FF7 Remake Part 3 Will Scale Back Minigames, Director Confirms

In the long arc of creative work, the willingness to hear criticism and change course is itself a form of artistic maturity. Naoki Hamaguchi, director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, has acknowledged that the game's abundance of minigames strained its emotional coherence — and has committed to a leaner, more tonally unified approach for the trilogy's final chapter. The third game, inheriting a darker and more tragic register from where Rebirth leaves off, will carry fewer diversions and a more forgiving path to completion. It is a studio choosing depth over breadth, and listening over defending.