Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi says that PlayStation's story-driven games were an inspiration for the remake. When it comes to remakes, it's hard to imagine any had as much anticipation as Final Fantasy 7 Remake, a project requested by fans pretty much the second the PS3 tech demo featuring a recreation of the game appeared back in 2005. Ten years on from that demo, the anticipation had only grown to become one of the holy grail game announcements when it was finally announced. However, Final Fantasy 7 Remake – even ignoring the episodic release and timeline stuff – was a very different game, taking an approach more in line with modern AAA games. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says fan feedback can only go so far, the upcoming JRPG "should be a better experience" but the "creative vision" at Square Enix won't change "I love that sense of freedom and choice": Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says his favorite Xbox series is Fable, and the action RPGs have "had a positive influence on my own creative work" Final Fantasy 7 Remake series devs knew JRPG fans wanted to know "what's gonna happen to Aerith," so they tried to make sure players "won't be able to tell… until the very end" However, as for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (which saw Hamaguchi change up from co-director to director), he talked about how its formula took a more open-world approach and, as such, was inspired more by the likes of The Witcher 3 and, again, The Last of Us. So wherever the third part (Final Fantasy 7: Reunion? Return? Rewind? Recede? I'm covering all angles so I can be right) takes us, one thing is for sure: The Last of Us will probably be an inspiration again. Final Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"