Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis just a few weeks away, and PlayStation was on hand to fuel the hype even more by broadcasting the game’s very own State of Play showcase. It gave us a much more in-depth look at the game than we’ve seen before, showcasing combat, story details, and a whole bunch more. The most exciting part of the showcase came at the end though, which revealed a demo for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth that is available to play right now.
In the demo, players will get to assume the role of either Cloud or Sephiroth as they journey towards the Mako reactor in Nibelheim. It’s the same portion of the game that was shown off to the press during Tokyo Game Show last year, and lets you battle it out with a playable Sephiroth.
On top of that, the demo will also later be adding the Junon region for players to explore with Cloud and the gang, which is a rather large section of the game’s fancy open world. We didn’t get a date for when the Junon region would be added to the demo, though obviously it will be added at some point in the coming month.
You should be able to head on over to the PlayStation Store to download it right now, though be aware that it’ll probably be quite chunky. Not as chunky as the game itself, thankfully, which willapparently take up a whopping 145GBon your PlayStation 5, which really does explain why Square Enix was consideringputting the thing on three discs instead of just the two we have now.
Sitting through that massive download will be worth it to finally see the story mysteries answered that Square Enix and director Naoki Hamaguchihave been teasing all this time. We’ve seen multiple hints that not everything will be as it was in the original game, withthe fates of both Tifa and Aerithalmost in a constant state of speculation at the moment. We’ll also be able to find out the heck Hamaguchi meantwhen he said Zack will be “immensely important” to the game’s story.
Thankfully, that speculation will end when Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launches on February 29 later this month, as then it’s just a case of locking yourself away in a dark room for a month to avoid things being spoiled online.
