In fact The Witcher 3 was a big inspiration for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
It turns out everyone’s favorite open-world fantasy RPG from CD Projekt Red influenced Rebirth quite a bit. The Witcher 3 is renowned for its memorable side-quests and how they feel organically woven into its exploration. It’s apparently Hamaguchi’s favorite RPG outside of Final Fantasy. “We did some extensive research into these types of titles and looked at it as a baseline in which Rebirth should be a type of title that can stand alongside it and have the type of content that would be satisfying to its players,” Toriyama told Game Informer
