Following its official reveal at Summer Games Fest, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation made another appearance at Gamescom Opening Night Live, following a brief introduction from director Naoki Hamaguchi. This trailer was centered almost entirely on the Weapons, massive beasts that appear to have a larger role to play in this final part of the trilogy.
The cinematic trailer showed Rufus Shinra giving an address following recent world events, and the world has become overrun with Weapons. Those kaiju-like beasts were a part of the original Final Fantasy 7, including as optional bosses, but they seem to have a much bigger role in the story here. In dialogue the cast talks about them being guardians of the planet, and humans are seen as a harmful invasive species. The trailer showed off Ultima Weapon and Emerald Weapon in particular, but there may be more.
The trailer also showed off a good bit of the full cast, an aerial battle in Cid’s Highwind, and ground battles against familiar Final Fantasy foes like Typhon (aka Mr. Chupon, for you old-school fans).
The final chapter in the Final Fantasy Remake trilogy–but maybe not the last game in this series–Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is building on the groundwork laid by its predecessors with new content and some fine-tuning of its open-world gameplay. One of the new features is the FITS system that allows you to equip Cloud and the gang with new roles in combat, and if you want to stick to the golden path without having to worry about stopping to take part in a game of cards, minigames will be more optional in the threequel.
For more on the game, you can also check out dozens of screenshots showing off the world of Midgar, why the planetary weapons were game director Naoki Hamaguchi’s favorite thing to remake, and who’s voicing Sephiroth this time.