FF7 Revelation Director Is Worried Vincent Will Be Too Fun to Put Down

It seems Vincent Valentine might be a little too fun to play in Final Fantasy VII Revelation!

During a recent Gamescom appearance, director Naoki Hamaguchi talked about Vincent’s combat and admitted that there is one small problem with how good the character feels to control! He is worried players might just use Vincent for the entire game. And after hearing how his combat works, I can kind of see why!

Shoutout to Genki on Twitter/X for sharing a clip of Vincent’s gameplay and the information from Hamaguchi:

Naoki Hamaguchi says Vincent's combat in FF7 Revelation feels so great to control that he is worried a lot of people will just use Vincent and not the other characters!

He says you can freely switch between long-range gunslinger combat in his normal form and close-range melee… pic.twitter.com/GteyhIzZ2Q

— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) August 28, 2026

Basically, Vincent can freely switch between his two combat styles at any time. In his normal form, he is a long-range gunslinger, and you can attack enemies from a distance. But he can also transform into his Beast form, switching over to close-range melee combat. The nice part is also that you are not locked into one form for a specific period of time. You can switch between them whenever you want, letting Vincent adapt to what is happening during a fight.

So you have basically got a character who can stand back and unload with his guns before suddenly turning into a giant beast and beating the living hell out of whatever is still standing.

Hamaguchi apparently thinks this might make Vincent a “little too appealing.” The director joked that he is worried players will end up using Vincent all the time because his combat feels so good. And considering Vincent was already one of the more mysterious characters in the original Final Fantasy VII, and a lot of players are waiting to play him in Revelation, he is probably right to be worried about this.

The game will also explore Vincent’s past way more. Hamaguchi previously teased that Revelation will reveal parts of his history that we have not seen before. Of course, Vincent is not the only new playable character in Revelation. Cid Highwind will also become playable, and the game is expanding combat with new systems and more options for how the party fights as well. SO we will definitely have a lot to test and play with!

But let’s be honest.

Now we all want to see exactly how ridiculous that Beast form feels once we get our hands on him.

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