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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85186, member: 27"] People stopped doom-scrolling for five minutes because Part 3 is not about to torch performance chasing Unreal Engine 5 hype. The anxiety came first [LIST] [*]Fans have been spiraling since Final Fantasy VII Rebirth showed up on PlayStation 5 [*]Everyone kept wondering what Part 3 might mess with next [*]Traversal, systems, tech, everything felt like a question mark [*]The Highwind airship is still a giant shrug [/LIST] The update that cooled things down [LIST] [*]The engine switch people feared is not happening [*]Unreal Engine 5 is staying out of this project [*]Unreal Engine 4 is still the base [/LIST] Why did that choice happen [LIST] [*]Naoki Hamaguchi straight-up said the team reshaped Unreal Engine 4 to suit their needs [*]Years of tuning beat starting over with unfamiliar tools [*]The devs trust what they already bent to their will [/LIST] Why Unreal Engine 5 freaked people out [LIST] [*]PC players immediately pictured stutter-filled launches [*]New engine features come with baggage [*]Performance anxiety outweighed graphical curiosity [/LIST] The awkward trade-off [LIST] [*]Unreal Engine 4 is going to feel ancient when Part 3 lands [*]Big open-world games like The Witcher 4 are leaning hard into modern tech [*]Fancy features like Lumen and Nanite are off the table [/LIST] Why sticking with UE4 still helps [LIST] [*]PC hardware demands should stay reasonable [*]A cleaner path toward a Nintendo Switch 2 version looks possible [*]Ports are less likely to turn into disasters [/LIST] Why visuals might still be fine [LIST] [*]This engine is not vanilla Unreal Engine 4 [*]Custom modifications have been stacking up for years [*]The finale still needs to look like a big deal [/LIST] Why the series is back in the spotlight [LIST] [*]Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade just landed on Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 [*]Rebirth is lined up for more platforms later this year [*]Attention snapped back fast [/LIST] When Part 3 might surface [LIST] [*]A 2027 target lines up with the original game hitting 35 years [*]That clock suggests that the revelations are not far off [*]This ending is expected to ripple across the entire franchise [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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