One major point of contention for reviewers was the ending. Joe Juba said that the ending scenes are "jarring" and "surprising", calling them "mildly disappointing as a resolution to this game, but much more disappointing in what they imply for any installments that lie ahead".[18] Tom Marks of IGN said that the game "raises a metric ton of questions that it doesn't deliver any semblance of answers to", referring to parts of the story as "Some Kingdom Hearts BS".[22] Jason Schreier of Kotaku said the ending causes the game to become "something else entirely" from a remake, elaborating that he found himself grappling with the consequence of the ending days after finishing the game and also likened it to Kingdom Hearts.

Elmyra had adopted the girl as her own, but soon noticed she had mystical powers and the ability to connect to the spirits of the dead. When the Turks had come looking for her, Elmyra had learned Aerith is an Ancient, whose mystical powers Shinra wants to exploit. The Turks had never taken Aerith by force, and Elmyra still thinks Aerith is being treated well.

Just as Remake let us see new sides to its iconic cast of characters by letting us spend more time with them between the action, Rebirth is putting a greater focus on party bonds in every respect, from the combat to the story. 

Scarlet: Head of Shinra's Advanced Weaponry Division. A sadistic woman who rose through the company ranks during the war with her powerful weapons and research on materia.

Aerith convinces Cloud to stay the night and head back to Sector 7 the next day, and the two get to know each other better when Cloud helps her deliver flowers to the local school, and when they help the local kids and other slum dwellers with their problems. They meet a delirious cloaked man with a large tattoo of the number 2 whom Cloud momentarily hallucinates as Sephiroth, but after the encounter, the mysterious man staggers away. When Cloud and Aerith return to her house, they run into another Turk, Rude, whom they defeat.

As the first three dimensional title in the series, the default camera setting moves it throughout the battle to focus on the command being used and their effects, unlike previous entries where the camera was fixed on a top-down position. Growth[]

今作はミッドガルから飛び出したクラウドたちが、広大なワールドマップを舞台にセフィロスの影を追い求めて冒険をしていきます。

Desvende uma narrativa emocionante Testemunhe a jornada pessoal do cada membro do grupo e fortaleça seus laços de modo a que eles trabalhem juntos e enfrentem inimigos poderosos.

Developing a new numbered Final Fantasy game is a balancing act. Players have expectations of what they’ll encounter but still crave elements that change up and build upon established series traditions.

As the party looks out over the verdant fields and I step into the landscape, I'm reminded of the way the original game opens you up to the overworld for the first time. It's arguably one of the most memorable moments in the 1997 version, and it really does feel like Rebirth recaptures that for fans, with the promise of adventure on the horizon. 

Due to the Materia system, the player can customize the party to their liking and give any role to any player character. The exception is Aeris who is presented as a dedicated mage by her stats and her default placement in the back row.

Remake employs adaptive music in its gameplay wherein multiple arrangements of a particular track are played simultaneously, which fade in and out with the player's actions, such as entering or exiting a battle.[quarenta] Arrangements also shift within a battle depending on the emotions the developers wanted players to experience from moment to moment.

Not all enemy attacks can be blocked, however. It is also possible perform dodge rolls as evasive maneuvers using the and the analog stick to roll into the desired direction; this action does not grant any form of invincibility frames.

As the group goes through Hojo's lab, they find Jenova's tank where its headless body spooks everyone. Red XIII explains that Jenova is Shinra's most precious research specimen and that Hojo has spent his life studying it. A cloaked man appears in front of the tank, but everyone sees him final fantasy 7 remake as Sephiroth who breaks the walkway they are on and sends everyone plummeting to the deep recesses of the lab into an area called "the Drum", where Hojo controls their every move and ushers more of his "research specimens" onto the group, only to watch them be destroyed much to his delight.