Final Fantasy 7 Revelation: Naoki Hamaguchi says 100+ hours for completionists
In brief
- Naoki Hamaguchi says Final Fantasy 7 Revelation could easily top 100 hours for completionists, with a bigger scope and more mini-games.
- According to the director, even a very thorough standard run where he checks every asset could hit that mark.
- The game is being described as the final part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, with more mini-games, battles, and explorable areas.
What happened
Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII remake project, said in an interview with IGN that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is shaping up to be a particularly large game. He said a completionist playthrough could “easily” take more than 100 hours. In the coverage, that comment is tied to the scale of the project rather than to an exact end time Square Enix has set for every player.
Hamaguchi also said that even a standard playthrough, if he personally went through every asset and every element, could also easily go beyond 100 hours. He added that in some runs he skips battles and focuses mainly on the main story, because he does not have enough time to check everything every time. That makes it clear his estimate comes from his role as a developer and tester, not from an average player’s typical session.
The same coverage describes Final Fantasy 7 Revelation as the closing chapter of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. It also points to a larger scope than previous entries, with more mini-games, battles, and areas to explore. The supplied context also mentions a Highwind airship as part of the journey structure, although that detail is not central to the quoted interview. The source text is less clear about the release window, since it mentions both “next year” and “2027.”
Timeline
2026-09-18: A related GAME-scanner article reports that Final Fantasy VII Revelation could require an install of around 200 GB, in a separate story about the same remake trilogy.
2026-09-20: IGN publishes the interview in which Hamaguchi says completionist runs of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation could easily exceed 100 hours.
2026-09-20: In the same interview, Hamaguchi says that if he thoroughly checked all assets and elements, even a standard run could also go beyond 100 hours.
2026-09-20: Coverage describes Final Fantasy 7 Revelation as the end of the remake trilogy, but the release timing remains inconsistent in the supplied text between “next year” and “2027.”
Background
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is described in the source as the conclusion to the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. In that context, Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Vincent Valentine, and Sephiroth are mentioned. The game is therefore positioned as a follow-up to the earlier remake entries, with a story structure meant to wrap up the trilogy.
The key claim from the interview is not that every player will need 100 hours, but that Hamaguchi sees the game as very large if you want to see and check everything. The 100+ hour estimate applies mainly to a completionist or very thorough approach, not to an average first playthrough. That distinction matters, because the quote is explicitly tied to going through every part of the game and to the fact that Hamaguchi himself cannot always verify all content in a single run.
The coverage also emphasizes the project’s scale. It mentions more mini-games, more battles, and more areas to explore than in earlier parts of the trilogy. The supplied context also references a larger install size in a related article, which fits the picture of a substantial release in the same series. At the same time, the release schedule remains unclear, since the text refers both to 2027 and to a launch “next year.”
Related GAME-scanner articles
Sources
- IGN: Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will easily take over 100 hours for completionists to beat, director teases