As we head into E3, the supposed leaks are starting to come out of the woodwork. The rumor mills are beginning to churn. The local grocery store?s supply of salt has been ransacked. Inevitably, some leaks will be real. Getting nearer to the show means that more people have to be privy to certain information. I mean, we all remember when Assassin?s Creed Odyssey was leaked by a damned keychain, of all things. But that?s the nature of this pipeline, and not everyone in the process is going to be respectful of embargoes and NDAs that allow developers to save up some big reveals. Often times, the most surprising thing about any big reveal is the fact that it didn?t leak beforehand.
Of course, there are leaks that have some credibility, and others that are just giant walls of text on Reddit. These ones are where you really have to have your salt supply on hand. That?s what happened with a massive Final Fantasy VII Remake leak that purports to have a number of high-level details about the game in full, and here at Daily Reaction, we?re breaking the whole thing down line by line.
Dissecting the Final Fantasy VII Remake Leak
Here?s the original Reddit thread and comment, if you want to follow along.
It starts off by saying this leak comes from inside Square Enix El Segundo, which is a localization and publishing arm of SE. If this leak is real and things are already over in the localization and publishing office, then it could mean a pretty imminent release. The leak also says th...