Nic says that RPG remake sequel Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is " uneven, unfocused, and unmissable ". You also can’t miss its regular performance hiccups, which most often manifest as little but frequent stutters that occur as you’re moseying around its poorly planet.

Digital Foundry says the PC port of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has its merits - but there's a big bunch of issues that must be addressed.

After being relegated to consoles for nearly a year, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth just landed on PC. Sure, that means we get improved lighting and fancy technical bells and whistles. Nice. But what's way, way nicer are all the mods flooding into the open-world game, namely one that puts all nine playable characters onto the battlefield.

Close to a year after its launch on PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is escaping from Midgar and entering into the wider world of PC gaming. Rebirth's official PC launch date is on January 23, but how that date applies to you depends on your timezone. While you wait, we've got more for you to read on Rebirth:

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is out on PC on January 23, and is also available on PlayStation 5.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is already eclipsing the Steam launch numbers of Remake Intergrade, and the RPG could get even bigger as well.

Evidently, FF7 Rebirth is another SSD -hogging gigantogame, though for some the bigger concern will be those minimum GPU specs. While none of the Radeon, RX 6600, Arc A580, or RTX 2060 are high-end cards in themselves, the official listings' emphasis on meeting at least these specific hardware generations does reveal an unusually high fussiness.

Here’s when Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will release on PC in your time zone, and the preorder rewards. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will release on Thursday, Jan. 23 at the same time around the world on both Steam and the Epic Games Store.