Naoki Hamaguchi has finished Final Fantasy 7 Revelation 46 times. Start to credits, 46 times. And the director still says a single thorough run would eat more than 100 hours of your life.
That figure comes straight from Hamaguchi himself. Asked about the size of the closing chapter of the trilogy, he said a completionist playthrough could “easily exceed 100 hours.”
He was blunt about what that means for his own job. “In a normal playthrough, from start to finish, if I were to sit down and check every asset and every single element of the game, it would easily take me over 100 hours. Obviously, I can’t do that every single time. As director, I don’t have the luxury of time, so sometimes I just skip the battles and focus on checking the main story,” Hamaguchi said.
So even the person who made it can’t afford to play the whole thing properly. Let that sit for a second.
The director who won’t put the controller down
Those 46 clears aren’t a flex for the press tour. They’re the byproduct of a man who treats every idle minute as QA time.
“I try to play as much as I can. Yesterday, during another round of interviews, when I found a bit of free time, I brought a PS5 controller with me and sat down to test the latest build of the game. Even when I’m traveling for business, if I have any spare moment, I try to check the latest version to see if there are any issues,” Hamaguchi said.
You can read that two ways. Either he’s a perfectionist, or the game is big enough that the checking never ends. Given the 100-hour number, it’s probably both.
Ten years, three games, one finish line
Revelation closes out a project that’s been running for a decade. Hamaguchi said a few days ago that the game is the culmination of 10 years of work and the end of the entire trilogy.
He’s not shy about the stakes, either. “We are determined to deliver a game that not only meets the expectations of the fans, but is also a work that we, as creators, can be truly proud of,” he said.
For anyone who’s been along since the first remake chapter, that’s the kind of line you want to hear before the last leg. For anyone who hasn’t, well, you’ve got time to catch up. Not a lot, but some.
When you can start your own 100 hours
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lands April 8, 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2.
Clear your spring. Hamaguchi already cleared 46 of them.
