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FF7 Revelation Is Approximately 500,000 Times the Size of FF7 Rebirth | Preview
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Polygon has published a hands-on preview of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third and final instalment in Square Enix's FF7 remake trilogy, based on a 45-minute demo played at Gamescom 2026. The game's headline feature is the airship Highwind, which lets players fly to any point on the map, parachute down and land in a completely seamless world with no loading screens. This matters because it marks an unusually ambitious approach to sequel design, reusing the entirety of predecessor Rebirth's open world as the literal foundation for Revelation rather than building fresh environments from scratch.
The preview's title claim is that this open world is "approximately 500,000 times the size" of Rebirth's, underscoring the scale involved. The demo picked up several hours into the story at the start of chapter four, "House of Cards," as the party investigated giant creatures called Weapons that had appeared across the planet, with a detour to the new region of Wutai. The reviewer confirmed that every previously visited Rebirth location, including Mideel, Junon, Gongaga, Costa del Sol and the Gold Saucer, remains intact and explorable. Combat has also been refreshed with a new Function-Integrated Tactical Suitwear (FITS) system, letting players switch between four costume-based classes (Warrior, Knight, Black Mage and Summoner) on the fly, alongside the trilogy's established mix of real-time action and pause-time menu commands.
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In short
- Polygon previewed Final Fantasy 7 Revelation at Gamescom 2026
- Airship lets players fly and parachute anywhere with no loading screens
- New FITS system adds four switchable combat classes
How this story developed
- 2 months ago Polygon's hands-on preview of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, based on a 45-minute demo at Gamescom 2026, reveals that the game's airship, the Highwind, lets players fly to any point on the map and parachute down into a completely seamless, loading-screen-free world.
- 2 months ago Polygon has published a hands-on preview of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third and final instalment in Square Enix's FF7 remake trilogy, following a 45-minute demo at Gamescom 2026.
- 2 months ago Polygon has published a hands-on preview of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third and final instalment in Square Enix's FF7 remake trilogy, based on a 45-minute demo played at Gamescom 2026.
Explained simply
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is the closing chapter of Square Enix's three-part remake of the classic 1997 role-playing game Final Fantasy 7, following on from Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. The trilogy retells the original story of a ragtag group fighting to stop a shadowy corporation and a returning villain from threatening the planet, but expands it into three full-length games with modern graphics and combat. Coverage of Revelation so far comes from press previews based on short hands-on demos at industry events, rather than the finished game.
The gaming press outlet Polygon is among several outlets that regularly cover major game releases through early previews, playing unfinished builds ahead of launch to give readers a sense of what to expect. These previews typically focus on new features and design choices rather than final verdicts, since the games themselves are not yet complete or widely available to play.
This matters because the FF7 remake trilogy is one of the most closely watched projects in gaming, given the original game's status as a landmark title and the scale of resources Square Enix has invested in reimagining it. Each instalment's technical and creative choices, such as how it handles its game world and combat systems, are closely scrutinised by fans and critics as signs of how the story will be brought to its conclusion.