It's no secret that the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake is making some big changes to the game. And now some more changes have been discovered in Final Fantasy 7 Remake pertaining to the Sector 5 area of the game.
In Final Fantasy 7 Remake, players will attack the Sector 5 reactor with AVALANCHE just like in the original game. However, it's discovered that the Sector 5 reactor is also building Airbusters, which are powerful robots that players will have to fight later in the area. As noted in a hands-on preview from IGN, players are able to manipulate their future fight with an Airbuster robot by removing its components from the assembly line.
This mechanic was not in the original version of Final Fantasy 7 on PS1. The way it works is that players are given a limited number of keycards that they can use on consoles in Sector 5 to remove certain parts from the Airbuster assembly line. For example, they can choose to remove its Big Bomber Shells, which would reduce its damage abilities, or they can choose to remove its AI Programming Cores to rob it of its stunlock ability. This way, players can adjust the Airbuster fight to better suit their playstyle.
This change to Final Fantasy 7 Remake is just one of many that Final Fantasy fans will notice in the remake. One major change happens at the beginning of the game, when AVALANCHE blows up the Shinra Mako Reactor. In the original Final Fantasy 7, the significant collateral damage that comes from the explosion is pinned entirely on AVALANCHE, but in the new game, it's revealed that Shinra itself made the explosion much worse than it would have been otherwise. While this may seem like a small change to some, it goes a long way in dropping the moral ambiguity of AVALANCHE and paints them as purely "good guys" versus Shinra's "bad guys."
Besides story changes, Final Fantasy 7 Remake also features gameplay changes. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake gameplay changes are rather significant, with the game boasting a completely different battle system than the one found in the original release. Despite this, early reaction to the FF7 Remake gameplay changes have been pretty positive, so it seems as though Square Enix has made the right call.
Those who are impatient to try the Final Fantasy 7 Remake gameplay changes out for themselves can check out the recently released FF7 Remake demo on the PlayStation Store. Those who don't want to bother with the demo just have about a month's time until the game itself launches, so the long wait is almost over.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake launches on April 10 for PS4.
Source: IGN