Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We've got some issues with the lighting technology used in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - and those criticisms extent to PC, which has the same issues as the consoles. However, the FF7 Rebirth Shader Injector mod by David Matos attempts to address these pain points - and some of the transformations are remarkable.

Find the mod here: nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7rebirth/mods/2153

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00:00 Overview
00:41 Indirect lighting
07:14 Shadows
09:33 Water
11:35 Configurations and performance
13:18 Concluding thoughts