Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s 6GB update makes Mithril Mine easier to navigate
Square Enix released the version 1.020 update for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on March 21. The sizable patch of 5.77GB makes numerous bug corrections and performance-related improvements.
Chief among the updates are adjustments to the difficulty of FFVII Rebirth’s mini games “Fort Condor” and “Gears and Gambits,” which are considered to be particularly difficult among players. While lowering the difficulty of the game itself affected the mini games, they remained quite challenging even at the tutorial stage, which is likely why difficulty settings have been added to their customization screens.
The latest FFVII Rebirth update also includes enhanced visual guidance for Mithril Mine, a dungeon players visit early in the game. The latter portion of this dungeon requires you to climb some ivy, but many players reported getting stuck at this point, unable to tell where the path is against the environment. I visited this spot in-game and found that the color of the ivy has been significantly emphasized. Perhaps another form of guidance support will be available for players visiting the location for the first time.
Overall, the latest FFVII Rebirth update seems to tackle a lot of points players have been voicing dissatisfactions about. Full patch notes below: (translation via Gematsu):
- Fixed typos and omissions in some text.
- Fixed a bug that occurred on the map under certain conditions when controlling a character.
- Fixed a bug in battle in which Red XIII’s abilities “Lunatic High” and “Watcher’s Spirit” could be easily canceled.
- Fixed a bug in battle in which enemies would stop moving under certain conditions.
- Fixed a progress bug that occurred during quests under certain conditions.
- Improved frame rate and overall game stability.
- Added “Sharp” and “Soft” options to the Performance Mode display settings.
- Improved the graphics quality.
- The camera’s reverse setting is now applied when controlling a gliding Chocobo.
- The camera’s reverse setting is now applied to the sharpshooting mini-game camera.
- Enhanced guidance support while climbing the ivy in the “Mythril Mine” location.
- Added difficulty settings to the customization screens for the mini-games “Fort Condor” and “Gears and Gambits.”
Additionally, this update includes performance mode adjustments and graphics-related improvements, which director Naoki Hamaguchi previously mentioned that he wanted to address.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is available for the PS5.
Written by. Amber V based on the original Japanese article (original article’s publication date: 2024-03-21 12:55 JST)