FF7 Rebirth is looking very good on the PS5 Pro

The recently announced PS5 Pro quickly became a trending topic, but not for the best reasons. The pricing and the lack of titles are discouraging, but hope might be right around the corner as Digital Foundry just released a video comparison of a very early portion of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth looking stunning on the Pro.

As you might be aware, you can pick between two different graphical modes to play Final Fantasy 7 on the original PS5. Graphics, which allowed you to play at 4K but only at 30 FPS, and Performance which would tentatively grant you 60 FPS action but at a lower resolution that could drop even lower if needed to maintain the game’s fluidity.

While I’d usually take framerate over graphics, I have to agree with the players defending that Graphics mode is the way to go. Performance mode doesn’t always achieve the amazing fluidity that it should, and still blurs the graphics to a degree that you just have a hard time accepting in a AAA game.

I get that the game originally had to compromise on the graphical front to deal with some of the more effects-intense battles. Still, there are simple cutscenes that got blurry to the point of making the characters recognizable only because they’re the most famous cast in gaming history.

Luckily, the PlayStation 5 Pro solves that problem. The Pro delivers looks that — aside from minor issues caused by the upscaling tech — match those of the Graphics version at a steady 60 frames per second. The only issue that the people at Digital Foundry still aren’t sure about is whether the Pro will address the lighting issues present in the original version of the game.

You should totally watch Digital Foundry’s video in its entirety because it delves deeper into all the more technical aspects and also because it shows you the game’s running at the framerate that it deserves.

Fake screenshots recently surfaced to mock the PS5 Pro’s supposed graphical improvements by showing two images of the game running on the original PS5. Those were easily debunked by simply paying closer attention, but it’s great to finally see what the PS5 can pull off.

I’m still not entirely sold on the PS5 Pro. The pricing issue, the lack of games, and the uncertainty regarding which existing games will really make use of the Pro’s hardware still cast too dark of a shadow over it. And yet, it’s nice to see that it truly does have the power to make one of the best-looking console games look even better. Here’s hoping we’ll see Final Fantasy 16 getting the same treatment soon.