When the Unknown Journey continues in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Cloud and his companions are going to embark on it while debuting some fashionable new combat gear. Revelation introduces a new gameplay mechanic called FITS (Function Integrated Tactical Suitware), which is inspired by the jobs system of classic Final Fantasy games. Using new suits, Cloud and the rest of the cast can wield new skills in battle that you might not normally associate with them.
Each character in Revelations has four FITS, and when they don one of these suits, they’ll gain new skills while retaining their core stats. So far, Square Enix has shown off the Warrior (enhanced offensive abilities) and Black Mage (spell-focused combat) FITS suits, and series director Naoki Hamaguchi revealed a few more details on how this new gameplay mechanic was developed for Revelation.
“This was in discussions with Teruki Endo (Revelation’s battle director),” Hamaguchi said to GameSpot (via a translator). “And when we were discussing what kind of combat system we wanted for the third title, we do think that completely omitting something and putting in something entirely new may not sit well, or it may not be fun for players who have really enjoyed the prior combat systems leading up to this title.”
“From really early on, we didn’t want to decide on building upon the existing foundation, but evolving on what we have currently created. We looked at characters like Cloud, characters that have a certain characteristic that the players are aware of. And then usually, we’ll look to customize those abilities by adding Materia and such, but for Revelation, we really wanted the ability to customize and be able to play a character–as a player wishes–to be a large part of the game. And that would make the experience much more fun as well.”
“So in that way, the job system is included for players who want to be able to take a character like Cloud–for example, you may think of him as a warrior type–but he might not be able to be a black mage on top of that. With his action abilities in battle, that unleashes other possibilities.”
In other Final Fantasy 7 Revelation news coming out of Summer Game Fest, Sephiroth has a new voice actor, and minigames won’t be tied to crucial character development or items in the threequel. Final Fantasy Revelation launches in 2027 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2.