Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has a playable demo on PlayStation 5, permitting you to step into Cloud’s implausibly polished Doc Martens forward of the game’s Feb. 29 launch.
Right here’s a tough rundown of what to anticipate from the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo, and what progress will carry over to the main game.
(*7*)How to obtain the FF7R demo?
You possibly can obtain the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo straight from the PlayStation Store in your PS5. The demo is 48 GB.
How lengthy is the FF7R demo?
As of this writing, the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo covers the “Nibelheim” episode set a couple of years prior to the main game. You’re forged as Cloud and hair steel mannequin Sephiroth in a flashback sequence. Relying on how methodically you play, it should take you about an hour or two to full.
On Feb. 21, Sq. Enix will add a phase masking Junon, the explorable open-world space of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Because it’s a bit extra open-ended than the first chapter, your playtime might fluctuate. Polygon had an opportunity to play this explicit demo throughout a Sept. 2023 preview occasion. You possibly can learn extra about what to anticipate from this phase of the demo in Polygon’s hands-on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth preview.
Does progress carry from the FF7R demo to the main game?
Having save information from the demo in your PS5 will grant you quite a lot of objects to use in the full launch of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. You’ll get the Kupo Allure — an adjunct that enhances what number of assets you obtain — plus a smattering of potions, ethers, and different objects.
Finishing the Nibelheim episode will permit you to skip that phase in the full game. Any progress made throughout the Kumon space, nonetheless, received’t carry over; that specific part has been “altered to make the content more compact,” so it’s not consultant of what you’ll expertise in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth comes out on PS5 on Feb. 29, 2024.
