[PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

In the opening of Final Fantasy VII, Cloud Strife, a mercenary and former member of an elite private military group called SOLDIER, takes on a job with an eco-terrorist cell named Avalanche. Their mission is to blow up a reactor that siphons Mako, the lifeblood of the planet, and uses it to power the sprawling industrial metropolis Midgar. The group infiltrates, braves resistance from Shinra Electric Company’s forces, and sets off an explosion that renders the reactor inoperable.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake has been one of Square Enix’s most interesting projects over the last few years. What started off as looking like a fairly straightforward remake ultimately takes decisions that have large ramifications for the Final Fantasy 7 canon, and ties into the game’s themes of fate and identity. Intergrade enhances Final Fantasy 7 Remake on the PS5 in a few ways, and while the graphics and frame rates might be great, the most interesting thing about Intergrade is its PS5-exclusive Intermission DLC.

Considering Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s nature as an episodic adventure, the Intermission DLC is meant to fill in a couple of blanks before the next episode hits. The base game’s story ends at a rather pivotal moment, which I won’t go into here for the sake of spoilers, but the pivotal moment does leave a lot of lingering questions. While most of these questions will undoubtedly be answered to some extent in the next episodic release, Intermission helps fill in some of the holes in our knowledge about this new version of Midgard.