The director of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Naoki Hamaguchi, was asked in an interview what he learned from the development of the role-playing game for PS5. He also addresses a criticism from the community and takes the blame for it.
What was criticized? Many players see it as a special challenge to earn all the trophies and achievements in a game. This is also the case for many fans from the Final Fantasy VII community. The problem: Many players find it too difficult to obtain the platinum trophy.
According to psnprofiles.com, only 2.2% of all players have succeeded in achieving it so far. There are several threads on Reddit discussing the platinum trophy. Among them, for example, is the thread by user senorbozz, who describes the platinum trophy of FF7 Rebirth as the “hardest trophy he’s ever obtained.”
Senorbozz considers himself a trophy hunter and claims to have already collected all the platinum trophies from other installments of Final Fantasy. He states that the platinum trophies from Elden Ring, Bloodborne, and God of War 1 + 2 were not as difficult as the one from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Many other users in the comments agree with him.
“It was a mistake on my part”
What does the director say? In an interview with Daily Star, Naoki Hamaguchi stated that he generally believes that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth does not need major changes. While there has been criticism regarding the amount of mini-games, he sees this less as a problem. The more content offered, the greater the chance that players will like some things and not others.
However, he agrees with the criticism regarding the difficulty of the platinum trophy and sincerely apologizes for it. It was a mistake on his part, and he promises that it will not happen again. In future games, efforts will be made to make the platinum trophies more accessible.
Why is the platinum trophy so hard to obtain? To achieve platinum status in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, as in many games, it is necessary to obtain all other trophies. The main criticism is that players need to invest a lot of time for many trophies, as individual attempts can consume quite a bit of time. If multiple attempts are needed, one can quickly “waste” several hours on a single trophy.
This makes the hunt for the platinum trophy too much of a grind for many. However, there are also some in the community who support the approach and believe that other platinum trophies are too easy to obtain. Others believe that there is a difference between being difficult and being time-consuming, and they see the platinum trophy of FF7 Rebirth more as the latter.
Meanwhile, a whole community has dedicated itself to the hunt for trophies in all games. One player set a world record with his over 200,000 collected achievements before abruptly hanging up his trophy hunting career: A player collected over 200,000 trophies on PlayStation, now he wants to quit and accuses Sony of serious misconduct
