Who doesn’t like a good challenge? On top of creating something fun, video games were made to test and stimulate the minds of players. Whether it’s creating complex puzzles, multi-layered boss battles or RNG-based systems, there’s something for everyone when it comes to the level of difficulty offered.
Outside of maybe Final Fantasy XIV, the Final Fantasy franchise has never truly been about the difficulty choices put in front of you. There certainly are challenging encounters, especially some of the side quests that lead into some of the most exhilarating fights in all gaming, but when it comes to picking and choosing a difficulty, that has never been a huge focus.
Final Fantasy VII has explored this with the remakes, having harder difficulties that truly challenged the player all throughout the game. Unfortunately, those difficulties have been locked behind New Game+. Remake and Rebirth were only ever unlocked when the player completed the game for the first time, but that looks to change in Revelation.
In an exclusive interview with Hardcore Gamer, director of the remake trilogy, Naoki Hamaguchi, revealed some surprising information. Final Fantasy VII Revelation will be the first in the trilogy to have the Hard...
