Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. mitsarakos
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    Its very very boring. It would be OK for PS2 or PS3, but for PS5, NO, its out of date and very bad game. They didn't, try to make something good, they just want our money, I have it, and I try to convince myself to finish it..
  2. Not_too
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    For the newcomers, I can see the game being mind-boggling and beautiful enough to warrant a high score. However, for the fans of the original, this entry falls short of the 1997 original.

    Straight off the bat, I knew that it wasn't going to be the whole game. However, what I didn't know, was how disappointing exploring Midgar would be. Some of the side quests boil down to: Find 3    For the newcomers, I can see the game being mind-boggling and beautiful enough to warrant a high score. However, for the fans of the original, this entry falls short of the 1997 original.

    Straight off the bat, I knew that it wasn't going to be the whole game. However, what I didn't know, was how disappointing exploring Midgar would be. Some of the side quests boil down to: Find 3 chocobos that you have to traverse the entire world map for in chapter 14. The world map itself is essentially a long straight linear line with some offshoots to dungeons making it a series of Y-shaped corridors. The quality of the side quests simply doesn't justify the game being Midgar only. Sequences in the original game have been stretched to 30 minutes so you spend more time with your favorite characters that have been brought to life, instead of actually having something meaningful develop plotwise.

    Once the nostalgia wears off and you replay it, all of these little moments that were good on the first go, fall short and you just want to get it over with as soon as possible so you can go find that missing item/quest.

    Then there is the ending. This is an ending that is so disconnected with the tone of the rest of the remake and the original that I can't even begin to describe the drop in the enjoyment you get going from chapters 17 to 18. This ending fills older fans with worry and confuses newer players. SE either put this in just to get older fans talking (and will loop back to the events of the original just so they can "surprise" the older fans) or they have just majorly changed it for whatever reason. Either way, it's a shocking drop in storywriting and enjoyment compared to the rest of the game. Not only does the story become strange here. The characters they have lovingly built up in the first 35 hours completely change personalities. Aerith becomes a cryptic nonsense spewing prophet and the other characters just accept it and walk into the portal that pops up for the final boss just like that. Suddenly, even though this doesn't fit how shes portrayed in the rest of the game at all, Tifa says she's willing to defy destiny. Cloud doesn't say anything. Barrett, despite just being saved by fate, also agrees to spit in its face. Whether the change itself was good or not, I just cannot believe how badly they messed up the execution.

    I don't see how they will build up anything for part 2 anymore. The sephiroth and Aerith in this game are beings who can open dimensional portals like gods at this point of the story already. Our main cast of characters have already fought a literal manifestation of fate. Imagine going from that to the Midgar Zolom in game 2...

    Once I reached this ending and replayed the game on chapter select, because of how much of a bad taste the ending left in my mouth, all of the other issues with the games snail-like pacing in some areas become noticeable and I realized that this game was not justified in being Midgar only. I am now also fearful of how many sections they will release it in and how expanding it and adding filler willl lessen the impact of the special moments in the original.

    This absolutely horrendous experience is made even worse by the attitudes of the fanboys on the subs and forums discussing this game where any criticism is met with trolling or straw man arguments. Shame on Square-Enix for turning the Final Fantasy Franchise into a joke and shame on the people who support this direction    … Expand
  3. TruthSeaker
    Aug 15, 2023
    2
    Extremely underwhelming.
    Small part of the full game that was bloated with worthless content and sold for 70$
  4. LeKargo
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Not a good game. Dont like the system, boring story, toxic community, bad sounds, repetetiv gameplay,...
  5. Rovix
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    The worst action game I've played recently
    And one of the worst cash grab operation made by Square Enix, for stole money with the fanservice mist.
    Unfortunately they have just ruined the whole sense and story of the original FF7 just for that....
  6. AngelusNovus07
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    A lot of graphic engine and a lot of paraphernalia but quite inferior to the original in several aspects. The change of style of game seems to me a mistake because the sensations that it transmits while you play it are not in line with the story that is being told. The subject system of the original game was incredibly good even compared to current games, a revision and extension of thisA lot of graphic engine and a lot of paraphernalia but quite inferior to the original in several aspects. The change of style of game seems to me a mistake because the sensations that it transmits while you play it are not in line with the story that is being told. The subject system of the original game was incredibly good even compared to current games, a revision and extension of this would have been much more enjoyable to play. The characters look good but there's always something creaking about them as if something isn't quite right. In short, as a game it is entertaining and nice to watch but it doesn't go any further, it stays at the level of any RPG action of the last generations except for the technical improvement of the consoles and engines themselves. If we add to all the above that it is a game that in its original version came complete in several CDs and in this case is sold as several episodes that are worth the same as a complete game each we can reach the conclusion that the idea is to get the maximum benefit at the expense of mistreating a classic title in an unnecessary way.

    I don't recommend its purchase since the original game is a much better way to live the FF IIV experience and in case you are not looking for that experience but for a game of this style I think there are similar options in the market that for the price of a single episode of this title include the complete game.    … Expand
  7. Tobom
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    A terrible action game and a terrible final fantasy game
    This game called Remake it wasn't even a remake at all, and even so there's people that still praise and buy an incomplete mess like this multiple times just for the sake of the nostalgy???
    The worst sign of a dead franchise
  8. RenatoG
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    O jogo do PS1 é 10 vezes melhor. Esse ramake só enfia cutcines a cada 20 segundos de gameplay, fora não ter um controle de inteligência artificial para os companheiros do grupo. 30h de jogo e 26h foi o próprio jogo mostrando cenas automáticas .
  9. Toryi
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    A horrendous remake made by Square Enix to put another nail in the coffin of a dying franchise.
    Nomura menage to ruin a game with an already written plot and ruined the original good gameplay for make it more casual friendly....
    Pure trash, just like that ff16 garbage, Square isn't able to make new good Final Fantasy game today
  10. ImprudentDev
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Really great game, I had a lot of fun, but...
    I'm **** angry
    like really really **** angry So I spent 80 bucks on FF7 Remake yeah? I spent 40 hours on it yeah? turns out theres a part 2 It's PS5 exclusive meaning that if I want to see the entire story, I either play the OG game or Buy a PS5 WHAT THE **** DID I PAY 80 BUCKS AND SPEND 40 HOURS ON?! I got ****ed over hell I even    Really great game, I had a lot of fun, but...
    I'm **** angry
    like really really **** angry
    So I spent 80 bucks on FF7 Remake yeah?
    I spent 40 hours on it yeah?
    turns out theres a part 2
    It's PS5 exclusive
    meaning that if I want to see the entire story, I either play the OG game or Buy a PS5
    WHAT THE **** DID I PAY 80 BUCKS AND SPEND 40 HOURS ON?!
    I got ****ed over
    hell I even **** bought the prequel expecting to play that after finishing FF7
    And guess what
    there's literally no reason to **** play it now
    So I wasted another 80 bucks on that
    Thanks Square Enix
    oh good the oG FF7 is only 11 bucks
    still not less pissy
    they could have atleast marketted it as Part 1
    how hard could it have been to write 'Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 1'

    - Me in a discord chat

    Good game, really mad    … Expand
  11. Getyto
    Jul 17, 2023
    0
    Il peggior Remake che io abbia mai avuto la sfortuna di giocare
    Una schifezza commerciale senza precedenti che, alla fine, prosegue la scia di distruzione dell'universo narrativo di FF7
  12. xsmittyxcorex
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    Stop letting square get away with literally lying. It’s not a remake, it’s an unnecessary sequel with fan-fiction-tier writing. How on earth there isn’t unanimous laughter at the whispers in the same vein as Star Wars Prequel’s midichlorians is beyond me. One of the dumbest ideas to ever get greenlit for a big budget project.
  13. Nocho
    Jul 10, 2023
    0
    A boring action game and a dull Final Fantasy game
    First of all it's incomplete, and second it wasn't even a Remake in the first place.
    Why even bother to defend this fanfiction?
    Oh... yeah.... The fanservice right?
    LMAO
  14. Cedex
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    Pessimo gioco action, finto Remake, ed ignobile presa per i fondelli di Square Enix e Nomura verso i veri fan dll'iconico FF7 originale.
    Non intrattiene ed anzi annoia pesantemente a causa del l'allungamento di prodo tedioso dei nuovi personaggi.
    Sostanzialmente una fregatura
  15. R13Gamer
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plot has been bloated over. Dumb dementors ruin plot as the game becomes a crappy Kingdom Hearts story. Gameplay takes no effort or skill. (Like critical thinking.) Would not recommend.… Expand
  16. Roxu
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    A terrible action game and a bad Final Fantasy game
    If we add the linearity of all the maps to the laughable and pointless rewritten plot, the stereotypical characters feels out of place and not believable at all...
  17. Xerrin
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    A boring and bad Remake, because it isn't a real Remake
    They should have called it Final Fantasy VII Rewrite, since it fit better the point of this reboot
  18. huginodensen
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    De los peores juegos que he visto en mi vida, graficas deficientes, las mecanicas muy basicas y no deja de ser un vil pelijuego, la saga final fantasy esta muerta.
  19. Umjogador
    Jun 19, 2023
    0
    Ridiculous, bland and mediocre game. The original will always be better.This is one of the most boring games of all.Graphical quality doesn't mean the game will be any real good. The classic games are authentic and don't follow a pattern.
  20. mrBouargg
    Jun 18, 2023
    3
    Beau jeux mais vraiment dessus que ce ne soit plus le monde ouvert de la première version
  21. Jesol
    Jun 3, 2023
    0
    One of the most terrible actions games I've had the misfortune to play. A bad Final Fantasy game.
    Very linear, very easy, and with a plot so bad that it leaks everywhere...
    A very bad experience
  22. ericthetutor
    May 18, 2023
    0
    im in shock at the reviews for this game. it was an absolute joke of an easy walkthrough of a game that should have had a harder setting and it seemed more like one long intro level rather than a complete game that we all paid top dollar for. story was beyond basic and the gameplay was baaaarely open world with trivial side quests. highly disappointing for even the most modest of finalim in shock at the reviews for this game. it was an absolute joke of an easy walkthrough of a game that should have had a harder setting and it seemed more like one long intro level rather than a complete game that we all paid top dollar for. story was beyond basic and the gameplay was baaaarely open world with trivial side quests. highly disappointing for even the most modest of final fantasy fans. clearly part of a multi part money grab rather than a dedication to making a quality remake.… Expand
  23. 113
    Apr 24, 2023
    1
    They made my girl "Tifas" breast smaller. this is an outrage! I will not be purchasing this game because of its lack of staying faithful with the original.

    BTW, Stan says Hi
  24. Bicof
    Apr 19, 2023
    1
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is bad action jrpg and the worst possible kind of "remake" ever made.
    An incomplete game with a combact system that is a braindead button smashing, the linear exploration is poor, the characters development are completely stereotyped, and the whole plot feels like a pudding and boring filler of the original game.
    Overall a game that doesn't have nothing of    Final Fantasy VII Remake is bad action jrpg and the worst possible kind of "remake" ever made.
    An incomplete game with a combact system that is a braindead button smashing, the linear exploration is poor, the characters development are completely stereotyped, and the whole plot feels like a pudding and boring filler of the original game.

    Overall a game that doesn't have nothing of really remarkable, if we exclude the OST, and that is created as a sadly and cheap marketing move for nostalgic people.
    Nothing more than that.    … Expand
  25. livelaughlove7
    Apr 12, 2023
    4
    Game was insulting and childish. WHAT WAS SQUARE ENIX THINKING? The constant hand holding, the goofy cut scenes every 5 mins was a huge barrier in enjoying this game. I was expecting a literal 1:1 scene remake the entire way through. The story is there, now us Millennials who enjoyed this game while young, we wanted a good remake of this story. I'm morbidly disappointed in FF7 Remake. IGame was insulting and childish. WHAT WAS SQUARE ENIX THINKING? The constant hand holding, the goofy cut scenes every 5 mins was a huge barrier in enjoying this game. I was expecting a literal 1:1 scene remake the entire way through. The story is there, now us Millennials who enjoyed this game while young, we wanted a good remake of this story. I'm morbidly disappointed in FF7 Remake. I love Final Fantasy so much I'm still wiling to support and buy their games, but gone are the days of great story telling and adventure. I recently got the PS5, played Elden Ring while waiting for this game. Elden Ring was just mind blowing and PHENOMENAL! I was gobsmacked with the great graphics and great LoTR style story. Ecstatic to get FF7 Remake, playing it, realizing it's some episodic style of gameplay, Wedge is cringy as hell just hearing that voice is painful, the graphics are just OK. I was so disappointed. And NO OPEN WORLD???? Square Enix, the next one better stay faithful to the story and have an open world, or it will be a flop. The top head wigs at Square are so unbelievably out of touch. That being said, I'll still buy the FF7 Remake Part 2. I hope the guys designing this game can TAKE A HINT AND TAKE OUR REVIEWS SERIOUSLY!… Expand
  26. Mekoci
    Apr 7, 2023
    0
    This is an horrible pile of trash game.
    One of the worst action jrpg ever made, and definitely the most boring jrpg played in the recent years.
    Terrible plot and terrible gameplay are the 2 reasons for avoid this mess
  27. Playtoomuchbruh
    Mar 28, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is good, smooth and maybe a little repetetive, but overall good. Areas are beautifully crafted but not as dark as the original would’ve suggested. What really drags this game down is the audacity to rip up the foundation of what everyone came to love from the original. The original game deals with heavy terms such as identity and loss(life/death) which are ripped out of the game, everyone survives, nothing matters and apparently Aeris knows way more than she lets on. The game is acting extremely self aware and dont even to attempt to hide its disgust for the original fans by the not so subtle metaphor of the whispers. I dont even want to write about the last part of the game as it was just disrespectful.

    This game feels like someone looked at it and thought they could surpass the original, but all they did was destroying the soul of it, so they could persue their own little fanfic.

    Tl;dr Director turns FF7 into his personal fanfic and kills off the originals soul.
    (Anyone who mentions that this is a sequel should read the title of the game; Remake)

    I would not recommend.    … Expand
  28. ichimitch
    Mar 26, 2023
    0
    If you want to see what a remake should be, check out Bluepoint Games work. They Remade Shadow of the Collosus and Demon Souls. Both of which hold very true to the original games. FFVIIR doesn't resemble the original in any regard what so ever: It's a new game entirely. Calling this pretty abomination a remake is an insult. F*** you, Squeenix.
  29. HappySpaceInvad
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    This appears to have been made for nostalgic fans with rose-tinted spectacles only.

    I bought the original game on release, but quickly tired of it as it seemed really childish. To be fair, I was already 25 in 1997, so possibly not part of the target demographic. I did enjoy the battles though…. So I decided to give this remake a go, thinking it might be made to cater to modern    This appears to have been made for nostalgic fans with rose-tinted spectacles only.

    I bought the original game on release, but quickly tired of it as it seemed really childish. To be fair, I was already 25 in 1997, so possibly not part of the target demographic. I did enjoy the battles though….

    So I decided to give this remake a go, thinking it might be made to cater to modern sensibilities… but no. The dialogue is still horribly corny (and full of bizarre non sequiturs), the voice acting is hammy as heck, the characters are hackneyed and 2-dimensional (protagonist of few words, fawning female, jolly fat man, gruff muscle man who’s always shouting…).

    I don’t even think the graphics are especially good for a PS4 title, with very repetitive NPC models. And the combat is no longer typical JRPG turn-based, but instead a rather vague and sloppy real-time affair with abysmal camera controls.

    I always felt the original was a bit overrated, but I’m stumped as to why this remake got such glowing reviews. Nostalgia is a powerful force, I guess.    … Expand
  30. Garuc
    Mar 24, 2023
    0
    One of the worst and boring piece of garbage I've ever played.
    A ridiculous walking simulator game, with a trash gameplay and a disgusting story where the bland characters just act like braindead dudes.
    Square should be ashamed for releasing this horrible and incomplete game
  31. Rasilou
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    Una schifezza immonda che rovina il FF7 originale, e che crea uno dei peggiori precedenti videoludici di Square Enix.
    Vendere un gioco incompleto molteplici volte, se contiamo Intergrade, e uscirne con i soldi di coloro che hanno sostanzialmente fregato.
    Il gioco è un action insipido, ripetitivo, e senza spunti interessanti, che rovina il Materia System dell'originale, e distrugge la    Una schifezza immonda che rovina il FF7 originale, e che crea uno dei peggiori precedenti videoludici di Square Enix.
    Vendere un gioco incompleto molteplici volte, se contiamo Intergrade, e uscirne con i soldi di coloro che hanno sostanzialmente fregato.
    Il gioco è un action insipido, ripetitivo, e senza spunti interessanti, che rovina il Materia System dell'originale, e distrugge la narrativa infarcendola di idiozie e lungaggini noiose ed inutili.
    Non basta fare il graficozzo per un gioco cinematografico ed a corridoi come questo, giusto per far leva sul becero fanservice fatto male.
    Perché è questo ciò che ci hanno venduto.
    Un pessimo action jrpg basato sul pessimo fanservice    … Expand
  32. Jidik
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    A trash Remake and a bad jrpg.
    One of the hugest disappointment ever played.
    Plot - 2/10 Gameplay - 0/10 Graphics - 5/10 They have created a button smashing action gameplay for this game, and it's a boring sh%t, just like the new plot. A linear corridor game with just cinematics every 5 minutes. Square Enix ruined a PS1 game story, just for building a soulless piece of crap for    A trash Remake and a bad jrpg.
    One of the hugest disappointment ever played.

    Plot - 2/10
    Gameplay - 0/10
    Graphics - 5/10

    They have created a button smashing action gameplay for this game, and it's a boring sh%t, just like the new plot.
    A linear corridor game with just cinematics every 5 minutes.
    Square Enix ruined a PS1 game story, just for building a soulless piece of crap for milk the blind fanboys.    … Expand
  33. Vamiko
    Feb 4, 2023
    1
    Create a boring and totally linear cinematic jrpg, without the original artstyle of the original game, and rewriting the original plot for create a sequel, it was one of the worst moves made by Square Enix.
    One of the most disappointing games ever
  34. aaronnmp96
    Jan 30, 2023
    3
    The best thing about the game is its Gameplay, was it so difficult to keep the original story?
  35. Secod
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Worst "Remake" played. And actual scam from Square Enix.
    They menage to capture the people with the nostalgic factor, and than they leave to Nomura and Toriyama the free script choice for change the whole plot of the original main game.
    And they have even menage to ruin the basic core of the the Materia system, trying to put together a sort of pseudo hybrid action game, and creating    Worst "Remake" played. And actual scam from Square Enix.
    They menage to capture the people with the nostalgic factor, and than they leave to Nomura and Toriyama the free script choice for change the whole plot of the original main game.
    And they have even menage to ruin the basic core of the the Materia system, trying to put together a sort of pseudo hybrid action game, and creating something of soulless and tremendously repetitive.
    Linear maps, and a padding and excessive dilated plot contribute to put a grave stone to this garbage project.    … Expand
  36. Rityx
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    Terrible and INCOMPLETE action jrpg.
    Yep. Square Enix menage to ruin FF7 story with this fake Remake. And the most hilarious aspect of this?
    The people buiyed 2 times this incomplete fake Remake.
    And is still unfinished! LOL
    Little advice, avoid this
  37. jotaroo
    Jan 10, 2023
    1
    terrible game. It's really bad when it's compared to the original one. Also, what's up with those stupid corridors? it's not 1997 dude it's 2020 and still that terrible map design. I'm not even talking about the stupidly unfair and effortlessly designed enemies. the destiny **** literally has no weaknesses and also kills you in one move, can block all of your attacks and when you're deadterrible game. It's really bad when it's compared to the original one. Also, what's up with those stupid corridors? it's not 1997 dude it's 2020 and still that terrible map design. I'm not even talking about the stupidly unfair and effortlessly designed enemies. the destiny **** literally has no weaknesses and also kills you in one move, can block all of your attacks and when you're dead you gotta do all of those boring stuff over and over again. Don't even bother playing this game. Also you know what, It's not even a whole game ONLY THE MIDGAR PART DUDE ONLY THE MIDGAR. And they want a full price for it, which is also pretty dumb. Anyways, all I'm saying is even though probably lots of money has spent during the development process this game is just bad. Like literally, it's just bad.… Expand
  38. Grapen
    Jan 2, 2023
    0
    FF7 Remake is the worst Final Fantasy game I've played.
    A monotonous, ridiculous rubbish bad game that reduces the plot to an insipid and diluted mush with an embarrassing script and dialogue.
    The gameplay sucks, and the "world" of the game has no soul, considering that Midgard is the main city of the original, in this FF7R it becomes flat and ridiculous to visit. A bad game that I do    FF7 Remake is the worst Final Fantasy game I've played.
    A monotonous, ridiculous rubbish bad game that reduces the plot to an insipid and diluted mush with an embarrassing script and dialogue.
    The gameplay sucks, and the "world" of the game has no soul, considering that Midgard is the main city of the original, in this FF7R it becomes flat and ridiculous to visit.

    A bad game that I do not recommend to anyone who is a fan of the series, and an embarrassing whim perpetrated by Nomura and with the concession of a Square Enix now in disarray trash company.    … Expand
  39. Crimson9
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    Since the release of Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix has been in terminal decline in terms of quality. However, it has managed to sustain the Final Fantasy brand through trading all that the series used to be about for state of the art graphics and flashy, style-over-substance gameplay.

    FF7 should have been a return to form. The combat is certainly flashy, but it is not lacking in    Since the release of Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix has been in terminal decline in terms of quality. However, it has managed to sustain the Final Fantasy brand through trading all that the series used to be about for state of the art graphics and flashy, style-over-substance gameplay.

    FF7 should have been a return to form. The combat is certainly flashy, but it is not lacking in substance. Thanks to the fact this is a remake, the characters and humor from the old game are present here, too. And the soundtrack is still largely made up of the same tracks, and the new additions are brilliant as well.

    However, despite all that, the rot and utter degeneration of this once-great video game developer is blatantly evident.

    For one, their decision to split the game into 3 parts for monetary reasons means the pacing here is utterly atrocious. It shows in the combat, which ends up being marathon tussles with bosses who have an obnoxious amount of HP. But pacing is most detrimental to the story...

    ...And God, how badly has the story been butchered? This has to go down as one of the worst stories ever told in the gaming medium. And considering that FF7 had one of the best opening acts of any video game, this has to be in the running for the worst remake ever, purely as a result of this fact.

    Tetsuya Nomura does not understand ANYTHING about what makes a plot good. The changes in the plot would have been bad enough on their own (since the plot now literally makes no sense), but he had to add in the time traveling ghosts that appear whenever a major story point is changed, to further slow the pacing. To make matters worse, the whole thing seems to be some metanarrative about the fans and other square enix employees who dared to want Nomura to make this remake be a... remake, and not a new story.

    Talk about narcissism.

    But apparently Square Enix's fanboys are swallowing this trash right up. So I guess good graphics and stylish gameplay is all you really need. Who needs a story to make common sense?

    4/10    … Expand
  40. Nythya
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    A boring piece of crap. Don't waste your money.

    Since this was the result of this cash grab created by Square Enix, and the childish/cringe Nomura mind. This is the objective demonstration of how much Nomura actually cares about all the people that simply asked for a faithful remake. 0 The gameplay is a mess, the plot is a cringe show of stereotype characters, and a nonsensical    A boring piece of crap. Don't waste your money.

    Since this was the result of this cash grab created by Square Enix, and the childish/cringe Nomura mind.
    This is the objective demonstration of how much Nomura actually cares about all the people that simply asked for a faithful remake.
    0

    The gameplay is a mess, the plot is a cringe show of stereotype characters, and a nonsensical trash.
    A cutscenes every 20 minutes and a totally linear maps don't incentive the 0 exploration of the game, with also atrocious side quest.
    And this mess is only a portion of the original game, rewritten for create a new FF7 Compilation (again), and continuing to milk the same story for the next 2 generations...
    (without counting the ff7 Intergrade exclusive DLC.......)    … Expand
  41. makojuice420
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    Quite possibly the worst game ever made. What starts as something that looks promising quickly turns into a bigger let down than C19 in 2020! You are better off just watching someone stream this game and save your money. Soulless cash grab with paid positive ratings / paid censorship of negative review's
  42. Yucuvu
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    This game is, basically, scam.
    Since it isn't a true "Remake", but a soft reboot/sequel.
    Nobody asked for this, but Nomura wished to rebuild his Compilation of FF7 mess....
    Ended up to create an incomplete cinematic game, with a bad gameplay, and a corridor simulator game.
    Don't waste your money on this.
  43. kuehnau
    Sep 27, 2022
    3
    The original Final Fantasy 7 was the whole reason why I even bought a Sony Playstation to begin with. I worked a paper route at the time and I was making about $75.00 a month.

    Maybe it was the fact I had to work so hard to even buy the game that it holds such fond memories? So, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, where do I begin..? Well, it's not what I expected. A lot of the dialog feels weird    The original Final Fantasy 7 was the whole reason why I even bought a Sony Playstation to begin with. I worked a paper route at the time and I was making about $75.00 a month.

    Maybe it was the fact I had to work so hard to even buy the game that it holds such fond memories?

    So, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, where do I begin..? Well, it's not what I expected. A lot of the dialog feels weird or off. Characters will say things that seem incredibly awkward or misplaced. Barrett seems like they changed him in to a full blown psychopath Greenpeace terrorist. And I get it, Avalanche were basically terrorists at the time, but Barret just seems so over the top it isn't funny.
    Then I remember that this first installment of the game only goes up until the point you actually leave Midgar. The developers said they wanted to tell a bigger, wider story. I don't know if I feel inclined to believe that. The slums in Midgar are just terrible mazes of hallways with little pockets of open spaces, all of the environments in this area all look the same and it gets to the point traveling without the mini map is actually almost impossible.

    Adding to that is the fact there are areas you just can't go to. They are either literally locked off, or the game will simply force you to turn around and tell you to get bent. There's a ton of optional quests that are either fetch quests or combat quests. And they are placed so far apart they have you running to opposite fringes of the slums to complete them. The developers must have realized that their design of the slums were awful, because they added options to automatically go back to a quest giver after you complete your tasks.

    So far none of these quests feel meaningful in any capacity. Go kill some rats, go find my cats, go talk to this NPC. These quests and the characters that are involved with them are almost instantly forgotten by me. This doesn't feel like it's expanding the story or the world in a thoughtful way. This feels like padding tacked on as an excuse not to present the whole story in a single installment.

    I sometimes wonder if it's because Final Fantasy 7 came on so many disks that the developers felt inclined to drag the entire story out or if it was sheer greed motivating them, stretching the series out as far as they could to milk it as long as possible. I feel inclined to believe it's the later. People need to remember Final Fantasy 7 wasn't actually all that long, the extra disks that came with the original game were there mostly to hold all the CGI elements, not the major contents of the game itself. T
    he combat system is what it is. It feels clunky and oddly paced to me. They included a optional mode called classic mode that makes an attempt at emulating the classic combat feeling of the original game while still using their own combat system, almost as if the developers realized people weren't going to like their new combat system.

    Bottom line is this, the game feels badly paced, a lot of the additional story telling feels forgettable, the dialog is weird and the combat is clunky. After waiting so long for a remake of Final Fantasy, this isn't what I was expecting and it's not really what I wanted.

    I am probably not going to buy any of the other games, I am unsure if I am going to even keep buying Square Enix games, they've really went down hill.    … Expand
  44. Erith
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    This $hit game sucks on every single level.
    From the hallways structure of all the maps in the game, to the absolutely padding and tedious dialogues.
    The characters are terrible, created in the worst kind of stereotypical way even for a Japanese game. The action gameplay sucks, and the new plot was one of the most ridiculous I've recently read. If we add to this the atrocious texture    This $hit game sucks on every single level.
    From the hallways structure of all the maps in the game, to the absolutely padding and tedious dialogues.
    The characters are terrible, created in the worst kind of stereotypical way even for a Japanese game.
    The action gameplay sucks, and the new plot was one of the most ridiculous I've recently read.
    If we add to this the atrocious texture quality and the ridiculous fetch quests, this game fails miserably    … Expand
  45. Erresug
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is easily one of the worst Final Fantasy game I've ever played in more than 10 years.

    First of all, it isn't a true Remake. But a ridiculous Reboot/Sequel made in an alternative timeline, thanks to the sh%ty plot made by Nomura. And second, it's basically a cinematic corridor simulator. That kind of game that stop you from playing it because, at every single 5    Final Fantasy VII Remake is easily one of the worst Final Fantasy game I've ever played in more than 10 years.

    First of all, it isn't a true Remake. But a ridiculous Reboot/Sequel made in an alternative timeline, thanks to the sh%ty plot made by Nomura.
    And second, it's basically a cinematic corridor simulator.
    That kind of game that stop you from playing it because, at every single 5 minutes with slow motion walking, a new 5 minutes cutscenes starts.
    Atrocious game. Avoid it, if you can    … Expand
  46. Phuz
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    My God. If irritating, over the top, shoddy voice acting, combined with irritating, over the top, shoddy scripting floats your boat, then guess what? You're in luck. You'll have a field day in fact because that is exactly what this is. A load of irritating, Hollywood style junk. If I asked you to go and find me a game where I want to kick all the annoying little **** of characters inMy God. If irritating, over the top, shoddy voice acting, combined with irritating, over the top, shoddy scripting floats your boat, then guess what? You're in luck. You'll have a field day in fact because that is exactly what this is. A load of irritating, Hollywood style junk. If I asked you to go and find me a game where I want to kick all the annoying little **** of characters in the face and you brought me this, you would pass your mission.

    You'd have to be about 13 years old to remotely tolerate the acting and script here. Total, utter **** And a big fookin whopping 100GB of hard drive clogging **** at that.    … Expand
  47. JoakoGarcon
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    I really love this remake... There a lot of things to do, is great how they added new thing to the main story, I think the only thing I thing disagree about it is not controlling one character that appears in the late game... But despite of that it's a wonderful game
  48. ASalty801
    Aug 16, 2022
    2
    Looks pretty, but that's about it. The gameplay simply isnt fun and its packed with garbage filler to stretch the game into multiple releases because money. A proper ff7 remake should have been an easy home run, but by either greed or incompetence we got this.
  49. Stratslinger315
    Aug 16, 2022
    0
    Only part of the game. The other part will be exclusive for PlayStation 5. I’m not wasting my money on that trash when a gaming pc is simply better. If you release half a game on a console, release the other half. I don’t care about performance, I feel cheated af right now and won’t bother unless I can find a way to scam it on a pc. Not paying a cent more.
  50. Sequn
    Aug 2, 2022
    2
    The worst action jrpg I've played on my PS4, and the literally worst remake ever made.
    All these people that try to start ff7 they don't understand what the actual original PS1 game is, because this sh#t fake remake try to make a sort of Reboot of the original story, making retarded plot changes (crazy time ghost sh#t, and alternative timeline garbage) that destroy completely the whole    The worst action jrpg I've played on my PS4, and the literally worst remake ever made.
    All these people that try to start ff7 they don't understand what the actual original PS1 game is, because this sh#t fake remake try to make a sort of Reboot of the original story, making retarded plot changes (crazy time ghost sh#t, and alternative timeline garbage) that destroy completely the whole sense of the original. Who praise this crap, and who praise the idiotic Nomura's choice, are basically blind.    … Expand
  51. Tomplexthis
    Jul 7, 2022
    4
    I hate this game, i like this game, They completely Vomited out the heart and soul of the original, for money, they split the game up for money, there is a great game here, but this is the first 3 hours of the original 45 hour story of FF7, there are awful textures in this game that look like 1997 year old Jpeg files, terrible padding, terrible characters, ham-fisted in dementors, TheyI hate this game, i like this game, They completely Vomited out the heart and soul of the original, for money, they split the game up for money, there is a great game here, but this is the first 3 hours of the original 45 hour story of FF7, there are awful textures in this game that look like 1997 year old Jpeg files, terrible padding, terrible characters, ham-fisted in dementors, They lost what made ff7, Life and Death, and just made another Kingdom Hearts, but with the skin of ff7 on it, this game is about destiny hearts and darkness, and i hated it. but it still wasn't terrible, even though iam disgusted with everything this game stands for. it is definitely Greedy. and i just wish it was gone.

    There is way too much padding and slow down in this game, you can barely move, it feels like molasses, and it holds your hand.    … Expand
  52. Salty_McSalt
    Jun 24, 2022
    2
    We wanted a remake for years. So many years that two decades passed us all by and then we finally got it. I would have loved to say that the wait was worth it. That it was worth it to wait a little longer for the game to be ported over from the PS4 to PC... I do. I truly wish I could say that...

    The game is graphically excellent. The voice acting is great (for the most part). That's    We wanted a remake for years. So many years that two decades passed us all by and then we finally got it. I would have loved to say that the wait was worth it. That it was worth it to wait a little longer for the game to be ported over from the PS4 to PC... I do. I truly wish I could say that...

    The game is graphically excellent.
    The voice acting is great (for the most part).
    That's all we wanted.

    Sadly, they decided to mess with the story.
    A story that had a constant sense of urgency.
    Now; we have side quests that make the sense of urgency evaporate in the blink of an eye.
    Sephiroth is introduced ludicrously early.
    And what the hell is with all the ghosts in capes?

    WHAT THE HELL?!?!

    In one scene they're terrifying Sector 7, with you beating the sh*t out of them as they attack you for seemingly no reason, and the next time you see them they're helping you?!?! What the f*ck is that for poor consistency? After the first major encounter with them, it was if the incident never happened!

    Barretttttt: "These ghost things are bad!"
    Cloud: "Ugh. Yeah. Ugh."

    And that's it! It's as if the ghost terrorizing Sector 7 never happened.
    They're completely forgotten about!
    Didn't happen!?

    As for Cloud:
    Someone: "hahaha funny joke"
    Cloud: "Ugh!"

    Every God damn five minutes!
    It's like reading a typical Reddit thread; nauseating, repetitive, and cringe.

    Like I said, the game is graphically brilliant, voice acting is done well (with the exception of Cloud's script work, which should be shoved up Nomura's a**) but they messed with the story by diluting it down and padding it with content that.. frankly... makes me wish I was glad I pirated the game.

    I stopped playing it at Aeris' house.
    I've uninstalled it.
    Glad I didn't buy it.
    Glad I pirated it.
    It's that bad.

    I can't tell you how many times I've played the original version.
    More than 40+ play throughs in 20+ years?

    I've bought/owned it on the PS1, PC, iFad, PS4, back to PC with Steam...
    I've bought this timeless classic multiple times on different platforms.

    F*ck you, Nomura, you ruined this one great opportunity with Reddit-Tier Padded Cringe.

    The remake is a padded out disappointment.

    They would have been better off leaving the original story alone.

    I'm reinstalling the original version, via Steam, as I type this. I prefer it.    … Expand
  53. Hypergem
    Jun 21, 2022
    0
    Story is bad especially ending. The game is full of fillers and contains boring fetch quests. The game is going full Kingdom Hearts with the story with all the faith alternating events. Combat is also mediocre.
  54. Biggun
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    Square Enix crache à la gueule des joueurs en refusant de leur proposer ce remake de Final Fantasy 7 pour la partie Midgard. Ce zéro pointé en note est le retour de boomerang.
  55. Sir_Him
    Jun 10, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bloated mess of a game. Outside the music and fantastic visuals, the only thing good about this game is the combat system, but that's only at the start. After a while, you realize that it's all spectacle and no substance, which is Nomura's specialty.

    All they had to do was follow the original game and expand a bit here and there, but instead they decided to cram the game with useless filler so they can justify slicing it up and selling it in parts for $60 - $100 a pop. And don't even get me started on the corrupt decision to lock the DLC to the PS5 only. Sucks to suck for the people who got this game on the PS4.

    The story is such a mess I don't even know where to begin. First off, the reveal that Sephiroth was the one Cloud was seeing in those brief black outs, is not only wrong, but completely ruins Sephiroth's reveal later on. In the original, Sephiroth's reveal was masterfully done. Walking through the hallways of the Shrina building, seeing the trail of blood as you came across mutilated corpses of enemies you were just struggling to fight and then finding the body of the Shinra president. It made you terrified of Sephiroth. This time, they show him right off the bat and ruin any sort of build up to the fact that he's alive. Yes, the original came out 30 years ago and everyone knows that Sephiroth is alive, but that doesn't excuse poor story telling. If A New Hope was remade and they added a bunch of scenes where Vader was taunting Luke through the Force and told him right away he's Luke's father, it would be seen as a massive misstep and downright insulting. Everyone knows that Vader is Luke's father, but that doesn't make the reveal in Empire any less impactful all these years later. Changing the Sephiroth reveal shows that they have no idea how to tell a story, but I should have expected that with Nomura at the helm of this project.

    The entire idea that Cloud and Sephiroth are fate-crossed enemies is a bunch of bull crap, as well. Go play the original. Sephiroth barely even notices Clouds existence other than seeing him as a useful pawn. Them being fated enemies never even comes into play. At most, Cloud hates Sephiroth and wants to kill him.

    And to top it all off, the in-game representation of fans of the original game, the ones that have been pleading for a remake for 20+ years are the final villain of part 1. The arbiters of fate or whatever they were called are trying to have this new game follow the story beats of the original and they have you kill them off. They have you kill off the in-game representation of the people who wanted the game to be true to the original. How is that not seen as a massive insult? It's a spit in the face to people who asked for a remake for years and then got this hot mess.

    TLDR: This game sucked and Nomura is an idiot.    … Expand
  56. 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
  57. Lucky_Strikez
    May 15, 2022
    1
    I keep trying to like this, I just upgraded to the PS5 version and the whole game is literally just padding and filler. I love the original game so much and they destroyed it here. Tifa was my favorite character but I hate her in this version. They made her look so stupid and her voice doesn't match at all. Wedge is also retarded. There's a lot of awesome things that they did right butI keep trying to like this, I just upgraded to the PS5 version and the whole game is literally just padding and filler. I love the original game so much and they destroyed it here. Tifa was my favorite character but I hate her in this version. They made her look so stupid and her voice doesn't match at all. Wedge is also retarded. There's a lot of awesome things that they did right but overall I just can't deny that I hate it overall. We had a chance to see something awesome here, they could've recreated FF7 1:1 and instead of pre-rendered gfx we could have seen it all in realtime. That would have been glorious. But that's never going to happen now, they done **** up.… Expand
  58. Ozhubi
    Apr 25, 2022
    0
    Horrible corridor simulator and fake Remake.
    If you have played the original game, you can clearly see how much this boring mess is worse in almost every single aspect except for the graphics department.
    A gigantic disaster made in the worst and incomplete way possible.
  59. Neens
    Mar 21, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Level design was far too linear in comparison to the original game , not many secrets and items to find in 'dungeon areas'. Lack of materia. Ending changed, giving away far too much of the latter story. Did not stay true to original game Sephiroth introduced way to early. Positives - graphics look amazing, some of the reworked sound track sound good however not all.… Expand
  60. TheGuitarGamer
    Apr 12, 2022
    2
    I played it. I must admit, it's a really beautiful remake. But selling the game with different arcs and selling for 70$ each is a absurd. I think I'll stick with the PS1/PC classic version.
  61. Pon3
    Mar 29, 2022
    0
    Ethics department ruined this game They clearly have too much power I thought they were safe from this western bs but it's bad and turned a good game to ****
  62. Rats_Off_To_Ya
    Mar 18, 2022
    2
    Visually, just unbelievably amazing coming from a fan of the game. Exiting the apartment to the view of the upper plate and the slums of Sector 7 just simply perfect, and sets the tone for the rest of the perfect visual delivery.

    However, story starts to show some red flags that are first apparent with Sephiroth getting shoved into the story right from the get go. Storyline continues to    Visually, just unbelievably amazing coming from a fan of the game. Exiting the apartment to the view of the upper plate and the slums of Sector 7 just simply perfect, and sets the tone for the rest of the perfect visual delivery.

    However, story starts to show some red flags that are first apparent with Sephiroth getting shoved into the story right from the get go. Storyline continues to get more muddled in the narritive as it gets closer to the end of this first part.

    I'll continue to applaud the visuals and the work the PC mod community has done but not looking forward to the story in parts to come.    … Expand
  63. alexwang
    Mar 18, 2022
    3
    10 for the main story
    -7 for your fxxking mini game
    If you can’t make it well, then don’t make it.
    The trash mini game totally ruined my experience.
  64. CrackBandicoot
    Mar 7, 2022
    4
    I will never understand why FF13 gets so much flack for being linear, but this game is praised to no end. Sure, this game technically has side quests, but you have to complete them before you move on to the next area or you are never able to complete them. I hate when games do this, and FF7 is no exception.
    The combat is not particularly well done either. It feels like it's trying to be    I will never understand why FF13 gets so much flack for being linear, but this game is praised to no end. Sure, this game technically has side quests, but you have to complete them before you move on to the next area or you are never able to complete them. I hate when games do this, and FF7 is no exception.
    The combat is not particularly well done either. It feels like it's trying to be turn based and real time simultaneously and it just doesn't work. This game's rendition of the AP system is a shallow attempt at making combat similar to the original game. Needing to rack up damage in order to use offensive abilities makes sense, but needing to do this to heal your party doesn't make much sense. In a turn based game you would choose to either deal damage or heal yourself. In this combat system, you have to do both and it makes no sense. This game would be much better if it went all in in either direction. I would prefer turn based combat, but even going all in on the real time combat would've made it better. I may not have liked FF15's combat system, but at least it didn't try to be something it's not, keeping it straightforward.
    Although there are some positives. The different combat styles for each character can keep gameplay unique, which is an upgrade over 15's combat system. The materia system is also fun. There can also be fun character interactions. Cloud has zero personality, which makes him kinda boring, but also creates some funny moments when other characters actual personalities juxtapose with his.
    This game has some pros to it, but not enough to make this game actually enjoyable.    … Expand
  65. Tzol
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Un-Fun
    Tedious combat system like FF15
    Repetitive
    Feels like half a game packed with filler.

    Pro's
    Great music.
    Looks good
  66. lightningalex1
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    Great story, graphics, characters and gameplay. But the experience is completely ruined by terrible mini-games that are just there to frustrate players. The pull up game is the absolute worst. This shows a clear lack of standards by Square Enix. I have to give a low rating because this is unacceptable.
  67. zyakin
    Feb 13, 2022
    1
    in Russia, the game of the final fantasy series has a huge fan base. The generation of 1995-2005 grew up on them. It's a pity that SQUARE ENIX spits in the face of its loyal fans. Although my assessment will not do anything, but I will no longer be a game for fans of the final fantasy series.
  68. yoeeeey
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    Basically made the worst aspects of the original game's story, dialog, and plot and made then even worse. Totally and unabashedly cringe, childish, unnappealing, self-important without substance, and generally lacking a creative purpose other than making revenue gains.

    The graphics and setting are nice. That's my positive note The gameplay relies heavily on handholding and tutorial    Basically made the worst aspects of the original game's story, dialog, and plot and made then even worse. Totally and unabashedly cringe, childish, unnappealing, self-important without substance, and generally lacking a creative purpose other than making revenue gains.

    The graphics and setting are nice. That's my positive note

    The gameplay relies heavily on handholding and tutorial pop-ups that break immersion. Aside from that, combat is unintuitive and frustrating for a number of reasons: bad ai design, bad stun and stagger mechanics that are heavily biased against the player, and yet it's still too easy. It's just not great. Square has not been able to figure out 3D action-oriented gameplay in 20 years, and I really wish they would just abandon that venture and stick to thoughtful strategy.

    I think Square has gone too far into itself and lost touch with its fan base. In fact this game is an open mockery of fans, so much so that it's integrated into the story in a controversial twist that breaks the fourth wall and shatters any chance of immersion. It's a joke, they know it and they're laughing at you for buying it. These people don't appreciate video games as an art form anymore, and really that's just sad. I feel bad for Square. Selling your soul never really works out.

    In conclusion, Final Fantasy VII: Remake is a flamboyant testament of self-sabotage. I wish I could say I had the motivation to stick through to the next release being such a fan of the original, but frankly they lost me on this one. Once these losers get rich they get addicted and they stop caring about what they're doing. Don't enable them, don't give them your money.    … Expand
  69. Under8tedX
    Feb 3, 2022
    3
    I don't know what to really say, apart from i didn't really enjoy it.. I didn't really like the combat system because, its not turn based and it feels more like a hack and slash than anything else. The camera is god awful, the way the camera and cinematics works was really annoying. I mean your trying to walk/look one way, but its dragging you to look in the direction the game intends forI don't know what to really say, apart from i didn't really enjoy it.. I didn't really like the combat system because, its not turn based and it feels more like a hack and slash than anything else. The camera is god awful, the way the camera and cinematics works was really annoying. I mean your trying to walk/look one way, but its dragging you to look in the direction the game intends for you to go. And the story isn't that good either. it all takes part in midgar tho, and i wasn't really hooked on the story, it was kind of boring to be honest (different from the original). There are similarities here and there with the story of the original. But it has really pointless side quests, pointless bosses (most of them) and really a pointless combat engine. Its too chaotic and hectic, too much going on in battles. I think the original FF7 is still a way better game than this one, because at least to me games are not about graphics. I mean why do we play games in the first place? For graphics? or for "GAME PLAY"? This game wasn't too disappointing since i never played it on release. But when i saw it for 10$, i bought it and said "what the hey" why not. Also i should add, it draaaaaaaags on like nothing i have ever played before.Like i said, it all takes place in midgar and it drags on pointlessly, not really adding anything relevant to the story. This really pales in comparison to the original and doesn't even hold a candle to it.… Expand
  70. Harryik
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Где же Русская локализация? Хотя бы субтитры сделали, почему Sony плевать на своих фанатов???… Expand
  71. UltanCombo
    Jan 10, 2022
    4
    I don't think I'm going to make any friends here by saying this is a poor game. Theres parts of me that loves this game but the combat is terrible. Hated every fight and every boss battle. I dreaded a boss battle. When ever there was a boss battle I had to mentally prepare myself for the ordeal. Never was there a time I found any combat enjoyable. If you enjoy this type of combat I reallyI don't think I'm going to make any friends here by saying this is a poor game. Theres parts of me that loves this game but the combat is terrible. Hated every fight and every boss battle. I dreaded a boss battle. When ever there was a boss battle I had to mentally prepare myself for the ordeal. Never was there a time I found any combat enjoyable. If you enjoy this type of combat I really don't understand how.

    The world and the environment is fantastic. The characters are brilliant. These elements were the only things that kept me playing. Without these elements at the level of polish they are at I think this game gets a three or a two. But they are carrying this game to a four.

    This is a game and has to be rated as a game first and a story second and as a game its poor. I couldn't bare to go near this again    … Expand
  72. Mexicancritic22
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    I dont understand why did they make cloud a wack character and tell the story diffrent from the original
  73. GallusUpstart
    Jan 3, 2022
    3
    What a wasted opportunity. I find this game so dull with absolutely terrible pacing with my overall experience of this game being of frustration and boredom.

    Sure the graphics are great, but what’s the point in beautiful graphics when the world is lifeless and not interactive, or, that those graphics are locked behind poorly hidden loading screen areas? Sure, the combat CAN be thrilling,    What a wasted opportunity. I find this game so dull with absolutely terrible pacing with my overall experience of this game being of frustration and boredom.

    Sure the graphics are great, but what’s the point in beautiful graphics when the world is lifeless and not interactive, or, that those graphics are locked behind poorly hidden loading screen areas? Sure, the combat CAN be thrilling, but 90% of the time it feels messy. I’ve never felt in control of a combat situation. It’s so tightly ‘on the rails’ that it feels like a VR experience. There is almost 0 exploration because the gaming areas are so small. The voice acting and dialogue are terrible, childish and irritating. The RPG elements are so shallow and a bit pointless. Levelling up weapons with SP points? Sounds great, if you had any incentive to chose a progression path, but you just have to select ALL of the upgrades so what’s the point? Same as equipment, it’s just generic “next version is better” drivel. All of this was fine 20 years ago but not anymore. I think the worst thing about this game is the wasted opportunity. We all know and love the ff7 story, the world and the lore; so why not let us experience it from a new angle? Why not have midgar be an open world experience? Why not have a job/class system? Why not have mechanics for interacting with the world? *sigh* it’s just another lazy game with a premium price tag and I’m not looking forward to any of its expansions or future FF remakes….    … Expand
  74. ArkLovecraft
    Jan 1, 2022
    3
    I enjoyed the original game and I found this a bad game very well dressed.
    Cinematics are cool, of course, but gameplay is horrible. Slow on exploration parts and frustrating in combats, where the cameras are an absolute disaster. Puzzles are tedious and absurd.
    The story is very confusing. We do not know why what happens or what the bad guys want to do ... and there will be a second    I enjoyed the original game and I found this a bad game very well dressed.
    Cinematics are cool, of course, but gameplay is horrible. Slow on exploration parts and frustrating in combats, where the cameras are an absolute disaster. Puzzles are tedious and absurd.
    The story is very confusing. We do not know why what happens or what the bad guys want to do ... and there will be a second part.
    Let someone else play it.    … Expand
  75. ExplosiveBolts
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    It's amazing how many people Nomura tricked into thinking this piece of **** game was any good.
  76. LiveToRek
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    Boring combat, bad fan fiction story additions, linear hallway maps, no depth treasure chests include potions/ethers nothing else. just a trash game overall and I'm tired of all these fanboys rating it 9-10. Shows how much SE has brain washed some.
  77. NickRethcon
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    I'm not at full ease with expressing my resentment using the english language (which i'm not a native speaker of), so I'm going to use words already said here by other people about the problem and dramatic error this so-called "Remake" was :
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    Think of your favorite game. Now, let M. Night Shyamalan rewrite the ending. But it's not really the ending,    I'm not at full ease with expressing my resentment using the english language (which i'm not a native speaker of), so I'm going to use words already said here by other people about the problem and dramatic error this so-called "Remake" was :
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    Think of your favorite game.

    Now, let M. Night Shyamalan rewrite the ending. But it's not really the ending, it's only the first arc, which you paid worth a triple A value. They could have fleshed out the story, but they retcon and spoil significant climactic parts of the complete game. Now, it's a reboot with an alternate timeline. This new generation has a knack for deflecting criticism and make it out about failures of pleasing everyone. The requests for a remake were clear: same story, modern graphics.

    If your critical review gets enough helpful votes, they take it down. They must be thinking about Square Enix stocks.
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  78. Felipe545
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Eu tenho q yuuu e a gente não vai ter que fazer o meu Deus que eu não tenho mais o que eu vou ver se eu vou ver aqui com o cara que eu não tenho mais q o edu é uma voz de Deus que eu não tenho mais q o que é uma pessoa que eu não tenho mais q o jogo de futebol.… Expand
  79. Dovahslayer
    Nov 26, 2021
    3
    Great visuals, good soundtrack, hot waifus.
    The rest of the game is absolutely trash. I can't fathom how anyone could've made this and thought it's a job well done.
  80. greninjaX
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    they're trying to take final fantasy 7 and turn it into something it is not: kingdom hearts. this is not the remake we deserve.
  81. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 18, 2021
    2
    Thank god I got this on PS Plus, because I was actually considering giving money for this pile of turds.

    It's probably one of the most disappointing games I played, and I wasn't even that much of a fan of the original. Textures don't pop all the time, all over the place from NPC faces to interactable objects, it's easy to fix but it was never patched. Fights are insanely difficult with    Thank god I got this on PS Plus, because I was actually considering giving money for this pile of turds.

    It's probably one of the most disappointing games I played, and I wasn't even that much of a fan of the original. Textures don't pop all the time, all over the place from NPC faces to interactable objects, it's easy to fix but it was never patched.
    Fights are insanely difficult with an artificial difficulty added in that makes hard mode impossible to stomach (infinite sleep or stun, one hit KOs followed by poke attacks while sleeping, bosses have way too much health that it can take 30 minutes for a fight). Absolute trash.

    The music is an embarrassment to the series, how do people say this is good?? It sounds like generic Avengers type of trash that you see on every triple A game now, and yet the original was so unique?

    All of the dungeons are just hallways you run forward and encounter enemies maybe, and the entirety of the story (that which wasn't changed into whacky wohoo time traveling ghosts and parallel dimensions) feels like filler content for a game that already was 80 hours long back in the PS1. This is the ultimate, low effort cashgrab, and people out there actually consider this a masterpiece. Embarrassing.

    Tifa is super cute though.    … Expand
  82. Somebody94
    Sep 21, 2021
    1
    Sooooo boring.... filled with time wasting cringe dialogue most painful game I've ever played
  83. Tidis1991
    Sep 18, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pocos escenarios en todo el juego, sistema de combate sin profundidad, y lo de dividir el juego en varias entregas.... Para mí una estafa. Square Enix debe dar una vuelta a la forma en que desarrolla estos juegos.… Expand
  84. quake2th
    Sep 12, 2021
    4
    A mess of a game.
    While the graphics are nice, everything else is deeply broken. Real-time combat simply does not work, you spend 99% of the time reviving you companions, which do absolutely nothing and just suicide themselves over and over. It's been proven countless times in games, companions should be irrelevant for the outcome of a fight, they're cosmetics and support. Having a party    A mess of a game.
    While the graphics are nice, everything else is deeply broken. Real-time combat simply does not work, you spend 99% of the time reviving you companions, which do absolutely nothing and just suicide themselves over and over. It's been proven countless times in games, companions should be irrelevant for the outcome of a fight, they're cosmetics and support. Having a party can only work with turn based games, or games where you can pause the action and issue individual commands every second. This kind of real-time mixed with turn trend that started with FF12 is HORRIBLE and BROKEN beyond belief. The same issue I had with FF12, FF13 and FF15, I have it here: companions just keep killing themselves over and over, doing absolutely nothing unless you switch like crazy between them issuing order, which distracts from the fight. Sometimes they're so far away from the enemies that you wonder what the f.ck is going on with the AI.

    Shameless money grab, not really a good game.    … Expand
  85. finalreviewer
    Sep 9, 2021
    3
    I wished it was.
    But it isn't. It just isn't.
    And it isn't in such an unacceptable way that I felt the to write it down here, as my first review. Let's start with what they haven't botched: the graphics (well, mostly) and some parts of the story. Especially Shinra Tower was nice. I even almost thought about forgiving what the game did to me. But now on to the longer list of    I wished it was.
    But it isn't. It just isn't.
    And it isn't in such an unacceptable way that I felt the to write it down here, as my first review.

    Let's start with what they haven't botched:
    the graphics (well, mostly)
    and some parts of the story.
    Especially Shinra Tower was nice.
    I even almost thought about forgiving what the game did to me.

    But now on to the longer list of things that are absolutely insufferable:

    The battle system is completely borked.
    You are basically just button mashing until you win,
    with little rhyme or reason to it.
    It's no fun.
    No, non at all.

    It isn't really helped by the fact that many enemies are absolute hit sponges.
    It is just an absolute joke.
    Just that no one is laughing.

    The fact that there are *lengthy* enemy-filled and otherwise uneventful corridors *everywhere* doesn't help things.

    On to the story (which was the only reason I kept playing):

    There are stupid ghosts.
    everywhere.
    Which contribute nothing
    nothing to the actual plot.
    They are annoying.
    properly annoying.
    But they serve
    server to foreshadow
    the end of the story

    which is an absolute mess.

    It is on a level of clusterf*** that is hard to describe. - Imagine Game of Thrones last season but with the authors high on something significantly worse than LSD. I have not yet seen such an obscene amount of bullsh*ttery in a single place, in a single 20 minutes.

    Do yourself a favor and do not get to the ending. You do not want so see it. It is just. Urghh.
    Even if you make it through the 30 hours of padding before it: Just quit as long as you can.

    The conclusion: If you want to suffer through 40 hours of mostly hoping the game would end, then this game is for you. And if you like gigantic letdowns.

    And in all honesty I have no idea where all those good reviews on here (or in general) come from. - They have to be majorly blinded by nostalgia, actively trying to get rid of their time or being paid for their opinion.    … Expand
  86. NicoCC
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    FIRE NOJIMA AND NOMURA!!!

    This game is mediocre at best. People that gave is above a 5 are brainless robots, and they clearly don't know what a true JRPG should look and play like. Let's begin: 1. All the grunts and head nods within conversations are not how people talk. The conversations are very cringe. 2. I understand Cloud is more serious and cold, but this game made him    FIRE NOJIMA AND NOMURA!!!

    This game is mediocre at best. People that gave is above a 5 are brainless robots, and they clearly don't know what a true JRPG should look and play like.

    Let's begin:

    1. All the grunts and head nods within conversations are not how people talk. The conversations are very cringe.

    2. I understand Cloud is more serious and cold, but this game made him seem mentally retarded.

    3. Is Tifa Cloud's love or not? From this story, it doesn't seem like it. And neither is Areth. I'm so confused.

    4. Most of the levels of the game are boring.

    5. Most of the side quests are pathetic and boring. Who the hell thought it would be fun chasing cats?

    6. Minigames are alright, but still not that fun.

    7. Items and Materia...etc. are whatever. I still don't understand how things work.

    8. Can I have one boss fight without some bs cinematic interruption? Ffs.

    9. Replay value: 0.

    The Japanese clearly have lost their sense of storytelling and game development. The classic FF7 is a million times better!

    FIRE NOJIMA and NOMURA ASAP!!!!
    RIP JRPGs.    … Expand
  87. AlphaW0lf
    Aug 19, 2021
    1
    Honestly one of the worst AAA games I’ve ever played in my life. I am quite glad I did not spend money on this and got it through the PS5 premium pass. I have never played a game so slow, monotonous and linear in my life. The story is also just awful with characters saying the most cheesy lines with poor voice acting (or grunting). The combat is the only fun and or interesting part of theHonestly one of the worst AAA games I’ve ever played in my life. I am quite glad I did not spend money on this and got it through the PS5 premium pass. I have never played a game so slow, monotonous and linear in my life. The story is also just awful with characters saying the most cheesy lines with poor voice acting (or grunting). The combat is the only fun and or interesting part of the game and even then, some of the enemies just feel so uninspiring. I actually don’t understand how metacritic has this reviewed as 8.7 - it definitely is not anywhere near that. I’m upset I wasted 30 hours on this however, I hope you read this so you don’t have to.… Expand
  88. Mr_Wednesday
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    The omission of "Part 1" in the title is misleading. I was a fan of the original, and maybe my memory is faulty, but the story is very childish and the characters annoying. But the worst part is the gameplay, sooo sloooow.... you will slowly walk and crawl A LOT. Combat is fun, but most fights you can win just mashing attack.
    DISAPPOINTING.
  89. Zzz71
    Jul 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2021 на дворе, где русские субтитры??? Хотя бы… Expand
  90. songforyou0313
    Jul 25, 2021
    4
    Everything is perfect except the story.
    The new concept could be pretty interesting but Square Enix only can write ****
    Tetsuya Nomura must be proud of FFXV and KH3. He really doesn't know the story sucks. FFVII RE is like a part of KH universe.
    Let's see how he will destroy FFVII totally in part 2.
  91. Deathsubtractor
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the original final fantasy VII. I was under the impression this was gonna be a remake not a reboot… Expand
  92. SAJILI1212
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    Trash trash trash
    Fight System is trash Dont have blocking System for enemy stroke
    Gameplay is deformed
    terrible bad game
  93. Bluefox40k
    Jul 8, 2021
    0
    As far as action adventures games goes there is nothing good here. Pick any other action rpg and it will be better.

    We live in a post dragon age time and square still can't make allied AI useful or helpful in anyway. Music should be good. But after hearing the chocobo theme I knew they **** it up. Pretty graphics don't make a good game and there are lot of issues with the graphics in    As far as action adventures games goes there is nothing good here. Pick any other action rpg and it will be better.

    We live in a post dragon age time and square still can't make allied AI useful or helpful in anyway.

    Music should be good. But after hearing the chocobo theme I knew they **** it up.

    Pretty graphics don't make a good game and there are lot of issues with the graphics in this one.

    Grabage that i didn't have to pay for so don't spend your money on it either.    … Expand
  94. MrGuyDude
    Jun 30, 2021
    4
    Too much fluff, Made Jesse and Aerith super annoying. Even with the padding, The game isn't long enough. Battle system is fun and the character models look really nice. At least till they start talking and the Shenmue level voice acting/ lip synching kills the immersion. The remix of the original soundtrack is amazing. Though when you're walking around the different areas in the WallToo much fluff, Made Jesse and Aerith super annoying. Even with the padding, The game isn't long enough. Battle system is fun and the character models look really nice. At least till they start talking and the Shenmue level voice acting/ lip synching kills the immersion. The remix of the original soundtrack is amazing. Though when you're walking around the different areas in the Wall market, The track will change/reset every 5 seconds. Some of the environments look like they're from the ps2 era. Square wants to milk this bull more than anything. All the best moments in the game were taken from the original and most of what they added detracts from the experience.… Expand
  95. supermanreturn
    Jun 28, 2021
    0
    One word to describe this - Cashgrab.5 hour game stretched to 20 with tons of padding and boring fetch quest. Just milking nostalgia.
  96. MNecromancer
    Jun 11, 2021
    3
    The combat is pretty good for the first half, but it gets really stale by the end. Once you have the abilities you like and can pace in healing and switching characters, it's pretty much copy and paste for every battle. It would have been cool if they kept switching up the characters, but it's the same 4 characters throughout the game. I was excited for a 5th one to be introduced towardsThe combat is pretty good for the first half, but it gets really stale by the end. Once you have the abilities you like and can pace in healing and switching characters, it's pretty much copy and paste for every battle. It would have been cool if they kept switching up the characters, but it's the same 4 characters throughout the game. I was excited for a 5th one to be introduced towards the end, but he's not playable. RIGHT WHEN IT WAS GETTING REALLY STALE. So frustrating.

    As for the story, it's garbage. I played ff7 for the first time as an adult, so there's not a nostalgia bias. It was pretty **** but it kept things moving. This game is the Hobbit of videogames. It takes every moment of the original and drags it out until it's completely over the top and utterly boring at the same time. The best word to describe the entire story is "arbitrary." You're constantly killing bosses who dominate you in the cutscene after you beat them, and they're constantly killing off characters and bringing them back. I was so happy when they finally killed these annoying ass characters. The disappointment at seeing the WORST of them come back in the story really ruined my day. Cloud can jump 30 feet, 5 times in a row, but he can't step over a 3 foot barrier. Every path is utterly linear and boring as hell. You shimmy through more than 100 narrow corridors for no reason. Who wants to shimmy slowly through narrow corridors? Who thought this was a fun gameplay element?

    The worst part of the game is really the dialogue. I would forgive the stale combat and **** story for the cool aesthetics, but these aesthetics are utterly ruined by the D-tier anime writing in this game. The voice actors are actually good too. It's the bottom of the barrel anime writing that kills the vibe. The game is so horny; it is so painful. I would really be embarrassed to play this in front of anyone I know. It's as bad as a harem anime. The original was not like this. It was its own sort of nuts, but it wasn't this cringy. I can honestly say I did not enjoy a plot point from beginning to end. I kept expecting something to happen. I enjoyed plenty of other Final Fantasy moments, FF10, FF8, even poor FF12 had a couple of decent scenes. There was SO much new stuff added on from the original, but NONE of it is good enough to justify this remake.

    Obviously, a ton of people loved this game. I really can't explain it except that they must watch some awful anime, that this type of writing seems acceptable. Or they're really horny for the characters. I dunno. I haven't met a single person in real life.

    I finished it just in case it pulled something out of its ass at the end. It only got worse and more arbitrary as it went along. I will not be playing the sequels.    … Expand
  97. CannibalFish
    Jun 10, 2021
    0
    Stop doing timed exclusives and release the game properly on PC and Xbox. Don't be a scumbag.
  98. pyhriel
    Jun 10, 2021
    0
    This game is pretty average. The gameplay, though not my favorite, is ok. It is fun to play with, has some strengths and weaknesses. I feel that the lack of possibility to change your materia during battle to be very counter strategic (mainly against bosses). Basically you can use the asses ability during the battle to know the strengths and weaknesses of your enemy, but that only tellsThis game is pretty average. The gameplay, though not my favorite, is ok. It is fun to play with, has some strengths and weaknesses. I feel that the lack of possibility to change your materia during battle to be very counter strategic (mainly against bosses). Basically you can use the asses ability during the battle to know the strengths and weaknesses of your enemy, but that only tells you whether or not you are equipped to fight it or not, you can't adapt to the information. As a general rule, I just pushed through, whatever the information was, and if I got defeated I'd set my materia according to the knowledge I gained from the battle. This is not an elegant design.
    Otherwise, the gameplay is fun. A bit rough on the edges, but it is fun.

    The pace of the game is what is best in my opinion, it is like a long interactive cutscene. It is very entertaining. Though, my issue with it, is that it doesn't feel like a coherent story. It feels more like a series of "cool scene" and "cool pseudo philosophical speeches", but all the parts don't really fit together. Especially the escalation in the last chapter, where you go from C to W, but you skipped everything in between.
    In my opinion, they should've kept the story centered on midgard, and just gradually hint at the bigger picture, rather than try to force feed it to you. The avalanche and helping Aerith storyline, are the parts I like best about this game. It's not that I don't want the epic proportion drama with Sephi and all, it's just that it made no sense in that part of the story. And honnestly, the whispers should just not be there. They're both a narrative cop-out on the designers part, and they just confuse everything behind the guise of being "to evolved" for you to understand.

    Anyway. I still had fun playing it, at least the first time. Playing it again, kind of exposed the narrative flaws even more. Also the hard mode is not that fun (and for those among you who care, yes I did beat it, and only a few bosses gave me any real troubles). The way they added difficulty in the hard mode is by removing elements of gameplay, which I find is rather dull. Removing uses of items takes a system out of the game, and limiting your MP input kind make you not use magic all that much. It is harder, but not in a fun way.    … Expand
  99. Untravel
    Jun 7, 2021
    0
    Need Russian Subtitles. Why should I buy a full price game that doesn't have subtitles in my native language?
  100. uu223344
    May 10, 2021
    0
    That ending is so cringe.

    Even by JRPG standards, this game's story would be weird and convoluted. But I guess you can never doubt Nomuras ability to turn a straightforward and well written story into a bloated mess.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 126
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 14, 2020
    90
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is the game we've been waiting for from Square Enix for so long. Atmospheric, interesting and exciting all your attention modern jRPG with an interesting story and spectacular battles. To achieve the ideal, the project only needs more even graphics and all the content from the original release. If you were waiting for a turn-based classic with new graphics you will most likely be disappointed, since the game has changed a lot. Everyone else is happy with the release of the first really powerful single-player release from the internal Square Enix studio for many years. Especially after the failure of Final Fantasy XV.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    A good remake of the introductory part of the cult-favorite Final Fantasy VII. It improves on the original game in almost all aspects, yet lacks in scale and drops the ball at the very end.
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  3. Finger Guns
    Aug 10, 2020
    90
    What matters is still intact, and that’s the heart and soul of one of the greatest stories in video game history. It’s a return to form that has felt a long time in coming, and what’s even better is that there’s still at least two more games of this quality to come...They can’t mess this up, can they?
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