Have you learnt that uncle that hovers round all the children taking photographs on the household get-together? Nicely, I feel I’ve turn into that individual in Remaining Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
The most recent Remaining Fantasy has a photograph mode the place you may seize moments as you play, and it’s turn into a giant a part of how I play the sport. Again when Sq. Enix launched the unique Remaining Fantasy 7 in 1997, gamers obtained to see characters by means of chunky polygonal fashions. However now, Rebirth renders its characters with a surprising degree of hyperrealism. Cloud Strife and the remainder of his buddies have reached Restrict Break ranges of magnificence, and even mundane moments spent strolling between cities could be ripe for a cute flick. Consequently, I’ve put my photographer hat on for the whole lot of the sport and have amassed a whole bunch of screenshots — possibly even a thousand.
I simply can’t resist. Each member of the principle celebration seems to be completely attractive, irrespective of how a lot evil looms. A single cutscene may present a flickering of magical vitality mirrored as a sparkle in Aerith’s eyes, or a second the place the fur on Cait Sith’s moogle seems to be so mushy you may contact it. It’s as if the builders engineered these moments simply to be eye sweet to tempt you into taking a screenshot. The gang might be wandering a desert, however it doesn’t matter. I’ll nonetheless be handled to a second the place I’ll see Cait completely posed together with his paws outstretched towards the massive blue sky — and I’ll spam the screenshot button in response.
For me, having these moments that I cherished and wished to seize actually modified the expertise of enjoying the sport. At factors, I frightened I used to be performing a bit like an individual at a live performance who simply information all the factor on their telephone. I discovered myself popping into the pause menu to take photographs fairly always, and it might interrupt the stream of no matter was occurring. Nonetheless, I loved enjoying photographer to Cloud and his buddies, and it made my time with the sport worthwhile.
I had my fair proportion of gripes whereas enjoying. Whether or not it was the incessant chatter of Chadley or the infinite mini video games, Rebirth pissed off me at a number of factors. Nonetheless, taking photographs helped make it a significant expertise. This isn’t simply because it’s good to gawk at how fairly they’re. Taking so many screenshots helped me discover the lovely character moments that the varied celebration members share. It’d simply be a single element — like Cid serving to Cait down from a ledge, or Yuffie hiding behind Aerith — however it helped me construct a way of appreciation for the sport’s world. So, with out additional ado, I’ll share some.
[Ed. note: We tried to avoid blatant plot spoilers in the screenshots, but these images depict moments from every point in the game. You’ll see images of Vincent, Cait, and other late-game moments.]
