Heading into Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth, there was little doubt in anybody’s thoughts that the sport would make some fairly vital modifications to the unique FF7, primarily based on how the remake trilogy’s first recreation did issues. And positive sufficient, Rebirth does make a variety of very notable modifications. The bigger story beats of the unique recreation are, by and huge, preserved, however there are a number of additions, modifications, expansions, and what have you ever on prime of that, with the tip outcome being one thing that appears like its treading its personal path. From overarching story modifications to the lore being additional fleshed out in some sections, from how some characters are launched to main new occasions that occur to others, there’s loads of situations all through FF7 Rebirth the place it diverges from the prescribed path, and right here, we’re going to talk about a few of the greatest ones.
NOTE: There are main spoilers forward for Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
THE MULTIVERSE
Let’s begin off with the most important and most evident change to the story right here, which is the affirmation that the story does certainly now embody a number of totally different timelines. Zack’s shock survival on the finish of Remake clearly very strongly hinted at that, however Rebirth has now outright confirmed it, with Sephiroth revealing to Cloud and the others that after they defeated the Whispers on the finish of the primary recreation, they inadvertently precipitated the creation of many various worlds the place issues aren’t essentially panning out in a manner that you just is perhaps aware of.
REUNION
The existence of the Last Fantasy 7 multiverse clearly brings loads of different main modifications with it- like Sephiroth’s overarching plans, which at the moment are a lot extra elaborate than what they have been in even the unique recreation (which is saying one thing). The revival of Jenova and destroying the planet with the Meteor spell are nonetheless excessive priorities for Sephiroth, however even increased on that listing is bringing all of the alternate realities collectively and ruling over all of them, fairly than only a single model of the planet- lending a completely new that means to reunion.
ZACK
The Last Fantasy 7 multiverse additionally brings with it a timeline by which Zack Honest managed to outlive, and as you’d think about, issues are wildly totally different on this world to what followers of FF7 is perhaps used to. Cloud is mako-poisoned and unconscious, Aerith is in a coma, Biggs is alive, and Barret, Tifa, and Crimson XIII are lifeless. And Zack, after all, is on the heart of all of it, and by the point the sport involves an in depth, having found that there are different worlds past his personal, he decides that he’s going to try to discover a manner again to Cloud. How precisely that can play out in Half 3 stays to be seen.
AERITH
The massive change that many anticipated Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth to make to Aerith’s story hasn’t been made. She nonetheless dies on the forgotten capital at Sephiroth’s hands- although the sport does make some modifications round that nonetheless. Whereas the unique recreation actually implied that Aerith had a component to play in utilizing the White Materia to summon Holy even after her demise, in Rebirth, that’s far more overt. Her spirit has lingered on, and she or he’s capable of totally converse with Cloud even on this kind, even when nobody else within the social gathering can see her (although Crimson XIII appears to be not less than faintly conscious of her presence).
THE GI
The GI had a really tiny position to play within the unique Last Fantasy 7, one which, within the grand scheme of issues, was virtually insignificant. In Rebirth, they tackle a considerably expanded position. After touchdown on the planet hundreds of years in the past, the extraterrestrial tribe often called the Gi fought in opposition to the Cetra, and through that battle, they have been those who created the Black Materia by pouring all of their hate and malice right into a single concentrated orb. With the Gi not being of the planet, upon their deaths, they have been unable to return to the Lifestream, and their intention is now to make use of the Black Materia to allow them to destroy the planet with Meteor, which in flip will lastly free them of their countless purgatory.
YUFFIE AND CID’S INTROS
Initially an optionally available character in FF7, in Rebirth, Yuffie is a full-fledged member of the primary forged (which comes as no shock after Episode INTERmission), and along with her taking up a bigger position, the way in which she’s launched can also be totally different. The social gathering first meets her in Junon, the place she intends to assassinate Rufus Shinra in the course of the parade- one thing that she actually tries to do, however not fairly efficiently. Following that, she continues to drop out and in of the story, earlier than lastly becoming a member of the social gathering in Costa del Sol.
Equally, Cid’s introduction has been modified as effectively. Within the unique FF7, the social gathering traveled to Rocket City after assembly Vincent Valentine in Nibelheim, and it was there that they met the pilot and engineer Cid Highwind, who joined ranks with the social gathering after butting heads with Rufus Shinra over the canning of his coveted House Program. In Rebirth, in the meantime, Cid enters somewhat earlier, this time as a for-hire pilot who flies the social gathering from Gongaga to Nibelheim.
TIFA AND THE LIFESTREAM
Although it was an optionally available space within the unique FF7, in Rebirth, Gongaga is a a lot bigger and extra baked in a part of the primary story, which in flip brings a number of modifications. One of many greatest ones is what occurs with Tifa. Cloud, beneath the consequences of Sephiroth’s affect and his personal mobile degradation, assaults Tifa and throws her right into a pool of Mako within the destroyed Gongaga reactor, believing the true Tifa to be lengthy lifeless, and her to be to an imposter. Upon feeling into the pool, she’s swallowed entire by a Weapon, after which she finds herself within the Lifestream, the place not solely does she witness a number of recollections of her previous, but in addition sees totally different Whispers battling in opposition to one another, with many even attacking the Weapons. On the finish of all of it, the Weapon breaches above the floor of the Mako pool once more lets Tifa, who remains to be alive, go away.
GLENN LODBROK
You’d be forgiven for having no thought who Glenn Lodbrok is, seeing as he’s solely ever appeared within the cellular recreation Last Fantasy 7: Ever Disaster, and free-to-play cellular battle royale The First Soldier. On condition that, it’s shocking how large his position in Rebirth is. The previous SOLDIER is now the de facto chief of the Wutai authorities, however behind the scenes, he’s in cahoots with Rufus Shinra, and collectively they’re attempting to spark one other warfare between Shinra and Wutai. They achieve doing that, after all, whereas proper on the finish of the sport, it’s additionally revealed that not solely is Lodbrok one in all Sephiroth’s minions, but in addition has powers that nobody apart from Sephiroth has- like with the ability to possess the black robed Sephiroth clones scattered all through the world. We’re going to have to attend till the third recreation to learn the way precisely he’s in a position to do this.
ROCHE
Roche was one in all Last Fantasy 7 Remake’s extra distinguished new additions, and naturally, he continues to have a job to play in Rebirth as effectively. By definition, every part that occurs to and round him is solely new to the story. There are a few boss fights in opposition to him in Rebirth that clearly didn’t exist within the unique recreation, whereas in a while within the story, he additionally voluntarily agrees to let Professor Hojo flip him right into a Sephiroth clone. By the tip of the sport, he’s in very totally different (i.e. a lot worse) form than we’ve normally seen him in. He’s not using his bike round anymore, we will let you know that a lot.
CISSNEI
Followers of Disaster Core might be very aware of Cissnei as a personality, and now she’s been built-in into the primary FF7’s story as effectively. That is one other one of many modifications to the story that we see in Gongaga, with the Turk having been assigned to the area, the place she’s gone on to grow to be one thing of a caretaker for the locals because the chief of the Gongaga Youth Coalition. Clearly, not like the opposite stuff we’ve talked about on this function, Cissnei’s addition isn’t as intrinsically tied to the primary story and its most important beats, however she does nonetheless find yourself being a reasonably distinguished secondary character when you’re within the Gongaga area.
