much more opportunities to notice small details that would otherwise be overshadowed.
I dont know if its just me, but it really bugs me that there were like 10 people in that square listening to the presidential address lol. Midgars population feels like 500 people when they do shit like this
Looks the same as it did in OG. Other than meteor hanging in the sky there's really no reason for it to not be bright and blue when the meteor is not in view.
I think both remake and rebirth looked best when the action was happening in low light. The sunny parts get very washed out, so I was hoping for a more dark apocalyptic lighting mood for part 3. I think aesthetic appeal is a good enough reason :). I’m sure there will be lots of sequences in different times of day though.
I really liked what I saw, but I’m kind of concerned that we haven’t seen actual highwind gameplay not because I believe it’s not going to be there (which I know it’s going to be there, they’ve made that promise) but mainly because of how it will operate in the map and the feel of it according to the map size and look of the world itself. Maybe they are just waiting to show it of at TGS but will see. I’m way to happy that we’ll get the submarine.
Not really much here. Glad I didn't waste time watching two hours of Geoff Keighley listening to himself talk just for this, but I am still happy they're showing stuff consistently. It was cool to see Typhon as well!
TGS is only a month away, and we'll probably get more out of interviews with Hamaguchi here at Gamescom than from this trailer.
Yet another trailer that's focusing on weapons, just like the first one. I get it they're cool, but I expected something more and different. Lots of the same scenes from the first trailer in this one too.
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u/ByRWBadger Aug 25 '26
The huge materia is finally huge
Submarine sneak peek!
Emerald looks amazing!