Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's open world is inspired by The Witcher 3 and Horizon
Nov. 13, 2023Final Fantasy 15 also gave the development team valuable experience
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s open world is apparently inspired by Final Fantasy 15, Horizon, and The Witcher 3.
Additionally, Hamaguchi also pointed to The Witcher 3 and the Horizon series for touchstones for Rebirth’s open world. The co-director doesn’t specifically point toHorizon Forbidden Westas an inspiration for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, so don’t automatically assumeSquare Enixis looking to the more recent of the two games for inspiration.
You can check out our bigFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth previewfor an in-depth look at what we made of the sequel when we played it for ourselves.
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