For fans of Final Fantasy VII Remake, there's good news today in the fact that the PlayStation 4 demo is officially out now. But there's also potentially some disappointing news: Red XIII, the red fur-covered beast hero, won't actually be playable in the upcoming game in the same way as Cloud, Barrett, Tifa, and Aerith.

As part of a larger interview, one of Square Enix's developers confirmed that Red XIII will not actually be a playable character in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Instead, he will serve as an AI-controlled guest character, which isn't a first for the series. As for why, the explanation given was simple: he joins up too late in the game.

"We felt the point at which Red XIII joins the party in the story is very late on so we thought okay, if we’re gonna have him as a full character and try and get the player to enjoy his character development arc and growth as a character through that, it’s not really enough time to do that," Final Fantasy VII Remake co-director Naoki Hamaguchi told VG247. "We thought that the best way to have him involved was as a guest character. Normally throughout the game you’ll be playing as a three-man party, but you will have him as a guest character that fights alongside you during the the last part of the story."

What do you think of what we've seen of Final Fantasy VII Remake so far?



Posted: Mar 04, 2020 7:20 pm
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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2020/03/02/final-fantasy-7-remake-red-xiii-guest-character-only/