They have caught Square Enix red-handed.
For years many Final Fantasy fans have been actively and passively asking for Square Enix makes a remake of Crisis Corethe spin-off of Final Fantasy VII that worked as a prequel to it and that delved even deeper into the history of Cloud, Sephirot and Zack Fair, thereby giving rise to knowing for sure that the importance of this character is key in the events that marked a generation.
Be that as it may, the truth is that this is already a reality thanks to Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion, a hybrid between remaster and remake according to Square Enix itself and that retells us the events of the aforementioned title, only this time adapting it to what was seen in the 2020 remake, leading to the fact that the role of Zack Fair in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has even been clarified.
A painting by John Crowther is the one that causes the controversy around Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion
Now, it seems that the title has come with some controversy, since fans of the game have noticed a small detail that leaves Square Enix in a very bad place, since, apparently, it has been found an image with the Getty Images watermarkthe uploading website that makes it clear that Square Enix took this image from there without even modifying it.
This particular painting can be found in the chapter 8 in Shinra’s mansionthereby giving rise to the fact that it belongs to a painting by the artist John Crowther representing Ludgate Circus in London in 1881. Obviously, the fact that this image appears like this seems to make it clear that Square Enix took the image without paying the rightssomething that does not leave one of the largest companies with the most resources in the industry in a very good place.
For the rest, it only remains to remember that Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch and PC.