Big news! FFVII's New Threat 2.0 Combat Only mod is now fully compatible with Shinra Archaeology Cut! Enjoy NT's in-battle rebalancing along with SAC's retranslation and optional restored content. Available now through the 7th Heaven mod launcher.
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Reporting the latest FFVII news and restoring rare media from Japanese sources. Browse thousands of pages of translated material at shinraarchaeology.com.
![Interviewer: Compared to the OG, it seems like this game will kick off fairly well in the heart of the story, which makes me curious how it will handle the sequence with Professor Gast's video tapes in Icicle Lodge. After all, Professor Gast is really a key character who lies at the origin of the story's drama.
Hamaguchi: That's a real insightful observation [laughs]. We've depicted that stuff in a really interesting way this time. Professor Gast's recordings in the Icicle Frostbelt are extremely important to Aerith's character, so we've made sure to cover that thoroughly. When people in the press ask how long it takes to acquire the Highwind, I always tell them you can get it around the four or five hour mark early in the game. The demo this time covers Chapter 4, and takes place right after you've obtained the Highwind. In the original game, you cross the Icicle Frostbelt after the Forgotten Capital, then head to the Great Cavity, then to Junon, then you get Mideel. So people are skeptical if four or five hours is enough time to cover that. I'll say that we've made the game start in a way that's totally different from what I expect people are imagining at this point. There's a truly huge surprise there in terms of how the game starts off, so I hope everyone looks forward to that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nswouy7gwa5nyag4shprsjob/bafkreibtqvo647fzootw343yihrvb24f44bniwugwnaj6pcpkk7irperei)
![Naoki Hamaguchi says that some people might connect the title FFVII Revelation with Christian [mythology], but from their point of view, it was more about revealing all these unanswered questions that the fans may have with Remake and Rebirth. (Gameinformer, 6/17)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nswouy7gwa5nyag4shprsjob/bafkreic6rcvojtvmiiov3y4i5v2vjjkm3nuf44fnanxxumc5csdl5fxyvi)
![Hamaguchi says they use Zack to convey the world and workings of the FF7R series, and how they slightly differ from the OG's. With the last game, they illustrated this concept that there are multiple timelines, but to communicate that directly through words would take away a lot of the allure [1/2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nswouy7gwa5nyag4shprsjob/bafkreih5thbkaltfyt2rfpdasdcpkk5uga3o6tfensp7vai6ygscgj2bte)
