Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. system_mal
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    Contrary to what even negative reviewers are saying, the story was trash from the very beginning. From the moment Shinra destroys their own reactor for you (and they let you destroy the other one too), the storytelling becomes nonsensical and stays that way. Shinra has no reason to destroy Sector 7 now that they let both of their reactors get destroyed. Ghosts come to ensure the events ofContrary to what even negative reviewers are saying, the story was trash from the very beginning. From the moment Shinra destroys their own reactor for you (and they let you destroy the other one too), the storytelling becomes nonsensical and stays that way. Shinra has no reason to destroy Sector 7 now that they let both of their reactors get destroyed. Ghosts come to ensure the events of the original game happen the way they're supposed to, yet intervene when it's unnecessary to and let so many survive after the plate crushes Sector 7 (including Biggs and Wedge) when they were supposed to die. If that's not a testament to how pointless their addition to the story was, I don't know what is. Sephiroth had no purpose in the story, from beginning to end; guess it made sense to introduce him late, huh? "But hey, just make all the waifus have the sexy times with Cloud and that'll patch everything up, right?" Said someone who knows nothing about storytelling.

    Combat is that of a braindead beat'em up. I've seen several playthroughs of people just face-tanking their way to victory. All of that customization you're given means nothing. You don't need strategy to beat this game, just hack and spellcast away until your enemies die. Forget the block button even exists; you've got all the healing. Doesn't sound like a very fun action game, does it? And stop calling the combat a mix of turn-based and real-time action. This is an action game using a fighting game meter and a meaningless time-slowing gimmick. There are no turn-based attributes to be found here.

    This piece of a rehash isn't redefining any genres, it's disgracing them, and doesn't come close to being a convincing purchase for newcomers when the FULL original experience can be easily obtained for far cheaper. I'm saying this as someone who's never played either version of FF7 and has only watched playthroughs. If this were the best 2020 could do for video games, the industry would already be dead. Thank goodness we have FAR better games to look forward to.

    I learned Articulation, which is why I re-worded my review a bit from last time.    … Expand
  2. Cannon9
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    A game made for the kind of people that only appreciate presentation and graphics and nothing else.

    Leaving aside that the game is not complete and who knows how many episodes they will try to milk the fanbase with: The story is nonsense. We have some bad levels of fanfic here. The sidequests and some of the main quests are boring. The combat is a weird mix of turn based and action based    A game made for the kind of people that only appreciate presentation and graphics and nothing else.

    Leaving aside that the game is not complete and who knows how many episodes they will try to milk the fanbase with:
    The story is nonsense. We have some bad levels of fanfic here. The sidequests and some of the main quests are boring.
    The combat is a weird mix of turn based and action based but it doesn’t achieve anything. good from any of those.    … Expand
  3. Sonofocelot
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    i grew up with ff7 as my favourite game. It still is. I last played through it 4 months ago, my 43rd playthrough. This remake isn't a bad game I'm not going to go overboard and give it a 0 like some here, but in all honesty it isn't great. For one, it feels VERY linear. Even more so than the original, which was far from an open world game when you were in midgar. Secondly everything justi grew up with ff7 as my favourite game. It still is. I last played through it 4 months ago, my 43rd playthrough. This remake isn't a bad game I'm not going to go overboard and give it a 0 like some here, but in all honesty it isn't great. For one, it feels VERY linear. Even more so than the original, which was far from an open world game when you were in midgar. Secondly everything just feels.. clunky. The movement isn't good and the new battle system just doesn't have the strategic elements that the original did. Lastly the voice acting is just really cringe and it's hard to get past. No one feels well casted and everything feels over the top. Barret in particular is just making me red in the face through embarrassment every time he speaks. It might be worth playing if you're a huge fan of the original, mainly to see how certain scenery looks with modern day graphics. But in all honesty I would wait for a reduction in price. This is far from a good game, let alone a great one.… Expand
  4. jonnysilverhand
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    una autentica vergüenza, pierde toda la esencia de final fantasy, se ríe en la memoria del original y el modo clásico (modo prensa), es un insulto al fan de toda la vida, ya que otros juegos actuales y que han triunfado, con combates por turnos. (dragonquest XI, persona 5,etc..) y este final fantasy se declina por una lucha estilo ffXV, que no es malo, pero no es ff., por cierto, se estauna autentica vergüenza, pierde toda la esencia de final fantasy, se ríe en la memoria del original y el modo clásico (modo prensa), es un insulto al fan de toda la vida, ya que otros juegos actuales y que han triunfado, con combates por turnos. (dragonquest XI, persona 5,etc..) y este final fantasy se declina por una lucha estilo ffXV, que no es malo, pero no es ff., por cierto, se esta notando el rewievbombing que se está haciendo para inflar la nota y que pueda vender más… Expand
  5. Godhand1982
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    If 5 is an average than I can only give this game a 4. As a die-hard final fantasy fan I knew I wasn't going to get the remake I really wanted, the current attention span limited generation of gamers wouldn't allow it but square..what the heck is this square? A stupid real time combat system that seems to take the very worst parts of kingdom hearts with its crap camera and bad AI, aIf 5 is an average than I can only give this game a 4. As a die-hard final fantasy fan I knew I wasn't going to get the remake I really wanted, the current attention span limited generation of gamers wouldn't allow it but square..what the heck is this square? A stupid real time combat system that seems to take the very worst parts of kingdom hearts with its crap camera and bad AI, a nonsensical story also seeming like it was vomited up by the worst of kingdom hearts., why was the story meddled with at all? Why? It makes no sense.the excuse that this is just part one of God knows how many parts is a poor one too, if Atlus can give us Persona 5 royal and CD projekt red can deliver the witcher 3 then why can't square make a decent game anymore?. Don't give into the hype people, it's hot garbage and that's coming from a lifelong final fantasy fan of 37 years of age.… Expand
  6. james234US
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Nojima and Nomura destroyed the game by transforming it into a Kingdom heart **** filled with time travel, alternate dimension and fate/destiny fighting ideas, that Final Fantasy 7 has NEVER BEEN ABOUT.
    The game LITERALLY ask you to defeat the story of the original game.
    These idiots are asking, in this game, the fans who waited for this game for decades, to literally fight and eradicate    Nojima and Nomura destroyed the game by transforming it into a Kingdom heart **** filled with time travel, alternate dimension and fate/destiny fighting ideas, that Final Fantasy 7 has NEVER BEEN ABOUT.
    The game LITERALLY ask you to defeat the story of the original game.
    These idiots are asking, in this game, the fans who waited for this game for decades, to literally fight and eradicate the story of the game they loved so that Squeenix can do whatever the f--- they want of this so-called "remake" (understanding there, between the lines : we're not gonna make effort to do an actual remake and will transform your beloved game into whatever the F we want and is easy and cheap to produce...)

    F- you SquareEnix! F-you, big time! You ruined it all!    … Expand
  7. bindiirwin
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    ... They ruined it... I.. I just end this remake i was waiting for years and I am genuinely crying.
    I'm crying like some other did, but not of nostalgia or happiness...
    I don't have the words to described it... What all the other negative or average reviews say about what they did are right... I didn't wanted to, but they are right... Square Enix butchered this game that could have been    ... They ruined it... I.. I just end this remake i was waiting for years and I am genuinely crying.
    I'm crying like some other did, but not of nostalgia or happiness...
    I don't have the words to described it... What all the other negative or average reviews say about what they did are right... I didn't wanted to, but they are right... Square Enix butchered this game that could have been so great if they just didn't... if they JUST....
    Why ??... Why did they have to do that ?... This nonsense ending... This massacre of everything that made the original game story so great... WHY, SQUAREENIX ?!...    … Expand
  8. CandyCoin
    Apr 22, 2020
    0
    This is not a remake of FFVII; this is a prequel to Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus. It DEFECATES on everything good about the original game.

    Contrary to what paid reviewers will claim, this game is not ‘expanded’, it is ‘padded’. It’s padded and drawn out to a downright idiotic extent: 3-minute short segments in the original game have been turned into hour-long copypasted    This is not a remake of FFVII; this is a prequel to Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus. It DEFECATES on everything good about the original game.

    Contrary to what paid reviewers will claim, this game is not ‘expanded’, it is ‘padded’. It’s padded and drawn out to a downright idiotic extent: 3-minute short segments in the original game have been turned into hour-long copypasted FFXIII-hallways. You walk down a poorly-rendered linear hallway and fight the same three guys for 30 hours, broken up by god-awful cutscenes that openly mock you for caring about the original plot. This is the game.

    The replacement ‘plot’ is Premature Ejaculation – the Video Game. You never leave Midgar, yet Sephiroth, Cait Sith, bits of the Nibelheim flashback, and Aerith’s death are all flashed in front of you (again – this is a sequel, not a remake, so you can already ‘remember’ these things) in paper-thin attempts to keep to invested in the Korean-MMO-tier grind that makes up 99% of the playtime.
    This game is not fun to play. It is a chore. It is grind. There is objectively NOTHING fun in this game.

    It.
    Is.
    Bad.

    The plot reads like it was written by a bipolar 7-year old. The art is soulless and rushed (Square Enix outsourced development of 3D assets to a sweatshop in Malaysia) and the environment textures look like they were designed in the PS1-era. Literally everything reeks of design-by-committee – from the Tifa’s floating suspenders that they were too lazy to readjust after shrinking her breasts to the reintroduction of Dirge of Cerberus enemies to retconning Nibellheim as a desert outpost. The ending is so mind-numbingly stupid that, at time of writing, Square Enix is literally threatening to sue people for talking about it for fear it will hurt their sales.

    This is the most shameless cash-grab in the history of videogaming and to purchase it is to get scammed.    … Expand
  9. Rosenfield677
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    We asked for a remake of a game and they basically delivered a movie with a different story.

    Too much changes to swallow and digest at same time. No Thanks.
  10. Abel_Ballad
    Apr 21, 2020
    0
    Square Enix managed to destroy the plot of one of the best games in the world. Has nice gameplay.
  11. lipar
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    SquareEnix thinks we are stupid.

    Remaster = same story with graphics upscaled. (Example, FFVII for Nintendo switch is a remaster) Remake = Same story with graphics remade from scratch. (Example, Resident Evil 1 for GameCube, Ps4, etc) Reboot = Different story and characters design totally changed. (Example DMC:Devil May Cry) Now, this remake is actually none of the above    SquareEnix thinks we are stupid.

    Remaster = same story with graphics upscaled. (Example, FFVII for Nintendo switch is a remaster)

    Remake = Same story with graphics remade from scratch. (Example, Resident Evil 1 for GameCube, Ps4, etc)

    Reboot = Different story and characters design totally changed. (Example DMC:Devil May Cry)

    Now, this remake is actually none of the above mentioned options, it is a sequel, it's about a story that happens after the events of the original game.

    The common sense right now is that, while in development, the developers concluded they were not able nor competent enough to finish the remake project so they went to plan B, make a sequel and advertise the game as it being a remake anyway.

    what a Fantastic and Glorious way to stupidly treat everybody.    … Expand
  12. MDragoon
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When FFVIIR was first announced I was very excited for a graphically upgraded remake of one of my favourite games. However this is not that remake. The game despite claims that splitting it up into parts was a necessary evil, clearly was a misleading claim from the amount of fetch quests and poorly added story elements it has been loaded with. There is no sense of subtleness and simplicity that the original FFVII did so well, major events in the game that you'd normally encounter later on such as meeting Sephiroth, learning Cloud wasn't in Soldier First Class, seeing Zac, and why Tifa kept these secrets from Cloud, are all borderline ruined for the player with Nomura's ego of thinking he can write a better story and have better pacing than the original creators. There is no respect for the original game and the title of 'Remake' is misleading and an obvious cash grab. The game play is less engaging than the originals game play, and the graphics at time looks extremely low resolution, generic, repetitive and boring. I don't recommend this game to anyone who values their time or money.… Expand
  13. opdi
    Apr 22, 2020
    0
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is exceedingly mediocre, I would not recommend purchasing it and instead watching a playthrough or waiting for a BIG sale - this goes for fans of the original as well as those who are new to the game.

    The game begins on a very high note, the visuals, voice acting, and general production quality are mostly excellent and remain so throughout the game. Fans of the    Final Fantasy VII Remake is exceedingly mediocre, I would not recommend purchasing it and instead watching a playthrough or waiting for a BIG sale - this goes for fans of the original as well as those who are new to the game.

    The game begins on a very high note, the visuals, voice acting, and general production quality are mostly excellent and remain so throughout the game. Fans of the original will enjoy seeing a few of the great early moments reimagined with modern graphics, and newcomers will be drawn in by the stunning visuals and gripping plot which hits most of the right beats from the original. The combat feels a bit hack-and-slashy, which may be off-putting to FF fans, but it also features an ATB gauge and the ability to pause time to unleash spells and abilities.

    However, after making it through the classic opening sequence, the game quickly reveals the mountain of padding and tedium that will define your coming experience. MMO-style fetch quests with no relevance to the plot, turning screens that you originally ran through in 20 seconds into a 45-minute slog through scripted battles and boring, tedious puzzles, and introducing new original story content that is also entirely irrelevant to the plot and filled with the the exact same padding. Well, that explains why they could only fit about 15% of the original game into a single release and market it as a "complete experience."

    I was honestly willing to endure the padding and did get some enjoyment out of the game. It was awesome to hear the extra banter between party members and expanded dialogue. But the final chapter of the game is an absolute dealbreaker. Without spoiling anything, the only thing I can say is that the writers completely changed the events in the plot to a point where there is no logical way it can progress as it was supposed to. When Square Enix said the story of the remake is "very faithful" to the original, it was simply a bald faced lie. Even on its own, the ending is poorly done and nonsensical, and leaves an extremely bad taste in your mouth. And to top it all off, this chapter COMPLETELY replaces one of my absolute favorite scenes from the original!

    I frankly feel scammed after buying this game. I cannot in good conscience recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  14. godessoftime19
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a longtime, devoted fan of Square Enix and the original FF7 and the other spin offs, this has to be the worst one. Yes. Worst than Dirge of Cerberus, worst than Crisis Core, and most certainly, worst than the original FF7. There are spoilers down below so read at your own risk, i have marked them accordingly.

    When playing this game in the beginning, I was rather excited for the invigorating game play, the stellar level designs, and the beautiful character. As the game progressed, it quickly went downhill.

    1. I will say, the gameplay was what kept me on my feet but the boss battle lasted WAY too long and did become repetitive. My BIGGEST problem was how the first 30 hours of the game was just milling around in Midgar doing meaningless fetch quests just to earn some boring character cut scenes. While I did like exploring Midgar a little more, it was nothing like they marketed. It isn't really open world nor as expansive as they tried to advertise it as. In reality, this is the biggest marketing gimmick I've ever seen.
    2. The voice acting was alright in the beginning, and then it just hit a brick wall. The voices are jarring and bland, it pulled me out of the character immersion, the characters became rigid and in the end, it was very stale and unbelievable. It was as if I was watching inexperienced actors table read a script for the first time. Not what is to be expected in a Triple A game. Get Troy Baker, Jennifer Hale, and Nolan North in there and have them voice everyone, it would sound a million times better. Heck the original cast would have nailed it better than this cast.

    3. The storyline (will contain endgame spoilers) . Boy oh boy, this is where it tanked for me. If you were expecting just a little shuffle with the story, a little additional content with the backbone of FF7, this game isn't for you. It completely re-wrote FF7 within an hour's time. Not only that, Sephiroth appears WAY too much and does not have that mystery surrounding him. They are shoving this character in your face as much as possible. FF7R is like a sequal to Advent Children in the way that both Cloud and Sephiroth have traveled back to the past to relive the events of the original but both battling to stop it with their Advent Children selves...or something like that. The dead to not stay dead, they NEED to stay dead. It's like they saw how popular these characters were in the past and then wanted to keep them alive for a cash grab. Not cool man, part of the reasons we like them is because of their sacrifice. They made this game to be a giant "what if" where you can't take characters deaths seriously. It's ridiculous.
    4. The music is lackluster at best. It looks like they took Uematsu's compositions and then just butchers them and then stuck his name in the credits to try to appeal to fans. It's not well done. Don't get me started on the Chocobo rap, hip-hop thing.

    All--in-all, this game does not live up to the hype it is receiving. It was a huge letdown. I don't really have faith in them to fix this for part 2, but I sure hope they will see what dumpster fire they created.    … Expand
  15. JonnyNormus
    Apr 13, 2020
    1
    Honestly I feel cheated. I pre-ordered thinking this was a remake of the full game and was extremely excited for it. Finding out it's only a remake of the first ~8 hours is utterly disappointing and infuriating. This should be called FFVII Remake - Part 1 (or something) to let consumers know what it is. It's incredibly misleading and simply false advertising to call this Final Fantasy 7Honestly I feel cheated. I pre-ordered thinking this was a remake of the full game and was extremely excited for it. Finding out it's only a remake of the first ~8 hours is utterly disappointing and infuriating. This should be called FFVII Remake - Part 1 (or something) to let consumers know what it is. It's incredibly misleading and simply false advertising to call this Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

    Additionally, the amount of content (25-30 hours) is wayyy to short for a AAA, $60 RPG.

    Everything about this feels greedy and disrespectful to loyal gamers.    … Expand
  16. AceAscendus
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Extremely disappointing, this isn't a remake, it is a complete reboot. Filler content is forced in and made up on the spot just to pad the game out so they don't have to do real work and save the real content for following episodes. The episodic nature of this game is horrible, I want a complete experience, it will take 10-20 years for them to finish the game judging from how slow theyExtremely disappointing, this isn't a remake, it is a complete reboot. Filler content is forced in and made up on the spot just to pad the game out so they don't have to do real work and save the real content for following episodes. The episodic nature of this game is horrible, I want a complete experience, it will take 10-20 years for them to finish the game judging from how slow they developed this first episode. Maybe going action combat wasn't a good idea and I say that as somebody who likes action combat and doesn't like turn-based combat, but now I realize this FF7 "Remake" should have kept the turn-based combat. Don't waste your money folks.… Expand
  17. LydaKircher
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    I was ready for minor changes in the story, as they advertised, but yet the changes were huge in such a way that you will have the impression that you are not playing Final Fantasy VII anymore but another game.
  18. Krille90
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Average, bad lipsynching low textures on many things in the game, about the game being episodic didn't quite work as well as the original BUT! It can possibly get better in the 2nd part where we should get a open world, lets hope that it happens especially with the new PS5 coming out this year(gets easier to build). Really bad voice acting when it comes to certain characters like Cloud, Sephiroth, Reno and Rude.. the voices doesn't fit as well and it was a Huge! Let down for me especially when they had the perfect Sephiroth and Reno. Too many Changes is also bad, Cant summon when tou want too... Huge let down AGAIN!
    ... too much Kingdom Hearts than Final Fantasy..

    So what's good?
    Most of the Graphics in this game really shines through, Especially when it comes to the main characters. The Materia system! Oh god i friggin love that they stayed true to this system and also that it shows you when you level up materia(keept me searching for materia) Good Job!. The lightning effects are on point! , the acting itself (movement) is really well done and when it comes to combat, you really can feel when you use Barret's gun-arm or Cloud's Sword and heck! Even Tifa's fists when you fight enemies. Loved the music in this game just as I did on the original.

    ( This is the real un-paid review of this game )
    The game feels more like a movie than an actual game, the fighting, effects or music doesn't make this game any better than the original. I paid for a game and not a movie.

    Therefore I give Final Fantasy 7 Remake a weak 6 but close to 7 out of 10.
    (Input 6 to 4 because of the terrible choices to the story and VA's)

    It can be changed for some money ;), here I am Sony.    … Expand
  19. Reigolos
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    One of the most disappointing games I played in recent years. The game was supposed to expand over the original content but instead was padded out with boring side quests and narrow corridors. Thanks for nothing.
  20. Serenityinaz12
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    No, you don't get to release a game and call it "Final Fantasy VII remake" and only have 1/3 of the game inside. There was ZERO mention of this fact on the box of the game or in advertising for it. False advertising and shady practices from Square!
  21. MitchenerDue
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    The false advertising is what killing this game. Square Enix should have not insulted its fans by marketing this game as "Remake".

    This game is not even a "Must Play" game here in metacritic, thus, it's a Big Fail. (Hell, even the original game is a "Must Play" game.)
  22. juzzaga
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I created Metacritic account to reflect how badly Squarenix failed with this game.

    They ruined Sephiroth! The villain of the game that defined whole console generation.
    The villain that was originally introduced with mysticism, inspiration, fear and awe in the later parts of the game that tied the whole story arc together.
    The villain who showed that Shinra is not all powerful and that there is more to the planet than just mako.
    The villain that gave motivation to the main character to become who he is.
    The villain that we understand because he too is just an experiment.
    Sephiroth is now introduced in the very beginning of the game with no context - in fact just randomly as an flashback on some trashy Midgar alley because development time were so tight on budget. Probably because Nomura had ruined the story so many times with the external studios.
    Story is prolonged with game mechanics that are clumsy and reflect more other game titles that FF7. Oh and Midgar is sunny place now.

    It's unfinished, badly written. It's true disappointment - I wanted to like this game.    … Expand
  23. SavetheHumans
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm only giving this a zero for one reason. It's not Final fantasy 7. This is some new weird time travel,/ fight fate sequel. This is clearly a game to pander to those who must always have a "happy ending." If squareenix had advertised it as a totally new game,I wouldn't have even bothered with it in the first place. I think that is why it's so disappointing.… Expand
  24. Zyvera
    Apr 18, 2020
    4
    So! 33 year old boomer here. Like many here I first played the original FF7 when I was around age 12, leaving a significant mark on my childhood. In the 21 years that have passed I've finished the original at least 50 times, done a few runs of Crisis Core, and watched Advent children.

    Positive; - Graphics - Music - Battle system Even though textures are surprisingly bad in some    So! 33 year old boomer here. Like many here I first played the original FF7 when I was around age 12, leaving a significant mark on my childhood. In the 21 years that have passed I've finished the original at least 50 times, done a few runs of Crisis Core, and watched Advent children.

    Positive;
    - Graphics
    - Music
    - Battle system

    Even though textures are surprisingly bad in some maps I'm generally positive about the graphics. Especially the main characters are exceptionally well done, and the majority is pure eye-candy.
    Some tracks are a bit 'overdone' or lower quality than Uematsu's classic tracks but I still loved most of it. It was beautiful hearing the classic themes I remember in a new coating.
    I've seen many criticising the battle system, but I believe with it being a hybrid this is as good as it gets. The battles are fast paced, interactive, and even though the AI seems lacking at times, with some fast swaps and command inputs with L2 and R2 this is no deal-breaker.

    Mixed;
    - Voice acting
    - Pacing

    Though some are especially well done (mainly Barret), I have mixed feelings. Some voices don't seem to 'match' and miss the emotional depth I expect them to have in certain scenarios and contexts.
    When it comes to movement the game tends to feel very 'sluggish' at times. Narrow alleyways, frustratingly slow movements in some spaces, and the inability to simply walk/run faster in specific places seem just there to extend the game.
    Further the game is loaded with needless 'boring' detours (every path is always blocked, and bridges always break) that increase the gap between main events to the extent it completely takes away their value and meaning. Endless corridors, ladders, switches and enemies for pretty much every dungeon does not equal good content for me.

    Negative things;
    - Lineair/Railroading
    - Sidequests/Padding
    - Story..

    Now one of my main issues - especially compared to the original game - you have next to no freedom. It is literally spelled out for you through the entire game where you absolutely must move. In case you want to look around a bit you get told off, followed by a slow turn around. It feels like you're constantly in a narrow box without freedom of movement to forcefully follow the script.

    The padding and sidequests are nothing short of obnoxious. The sidequests would've been fine would they have any relevance to the story line (think about Fort Condor in FF7 for example, optional bosses like weapons etc.), however, the sidequests feel like they've been taken straight from a random generic MMORPG, with zero relevance. They are but simple fetch quests, kill x enemy quests for random characters that nobody really cares about. Had this been in the original game it would've felt equally out of place, as it would demean the story.

    Last, the story. I expected some adaptations, perhaps in the sense of fleshing out characters, and going more in depth on all the facts around the events. However, the story as presented in the remake for me was the difference between an 8 and a 4. Now I think we can safely assume that the audience the remake was intended for are people that have played at least the original game, and preferably crisis core. I find it hard to believe people that have no affinity whatsoever with the original game would understand what is going on. Think about flashbacks, the identity and relevance of some characters, and the significance of the final ending sequence - because let's face it, you don't get a lot of background information at all.

    So if the audience was intended to be mainly oldschool FF7 players, why change the story so drastically towards the ending? I understand very well where they were going with the ending, and in what perspective it has to be seen. To go against fate, and against the 'known facts'. But this is at least not what I wanted for this game.

    The game severely lacks the original slow-burn feel of impending doom and build up towards significant events that take place. Instead we get an installment with a lot of sensory-overload and zero build-up to actually make certain events seem relevant. Different timelines, alternate realities, and the ending in general does not add anything to a story that was already great, and - from my perspective - they feel absolutely nonsensical. After I finished the game I couldn't help but feel a pretty big 'what the actual ****' boiling up.

    With this said, this game - even if awesome in many aspects - does not feel like a REMAKE, but more like a modernised spin-off that seems to miss the point in regards to what actually made this game great in the first place. The freedom, the mystery, and the story. I honestly feel like SE missed an opportunity here to make something great by choosing this route, and I really hope they manage to surprise me in some unforeseen way in the upcoming releases. It's painful for me to give this game a negative rating. It just could've been so much more.    … Expand
  25. Zero12345
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    Terrible ending. How disrespectful to fans. What on earth were they thinking?
  26. hjinter
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    Chapter 18 just destroyed my every positive experience in this game.You can not do this to fans who loved original FF7.
  27. zasham
    Apr 14, 2020
    3
    Positive:
    + Awesome music.
    + *Few* nice extra story and character presentation, especially Jessie but is also overdoing it a little. Neutral: ~ Graphics in general are really nice. in some parts, especially later parts are absolute trash. ~ Voice is acceptable in English, Best in Japanese, other (only tested in German) are not recommended.. Negative: - Enemies / Bosses feel    Positive:
    + Awesome music.
    + *Few* nice extra story and character presentation, especially Jessie but is also overdoing it a little.

    Neutral:
    ~ Graphics in general are really nice. in some parts, especially later parts are absolute trash.
    ~ Voice is acceptable in English, Best in Japanese, other (only tested in German) are not recommended..

    Negative:
    - Enemies / Bosses feel unbalanced at times.
    - Unnecessary stretched Story in total with stupid side quests and few extra "story" which no one cares about.
    - Multiple Episodes to milk you (the cow) even more, and no one knows when the next part(s) will be out (until then you won't even know nothing about EP1 anymore) and how many there actually will be.
    - Over complicated fighting system, the alternative classic isn't really classic at all.
    - Some new interpretations are way too far from the original, which doesn't classify as a remake anymore.
    - Price, for 1/3th(?) 1/5th(?) (Who knows! it's modern money hungry Square Enix after all) of the original game is way too high.

    Some few more points in positive and negative, but in overall i'm not really convinced at all.    … Expand
  28. Lordjuv27
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. De lo peor en este año, no me gustó nada. En verdad hay títulos que valen la pena un remake pero este me decepcionó mucho ...… Expand
  29. Octaslash12
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    I simply cannot accept this much and blatant padding in a game that is marketed as multiple episodes. This means that instead of padding, they could have used the assets to give us more interesting content. It is very disrespectful. Also the ending. And it doesn't feel like Final Fantasy 7, but more like Kingdom Hearts from all that happens during the game.
  30. aelord
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Way too short for a full priced game. It reminds me of when they stretched the hobbit into 3 movies to make more money by adding in a bunch of pointless crap.
  31. GenXGames
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    This isn't FF7 it's like some bloated college programmers bad dream.

    Music isn't nostalgic and does NOT match the scenes. Story is COMPLETELY rewritten. Combat SUCKS and is very repetitive. The fights with the Turks are terrible. You are basically led around on a leash the whole game. When you hit a gate area you see a giant cross sign and your character gets TAKEN over and    This isn't FF7 it's like some bloated college programmers bad dream.

    Music isn't nostalgic and does NOT match the scenes.
    Story is COMPLETELY rewritten.
    Combat SUCKS and is very repetitive. The fights with the Turks are terrible.
    You are basically led around on a leash the whole game. When you hit a gate area you see a giant cross sign and your character gets TAKEN over and physically turned.
    Game is needlessly bloated with 10 hrs worth of fetch quests.
    None of the zones match the original game.
    Sephiroth looks like a cracked out maniac.
    WTF. How do you make a game this good, this bad?

    HIT SQUARE ENIX! Tell them their game sucks. STICK TO THE ORIGINAL GAME. It was fine. Don't make this into a 5 part bloat fest of milking your idiot fan-base.
    IM OUT.    … Expand
  32. CALLmeSNAKE__
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    It was so beautiful to see my favorite parts, in my favorite game, with up to date graphics, minus the backgrounds and npc facial animations. 1997. I remember the commercial for the game, I remember buying the strategy guide because i never played a RPG before it. The story, characters, world and the adventure as a whole was what made me love story based games. To this day ff7 is theIt was so beautiful to see my favorite parts, in my favorite game, with up to date graphics, minus the backgrounds and npc facial animations. 1997. I remember the commercial for the game, I remember buying the strategy guide because i never played a RPG before it. The story, characters, world and the adventure as a whole was what made me love story based games. To this day ff7 is the greatest game I have ever played. ALL I WANTED WAS THE GRAPHICS!! These people put us in the game as a character......a bad character...made destroying us the goal at the end. WE are the final boss.....then they said we are free to do whatever we want with YOUR favorite game. HA HA JOKES ON YOU! I deleted the game and I'm about to play the REAL Final Fantasy 7. SUCH A SLAP IN THE FACE...btw I have NEVER reviewed a game before, THIS GAME JUST MADE ME GET ONLINE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT!… Expand
  33. Kaboose
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    As amazing as the game is it is a product of false advertising. This isn't a remake but a retcon that is used as an excuse to not remake FF7 story like it was marketed to us but to change the story to whatever they want to. Great gameplay, but the game is destroyed by bad writing decisions that are like from bad fanfiction. The ending of this game is flat out insulting and absolute nonsense.
  34. Elladar
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE is biggest disappointment ever, definitely not buy.
  35. Okguy
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Poorly made cash grab, that's really all their is to say about it. I know some people think nothing will Cloud in it can be bad, but those people also like smash for the Wii U
  36. CodyCoyote64
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This game is not a remake. It is a reimagining in the style of Evangelion Rebuild.

    The developers seem to actively hate the original game. No fan should play this.
  37. wenawenawena
    Apr 10, 2020
    2
    -Falsely advertised as a remake
    -Dumb meta commentary and timeline-changing KH-esque plot changes
    -Padded to oblivion
    -Midgar is barely expanded
    -Terrible looking textures
    -Horrid design of side characters
  38. shaoran2
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    This is not a remake, it is a re-imagination from final fantasy 7 Changes in the story Sephiroth is presented at the beginning of the game, which makes one of the most emblematic enemies of all time meaningless.
    gameplay is a kingdom hearts mixed with crisis core not bad but far from a final fantasy.

    morph no exist .
  39. Ashenkhar
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Should be FFVII: Repulsive... not remake.

    This is not a remake. It is a reinvention of a small portion of the first game. Just think, you too can spend hundreds of dollars on a plethora of add-ons that deliver a sub-par experience loosely based on the fantastic original FFVII! You too can experience terrible textures, and low frame rates! (although, maybe this will be fixed if    Should be FFVII: Repulsive... not remake.

    This is not a remake. It is a reinvention of a small portion of the first game. Just think, you too can spend hundreds of dollars on a plethora of add-ons that deliver a sub-par experience loosely based on the fantastic original FFVII!

    You too can experience terrible textures, and low frame rates! (although, maybe this will be fixed if they release this on modern PC hardware).

    Square... you could have done what people were looking for. A remake of the original FFVII. It's what it looked like you WANTED to do, based on the name alone.

    But no... greed got the better of you. You spent huge amounts of time on a sub-par experience, and delivered something "episodic" so that you could milk every dollar, and ounce of life out of a once great game.    … Expand
  40. Kiroki
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This game is trying very hard to be everything except Final Fantasy VII. Combat is boring. Classic mode does not satisfy this fan of the original. The pacing of the game is way off. The story changes are baffling and nonsensical. This game should not even be called a remake. Worst of all, they charge a full AAA price for a game that is incomplete. Play the original, ignore this mess.
  41. jayeves_ya
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Can you imagine if they left the original as it was with this presentation? but no, Square Enix had to f*ck it up. Not a remake, just another Final Fantasy VII game with different story than the original.
  42. JakeTavernia
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. We wanted a remake of a Masterpiece and Square Enix delivered a complete trash. Even some Critics gave this garbage 60/70. I didn't want to believe that IGN gave this remake less than 9, now that I finished this trash, OMG.

    Do you remember that part in the original game where Sephiroth kills Barret then Barret resurrects just like Jesus Christ? Yes, you right, that part doesn't exist in the original game, but in this remake it does. Now imagine what other kind of atrocities were added in this remake, for example, a Kingdom Hearts Boss?    … Expand
  43. meloli
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My gut was telling me that SE will do something horribly wrong with this remake. But everyone around told me to stop been so negative about it. Well guess what? They did. They actually fooled all of us by calling this game a faithful remake with new elements and extended story by simply throwing it all away in the last hours of the game! Time travel? Defying fate? AC/C is now a bad ending to the story? Well done SE. I've lost my last hope for you, as a company. As a game it's a great game, absolutely! But, as a story, as a remake... It's just insulting.… Expand
  44. fgjhytfjtyjyjyj
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    Its more of a reimagination than a remake, the new battle system suck. this review has to be 75 characters long, but really there isnt much to say i guess the graphics are okay, the dialogue are nice at first but gets long. The ending doesnt make any sense but as said before its a reimagination more than a remake
  45. coffee13bean
    Apr 11, 2020
    3
    I cannot express to you how disappointed I am with this game. It was announced in 2015 and then we had to wait until 2020 and THIS is what we get? A broken, unfinished game with a mangled story line. It is NOTHING like the original. It is not honest to the source, it is nothing like FF7 except the character skins and locations. This is a terrible testament to FF7's legacy. I can't believeI cannot express to you how disappointed I am with this game. It was announced in 2015 and then we had to wait until 2020 and THIS is what we get? A broken, unfinished game with a mangled story line. It is NOTHING like the original. It is not honest to the source, it is nothing like FF7 except the character skins and locations. This is a terrible testament to FF7's legacy. I can't believe they would even label it as FF7. There is none of that magic that the original had.

    This first part stand -alone game because it doesn't deserve to be a part of the FF7 franchise. It isn't a full game, it's 40 hours of running around doing side-quests and then you get to the last hour and it just take a big crap in your mouth.
    The voice acting is terrible, all the newbies are not believable. Can't stand Aerith, she's incredibly inconsistent through the game, Tifa is too deep, and Cloud is bored out of his mind. I don't even want to talk about Sephiroth and Zack.

    Overall, this is a huge waste of my time. Visuals are stunning, but it's like a hot girl with no personality.    … Expand
  46. Funkycolmadena
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    This is very clearly a cash grab. Even after being stretched out by running through endless hallways in the end its only half the length of a regular game and maybe a quarter length of a proper rpg.

    If you can rent this, do it and have it beat in under a weekend.
  47. DangitArc
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A lot of people said it better than I could.

    The game starts beautifully. They changed some small elements, fleshed out others and it was all well done. Everything felt like FF7, but more of it to enjoy. The music was excellent, the combat was fun and most of the changes were ones that I could understand the need for or just get over and accept.

    Then I entered the Shin-Ra building.

    **Spoilers below this point**

    Things went off the rails hard and several changes are the kinds that have huge implications on later parts of the story. Some points are even directed jabs at the people who loved the original game.
    Showing bits and pieces from the OG storyline as "What happens if we fail here," Throwing in some Kingdom hearts big bad that hilariously clashes with the entire aesthetic of the game up to that point. Then having a great big Sephiroth showdown? I get that they feel like then need a climax to the first chapter, but that could have very easily been done by playing up the three big boss battles that you get on your way out of the building and adding more to the motor cycle chase after.

    Instead they decided to frame the whole thing as "The original was bad and we're going to show you something good." Would we have been asking for this remake for fifteen years if we wanted a completely new direction? We asked for the remake because we loved the game. We wanted that game. Not a reboot, not some kind of alternate reality. Just the game we grew up loving, updated and expanded upon (You know, like everything up to the last two or so hours of the game).    … Expand
  48. Capablanca
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Unbelievable how boring and bad the game is.
    1) "Exploration" by Square is running on corridor-like locations with no good loot as a reward. Galactic brain.
    2) Battle system is **** like of ff13 15 for degenerates. You dont have ATB points? Congrats - you cant even use items. Monster is flying? - you get reduced hit combos on him in air, you can only rely on long-range chars or magic.    Unbelievable how boring and bad the game is.
    1) "Exploration" by Square is running on corridor-like locations with no good loot as a reward. Galactic brain.
    2) Battle system is **** like of ff13 15 for degenerates. You dont have ATB points? Congrats - you cant even use items. Monster is flying? - you get reduced hit combos on him in air, you can only rely on long-range chars or magic. Dodges work bad against certain moves, you can get interrupted on startup or mid-way ability/magic animation, your limit break can miss because of mid-fight cut-scene or because monster suddenly ran away some distance from you. Moreover, i am playing RPG as you stated! Not **** action DMC or smth.
    3) Endless **** additions to original 1997 game plot. Things that have no interest to be told about (+ very strange new replics char feelings and motivations), but added by square + additional corridor locations to slice enemies. The most stupid sidequests - go there, kill all, bring that.

    Moreover - u suggest that im gonna be enjoing 'hard'-mode post game? Doing all the **** i`ve already beaten but more hard. Jeeez.
    Square should have just remade whole original game in one release, but instead they gonna sell us 4-5 parts of it reinvented as complete garbage? Thanks God i didnt ever buy ff13 or 15 cause i knew that was ****, but here with the demo-version Squre bamboozled me, bravo! But i aint paying you a dollar more ever. Get bunkrupt already or learn to make good games.

    Verdict: game for 12 years old players that are new to FF series or fans of ff13, 15. If you enjoyed original FF7 and or turn-based combat - dont spoil your expirience and good memories with garbage remake. You will not get nostalgy fleshbacks.    … Expand
  49. CoreenNoe
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    to everybody rating this game 10, please stop insulting yourselves, you know that the real score it deserves is 4 or 5. You know S.E insulted all of you by advertising this game as "remake". Accept the reality and rate this game accordingly. (rating it 0 to annul the fake 10s)
  50. rdipizza
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    This is a shame! Everything was great, the graphics, the sounds and music compositions, even the added content... but they ruined it all with this **** ending which is an absolute massive giant titan planet-size middle finger to the original game story and the entire fanbase the original game had built during 23 years old.
    All because of Nojima/Nomura/Noskills ideas forced into the game    This is a shame! Everything was great, the graphics, the sounds and music compositions, even the added content... but they ruined it all with this **** ending which is an absolute massive giant titan planet-size middle finger to the original game story and the entire fanbase the original game had built during 23 years old.
    All because of Nojima/Nomura/Noskills ideas forced into the game in the most absurd, ridiculous and cringe way possible.
    A disaster...    … Expand
  51. easterfields
    Apr 13, 2020
    3
    I'm 15 hours into FF7R and I actually hate this game. This is sad. The original Final Fantasy 7 was a HUGE part of my childhood. It was magical, immersive, engaging and fun. All the things this abomination is NOT. FF7R is frustrating, nonsensical, repetitive and anger inducing. There's some good aspects such as the voice acting and storytelling, but a bulk of the rest such as the subparI'm 15 hours into FF7R and I actually hate this game. This is sad. The original Final Fantasy 7 was a HUGE part of my childhood. It was magical, immersive, engaging and fun. All the things this abomination is NOT. FF7R is frustrating, nonsensical, repetitive and anger inducing. There's some good aspects such as the voice acting and storytelling, but a bulk of the rest such as the subpar graphics (the textures are Xbox era quality no joke), ridiculous level design, tasks that make hemorrhoid removal seem appealing, and a soundtrack that was so overbearing, loud, obnoxious and repetitive that I actually muted the the game, tank this modern retelling of a classic. It also makes it painfully obvious, that this story just does not hold up well in today's day and age. Even as a remake released in 2020, it feels dated. And for my final beef with FF7R, since when does a beloved classic RPG deserve to get re-envisioned as a button masher???… Expand
  52. ixion46
    Apr 10, 2020
    2
    If Kingdom Hearts 3 was the straw to break the camel's back for Square, then this game is the one to put the camel out of it's misery with a bullet of mediocrity.

    The problem with overhyping a game leads to exactly this problem: the ability to critique every nook and cranny of it's features, good and bad. Unfortunately, this one has mostly bland to downright poor qualities. Unlike    If Kingdom Hearts 3 was the straw to break the camel's back for Square, then this game is the one to put the camel out of it's misery with a bullet of mediocrity.

    The problem with overhyping a game leads to exactly this problem: the ability to critique every nook and cranny of it's features, good and bad. Unfortunately, this one has mostly bland to downright poor qualities.

    Unlike the original game, the remake has been artificially extended cinematically and gameplay wise, mostly repeating the same points over and over in game. Some new story elements have been added, but they don't appear to impact the game in a positive way at all, and frankly; weigh the story down more than it should.

    Yes, Midgar looks pretty, sure. But the world feels empty, just like in some of other Square's latest games. The NPCs have little to no purpose, they don't feel like people and they do not contribute much to the world at all, they are little more than rocks for the protagonist to either step on or around. Serious missed opportunities to expand the lore and mystique of the game more than just some fetch quests and extermination missions, or being stuck with a bore-fest of walking around and listening to everyone talking about what to do, instead of actually doing it.

    The voice acting, at least in English, is downright dreadful and cringe. Gone are the great VAs that made Advent Children a joy to watch and characters we enjoyed as kids in Kingdom Hearts. Instead, we have contradicting characters that regularly make asses out of themselves repeatedly in the majority of scenes, especially Barret and Jessie, all complete with horrible voice acting.

    The combat is passable, though more often than not it's just a series of button mashing, though strategy itself doesn't really have much use in the game. It's mostly just half-baked, and personally, feels even more so than it did in FFXV.

    This game feels very unfinished, and just a fragment of an original game that's being charged for $60 on top of preorders and other editions, this needs to stop.

    I highly doubt Square thought this through when they announced the game -five- years ago, and I doubt even more so that they have a detailed plan going forward, but I will remain highly skeptical of the company that I was once enraptured by.    … Expand
  53. Everest4
    May 1, 2020
    0
    How can someone be a fan of the original FF7 and put a 10/10 for FF7R ?
    FF7 was ugly even in 1997, the combat system was rudimentary. But the soundtrack, the story, and the charisma of the characters was monumental. FF7R is the exact opposite of that, really beautiful but soulless,
    I can't believe there are so players who enjoy this game. I think a lot of people here are just fake    How can someone be a fan of the original FF7 and put a 10/10 for FF7R ?
    FF7 was ugly even in 1997, the combat system was rudimentary. But the soundtrack, the story, and the charisma of the characters was monumental. FF7R is the exact opposite of that, really beautiful but soulless,

    I can't believe there are so players who enjoy this game. I think a lot of people here are just fake people paid to keep the score above a certain level. If you agree, dont hesitate to create your own review !    … Expand
  54. SpiritOfTheLaw
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Unnecessarily episodic, completely different combat system, questionable Nomura story changes. Comparing this to the original Midgar section in FF7, it might be alright, but comparing it to all of FF7, like you should, this is an embarrassment. Show them this is not okay and we have higher standards than this. Don't buy it.
  55. Mauge
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finished it yesterday.
    All i can say is play it to the end before giving rates.
    For me FFVII Remake was a mixed bag, overlong dungeons which became very frustrating towards the end, felt like artificial ways to just get longer running time for the game.
    Characters were great and made me smile continuously, nostalgy was present many times but not as often i would have hoped.
    By the 26h mark i was getting bored. felt like nothing was happening in the game.
    When i got to shinra building my nostalgy were thrown out the window after i met hojo, he was fine but the dungeon of hojo was just too long and boring and added nothing to the story.
    When i got to see what happened to president Shinra, the changes we're just unnecessary and lacked punch compared to the mystery of sephiroth and the "horror" part of the original.
    So then i got to the end and had to step into some kind of portal... I knew it would go off the rails.
    I never personally liked Advent children's Cloud who is more like a superhero than traumatized ex-soldier. So the end ruined all hopes of me liking the next installment of remake series of final fantasy VII. If i want to experience superhero-story i will watch marvel movies instead.
    In my opinion Final Fantasy VII Original wasn't like this at all.
    I despise Square Enix for turning this into bland and hollow superhero fantasy in spirit of dragonball z.    … Expand
  56. Ploppy0
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    PROS :
    -The music is good, most remix respect the source material and feels even better.
    -Some epic moment are taken to another level with the new engine. -The mains characters are nailed, their design and psychology. CONS: -The pacing and the narration rhythm is shallow and boring. -Every single new character is awful and cringe, Nomura just can't help it.(omg Shadley..) -The    PROS :
    -The music is good, most remix respect the source material and feels even better.
    -Some epic moment are taken to another level with the new engine.
    -The mains characters are nailed, their design and psychology.

    CONS:
    -The pacing and the narration rhythm is shallow and boring.
    -Every single new character is awful and cringe, Nomura just can't help it.(omg Shadley..)
    -The cinematic dialogue never stop and are everywhere.
    -The combat are frustrating, they fail at providing strategy or proper action, the camera is anoying.
    -The graphics are unbalanced with some beautiful place and some other directly from an old PS3 build
    -The large majority of side quest are chinese MMO level with dull NPC who can't help to talk for long minutes about things you don't give a damn, to just kill 3 monsters in the end.
    -The UI/menu are very cheap.
    -The 'new' story change are dumb and mostly here to extend the game for no other purpose.
    -The level design is insulting and remind the worst "maps" of FF13
    -All the NPC looks like hipsters lost in a FF7 theme park.

    The game is clearly rushed, what you saw in the trailer and the demo is THE BEST PART, everything else is average at best, This REmake is after ~10 hours a REBOOT filled with bad idea.
    DO NOT BUY, wait for the full release and eventually an enhanced version in few years.    … Expand
  57. Sparklingb33s08
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    SquareEnix didn't respected their words...
    It's not a remake it's a reboot.
    Be aware if you haven't bought it and played it yet to the end : Nomura changed the last chapters of the original story to insert Kingdom Heart storylines.
    This game is not only the biggest lie of the decade but an insult to all FF7's fans and to their hopes.
  58. MrMead
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Giving this a 0 to off set the score it doesn't deserve. Would be a 4/10 otherwise. Its genuinely terrible. They RAPED the story. I feel dirty and gross playing it. Nomura molested this story. Sepiroth is a time traveler being pursued by ghosts that are trying to keep the plot the same. You see sepiroth about 30 minutes into the game, and somehow Cloud already knows who he is and that hes dangerous (draws his sword when he sees visions of sepiroth). This is just one early game example of how much they changed about the plot. You see the time ghosts about 40 minutes in. It completely ruins it. It feels like a kingdom hearts game and definitely not in a good way. Nomura genuinely feels like he IMPROVED the game writing it this way. How arrogant do you have to be to actually think that? This is just a watered down sequel to FF7 with some good ol kingdom hearts cringe twists. AVOID.… Expand
  59. ShonHoyte
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    It seems that this remake was about to be cancelled by Square Enix and the developers insisted that it should be released, so they rushed up everything and included the ghosts and the boss from Kingdom Hears and the ending from the original game just to make it longer and release the game in scheduled time.

    Oh Square Enix, do you really think your fans are that stupid to be insulted    It seems that this remake was about to be cancelled by Square Enix and the developers insisted that it should be released, so they rushed up everything and included the ghosts and the boss from Kingdom Hears and the ending from the original game just to make it longer and release the game in scheduled time.

    Oh Square Enix, do you really think your fans are that stupid to be insulted like that with this so called "Remake"?    … Expand
  60. tifani
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    I'd love to give this game 10/10 if only it actually was a REMAKE, as marketed! I've paid money for a REMAKE and got a reboot or something and it makes me absolutely disappointed. Hope more people will start to think critically towards this game.
  61. Vallartaz
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This game is not a remake, I repeat, it's not a remake. It's literally Final Fantasy VII-II, the next part will be Final Fantasy VII-III. If you want to play the remake of the original game so don't buy this game.
  62. DenzHasan
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In normal circumstances i would have given this game about 8,5 - 9. This game is according to me a top tier game for most parts of the journey.

    Visuals; They are great when taking in the optimatization into consideration. Some part were worse but the overall presentation was stunning. 9 i would say.

    Combat: I myself lothe action-combat and want mostly to relax and/or be tactical when i play game. But despite this fact i still managed to enjoy the combat well enough. About a 7,5.

    Characters; Loved (or atleast enjoyed) every character. And when i say all, i mean all. Some were less enjoyable (Roch was tropy and the AC bike flinging was straight out of a Shounen manga it seems) but most were exactly what i imagined (Jesse, Cloud, Aertih etc). A good 8-5-9 score.

    Music; It was good overall, personally i would like an option to have the old ones but these were good enough for me to enjoy them. 7 as a score.

    Now the reason am giving this a 0/10....
    Story

    The story for all the part that were as SE told us, straight up expanding on what we know, pretty good. I even enjoyed the "most" of the downtime padding sidequest since it kinda fits that our heroes are not just doing big mission and sleeping.

    The story part that totally killed it for me was the ghosts of fate (which i think is a methafor for the old fans of FF OG...you will understand when you beat this game ;D ) and ofcourse the ending. I can totally understand moving someparts of the puzzle to change the story, but then you take away pieces or change them so that they nolonger fit the groundwork, it just kills the immersion and hope of a more indepth FF7.

    As it stands they can now do whatever with the story (and i mean Sora from KH comming into this game) and somehow make it work, since they have establised a ridiculous story thread with this first game.

    This whole experiance spawned a question in my mind, which follow "Who is this game for?"

    New players that dont know OG FF7 will not get the refrences needed to understand the ending and "most" old fans will not get what was marketed, a expanded FF7. So who is it for? People who want change for changes sake and for the developers to stroke they writers ego.    … Expand
  63. Couriersixx
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Good:
    Game looks fantastic at times. Combat is quite good for modern final fantasy.
    Iconic characters are interesting and fun to interact with.

    The Neutral:
    Side quests can be generic Game world is made up of linear hallways and passageways, though midgar in the original was like this as well.
    Some of the extra content to flesh out the story doesn’t add much but extra padding to game length.

    The Bad:
    The game is too short, we’ve known for a while the game would only cover midgar, but with the way the story is paced I can’t see the game being fit into 3 parts unless they severely compress the story.

    The story itself goes off the deep end in the last hour to the point that calling it a remake is borderline false advertisement as the story devolves and takes a complete 180. It turns into a story about multiple universes where major character deaths are averted and the game turns into a giant anime battle in the sky’s of midgar with sephiroth and what looks like the heartless from KH. This game went from a flawed but serviceable remake of a classic game, to advent children fanfiction for seemingly no reason other than to pull a gotcha. Honestly never had a game depress me before, but anyone hoping for a remake of 7, you will be disappointed. The hopes of a true remake are gone, we can only hope this alternate universe game they are creating is successful in its own right.

    If you have never played ff7 and only know cloud and sephiroth from shirts at hot topics and vague memory’s I’d advent children none of this stuff will bother you so it may very will be an 8.5    … Expand
  64. Lowflunky
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    The initial playthrough was enjoyable but a subsequent one has removed the rose tinted nostalgia goggles and the rough edges stand out strong. Where there is beauty in the cutscenes and majesty in the new soundtrack, there is a far more worrying trend of anime style over acting, poorly textured environments and side characters, unnecessary side quests that provide no long term benefit and,The initial playthrough was enjoyable but a subsequent one has removed the rose tinted nostalgia goggles and the rough edges stand out strong. Where there is beauty in the cutscenes and majesty in the new soundtrack, there is a far more worrying trend of anime style over acting, poorly textured environments and side characters, unnecessary side quests that provide no long term benefit and, most importantly, story additions and amendments that break this away from a remake down a path of potential retcon. Fun can be had but this feels like multiple teams and directors fighting each other to tell their own version of the story whilst cashing in on the obvious fanbase love that will have driven many to pre-order. I suspect the second game will make or break not only the trust original fans will have lost since this first part, but also the final hopes for many that have been met with disappointing modern Square Enix games. I want them to do well, I want to fall in love with a modern JRPG, I want to feel lost in their world's. Only time will tell.… Expand
  65. mediarama
    Apr 11, 2020
    2
    So incredibly disappointing. It's pretty sad how people are defending this game. Imagine being okay with just 40 hours of content in a triple-A release?! This game is way too short and an incomplete experience. And the problem isn't that it deviates from the original story, its HOW it deviates. Such lazy storytelling. Without spoiling it here, the writers are basically making it up as theySo incredibly disappointing. It's pretty sad how people are defending this game. Imagine being okay with just 40 hours of content in a triple-A release?! This game is way too short and an incomplete experience. And the problem isn't that it deviates from the original story, its HOW it deviates. Such lazy storytelling. Without spoiling it here, the writers are basically making it up as they go and have no regard for arguably the greatest jrpg of all time. It's just a cash grab. Watch out for fanboys over-selling this one - they will do anything to justify their purchase to others, just so they can save face. Wait for the full version to come out, or wait for a sale at least.… Expand
  66. marylain
    Apr 13, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I must admit, I registered Metacritic just to review this game. Also, English is not my native language so please, bear with me if something is not written correctly.

    Oh man... I don't even know where to begin.
    Let's start by saying that I have played the original when I was 15 years old or so, completed every sub-mission and beaten all optional bosses. I loved that game, but not to the point to be considered a purist fangamer; in fact, I was totally opened to some changes and/or insights.
    That being said, what I had got is a beautiful empty box.

    Let's begin with the battle system. As someone else here has already written, this system is plagued with an incredibily bad AI. The other two party members, except auto-atttacking enemies, do absolutely NOTHING during the fight so you have to manually switch on them each time just to fill ATB gauge. This would be rather fine in a turn-based game, but this is not the case since this game "should" be an action RPG. The result is an extremely boring mode in which the system itself actively plays against you instead of relying on game mechanics. Not only that: the CS is also based on staggering enemies... too bad the staggering gauge resets every time a boss changes phase - and this happens multiple times during a fight!

    Pacing is also atrociously bad. The game even mocks you when Aerith forces Cloud to pick a route saying that this was a shortcut when, in reality, it was the exact opposite! The game is about 50 hours long and it covers about 5 hours of the original game, but instead of filling those extra 45 hours with more in-depth analysis of the characters and the lore in general, they force the player to undergo some soporific sub quests which seem to take forever to accomplish as they are basically fetch quests that don't add absolutely anything new to the plot.
    Dungeons, while might be visually astonishing, are just a bunch of hallways very reminiscent of the ones I had already experienced in FF13. They are also long and totally uninspired.

    In other words, the game does literally in its power to stretch the playtime as much as possible with gimmicks and useless content.

    Soundtrack had all the premises to be great and memorable: unfortunately most of the best tracks can be heard just a bunch of times during the whole gameplay, while the others are inappropriately placed (like the original World Map theme played in the first slum...). This without ever mentioning all the new pieces which are absolutely nothing compared to the greatness of Uematsu's.

    This "rape-the-original" attitude has its peak in the storyline.
    I don't want to sound a purist here, but when you are working on someone else's plot (especially in a remake project as this is supposed to be) you should take into consideration what was the aim of the author and what s/he wanted to convey. Of course, Nomura didn't do any of this. Instead, he deliberately lied to the public, by stating it was a remake, while, in reality, this is not even a reboot.
    Not only Nomura is bad writer, in the sense he cannot write anything good on his own, but he is not even able to copy other people's ideas. For example, the entire plot twist of this game is based on Anno's concept of treating a reboot as an alternate universe chronologically placed after the events of the original work (see Neon Genesis Evangelion). And remember that, unlike Nomura, Anno was basically "rebooting" and handling his own source material which is something that, unlike Nomura, had the right to do, being Neon Genesis Evangelion his own project.
    Nomura, on the other hand, had this arrogant attitude of picking a story that doesn't belong to him, taking advantage of its fandom and its foundations just to completely overturning its original meaning, probably believing that he was a much better writer; skilled and superior enough not to waste his time to read and understand the original script.

    I'm so sad to write this review.
    I'm so sad to have played a game so poorly executed.
    I'm also so sad that players nowdays are happy with nothing.
    Let me say this: you deserve better than a mediocre Final Fantasy 7 fanfic, although beautifully packed.
    You deserve better: and certainly not this game.    … Expand
  67. Fenderson78
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Looks like they'll use Kingdom Hearts Story system. Nothing can die except the bad guy, happy happy face all day, and of course hell of confusing story plot. A meh game.
  68. Pale_Theme
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its clear that SE made this game for the fans of the original as I dont see any newcomers understanding the game or getting as much enjoyment from the fanservice and content as original fans. With this in mind, it baffles me that they put an ending that insults the legacy of the original and its fans.
    Imagine eating a cornetto, and then at the end of it, instead of the chocolate bit, its dog poo. People saying the ending doesnt ruin the game are unfortunately too into the hype and the beautifully rendered anime waifus to notice the many flaws this game has from a game play and story telling perspective.    … Expand
  69. Daikyosenshi
    Apr 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is just horrible. I mean I had to stop playing, because I just couldn't bare another mini attraction with that handcrane thing. This is just too much. The dull and repetetive corridor **** broke me. And I know there's much more of the same in the chapters to come. So I'll watch the rest on youtube.

    While the main scenario cutscenes are great and frankly speaking all a fan could dream of and more, the gameplay is just horendous pile of garbage. But this is a GAME for **** sake. It is supposed to be played. Not watched. So what do we have beside the amazingness that is FF7R the movie?

    Repetetive gameplay, boring bloated mazes with ve-e-e-ry informative chit chat from your companions. Locked doors to open, keycards to find, switches to push, and levers to pull. All that is sprinkled with Cloud constantly shimmying in narrow spaces to allow for the game to load more of the same **** and the WARNING icon for when you try to have fun. Who's idea of entertainment is this? Even the characters themselves comment on that from time to time. They're like..."Cloud we know this is fecal, but we have to press on". How could you **** it up so badly. Man. This game is a drag. And the quests? Lol. Find some **** find some kids, bring this here, take that there. Mob hunts. Done. Yeah right, it's the FF7 glory as we remember it. And while're doing these meaningful quests you learn about the characters you love. You'll learn that Tifa is a waifu. Aerith is very nice. Jessie wants to **** but maybe not, because syke. God.

    The combat is all over the place. You've used the assess materia - you know the combination. You're good. You don't. Well tough luck. Reload. Sit through the loading screen. Try again. FUN! Hope you like hearing the same lines from your team over and over again. Activating combat mode combat resolved ptsd to the max.

    And the story....Oh lord have mercy. Nomura san, you just had to do it, didn't you. You just needed to inject some of your destiny ass keyhole aids into a perfectly fine story. But wait. If the story was left as it was this game would be BORING. Right? Sure. Yeah. Thanks squeenix. And thanks Nomura, for ****ting all over what could have been something really amazing. **** you too by the way.

    Don't believe those nostalgia induced 10 outta 10s. I've watched lots of reviews for this game. They ususally go as follows: Well um the quests are lame, but the game is amazing. Well the corridor stuff kinda sucks, but I'm so thrilled for what's to come. Well I was sitting there pressing X screaming OH MY GOD I DON'T **** CARE!!!! But i like what they did with the characters. Graphics looks really really bad, but the game is an eye-candy. What?!

    I don't really get where this is coming from, and i don't really care. Crazy people be crazy i suppose. Again. Cutscenes are great. Rest is cancer.

    On a more positive note...I like that I've lost any faith in SE capability to produce anything fun. I mean they did prepare me for this for quite some time now. It started with FFXIII. And after FFXV, i'd say this game is a tremendous success. So honestly i'm not dissapointed in the slightest. Too late for a refund though, so that's a shame. But oh well.

    P.S. Check out the four identical copies of and old man in an apron in the area by the orphanage. It is sublime.    … Expand
  70. wintermute420
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    Terrible action game in the guise of ff7. They dropped the ball. Very sad that they have done this. This is not a worthy successor to ff7
  71. daicon
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    Final Fantasy VII is NOT Kingdom HEARTS
    Don't NOMURA, this is not kingom heart.

    We don't want alternative realities, we don't want time travel, we don't want WHAT IF.

    I ACCEPT plot extensions and improvements. DO NOT invent in this way. Please.
  72. peejoh
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Time jannies. (Mulitple) Sephiroth's during the first half hour. Yeah, no thanks.… Expand
  73. MilenaDiaza
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Why is Square Enix even selling this game as a remake? This is not a remake, this is Final Fantasy VII-2 with a lot of Kingdom Hearts elements added into the mix. Here is my real score, -10.
  74. Vitoner
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    If Square Enix were honest about what this was, I would have been fine with its existence. I would not have bought it though. Overall, this game was a scam, simple and clean (wink wink). It's not a remake at all as it was marketed, but a sequel/soft reboot in disguise. "Faithful to the original" MY A$$. And no, I'm not talking about small changes, expanded backstories or the bullsh1t likeIf Square Enix were honest about what this was, I would have been fine with its existence. I would not have bought it though. Overall, this game was a scam, simple and clean (wink wink). It's not a remake at all as it was marketed, but a sequel/soft reboot in disguise. "Faithful to the original" MY A$$. And no, I'm not talking about small changes, expanded backstories or the bullsh1t like "tH3 gAMe iS OnLY MIdGaR sO It'S UnFiNISheD HURR DHURR". I'm talking about MAJOR alterations that inevitably change the plot for the absolute worst, lowest common denominator anime nonsense. I will NEVER EVER trust Square Enix again, this was the straw that broke the camel's back. And most of all, I'll steer clear of anything that has the names Nojima, Toriyama and Nomura on it.
    The vote assigned is because, again, we've been scammed, otherwise the game is dumb in the plot department, but otherwise pretty solid.

    PROS
    + The combat system is the best one since FFX, imho. I still prefer turn-based combat, but this one is actually very good, allowing to strategize and being pretty deep.
    + The graphics are mostly amazing.
    + I still prefer the original OST, but the new soundtrack is excellent too, especially factoring the fact it adapts to the action on screen.
    + I have (almost) no problems with the plot of the game up until the ending.

    CONS
    - Padding.
    - Some really bad textures and NPC models.
    - Sidequests are BAAAAAAAD, mostly consisting of go from A to B, then from B to C, then from C to A.
    - The whole ending. I feel like all the OG FF7 needed was a new coat of paint to make it more palatable to newer generations of players: its story could have been fleshed out more and it looks like it would have worked judging by how they handled the OG story bits in this remake up until the ending. This is just a bait and switch BETRAYAL. Last time an ending made me hate a whole game was Mass Effect 3. This is worse than that.

    That said, imma go play the OG FF7 again with retranslation and remako mods: the only way to experience the original masterpiece of a story in a fresh and new way.    … Expand
  75. yubery
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game, boring side quests. The story of the Original has build up moments and incredible mind games with cloud. Its almost perfect. But FF7R choose on a modern blockbuster movie story approach which i fancy less. We have enough of "avengers" stories in cinemas.

    It's still a pretty good game on its own.    … Expand
  76. yersinia
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    The camera is terrible, it's hard to target anything correctly.
    The padding and fluff is very tedious: kill x rats, find 5 kids, find 3 chocobos, find 5 kids again, etc...
    The sidequests are meaningless and bring nothing to the game of value. The battles are painful and unpleasant. If you don't know the enemy weaknesses or gimmick before the battle, then good luck. Very little    The camera is terrible, it's hard to target anything correctly.
    The padding and fluff is very tedious: kill x rats, find 5 kids, find 3 chocobos, find 5 kids again, etc...
    The sidequests are meaningless and bring nothing to the game of value.
    The battles are painful and unpleasant. If you don't know the enemy weaknesses or gimmick before the battle, then good luck.
    Very little exploration possible. All areas are simply empty corridors.
    This feels like a demo or tech demo at most.    … Expand
  77. CrabCult
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    The game was marketed as a remake of FF7 but it's in fact a reimagining. The story has been altered and it's implied the sequels will deviate even further. This would be fine by me if this was what they marketed the game as from the start. I can't help but succumb to cynicism as well over the filler content, endless hallways and the implications of the episodic format. I'm expecting themThe game was marketed as a remake of FF7 but it's in fact a reimagining. The story has been altered and it's implied the sequels will deviate even further. This would be fine by me if this was what they marketed the game as from the start. I can't help but succumb to cynicism as well over the filler content, endless hallways and the implications of the episodic format. I'm expecting them to drag the story out and needlessly desecrate the franchise to try and milk it for the sweet dollars.… Expand
  78. Tibeto
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Linear RPG. Split the original game in N parts to earn more money...this is so ridiculous
  79. B3457
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    absolute disaster, why did they change the story...all we wanted was FF7 with updates graphics and voices, instead we get this garbage ...
  80. diegomc97
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incomplete game sold at full price that eventually will be sold again and in the end we will have paid around 200 dollars… Expand
  81. Badalight
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    You might be thinking "0/10? That's quite harsh isn't it? How can it be possibly be a 0? I mean, the game is playable. It's even kinda fun to play, and the graphics are good!" and you'd be right. However, this is a score indicative of over a decade of pent up frustration with this company and specifically the director in question - Nomura.

    Bottom line, a company should not be rewarded    You might be thinking "0/10? That's quite harsh isn't it? How can it be possibly be a 0? I mean, the game is playable. It's even kinda fun to play, and the graphics are good!" and you'd be right. However, this is a score indicative of over a decade of pent up frustration with this company and specifically the director in question - Nomura.

    Bottom line, a company should not be rewarded for lying. This game is not a remake - it is a sequel. SE lied to its fanbase. Not only that, they royally **** up a perfectly good story by turning it into Kingdom Hearts. Nomura just can't help himself. He thinks he is a great writer and has to insert these convoluted meta-narratives into his game. However, his writing is horrible. He's a concept artist that lucked his way into a directorial position, and it shows in every piece of work he produces.

    I don't know who this game is for. Newcomers will be confused at the ending. Fans of the original will be upset at the ending. How can anyone be happy with this as the final product? They destroy the story of the original and still somehow don't cater to new fans. Sure, some of the expanded lore is interesting. Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge are all fully fleshed out characters now. But in expanding Midgar, there is also much bloat introduced. A switch puzzle that was originally 5 minutes is now an hour long. A streamlined story now has detours and lame sidequests that involve killing 10 rats.

    I could go on and on. Sephiroth's introduction is handled worse in this remake and is just hamfisted in for marketing purposes. The game lacks any subtlety as it overly foreshadows major plot points (sometimes outright showing them to the player, including the **** ENDING of the original game). While your party feels more alive than ever, the npcs around town are lifeless and feel out of place.

    **** this game. **** Nomura. **** Square Enix. This was your last chance, and you blew it. Never buying anything game from them again.

    Signed,

    Fan of nearly 30 years.    … Expand
  82. SpewPuke
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    A "what if" sequel advertised as a remake. Also, it is not the full thing...
  83. BigLogDog
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SE hasn't made a good FF game since X. This series is completely ruined. This will be the last Square product I purchase.… Expand
  84. Anjanette3467
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    As @Godhand1982 metacritic user already said, "if Atlus can give us Persona 5 royal and CD projekt red can deliver the witcher 3 then why can't square make a decent game anymore?"

    I would have add "Zelda: Breath of the Wild" from Nintendo as well. Why Square Enix? Why? Is it because you are not competent anymore to deliver good game or is it because you guys have become lazy and    As @Godhand1982 metacritic user already said, "if Atlus can give us Persona 5 royal and CD projekt red can deliver the witcher 3 then why can't square make a decent game anymore?"

    I would have add "Zelda: Breath of the Wild" from Nintendo as well.

    Why Square Enix? Why? Is it because you are not competent anymore to deliver good game or is it because you guys have become lazy and money is all that matter for you now?    … Expand
  85. HugoGander
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Pessoal, se vocês acham que vão jogar o remake do Final Fantasy VII, vocês estão enganados. Este jogo é lixo, parece com aqueles jogos do Kingdom Hearts, a jogabilidade é diferente, a estória nada haver, tudo mentira. Não compra esse lixo não.
  86. Illix
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    This falsely advertised "remake" butchers and absolutely does not respect the source material nor the fans who've been hoping for an *actual* remake for over *two decades* who have been repeatedly teased and lied to time and again. -10 If it were even possible. Selling at full price only a small part of the game (and simply labeling it "Remake" instead of numbering it) then claiming thisThis falsely advertised "remake" butchers and absolutely does not respect the source material nor the fans who've been hoping for an *actual* remake for over *two decades* who have been repeatedly teased and lied to time and again. -10 If it were even possible. Selling at full price only a small part of the game (and simply labeling it "Remake" instead of numbering it) then claiming this will all be in service to it is an outright lie. "Classic Mode"? Please. This is a straight-up Kingdom Hearts reskin and blatant cash grab. **** Nomura.

    If you enjoyed this game, great, but scummy practices like this should not be tolerated, let alone praised.    … Expand
  87. losille88
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    The game fails to be a remake or retelling of the original, it's not what it was advertised to be.

    It would be a decent game but the fact that it's not what i paid for is enough to win a 0 in my book.
  88. LaunaCuevas
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Would you like to buy a Kingdom Hearts game and then while playing it to find out that it's actually a Final Fantasy game with a Final Fantasy story? Of course you wouldn't. How would you rate that game? 0, I suppose. (Definitely not Final Fantasy VII Remake, more like a sequel or simply a brand new game.)
  89. eclairjones
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last chapters ruined entirely and conscientiously the game's story, pure and simple.
    To sum up: the original Final Fantasy 7's timeline does not exist, it's in a parallel universe, meaning that what you are playing isn't Final Fantasy 7, remade, by Final Fantasy 7 reboot by Nomura and his Kingdom heart ideas forced into the mix.
    The characters are genuinely and LITERALLY fighting the original game's story.

    I'm not joking, it's the plot of the last chapters ! : "goddamn beat the fate so that we don't have final fantasy 7 normal storyline guys!" and so you have Cloud, Barret, Tifa and the gang beating the crap out of some... 10km tall's bizarre giant "deStiNy" demon **** out of some Kingdom heart crap so that the storyline of FF7 doesn't happen.

    Wtf ?... The game ask you to fight for not having FF7's game and the characters are all happy with that.

    Oh! By the way !... Sephiroth kills Barret.... Also, Wedge and Biggs are alive because **** you", and you fight Sephiroth right here at Midgard...

    Do you remember when SquareEnix were telling us "don't worry, it'll be faithful to the original Final Fantasy 7's game story" ? Do you remember that ?
    Yeah ? Well, it was a huge lie... They bull****ed us...    … Expand
  90. yudothis
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    These changes are insulting. I have no faith that Square would go back on what has been done but a shorter, patched OG mode would at least go some way to putting things right. I turned off my PS4 several times during the last portions. The additions would be acceptable as post-game or side material... but as things are, no. Just no. Despite how it sounds I'm not terribly attached to FF7 -These changes are insulting. I have no faith that Square would go back on what has been done but a shorter, patched OG mode would at least go some way to putting things right. I turned off my PS4 several times during the last portions. The additions would be acceptable as post-game or side material... but as things are, no. Just no. Despite how it sounds I'm not terribly attached to FF7 - I just found this remake THAT bad by the end. I would have preferred they just called this Kingdom Fart Fantasy 7 and made a satire reboot. It would have been miles better. From my perspective I can't fathom how the remake's reputation is in tact. Why on earth do people think this is a good game!?… Expand
  91. ManuelPauls
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    May God forgive Square Enix, because we, the fans of the original Final Fantasy VII game, will certainly not.
  92. Jodie223
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    I will continue to love the classic game and pretend that this garbage never existed.
  93. NolaHapp
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Waited so long for this remake only for it to be a REBOOT with multiple timelines being used as an excuse to completely change the game. They made one of the best games of all time into a multiple timeline mess
  94. JuliannBanister
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    The more you play the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the more you start to think, "This doesn't feel like FF7", and by the time you reach the end, you're positive it's not.
  95. Poopoobutter
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    If you are going to remake the best game of all time then don't change everything about it that made it great.
  96. yamoop
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    It's sad how low our expectations of square enix has gotten where this hot garbage gets such high reviews. We deserve better, our money and most importantly our time is worth much more.
  97. Rpgfan85
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    I never thought someone could completely ruin an almost perfect game in the very final chapter. Congratulations to SE and Tesuya Nomura you guys have really done it now
  98. Fremen
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    I played FF7 2 years ago to learn why FF7 fan fangasm over this game and like an emo like Cloud. I expected it to be nothing more than an overrated game for an overrated franchise.
    Final Fantasy 7 not only meet my high expectations but it excels it. FF7 Cloud is also not emo.
    FF7 is right now my favorite game and Cloud became my favorite character in fiction. His It compelled me to    I played FF7 2 years ago to learn why FF7 fan fangasm over this game and like an emo like Cloud. I expected it to be nothing more than an overrated game for an overrated franchise.
    Final Fantasy 7 not only meet my high expectations but it excels it. FF7 Cloud is also not emo.
    FF7 is right now my favorite game and Cloud became my favorite character in fiction. His It compelled me to play the rest of the FF franchise.

    I came to the remake hoping to re experience FF7 with improve graphics and gameplay. Nomura promised it will be a faithful remake that will give us the real Cloud Strife not the emo the compilation gave us. All of the trailers and ad point to this. The japanese trailers that homages the game's influence tell us it will be faithful. That is what Square promised us.

    This is not Final Fantasy VII.

    This is another one of Nomura's asspulls. If you like it, fine. But Nomura told us it was going to be a faithful remake and so did the ads. Square Enix lied to the FF7 community.
    Defending this is absolutely unacceptable. Exploiting and deceiving your loyal fanbase is unacceptable.
    … Expand
  99. Rokero
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Corridor simulator , bad textures and the complete bastardization of a good story that's Final Fantasy 7 Remake, please square don't let nomura close to another game ever again he should stick to drawing
  100. yeflynne
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Umm wtf lore breaking. Sephiroth is being hunted by shinra cuz theyre trying to kill the super soldiers cuz they got too strong, thas why they kill zack. Originally there are no sephiroth clones in midgar becuz it makes sense shinra would be trying to hide their experiments and killing anything sephiroth related. In this game there are sephiroth clones everywhere in midgar like they werentUmm wtf lore breaking. Sephiroth is being hunted by shinra cuz theyre trying to kill the super soldiers cuz they got too strong, thas why they kill zack. Originally there are no sephiroth clones in midgar becuz it makes sense shinra would be trying to hide their experiments and killing anything sephiroth related. In this game there are sephiroth clones everywhere in midgar like they werent trying to hide the experiments. W.T.F.

    Then even worse, the beautiful main theme of ff7 that plays when you first leave midgar and see the sun, now plays first in the bathroom at seventh heaven literally by the toilet i couldnt believe it... literally wtf are these 2 choices..    … Expand
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  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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