Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: Reaction to demo as Tokyo Game Show starts - BBC News

It's one of the biggest game releases of next year - and verdicts are rolling in on the first demo.

5 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Square EnixImage caption, Square Enix and fans have high hopes for Final Fantasy 7 RebirthBy Tom RichardsonBBC NewsbeatTokyo Game Show has begun, and fans will have their first chance to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Developers Square Enix are launching a demo of the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's FF7 Remake at the annual convention held in Chiba, Japan.

Critics have already had a chance to play the open-world section and brief story mission featuring fan favourite-characters Cloud Strife and Sephiroth.

And the verdict? "More of the same, but it's been supercharged".

That's according to Eurogamer's Ed Nightingale, who said the demo was "familiar yet fresh... the sort of magical spectacle fans will relish".