Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Update 1.020 Now Available on PS5

Written by Brandon Hofer on March 21, 2024

News: Square Enix has released a new patch for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth that should improve the experience for players.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has been available for a few weeks now. Square Enix has just revealed that a new patch has just been released that will improve some stability issues that some gamers were having, as well as a variety of other bugs. If you don’t have your PS5 set up to automatically download updates, you will have to trigger it manually. Otherwise the update will probably already be installed the next time you start Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

The content involved in the update includes the following:

Fixes to missing or incorrect characters in some parts of the game text.

Fixes to player character bugs that occur in field areas under certain conditions.

Fixes to Red XIII’s abilities “Supernal Fervor” and “Watcher's Spirit” in battle, as these were easily cancelled.

Fixes to bugs occurring in battle under specific conditions that would cause enemies to freeze.

Fixes to bugs triggered by specific conditions that affect progress through quests.

Improvements to the frame rate and overall game stability.

Addition of a “sharp” or “soft” option for graphical output in Performance Mode.

Improvements to graphical quality.

Reflected reverse camera controls while controlling a gliding sky chocobo.

Reflected reverse camera controls in the sharpshooting minigame.

Emphasized the path along the climbable vines in the Mythril Mine.

Added a difficulty selection to the customization screen of the minigames Fort Condor and Gears and Gambits.

Have you been playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth? If so, what do you think?