Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. AnonymousPower
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    This is FF7-2, not a remake.

    The remade story scenes are quite faithful. The new additions in between are shallow and vapid, which is par for the course with modern Square. They love to write based on what they think looks or sounds cool in this weird anime style, rather than what is actually good for a mature narrative. This is in contrast to the classic games, meaning often plot    This is FF7-2, not a remake.

    The remade story scenes are quite faithful. The new additions in between are shallow and vapid, which is par for the course with modern Square. They love to write based on what they think looks or sounds cool in this weird anime style, rather than what is actually good for a mature narrative. This is in contrast to the classic games, meaning often plot points come across awkwardly, or miss the mark as far as the tone of the original portrayal is concerned. The biggest problem with the remade scenes is that they are turned into a chase and dangled in front of you like a carrot on a stick.

    In the original game, one major plot point to another took less than an hour. In the remake, I measured 5 hours between those same plot points, with nothing relevant to the story happening at all. Just diversions of filler crap, and this is while avoiding optional content. The game deliberately delays you to expand your playtime, makes sure animations take as long as possible, and everything just generally takes longer than it should. Areas overstay their welcome.

    The remade music is often faithful. The battle and boss themes, for example, are stellar. But they are only heard once or twice throughout the entire game. Enjoy the Airbuster fight while it lasts, because you won't hear the boss theme in its faithfully remade form again.

    For a lot of scenes, Square didn't even bother to remake the classic music, and instead replaced it with completely new music. And where the classic music was always catchy, anthemic, melodic, and memorable, the new music is the equivalent of musical rambling. Strings that go nowhere and say nothing. Sound that exists purely to fill the space. I was amazed in several areas by how boring, even annoying the music was to listen to. It was very reminiscent of FF13 in style, and sometimes it completely defied the tone of the scene it was accompanying. This is tone deaf treatment of a game that is famous for having one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.

    The battle system is mostly okay. It's an evolution of FF15, which wasn't good to begin with, but there are several boss battles that are genuinely challenging and fun to play, and those are the times when it shines. Airbuster and Abzu are notable. Unfortunately, the rest of the time, it amounts to spamming square to cut through the trash so you can move on. Dodge roll feels awful and rarely seems to do what it's supposed to do. A monster will wind up for an attack, you'll roll to the side thinking you can evade it, and then it will snap towards you and strike you anyway, making the roll useless.

    Sometimes it feels like Sweeper is the only monster in the game. You're watching a long cutscene, things are getting a bit intense, you can tell there's going to be a battle. I wonder what it will be? It's another Sweeper! Yay! It's almost comical how many times this happens. Square apparently are really proud of this monster and want you to never stop fighting it. You will get sick of it.

    But the worst thing about the battle system is the camera. It truly is terrible, and you will find yourself inputting commands while looking at nothing as the battle rages on somewhere behind you. You'll get frustrated as you fight the game just to get the camera looking at what it should be looking at, and then when you finally do, the characters will roll around each other, causing the camera to do weird things. Strangely, the camera in FF15 was equally as terrible, and Square has evidently learned nothing from it.

    If you appreciate narrative in games, you will hate the closing scenes. Period. Convoluted and very reminiscent of Kingdom Hearts, Square has arrogantly retconned the original story in favor of a load of nonsense, because they are desperate to do better than the greatest game they've ever made, without an understanding for why the original was so beloved my many. I feel that Square were only concerned with pumping out another dose of Cloud and Sephy with flashy Advent Children style battles, thinking the story around them is irrelevant. They are right, unfortunately, that this is all some people want. But to me, the story is inseparable from the characters. And certainly, if this version of FF7 is what was released back in the 90s, it would never have become the cultural phenomenon that it did.

    As a standalone game, it's just not good. Where old players will be upset at the story changes, new players will not have a clue what's going on at any time, because despite the playtime of Midgar being padded out to ~30 hours, nothing is actually given time to be explained. Who is this guy with long white hair who keeps appearing, why should we care, and now why all of a sudden are we fighting him? In a nutshell, the game is all style with very little substance.

    I'm left feeling that this game only exists as a set up for the next, where Square now has a free pass to go REALLY off the rails.    … Expand
  2. greedyflygon1
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    Linear, incomplete, bad ff xv-like combat, weak music, and an altered story. The only thing this game has going for it is the graphics quality.
  3. sobble
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    A tedious linear corridor simulator that ruins the original FF7. It has worse quests and combat to ff15 and has ff13 level design which is bad. it ruins the story in the end and is false advertising itself as a remake. graphics are very bad like they look worse than ff12 in all the locations.
    only some of the story scenes look good because that's where all the budget went so i give it a    A tedious linear corridor simulator that ruins the original FF7. It has worse quests and combat to ff15 and has ff13 level design which is bad. it ruins the story in the end and is false advertising itself as a remake. graphics are very bad like they look worse than ff12 in all the locations.
    only some of the story scenes look good because that's where all the budget went so i give it a 1/10 for that at least.    … Expand
  4. KillerAhab
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    This game is so lazy i can not understand how it takes over 6 years to build this game. graphics are not good at all , when you play the demo the graphics were good but in the actual game after the prologue the graphics downgrade a lot!!!. lip sink are terrible and annoying. gameplay is look like FFXV which was not a good game either. and of course this game is not a full game and squareThis game is so lazy i can not understand how it takes over 6 years to build this game. graphics are not good at all , when you play the demo the graphics were good but in the actual game after the prologue the graphics downgrade a lot!!!. lip sink are terrible and annoying. gameplay is look like FFXV which was not a good game either. and of course this game is not a full game and square want to pick pocket us for another 60$ for this game.… Expand
  5. Sembritch
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    I've played almost all of the final fantasy games and FFVII is my favorite game this is sickening to a fan, the game was purely made for easy cash anyone rating this as good either has clearly never played the original or any game of the series even FFXV which is pretty much the same thing is somewhat superior this game only has poorly implemented features meant to drag on the gameI've played almost all of the final fantasy games and FFVII is my favorite game this is sickening to a fan, the game was purely made for easy cash anyone rating this as good either has clearly never played the original or any game of the series even FFXV which is pretty much the same thing is somewhat superior this game only has poorly implemented features meant to drag on the game fetch/slay quests, mini-games and pointless story alterations which in the end result in nothing but wasted time, even if the graphics are good and the expanded story on the Avalanche team is beautiful this game is nothing but a waste of time and money if they keep on with their plan of releasing it in episodes its dead as my dreams of a remake because this is not one.… Expand
  6. fringames
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Square enix, this isn't a **** remake but Nomura has just dumped his KH fantasies all over a classic and changed the key moments in the original. Biggs and wedge, and Zack's death are all important to the story. Why call it a remake when it's a reimagining and far from a true remake. Not happy. How very dissapointing.… Expand
  7. yuihorie
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    This is easily the worst video game ever created. This "game" can basically be summed up as padding and filler.

    They took 5-minute "dungeons" from the original Midgar and turned them each into hour-long FF13 hallways. Even worse, they inserted all new "dungeons" (hour-long FF13 hallways) in between story beats where the original FF7 would have just moved on to the next story beat. It    This is easily the worst video game ever created. This "game" can basically be summed up as padding and filler.

    They took 5-minute "dungeons" from the original Midgar and turned them each into hour-long FF13 hallways. Even worse, they inserted all new "dungeons" (hour-long FF13 hallways) in between story beats where the original FF7 would have just moved on to the next story beat. It doesn't add anything to the story or game world. It doesn't flesh out the original Midgar. It's not even fun. You just go down some glorified decorated hallways and fight three guys at a time for 30+ hours. This is not fun. This is not a game. This is a mindless, joyless, and a chore. You actually had to force myself to finish this awful slog.

    The sidequests do little to break up the monotony–in fact, they amplify it. They are the most soulless, uninteresting MMO quests you can imagine. At some point I just stopped bothering with them because they add noting of value to this game. They are not fun or interesting.

    This isn't Final Fantasy 7. This is Final Fantasy 13 loosely based on Final Fantasy 7. This game does not respect your time. Square Enix claimed that this remake was going to be episodic because the game world was going to be "greatly expanded" and "vast." Midgar is not expanded. It is padded. What happened here is that they decided from day one that they wanted to sell multiple games as "episodes," and then struggled to come up with filler content to stretch Midgar out to 30+ hours. And they couldn't even come up with anything fun. As I said, this is easily the worst video game I ever played in my life.

    This is the most soulless, joyless corporate cash-grab ever created, it is a personal attack against video games as a medium, and it is a crime against humanity.    … Expand
  8. Chappytappy
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    I think they accidentally put KH4 instead of chapters 17/18 on my FF7 Remake disc. Feeling a little disappointed but have emailed SE, hopefully they can rectify this for me. Graphics for KH4 look awesome though!
  9. cormacmcs
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    An, at times decent and endearing, although unnecessarily padded, reimagining of a classic, marred by convoluted and ridiculous story changes, which are equal parts baffling and amateurish. The last section of the game takes what should of been an easy win for Square-Enix and drives it headfirst into a wall of disappoint, so foul, it almost strips away all positive feelings garnered by theAn, at times decent and endearing, although unnecessarily padded, reimagining of a classic, marred by convoluted and ridiculous story changes, which are equal parts baffling and amateurish. The last section of the game takes what should of been an easy win for Square-Enix and drives it headfirst into a wall of disappoint, so foul, it almost strips away all positive feelings garnered by the fluid combat and enjoyable character interactions.… Expand
  10. Lv99_PLD
    Apr 14, 2020
    2
    This is a Sequel, relying on nostalgia and the title of a remake, to rake in cash.
    Story: 40% is meh, 40% is worse, 20% is better
    Combat: Concept is great. But functionally repetitive, and never does anything interesting. ATB is stuck on easy mode, and isnt tuned to be more fun (such as increased fill rate, and increased enemy damage to actually need heals) Normal mode lets you spam    This is a Sequel, relying on nostalgia and the title of a remake, to rake in cash.
    Story: 40% is meh, 40% is worse, 20% is better
    Combat: Concept is great. But functionally repetitive, and never does anything interesting. ATB is stuck on easy mode, and isnt tuned to be more fun (such as increased fill rate, and increased enemy damage to actually need heals) Normal mode lets you spam potions to get through all fights by mashing square.
    Bosses only have the mechanic of: Has an elemental weakness you can ignore or Ignores most physical attacks you do. Nothing else. Anything else they do is secondary and can be missed/ignored.
    Music: 40% sound terrible, 40% are just meh, and 19% are good, and 1% is actually an improvement.
    Graphics: 2 areas look AMAZING, 2 areas look good enough, and the rest look pixelated, and terrible designs.
    Art Direction: Improper use of music in improper situations. Improper visual representation for mood or tone.

    They should have made FF16, or a non disingenuous sequel if they wanted to make something different. Otherwise remakes should remain as improved remasters. This abomination hybrid sequel reimagining is absolutely awful.    … Expand
  11. tridas
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    if they had advertised the game as something else other than "Remake" I wouldn't even buy it. But they deceived me and now I will have to ask for refund and in the meantime I give this scam game 0.
  12. Marman0024
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Square Enix completely dropped the ball on this classic from 1997. This was nothing more than a shameless cash grab. If you enjoyed ff15, this is the same game with ff7 skins.
  13. Arck
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    GRAN juego para los nostálgicos que amamos el clásico y un acierto en su diseño de combates. MALISIMO en su diseño de niveles, relleno de forma forzada y artificial y cambios graves alejados en su narrativa muy mal encajados. Nomura a querido dejar su huella y a manchada el alma de esta obra. Ha cambiado el destino de FF7R y ahora se llama "Final Hearts - Los tres jinetes y el sin corazónGRAN juego para los nostálgicos que amamos el clásico y un acierto en su diseño de combates. MALISIMO en su diseño de niveles, relleno de forma forzada y artificial y cambios graves alejados en su narrativa muy mal encajados. Nomura a querido dejar su huella y a manchada el alma de esta obra. Ha cambiado el destino de FF7R y ahora se llama "Final Hearts - Los tres jinetes y el sin corazón del destino". Enhorabuena Nomura por semejante infortunio.… Expand
  14. tinafloq
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    changed way too much, is a reboot/re imagining of the original Final Fantasy VII.
  15. Drujno
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    PS4
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    PC Exclusive
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    Final Fantasy Gold soucer
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    >All Games and Stories told so far PS6.5(pre beta) Final Fantasy 7 Redone >the Story begins again PS6.5(late beta)//Xbox-sandbox(early alpha) Final Fantasy 7 vs 7 >The story of Final Fantasy 6 told in the univers of Redone OSnextgen5G/AndroidAndorid++ Final Fantasy 7 vs 7.1 >online comic with extra story cuts PS6.5(alpha)/XboxANDroid Final Fantasy 7 - 7.2: Back to the future >Destiny 2.09 after 356 days of second key on all platforms Final Fantasy 7 double 7 sescond key edition redoneMastered remake sun edition >All Games in on mega pack for DL PS6.6version2 (beta 0.2345) Final Fantasy 7 - 8: worlds >Cloudia turns into a male and becomes Cloud 3.0 NetflixTV3.0 Final Fantasy 7 - 8.1/3: The Angle within >Sephiriotis gets pregnant >real life action short tv show OSSs//+androidANDOID++ Final Fantasy 7 - the story so far >short comic about the whole story told so far PS6.9version3( beta 0.234525) Final Fantasy 7 - 8.2: Remake 2 first key >Cloud travels back in time to warn Cloudia    … Expand
  16. jimfoes
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It seems that they failed to contain Nomura's insanity under control, really disappointing ending.

    Time travel, non-specific dialogue, "defy destiny" no-sense, empty fan-service, alternate timelines.

    What a joke.    … Expand
  17. xikipeke
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    The game has no textures. They're all low. That's impossible. They said the day one we'd have patches to fix. Nothing. All lies. It is a shame that a game of this importance emerges without textures.
  18. PaBost
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    I can't believe how they arrogantly lied and changed the story in this remake. I will ask for a refund because this game is not a remake of Final Fantasy VII as they advertised it to be.
  19. Janedoe1
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This is The Last Jedi - Final Fantasy Edition. It doesn’t add to FF7’s legacy. It cannibalizes it, wallows in its entrails, and infects it with coronavirus.

    Square Enix outright LIED about this being a remake. This is a sequel, like Dirge of Cerberus. And don’t fall for Square Enix’s paid reviewers here trying to handwave this dishonesty with a pseudointellectual raven-argument about    This is The Last Jedi - Final Fantasy Edition. It doesn’t add to FF7’s legacy. It cannibalizes it, wallows in its entrails, and infects it with coronavirus.

    Square Enix outright LIED about this being a remake. This is a sequel, like Dirge of Cerberus. And don’t fall for Square Enix’s paid reviewers here trying to handwave this dishonesty with a pseudointellectual raven-argument about what a ‘remake’ is. They deliberately kept all the idiotic time-travel ghost janitors out of the hype. They knew DAMN well that they were lying through their teeth.

    The “““““plot””””” loosely apes the original, but strips it of everything meaningful. Its length is artificially padded AS HELL with Korean-MMO-tier busywork quests which COMPLETELY kill what little sense of pacing was left from Square Enix’s butchery of the original plot. And that’s not much. Every noble sacrifice is either completely stripped of meaning or just retconned entirely. Everything, however integral to the original storyline, is retconned. Every plot point is gutted to accommodate the unwanted changes. And the new retconned ending just outright veers into pure fanfiction territory in a way that only a paid shill could defend. There's a reason why most of the '10' reviews here are mispuctuated stock one-line phrases.

    This is an utter mockery of everything you liked about the original and I URGE you to watch it on youtube before you even consider buying it. You shouldn’t buy it, though. No one deserves to watch their beloved 90s-game desecrated like this.    … Expand
  20. kobe_gosu
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    I'm going to make an account just to rate this game. I mean, you really start the game after midgar in the OG FF7. Other than graphics, this game is a huge let down. And that Ending, wtf were they thinking. Just a money grab project meant for hard core fans unlike the OG that impressed the entire video game community.
  21. TheVJ
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    This could have been a good remake if it wasn't for Nomura's obsession with story changes that are on the level of bad Kingdom Hearts fanfiction. People mainly wanted to see FF7 with modern graphics and a freshened up combat system. No one asked for them to completely mess up the story, but that's what they did.

    The gist: If you're a fan of FF7 who loved that game, then you should find    This could have been a good remake if it wasn't for Nomura's obsession with story changes that are on the level of bad Kingdom Hearts fanfiction. People mainly wanted to see FF7 with modern graphics and a freshened up combat system. No one asked for them to completely mess up the story, but that's what they did.

    The gist: If you're a fan of FF7 who loved that game, then you should find this remake to be an insult that ruins its story.    … Expand
  22. kLRc4GE
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    Sadly after 23 years SE fails to deliver a proper REMAKE.
    Project was too ambitious - from hardware perspective and new story & content approach.
    It's not a game for younger audience (story too complicated) and not for fans (too many boring filler quests and unnecessary changes).
    Funny - almost 70% of "new and great" content is lame and boring.
    Nomura - whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????????
  23. DutchDread
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    I just finished the final battle of the FFVII remake, I know it's the final battle because I am never touching this game again in my life.

    You had one job square-enix, ONE FREAKING JOB! I had to take a pause because over the past few hours I've gone through the five **** stages of GRIEF. It started with Denial, then tears of pain as I watched something I loved get pissed on, and now    I just finished the final battle of the FFVII remake, I know it's the final battle because I am never touching this game again in my life.

    You had one job square-enix, ONE FREAKING JOB!

    I had to take a pause because over the past few hours I've gone through the five **** stages of GRIEF.
    It started with Denial, then tears of pain as I watched something I loved get pissed on, and now I am at anger. Trying and failing to bring up the motivation to finish the game when I just want to stop fighting and lets my characters die along with my love of square enix.
    ALL YOU NEEDED TO DO WAS MAKE A FREAKING REMAKE!

    The game started out well enough, plenty faithful, and even adding in some nice small additions, I was loving the ride. Honestly, the biggest problem I had was that there weren't a lot of choices when there easily could have been. The only thing that I felt did not need to be added were the guardians of fate, however, as long as their part was small, I could let it go.

    Then the end of the game drew nearer and it was like I was in a fever dream, a sense of dread fell on me "oh no, they are not doing this to my boy?". There were several times where I genuinely was wondering whether or not I was hallucinating, this could not be happening.

    This game is an abomination, it's an insult to everyone who wanted to relive FFVII again. I wasted 300 euros on this joke, money I will never get back, I wondered why they were so specific about return policies being invalidated once I input the activation key for my DLC.

    In all my life I have never been more angry than I am at this very moment, I am at a loss for words.    … Expand
  24. Bolgie
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    First of all, this is not a remake, or at least not what an average person expects of one, and certainly not the type of remake fans of the original had been asking for years. It's a pseudo sequel that assumes you already know the plot of the original.

    With that out of the way here are some faults that hopefully will convince you not to give Square-Enix your money for this subpar    First of all, this is not a remake, or at least not what an average person expects of one, and certainly not the type of remake fans of the original had been asking for years. It's a pseudo sequel that assumes you already know the plot of the original.

    With that out of the way here are some faults that hopefully will convince you not to give Square-Enix your money for this subpar product:

    -Final Fantasy XIII levels of hallway design, the game is extremely monotonous and linear, it even goes as far as blocking you with a WRONG WAY message like it's a racing game.

    -"We expanded Midgar into a whole game" actually means they added a ton of padding (it takes over an hour of walking simulator section just to get from the church to Aeris' house) and lazy sidequests (for example, kill 10 types of this enemy); you don't actually get to explore other sections of Midgar that were not in the original game.

    -Graphics take a huge nosedive after the demo section of the game, certain environments and textures look like something out of the Playstation 2 era, this is not an exaggeration.

    -New characters/entities start showing up early (also right after the demo section, conveniently enough) and often, and they pretty much ruin every scene they appear in by depriving the original characters of their agency. Not much more can be said without getting into spoiler territory, but it cannot be understated just how much these new entities clash with the atmosphere of the game and the story.

    -Action battle system doesn't actually offer any more depth, every single enemy you encounter just happens to be an annoying damage sponge, further contributing to the padding.

    -Despite all the padding, it's just a 20-30 hour game unless you are really dragging your feet or get stuck somewhere somehow.

    -Already known for years but always worth repeating, this "remake" only covers around 10% of the original game, but you still have to pay full price for it.

    -English voice acting is very mediocre for modern standards. Some characters, a lot of NPCs in particular, seem to just be monotonously reading the script while putting no actual effort.

    The music is good but thankfully you don't have to pay $60 to listen to it.    … Expand
  25. Shasserix
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They sell me REMAKE for 5 years, they showing trailers with oryginal content, playing with nostalgia, nad in the end they give me game that isnt remake, but sequel, or reboot? With **** time travel ending, super linear locations and boring sidequests? **** you SE, I should know it will be dissapointing after FF15 disaster.… Expand
  26. GSLGaming
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    A bastardization of final fantasy series and a disgusting disservice to any fan of the original. The plot is thrown out the window, it is not a remake, it is a sequel that is horrendous on all fronts.

    Story sucks, characters suck, everything is horrible. If you want to play this, wait till they make all 7 parts + DLC's and other nonsense and buy it in one package for half price. This is    A bastardization of final fantasy series and a disgusting disservice to any fan of the original. The plot is thrown out the window, it is not a remake, it is a sequel that is horrendous on all fronts.

    Story sucks, characters suck, everything is horrible. If you want to play this, wait till they make all 7 parts + DLC's and other nonsense and buy it in one package for half price. This is worse than FFXV and that game is trash. Don't waste your money, don't waste your time. The game is filled with horrible fetch quests, linear hallway game play, and literally filler time wasting nonsense that adds nothing but time to the overall experience.

    Atrocious game, absolute disgust at this bad company.    … Expand
  27. denushigh
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    They straight lied to fan saying this was going to be a remake. Probably didn't want to risk losing the old fan purchased. I think fans would be more forgiving if they would had mentioned this was going to be a reboot.
  28. H3ct0r_jr123
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    Bro low-key this game ass it's over rated it's a trash Wana be link from legends of zelda
  29. Laschoni
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    I didn't wait all of this time for a sequel. I have to say it was a masterful troll job to bait me with a remake - I honestly can't believe the ending. Nomura shows no restraint, makes Star Wars sequels look well written.
  30. Zadkiel
    Apr 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel as though DarkChaplain has already made a much better review than mine but I did want to expand on a few points.

    The game was amazing up until the last chapter and a half. It felt like the game was going to be a remake that was fairly faithful to the original. at the last moment it takes a very drastic turn into a realm that the series has yet to taken to at this point. The game felt like it was being paraded as a faithful modern adaptation of the game with the addition of the traditional mode, using old soundtracks etc. However the final hour of the game was a total disappointment and is on par with with total train wreck of a story that is FFXIII/FFXV. The awful final act made me want to create an account and to post this review. It's such a shame when they had such an amazing thing working just to throw it away in the last hour. I also just wish it wasn't being paraded as a faithful remake, when it was not.    … Expand
  31. Climhazzard101
    Apr 26, 2020
    4
    Dont believe the critics, they are written by fanboys blinded by what hides under the surface.

    As someone who worshipped the original and wrote essays about it in high school, i looked forward to to FF7R for years. I thought, what could possibly go wrong? Considering the impeccable source material, crisp graphics and action packed battle system. It would turn out to be the greatest    Dont believe the critics, they are written by fanboys blinded by what hides under the surface.

    As someone who worshipped the original and wrote essays about it in high school, i looked forward to to FF7R for years. I thought, what could possibly go wrong? Considering the impeccable source material, crisp graphics and action packed battle system.

    It would turn out to be the greatest disappointment in video game history.

    FF7R is lazy game design at its finest. It may appear as grandeur and ambitious, but i assure you its not. Almost every map of the game is a thin corridor with only two directions: backward and forward. Actually, strike that. Most of the time you are not allowed to go back to visit previous areas in FF7R. Not that you wanted to anyways because all the environments are unappealing and there is little incentive to explore, unless you want to commit to stereotypical JRPG quests (rescue kittens, kill some rats yay!) but more on that later.

    You may think I'm nit picking, but really the core of an RPG is exploration and to be able to walk around freely. Unfortunately, FF7R holds your hand so tight its not much different than playing a FPS like say Modern Warfare. You may also say, "well the original game's Midgar section was fairly linear." Yes, but at least you could walk in more than 2 directions! Often times, the game forces you to walk in slow motion, or slowly crouch under an object or along a tight space, which is to mask the loading times. This completely ruins the games pace, something that Square Enix started doing since Tomb Raider 2012. Thus, traversing the corridors of ugly rubble is not only boring but extremely tedious.

    Keep in mind that FF7R is about 100gb, the same size as Red Dead Redemption 2. However, the latter is a sprawling open world with endless opportunities and freedom. My question is, where did all the FF7R data go?

    The best parts of the game, is when they stick to source material. The Sector 1 bombing mission, the church meeting with Aerith or the Sector 7 plate collapse are all well done pieces. As soon as the game deviates from the original's path it gets bad quickly. One of the worst sections is the chapter with Roche. He is a repulsive annoying prick that served no purpose. Classic ridiculously directed action from Nomura side. There is a lot of needless filler that was obviously put in to make the longer and less enjoyable, such as Hojo's lab or the Leslie mission. The NPCs are stereotypical, out of place and you can only overhear their conversations. Many times through the game, the party says "you wont be able to go back, are you sure you want to continue?" Seriously, when did this happen in the original? Why does the game decide what you can do and where you can go? Furthermore, the great majority of the sidequests are petty and outright stupid. It was fully possible for the developers to go further in the story than Midgar and have a more well balanced and focused experience. Regretfully, Nomura and his team chose to make this project a cash grab and have it in installments.

    The music and the battle system are the brightest part of the remake, but it can also be a hit and miss. Wall market replaced the funky tune of "The Oppressed" with some generic jazz music. Fighting is fun, but the environments were so dull that it took out all the enjoyment.

    The nail in the coffin was the ending. Just wow, talk about going off the rails. Without going into detail, I can just say that it was utterly abysmal and didnt feel like Final Fantasy, it felt more Kingdom Hearts-esque. I cringed through the whole part and lamented the fact that Square Enix had defiled one of the most beloved RPGs of all time. The implications of the ending quickly eradicated all the excitement about the potential of any sequels. Certainly, the argument could be made that a remake must be different, but this is out of proportion. A good remake (i.e RE2) sticks to the original and builds upon what made it so great. Playing FF7R is like watching a bad filler arc in an anime waiting for it to get back to the main storyline.

    This game could have been a masterpiece but in my opinion it was developed by a mediocre team marred by mediocre results (FF13 + spinoffs, FF15, KH3). The failure is a testament of the downward spiral of the company. There hasnt really been a good Final Fantasy since XII and I sadly dont see it getting any better. Playing FF7R felt like playing the second half of FF15 with FF7 characters. Critics are mesmerized by the surface without looking underneath and they are too obscured by the love of the original. Also, theres the fact for many that bad game design is not an issue as long as it is wrapped in a neat package with impressive graphics and a cinematic story, as we have seen with Uncharted and the Last of Us. But I decided to be honest and see it for what it is.

    The greatest disappointment in video game history.    … Expand
  32. Net__
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    On nous avait promis un remake , et nous voilà finalement avec un jeu découpé en morceaux qui tient plus du reboot qu'autre chose . L'histoire n'est pas respectée , et pire encore l'intrigue est complétement décousue avec un Sephiroth qui apparaît toutes les dix secondes et ce délire de vouloir expliquer chaque scène , comme si le public visé était dépourvu de cervelle . Je ne parleraiOn nous avait promis un remake , et nous voilà finalement avec un jeu découpé en morceaux qui tient plus du reboot qu'autre chose . L'histoire n'est pas respectée , et pire encore l'intrigue est complétement décousue avec un Sephiroth qui apparaît toutes les dix secondes et ce délire de vouloir expliquer chaque scène , comme si le public visé était dépourvu de cervelle . Je ne parlerai même pas des fameuses serpillères volantes sans intérêt qui viennent massacrer le scénario , on devine déjà ce qu'ils ont derrière la tête pour la suite et ça augure la pire chose qu'on pourrait faire à ce jeu .
    La scène finale totalement ratée confirme qu'on a plus affaire à FF7 premier du nom , mais à un espèce de pâté de crisis core , advent children et ff15 ... , c'est à vomir .
    En parlant de ff15 on retrouve le même gameplay , et s'il diffère dans les commandes il n'en est pas moins rebutant , et encore plus dans le visuel . Là aussi on nous avait promis qu'on allait retrouver les sensations d'origine , bin ... c'est raté ! Les combats se résument à du bourrinage 80% du temps , et quelques passages en ralentit pour faire semblant de faire des choix stratégiques avec 3 ou 4 magies ... Absolument aucun intérêt si ce n'est de faire durer les combats pour palier à une durée de vie de jeu risible .
    SE a voulu faire du grandiose , c'est bien , mais c'est fait au rabais et c'est surtout trop visible . Je ne vais pas me plaindre des textures ni des graphismes parce que ce n'est pas essentiel à mes yeux , par contre les clones pnj tous les 2 mètres ... voilà quoi . Tout le budget a dû passer dans les feux d'artifices des combats et la fanfare .
    Je dis fanfare parce que certaines musiques sont réussies , mais alors d'autres ... à faire saigner les oreilles . Et le pire c'est qu'elles ne correspondent presque jamais avec le contexte du jeu , pour le joueur habitué à retrouver tel morceau à tel endroit ou moment du jeu , c'est presque un viol auditif . Quand en plus ça se mélange à des sonneries d'alarme , des bruitages de combats et des "hi han" que couinent les persos ... Une horreur .
    On se serait largement passé de cette réorchestration , surtout pour le thème d'Aerith ...
    La musique me dérange plus que les voix , les doublages je m'en fiche un peu , je fais avec . Les dialogues me dérangent un peu plus , avec des "fils de p.." et autres grossièretés qu'on entend et qui n'existaient pas dans l'original , qui d'ailleurs n'existaient pas dans ce genre de jeu à l'époque . Le style est complétement dénaturé .
    Je parlais de la durée de vie précédemment , je voulais mettre une mention spéciale pour les quêtes bidons au passage , SE veut faire du death stranding avec le scénario et nous sert des quêtes 3-7 ans à côté ..
    Je crois qu'ils se sont un peu perdus dans leur trip.

    Malgré la nostalgie qui parfois l'emporte sur tout ces défauts , il faut rester lucide . Ce remake n'est pas un bon remake , et ce n'est pas plus un bon jeu . Se avait la pression et peur de se lourder , et bien c'est fait .
    Je m'imagine même pas faire une suite dans 2 ans , c'est du n'importe quoi .
    Ma note sera au niveau de ma déception , un petit 11/20 .    … Expand
  33. enansein
    Apr 13, 2020
    4
    This game is not a Final Fantasy VII remake. The idea of splitting it and make just the first Midgar part is a very bad idea to begin. This make the game a very slow paced experience that makes you not even want to finish it. The great plot of the original is ruined by Nomura's fan fiction with ghosts and Sephiroth popping out as much as he can. Combat System is a mess. I mean how couldThis game is not a Final Fantasy VII remake. The idea of splitting it and make just the first Midgar part is a very bad idea to begin. This make the game a very slow paced experience that makes you not even want to finish it. The great plot of the original is ruined by Nomura's fan fiction with ghosts and Sephiroth popping out as much as he can. Combat System is a mess. I mean how could anyone think that combat system makes sense? If you don't hit, you don't get ATB, so if enemy is out of range you basically can't do anything, no use items no use of magics. Lot of damages taken without even noticing, ATB ruined if you get hit while doing an ability.
    What was SE thinking?    … Expand
  34. Kein
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A promise has been made and then it was betrayed.

    I don't really have issues with the *changes* that expand on the FF7 OG stuff. The nonsensical, new **** (literally quoting IGN here) *additions* is what ruins everything, just like a spoon of tar ruins a whole barrel of sweet honey.

    Jessie getting more backstory and actual parents and expanded background? Absolutely great.
    Biggs or Wedge or both survive? Fine too, it was done more or less naturally. Jessie is still dead, as far as we know for now, and Barret's character development was more influenced by the whole plate-crash event overall and him realizing he almost lost Marlene.
    Wall-market gameplay and plot segment changed to play out a bit differently? Three mafia heads were added to the area to expand on it? Great, more to the story.
    Wall-climbing changed? No problem, it makes more sense now actually.
    Shinra Tower events altered? It's alright, nothing sacred was massacred. They also added a bunch of great stuff like history, research divisions expanded, etc.
    Roche? Whatever, he does not mean much and kinda a fun, goofy thing for a comic relief (and a least-intrusive cameo from KH).

    None of these changes are bad or something even old fans would strongly oppose. May be they'd argue about some small details and the way they were implemented, but it would be nowhere as bad as:

    > Sephiroth appearing, like, 3485345 times in the first few hours of the game with **** nonsense. Literally almost the whole backstory from Kalm spilled out (which has important and pivotal aspects for Cloud's character development, like him learning he did in fact kill Sephiroth) and others also meet him despite the fact this does not happen until Disc 2 in OG.
    > "CHANGEBAD GHOSTS" as an insult at the OG fans (“You are bad and should feel bad for clinging to old stuff! Change good!”)
    > State-of-the-art dumb alternate universe/timelines (or even KH-like multiversetimelines) nonsense as an excuse to completely rewrite the story after Midgar because "well, son, you've defeated the ghosts now, we can be free, aren't you happy ^)"

    From the moment Nomura was brought back I knew things will go sideways for the remake.    … Expand
  35. CyberX
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake is far from being perfect! It’s quite the contrary. Let me explain!

    The battle system is extremely positive, in the sense that it rivals action games. For a JRPG this is the most impressive fragment of the game. I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH SQUARE ENIX IS STORYTELLING AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT – They just don’t know how to tell a good story. All the Final    Final Fantasy 7 Remake is far from being perfect! It’s quite the contrary. Let me explain!

    The battle system is extremely positive, in the sense that it rivals action games. For a JRPG this is the most impressive fragment of the game.

    I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH SQUARE ENIX IS STORYTELLING AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT – They just don’t know how to tell a good story. All the Final Fantasy up to FFX had good stories and good character development. Since FFX and onward, every FF game was a disaster in terms of story.

    My Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ratings
    Story 0
    Character development 1
    Game play 10
    Graphics 5
    Overall rating 4

    FF7 ORIG already had a complicated story and now Square Enix made even worse. To come back from this will be difficult. All I see is another FF13 on the rise.    … Expand
  36. someguinea
    Apr 11, 2020
    3
    All you had to do was follow the script, Nomura, but no, you had to put your weird destiny-fate lame KH spin on this.

    Besides the AWFUL rape of the original plot, this game is basically a series of corridors that you press square to win battles in. Enemies scale with you, materia system has zero imagination, everything is bad.
  37. bowserStain
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    No... The 0 are not because we're angry because of false reason.
    SquareEnix told us for 10 YEARS that this remake will dutifully respect the Final Fantasy 7's storyline.
    Because, it was supposed to be a remake of Final Fantasy 7, remember ? That's why it was so hyped and that's why it sold so dreamfully well in pre-order. They said they won't touch the story, just add content...    No... The 0 are not because we're angry because of false reason.
    SquareEnix told us for 10 YEARS that this remake will dutifully respect the Final Fantasy 7's storyline.
    Because, it was supposed to be a remake of Final Fantasy 7, remember ?
    That's why it was so hyped and that's why it sold so dreamfully well in pre-order.

    They said they won't touch the story, just add content...
    They added content : good. Very good.
    But they completely messed up and changed totally the story by the end of the game.
    Numerous people who are supposed to be dead are magically alive, demon and monster for parallel universe pop, backed-up by Sephiroth so that the timeline of OG's story are preserved, and YOU, the player and the characters are fighting so that Final Fantasy 7's story don't happen...

    Can you imagine that ??... The game... is telling you... to **** off and destroy the game's normal story so that Nomura can force his own story down your throat and into the game.
    Next step : we will learn Marlene is an ancent too, Aerith will not die because now every characters know what the "normal" future is made of and they will fight against it.

    Also, **** you everyone who believed SE's sweet lies that they would respect the original game's story.

    THIS ! ... is way we all put 0 to this game...
    The rage is legit and as big as the crush of all our hopes for these remake...
    They destroyed our hope, they lied in the most crual manner by the last hour of the game's story. They deserve the anger.
    They deserve to KNOW that we're pissed, that we KNOW THEY LIED and we're really, really, REALLY not okay with this destruction of the otherwise very good game by killing the story for some Nomura's stupidity.    … Expand
  38. zycore718
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Square advertised this game series as the remake that fans had hoped and wished for, and for the most part the first game absolutely delivered on that. Midgar is faithfully reproduced and feels more alive than it’s ever been. The graphics are beautiful and perfectly match the character of the city and the slums. The characters are multi-dimensional, even the background Avalanche trio of Biggs, Wedge and Jessie get more to do and say. The combat is fun and challenging once you get used to the fundamentals and how each character handles. Aside from a few slow bits, too linear places and the admittedly boring sidequests, I had a blast with the first 17 chapters and it was getting me stoked for the future games. I wanted to see Nibelheim, Rocket Town, Wutai, Cosmo Canyon and the rest of the characters experience the same loving treatment given to Midgar in this game. I started to think to myself ‘this is too good to be true’, it was damn-near perfect.

    Well, turns out it was too good to be true. Having finished the game, I now find myself absolutely shellshocked that Square could take such an easy slam-dunk and fumble it at the literal final hurdle. Chapter 18 – the ending chapter - single-handedly brings the entire game down crashing and burning. It’s a baffling, disappointing trainwreck that rips apart the spirit of not only the ORIGINAL game but the first 17 chapters of ITS OWN GAME on top of that. I had several theories about what the floating things that kept popping up during the game were, but I honestly believed all that they were was something to do with the Reunion that is prominent in the story of FFVII. Nope, surprise! They’re mystical time ghosts who preserve ‘destiny’, because we clearly needed that crap from Kingdom Hearts in here – complete with a huge black blob boss. And double surprise! Sephiroth can now travel in space and parallel dimensions like **** Dr Strange. And Zack is somehow also still alive. Meaning that the emotional weight of his death is completely invalidated. I’M NOT EVEN LYING about any of this.

    The whole chapter and ending made me bash my head against the wall, and I still lost less braincells than watching it all unfold. I’m struggling to understand what the **** happened. And if your plot is unintelligible to a lot of your audience then I’m sorry, but it’s not a good plot. What was so wrong with the original story that warranted this absurd deviation? Did Nomura and Nojima decide that it wasn’t “”cool”” or “”meta”” enough for the Gen-Zers who’ve never played the 1997 original? We’ll probably never know. But nevertheless, it took my enjoyment of the game and excitement of the future and threw it in the trash. All my hype destroyed in one short hour. I can’t for the life of me understand how the hell they thought that this was the direction those like me who loved Final Fantasy VII wanted to go in. I can’t understand that the same people who gave us the original story that was almost perfect could turn it into such moronic drivel.

    The game was easily a 9/10 before Chapter 18, but that ridiculous ending seriously deserves a 0/10. So I averaged the score to 4/10. It’s frankly saddening. Square shouldn’t have advertised this as a ‘remake’. It’s clearly not. It’s clearly aiming to be a reboot. A reboot that, from the ending of the first part, will end up trumping Advent Children in the stakes of gaudy nonsense. It’s ‘Rebuild of Evangelion’ levels of reboot. I feel cheated, and I was one of the people who DIDN’T want just the original game with HD graphics, and expected there to be some story changes. But I expected those changes to actually ADD to the original story, not take away practically everything it had in favour of lazy, brainless tropes. I’m not gonna stick around for the next games in the series now. I don’t want the rest of Final Fantasy VII Remake if it’s based on the rubbish in Chapter 18. Sorry, Square, but you blew it. I’ll just play the original from now on.    … Expand
  39. Animegroove
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    Este juego es una falta de respeto al original No tiene el contenido completo y viene en formato episódico Gracias Square Enix por joder el juego
  40. Zer0TheHer0
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This is not Final Fantasy VII
    This is not a remake
    this is a piece of **** pathetic reboot/reimagining made by incompetent game directors (nomura and nojima) that felt the need to ruin the real Final Fantasy VII story and design. Everything is wrong and stupid. From Tifa design to all the story, the use of Sephiroth and those moronic "time ghosts". It's embarassing, feels like bad    This is not Final Fantasy VII
    This is not a remake
    this is a piece of **** pathetic reboot/reimagining made by incompetent game directors (nomura and nojima) that felt the need to ruin the real Final Fantasy VII story and design. Everything is wrong and stupid. From Tifa design to all the story, the use of Sephiroth and those moronic "time ghosts". It's embarassing, feels like bad fanfiction written by a 12 years old

    nomura keeps ruining the Final Fantasy name over and over

    It's pathetic, it's juvenile, it's **** writing and the only good thing about it it's that it will never end since it's episodic and this is just a small part (but full price!) of the whole game

    nomura shouldn't have a job in the industry

    do not buy this ****    … Expand
  41. the-down-of-man
    Apr 15, 2020
    2
    SE and Nomura killed my childhood and my favorite game. I don't wanna play a Kingdom Hearts like, I just want Final Fantasy VII Remake. The game is great 'till the last section, but then... VOMIT.
  42. Vile-Okami
    Apr 13, 2020
    4
    I hate this game more the longer I play it. Combat is a chaotic, terrible mess. Graphics have a severe downgrade after the demo, and it's frankly just boring to play knowing it's only 1/8 of the actual game.
  43. AngelusNovus07
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    A lot of graphic engine and a lot of paraphernalia but quite inferior to the original in several aspects. The change of style of game seems to me a mistake because the sensations that it transmits while you play it are not in line with the story that is being told. The subject system of the original game was incredibly good even compared to current games, a revision and extension of thisA lot of graphic engine and a lot of paraphernalia but quite inferior to the original in several aspects. The change of style of game seems to me a mistake because the sensations that it transmits while you play it are not in line with the story that is being told. The subject system of the original game was incredibly good even compared to current games, a revision and extension of this would have been much more enjoyable to play. The characters look good but there's always something creaking about them as if something isn't quite right. In short, as a game it is entertaining and nice to watch but it doesn't go any further, it stays at the level of any RPG action of the last generations except for the technical improvement of the consoles and engines themselves. If we add to all the above that it is a game that in its original version came complete in several CDs and in this case is sold as several episodes that are worth the same as a complete game each we can reach the conclusion that the idea is to get the maximum benefit at the expense of mistreating a classic title in an unnecessary way.

    I don't recommend its purchase since the original game is a much better way to live the FF IIV experience and in case you are not looking for that experience but for a game of this style I think there are similar options in the market that for the price of a single episode of this title include the complete game.    … Expand
  44. imc_manu
    Apr 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just can't believe the amount of perfect score reviews that I am seeing on this website. They always talk about review bombing because of the negative ones, but on metacritic is happening something very suspicious in the other direction. It doesn't seem normal to me that many of these 10 score reviews are three or four lines long and many of them say that the game is very faithful to the original and totally respects the characters. Seriously? Have these people actually play the game and finish the game?

    The ending of the game is a real disappointment and I even signed in on Metacritic just to write a review. This is not a FF VII remake, this is something else. You can call it a sequel, an alternate reality or whatever you want to call it but it is not a remake. During my playthrough I was enjoying and reminiscing my childhood in spite of the damn ghosts that kept showing up and ruining almost every important scene of the game. I thought: "well, Nomura is behind this project, I could expect something like this after the disasters of KH3 and FFXV" but how could I imagine what they had in store for us waiting at the end of the game.

    I feel betrayed, I feel scammed, I feel like I want my money back. They told us that this would be a remake of the original game and I could accept changes such as certain scenes played differently or even characters that were supposed to be dead to be alive on this one, but was it necessary to add different realities and all that bull**** at the end? I think that Nomura and the guys in charge of this think they are smarter than they really are and what they have added to the game is complete nonsense.

    They only had to follow the script. I hope there is a great negative response to what SE has done to this beloved masterpiece and they reconsider their plans for it.    … Expand
  45. ninso
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Time travel and alternate universes set this up to be another Kingdom Hearts fever dream. Not what we were promised.… Expand
  46. Glauz
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Han destrozado una de las mejores historias de los videojuegos, empezó muy bien pero luego decepcion absoluta… Expand
  47. Chewieflakes
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an absolute mess... Why would they dirty the legacy of FF7 with this abomination? Zack's death at the end of crisis core was a dramatic and impactful scene. Now in this "remake" he survives in the goofiest way possible, demeaning his memorable departure. Oh but it's okay, because time ghosts make sure he dies like he's suppose to by having him get hit by some train. You remember that when you played through FF7 right? That's good writing, yeah?… Expand
  48. DrgnMasterKota
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    We’ve waited 23yrs to get this “Remake” that actually turns out to be some Kingdom Hearts type alternate dimension time travel spinoff of the original game.. the game is Gorgeous minus some prominent background textures issues and the first 15hrs of gameplay minus the new ghost that ruin the iconic OG cutscenes are perfect. From there this game really nose bombs HARD and it’s true colorsWe’ve waited 23yrs to get this “Remake” that actually turns out to be some Kingdom Hearts type alternate dimension time travel spinoff of the original game.. the game is Gorgeous minus some prominent background textures issues and the first 15hrs of gameplay minus the new ghost that ruin the iconic OG cutscenes are perfect. From there this game really nose bombs HARD and it’s true colors start to come out to show the real sh#! show that it is. They managed to fool us with the “Remake” nostalgia for part 1 but I can promise it won’t be the same with part 2.… Expand
  49. morningland
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Im about 10 hours in and I just can’t play it anymore. I was really trying to tough it out and make to to the church with Aerith but I just can’t do it. The game, in typical loser square fashion, is a boring painful chore to play. They took what was an epic game and remade at as a mediocre one. It’s boring and stretched out just for the sake of creating a franchise instead of justIm about 10 hours in and I just can’t play it anymore. I was really trying to tough it out and make to to the church with Aerith but I just can’t do it. The game, in typical loser square fashion, is a boring painful chore to play. They took what was an epic game and remade at as a mediocre one. It’s boring and stretched out just for the sake of creating a franchise instead of just faithfully recreating the game for the next generation. Just a really stupid idea. Please don’t give them your money and I’m saying that as FINAL FANTASY 7 1997 being my favorite game. Who ever thought it was a good idea to release these games in episodes when the first only covers the first 10% of the game is, simply put, an idiot. Or he’s just greedy, one or the other. At the pace square finishes these games we will all be dead by the time this series is finished and it probably won’t even be worth the wait. And the combat system just sucks. Turn based combat is still fun and was great in recent games like dragon quest 11. Here square is trying to use a blend of action and turn based combat but both end up being mediocre. Combat is just frustrating, confusing button mashing mess. I understand it’s probably my problem and I’m not understanding how to play but it all seems way too chaotic and quickly gets tiresome. Seriously. Why couldn’t they just recreate the 1997 because in the small moments where they did that this game really shines. The opening reactors scene and the streets or Midgard after were truly awesome and I was truly struggling to slog through the game to get to more moments like that. I just could t take it after a while. Also. The some of the textures in the game are just shockingly bad. It’s pretty amazing for a game that took five years to make. Also, the lip syncing must be glitched because it is beyond atrociously bad. Also, they ruined the story. Wait until the end of the game. They completely change the story and turn it into confusing kingdom hearts crap

    Honestly. If people like this game more power to them but for me it’s just painful. I’m going back to the original and after the disappointments of final fantasy 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 I’ve finally learned my lesson that this series is finished. I’m not spending anymore money on these games. Please only buy this game when it’s half price. Don’t support this.    … Expand
  50. NestorKilduff
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Square Enix developers are so incompetent that they can't even remake the whole original game, then they decide to insult their fans with this "reimagining" trash game and advertise it as being a remake.
  51. zemp
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    Guys, we need to create a petition that demands Square Enix to change the title of this game because this game is definitely not the remake of the original Final Fantasy VII game, it's just a new game with a new story that occurs after the events of the original game.

    Now I'm really glad by the fact that I never tattooed "Final Fantasy VII" in my body, because if I had did it, Oh God, I    Guys, we need to create a petition that demands Square Enix to change the title of this game because this game is definitely not the remake of the original Final Fantasy VII game, it's just a new game with a new story that occurs after the events of the original game.

    Now I'm really glad by the fact that I never tattooed "Final Fantasy VII" in my body, because if I had did it, Oh God, I would have really regret it these days.    … Expand
  52. Crazyhydra89
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    Nomura turned Final Fantasy into Kingdom Hearts. Salty metacritic mods keep deleting my reviews, but it's still going to be a zero.
  53. KojimbooSucks11
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Cool """remake""" you've got there bro. What's even the point of pretending to remake a game if it's a fanfic? Nomura and Nojima has no shame.
  54. sabaothkelly
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Most people that are hyped because of this Reboot or Reimagination, obviously haven't even played its original version, which is still one of the greatest and most fun games ever. But now Square Enix is ​​just milking it's success, because they have nothing going for them anymore. Final Fantasy 15 was pure garbage, and Square Enix is ​​obviously desperate after that failure of a game.Most people that are hyped because of this Reboot or Reimagination, obviously haven't even played its original version, which is still one of the greatest and most fun games ever. But now Square Enix is ​​just milking it's success, because they have nothing going for them anymore. Final Fantasy 15 was pure garbage, and Square Enix is ​​obviously desperate after that failure of a game.

    So now they make a ridiculous hack and slash simulator, just for a quick cash grab, with a combat system so dull and flat that makes it nothing more than smash those buttons kind of game. What happened to the turn based combat system, in which one even had to use tactics to survive in it? The players can even literary destroy the first duo of Shinra Security Guards with a single slash of the Buster Sword, and yes, I know there is a Hard difficulty which has to be unlocked, but that should be selectable from the start, since that the fact that you have to unlockit is a very CHEAP idea, and without forgetting the fact that there have been mods for years, which increase the difficulty of the original game too!

    What a **** show Final Fantasy has become. I still love going back and playing FF 01-10, but now they just dumped everything down and ruined their own franchise, and of its bests and more successful titles ever. THIS IS SO SAD...........    … Expand
  55. thetokinone
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    If you want an example of every possible way gaming has gotten worse in the last 20 years, this game exemplifies nearly all of them. My expectations were low, and I expected to be angry, offended even. I am neither, just... kind of depressed.
  56. Zuest
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Final Fantasy 7 remake? more like Final Fantasy 7 Joking Edition.
    Nobody ask for a fking alternative timeline where almost all event in the Midgar arc of the original game is changed into a KH clone.
    Also, what is this era? when a serious vibe game turn into a fkin "high school adventure with pink tone kiaa kiaa"    … Expand
  57. hanspeterjantje
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All most fans ever wanted was a remake of the original with generally better graphics and some of the more wonky parts improved (chocobo races , the rts level etc) . Instead we get a reskin of the last final fantasy game as far as combat and depth goes.

    Time travel ruins most of the emotional drama of the original. Image a Romeo and juliet where in the remake they both survive.    … Expand
  58. nexus4p
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    Remake that ruined the original. Full of childish scenes. Graphics are bad.
  59. thandalNexus
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    He did it... He dare doing it...
    Nomura murdered Final Fantasy 7... The end of this game is a clear "F- you" to everybody who believed this remake (and the following that may, or may not, come after) will respect the original game.
    Plot twist (pun not intended) : it doesn't ! The game story has been diverted massively from the OG and considering the butchering of the story they did in    He did it... He dare doing it...
    Nomura murdered Final Fantasy 7... The end of this game is a clear "F- you" to everybody who believed this remake (and the following that may, or may not, come after) will respect the original game.
    Plot twist (pun not intended) : it doesn't ! The game story has been diverted massively from the OG and considering the butchering of the story they did in the last hours of the game, there is NO chance the next games (if there is any) will be Final Fantasy 7 anymore...

    It's not the remake we wanted for decades, it's a Nomura's reboot : timeline-traveller edition...
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  60. mishayangg
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    If you love FF7, this game is not for you. It is a worse version of FF15 with some of the FF7 story slapped on top. The combat is hectic and confusing, most of the time you do not understand why you died or what you even were targeting. Camera goes haywire and you often end up targeting a enemy that is out of range. You do your special and, you are out of range. Now you are in range, ohIf you love FF7, this game is not for you. It is a worse version of FF15 with some of the FF7 story slapped on top. The combat is hectic and confusing, most of the time you do not understand why you died or what you even were targeting. Camera goes haywire and you often end up targeting a enemy that is out of range. You do your special and, you are out of range. Now you are in range, oh wait, enemy interrupted you or dodged and your camera didn't follow. Combat just feels very unfulfilling 10 hours in. Level design feels boring and a chore to get through. The new parts of the story feels forced and out of place. --- This is not JRPG, this is a under cooked and rushed action game. Your head will spin from all the character changing during combat, camera going wild and targeting being bad.… Expand
  61. super_dude_m
    Apr 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How dare you do this to ff7. Unforgivable. You destroyed a gem and stole my money.… Expand
  62. RicardWolfe
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    If you are expecting to play the remake of the original game, then here is a nice advice for you, don't buy this game.

    Different Story + Different Gameplay + Different targeted audience = A total different game.

    Skip it without hesitation.
  63. OJMichaels
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely 100% hate the ending with a passion. What on God's green earth are they doing? Leave aside the use of the word remake as a blatant lie, and if they are using the word remake as in the characters remaking their destiny, that isn't clever it's convoluted. Let's also leave aside the appearance of Zack so early on taking away from the major twist of the game, and Barret's Cosmo canyon scene being emotionally lessened due to Biggs and maybe Jesse being alive. Let's leave aside the final fight with Sephiroth being all flash no substance as he hasn't earned his place to be there yet. Most newcomers will still have no idea who he even is so what is he doing as the final boss.

    Narrative is important, the key themes and concepts of a story resonate with people. We recognise ourselves in the characters we see strengths weaknesses and are able to abstract lessons from them. These characters and their stories are as real to us as real people because of the effect they have had on us and our lives. People, including me, literally cried with all the emotions attached to tears through the journey to get here. Square knew this and capitalised on it with their Japanese adverts of the connections created through the OG.

    To turn people like me, who said please explain, explore and expand on the lore of the game but leave the core themes and characters the hell alone, into the last boss of the game. To have their loyalty and love for ff7 be represented as the whispers of fate, have them defeated and announce they will now do what they like, that everything is now on the table is a disgrace. I don't know how they have the arrogance or the disrespect to treat the fans like that. Nomura isn't half as clever as he thinks he is.

    Please, if I am wrong tell me, if I am being uncharitable change my mind. I want to be wrong. But as things stand right now, I'm done with Square, I'm done with gaming. Without respect, I reject    … Expand
  64. Gordknight
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay. This review is coming from someone who bought and played the original Final Fantasy VII back in 1997 at the age of 14. Played it religiously for years. Still play it at least every other year for a full playthrough.

    Be Warned First: THIS IS NOT A REMAKE as the title implies. It's more of Final Fantasy VII: Alternate Universe Part 1.

    Now first I will say what I liked about it because I'll give credit where credit is due. The combat system is fun and engaging. The music at many points is gorgeous and spot on. The music is bad too but I'll get to that later. The voice acting is great and believable.

    The pacing seems fine for the most part.

    Now the bad. And by bad I mean REALLY **** bad.

    They strayed so completely from the source material that this game can no longer be considered a remake. Its designed more of an alternate universe prequel to Advent Children and a sequel to Crisis Core. Some of the music is such a poor rendition of the original track that its distracting. You find yourself listening closely to see if its the music that should be playing at that point/area in the game or not.

    The game is overall a marketing scam. We were sold with the deliberate pitch that veteran FFVII players would get some moments of surprise.

    That is putting it mildly. We didnt get moments of surprise. (SPOILERS BELOW)

    They rewrote the whole **** plot. In the original game Sephiroth isn't even mentioned until he kills president Shinra near the end of disc 1. In the game he bounces all over the place. Constantly appearing and disappearing. He kills president Shinra, but he also kills Barrett. Then guess what? Barrett didnt die because a magical fate ghost saved him. These stupid ass fate ghosts BTW will be appearing over and over again throughout the game. Making sure that the current time line stays in accordance to FF7 I guess? But then instead of walking into the sunset on your great adventure because president Shinra is dead and Cloud wants to pursue Sephiroth (who at this point in the original) is still a mysterious character that Cloud thought was dead) you fight the god of fate itself and then the Advent children version of Sephiroth thus changing the timelines and making Biggs back alive, ZACH appears never died and set the timeline on the course to what it seems is going to lead Aerith (Aeris) to never die too.

    What the actual **** I thought I was playing FF7 with better graphics, sound/music and a more up to date combat system. Not a bad remake of Back to the **** Future with Final Fantasy VII characters replacing DOC Brown and Marty Mcfly.

    Honestly the moments in the game that followed the original plot had me smiling ear to ear, but the huge and story destroying alterations made me feel like I was reading a terrible fan fiction made by a virgin weeb whilst he stole ideas from a rejected script of Dr Who.

    TLDR: IF you loved the original FFVII, go play that. Don't buy this **** game. If you never played the original, go get the original and still don't buy this. Its just so sad and depressing that this **** is what we got.    … Expand
  65. Ff7re_violates
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I refuse to play the game after Sephiroth "NOT" killing Barret... I know what happens and it is NOT "Nomura 400 Intelligence" as youtube ending analysis people put it. It is lazy and poor writing. It is jealousy of not being able to create a true masterpiece.

    I won't use 5000 characters to say this game is good. It was okay up to Shinra building, at best. But since the ghost trainyard I started getting this bad gut feeling. What if they change these pivotal moments? My fears turned reality and my feelings for the characters built up since 1997 faded away. I feel noting for Biggs, Wedge and Jessie becuase they took away their purpose, their sacrifice by letting Wedge live.

    I moved on with the game but the Whisperers of fate was standing in my way. Until I noticed I was a whisperer. The creators want me to kill my own feelings for the original so they can boost their egos and be able to say their version was better. I will not take part in this utter violation. That is why I refuse to finish the absolut last parts of the game.

    PS. I played with my girlfriend, a person with no relation to games what-so-ever and we started playing FF7 OG as it now will always be remembered as. She likes the story in OG better, she likes the music better (She is studying to be a music teacher and finds the remake music uphauling, LOVES the OG music). The only thing she liked better about Remake was the graphics, but even there, she finds the characters to be more expressive and fleshed out in OG. She likes Cloud more because you actually get a choice to be a nice person in OG. And that is despite me speeding through Midgar section. We will finish the Midgar section today and she is really looking forward to seeing what the world ahead holds in store for us.    … Expand
  66. LucilleMagar
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    I never rated a game in my life, but this remake revolted me in such a way that I had to come here, create an account and rate it 0.

    I will take the time and rate the original Final Fantasy VII game 10. (Something that I should've done a long time ago.) By the way, I used to trust metacritc "Critic Reviews", but not anymore. How dare they rate this remake 88? Who are these    I never rated a game in my life, but this remake revolted me in such a way that I had to come here, create an account and rate it 0.

    I will take the time and rate the original Final Fantasy VII game 10. (Something that I should've done a long time ago.)

    By the way, I used to trust metacritc "Critic Reviews", but not anymore. How dare they rate this remake 88? Who are these metacritic's Critics rating this remake trash 100 anyway?    … Expand
  67. KevinTheGrey
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    First I wanna say that i loved the original game. I remember getting the game for Christmas and how excited I was. My friends and I would do speed runs through the game over weekends. That excitement was the same when I heard it was getting a remake as even more so after seeing the trailer! But this isn’t a remake of that game. This is the worst cash grab I’ve seen in my life. It wasFirst I wanna say that i loved the original game. I remember getting the game for Christmas and how excited I was. My friends and I would do speed runs through the game over weekends. That excitement was the same when I heard it was getting a remake as even more so after seeing the trailer! But this isn’t a remake of that game. This is the worst cash grab I’ve seen in my life. It was marketed as final fantasy 7 but really is just Midgar. 1/5 of the game. All of the packaging and marketing told us that this was a full final Fantasy 7 remake with an expanded world. This was a lie! You can’t explore the world at all cause the paths a narrow and the maps are linear. The gameplay is whack. The character development is nonexistent. The storyline has been butchered. The weapons are trash. The music falls flat on its face and most of the time is so damn loud you can’t hear the dialogue. The only way I even knew what was being said is cause of the caption box. And everyone just seems to think this kinda crap is ok?!? I will not be playing or buying any further installments of this, so called game. The only thing I wish I could get my money back or maybe file a class action lawsuit.… Expand
  68. Solid_Igor
    Apr 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is Excellent when it is what it was marketed for, a Remake.
    But the ending is atrocious, a middle finger to long term fans.
    it gets extremely convoluted because they added lame plot devices that betray the essence of FF7. Timetravel doesn´t belong to the FF7 lore.
    Sephiroth is not Ultimecia.
    They transformed this game from an outstanding Remake to a Sequel/Reboot full of Nomura´s nonsense.
    If you loved the story of the OG stay away from this game, mostly because of the last chapter.    … Expand
  69. Jonas8102
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    What will kids learn from this game if it succeeds? They will learn that it's ok to lie, because yes, this game is just a big lie. It's obvious not a remake, just a new Final Fantasy VII game with a new story.
  70. Fantacap
    Apr 21, 2020
    1
    You didn't play FF15 because it sucked. FF7R is the same game, but with some nostalgia thrown in.

    The most simple dialogue is painfully drawn out. (I just wanted to buy some Phoenix Down why are you still talking to me? can I go now?) You spend a strange amount of time sliding through tight spaces or holding down Triangle for 3 seconds to open gates for seemingly no reason (don't get    You didn't play FF15 because it sucked. FF7R is the same game, but with some nostalgia thrown in.

    The most simple dialogue is painfully drawn out. (I just wanted to buy some Phoenix Down why are you still talking to me? can I go now?)
    You spend a strange amount of time sliding through tight spaces or holding down Triangle for 3 seconds to open gates for seemingly no reason (don't get me started on the big-hand crane thing)

    The combat is brainless and tedious. The block function is barely working. The camera doesn't fix on your target so you are attacking enemies off screen.
    The menu's are clunky.
    It will cost you$180 - $240 to complete the story.

    Still, it looks nice.

    Honestly though, I stayed away from previews and articles about this game purposely. No where does it say that this is not the full game and you will only get as far as Shinra HQ. Its marked as FF7 Remake , not FF7 Remake Part 1. I will wait till all the cut scenes are on youtube and just watch it. Cant take anymore of the gameplay.    … Expand
  71. MaximillianDood
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game might as well be named Final Fantasy VII-2 since it's not even the same story.
    What's with the plot ghosts running around and changing everything    … Expand
  72. Avoidedorc36584
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Horrible. Just horrible. Unfinished (even after the numerous delays) and just plain boring. Save your money and do not make a mistake buying it.
  73. drunkito
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    Soy un super fan de final fantasy 7 y lo único que se puede decir que esto no es un remake, primero metiendo mucho relleno en Migdar y luego con el final, eso NO ES LO QUE PASA EN EL JUEGO, encima a partir de ahora con la siuiente entrega no pasara nada de lo que tenía que pasar, han cambiado toda la historia. no deberia llamarse FF7 que lo llamen FF16 o como quieran pero que no mientan.
  74. Zalbuc
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains Spoilers.

    I wouldn't call myself a hardcore fan of the original FF7 however I had played trough the game as a kid and I really enjoyed the Advent Children film. I also think that FF7 has one of the strongest soundtracks of any game, and the certainly did it justice here. However Final fantasy 7 and the remake is primarily a story game, and that is why I have to give it a 0. The first 18 hours of this game were pretty decent to good. I enjoyed the combat and and the story, and I especially liked the expanded Jessie backstory. However Once I got do the pillar section that's when things fell apart in a major way. Firstly with the gameplay. After 20 hours and having mastered the combat it started to feel a bit shallow but I could put up with that. What really grinded my gears were the helitroopers in the pillar section where you are forced to play as Cloud and later cloud and Tifa. Those bastards would hover outside the bounds of the arena thus giving you no chance to attack them, and once they do come inside the arena and you jump in the air to get a few hits in they do an attack that takes away 500hp so the atb gauge I had build has to be used on healing and not ranged magic. They were a little annoying but i looked passed it and the Biggs and Jessie deaths were a strong point for sure where I got a little misty eyed. However when you got do the top of the pillar everything changed.

    At the top of the pillar you have to fight 2 of the Turks: Reno and Rude. We've met them before where Aerith tells us that they are "good people". Well those "Good people" are trying to commit a genocide by making a midgar plate fall on the slums, the game tells us that 50000 people live in the slums but doesn't tell us how many live on the plate.

    Then income the changes from the original. In the original FF7 Reno sets of a timebomb, you fight him and he runs away. In the Remake Reno is about to set off a time bomb, you stop him beat Reno and Rude and then, somehow Rude gets up dodges every bullet from Barrets arm gun which he is supposed to be a master with, Deus Ex Machina ghosts show up, a wonded Rude beats up Tifa who I mainly used to beat him with, and then comes the most inexcusable thing of all. Rude walks to Reno, picks him up, and a Helicopter comes to pick them up and Barret Cloud and Tifa just let them fly away. That drove me over the edge. The main characters who Just lost their home, friends and hundreds of thousands of people died, just let the people who caused it walk away, AND take the most logical transport to get themselves off the plate away. This is not how rational people act. Imagine this. I kill your best friend, launch a nuke that will kill millions of people, you have me at gunpoint, would you let me just take the only transport to get to safety away? I know I would be seeking major revenge. Put they turned these characters into **** retards who just stand there and do nothing while Jessies murderers fly away. After that I had to quit the game.

    I tried to play the game again later but then the content padding started to really get to me. After coming back from Aeriths house the second time Tifa sais that Don Corleone would know how to get to shinra headquarters. And that is when I finally quit the game for real. Why do we have to do this extra thing again. Tifa has been living in Midgar for 5 years and Barret presumably even more, why would the not know how to get to Shinra?
    We also find out that Wedge survived which is another kick in the balls since he was the least fleshed out character and the most boring out of the 3 avalance members

    tl;dr: They handled the plate falling so bad that after that I just couldn't take the characters seriously. And after 20 hours the padding of content for the game wore me down. And most importantly these stupid inconsistent storywriters self insertion ghost do not belong in a Final fantasy game. They are just a Deus Ex Machina and that is not competent storywriting.    … Expand
  75. Skire
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is almlost perfect until the final part. It's not fair selling a 'REMAKE' while breaking the original story. This is not a remake.… Expand
  76. Ttttttt111
    Apr 12, 2020
    2
    It’s just so boring. When I played the original I didn’t sleep, I played all the time. This game feels like a chore. The extra characters are obnoxious, and there is no autonomy. I feel like I’m being held hostage by what the game developers are trying to show me instead of letting me have my experience playing the game. Too many narrow passageways and slow dialogue. When I realized thatIt’s just so boring. When I played the original I didn’t sleep, I played all the time. This game feels like a chore. The extra characters are obnoxious, and there is no autonomy. I feel like I’m being held hostage by what the game developers are trying to show me instead of letting me have my experience playing the game. Too many narrow passageways and slow dialogue. When I realized that was happening, I was like “oh that’s how you fit a 10 hr game into 40 hrs”. I like the battle system and am open to change I just could not stay awake for this after a while. Booooring !… Expand
  77. Higgins1989
    Apr 17, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Final Fantasy 7 is a game that carries a lot of meaning and importance to many people, myself included. Having played it in 97 when it orginally came out, I fell in love with the characters, world, and the epic story that the game told. Square had a recipe for success with this game as the original story was great as it was but they decided to alter the flavor drastically and made something sour and bitter.

    I can say the character world design is overall exceptional and its amazing to see characters and places you met and visited in your childhood in such vivid detail. Midgar feels like the Midgar you pictured in your mind while playing the original game. Combat is actually fast and fun and requires thoughtful approach. The remake does a good job when it expands upon and adds much needed depth and backstory to better understand and relate to the characters that many people already love and adore. A great example of this is the games treatment of Aeriths adoptive mother, description of Aeriths early life, and the focus on Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge as friends who you grow to know and cherish, friends you fear to lose.

    The remake largely is a faithful adaption of the original Midgar section of the game up until the finale when the game introduces metaphysical entities, time travel, alternate realities, all of which never existed in the original game. These additions do absolutely nothing to enhance the story. The original game never needed such to tell a great story as greatness was already there, this ending comes across like poor fanfiction. Square has stated over the past couple yrs how faithful to the original the remake would be, its very disingenuous and misleading to call this game a remake and not reimagined with the poor story changes near the climax.    … Expand
  78. JulsH
    Apr 10, 2020
    2
    Sorry but the ending destroyed the game. The mediocre Gameplay didn't help and the fact they didn't really advertise how this isn't the full game is just a bad joke. It feels incomplete (because it is) and rushed. I didn't even play the original. I can't imagine how the og fans must feel. I'd rather play ffxv again...
  79. OmnislashVII
    Apr 19, 2020
    3
    Ending was a complete and total mess. Will come back and change my review if they ignore all the stupid Nomura crap for part two. I know a three is dramatic and I loved 97% of the game, but the ending is really that bad.
  80. Nin_
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    If you love the original, don't bother with this. It's an absolute abomination. Whoever thought of changing the story should be sacked.
  81. Gianmarco9412
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Questo gioco è un vero e proprio insulto a tutti i fan di vecchissima data, che per l'ennesima volta si ritrovano in balìa di un "autore" (un character designer e uno sceneggiatore con manie di grandezza) che è riuscito a rovinare irrimediabilmente un gioco che, fino al suo finale, era semplicemente stupendo. Hanno ragione a dire che questo è un pessimo capitolo di Kingdom Hearts, perché Nomura e Nojima non sanno fare altro che pessimi capitoli di Kingdom Hearts ormai. Hanno spacciato per anni, per anni, che questo sarebbe stato in tutto e per tutto FFVII riportato ai giorni nostri, mentendo spudoratamente su di un piccolo particolare: NON È FFVII REMAKE, È FFVII RE-MAKE 1.0. Si dice che non ci sia peggior detrattore di un'innamorato tradito, ed è esattamente così che mi sento, sono uno di quei videogiocatori che fino ad oggi ha amato FF, e questa sciaguratamente è l'ultima zolla di terra buttata sulla bara di un Franchise che ho amato, ma che adesso è sacrosantissimo e giusto abbandonare, perché a me sarebbe andato bene tutto, purché raccontato con rispetto del materiale originale, senza resurrezioni sconclusionate di personaggi che dovevano rimanere morti e viaggi spazio-temporali del cazzo che devastano l'intera timeline e gli interi eventi futuri (statevi tranquilli che qui Aerith non muore). Siete fan di vecchia data? Fatevi un favore, statene alla larga. Siete amanti dei JRPG? Fatevene un altro di favore, acquistate Persona 5 Royal, che è una revisione meravigliosa che non stravolge e non tradisce il gioco originale, ritenuto (giustamente) il miglior JRPG degli ultimi anni. Siete amanti di FF? Giocate gli originali. Questo FFVII non è rivolto a noi.… Expand
  82. RuriGokou
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    Ugh, just don't buy this game. It's also unfair that metacritic has locked the user score to 8.0. What a **** show of a site.

    Anyway, this game isn't Final Fantasy 7. This game is Final Fantasy 7-2. I wasn't expecting the game to be an exact remake. Sure I expected certain parts to be flushed out more, but this game just throws it all away to rewrite everything. This isn't a remake in    Ugh, just don't buy this game. It's also unfair that metacritic has locked the user score to 8.0. What a **** show of a site.

    Anyway, this game isn't Final Fantasy 7. This game is Final Fantasy 7-2. I wasn't expecting the game to be an exact remake. Sure I expected certain parts to be flushed out more, but this game just throws it all away to rewrite everything. This isn't a remake in the sense of remaking the game with better graphics and such. This is remake in the sense that Nomura and his turd Kingdom Hearts crew are remaking the game how they want it.

    Parts that would take 10-20 minutes in the original take up to an hour. Mostly because you're required to walk slowly or squeeze through tight areas. When you're not doing that, you are doing side quests that are taken from any run of the mill MMORPG. You have classics LIKE: find the mcguffin and return it to the owner, defeat X amount of enemies, and defeat unique enemy to get mcguffin and return it to the owner. What fun! I sure remember in the original when Cloud and co had to find cats and defeat rats for people. It doesn't even ADD to the lore of the game world. It's just padding and it's boring. I find myself just zoning out or skipping dialogue from scenes that weren't in the original because the dialogue is cringe and bad. Especially the character Jessie. This character went from neutral to cringe in an instant. Hate the character so much.

    Speaking of characters. What has happened to Tifa and Aerith? The dialogue is written and spoken in such a way to appear as a waifu material. It's so disgusting. I hated getting Aerith finally in my party because of her cringe cutesy dialogue as you're trying to get to Wall Market. Not to mention, I'm not a fan of this dialogue as you're walking around. It doesn't add anything to the game.

    I knew things weren't going to go well when in the first hour, Sephiroth appears. Just. What. ARE. THEY. THINKING!? Apparently the plot has something to do with going against fate/destiny. So, this game is some kind of alternate universe to the original. It was falsely advertised. That's right. This is a sequel because there is no way a new player could understand just what is going on. Nothing is explained very well at all UNLESS you've play the original game.

    The staff who made this game have no freaking clue what made the original great. Fans didn't want a story on fan fiction levels. Fans didn't want to see scenes taken directly from Advent Children in Final Fantasy 7. Fans wanted a game with the same major story beats as the original and having it in great graphics with some minor additions.

    Combat is horrible and can take up to 20-30 minutes just to finish a boss battle. The battles are so padded out. When you do a certain amount of damage, they'll be a cutscene or something. I'd hate to die just to sit through these cutscenes again. The character AI is so stupid. I wish you could program it to perform certain moves to help out like Final Fantasy 12 but nope. Instead the AI just seems to stand around only to get hit. I constantly have to be switching characters to put in the moves I want. And when you're not controlling a character, why does their ATB guage take SO long to even get ONE BAR!? With this kind of action RPG combat, it can get very stressful. It's not particularly fun. Especially on boss battles because they're giant damage sponges.

    I don't really remember using materia a whole lot at the beginning of the original game. Mostly just healing magic, but now you're required to equip all different kinds of materia because enemies now have weaknesses. You have to exploit these weaknesses to cause enemies to stagger. Wow, since when did Final Fantasy 7 become Persona 5? It's such a pain to go into a battle and not have the correct materia on. Be prepared for that because it'll happen often. Trash mobs should not take 10 minutes to defeat because you can't exploit the weakness and stagger them. This is what I hated about the combat in Final Fantasy 13!

    Because of how tedious combat and plot pacing is I could never see myself playing this game ever again. I've played the original numerous times since I first played it back in 1997. Not only is combat tedious, but there is no exploration. In the original game, I get to a new town or area of course I want to walk around and check things out. But this game is so on rails everyone is holding your hand and telling you what you can and cannot do. That's not fun at all. You can't even explore or interact with the towns. It's all just painting on the wall to look lived in. It's so bizarre to see 3 or 4 of the same looking NPC in a row right next to each other. Did they not even think about the placement?

    You fooled me once Squreenix shame on you. You won't fool me again. I'm not supporting Final Fantasy as a franchise anymore. I'm eagerly looking forward to the release of Trials of Mana. I've been wanting to play that more than this turd anyway.    … Expand
  83. LeraMi5
    Apr 15, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me just say that I've loved original ffvii for ages and could only dream to play this game in modern grapfics. Ffvii means a lot to me and many others, so why I'm giving it a low rating?

    This would never happen if SE told us from the start that this is NOT a remake, but a reimagining of beloved story. No one should feel bad for feeling disappointed by the product we've got. Absolutely NO ONE thought this will turn out to be a retcon or whatever it is now when we all bought this game and started playing it. This is called false advertisement.

    Instead of enjoying it from start to finish we've been slapped with some unknown plot manipulations like watchmen of fate, time travel and parallel universe. Up until the ending the game was super enjoyable with some moments to improve here and there, but nothing too critical.

    Pros:
    - Characters are all on point and I feel like I've fallen in love with them all over again
    - The world feels alive and is so much more detailed than ever
    - The music is so absolutely amazing
    - Battle system is actually a lot of fun when you get used to it

    Cons:
    - Low textures in many places
    - The pacing of the story in some parts feels too slow
    - The whole final part (Sephiroth the "God", time travel and defying fate) just destroys everything so good about this game and ffvii story    … Expand
  84. Keymons
    Apr 13, 2020
    4
    Pro Graphically high quality detail in the characters and environment. (Some background scenes are poor quality)

    Good instrumentals but very quiet at times. Pretty much bug free (current moment could 2 bugs both missable, you can complete the game still.) Narrative is good with the serious scenes and the humour to boot, the comedy did make me giggle a lot. Con Story/narrative (the last    Pro Graphically high quality detail in the characters and environment. (Some background scenes are poor quality)

    Good instrumentals but very quiet at times.

    Pretty much bug free (current moment could 2 bugs both missable, you can complete the game still.)

    Narrative is good with the serious scenes and the humour to boot, the comedy did make me giggle a lot.

    Con
    Story/narrative (the last segment of the game ruined it, this is new content but it felt a half arsed attempt to finish the game)

    Battle system is ok but there are flaws such as rolling is a gimmick (evading) hence enemies will always hit you no matter what. (I would class it as 1000% hit wich for me is a pettty system, instead of the sensation of fighting a battle, instead I feel like I am playing against a scripted code aiming to resolve everything as fast as possible)

    Overall It is a good game but I am worried about the direction it may go, it could be a good game or it could go very bad being at the current moment give a take about 20% ish of the game is out as the remake compares to the original.    … Expand
  85. rmfrost
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    It’s fan fiction and false advertising and has nothing to do with the series canon xd
  86. supman
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    This game is really bad. ending bad. texture is bad. really not good game..
  87. MarcoPolo777
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    For 80% of the game, it was like a slowly brewing fine wine, then the last 20% became trite, cliche, C grade, lowest common denominator over the top anime circus, and not in a good way.
  88. CesarV
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    They completely butchered this masterpiece that saved their very lives when it came out, if it wasn't for FF7 there would be no Square, and now they do the ultimate betrayal and try to cash cow it.

    They not only rushed the game out so people need to buy it on the ps4 so they can later launch a remaster for the PS5 cha ching, they divided the game in 3 parts and completely altered    They completely butchered this masterpiece that saved their very lives when it came out, if it wasn't for FF7 there would be no Square, and now they do the ultimate betrayal and try to cash cow it.

    They not only rushed the game out so people need to buy it on the ps4 so they can later launch a remaster for the PS5 cha ching, they divided the game in 3 parts and completely altered everything about the original to make it look like a good guys vs bad guys type of situation, when the original game had everyone with a more greyed out sense of morality where everyone was trying to find their way in life. They even went to the extreme of NOT INCLUDING one of the main characters Red XIII why the hell would they do this to many people's favorite character in the game?

    I have to say I am truly disappointed with the path Square has chosen for itself, shame on whoever is making these decisions.    … Expand
  89. lemanyk
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    The game runs very poorly and feels unfinished. There are like 15 fps and 1 second of input delay, so pretty much unplayable. The camera is fixed half of the time (in 2020!). The story starts in the middle so you have no idea what is happening. Huge step back after how amazing ff15 was.
  90. Wickert56
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    SquareEnix better be prepared because people are already creating and signing petitions demanding refunds and demanding that the title of the game must be changed.

    I myself already signed a petition that demands both, refunds and title change. Good luck SquareEnix.
  91. Kaymanillo
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Solo necesitabamos crear la misma historia con la tecnologia actual, FF7 Remake es un gran juego que durante 35 horas te hace sentirte igual que hace 23 años, plasmando la misma magia a cada paso que damos. Hasta que lo terminas y ves que toda esa magia acumulada se desvanece en la ultima hora de juego, rompiendo completamente la historia que todos recordamos y creando algo nuevo que para lo unico que sirve es para insultar nuestros recuerdos. gracias Nomura… Expand
  92. BigPapa1
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    It's not the full game. It changes the original plot so much that it might as well be it's own game. There is no turn base combat....0/10 Persona 5 Royal is better and COMPLETE.
  93. Valgarv
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nomura lo ha hecho una vez mas, destrozar otro FF.
    Es una maravilla poder disfrutar de nuestro juego de la infancia con estos gráficos mejorados, el problema, es que no es el mismo FF7 que los fans conocemos y me explico :
    - Hay partes de la historia que no son canon, son inventadas y no para bien, como los fantasmitas, fumada de Nomura, destrozando el juego completamente ( sobretodo cuando llegas al edificio Shinra, ahi el juego se va literalmente a la mierda )
    - La mitad del juego está relleno de contenido basura, misiones de recadero, sistema de cacería ( igual que el FF15 ), por lo tanto de las 40 horas que puede durar, 20 son de puro relleno. ¿ Enserio no podrian haber utilizado todos estos recursos en hacer al menos misiones secundarias interesantes?.
    - Esto es 1/6 del juego original, para que extender tanto Midgar si lo único que han añadido son misiones basura y pasillos mas largos?
    - Que Red XIII no sea jugable, lamentable.
    - La sensación de vacio al acabar el juego, con un giro argumental muy distinto al original y saber que solo es Midgar.
    - El combate esta bien y mal, bastante facil, con spamear el cuadrado te lo puedes pasar.

    Conclusión, esperaba realmente disfrutar de una historia mas completa ( aunque solo sea Midgar ), pero mi decepción ha sido muy grande al ver que esta relleno de misiones de recadero y caceria, lamentable, queriamos un Final Fantasy 7, no un Final Fantasy 15. ¿Ahora que? cuanto tiempo para la siguiente parte? o esto se va a quedar aqui?    … Expand
  94. theykeeponrisin
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    I had to make an account just so I can lend my voice to the apparently minority of people who think this game is absolute garbage. I can't believe just how bad they messed this up. Story wise, all they had to do was follow the original and maybe add some more depth to side characters, but nope they go completely off the rails and turn it into some awful teenage fan fiction. I wasI had to make an account just so I can lend my voice to the apparently minority of people who think this game is absolute garbage. I can't believe just how bad they messed this up. Story wise, all they had to do was follow the original and maybe add some more depth to side characters, but nope they go completely off the rails and turn it into some awful teenage fan fiction. I was completely and totally defending this remake up until release with full faith in their ability to deliver AT LEAST the original story up to Midgar with updated graphics and modernized combat. The combat is all form and no function, as you are frustrated with being locked into animations and attacks being interrupted so you lose MP and ATB. I hated every minute of this game after the first 5 hours or so, and it took me 35 to get through it.… Expand
  95. LexieForry
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Do you want to know what real fans are? Sonic fans, for sure. We need to take example from the Sonic fans and complain as loud as we can in order to preserve the legacy story of the original Final Fantasy VII game.
  96. VelvaAday
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Oh well, turns out this game is no remake and I wasted money buying a PS4 and waiting 5 years especially for this game.
  97. mrtheshaggy
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    A absolutely pointless remake. Took the fun parts of the classic, bogged them down with a pointless combat system, and added piles of useless fluff. If all they can think of to do is create crappier remakes of older Final Fantasy games ... we can confirm this franchise is dead.
  98. Fuksquarenix
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For those saying to give this game a 0/10 is really unfair but are completely fine with the ridiculous amount of perfect 10s need to just shut up. I'm gonna score it a 0 as a protest to all those 10s which this game definitely does NOT deserve!
    Let's just say for example Square left the story alone and Nomura didn't insert his extremely cringey dementors into key moments of the game and ruining it. Let's say they didn't add terrible cringey side characters like Roche and Chadley who don't fit at all. And let's just say they didn't ruin the entire story and characters by constantly showing Sephiroth every hour of the game, killing the subtlety of his approach in the original. Long gone is the mystery and intrigue. And lastly let's say they didn't completely **** up the end by changing everything. Letting Zack live and destroying the core of Clouds character. Ruining any build up to a fantastic journey to fight and defeat Sephiroth. Even if all of the games story stayed true and didn't piss off the loyal fans, my point remains that the game itself is still weak!

    Even staying true to the original it's a 6-7/10 at best.
    Let's name a few things.
    -Repetitive combat. Mostly spamming square and healing on occasion.
    - Hallways everywhere! Flashbacks to forcing my way through FF13. ugh.
    -Cloud constantly moving slow in areas.
    - Cringey dialogue. (Jesse dying was painful to watch and not because it was emotionally painful but because she wouldn't just die already! had so much terrible dialogue to spew out) She's also thirsty as ****.
    -Side quests are terrible and repetitive. mindless padding. Something FF15 does alot of
    -Pacing is destroyed completely. The flow of the story is so off compared to the original. You're not as invested because of it. Ultimately the original was so much better.

    Such a shame.
    This game thanks to Nomura is gonna just go do its own thing and like anything he's involved in will just be a badly written mess and you'll all be wishing it had of just stuck to being a solid remake of the original.    … Expand
  99. Disapointedx
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Since FF9, since Squaresoft and Enix become SquareEnix, since that day Final Fantasy is dead ! I was hoping FF7 be spared by Enix because it's a remake but no. Enix's incompetence has imposed again ! Bye-bye Final Fantasy, I know now that it's definitely over.
  100. Sterbherb503
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    This game was butchered, sorry this is no remake. It doesn't have the atmosphere of the original. I can't understand why they focused so hard on Characters who aren't essential to the plot. I don't understand the cringyness of them too. TimeTravel in FF7? WTF? Thanks for the Ripoff.
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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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