Final Fantasy VII Revelation Director Played the Game 40 Times and Cried Every Time
Game director of Final Fantasy VII Revelation Naoki Hamaguchi says he’s finished the final chapter of the FFVII remake trilogy roughly 40 times. There’s one scene that gets to him every single run.
In an interview with Brazilian outlet Omelete, picked up by VGC, he singled out a key moment in Cloud’s arc. It’s an emotionally heavy stretch — a kind of self-reckoning where Cloud questions who he is, and how he connects to Zack and Aerith (e.g., memories, duties, lost pieces of himself). The team apparently focused a lot on making that beat land.
Hamaguchi says the emotions come through the way they wanted, and he’s eager — if a bit nervous — to see how fans react. He admits, almost sheepishly, that during production he replayed Revelation about forty times; that particular scene made him cry every time.
He didn’t clarify whether this is the same sequence long-time players remember from the 1997 Final Fantasy VII or a new narrative turn. The remake trilogy borrows from the original but also slips in new scenes and reworks certain plot points, so it could be either.
Earlier, the project lead mentioned the ending of Revelation was mapped out early on — a plan set in the beginning that they largely followed, rather than improvised at the end.
You’ll be able to play Final Fantasy VII Revelation in spring 2027. Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2.
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