Square Enix’sFinal Fantasy 7 Remakewas a huge success, and fans seem to be loving the new direction that the story is going. As this title was initially a PS4 exclusive, it came as no surprise when a PS5 version of the game was revealed.Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradepreserves the original’s gameplayfor the most part with a few minor differences. Players will be able to make use of a photo mode, and the game will be able to run in performance and graphics mode depending on what the player wants to prioritize. While this is very exciting, there’s some confusion surrounding whether or not theIntergradeversion of the game will be made available on PS4.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradeis basically just the name for the PS5 version of the game. Aside from those listed above, there are very few substantial changes, and the game’s story and combat system will remain identical. To make matters more confusing, there’s also theFinal Fantasy 7 Remake: IntermissionDLC that’s being released this month as well.
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Square Enix has made it clear thatFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradewill not be available on PS4. Since a majority of the new content wouldn’t be usable by the PS4, this decision makes a lot of sense. That said, anyone with the PS4 version of the game will be given afree upgrade to theIntergradeversionthat they can then play on their PS5s. This doesn’t apply to anyone that got the PS4 game when it was free on PS Plus last March, however.
The truly unfortunate thing about this situation is that, for reasons unknown, theFinal Fantasy 7 Remake: IntermissionDLC featuringfan favorite character Yuffie isIntergradeexclusive. By extension, that means that players without a PS5 will not get to experience the Yuffie DLC or any of the new story and characters that come along with it. Instead, they’ll have to wait until they get their hands on a PS5, and with PS5 shortages continuing into 2021, that could end up taking a while.
It’s unclear why Square Enix opted to make the Yuffie DLCIntergradeexclusive, but there isn’t much that players can do about it. Those wanting to experienceeverything new withFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradewill need a PlayStation 5 in order to do so. With any luck, these shortages will end before long and players will actually be able to get one, but until that day comes, the standard version ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remakewill have to do.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradereleases on April 10th for PS5.
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