Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 749 Ratings

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  1. weizhen77
    Dec 22, 2021
    4
    After spending the last few days playing this game as well as tweaking, yes, tweaking is needed. Here are my experiences.

    Game play mechanism, very fun and entertaining indeed, I would say better than the original's turn base. Voice acting are superb. However, it is not perfect, not the perfect Japanese's way of intricacies. For example, if one of member has fallen (unconscious), but    After spending the last few days playing this game as well as tweaking, yes, tweaking is needed. Here are my experiences.

    Game play mechanism, very fun and entertaining indeed, I would say better than the original's turn base. Voice acting are superb. However, it is not perfect, not the perfect Japanese's way of intricacies. For example, if one of member has fallen (unconscious), but he/she will be conscious for the midway cut-scene!

    As for the porting, impression to me is, it is comparative to Dark Souls' PC port back in 2012, a low budget and rush job. First launch of the game: the mouse cursor disappear, this really gave me a dejavu of 2012's Dark Souls PC version.

    As I proceed on to play with the game, every settings max on my new RTX3060 laptop (6GB VRAM). There were some stutters, but quite surprisingly the framerate still maintain@120fps. However, I also notice textures look flat, jagged or blurry edges on my 27 inch 1440p monitor. After some research, realize it is due to Dynamic Resolution. First thing came to my mind is, Marketing Lies! Lying about: system's specs. With the recommended specs, my laptop clearly "overpower" (except for VRAM, I will come to this next), of course the settings are maxed out : 1440p@120fps.

    After hours of tweaking and help from modding community, realized 8GB VRAM is essential for the game to run on DirectX12. With my 6GB VRAM, and plus helps from mods, finally I can play the game with 95% framerate stability at 1440p (consistent) @60fps via DirectX11, Shadow set to low without HDR. Yes, shadow set to high will exceed 6GB VRAM and thus cause stuttering. And with DirectX11, VRAM required by Texture's setting to high still maintain within range.

    To conclude, -1 pts for marketing lies (system specs); -1 pts for lack of UI settings (DirectX option, graphic details option, etc.); -1 pts for lack of VRAM optimization for DirectX12; -1 pts for depending on external parties (mod communities) to fix prior mentioned issues; -1 pts to charge at the price of a complete AAA game, which is obviously not, based on my 30 years of PC gaming's experience.    … Expand
  2. muzmuz
    Mar 29, 2022
    4
    Low quality, boring and repetitive level design that drag on too long, underwhelming combat system, slow story pacing, immersion-breaking inconsistency in the cinematography, slow pacing. There's a lot to pick on about Final Fantasy VII: Remake especially in its AAA status; but really, it's pretty barebones for a game.

    Its extremely formulaic, dull, repetitive corridor level design    Low quality, boring and repetitive level design that drag on too long, underwhelming combat system, slow story pacing, immersion-breaking inconsistency in the cinematography, slow pacing. There's a lot to pick on about Final Fantasy VII: Remake especially in its AAA status; but really, it's pretty barebones for a game.

    Its extremely formulaic, dull, repetitive corridor level design really does hurt the gameplay. Square Enix did not give enough thought in designing this game at all. And I can't say there's any difference with the amount of effort used in the writing either.

    FF7 Remake might as well be the best representation of a beautiful disappointment in the video game industry in recent time.    … Expand
  3. pmasterfunk
    Feb 3, 2023
    4
    It's hard for me, an ex-diehard Square stan, to review a game like this on so many levels. A lot of my formative years involved Square games. FF1 through 9, Chrono Trigger and Cross, Secret of Mana, FF Tactics, Super Mario RPG, heck, even Parasite Eve. Back in the early- to mid- '90s, it seemed like Square had the Midas touch. So whenever news of their work would appear, I'd get veryIt's hard for me, an ex-diehard Square stan, to review a game like this on so many levels. A lot of my formative years involved Square games. FF1 through 9, Chrono Trigger and Cross, Secret of Mana, FF Tactics, Super Mario RPG, heck, even Parasite Eve. Back in the early- to mid- '90s, it seemed like Square had the Midas touch. So whenever news of their work would appear, I'd get very excited. I still remember my first glimpse of FF2/4 in Nintendo Power, close to a screenshot of Battle Dodgeball with a chibi Ultraman or something. A tiny screenshot, a fight against Ice Beasts in the tower of Zot or Bab-il, in a magazine from July of 1991. I remember the feels. The promise of excitement, the seemingly infinite potential of 16 bits. Square totally delivered on that promise, and kept delivering for a really long time. Squeenix can still dangle some quality IP carrots in front of me, and the compulsion to taste the forbidden vegetable remains. There's an absurd amount of high quality games in their back catalog.

    That's what makes this review so painful. FF7 Remake makes me feel very different feels from that 1991 Nintendo Power snippet, or the feels from first starting up the original FF7. I don't feel hope and excitement for the future, I don't imagine the infinite possibilities video games can offer. All I feel is mild shame and regret that my almost middle-aged ass needs to cut ties with one of the formative entities of its youth.

    To save everyone some time, I'll just list the stuff I dislike from the game. I am a '98 PC guy, so she's Aeris to me.

    In somewhat chronological order, I do not like:
    - Jessie's unwanted advances and persistence;
    - how Sephiroth is introduced;
    - the dementors;
    - the sidequests and "changing water filters";
    - the new Johnny;
    - Chadley;
    - that Cloud doesn't have a hangover after getting paid;
    - the motorbike section, it's way too long;
    - Roche, he's pointless;
    - that there are other, more moderate branches of Avalanche, it makes Barret look like a psycho extremist;
    - turning off the solar lamps;
    - Cloud almost beheading Reno;
    - that everyone and their uncle in sector 5 keeps telling me how sweet Aeris is;
    - Kyrie;
    - Mireille;
    - helping kids (in the game; in real life I'm indifferent to helping kids);
    - Butch, Beck, and Burke;
    - that we need to see them more than once;
    - the robot arm "puzzles";
    - running from one of the Wall Market's map to the other just to pad for time;
    - Wall Market's new song;
    - the Hell House fight;
    - the sewers and the pump mini-game;
    - the ghosts in the train graveyard adding playtime, yet nothing to the story or Aeris' characterization;
    - Aeris walking slowly during the plate bombing crisis;
    - Wedge surviving falling from the pillar thanks to his grappling hook;
    - Wedge surviving a city falling on top of him;
    - that Tetsuya Nomura - a man over the age of 50 - seemingly kept Wedge alive just to make fat jokes;
    - the game undermining the shock and inhumanity that the destruction of Sector 7 conveyed in the original by saving most of its residents;
    - the generic bad guy music that plays in the president's office instead of his soothing classical music;
    - the Cait Sith cameo;
    - Barret shooting rocks (who came up with this one?);
    - Elmyra telling the team to not rescue Aeris;
    - Aeris seeing the future and becoming an exposition machine;
    - Leslie and the incredibly stupid plan to get help from Don Corneo;
    - the purple ooze instead of blood;
    - that Barret - previously established psycho extremist Avalanche guy - saves his mortal enemy, the president of Shinra, from falling to his death;
    - president Shinra dying 30 seconds later for "reasons";
    - Sephiroth's buildup being so weak;
    - Sephiroth's motivation being undefined;
    - Barret getting stabbed and then magically surviving;
    - basically anything that happens after this point.

    I don't think any of these are particularly spicy takes. When the game constantly reminds me how terrible the new content is, how much better and more efficient the storytelling was 25 years ago, it's hard to think of this as a good game. I blindly supported Squeenix for literal decades, spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on their products, so this just hurts. Is this what they think of their fanbase? Is this what they think of ME? I've been in this toxic relationship for too long, and FF7 Remake just demonstrates how much we've changed and drifted apart in the past 15-20 years. They can still produce some decent stuff - they co-developed NEO: TWEWY, at least - but when the majority of their products are buggy remakes of great games - i.e. making their old games worst - I just have to reevaluate my life choices and cut my losses. I'm sorry Squeenix, it's not you, it's me. ... Who am I kidding, it's you, you suck.    … Expand
  4. Somaage
    Dec 23, 2021
    4
    70$ for a terrible port.. not only trying to raise the price, but put 0 effort in the port.. square go f*** yourself
  5. MrCoal
    Dec 25, 2021
    4
    How is it possible for a "AAA" video game company to screw up a port so badly?
  6. Andrudis
    Dec 20, 2021
    3
    The worst AAA PC port of the year. Masterpiece ruined by lazy porting team with lack of dedication and respect to players
  7. theToughRaf
    May 8, 2022
    3
    The good stuff,
    The graphics are very good.
    Best game for weebs.
    Would have loved this game if I was 13.

    Now the real stuff.
    This game sucks wet **** Every **** dialogue is cringy as ****
    Not gonna lie I used this game to get bored fast enough to go to bed early.
    This game helped me fix my sleep cycle, It's that boring.
  8. MorbidFable
    Dec 25, 2021
    3
    A genuinely bad PC port. I'm not entirely shocked because this tends to be the case with Square Enix and other Japanese developers but I did expect a remake of this caliber to be done a bit more justice. It may be that mods can fix a lot of these issues but it is needlessly large, far too expensive for what it is, and unpolished for PC. I do not recommend it for the price, but the gameA genuinely bad PC port. I'm not entirely shocked because this tends to be the case with Square Enix and other Japanese developers but I did expect a remake of this caliber to be done a bit more justice. It may be that mods can fix a lot of these issues but it is needlessly large, far too expensive for what it is, and unpolished for PC. I do not recommend it for the price, but the game itself is fine.… Expand
  9. trbgs17
    Dec 17, 2021
    3
    Played for 7 hours and for $70 its not worth the price..... It was extremely better on the PS4/PS5. This port is lazy and uninspired. SquareEnix does a lazy port yet again
  10. Watergun
    Dec 17, 2021
    3
    Gameplay: 4/10, not fluid due to stuttering. Feels like playing on a potato PC. Additional point for its nostalgic feeling it gives me (yes, played the original 20 years ago).
    Graphics: 3/10, not fluid, blocky and blurry at times where/when it isn't supposed to be. 3 points are all for the great design.
    Price: 3/10, expensive but I can still afford. Obviously it is a rushed job (yes,    Gameplay: 4/10, not fluid due to stuttering. Feels like playing on a potato PC. Additional point for its nostalgic feeling it gives me (yes, played the original 20 years ago).
    Graphics: 3/10, not fluid, blocky and blurry at times where/when it isn't supposed to be. 3 points are all for the great design.
    Price: 3/10, expensive but I can still afford. Obviously it is a rushed job (yes, there is already report that this game is compiled and delivered in "debug" mode instead of "production" mode, do the QA dept missed out this part? Basically, "production" mode is more optimized. If no plan to follow up with patches, this is an extremely overpriced game, taking advantage of the hype.

    Overall: 3/10    … Expand
  11. Vbmelo
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    History-wise, the battle system and all the specific FF7 features are nice and it really shines on this remake, but the port was poorly done, the frame rates drop and the lack of graphics setting options are disturbing. For this price point, I would expect nothing less than. A perfect product fully developed and with no flaws and unfortunately, that's not what happened here.
  12. Deaden
    Feb 6, 2022
    2
    This game is overrated. It's ultra boring gameplay mechanics will be killing you by boredom. I played and finished classic FF7 years years ago and I didn't feel this slow motion run room to room same bs mechanics never. Stop creating new remakes, just be creative or leave your job and retire!
  13. Rese
    Dec 21, 2021
    2
    DO NOT BUY IT!!!
    This is a total disaster. Nearly everything is bad : **** changes to plot, awful (compared to original) combat system, optimization is absent. It's god damn half of first cd of original. Not even 1/3 part of a game.
    Only good thing is main character models amd cut-scenes, all other objects lacks texture quality.
  14. pokeaatrox
    Dec 18, 2021
    2
    80euro on epic exclu. Settings very poor for a pc game in 2021 after 20months for that ? No thank you
  15. Ologreek
    Jan 31, 2023
    2
    A bad Remake.
    And a sadly marketing operation made by Square Enix and Nomura for milking even more the ff7 game...
  16. Xerrin
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Just a bad action game filled with cutscenes all over the place
    What a fall of grace for them
  17. exiter123
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Где русская локализация! За игру просят полную стоимость. А ей уже скоро как 2 года стукнет. И русский перевод так и не сделали!
  18. clarky
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    I know they turned Final Fantasy into a Hack and Slash, and I know the lead designer messed with the story to make bland whilst adding stupid ghosts into the story. I was aware of all this, but I dipped my toe into the remakes and man it's bad. The price tag, the console port, and glitching. What a way to destroy one of my favorite games from childhood. I'd rather play the harp on aI know they turned Final Fantasy into a Hack and Slash, and I know the lead designer messed with the story to make bland whilst adding stupid ghosts into the story. I was aware of all this, but I dipped my toe into the remakes and man it's bad. The price tag, the console port, and glitching. What a way to destroy one of my favorite games from childhood. I'd rather play the harp on a cloud and be dead than invest any more time or effort into FFVII remake. Leave it for the kids and the commercial reviewers who are paid to rate it high.… Expand
  19. GaryLinekar
    Jan 13, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After waiting decades, it's finally here, and it's pretty bad. All they had to do was remake the original with a few bells and whistles and that was it. Instead, they decided to turn the game into Kingdom Hearts.

    You can imagine the scene in the board room: "FF7 can be so much more than this!"
    The problem is that their writers are only capable of one kind of story: a Disney story. Fate vs freedom, light vs darkness - FF7 had elements of this but they take it way overboard into the most absurd territory, like there being physical manifestations of 'fate' that you fight. It's dumb. The original was so much more low key and interesting because of that. The truth is that the current writers can't make a story as good as FF7, or 8, or anything. All they can do is write this bottom of the barrel hack stuff about light and truth and hope and stuff. And because people continue to pick the games up with their pretty graphics, they delude themselves into believing they are talented and insightful writers. How long will their schtick last? Please not much longer. Really, who in their right mind would look decide the best route for the remake would be to 'correct' the bad things that happen in the original? I can't imagine what was going through their heads. The story is definitely the worst part of the game.

    The gameplay is just garbage. Spam spam spam, potion, repeat x100000 until game is finished. Same as FFVX. What is wrong with relaxed, turn-based combat? Or, if you're going to do action combat, can dodging and blocking actually be reliable? No. They made a system which is somehow at the same time fast-paced but totally unsatisfying and boring. I'm certain almost no one enjoys this battle system, even those who otherwise like the game

    The characters have been 'tuned' as well. Cloud is now Squall. Barret is now comic relief (he was funny in the original sometimes but it was unintentional). They tried to flesh out Jessie and Wedge which was nice I suppose, although Wedge ended up just being Homer Simpson. That's not what this game needed.

    The music was sound when it was based on the original's OST. Every other track was just forgettable electronic noise. Disappointing. They had a whole OST there just ready to go and they had to add loads of **** to it. Why?

    And the second worst aspect of this game: the padding. In the original game, Midgar lasts, what, 10 hours? They make Midgar last -the entire game-. It has to because this type of game costs so much to make. It has to look good, because nowadays that is basically the series' main selling point. But because it is so expensive to produce, they have to use what they do produce as much as possible. This means sending you back to the same dungeons, the same towns, to talk to the same people and fight the same monsters, again and again. That's not fun. And even if you avoid the (many) optional sidequests that they push you to do, you still have to return eventually because the story routes you back there.

    It's also sad how they handled Sephiroth. They knew that if they went this route of dragging the story out, there would be no way to build up the tension between Cloud and Sephiroth. In the original, it's a slow process of learning about Sephiroth and his relationship to Cloud, his plan, and so forth. You basically don't know **** about him for a long time. That's no good for this game. By dragging out the pacing, they've had to artificially speed up the development of Sephiroth into antagonist. Towards the end they just shove him in your face, and you base your knowledge of him on a few quick cutscenes. In the original there are many long bits of exposition about Sephiroth. And it's only after a LOT of that that any real confrontation even happens with him. And that's why he is one of the most memorable villains. In this one, they rush the exposition and force you to fight him early - they ruin his character totally.

    Lastly, the graphics, although they're nice (Tifa looks good) - they're just the wrong style for a fantasy JRPG. They've been doing this since Advent Children. It should be more cartoony. It's easier and cheaper to make and suits the game more.
    Also, the art direction is bad. Why the hell is Midgar so bright and chirpy? In the original it is dark and dingy. There is little/no natural light. In this one there are plants, flowers, kids laughing, and everything is basking in the morning sun. Blue skies, clouds, birds. It is everything Midgar should not be. It was a dark dirty slum with only artificial light. Shop signs, lamps, yellow artificial light. You feel the bad conditions of the people living there, making Shinra all the more selfish and villainous - the old art direction actually drove the story in this way. Now they've done a complete 180. Why? I guess so people can see the pretty 3D models they made. Unbelievable.

    The only plus side is occasional pleasant sparks of nostalgia. That's really all it gives, and rarely at that.    … Expand
  20. voiders
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    The problems: 1- Price, 2- Store exclusive, 3- Stuttering, 4- Lack of options for a pc game, 5- Force to resolution scale (just, why?), 6- History change from original, 7- Just a slice from original game, 8- Bad port. You must have a low IQ to buy this.
  21. brozermanik
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Game is average. Price - outrageous.
    Square enix proved again they can turn gems to shlt.
  22. thewilder
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Another remake gone horrible wrong.
    So you have seen the amazing rankings, "ULTRA EPIC GAME, WHOOOA". But stay a while and listen.
    First of all, if you read this, chances are; you are a fan of the original FF7. Amazing story, execution, balanced gameplay. We all love it. So why the low score of the re-imagining? I will tell you. Story; It's the exact same. Graphics; It's fine.    Another remake gone horrible wrong.
    So you have seen the amazing rankings, "ULTRA EPIC GAME, WHOOOA". But stay a while and listen.

    First of all, if you read this, chances are; you are a fan of the original FF7. Amazing story, execution, balanced gameplay. We all love it. So why the low score of the re-imagining? I will tell you.

    Story;
    It's the exact same.

    Graphics;
    It's fine. Nothing I've haven't seen so far in the past 5-10 years.

    Execution;
    This will be a tad longer. First of all, the original did an exellent job of portraying everything. This remake is... going too far. What I mean by that? Infinite, impossible highway chases, boss fights, over the top maps, overcomplicated scenarios. If something was 10 minutes in the original, in this remake, it takes about 5 hours. At best. And while at the beginning it could be fun, it gets very, very, very, very slow and frustrating later down the road. After 20-30 hours, you realize; this is anything but FUN. You will realize; the devs and writers took the orignal material, dipped into shít sauce, and released into 3D madness. Sure, it's entertaining in the first 10 or 20 hours, but then, you get bored real quick. Why? Because all the extra content, all the extra difficulty; it doesn't belong in this game. This is NOT Final Fantasy VII. This is something far fetched, shítcoated, feces born remake of the original godlike game you used to love.

    Music: it's ok, they just remastered the original OST

    TLDR; don't buy it. It's not worth your time. Torrent it, if you are curious (like I did), but don't expect too much. The original did a 100% job, if you skip this, you lose NOTHING.    … Expand
  23. jaynobobo
    Jan 6, 2022
    1
    I.. don't understand any of these high reviews. The game on console has more graphic options and not only runs poorly on PC, as many many consumers have reported, the price is heinous and the support for the game and communication around it was PURPOSFULLY misleading. Are the people who bought this trying to make games worse in the future? stop it. just asking you to stop it please?
  24. Metifikys
    Dec 19, 2021
    1
    very inconvenient control, against the background of the fact that the 15th part was controlled without problems
    overpriced considering that the game was given free of charge on PS +
  25. pheonixx74
    Dec 23, 2021
    1
    huge price for a poorly optimized game on pc a shame, must stop taking us for sheep, square is only a shadow of itself
  26. Kenat
    Dec 18, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 80€ for a PC Game?! Shame on you Square Enix.
    you come to the shame of the video game industry.    … Expand
  27. Link7211
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    Underlying game seems awesome, if I could play it. This port is so buggy it ruins the game entirely. Video lag with a decent graphics card (see other reports on this, someone with a 3090 running on 1080 resolution got lag still so it's a game issue). When the sound started tearing to nearly incomprehensible levels I refunded the game. This game's awesomeness requires immersion and the bugsUnderlying game seems awesome, if I could play it. This port is so buggy it ruins the game entirely. Video lag with a decent graphics card (see other reports on this, someone with a 3090 running on 1080 resolution got lag still so it's a game issue). When the sound started tearing to nearly incomprehensible levels I refunded the game. This game's awesomeness requires immersion and the bugs entirely destroy that immersion. Epic requires less than 2 hours of play time to refund, so buyer beware...… Expand
  28. andvaree
    Dec 19, 2021
    0
    In its current state definitely not worth the over-the-top investment. On my Ryzen 5900X, 32gb, nvme, rtx3070 the game stutters like crazy and doesn't really let you change much in the graphical options to remedy that. What's even more annoying is the lack of ultrawide monitor support, in 2021! I HOPE they will at least start patching it VERY fast, but it's a colossal embarrassmentIn its current state definitely not worth the over-the-top investment. On my Ryzen 5900X, 32gb, nvme, rtx3070 the game stutters like crazy and doesn't really let you change much in the graphical options to remedy that. What's even more annoying is the lack of ultrawide monitor support, in 2021! I HOPE they will at least start patching it VERY fast, but it's a colossal embarrassment considering how much time they had and that it's an AAA title.… Expand
  29. tremault
    Jun 21, 2022
    0
    Terrible stutter issue, even on high end machines. sometimes game breaking, i.e. literal slideshow.
    still not fixed after being on epic for 6 months. Developer clearly doesn't care.
  30. Antek
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    The game is scripted to death, it should have been a TV series, so at least you could browse a smartphone 50% of time during another "exciting" sequence of walking-talking along a corridor where you can move only in one direction... booooooring
    P.s. Visual quality is ok
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#14 Best PC Game of 2021
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    80
    The PC version already has the improved textures from the PS5 version, but sometimes you'll just notice crappy textures, environments or NPCs that haven’t fully loaded yet, and of course image tearing in some not-so-frequent moments. The PC version is good, but personally I'd reach for the PS5 version which just runs smoother. [Issue#317]
  2. Movies Games and Tech
    Aug 15, 2022
    90
    FF7R is a fantastic reimaging of the iconic title. Refusing to classify itself as a nostalgia act, it expands upon the original narrative in new and exciting ways. The combat system has a seamless fluidity to it, allowing for engaging and entertaining gameplay sequences. Artistically, FF7R retains the level of quality players have come to expect from Square Enix, but it does falter ever so slightly in some environments. The updated rendition of the classic OST is outstanding from start to finish, with the sound design team matching it in every regard.
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  3. XGN
    Jul 18, 2022
    75
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is a visual marvel, and the environment focussed story is perhaps more relevant now than ever. The slick gameplay and new story twists make the game worth playing even for old school fans. The game does overstay its welcome, however. And the sidequests are a bit bland. Luckily, the Intergrade chapter largely fixes these complaints. If Square Enix stays that course, then Rebirth promises to be great.
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