Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Devs Talk Future DLC + BIG Remake Part 3 Speculation

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a massive game, but with DLC being hinted at, could this game become even bigger? With Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 off in the horizon, the Rebirth developers talk about future DLC and what it could likely entail. We get into all that, along with even more speculation about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, doing a deep-dive into the game's potential world map and areas we are likely to see show up in the final game in this ambitious Final Fantasy 7 remake series. Be sure to stay tuned to the channel with more content for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series going forward, and thank you all for your continued support.
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- Giveaways -
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition Giveaway Link:
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- Sources -
Vandal's article on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth DLC:
vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/...
Redbull's interview about future Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth DLC:
www.redbull.com/us-en/final-f...
Final FanTV's video about Final Fantasy Remake Part 3's world map:
• FF7 Rebirth World Map ...
IGN Interview with Hamaguchi about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Pt. 3:
www.ign.com/articles/final-fa...
Washington Post article about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Pt. 3 Development:
www.washingtonpost.com/entert...
Game Watch's interview with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Developers:
game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...
OG Final Fantasy VII world map mod showcase video link:
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Ruby Weapon thumbnail art credit: Victor Fernandez on Art Station
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Try To Catch Me - Bonnie Grace
Totem Waves - Giants' Nest
Unfinished Stories - Ealot
It's Time - Ealot

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

I'm happy with no DLC, i want part 3 as soon as possible

[@Drakengard65]

Tbh. As you said i'd rather have part 3 as soon as possible (hopefully they switch to UE5) and then they can add DLCs for Rebirth or Part 3 at a later date and do what they did with FF16. Add stories to the game if it fits.

[@un_known5895]

same, i always had the thought that the remake DLC was just to show off what the PS5 could do along with testing a new combat system with tbh, was a massive success as we saw the result in rebirth =D so they have a winning combo here so they should keep that battle system in part 3

[@cavejohnson4054]

Dirge of cerebus dlc?

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

@@Drakengard65 UE5 would complicate and delay the game significantly i don't see it happening

[@SickSoundingStuff]

I don't think developing dlc would take away from the creation of the third installment if they dedicated a separate team to tackle it. I do want some Vincent DLC.

[@Cloudlink004]

I can’t wait to see Omnislash and Final Heaven Limit Breaks 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@funmylife9248]

💯

[@Smiler_69]

😈😈😈😈😈

[@Enwickote]

And Great Gospel oh wait

[@user-rz1xg2gn1p]

In addition to all the Regions in Rebirth we are looking at Rocket town/region Wutai/region Icicle Inn/region Mideel/region Underwater reactor/ocean Lucretcia's cave Bone village Return to Midgar Highwind/Submarine Not to mention a return to the lost capitol and we also fight Kaiju battles in the form of the weapons Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, and Omega So we have a lot to look forward to with part 3

[@rhythmandacoustics]

Omega was never in 7 but Ultima was.

[@chris-hq2hd]

not to mention they've already said we'll be returning to these prior locations, including Midgar. given the level of detail and everything so far, I think they could've done a fourth game. As it stands, pt 3 is going to be absolutely MASSIVE

[@Sibanicul]

I wonder if they will be including places such as Banora or Modeoheim as well

[@robertt2603]

I believe Diamond is the only one that will be a Kaiju battle. Sapphire will get exploded, and Ruby/Emerald will be optional. Or Emerald will be a submarine mini game fight, because I don't see our party running around underwater fighting a weapon in the remakes. Could be wrong though. Ultima could be kaiju, but I have a feeling it will be a "normal" encounter

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

@@Sibanicul That would be very cool especially if they plan on having Genesis appear in part 3

[@Kaepora2]

Both Ruby and Emerald weapon fights should be like a worldwide clash, it's going to go absolutely ape shit.

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Like groudon and kyogre! Red earth monster and blue water monster

[@funmylife9248]

Can't freaking wait!

[@mamoruchiba752]

Diamond Weapon 🤤

[@darrentrowbridge6389]

My only issue with this is that they have already shown the weapons and they all look the sema and kinda lame

[@mamoruchiba752]

@@darrentrowbridge6389 those are NOT the real weapons lol

[@sonichalo1527]

I hope we get Advent Children DLC for part 3, actually playing through those fights and having the story told with the current voice cast would be amazing.

[@alanlancer008]

We will sepiroth doing all this is from Advent children it isn’t the original one where counties the black Margaret to him

[@eliminoh_p7877]

I hope Advent Children is considered one of the “other worlds” and isn’t even the main ending. It was great and all but I’d rather them end it happily after part 3 if we’re doing parallel universes.

[@Dominic-ne7dz]

@@eliminoh_p7877 everything is canon so everything is connected. i think we will get sequel to AC in the 3rd game also

[@FVD]

I'd love to see that film at least be revisited but I'd be all for a DLC of that game if it could last over 3 hours or something. Wouldn't mind Dirge being reworked with the Vincent combat from Part 3 to be integrated into that game, PLUS Kazushige Nojima also didn't write that story. Maybe he can help make adjustments over the original story too.

[@sonichalo1527]

@@FVD I've thought about Dirge as well, but didn't mention it because it might be too much to hope for. we already got Weiss and Nero in Intergrade, but reworking the entire story of Dirge into a manageable size and making it less monologue-y might be a tall order

[@sethjones9371]

I'd like to see Q.B. expand the board size to 5 lanes and 7 columns. So that you could really expand the depth of special cards that destroy or enhance other cards. Even adding one more lane would massively expand the current strategies and mechanics

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, I'm curious to see that as well. Even if it were a unique game mode for Queens Blood to accompany 5 lanes and 7 columns, I'd like to try it

[@egttg3338]

pretty sure the game will launch winter 2025 to 2026 due to the fact that it's been stated that part 3 is being developed alongside part 2, which makes sense because part 2 layed most of the ground work for open world.

[@aegontargaryen573]

Ps6 launch title 2028

[@Im_marcel.]

Nope, it should release alongside ff7’s 30 year anniversary January 2027!!!

[@mamoruchiba752]

You have to take into account how massive this game will be, January '27

[@gibbs615]

Yeah that's what I'm hoping too since part 3 has already been in development alongside part 2 since 2022.

[@Mark359.]

Nah there’s no way part 3 will have a lot of content just immagine things like the whole world explorable with the highwind the weapons fight the under water section wutai and Midgard I do not expect part 3 to come out before 2027

[@mariolurita6355]

I would also like a Vincent Valentine DLC

[@Smiler_69]

Id love to play his lucrecia story, always fascinated me that part lol

[@tubby_1278]

FF VII Dirge of Cerberus remastered!!

[@Enwickote]

It would makes sense cause in Rebirth he always dissapears and appears like in the Temple when he found the Turks and or when he seeks an exit for us

[@StephenOwen]

I want a Cait Sith dlc, hopefully with much more difficult box throwing trials

[@TonyRead31]

I would love to see a Final Fantasy 7 game where you play through the events of the Jenova Meteor crashing into the planet and you play as the Cetra. That would be an amzing game.

[@funmylife9248]

Never thought about that, but damn, that would be freaking epic

[@warrengreen46]

It's basicly Jenova in sephiroth form we are fighting most the time anyway

[@kjata090]

I would love a DLC on Vincent similar to Yuffie. Since both were optional characters in the original their stories were never really flushed out in the overall original story. Vincent is easily one of the most popular characters in the franchise and capitalizing on him and Matt Mercer's reputation would be great for marketing and business imo. Also if you explore the map with the tiny bronco in rebirth you can see Fort Condor in the distance. The massive Condor just perching there.

[@funmylife9248]

That's a great point! Also loved that detail of the condor perched atop the mountain in Fort Condor.

[@robadams1512]

Hopefully, there will be more on the story of how Cid knew Ifalna, also the secret cave where Lucrecia is crystallised.

[@StillWeRide]

I cried when Ifalna died and Aerith was crying. It was so sad

[@IsraTheBlack]

​@StillWeRide Same here....and I'm a grown ass husband and father lol, but seeing Nanaki's dad crying while stoned hit me the hardest.

[@funmylife9248]

For sure. Fingers crossed they explore that

[@robadams1512]

@@IsraTheBlack think they're enough tearjerker moments.. Jessie dying in Remake is definitely one but for me, in the original, Cait Sith redeeming himself by getting crushed by the Temple always got me.. The music that accompany that part is perfect. He was a toy and came back as Cait Sith 2, but still lol

[@cheef825]

@@IsraTheBlack i was stoned when i saw that too... hit different

[@Andrewweiland4509]

I would like to see a Vincent or Cid DLC for Rebirth and have a post credits scene after we complete the DLC like we did in Remake intergrade.

[@ps4gamesonly623]

I hope they find a way to put knights of rounds inside part 3 but I can’t imagine how placing them many knights on a screen together, maybe one of them come out randomly but all of them together, that’s massive!!

[@optimumultimaomega]

Maybe a fast attack like they did in (spoilers) the end of Final Fantasy XV to do away with Arden.

[@mamoruchiba752]

They don't need to put 13 knights on screen, every now and then probably a knight will hit and you can see him and the final attack is just a cutscene

[@warrengreen46]

Will likely just be Arthur with his knights coming in to assist when doing his moves ending with merlin showing up

[@hooded_viper6580]

We have a running theory at my job (a lcg/ttrpg place) that knights of the round are the ghosts that we saw in temple of ancient mural room

[@tubby_1278]

Something tells me Imma hate that fight

[@mohammadalhusaini810]

@@tubby_1278if it’s anything like odin then probably 💀

[@sierras.9625]

Ill take anything if it gets me a playable Vincent sooner

[@Omnicloudx13]

The highwind and explorable sky and islands, fully explorable underwater with the submarine, chocobo breeding, expanded Wutai section. Playable Cid and Vincent as well, Part 3 is going to be amazing.

[@ZoranBlackRose]

Giving how good the summon fights are in both parts of the project so far i am terrified at what a fight against the knights of the round would intale

[@funmylife9248]

Right? Really excited to see what they do with KotR

[@Liquidforce4441]

If they could manage to include chocobo breeding I would be beyond excited.

[@critflip7235]

it isn´t neccesary cause we already got all different chocis

[@Liquidforce4441]

@@critflip7235 It's not the same feel, none of these Chocobos are actually ours in Rebirth we are just borrowing them, can't even name them anymore. ( I still love em).

[@tubby_1278]

I'd like that but tbh there's no need considering we already have em to ride around in and to race. Hopefully we can get in a red, pink, and purple chocobo to add to the others

[@scottwilliams3665]

I want them to make a special case 2 hold all 3 discs😅.

[@funmylife9248]

Really hoping for that as well!

[@therealnickflash]

Bro that would be incredible that’s thinking

[@tubby_1278]

They'll probably drop a physical trilogy collection once all 3 games are out!

[@Memehuskie]

Queens blood final boss is Rufus shinra, so he can summon his blue eyes white dragon

[@funmylife9248]

😂

[@mrdolohov9873]

In the region of the Great Glacier, if in Costa del Sol they gave us accessories to enter the beach, here I think they are going to completely rule out pressing a button hard to climb a mountain because at the icicle inn stands they will give us jackets or sweaters for the cold

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, definitely see some more outfits being included in the next game

[@tubby_1278]

There's gonna be a snowy region?

[@funmylife9248]

@@tubby_1278 Yes, the Great Glacier region is home to Icicle Inn, the Crater, etc.

[@airget]

KoTR could tie in with "Chocobo Breeding" through Billy attempting to follow in the footsteps of his parents. Basically you go from region to region understanding how the birds developed in the way they did all while attempting to learn the secret breeding techniques to give birth to the Golden Chocobo, that would help Chocobo through their risk of extinction. As for all the region we will most likely revisit, it's easy enough for them to incorporate the older regions into the game while making them different in vibe from Rebirth by simply not allowing us access to those region until after Meteor has been activated. The mood of the story changes once Meteor has been activated so while the new region we go to might feel similar pre and post meteor, they can easily alter the environments of the other zones to react towards the Meteor being activated. Maybe Costa Del Sol and Gold Saucer are more active because people want to enjoy themselves before the end of days, or you see more Shinra soldiers posted through each of the regions keeping an eye on increased monster activity etc etc.

[@MK-fm3ln]

So we won’t have to perfect block 13 knights swinging at you in hard mode?

[@funmylife9248]

I like that idea with the Billy stuff. Makes sense! I also like your thought about revisiting the other regions once meteor is active. I think that will bring a new dynamic to those regions, as the locals prepare for an apocalytic event. I'm curious to see how those at the Gold Saucer would react to Ruby Weapon just pacing around it 😂

[@davidecarminati8730]

These both sound like great ideas! And they better bring back chocobo breeding, I want to see the Chocobo Sage make his comeback so bad.

[@warrengreen46]

Would be better than the worst part of the remakes Chadley randomly synthesising the most powerfull materia in the gane out of thin air, really stupid how the summon materia is made now

[@funmylife9248]

@@warrengreen46 Yep. My biggest complaints with the summons in Remake/Rebirth is that nearly all of them are derived from VR missions

[@blakecurry3880]

knights of the round will be the first 3 ATB cost summon so you would have to do a united refocus to even bring it out. But the rewards will be obvious once you do.

[@SBaby]

I've said this multiple times, but I really think they might make the Ruby and Emerald Weapons mandatory story fights in part 3. I just have a hunch that's what they're going to be doing.

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, I definitely think you are right about that. It would be odd just seeing Ruby weapon wandering around the Gold Saucer while people are going about their lives 🤣Also makes sense for Emerald weapon, too. Definitely see it being tied to the story when the party explores the underwater region

[@nonyabusiness4151]

That would make those bosses beatable..

[@SBaby]

@@funmylife9248 What I would love to see is if you're doing a submarine chase for the Huge Materia, like in the original, but you've got Emerald wandering around, and you can't see it until you're really close to it, so you have to rely on the sonar. I could see that being a really suspenseful and possibly scary sequence where you have to get the Materia, but without letting Emerald know you're there.

[@kayjay5414]

For platinum trophy forsure. For story progression? Absolutely not. These weapons are the quintessential super weapons of the original FF7 and are not meant to be beaten by the average gamer. They will be the ultimate challenges and will be optional, you can bet your life on that. The only mandatory weapons for story progression will be diamond, ultimate and sapphire weapons if anything, just like OG.

[@SBaby]

@@kayjay5414 You do realize that even in the original, they weren't that hard. You just needed the right setup and then they basically couldn't even hurt you. Cloud can solo Ruby and Emerald is a joke once you know not to have too many Materia on each party member. Riveting... Now imagine those boss fights being way more cinematic, part of the main story, and having multiple phases to them. It's a way more exciting prospect. Plus, players would be utterly caught off guard if they were required. As for actual optional superbosses, well you can always bring back the Omega Weapon.

[@SickSoundingStuff]

Could you imagine a pvp Queens Blood option? That would be awesome. I'd rather play an actual person rather than a programmed AI. Also, do check out Final FanTVs map video. In the description. Very good work. He lays out the entire map on a glode that can be manipulated and spun around. Very cool stuff.

[@nevinvegas]

They’ll definitely be adding that to Final Fantasy 14

[@funmylife9248]

Would love to see a PVP Queens Blood! Also, Final FanTV's map video is phenomenal. I hope everyone will watch it!

[@SickSoundingStuff]

@@nevinvegas I haven't played FF14. Is it really all that good? I've watched people play and I'm confused by all the little boxes at the bottom of the screen while you battle. I prefer more interactive battles like in FF15 and the Remake/Rebirth project.

[@nevinvegas]

@@SickSoundingStuff same I can’t really stand how cluttered mmo’s are but I played simply for the fact I feels more like a single player Final fantasy with good story more so than other mmo’s. (At least once you get to the expansions.)

[@SickSoundingStuff]

@@nevinvegas That's what I hear, that the expansions are where it's at. I know the game is highly praised after the whole A Realm Reborn thing but it seems daunting to try and get into at this point.

[@jarvishau]

can't wait how they cook on part 3!!!

[@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897]

Ruby Weapon! Most distinctive memories of FF7 and remember the days I was reading online how I had to beat this 1 million HP mega-boss!

[@warrengreen46]

No Master Pheonix+Final attack combo this time around

[@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897]

@@warrengreen46 the approach will be completely different. Like with Midgarsnr / snake. Just imagine seeing that thing in the Corel desert with Gold Saucer looming in the background.

[@therealnickflash]

Bro I remember how long it took to beat him when I was a kid it was insane. Hardest boss fight I had ever played up until then

[@emotionalsupport]

Since part 3 will be the final game I really hope they don't bring back the crippled movement during cutscenes to drag out the game. They can do away with that little filler gimmick and focus more on fitting as much as possible into the game. I had hoped they only dragged out the scenarios that way to add playtime, but after the first couple of playthroughs it gets old going through those I unskippable scenes.

[@funmylife9248]

Completely agree. Literally my only complaint about the flashback sequence at Nibelheim. Thankfully it didn't return much throughout the rest of the game, but yeah... those sequences lose impact due to the frustration of crawling through

[@Coldsilfur4]

On the contrary.. i think it made it more interactive instead of just sitting there.... people.

[@emotionalsupport]

@@Coldsilfur4 nobody said anything about not being interactive enough but if the point flew over your head that's fine too

[@Andre-qp3jp]

I know this might sound strange but if anything wouldn't having a Zack DLC make the most sense? It could be a good way for them to give him a bit more of a role since I felt like in rebirth he wasn't used enough. They kept saying how important his role was but I swear he wasn't in the game enough. I just say this cause it could be a good way to lead into Part 3. And yeah Vincent would make for a good DLC as a way of expanding on the dark side of Shinra even more but I wouldn't be surprised if they end up releasing a DoC remake, even tho we all know that game needs so much goddam work.

[@dreamphoenix]

Hooyah to an expansion to Queensblood! Great video, thank you.

[@funmylife9248]

I appreciate it!

[@TOBMASTER]

Good points you made here. I would love to explore "City of the Ancients" since FOR ME it was underrepresented in Rebirth. Also, I think they are going to add things in Gold Saucer, such as Snowboarding - and of course, the submarine mini-game. Maybe, just maybe, they are going to add the rollercoaster mini-game that we had in the OG game as well. There is much more stuff on my personal list but you covered everything pretty much. Thanks.

[@Alaxas19]

The og rollercoaster mini game is now Space Rangers. Everything in Remake & Rebirth is more modern/high tech, lot of og stuff arent suited for its new modern take. (For example, a lot og stairs are now elevators)

[@TOBMASTER]

@@Alaxas19 Thanks for clarifying.

[@Sailor_alan]

I 100% felt the same about city of ancients. I'd love to see more of the external area. One of my favourite areas in OG is the little shell houses you get to explore. Really missed that in Rebirth.

[@darryl7803]

having 13 proto relics in 13 regions to unlock knights of the round is genius. and i want to see multiple cities in Wutai region and Yuffie's hometown as a megacity that looks like Kyoto would be nice

[@funmylife9248]

Fingers crossed! Really hoping to see a great expansion on Wutai

[@SeanRopp]

If they add DLC I'd hope that it could be the ability to change outfits in the field and give all characters more outfits that they can wear to change things up a bit. More summons would be nice. And an ability to skip the mandatory mini games during the normal game would be nice as well (I heard that it's only on hard mode after you beat the game that you get to skip them, which doesn't work for a casual player who never plays games on hard mode).

[@DavidZMH]

Love Rebirth and I beat it twice but I hope they tie all the story elements together because all the questions they leave us with, is too much to address in a final game unless they make that game very long

[@funmylife9248]

I agree

[@dellapj]

I think it’s a mistake to rule out Chocobo breeding. The Billy quest line in Rebirth explicitly resolves with him deciding to fulfill his parents’ dream of building out a Chocobo preserve and enlisting Cloud’s help, and the entire purpose of preserves is repopulation. So not only is breeding on the table, it stands to thematically tie into the life and nature themes of the overall story! “Take a goofy thing from OG and make it deep and a little moving” is the Remake project’s entire MO!

[@funmylife9248]

Such a good point! I hope Square reads your comment

[@dellapj]

@@funmylife9248 Ha, thanks man! But yeah not only do I think Rebirth already sets it up, but it’ll involve rereleasing and refilling each area with wild birds. And hell, maybe it’s even still the Knights prompt. Your theory and mine at once!

[@funmylife9248]

@@dellapj I like that! Billy's questline definitely hints that direction, so fingers crossed it all pans out that way!

[@Harren20]

DLC: since they did deep ground maybe the rest of the Dirge Cerberus characters with Vincent, Side story with the Turks since they had that mobile game that US didn't get, I wanted more Zack gameplay.

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

Before Crisis is extremely lore heavy and has 28 chapters. If they were to remake that game it would be a project within itself... but it's doable if they were to break it down in episodes.

[@alxjones]

@@TravaillesDuChansonSupposedly that is part of the goal with Ever Crisis. At least, it was part of the advertisements. But it's been out for a bit and still no movement on that. I'm worried that it'll get shut down like First Soldier before it gets a chance to finish the BC story line, if they even get to start it.

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

@@alxjones I'm a little worried too as fans are getting antsy with content slowly coming out. We didn't even get a chapter for March which tells me they may be really behind. I wonder what their excuse is for not doing so? They are generous with blue crystals, but they should announce a half off day for red crystals if they need to boost sales. Many actually thought it was going to be playable parts of the game when it first came out. I think that disappointed a lot of fans that it wasn't. Still they need to continue and get more content out quicker.

[@optimumultimaomega]

Weird (but cool) DLC idea: Musclehead Arena - vs. AI or PVP - use characters (and monsters) from existing game - quick to develop since most of the character assets have already been created. - Dio hugs everyone!

[@viclawrence30]

As far as the island to get Knights of the round the summons, I think you're going to be in a region that has a chocobo that can run on water.Or maybe you are right and it will have something to do with the high wind.I personally would like to hide wind.I'm with you on that

[@drakxco]

I wish and hope for more playable characters. Maybe they can expand the story further in part 3 as they did in Remake and Rebirth. Here are the characters who I wish and hope they will be playable. Excluding Cid and Vincent, because they will be definitely playable in part 3: Aerith (from another timeline/dimensions where she's alive) Kyrie (wanted to join New Avalanche in another timeline/dimension and since Rebirth she's has a own theme/song) Rufus (looks cool and really don't want the war between Shinra and Wutai because he was forced do to it against his will from Glenn/Sephiroth. Sees Sephiroth also as his enemy) Shelke (rescued from Deepground in part 3. Has dual energy/laser blades and a own theme) Sonon (rescued from Deepground in part 3) Zack (the Zack who we played in Rebirth)

[@MagikarpUsedOmnisplash]

They should make Queen's Blood an online game like Hearthstone. Maybe a phone app to play against friends

[@funmylife9248]

I would freaking love to see that

[@Cerasus5]

In terms of the world map, you might notice that regarding the eastern continent, the world map and the regional map don't fit together (look for the actual location of the grass lands on the world map). During the development of rebirth, obviously, they figured that the landmass would have been too large if they really created it on the appropriate scale like it is shown on the world map. I am wondering how they are going to present the Eastern continent in part 3. Will they expand the landmass to full scale? But what would they put there? Or will they keep the size of the grass land region pretending that this is the whole extent of the easten continent along junon and midgar region. But then the relative size of Midgar vs. Junon vs. the rest of the continent would be broken...

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, that's a great point. I think Part 3 will only feature what was playable of these areas on the map, since much of the areas where these regions sit are conveniently blocked off by mountains/impassable terrain. When we end up getting the Highwind in part 3, we are likely only going to be able to land in these designated playable areas of the map, instead of having it be 100% traversable. Just my thought.

[@coolfish420]

I was thinking the exact same thing for KOTR. I'd love if we learn a bit about each knight's personality along the way.

[@meganvincent5381]

Fair enough for the dlc, if the creators dont find it necessary then just put the resources to part 3

[@funmylife9248]

💯

[@stevew2460]

Part 3 will launch as a stand-alone title and alongside the Remake and Rebirth as one package titled "Final Fantasy VII Reunion" that flows the full game together seamlessly as a sequel. Then, the devs will explain that the piecemeal releases were due to the massive funding, staffing, and timing requirements necessary to create a full-on remake with exceptional quality. You will be able to revisit all regions and Midgar with the Highwind.

[@Colombianbusiness]

It’s going to be phenomenal

[@funmylife9248]

I can't freaking wait!

[@follyn777]

Anyone else hope they expand the alternate costume wardrobe? Like, Vincent as a Turk, Advent children outfits, and Kingdom Hearts… It would be a nice addition.

[@funmylife9248]

I definitely think we will see a lot more costumes in part 3! Especially regarding the cold weather to come in the Great Glacier region... I can't expect to see the cast in the default attire there 😂

[@follyn777]

@@funmylife9248 LOL. Tifa and Yuffie would be especially out of place in their OG outfits there.

[@funmylife9248]

@@follyn777 Right??? 😂😂

[@blackraven3436]

Maybe DLC involving Cait Sith or Reeve with his unique ability to manipulate his machine. He is a unappreciative character of the party. His background as a low backwater Midgar citizen who loves his mother to being a respective Shinra director who secretly looked out the group after joining them.

[@Enwickote]

I prefer Vincent 's but it's true they should have shown more scenes with Reeve, there was like 3 scenes lol.

[@emmdubb]

My only wish for part 3 is Chadley is much less prominent. I don't want my exploration checklist from him. I want my side content to come naturally and build the world or make me feel involved. Chadleys combat sim/intel would be nice for surplus gear, not gear that you can only get doing his bidding. They're building Chadley up to be important which is fine but disconnect him from the exploration and time sink a bit. Id rather my exploration naturally uncovers secrets, new/returning side characters that need interesting conflict of resolution. Example: a chocobo quest line that is specifically going into breeding and learning about chocobos. Which ends up with you saving the only known Golden Chick from a Chocobo eater. Then post quest you find specific food from around the world to grow it. And for new game plus its grown and can go anywhere more efficiently than any other method.

[@funmylife9248]

Couldn't have said it better! I hope they make these adjustments for part 3

[@davidecarminati8730]

I’d love to have a Cait Sith DLC! He’s such a quirky character that raises a lot of interesting questions (How does he work exactly? How many of them there are? Why is he designed in such a way?) and playing with him as the protagonist could give us some very cool insights on Reeve and Shinra’s inner workings. Definitely would buy it.

[@marc1981tremblay]

i personnaly hope that they make part 3 kinda like a DLC, keep your progress and continue to part three with all you have and still have acces to part 2 quest/mini games

[@Leescreativeart]

In regards to Knights of the round, I’ve always thought it should be a giant underground cave with 13 levels where each level is a different night that you fight culminating into one epic battle with Arthur and if we go the relic route then that might be a key that unlocks the dungeons to fight our way down. I don’t want to go to Chadleyfor some crap VR battle. I would lose my mind. I think it needs to be some kind of epic game of death tower fight where you work your way down or possibly up to Arthur

[@danielcarroll1816]

I would say vincent as with yuffie, Nero was introduced which Nero is part of Vincents pre ff7 story

[@rmcuenca7635]

Definitely looking forward to part 3! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

[@jahvonnecombs7189]

I think the way the Knights of the Round is going to work is that each knight will be their own summon in each region. After fighting one of them in combat, they will fight along side you, as a summon. As for the Round Island quest, I believe it will contain a room with the statues of all the knights rounded in a circle. You can place the summon materia onto the statue that matches the knight contained within, but only when they’re at max level. Once all the summonable knights are placed, they will be lost forever, but you can now proceed through the island. You will then have to fight all the knights once again. (Three in each combat.) before you fight King Thorian himself powered by twelve of his comrades. Once defeated you earned his summon material. How the whole Knights of the Round will work as one summon is that King Thorian will be the one doing all the fighting while the other knights will act as summon abilities summoned by Thorian. Ultimate End is where all Thirteen Knights come out and drop the hammer into their foes! I doubt it’ll be as long as the original, however. Let me know what you think.

[@funmylife9248]

I like that idea! I think it could play out similarly to your suggestion: fighting a few at a time until you've fought King Thorian. It also makes sense that the summon abilities involve the other knights, with all 13 coming in for the finale. That's a good thought!

[@therealnickflash]

Yes! Either way I hope they don’t make it something that Chadley makes. I hope they make the island a treasure cache location where the materia is and we have to excavate it or something.

[@funmylife9248]

@@therealnickflash If that place gets transformed into a cache location, there would be a revolt!

[@tubby_1278]

How many summons are left anyway? I heard there's a "Neo Bahamut" or something like that, along with Knights of the Round.

[@funmylife9248]

@@tubby_1278 Yep, there's Neo Bahamut (which may be Bahamut Arisen from Rebirth), Bahamut ZERO, Hades, Typhon, and Knights of the Round. There may be more summons thrown in, like Remake did with Cactuar, Carbuncle, etc. that were not present in the original game

[@chazclark86]

Can’t wait man, been a blast so far!! My fav game of all time. Cant wait for the Ruby & Emerald weapon fights, wonder if we’ll get KOTR? That’s gonna be nutty! For DLC I think it would be Cid as we’ve already had a Vincent spin off game tbh. Would love them to put in more Queensblood in a future update tho 😂 but looking forward to part 3, I think it’ll be 2027 tbh! Potential anniversary yo

[@betterdeadthanred9863]

If there's DLC for Part 2, I hope it's 30GB of nothing but minigames.

[@palazzo1113]

Don't threaten me with a good time

[@MrLightlike78]

You're a monster! I just finished 3d brawler the other day DON'T MAKE ME GO BACK PLEASE!

[@Introversion399]

Even the Devil is afraid of you.

[@marcussanchez6005]

What if they are middle manager mini games??? 😨

[@palazzo1113]

@@marcussanchez6005 DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS

[@yeepman5412]

Hoping the Weapons come back in part 3 and play a bigger part!!! Diamond, Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, and Ultima. They'll just be like the super bosses like the summons. And hoping part 3 get here soon and fast!! I miss Rebirth already lol. And if we get a dlc let's get one for Cid and Vincent to get a good feel on how to play them. If no dlc I'm good too.

[@Coyt415]

If it is like Gilgamesh then it could be weapons that you have to find filling out the 13 Knights of the Round table

[@eliminoh_p7877]

I feel like when Cid reluctantly takes over the leader role after Cloud and Tifa fall into the lifestream is going to hit different.

[@asaffin1]

I think it HAS to hit different. Cid was really a backseat character in OG. His motivation to join them in the first place was "Sure, why the hell not?" and he didn't have much of a connection to their journey. It almost felt like was intended to be a third optional character. But they did a great job with Yuffie so I hope they can do the same for Cid in Part 3.

[@funmylife9248]

💯

[@mindflair3732]

I think in Rebirth this will actually be the first time Cid will be playable too, which could really hit different. My guess is Vincent will be like Red and start already playable during the trek up to Northern Crater, and then Cid "joins" by becoming the party leader after Mideel.

[@darrentrowbridge6389]

What sucks about the og is vincent had more reasons to join them. But get like next to no dialogue. It sucks cos he's cool as fuck lol

[@mrmoro11tv]

In my opinion, there need to be 3 DLC to complete the story of this game. The first is the Vincent Valentine DLC, the second is the Cid Highwind DLC, and finally the Yuffie DLC part 2 on her journey to Junon.

[@ImaFknLegend]

Hamaguchi in a later interview said they may do DLC. SE always says they're not planning DLC and typically do it anyways. As far as content...a Cid/Vincent arc around TToA and forgotten capital. And some fleshed out Zack and Cloud friendship arc.

[@rhythmandacoustics]

They might do it with Vincent, just to test new combat mecanics with him, probably his transformations.

[@leog.145]

I have mixed feelings about queenblood. Is not that I don’t like it. What i really despise about it is the random element of it. For you to select a deck to play with in order to make a strategy, why do we have to wait at every turn for a new card to come in? Like, if we select several cards for a reason, I’d like to be able to develop my own strategies by thinking rather than depending on luck to spawn the right card at the right time. This was pretty much the best thing about the FF8 triple triad game. Queenblood takes that away. If this get improved or changed in part 3, I’d be happy with it.

[@Daidoro]

I sure hope they make their announcement by the end of year or next year for sure, but as a teaser.

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, I'm definitely thinking we'll hear about Part 3 at least before the end of next year

[@StillWeRide]

Officially my favorite game of all time. Rebirth is incredible. Im on Jenova...struggling and LOVING IT. pt 3 is gonna be even better seeing how pt 2 turned out. I love the combat ao much...seeing 3 atb attacks resolve..team ups...its so epic and the battle music puts it over even more.

[@funmylife9248]

Agreed! I'm sure part 3 won't disappoint

[@av_8596]

I'd say Queen's Blood deserves it's own game. Be it like Yu-Gi-Oh Legacy Duelist.

[@funmylife9248]

Completely agree!

[@bxkid199]

I would love to see Vincent get a DLC, but to do that you would need to visit great glacier to tell some of his story, so if square is ready to show that part sure. And I would love to know how Vincent got the queens card 🤔

[@funmylife9248]

Yep, that's a great point

[@akira_kei_]

One thing I totally overlooked for Chocobo breeding is, how would the chocobos become fully grown in such a short time that we could ride them in the game? We already have baby chocobos at the map locations, so they can't even come up with a silly excuse such as chocobos being born fully-sized. The other mechanics might be there, but this is a glaring flaw in the idea. I still hope there's a way to get a gold chocobo. Maybe it could be caught from doing a difficult quest that requires us to interact with every other chocobo.

[@lloydvallentine2]

Would be nice if after the third part you can get trough mods at least a merged game containing all three games with lvl progression, materia (with increased ap requirement) all transferring seemesly into one-another. I really think it could be done.

[@funmylife9248]

I sure hope so! Merging all three would be great to see

[@devilman4018]

Honestly, all I want is an update that makes Sephiroth and Zack playable in chapter select.

[@funmylife9248]

That would be an incredible update!

[@devilman4018]

@funmylife9248 I've also noticed that the protorelic quests don't reset in chapter select. I'd like to be able to redo them and beat Gilgamesh on hard mode(you know, outside of VR mode), plus they came with dome pretty good cutscenes. It would be a shame to start a new save file just for that, unless I'm missing something.

[@funmylife9248]

@@devilman4018 I think you can reset mission progress in chapter select, although I am unsure if this resets protorelic quests

[@devilman4018]

@@funmylife9248 Yes,that’s what I meant. I’m currently on my 3rd play through of the game (hard mode again) and reset my mission progress so that I can complete the folios. The side quests with green markers reset but the protorelic quests don’t.

[@akira_kei_]

The only DLC I really need is more costume packs. Otherwise, let's keep this train going straight to part 3.

[@funmylife9248]

Agreed!

[@XxVirtueXiNM0Ti0NxX]

I thought the devs originally said they wouldn’t be doing dlc for Rebirth?

[@gamingbot3944]

there won't be DLC they are focusing on part 3

[@revit4909]

@@gamingbot3944I hope so, make that shit long with little filler

[@azureknight729]

@@revit4909you want the game to be 300 gigabytes or what? 😂

[@danterezende8627]

FF16 said they weren't focusing on DLC and announced two six months later.

[@venti9925]

​@@danterezende8627Also, episodes aren't DLC. As stated from the head himself. Idk how that works logic wise but they also said no DLC for remake.

[@Darkzombiephoenix84]

I think and forgive me if it’s not shared but the only DLC I would want is the option to play the various mini games races,QB etc but online with others that would be fun

[@user-ln9pi6hk1p]

I would love another book like traces of two past for a gap stop before part 3. I doubt square will go slient for years and let the ff7 hype die completely. Small things like books will be great lore and doesnt need developers

[@tristman8413]

I enjoyed queens blood. The step up in difficulty for the last match against the blood queen was pretty savage though 😅

[@coreydemoss4781]

If they make DLC for Rebirth, I kinda want it to be something totally unexpected: Reno DLC. We play as Reno and see what he was up to throughout Rebirth. This also gives us the chance to see the scene between Vincent and the Turks that was hinted at but we didn't see at the end of Rebirth. Of course, if Reno really has just been chilling on "vacation" the whole time, then there's nothing to see. But I think it would be interesting if we got a DLC from the Turks' perspective.

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

If they were to do that they may as well just remake Before Crisis. Reno is actually playable in that game as he has his own episdoe.

[@Orphan_of_Gwyn]

I've never liked any of the card games in any of the Final Fantasy games, but Queens Blood hooked me and I really enjoyed it. Would love to see that come back in any form :)

[@funmylife9248]

Same here! Really enjoyed Queens Blood here

[@rolyflorian]

I'm pretty sure we are going to explore Old Junon Capital (the Sunken ships capital) instead of the Gelnika. I mean that plane will still go down, but will be at the location of the old Junon Capital, which we will explore underwater. That's a great way to expand an iconic place of FF7 (because the place is too small to make a great place in remake)

[@FF-Nation]

Chadley is gonna be salivating when he finds out Knights of the Round is thing. No other summons, proto-relics or enemy/monster intel is gonna get in his way when the knights arrive.

[@warrengreen46]

Is the guy sleeping up on the cliff in junon region supposed to be the guy in the cave between condor and junon in origion

[@viclawrence30]

I hope in the third game. We get some cool enemy skills from the original. Like Pandora's box or goblin, punch. Or death punch. Or Trinity Beta. Those are some of the best enemy skills in the game. The original need some of them back.

[@funmylife9248]

Good thought!

[@manuelmialdea5127]

The Knights of the Round theory will 100% happen. Thats exactly what i thought when i realized what that line of missions was.

[@MPCuse]

That's exactly what I was thinking. It'll be tied to Chadley. I also wonder if the characters ultimate weapons and ultimate limit breaks will be in Part 3 too.

[@mamoruchiba752]

I might be the only one but I hope we get so much more piano pieces, it was so fun being able to play those masterpieces. They could give us To Zanarkand for example (a man can dream) or Vincent's theme, or Jenova Or Sephi theme

[@blobber51]

I hated the piano

[@AshenRaines]

I would like some DLC so we can play as much of this amazing trilogy as possible before it ends.

[@funmylife9248]

Same here! Really hope Rebirth gets some DLC

[@dastryin]

actually the highwind was able to land on round island... it's tricky as all hell and it's a bit of a glitch and they have not actually patched it out in the ports but right next to the cave where knights of the round is, is a very, very small patch of non forested land... and you have to position the highwind just right to land there... i did it by complete accident the first time i did it.. it takes a bit of time to do it and it can get annoying but you can land there

[@funmylife9248]

Seriously? I'm gonna have to look this up!

[@ivanklaric5341]

i thought they would add DLC for rebirth. probably Vincent story to show how he ended up in the coffin

[@billybatts8283]

We just need a cutscene for that

[@mystery6186]

Lol he was clean tho

[@mystery6186]

@@billybatts8283 nawwwwww we need to be able to play him

[@insaniousdzo_42]

@@mystery6186Vincent and cid need to be playable with the rest of the party from rebirth

[@TheSirAshton90]

@@insaniousdzo_42 likely do a dlc like yuffie

[@cloudstarr]

I'm still playing Rebirth, on chapter 13, but I think I did all the QB stuff. I was hoping they would have a thing where you could play random high level decks infinitely, so if that's not a thing, then I hope that they can free DLC that, maybe tournament style like what happened on the boat.

[@funmylife9248]

I hope so too 💯

[@A203D]

Not sure if Vincent's backstory will be DLC. It seems too important that Vincent will be a huge part of the story for part 3 including Sephiroth's mother Lucretica. I can see something like Cid and Vincent DLC where when they party heads to the Forgotten Captial, Cid and Vincent have to team up and retrieve parts to fix the Tiny Bronco. Cid just shows up at the end to repair it, so I think we should get some DLC with Cid and hopefully Bone Village which was a missing location from Rebirth.

[@ahirunakamura9592]

Just a hunch, but maybe Midgar will be a region to be revisited even if just around (the west side of Grasslands) since the world map will be available at some point. Maybe even parts of Midgar may be accessible? Some side quests or something…

[@funmylife9248]

Yeah, I've been wondering about that as well. We will be returning to Midgar in part 3, so it may make sense to explore the city and the region around it some more

[@raultrujillo2240]

I can wait for the 30th anniversary as long as more collector esitions are available and best buy partnership is over with!

[@davidecarminati8730]

Also, it would be interesting to figure out the order in which these locations are visited. Should Part 3 follow the OG, we would of course start in the Great Glacier region and find Icicle as our first destination, just how we started with the Nibelheim flashback in Rebirth. This would seem to be logical, since reaching the Northern pole is the culmination of Cloud’s arc descending into madness, which I think cannot be stretched out for too long, and is also fundamental in settings all later event in motion, so I cannot see it happening too late (perhaps it could be the midgame point, but I fear it would be already too late and the story will lose its pace). However, instead of proceeding north from the Forgotten Capital, we see the party taking off on the Tiny Bronco to an unknown destination…what could that destination be? Rocket Town maybe? And why would the party go there? What is their goal now? I feel like the order of the events will be pretty different this time around.

[@slobiden.2593]

Diamond ruby and emerald appear to be the same height. Diamond was as tall as midgar. His shoulder mounted weapons fired horizontally.

[@johnnydunne4614]

Dang, i was really looking forward to a Bone village excavation minigame DLC...

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

SE should have another team focus on DLCs as a yearly thing because it keeps the hype going for Rebirth and they can explore other side stories that are pertinent to the FF VII Universal Expansion. When they announced the Yuffie DLC, many fans lost their shit and were surprised. These are my suggestions for DLCs. 1. Vincent, he deserves a deep dive of his past as a Turk as he is the oldest character in the party. They will be most likely remastering Dirge of Cerebus so why not introduce him as a turk and his father Grimoire? They could do it as Vincent talking to Cloud and friends narrating his own story. They could do it in two chapters with the first focusing on where he is from and who his parents are and how he was raised as a introductory part detailing what happened to his parents and then focusing on his joining of Shinra and what his motivations were then. The second chapter could focus on a couple of missions of him working with a younger Verdot whom plays a huge role in Before Crisis thus tying in that part of the compilation a little more. The second chapter could focus more on his fateful encounter with Lucretia and how he fell for her leading up to his human demise leading to what led him to the present time. This could also be a way for them to explore his battle moves. 2. Cid, the same thing for Cid but his story would probably be shorter and could fit it in one chapter. Where he's from, who his parents are, where he was raised and what led him down the path to join Shinra. As a side story they could show where he learned to fight like a dragoon. The rest of his story would be in part 3 as far as Shera and the his failed rocket launch goes. They could expand his story a little to practice his battle moves and how they may work. 3. Evan from the Kids Are Alright, this character has been noticeably absent from Rebirth as his supporting characters have stolen the spot light. Perhaps a chapter about what he has been doing and what he's currently doing. We know he is Rufus's younger half brother which leaves me to wonder if they have plans for this character moving forward? 4. Before Crisis - This part of the compilation has been ignored way too long, this is the longest part of the compilation which has me thinking that releasing it in smaller chunks as a DLC would be one way they could do it thus introducing all of the player Turks and other characters from Before Crisis. We know it's coming to Ever Crisis eventually, but they will be making REMAKE style assets for the characters. They could do DLCs for Zack parts that weren't in Rebirth if they wanted to... but they didn't. I would like them but would want Zack to also have party members. They didn't use Kunsel, Luxiere, or anyone else from Crisis Core. They played it really safe, but in this they could introduce Genesis waking up at the end. Many don't like Genesis, but I do so we would just have to agree to disagree on that.

[@funmylife9248]

Awesome post! I definitely think that your first two: Vincent or Cid, are the most likely if Square decides to roll out some DLC. It would be great to see yearly rollouts of DLC to build up to part 3

[@TravaillesDuChanson]

@@funmylife9248 it would keep the hype train flowing

[@funmylife9248]

@@TravaillesDuChanson Sure would!

[@sepphero9639]

FYI, they already said integrade would be the only DLC loooong before they even announced pt.2 to be called rebirth. They specifically said they made it to train and get used to new tech and possibilities of the ps5. (Probably partially so players could give feedback on the PS5 changes and new combat mechanics) Research some of the older interviews around the intergrade release and you should find said interview relatively quickly.

[@soliddanjc]

I really want to see knights of the round at some point!

[@funmylife9248]

Hopefully in part 3!

[@warrengreen46]

If they do a dlc id like a Denzil dlc, he has a story between the falling plate and meeting cloud in AC

[@crystalhero]

Instead of proto-relic's i'm guessing they might change it to be based on swords/weapons cause knight's, so like you do a mission and you find a rusty sword/weapon and chadley wants to check it out because it seems special.

[@WraythNight]

Everyone keeps forgetting that intermission was used as practice for developing on PS5. That's WHY it's not on PS4. It's not a trend to have DLC...

[@follyn777]

I would be extremely surprised if Queen's Blood doesn't become a mobile game. If it returns in Part 3 (which it probably will) I would not want a multiplayer functionality to take resources away from the main game. A mobile game for those who wish to compete against real-world opponents is a better way to go.

[@funmylife9248]

Absolutely. I definitely see it returning in Part 3, but it will likely be expanded on without multiplayer functionality. Here's hoping a mobile game of QB will grant us that multiplayer

[@devasprime6700]

Yuffie's rework from optional/missable character to fully integrated character was nice to see. Vincent has his own game already, so I say give us more Cid.