Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's "confusing as f**k" ending leaves fans divided, but engrossed in piecing together what it all means for the RPG's future

Aerith is surrounded by fire lanterns in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
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Now that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has been out in the wilds for a few weeks, players are reaching the end of the hot new RPG. That means many have seen the ending and are 𒀰picking it apart online, for better or worse. 

As Square Enix has revealed previously, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ends at the F𓃲🦄orgotten Capital – the scene of the original's most shocking twist. In short, it matters a lot to people. You can imagine why veteran developer Tetsuya Nomura was "even꧂ more nervous" about fans' reactions to Rebirthꦆ's ending than its predecessor's.

Before we continue, take this as your spoiler warning that the rest of the article will dive into spoiler territory, so here's your out if you still need to get there.

Sephiroth appears among the flames in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

(Image credit: Square Enix)

Still here? Grand. As we delved into with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史꧟查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ending explainer, what you get here is largely a faithful retelling of what happened in the original Final Fantas♏y 7, albeit with some caveats. 

one fan, while another ; "I have no fucking clue what direction they’re goi🌜ng to go with this because it's confusing as fuck."

Going deeper into it, another , "She still died, which is goo𝔍d, but that event really needed a moment to breathe. Her deat⭕h was meant to leave a void, an emptiness that we would carry leading into the next game. But the constant shifting between timelines, then actually seeing Aerith's spirit interact with Cloud takes away from that moment."

Aerith from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth prays

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Naturally, other players don't mind the ending at all. While some people are just that Aerith ended up dead, fans of the ending say you're – if anything, it's a testament to the writing anಞd actor🐎 performances. 

As for how complicated things get, more optimist🔯ic fans are keen to remind that you don't need to understand everything right now aside from the broad strokes.

"Our party banded together and defeated Sephiroth," one fan . "Do you really need to know the full, precise nature of Zack’s branching timeline or Aerith’s lingering spirit? The promises o♓f Remake’s ending were fulfilled, and if there were no remaining myst🐲eries to explore, why would the team even make the final game?"

Regardless of how you feel about the ending, Square Enix has likely achieved what it wanted, for better or worse. that the idea isn't to replace but to elevate the ꦜoriginal Final Fantasy 7, and part of that is adding an element of mystery to ensure the road ahead isn't too predictable. 

The ending of Final Fantasy🔯 7 Remake had playꦕers mulling over what it all meant, and Rebirth has done the same. Various online spaces are with fans trying to what it all means. Some just wish that history was better preserved in the process. 

More importantly, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says Queen's Blood expansions are "a possibility" following "very positive feedback" to the JRPG's best minigame.

Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fa🐼ntasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.