Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Job System

Arguably the biggest surprise of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's full reveal back in June was the confirmation of a job system, allowing players to customise Cloud and co. to better suit their needs on the battlefield.

But we didn't learn all that much about said system. All we got was a brief explanation of 'FITS' — Function Integrated Tactical Suitwear, obviously — and footage showing how you'll be able to turn Tifa into a magic-wielding sorceress.

Fortunately, GamesRadar have done some digging. During an interview, director Naoki Hamaguchi reveals that Revelation's job system is actually fairly streamlined; if you were hoping for a branching system that incorporates all kinds of crazy character classes, it sounds like you better temper your expectations.

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Hamaguchi confirms: "The FITS system has four different outfits for each character, and each of those is quite a defined role."

He then clarifies: "Even though we only have four FITS, we have a lot of characters, so it was quite a lot of work."

Based on these quotes, it's unclear whether different party members will have access to different jobs. For example, are the warrior and mage jobs we saw in the reveal trailer two of the four jobs available to everyone?

If there are more than four jobs split across the full party — that's eight characters if we're going by the original Final Fantasy 7 — then that seems fairly in-depth. But again, the details are murky right now.

Hamaguchi also says that it's "just insanely difficult" to create tens of distinct jobs for every playable character.

"It did make me realize all over again how hard it is to develop games these days. When you look at some of the early Final Fantasy games that have job systems, you could put a lot in there," he explains.

Indeed, those old games — specifically the 2D ones — didn't need to worry about unique 3D outfits and animations, as well as all of the gameplay balancing that needs to be done around action-based combat.

Still, were you expecting more jobs from Revelation's surprise system? How do you think this is all going to work? Start planning out your perfect party in the comments section below.

[source gamesradar.com]