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Final Fantasy is making news because new coverage of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation highlights its director’s inspiration from The Witcher 3 and the return of snowboarding. Revelation is being presented as the concluding game in the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, with attention focused on both its creative influences and the activities players can tackle outside the main campaign.

One report focuses on director Naoki Hamaguchi repeatedly returning to The Witcher 3 for inspiration. It places that influence in the long gap between the original Final Fantasy 7’s release in 1997 and the first remake installment in 2020, during which other games helped shape developers’ ideas.

The other report spotlights snowboarding as a returning activity and suggests Red XIII could again be a standout. Alongside the campaign to stop Sephiroth from destroying the planet, Revelation is set to offer additional things to do. Together, these stories put the spotlight on how the trilogy’s conclusion will combine familiar elements with influences from other games.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Director Kept Coming Back To The Witcher 3 For Inspiration
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Director Kept Coming Back To The Witcher 3 For Inspiration

Between the release of Final Fantasy 7 in 1997 and the first chapter in the Remake trilogy in 2020, quite a few games have been released and have gone on to inspire developers. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation game director Naoki Hamaguchi is one such developer, as he explained that games like The Witcher 3 and Horizon helped inspire him and his team to deliver cinematic storytelling native to interactive media, as well as player agency through customizability and scalable world exploration. "Final Fantasy 6 was a very impactful title for me when I was playing the games when I was younger, when I was a child. But as a creator, I would say that The Witcher 3 would fill that role of what inspired game creation," Hamaguchi said to GameSpot. "When I started working on the Remake series, I would frequently go back to The Witcher 3 and just marvel at the things that that game excels at. It's a frequ

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