FF7R Part 3 World Map could look like this! + Oh, the places you'll go!

[@Shezmen88]

That was a lot of work. Love this stuff, great job dude! 👏

[@yumyumeatemup]

Damn! The level of work that went into making this. I hope it turns out to be just like you said and more! Great job on this!

[@FinalFanTV]

Thank you so much for the recognition and the compliment!! Glad you enjoyed!

[@upaz84]

2027 will never come too soon for me, i loved rebirth way too mutch.

[@Rydiculous]

I'm a bit divided because I want to continue the journey but I also don't want it to be over. There was that feeling at the end of remake when they all pledged to go hunt Sephiroth and the theme that sounded like positive hope that was playing right before the hollow theme and then it started raining and it saying the unknown journey will continue. Knowing it's all going to conclude in 2027. It'll be sad even if it's a happy ending. To not see the characters journey anymore. Other games aren't going to cut it after that.

[@progrob27]

It's nuts how they managed to make the world map areas massive, then you realise they're they're tiny little sections of world map, it will be interesting to see if when we fly in high wind it shows a scale that matches the world map in the menu or if it will look more like the playable sections stitched together. Great video, I hope they can include the compilation locations you mentioned.

[@axelstone3131]

It’s a little strange for sure. I feel like they’ve shot themselves in the foot with this. The map gives the illusion of a big world map, but when it comes to actual play area is tiny. It doesn’t compare well to other games that have legitimately big open world maps. I was personally disappointed with rebirth, the graphical issues and the map being one of them. I didn’t like how they just made large zones, and how it doesn’t actually match up to the map on screen. Then like you said you realise it’s just a really small part of the area you get the play in. There really isn’t much in terms of exploration. Regarding the Highwind, I have no idea how that’s going to work. Are there going to be seepage maps for when you’re flying around? Like there will be a large world map underneath the high wind just like the map screen and then when you descend the screen goes black and loads the area you can actually play in? That sound outdated to me but I imagine it’s going to be something similar. Then again, I felt rebirth had a lot of outdated ideas in it anyway, especially the map and check list copy paste objectives. I had the impression when the first gameplay videos were shown with the grasslands it was going to be much bigger and more explorable than it really was and that feeling followed me throughout the game. I just kept thinking how small everything felt, a lot of “illusion” of scale when the actual play areas were small. Some were okay thought like the golden saucer desert as an example.

[@Dis2good]

@@axelstone3131I’m shocked to hear that you felt the explorable areas seemed small. I thought each area was just the right size. Definitely was bigger than FFXVI. Plus each area had various dungeons and caves. I think once we are able to explore with the Highwind, you will get to see more of the world which is likely explorable in some ways. I’m sure they wanted to save some exploration for the third installment. If you noticed, there were areas of Gongaga that could not be reached even though you could see it in the distance.

[@Dis2good]

I think the areas will look much bigger from the Highwind especially since you will be so high in the sky. They gave us a small preview when flying in the tiny bronco. You could see in the distance how massive each area was.

[@axelstone3131]

@@Dis2good you know what I loved remake but felt immensely let down and disappointed with rebirth, it felt dated graphically and from a game design/world map point of view. This is just my opinion, I’ve been gaming most of my life and maybe I was just burnt out with it all at the time. Personal problems affected how I felt about it and could enjoy it like i used to enjoy gaming. I honestly feel ff15 is a better looking game than rebirth, it has a clear resolution and in herbal the world feels like.. disconnected? Even thought its not as big if that makes sense. Of course I’ll get part 3, I’m looking forward to the high wind and the submarine, exploding the ocean depths but just felt like rebirth looks awful graphically, some parts really looked like it could have been on a ps3, shop interiors/poor textures etc. Honestly if I could I’d get a ps5 pro just for the massive graphical improvements of the game but I feel like it was just very poorly optimised on ps5 and had nothing to do with the system’s capabilities.

[@Dis2good]

@@axelstone3131 what type of TV were you on? I thought Rebirth was much better overall than Remake. I actually upgraded my TV once i got the PS5 so it definitely made a difference. I also pre-ordered the PS5 PRO and plan to play Rebirth again. I think that will make a difference, especially after watching the Digital Foundry comparison video seeing the 2 side by side.

[@alchalant4663]

🎉🎉🎉 we need rebirth content every day until part 3 announcement to keep us sane

[@Dis2good]

I approve this message

[@hassanosman4088]

Yessir

[@KhangNguyen1]

Has it had any content updates? Or they only fix the game lingering issues?

[@cynicalidealist11]

Imagine some lucky asshole is gonna discover this trilogy after the third game is out and they’ll just get to play them back to back.

[@alchalant4663]

@ yeahhh I dunno I’ve really enjoyed the years of hype and anticipation. But would be pretty sweet to play the entire 600 hour or whatever it’ll be experience start to finish. I’m wondering if these people will find the transition from game to game jarring-there was a lot of QOL just from remake to rebirth and expecting similar to re:3

[@jasnotta519]

Since I finished rebirth, I've become increasingly confident that we're not gonna be able to pilot the Highwind until we get control of Cid as the Party leader in Mideel. I also believe that the Ultima weapon will attack Mideel twice, once when we get there as Tifa and the second when we go back as Cid. The first fight with Ultima Weapon would be a callback of sorts to chasing it across the map, and while it does so it's going to destroy loads of parts of the map, making more areas accessible. I think the perfect example is the path from the Junon region to Fort Condor. Post weapon attack, you'd now be able to walk there through the destruction that Ultima weapon has caused (and you'd probably see the residents of Fort Condor come out to defend it and probably have a sidequest or two relating to some Fort Condor citizens exploring the world. It'd be a great way to show the devastation the weapons can bring, but also a great way to keep old maps fresh for an entirely new game. It just makes too much sense to me.

[@JoshWiniberg]

This is some top-tier, unique content! Great work! Also, this puts it into perspective how much of the world there still is to explore - the Rebirth portion of this new map is such a tiny section!

[@FinalFanTV]

I sincerely appreciate you dropping that comment! Thank you! Yeah! The Rebirth map is friggin big and densely packed! And it's WILD to imagine that Part 3 will have even more with even more towns, biomes, modes of transportation, etc!

[@leoda_lion4107]

@@FinalFanTV I got to give you guys mad props as well. So many other channels are just regurgitating the same information, which is fine I guess. But we should speculate, we should try to fill in the blanks. I'm still convinced that this trilogy is going to somehow turn out to be a "sequel" in other words, the events of the OG timeline already happened, and Sephiroth is like "No, I can't live with that...gotta find a way to change it." And that starts this mutliverse of "worlds" as they call it. I really love the amount of detail that you guys put into fleshing out the map. This is a great video that gets me hyped for what is to come. Sucks we all have to wait SO LONG. And I really hope they stick the landing on this.

[@FinalFanTV]

@leoda_lion4107 thank you so much for saying that! One of my objectives with FFTV is to being the hype through content that is as unique as possible. I'm glad you noticed my efforts! I'm aligned with alot of your thoughts on this being a sequel of sorts. More fun speculation videos are in the works!

[@EttrrA]

great work with uncovering the map. just gets me more excited for the exploration of pt 3

[@PetarBladeStrok]

Just as about I'm to go sleep, you post this... I'm instantly reminded of the map differences DMs that I sent you. Can't wait to check this out tomorrow!

[@guilhermealexandre7067]

There is a scene with rufus after the valkyrie where a world map is shown and you can make out part of the wutai continent as well as mideel

[@amaterasu8269]

Stunning work, congrats! This video deserves tons of views.

[@Joshiepoo2525]

Great video! In OG with the Gaia mod, if you zoom all the way out, you realize it actually isn’t a globe. It’s exactly what you described here. It just repopulates and is a little curved.

[@qui2z]

The attention to detail is great! Your videos are fantastic and really appreciated btw @Joshiepoo2525

[@Joshiepoo2525]

@@qui2z thanks!

[@paulohtobias]

Incredile video! I recorded all my gameplay and I can say without exaggerating that as sson as I left Kalm I spent about 70 minutes playing around with the world map trying to figure out the scale and where exactly the Grasslands were on it. After finishing the game I also did that superimposing of the playable area with the screenshots but not with this quality, and you went far beyond that. That must have been a lot of work. At 5:02 you talk about being able to walk around in all of the playable area and I did that. I took me about 1 hour and 20 minutes to run around the whole map For part 3 I wish they''d use the actual full world map, even if most of it is empty and we have to use some special form of transportation to travel (e.g.. chocobo) in order for it not to take 40 minutes to reach the next town. I know that's not really likely but a man can dream

[@FinalFanTV]

That's awesome! To have that level of appreciation for the game and the world is truly a testament to how great FF7 is! Thanks for commenting and sharing your hype! And for recognition of the time and work put into making this video! Sincerely appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed!

[@Rizzylamar]

in three years ill come back to this video and tell you, you called it

[@unnamedlegeon]

So we really need an FF8 remake too, because if SquareEnix did this and will include every land mass in FF7 series as a compilation...well it's massive. So FF8 cut content land mass can be included, if SquareEnix did a remake of it 😁.

[@marceriksen]

I absolutely LOVE that you included all of the locations that are from every work of media ff7-related here! I cannot stop thinking about the possibilities of which locations will be integrated into the story and which will be optional exploration. Regarding Ancient Forest, I'm of the opinion that it'll be relocated, much like Temple of the Ancients was. I suspect it'll be aligned somewhere to the north and connect to both Bone Village and The City of the Ancients, traversal-wise.

[@ciavaldinimaeva8855]

Just amazing! The work you did is amazing! 🥳 You should celebrate!!

[@verussadap]

Great video man! I think you're right on with most of the places 💯

[@axelstone3131]

Crazy. This shows how small the world really is in terms of what you can explore. It’s tiny. We have the illusion the world is big but in terms of what you actually explore is very small. Great video. Very good insightful and interesting. Good work 👍🏻

[@FinalFanTV]

Thanks! Rebirth's map doesn't seem as big as a game like Assassin's Creed Odyssey but I'm curious if the complete map in Part 3 will come close!

[@axelstone3131]

@@FinalFanTV yes I agree, or just cause. I’m not sure how part 3 is even going to work to be honest.

[@CetraVII]

I love these type of videos so much. What side of Midgar woukd you place Edge from AC? Or whatever crazy "bridge" Cloud took to get from Edge to the Forgotten City somehow lol. Or maybe we'll get a Vincent hometown? Then theres Great Glacier/Gaea's Cliff. 😭😭😭 Im so excited

[@T34RINTV]

Great content guys love the time and effort spent on this

[@FinalFanTV]

Thank you! Greatly appreciate the recognition of the work that went into this. Glad you enjoyed and thanks for leaving that comment!

[@twospoonspls807]

Rebirth was 2 discs, this sonbitch gonna be AT LEAST 3 discs. Can't wait. Great video man, subscribed!

[@FVD]

Lo an' behold... The Cartographer of HYPE!! With a promotional image of Cid sitting atop the Bronco, I'd assume he's in the Rocket Town Region where it's looking like a foresty-like area. Also would be cool for Cloud to have a moment near Midgar where Zack originally died too, not to mention the ruined reactor in Modeoheim.

[@VincentJascha]

Ca. Min 3:55: THANK YOU! IT was exactly what I figured out while playing my first playthrough. ❤️

[@FailroadExpress]

I imagine if we can fly around on the Highwind that we will rise up into a slightly lower res version of the world map. As we fly over, we either will or won’t be able to land depending on where we are. As we land, there will be a seamless transition to the playable world map. Fingers crossed.

[@night104]

You are COOKING, my dude!!

[@Soulasiangod]

Your a living legend. you go above and beyond every Time!

[@NothingButTheTruth818]

Awesome work!

[@Sing4DLaughter]

Those ff7R videos are insanely good! I don’t think you’ve missed anything, just hope SE see this so we don’t get disappointed with something missing from your predictions 😅

[@FantasyRaider]

Love the map vids!

[@ZAquadix]

Videos like this is why I subscribed to the channel

[@SeanChristieMallon]

Well researched looks legit, the hype is real

[@snowsnowsnowcherry]

i love the theory about rhadore! that would be so cool.

[@Brandonjlarry]

You can see wutai in rebirth on the horizon when you climb the reactor in nibelheim in the cliffs next to the ocean.

[@vexcarius7100]

3:31 I also tell my friend that the explorable map we had with Rebirth isn just a small cut of the Grasslands. He refuses to believe me. 😂

[@HolyJonte]

Wow, great video as always! ❤️

[@enjolraslechimiste]

I think you are super close and, as usual, A+

[@Sylvaintonmotivateur]

God i love your videos man! You are the only one that do these kind of analysis🔥

[@TheJamster1992]

Awesome video, good idea for Bone Village as well would make sense to just swap the two locations around, I could also see Bone Village in the Rocket Town Region as well as it's a massive region

[@eastbluedrew1664]

DUDE I KNOW FF9 remake is supposed to be smaller but I hope they put rebirth care into the world

[@Acousticwapang]

That was a lot of work! Keep it up 👍🏼

[@major_trenton]

You better be careful Square is gonna send a cease and desist for stealing Part 3's world map lol. Great video!

[@VaIentineUK]

He wants to uncover Cloud and get a good look at what's underneath? Phrasing.

[@Omnicloudx13]

I wonder if any of the ever crisis locations from the first soldier will show up in part 3 as places you can visit?

[@lyla_moonlight]

Your brilliant I can’t wait for the 3rd installment 😮😮

[@andrewclark5812]

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere is that you can see the continent of Wutai from the westernmost islsnds in the Nibel region.

[@blocksheep4899]

Im finally able to play and enjoy Rebirth as we speak. Ive been very sick since Nov2023 and finally getting back to normal.

[@FinalFanTV]

Oh man.... so sorry to hear that. Must've been a really bad sickness... glad you're okay and getting back to normal!! Good to see a comment from you again! Praying you continue to feel better!

[@tangiblemammal5273]

Brought us a banger out the park!

[@JSRF-d4b]

Impressive video. But let me show my opinion : Cloud never went to the Grasslands. Let's see why. Transport yourself to any waypoint in the "Grasslands", and then open the world map, zoom into the Meridian Ocean, you will see where exactly you are standing. It's just the eastern part of Junon Region. Please try this if you are interested, and maybe you will want to share your opinion about this.

[@Athreous]

Shouldn't Northern Cave be called Northern Crater? Or did SE change the name?

[@bassdass]

A point of criticism. If I'm not mistaken. The Sister Ray should point towards Wutai, no? Right now it's just pointing towards nowhere. Not that it does in the OG either, but I think it's been mentioned somwhere.

[@FinalFanTV]

Yeah I feel like I remember it being mentioned too - that it could reach Wutai. It's definitely not pointed at Wutai but maybe it can shift left and right as well as up and down? That's the only thing I got to try and make it make sense haha

[@bassdass]

@@FinalFanTV Cool. And well done on the map! I love this kind of theorizing stuff, and can watch lore videos about FFVII for hours. Just thought this detail was worth keeping in mind. Keep it up! Also. Did you notice that the sun sets into the west in Junon (into the sea), but sets into the East in Costa Del Sol?

[@jilmerjohncariaso6825]

I think Wutai will be in lower area, something where the Junon cannon points at.

[@brettrigby2226]

21:16 thats cactaur island. best place for farming materia

[@FinalFanTV]

Crap! I accidentally had Goblin Island twice. Wish I could make that edit now haha

[@jilmerjohncariaso6825]

I also personally think that Weapons will cause lot of damage in the map, they will probably destroy those "filler" areas. Nice strategy SE 😏

[@axelstone3131]

Man that would be really cool if we could visit cliff resort, ever since I saw it in advent children I’ve alsways thought it was a really cool looking place. I wish we could ride fenrir open world and wear clouds advent children outfit

[@stevep4236]

I can't wait for Pt3

[@TomKloseMusic]

As always shock-reviving my slumbering hype for this trilogy and the franchise as a whole. ❤ Thank you I just love love love all the world map stuff. Simply opening up a world map at the beginning of an open world game is enough to get my heart pumping with excitement for the great adventure ahead. ☺ I just wish I could play Rebirth for the first time again. 🥲

[@gjoerulv]

It looks like half a planet maybe from the formation of the clouds and the hinted curvature. So basically this planet has the size of is a tiny, tiny moon, or a small country.

[@FinalFanTV]

Oh, do I have a video for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGWpY3t4ZtOkapYsi=CPNiGIF45cTUJP2f I compare the size of the planet to Pluto haha Its an old video so not fully up to date but still a fun watch haha

[@gjoerulv]

@@FinalFanTV Wow, that's really awesome :). Not sure if you can really scale the original in the same way, as the abstraction level is way higher. But, imo, the world feels much smaller in the remake, ironically so, because at the same time it's more detailed.

[@bassdass]

If they do a globe and want it to be similar to Earth just as an example; I think the World of Gaia would mostly be a water world. The explorable landmass is quite small if you want to compare it to a "realistic" planet. Not that it needs to be realistic (It's fantasy after all), but if they do a globe, the curvature of the planet would be painfully obvious when flying around in the highwind, since it's such a small world.

[@autumnnnnnplays]

This. Is. So. Dang. Good.

[@FinalFanTV]

Thank you!! :)

[@PaperThinSquare]

Ancient forest should be close to Gongaga. I kinda thought that’s why they had bouncing shrooms.

[@FinalFanTV]

Honestly, I can't believe I never made that connection with the shrooms! Good point. So I'd say Ancient Forest is likely that land that protrudes out south of that continent.

[@BenSmith-od8fc]

Wasn't the cavern of wonders under Banora?

[@FinalFanTV]

I'm fairly confident that Cavern of Wonders was near the Northern Crater as a secret mission in CC. Banroa Caverns was where the final boss was in CC. But please correct me if I'm wrong. I'll look into it further soon as I can!

[@eastbluedrew1664]

The lil island we get knights of the round

[@richardl.jenkins6091]

Shout out to the Warrior of Maps

[@eastbluedrew1664]

Theres still so many secret locations they gotta add

[@hayabusa09]

I'm most excited to see the world with Meteor looming overhead. I hope it alters the lighting and makes the game look all gloomy : < Kinda like in 16 but not so bad FPS

[@FinalFanTV]

That's a good point. I definitely think that'll happen! But yeah, I reaaally didn't like the way it looked in FF16.

[@ronsil6815]

This is some good shit my dude

[@FinalFanTV]

Thank you!

[@tatecheddar]

Well, son of a bitch. I hadn't played past the part in Gongaga against Scarlet. I had no idea that they moved the temple of the ancients to the northern part of the map. That shit used to be down near Mideel.

[@FinalFanTV]

Aw damn. I could've put up a spoiler warning but I didn'tbecause I kinda figured since it was Part 3 speculation, I didn't need to. That's my bad. I'll try and remember to do that in future vids.

[@ectogamut]

You’ll never see the truth with such cloudy maps

[@FinalFanTV]

🤣

[@eastbluedrew1664]

I actually think they completed the world now they just gotta fill it out more

[@Paradelton]

If you tilt the world map it looks like the title icon 😬

[@chrishansel95]

When It comes to PC I hope some one makes a co op mod, as long as everyone has purchase a legit copy.

[@eastbluedrew1664]

Cartography on point

[@hayabusa09]

@5:34 you did not put a little tag

[@FinalFanTV]

Ahh! Or the picture-in-picture!

[@hayabusa09]

@@FinalFanTV 😛

[@MyUnitProcess]

Part 3 is definitely going to be minimal 250gbs

[@DNotzz]

Is anyone else hoping they add more things? Like of course they will expand many things. Like traversal and side-quests. But I’m talking about like entirely new areas , maybe even some new characters? I want giant kaiju battles and airship dogfights, i want sweeping cinematics of all the crazy shit that happens in part 3. I want them to just throw everything they have it at and then some. This is the finale. No more holding back square! And plz no stupid kingdom hearts bullshit story-wise, I’m also hoping that when we go back to Midgar, that they expand it. Let the crew spend more time there and let us explore more of the city. If they could somehow create the entirety of the city to explore and find a good reason to have us explore and quest and fight through it, that’d be next level.

[@williamklahre2659]

Real quick. Whats down there vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Where the twmple of the ancients is supposed to be ? Absolutely love the speculation but, we all expect they are gonna move some places around . Hell they might put rocket town down where the twmple of the ancients was supposed to be just to fck with us 😆 🤣 . Just saying . Love the content tho . Keep it up

[@cloudxz92]

Knights of Round will not be in a Cave like in the OG Game. I bet my Butt that Knights of Round is the Materia that Shina/Scarlett working on in the Yuffie DLC and we will get it after the Return to Midgar.

[@Nigel222]

I dunno how they are going to actually do part 3 with all the various towns and locations lol. Seems like they will have to do so much work.

[@Dis2good]

They have 3 years to figure it out!

[@tatecheddar]

Well, think back to the original. You couldn't just land your highwind wherever you wanted. You could only land on flat ground. You could, however, fly it anywhere. I would say that it will be possible to fly it everywhere and lift the "fog of war", but similarly to the original game, you will only be able to land it in specific areas that are allowed, which means that lots of your grey areas will be unveiled, but that doesn't mean there will be anything there to explore. I'm sure there will be some, but I doubt it will be a lot. I expect tons of grey to be revealed and only about 20% of it explorable.

[@FinalFanTV]

How about A Gold Chocobo that could allow you to discover those grey areas? I do understand what you're saying, though. But that area to the East of the Grasslands just kinda feels like it needs to have some sort of cool discovery haha

[@Scott-M1]

Anything that takes me away from the god awful revamped story. Enjoyed Rebirths content. Hopefully more of the same with part 3.

[@eastbluedrew1664]

ALSO RELEASE DATE FOR THE 3rd game is definitely going to be 7/7/2027 I just know that date is too perfect

[@Dis2good]

I love it! Although, the game came out in North America on 9/7/27 - so 9/7/27 would be a good date too. Exactly 30 years later. I’ll bet money on either!

[@Jim_Buck]

Would it even be possible on PS5? Surely the game would take up most of the hard drive, Midgar would be 100GB at least

[@Dis2good]

Midgar was never fully explorable. The world map will take up most of the space. I assume around 200GB tho

[@Ragnarok182]

I have a feeling Midgar will not be explorable in Part 3, but Square-Enix will make up for it with something else.

[@Dis2good]

@ it wasn’t in the original either. I think they solved it by making Part 1 Midgar only. That’s the best exploration of the city you’ll get. Makes sense to me honestly. Gives new players a reason to play part 1 and old players a reason to revisit playing part 1.

[@Jim_Buck]

@@Dis2good I think they have to include the return to Midgar as it was a major plot point in the original, although it won't be as extensive as part 1. I was trying to remember how much of midgar you could revisit in the original and I think it's a fair amount with the slums, church and Shinra HQ. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the Weapons and whether you can explore the ocean with submarine as well.

[@Dis2good]

@@Jim_Buck Yeah. I do think they will return to Midgar but i don’t think it will be explorable. I could be wrong lol. I think the submarine will still be there too, but it may be a separate zone from the rest of the world. It might appear connected but hidden through a small cinematic loading screen.

[@unclesaltywm]

The game is gonna be 1TB. 😂

[@izneal8106]

Just wait for the game to come out for PC. We will be able to export the 3d geometry and see it all. And MODs to fly and walk through walls haahaha.

[@FinalFanTV]

Oh, absolutely!! Can not wait! Haha

[@shortsmiddleton]

Hopefully, they'll dial back the mini-games...

[@FinalFanTV]

Snowboarding and Submarine battle should be baked right into the story but I think the way to go is making a majority of any other minigames optional. I actually want all the Rebirth mini games to return at The Gold Saucer and them to add even more! And add matchmaking for multiplayer! Haha

[@shortsmiddleton]

@@FinalFanTV Fair enough, but one thing I want gone... throwing boxes.

[@Legendarysetsandtapepacks]

Square went full Ubisoft with rebirth and the map. So dull and the same crap over and over.

[@vincentgraymore]

Looking out at Midgar from the cliff = means no Red looking out 500 later? Seeing how much they need to go through, maybe ancient forest and bone village is simply lost, but let's hope not. Phenomenal & astonishing sublime video of awesomeness, you really put a lot of work into this. Glad I could be of some help. GIVE ME THE GLOBE!!!! Maybe the next game starts with a snow storm, making the need to stop at icicle inn.