Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. slam_man
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    It is not FF7, just another Slasher... No basic rpg controls. Pretty grapfic, thats all. Dont buy this if u wanna play at FF7.
  2. Cordvot
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Changing scenario in this way - it's absolutely unacceptable. I don't buy any of your games in future. Goodbye
  3. Romangelo
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How could they even mess up something that already have a blueprint? All they had to do is remaking a successful game with modern graphics but look at what happened. They couldn't even remake a game properly. The battle system is PATHETIC. I don't mind it being an ARPG, in fact I prefer ARPG over turn-based but this game doesn't even a good ARPG battle system. It's very simple as if they were too worried about the casual gamers. The English voices are annoying. Characters' face expressions are terrible.
    The worst thing is they completely rewrote the story, adding Kingdom Hearts-style plots, screwing everything up.
    I think these developers are so selfish, altering FFVII to satisfy themselves, and taking away the opportunity of the fans to play the real FFVII remake in modern graphics. And it's very unlikely they're going to re-remake it again for the rest of our lifetimes.    … Expand
  4. JaytotheBizzle
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am disappointed overall. Yes the graphics are great. The story is very close to the original. I had expectations as this game was incredible on the Playstation when it was originally released. I should have done a bit more research prior to ordering. I assumed FFVII Remake was going to be exactly that, a "Remake" of the original. It is not. Here comes the spoiler. One of the largest parts of the game was traveling around in the ship, looking for Chocobos and greens to breed and race. If you played the original then you know what I mean. I literally cried 1/2 a tear when the credits rolled after only 26 hours of gameplay. I immediately went to look to see if that was truly it and that is when I found out there were no Chocobos in the game other than looking at them and saving the 3 lost ones. So from someone who played the original and was really excited to play this. I wish I had not spent the money. Epic failure. If this is the first time you have played it, then yes it will be awesome but for those of us that know better, C'mon SQ Enix, you crushed my hopes and dreams.… Expand
  5. JustMrFox
    Apr 10, 2020
    1
    Nothing new here . Old story that everyone knows and play like any other current ff game
  6. Kildahl
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    They've ditched so many things that made the original a classic, like the materia system. I remember they said 10 years ago "We will do a remake when we feel we will do it right, in honor of the original". Now that is certainly not the case. The voice acting is horrible, the combat is dumbed down and reminds more of Fortnite than FF7 (which in turn reminded a bit of chess; it was tacticalThey've ditched so many things that made the original a classic, like the materia system. I remember they said 10 years ago "We will do a remake when we feel we will do it right, in honor of the original". Now that is certainly not the case. The voice acting is horrible, the combat is dumbed down and reminds more of Fortnite than FF7 (which in turn reminded a bit of chess; it was tactical and tough), the graphics are sub-par, the story is altered. How can people even give this a good score? It is not a good game on itself, and it's especially a bad game when set against the original. It feels like a cosplay of the original.… Expand
  7. gersb
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Eu ainda nem quero acreditar que Square-enix está comercialisando este jogo como sendo o remake do jogo original. Isso é macacagem e falta de respeito cara.
  8. AngelinG
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    They should have remade the whole Final Fantasy VII back in 2006, release it for ps3 and then re-release it for ps4, ps5, ps6, etc with upgraded graphics.

    A 1:1 Final Fantasy VII remake is not even that all complicated to be done, they only need to remake the static pre-rendered environment images with dynamic 3d environments, then re-releasing the game for the next generation consoles    They should have remade the whole Final Fantasy VII back in 2006, release it for ps3 and then re-release it for ps4, ps5, ps6, etc with upgraded graphics.

    A 1:1 Final Fantasy VII remake is not even that all complicated to be done, they only need to remake the static pre-rendered environment images with dynamic 3d environments, then re-releasing the game for the next generation consoles with upgraded graphics would be really easy.

    Anyway, this ps4 remake is misleading and it's an insult for the fans of the original game.    … Expand
  9. Ordin1120
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Stretching progress; a childish story. A childish level that only minor people can enjoy the original work. It was released as a PS4 exclusive film due to lobbying unique to Japanese companies.
  10. Olberic29
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1997 FFVII made history. The team behind the original wants to create a piece of art, risking ($$$) in many ways.

    But this" REMAKE"(FALSE ADVERTISING)??? Fan fiction( In All fan fictions from 1997 there's a Sephiroth saying 'cloud join me') ?? Avengers plot point? !!!! PIECES OF THE STORY !!!!!! as a FULL game?!?!?! This game is flashy and modern but without a SOUL!! IT S A BEAUTIFUL CASH GRAB!!! You changed too much square, and as a hardfan of yours I hope you will come back making masterpieces that remain in HISTORY, NOT THIS TRASH!!!    … Expand
  11. vuvuwu
    Apr 14, 2021
    2
    I didnt understand that game. Maybe for fans. Spent only 2 hours and than deleted
  12. jotaroo
    Jan 10, 2023
    1
    terrible game. It's really bad when it's compared to the original one. Also, what's up with those stupid corridors? it's not 1997 dude it's 2020 and still that terrible map design. I'm not even talking about the stupidly unfair and effortlessly designed enemies. the destiny **** literally has no weaknesses and also kills you in one move, can block all of your attacks and when you're deadterrible game. It's really bad when it's compared to the original one. Also, what's up with those stupid corridors? it's not 1997 dude it's 2020 and still that terrible map design. I'm not even talking about the stupidly unfair and effortlessly designed enemies. the destiny **** literally has no weaknesses and also kills you in one move, can block all of your attacks and when you're dead you gotta do all of those boring stuff over and over again. Don't even bother playing this game. Also you know what, It's not even a whole game ONLY THE MIDGAR PART DUDE ONLY THE MIDGAR. And they want a full price for it, which is also pretty dumb. Anyways, all I'm saying is even though probably lots of money has spent during the development process this game is just bad. Like literally, it's just bad.… Expand
  13. Grapen
    Jan 2, 2023
    0
    FF7 Remake is the worst Final Fantasy game I've played.
    A monotonous, ridiculous rubbish bad game that reduces the plot to an insipid and diluted mush with an embarrassing script and dialogue.
    The gameplay sucks, and the "world" of the game has no soul, considering that Midgard is the main city of the original, in this FF7R it becomes flat and ridiculous to visit. A bad game that I do    FF7 Remake is the worst Final Fantasy game I've played.
    A monotonous, ridiculous rubbish bad game that reduces the plot to an insipid and diluted mush with an embarrassing script and dialogue.
    The gameplay sucks, and the "world" of the game has no soul, considering that Midgard is the main city of the original, in this FF7R it becomes flat and ridiculous to visit.

    A bad game that I do not recommend to anyone who is a fan of the series, and an embarrassing whim perpetrated by Nomura and with the concession of a Square Enix now in disarray trash company.    … Expand
  14. Secod
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Worst "Remake" played. And actual scam from Square Enix.
    They menage to capture the people with the nostalgic factor, and than they leave to Nomura and Toriyama the free script choice for change the whole plot of the original main game.
    And they have even menage to ruin the basic core of the the Materia system, trying to put together a sort of pseudo hybrid action game, and creating    Worst "Remake" played. And actual scam from Square Enix.
    They menage to capture the people with the nostalgic factor, and than they leave to Nomura and Toriyama the free script choice for change the whole plot of the original main game.
    And they have even menage to ruin the basic core of the the Materia system, trying to put together a sort of pseudo hybrid action game, and creating something of soulless and tremendously repetitive.
    Linear maps, and a padding and excessive dilated plot contribute to put a grave stone to this garbage project.    … Expand
  15. Dovahslayer
    Nov 26, 2021
    3
    Great visuals, good soundtrack, hot waifus.
    The rest of the game is absolutely trash. I can't fathom how anyone could've made this and thought it's a job well done.
  16. greninjaX
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    they're trying to take final fantasy 7 and turn it into something it is not: kingdom hearts. this is not the remake we deserve.
  17. Felipe545
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Eu tenho q yuuu e a gente não vai ter que fazer o meu Deus que eu não tenho mais o que eu vou ver se eu vou ver aqui com o cara que eu não tenho mais q o edu é uma voz de Deus que eu não tenho mais q o que é uma pessoa que eu não tenho mais q o jogo de futebol.… Expand
  18. SAJILI1212
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    Trash trash trash
    Fight System is trash Dont have blocking System for enemy stroke
    Gameplay is deformed
    terrible bad game
  19. Zzz71
    Jul 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2021 на дворе, где русские субтитры??? Хотя бы… Expand
  20. Alden14
    Oct 15, 2020
    3
    This is honestly the worst final fantasy game I've ever played. It is so bad that I felt the need to make a metacritic account. I'm on chapter 15 out of 18, cursing myself for being too stubborn to just get rid of the game.
    Its possible that all the hype made me view it in too favorable a light before going in and I'll give that it was a decent nostalgia trip given that I played the    This is honestly the worst final fantasy game I've ever played. It is so bad that I felt the need to make a metacritic account. I'm on chapter 15 out of 18, cursing myself for being too stubborn to just get rid of the game.
    Its possible that all the hype made me view it in too favorable a light before going in and I'll give that it was a decent nostalgia trip given that I played the original when I was 8.
    Problems:
    For a game that requires so much jumping, just add a jump button. Any dexterous action that is required outside of combat is so tedious that I've found myself screaming "WHO WOULD DESIGN THIS!? WHO MOVES LIKE THAT ON MONKEY BARS!? DAMN YOU STAIRS!"
    The combat is alright, but honestly feels like a step back from FFXV. I understand that they were trying to make a combat system that could combine action and jrpg but it honestly feels like they half-assed both and relied on nostalgia for sales. The included "classic" mode is a joke and cant be used in any difficulty above easy, which is laughably simple.
    All of the exploration outside of combat is also made exceedingly tedious by the slow movements that seem oddly placed. "Oh, a 6" wide bar is in the way? Let me just spend the next 10 seconds ducking under it even though I was just sprinting"

    Pros: the soundtrack is fantastic and revisiting old memories with amazing graphics is pretty cool.

    Bottomline: while watching me play, my wife would often say "oh that's so pretty!" well so is a Corpse Flower but that doesnt mean you want to spend 40 hours with one.    … Expand
  21. ElSchlumpi
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    This game fails at the very principle of what a video game should be. It's not fun to play.
    While the character (re)designs are fantastic and Midgar as a whole are exceptional, the gameplay is horribly slow paced. Endless forced slow walk animations and a feeling that the entire game is set on a single railwax is going to accompany you throughout every chapter. This combined with the    This game fails at the very principle of what a video game should be. It's not fun to play.
    While the character (re)designs are fantastic and Midgar as a whole are exceptional, the gameplay is horribly slow paced. Endless forced slow walk animations and a feeling that the entire game is set on a single railwax is going to accompany you throughout every chapter. This combined with the unnecessary dull minigames, which ate also forced takes away every illusion of freedom.
    Pairing this with the ATB Action combat the devs chose to go with makes the game a horrendous mess. Action combat itself was a great choice for the remake, as it's Story is action packed with the main group being literal eco-terrorists. However the decision to, yet again, force the ATB into the game ruins the entire immersion. Combat feels like a weird mix between classic rpg and modern hack and slash. But it does not work. Pairing this with the idea that almost every enemy can either disable or stunlock a character and the messy status ailment system made the combat a chore.

    FF 7 re is a mess that is plagued by weird and to be honest straight up dumb design choices. And is yet another prime example of SquareSofts biggest flaw. All graphics no substance.    … Expand
  22. Rityx
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    Terrible and INCOMPLETE action jrpg.
    Yep. Square Enix menage to ruin FF7 story with this fake Remake. And the most hilarious aspect of this?
    The people buiyed 2 times this incomplete fake Remake.
    And is still unfinished! LOL
    Little advice, avoid this
  23. Vamiko
    Feb 4, 2023
    1
    Create a boring and totally linear cinematic jrpg, without the original artstyle of the original game, and rewriting the original plot for create a sequel, it was one of the worst moves made by Square Enix.
    One of the most disappointing games ever
  24. aaronnmp96
    Jan 30, 2023
    3
    The best thing about the game is its Gameplay, was it so difficult to keep the original story?
  25. Antek
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    The game is scripted to death, it should have been a TV series, so at least you could browse a smartphone 50% of time during another "exciting" sequence of walking-talking along a corridor where you can move only in one direction... booooooring
    P.s. Visual quality is ok
  26. Lucky_Strikez
    May 15, 2022
    1
    I keep trying to like this, I just upgraded to the PS5 version and the whole game is literally just padding and filler. I love the original game so much and they destroyed it here. Tifa was my favorite character but I hate her in this version. They made her look so stupid and her voice doesn't match at all. Wedge is also retarded. There's a lot of awesome things that they did right butI keep trying to like this, I just upgraded to the PS5 version and the whole game is literally just padding and filler. I love the original game so much and they destroyed it here. Tifa was my favorite character but I hate her in this version. They made her look so stupid and her voice doesn't match at all. Wedge is also retarded. There's a lot of awesome things that they did right but overall I just can't deny that I hate it overall. We had a chance to see something awesome here, they could've recreated FF7 1:1 and instead of pre-rendered gfx we could have seen it all in realtime. That would have been glorious. But that's never going to happen now, they done **** up.… Expand
  27. HappySpaceInvad
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    This appears to have been made for nostalgic fans with rose-tinted spectacles only.

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

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

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

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

    I always felt the original was a bit overrated, but I’m stumped as to why this remake got such glowing reviews. Nostalgia is a powerful force, I guess.    … Expand
  28. ichimitch
    Mar 26, 2023
    0
    If you want to see what a remake should be, check out Bluepoint Games work. They Remade Shadow of the Collosus and Demon Souls. Both of which hold very true to the original games. FFVIIR doesn't resemble the original in any regard what so ever: It's a new game entirely. Calling this pretty abomination a remake is an insult. F*** you, Squeenix.
  29. Not_too
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    For the newcomers, I can see the game being mind-boggling and beautiful enough to warrant a high score. However, for the fans of the original, this entry falls short of the 1997 original.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This absolutely horrendous experience is made even worse by the attitudes of the fanboys on the subs and forums discussing this game where any criticism is met with trolling or straw man arguments. Shame on Square-Enix for turning the Final Fantasy Franchise into a joke and shame on the people who support this direction    … Expand
  30. JUspadoni
    Apr 30, 2021
    2
    Nova historia fraca,mudanca no sistema de combate, se for pra fazer remake, mantenha o original e nao nomeie sua ideia um remake
  31. Untravel
    Jun 7, 2021
    0
    Need Russian Subtitles. Why should I buy a full price game that doesn't have subtitles in my native language?
  32. Hypergem
    Jun 21, 2022
    0
    Story is bad especially ending. The game is full of fillers and contains boring fetch quests. The game is going full Kingdom Hearts with the story with all the faith alternating events. Combat is also mediocre.
  33. NickRethcon
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    I'm not at full ease with expressing my resentment using the english language (which i'm not a native speaker of), so I'm going to use words already said here by other people about the problem and dramatic error this so-called "Remake" was :
    ----------------------------------
    Think of your favorite game. Now, let M. Night Shyamalan rewrite the ending. But it's not really the ending,    I'm not at full ease with expressing my resentment using the english language (which i'm not a native speaker of), so I'm going to use words already said here by other people about the problem and dramatic error this so-called "Remake" was :
    ----------------------------------
    Think of your favorite game.

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

    If your critical review gets enough helpful votes, they take it down. They must be thinking about Square Enix stocks.
    ------------    … Expand
  34. LiveToRek
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    Boring combat, bad fan fiction story additions, linear hallway maps, no depth treasure chests include potions/ethers nothing else. just a trash game overall and I'm tired of all these fanboys rating it 9-10. Shows how much SE has brain washed some.
  35. Ozhubi
    Apr 25, 2022
    0
    Horrible corridor simulator and fake Remake.
    If you have played the original game, you can clearly see how much this boring mess is worse in almost every single aspect except for the graphics department.
    A gigantic disaster made in the worst and incomplete way possible.
  36. Erresug
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is easily one of the worst Final Fantasy game I've ever played in more than 10 years.

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

    First of all, it isn't a true Remake. But a ridiculous Reboot/Sequel made in an alternative timeline, thanks to the sh%ty plot made by Nomura.
    And second, it's basically a cinematic corridor simulator.
    That kind of game that stop you from playing it because, at every single 5 minutes with slow motion walking, a new 5 minutes cutscenes starts.
    Atrocious game. Avoid it, if you can    … Expand
  37. Jidik
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    A trash Remake and a bad jrpg.
    One of the hugest disappointment ever played.
    Plot - 2/10 Gameplay - 0/10 Graphics - 5/10 They have created a button smashing action gameplay for this game, and it's a boring sh%t, just like the new plot. A linear corridor game with just cinematics every 5 minutes. Square Enix ruined a PS1 game story, just for building a soulless piece of crap for    A trash Remake and a bad jrpg.
    One of the hugest disappointment ever played.

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

    They have created a button smashing action gameplay for this game, and it's a boring sh%t, just like the new plot.
    A linear corridor game with just cinematics every 5 minutes.
    Square Enix ruined a PS1 game story, just for building a soulless piece of crap for milk the blind fanboys.    … Expand
  38. Rasilou
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    Una schifezza immonda che rovina il FF7 originale, e che crea uno dei peggiori precedenti videoludici di Square Enix.
    Vendere un gioco incompleto molteplici volte, se contiamo Intergrade, e uscirne con i soldi di coloro che hanno sostanzialmente fregato.
    Il gioco è un action insipido, ripetitivo, e senza spunti interessanti, che rovina il Materia System dell'originale, e distrugge la    Una schifezza immonda che rovina il FF7 originale, e che crea uno dei peggiori precedenti videoludici di Square Enix.
    Vendere un gioco incompleto molteplici volte, se contiamo Intergrade, e uscirne con i soldi di coloro che hanno sostanzialmente fregato.
    Il gioco è un action insipido, ripetitivo, e senza spunti interessanti, che rovina il Materia System dell'originale, e distrugge la narrativa infarcendola di idiozie e lungaggini noiose ed inutili.
    Non basta fare il graficozzo per un gioco cinematografico ed a corridoi come questo, giusto per far leva sul becero fanservice fatto male.
    Perché è questo ciò che ci hanno venduto.
    Un pessimo action jrpg basato sul pessimo fanservice    … Expand
  39. Mekoci
    Apr 7, 2023
    0
    This is an horrible pile of trash game.
    One of the worst action jrpg ever made, and definitely the most boring jrpg played in the recent years.
    Terrible plot and terrible gameplay are the 2 reasons for avoid this mess
  40. Garuc
    Mar 24, 2023
    0
    One of the worst and boring piece of garbage I've ever played.
    A ridiculous walking simulator game, with a trash gameplay and a disgusting story where the bland characters just act like braindead dudes.
    Square should be ashamed for releasing this horrible and incomplete game
  41. Playtoomuchbruh
    Mar 28, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is good, smooth and maybe a little repetetive, but overall good. Areas are beautifully crafted but not as dark as the original would’ve suggested. What really drags this game down is the audacity to rip up the foundation of what everyone came to love from the original. The original game deals with heavy terms such as identity and loss(life/death) which are ripped out of the game, everyone survives, nothing matters and apparently Aeris knows way more than she lets on. The game is acting extremely self aware and dont even to attempt to hide its disgust for the original fans by the not so subtle metaphor of the whispers. I dont even want to write about the last part of the game as it was just disrespectful.

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

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

    I would not recommend.    … Expand
  42. Roxu
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    A terrible action game and a bad Final Fantasy game
    If we add the linearity of all the maps to the laughable and pointless rewritten plot, the stereotypical characters feels out of place and not believable at all...
  43. livelaughlove7
    Apr 12, 2023
    4
    Game was insulting and childish. WHAT WAS SQUARE ENIX THINKING? The constant hand holding, the goofy cut scenes every 5 mins was a huge barrier in enjoying this game. I was expecting a literal 1:1 scene remake the entire way through. The story is there, now us Millennials who enjoyed this game while young, we wanted a good remake of this story. I'm morbidly disappointed in FF7 Remake. IGame was insulting and childish. WHAT WAS SQUARE ENIX THINKING? The constant hand holding, the goofy cut scenes every 5 mins was a huge barrier in enjoying this game. I was expecting a literal 1:1 scene remake the entire way through. The story is there, now us Millennials who enjoyed this game while young, we wanted a good remake of this story. I'm morbidly disappointed in FF7 Remake. I love Final Fantasy so much I'm still wiling to support and buy their games, but gone are the days of great story telling and adventure. I recently got the PS5, played Elden Ring while waiting for this game. Elden Ring was just mind blowing and PHENOMENAL! I was gobsmacked with the great graphics and great LoTR style story. Ecstatic to get FF7 Remake, playing it, realizing it's some episodic style of gameplay, Wedge is cringy as hell just hearing that voice is painful, the graphics are just OK. I was so disappointed. And NO OPEN WORLD???? Square Enix, the next one better stay faithful to the story and have an open world, or it will be a flop. The top head wigs at Square are so unbelievably out of touch. That being said, I'll still buy the FF7 Remake Part 2. I hope the guys designing this game can TAKE A HINT AND TAKE OUR REVIEWS SERIOUSLY!… Expand
  44. huginodensen
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    De los peores juegos que he visto en mi vida, graficas deficientes, las mecanicas muy basicas y no deja de ser un vil pelijuego, la saga final fantasy esta muerta.
  45. Cedex
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    Pessimo gioco action, finto Remake, ed ignobile presa per i fondelli di Square Enix e Nomura verso i veri fan dll'iconico FF7 originale.
    Non intrattiene ed anzi annoia pesantemente a causa del l'allungamento di prodo tedioso dei nuovi personaggi.
    Sostanzialmente una fregatura
  46. ericthetutor
    May 18, 2023
    0
    im in shock at the reviews for this game. it was an absolute joke of an easy walkthrough of a game that should have had a harder setting and it seemed more like one long intro level rather than a complete game that we all paid top dollar for. story was beyond basic and the gameplay was baaaarely open world with trivial side quests. highly disappointing for even the most modest of finalim in shock at the reviews for this game. it was an absolute joke of an easy walkthrough of a game that should have had a harder setting and it seemed more like one long intro level rather than a complete game that we all paid top dollar for. story was beyond basic and the gameplay was baaaarely open world with trivial side quests. highly disappointing for even the most modest of final fantasy fans. clearly part of a multi part money grab rather than a dedication to making a quality remake.… Expand
  47. LeKargo
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Not a good game. Dont like the system, boring story, toxic community, bad sounds, repetetiv gameplay,...
  48. Getyto
    Jul 17, 2023
    0
    Il peggior Remake che io abbia mai avuto la sfortuna di giocare
    Una schifezza commerciale senza precedenti che, alla fine, prosegue la scia di distruzione dell'universo narrativo di FF7
  49. Xerrin
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    A boring and bad Remake, because it isn't a real Remake
    They should have called it Final Fantasy VII Rewrite, since it fit better the point of this reboot
  50. Toryi
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    A horrendous remake made by Square Enix to put another nail in the coffin of a dying franchise.
    Nomura menage to ruin a game with an already written plot and ruined the original good gameplay for make it more casual friendly....
    Pure trash, just like that ff16 garbage, Square isn't able to make new good Final Fantasy game today
  51. Nocho
    Jul 10, 2023
    0
    A boring action game and a dull Final Fantasy game
    First of all it's incomplete, and second it wasn't even a Remake in the first place.
    Why even bother to defend this fanfiction?
    Oh... yeah.... The fanservice right?
    LMAO
  52. xsmittyxcorex
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    Stop letting square get away with literally lying. It’s not a remake, it’s an unnecessary sequel with fan-fiction-tier writing. How on earth there isn’t unanimous laughter at the whispers in the same vein as Star Wars Prequel’s midichlorians is beyond me. One of the dumbest ideas to ever get greenlit for a big budget project.
  53. RenatoG
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    O jogo do PS1 é 10 vezes melhor. Esse ramake só enfia cutcines a cada 20 segundos de gameplay, fora não ter um controle de inteligência artificial para os companheiros do grupo. 30h de jogo e 26h foi o próprio jogo mostrando cenas automáticas .
  54. TruthSeaker
    Aug 15, 2023
    2
    Extremely underwhelming.
    Small part of the full game that was bloated with worthless content and sold for 70$
  55. neilmagic
    Apr 18, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:
    Graphics - beautifully designed, models all highly nostalgic

    Characters - nice designs as with graphics, visually this game is a masterpiece

    Music - again a great job here and lots of nostalgic renditions of original pieces

    Cons:
    Gameplay - the battle system is a huge downgrade from the original, if I wanted a hack and slash or press X as fast as you can many options such as devil may cry or kingdom hearts are available.

    Story - every new introduction and change from the original is a bad idea, they all have a sense of "why the hell is this happening" and / or "who the hell is this??". This feel massively padded out at times and also it's rather linear, you could argue it is just midgar which in the original also is, but the argument that this was a "full game" cannot also take the cake and eat it. The whole time / dimension thing is a load of crap to try to appeal to all basis to give a sense that anything can happen - I don't like this at all and it's a real sellout. The biggest sellout of all though is the Sephiroth appearances, this shows zero build up to the character, he should not be seen at all throughout the entire midgar section, this along with the time displacement crap has ruined the story for me. I give it a 3/10 for the reasons above, a lot of effort and love went into this, but it was led astray from the very start and it's one of gaming's biggest disappointments for me ever,the original game is a solid 9.5/10 just for some context and I would argue if you're new to the game and characters, play the original and forget this mistake of a game.    … Expand
  56. FoldupJosh
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    An insult to the original.
    If you love mindless boring hallway running then this game is for you!
    Sound engineers need sacking, terrible balance to the point you need subtitles on. Lip sync is the worst ive seen in a long time. Distant graphics and character graphice are great but the immediate area you run around in is rushed. Soooo much padding its beyond a joke! They just had to remake    An insult to the original.
    If you love mindless boring hallway running then this game is for you!
    Sound engineers need sacking, terrible balance to the point you need subtitles on.
    Lip sync is the worst ive seen in a long time. Distant graphics and character graphice are great but the immediate area you run around in is rushed.
    Soooo much padding its beyond a joke!
    They just had to remake the best game ever made but instead decided they were gonna milk as much from fans as they could and split the story over three. Large game developers should just be abandoned. Its nothing but money money money for them.
    People should take a good look at indie devs and support good gameplay and new ideas not this repetitive reskinning pumped dlc crap the major studios have all latched onto. Such a shame to mess up one of the best games to have existed    … Expand
  57. Zakis1991
    Mar 12, 2021
    0
    Спасибо за отсутствие русского текста. Может игра и хорошая, но когда не знаешь языка, сложно играть
  58. Deathsubtractor
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the original final fantasy VII. I was under the impression this was gonna be a remake not a reboot… Expand
  59. rdx73
    Mar 14, 2021
    2
    What the hell? My first Final Fantasy game, and TBH I have no idea why people obsess over them. This has some serious flaws which are effectively blocking me from continuing. Core is that it doesn't explain some things. Like why, in combat, can I sometimes take a potion and at other times I can't? How do MP regenerate? Can I regenerate them in combat? This all becomes critical when theWhat the hell? My first Final Fantasy game, and TBH I have no idea why people obsess over them. This has some serious flaws which are effectively blocking me from continuing. Core is that it doesn't explain some things. Like why, in combat, can I sometimes take a potion and at other times I can't? How do MP regenerate? Can I regenerate them in combat? This all becomes critical when the battles go from being rather easy with a bit of a challenge when a larger mechanical enemy comes along to a sudden, massive jump not very far into the game. This is basically an impossible battle unless you have the combat system really thoroughly down. That might be fine if you have played other FF games, but that is ridiculous. It is not like the combat in other games I've played.

    Ruins what looked like being a reasonable game.    … Expand
  60. Schweeps
    Mar 19, 2021
    4
    Plot details side this game has buggy textures and the npcs look kinda bad. Moving on from that the game is filled with extermely tedious and entirely not fun segments. The motorcycle scenes are so noninteractive and suck so much fun out of the game. Wayy too much padding you really start to feel it as you near the end of the game and you pray that its over but it never feels like itsPlot details side this game has buggy textures and the npcs look kinda bad. Moving on from that the game is filled with extermely tedious and entirely not fun segments. The motorcycle scenes are so noninteractive and suck so much fun out of the game. Wayy too much padding you really start to feel it as you near the end of the game and you pray that its over but it never feels like its ending. Played for free on PS+ , would never spend money on this.… Expand
  61. Neens
    Mar 21, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Level design was far too linear in comparison to the original game , not many secrets and items to find in 'dungeon areas'. Lack of materia. Ending changed, giving away far too much of the latter story. Did not stay true to original game Sephiroth introduced way to early. Positives - graphics look amazing, some of the reworked sound track sound good however not all.… Expand
  62. judgment_
    Apr 3, 2021
    4
    Square-Enix (que no SquareSoft, la verdadera creadora del videojuego) han cogido uno de los mejores juegos de la historia, y lo han destrozado. La nostalgia de ver ciertos eventos me ha mantenido jugando hasta el final, pero tan difícil era coger la historia, un lavado de cara y ya está? Se han centrado más en los gráficos (con tantos fallos que necesitaría varias reseñas para explicarlosSquare-Enix (que no SquareSoft, la verdadera creadora del videojuego) han cogido uno de los mejores juegos de la historia, y lo han destrozado. La nostalgia de ver ciertos eventos me ha mantenido jugando hasta el final, pero tan difícil era coger la historia, un lavado de cara y ya está? Se han centrado más en los gráficos (con tantos fallos que necesitaría varias reseñas para explicarlos todos) que en la historia original, añadiendo nuevos personajes que sobran, antiguos que han evolucionado fatal, y misiones paralelas para alargar un juego corto. Sephiroth que era todo misterio en esta parte del juego, acaba aburriendo de tanto salir. Cero interacción con el entorno, que era una de las mejores cosas de FFVII. El combate es un machacabotones fácil. Y te pasas más rato viendo escenas cinemáticas que jugando. ¿Lo peor de todo? Que está misma experiencia ya la viví con otro juego: Kingdom Hearts 3. Y ambos comparten director. Así que por favor, Tetsuya Nomura, lárgate, lejos, y no vuelvas a poner tus zarpas en ningún videojuego más. Si quieres dibuja, pero nada más.… Expand
  63. MrSt0ne
    Mar 30, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What have they done?! Is it my romantic late childhood memory or just the fact that the original game was so much more intense than this ... „product“. As I first heard about the remake, I really couldn’t trust my ears, nearly zwo decades after releasing the original, there was announced what everyone wanted for years .. but with this wish, the look back at squares latest projects and the sky high expectations at this Remake, they had have just let it in retirement .. Absolutely nonsense story extensions, useless extended bossfights, with absolutely no demand for strategy, just button smashing, waaaay to silly story(moires? Really??) - they missed the original so much, they missed to create the atmosphere. The whole game feels like a tube level extended to the max, less content, worthless story extensions and the last 30% of the game consisting out of bossfights, which are even artificially stretched to the max. FF 7 is one of my all time favorites - I absolutely loved this game! But this remake isn’t worth, to be called a ff 7.. Maybe I’m a little bit too hard with my critics, but for me, this game is just disappointing.… Expand
  64. FF7RFangays
    Apr 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, What a steaming pile of recycled anime excrement. I had watched reviews warning me away but I was still not prepared for how atrocious the story in this game was.

    Arbiter of Fates? Defying fate? Does the current SE even know what the original themes of FF7 were? How anyone thinks that the defying fate trope is not overused and written to death is beyond me

    I think this game solidifies the fact that although SE make the best looking games in the industry they have the most convoluted, pathetic, childish stories. Their current story writers must have grown up on Anime and not had any real life experiences like the original team pre-merger.

    Usually when I hate a game I just stop playing but something about this remake and in particular its fanbase kind of pissed me off enough to make an account and put a review.

    If you loved pre 2003 FF games, you will hate this one. The shocking drop in quality of the story compared to FFX and earlier titles is so noticeable.    … Expand
  65. adbayzzzzzz123
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    Laughably bad plot. Check.
    Meta commentary insulting the original fans. Check.
    Crappy Side Quests. Check. Anime. Check. Unnecessary convoluted story line with potential for multiple timelines and a metaverse. Check. Characters brought back to life so the stakes cannot be lower. Check. Building Hype by revealing characters at times where it least makes sense. Check. Yep, looks like    Laughably bad plot. Check.
    Meta commentary insulting the original fans. Check.
    Crappy Side Quests. Check.
    Anime. Check.
    Unnecessary convoluted story line with potential for multiple timelines and a metaverse. Check.
    Characters brought back to life so the stakes cannot be lower. Check.
    Building Hype by revealing characters at times where it least makes sense. Check.

    Yep, looks like certified Kingdom Hearts Spin off to me.    … Expand
  66. Vincent_graymor
    Aug 25, 2020
    4
    EDIT: I really did not want to lower my score but so many reviewbump this that I feel that I have to.

    This game is a great game. There is no going around that but giving it 10 out of 10 should not be what either old or new fans do because it is not perfect as a remake nor stand-alone game, yet the ones giving 10s are complaining about review bombing while they do the reverse. People are    EDIT: I really did not want to lower my score but so many reviewbump this that I feel that I have to.

    This game is a great game. There is no going around that but giving it 10 out of 10 should not be what either old or new fans do because it is not perfect as a remake nor stand-alone game, yet the ones giving 10s are complaining about review bombing while they do the reverse. People are being hyperbolic on both sides and the claim of "a true fan" is given far to much attention as it is never about being "true fan" so I will give my fair assessment. Throwing Purist or newbie around is not creative but I understand the need to vent emotion.

    What I am seeing here is a very passionate fanbase because the game does a lot of things right. This game means a lot to a lot of people and almost always because of either selective nostalgia (both sides suffer from this whether it is seeing old characters again or not staying true to combat mechanics or something else) or the simple fact that this is a Square (Enix) title. Those that praise it too much should realize this because blaming bad reviews on nostalgia is just as bad as praising because of wanting more content regardless of form. It is also unfair to blame the marketing because many people from both sides avoided trailers and discussion to try and not spoil their experience. Hopes were shattered for some (as is always the case) and people that want to drown out critical voices, hostile or not, need to check their own level of investment and reactions. I will keep this spoiler-free but there will be mentions in a non-specific way.

    Great things:
    ++ Main character realization is amazing, banter is mostly good, the dialogue feels like real characters, so much more body language, great use of small scenes being longer
    + Characters looking very much alive, even if some mouth movement was very strange
    + Expanded maps and areas, feels like a real place most of the time, it has nice views but sometimes horrible textures but these are seldom a problem
    + New combat that feels fluid and works great, it is a pleasure working with the combat even though it has many flaws.

    Moderate
    * The music is good but not so special people think. Personally I find gripes with the music being too bombastic and orchestral at times and adding new weird music seems unnecessary (hip the Chocobo, no more needed to be said). It is wrong to expect the music to be in tune with the old game but that game had simple gentle music and such exists in this game but blends out because sometimes it feels like I am sitting in a theater. It fitted Advent Children better because that was a movie. The music also reminds me of FF XIII sometimes.
    * The padding is sometimes just a get through. Many mention certain areas and it is easy to understand why they do

    Bad
    - Camera, the camera was very annoying at times and while it never destroyed the game it was frustrating how it worked when it seems it should be something simple. A simple "restore" button would be nice.
    --- The new story elements that are tied to specific spoilers. Now before a tantrum is cast this is actually something that even those that give 10 or nines actually states in their reviews so don't freak out at this mention. There is also no truth in that selective parts of media can't be judged on their own or give an impact on the review score. Many praise the game for being something new but this is like Terminator dark fate all over again with the difference that this calls itself a remake while Terminator dark fate was Terminator dark fate. There is much to be said and it cannot be explained away by positive reviews as "it is a remake so expect X" nor discarded as "didn't like it" by negative ones. People are entitled to their opinions but people are too eager to engage and thus we have another media war (like with so many titles these days). The truth is that this is not faithful to the originals story and will not be in future titles, regardless of how much people praise it or try to twist the obvious lore breaking stuff. This does not mean it is bad but from a story perspective, it is baffling. It would be the equivalent of rewriting the new testament so that Jesus survives. This both as the lore alteration and that there is a cult following. It is a remake alright but people should understand what this means for different people and respect each other.

    People of all ages and old or new fans can and many will like this game a great deal but this game seems to have started a fan war where people just blame each other rather than thinking. The game is very similar to Kingdom hearts on many levels and that is off-putting for many people because FF VII never had that kind of stuff in it regardless of what people want. It also feels as even the game knows when they deviate with voice acting shifting in tone and characters themselves being indifferent or overreacting.    … Expand
  67. BoardGameNoob
    Mar 28, 2021
    2
    People giving this game such high ratings are **** This game is NOTHING like the original, and the hack-n-slash inescapable damage **** combat is a piece of literal **** No. NO! No combat breaks. No way to block an attack to interrupt the bull****. This game is not an 8, a 9, or a 10. Whoever rated it that never played the original, ever, not even once. Go home. This game sucks and I'vePeople giving this game such high ratings are **** This game is NOTHING like the original, and the hack-n-slash inescapable damage **** combat is a piece of literal **** No. NO! No combat breaks. No way to block an attack to interrupt the bull****. This game is not an 8, a 9, or a 10. Whoever rated it that never played the original, ever, not even once. Go home. This game sucks and I've finally had it. I deleted it. I'm not playing on Easy combat mode because Easy is so incredibly stupid that it's not a challenge at all, and Normal is such cheating, frustrating, imbalanced **** How many times have I used Access to find out what the hell to do, only to read "tactical data not available." It's clear that Square has NO more talent left. The game is linear garbage, and the voice acting is total crap (as well as the messed up story). No, this is not FF7. Stop calling it that. This is a cash grab, nothing more, nothing less.… Expand
  68. JoseOte
    Mar 21, 2021
    0
    My game got corrupted on the Ghost fight, arm took me under the ground and triggered a cutscene with marlene, lost a lot of progress so yeah, can’t wait to play this slow-ass game again to get back to where I was (I got relatively lucky I only have to replay ~3 hours, be weary, save often in different save slots!!)
  69. Adz88
    Mar 28, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A bloated mess. The ending cutscenes are excellently animated and looked cool but the game wastes so much time with unnecessary bloat. It needed 15 hours cut out of it so it would be more streamlined and less of a chore. Don’t even get me started on the ending. It makes no sense, if you hadn’t played the original you’ll have no idea who Zack is. Also Cait Sith shows up for 3 seconds with no context and is never shown again. If I didn’t know who he was I’d be like wtf was that weird cat? Very disappointed. Annoying supporting characters too. Johnny is annoying af and Wedge is a walking fat joke with no substance. I seriously don’t understand why everyone is circle-derking over this, it hasn’t done the original justice at all and I didn’t even like the original that much but I know it was better than this. They took the worst most boring part of the original game and made it even more unbearable.… Expand
  70. RedfieldSensei
    Mar 10, 2021
    2
    Весь ремейк напоминает рескин 13-й финалки с ее скучными и унылыми коридорами. Сами локации очень маленькие и что-бы это хоть как-то "прикрыть" разрабы ничего другого не придумали. как наставить коробок или других препятствий дабы замедлить ГГ. Когда подходишь к коробкам персонаж останавливается на секунду, потом он начинает медленно втискиваться между ними, потом медленно, шаг за шагомВесь ремейк напоминает рескин 13-й финалки с ее скучными и унылыми коридорами. Сами локации очень маленькие и что-бы это хоть как-то "прикрыть" разрабы ничего другого не придумали. как наставить коробок или других препятствий дабы замедлить ГГ. Когда подходишь к коробкам персонаж останавливается на секунду, потом он начинает медленно втискиваться между ними, потом медленно, шаг за шагом продвигается и вот, когда уже выбрался, он снова останавливается на секунды 2-3... И таких моментов очень много и главное, что они ничего не несут за собой, просто растягивания времени.
    Сами персонажи тоже постоянно тормозят ГГ, то им надо поговорить, то на что-то посмотреть... И ладно бы просто говорили, но нет! ГГ либо в прямом смысле замедляют и он движется со скоростью 10м в час, либо начинается катсцена.. А чаще всего, и то и другое и вишенкой на торте преграда из коробок и так каждые 5 минут в игре. 2 минуты сражаешься, 15 минут терпишь. Многие кричали, что "игра" проходится за часов 50. Но это не повод для счастья. Из них часов 15 катсцен, 20ч болтовни и преград, еще 10 часов уйдет на сайдквесты, все остальное это геймплей.
    Сами реплики тоже ничего не предстваляют. Обычная затычка для растягивания времени, типа:
    - Клауд?
    - Да?
    - А, ничего.
    ------------------
    - Да сколько тут этих ступенек?
    - Спроси у лестницы!

    Вся игра сделана так, что-бы прикрыть минусы и заявить, типа, якобы о "ААА" статусе и запросить за это 60 евро.
    Играбельных персонажей всего 4. Играть дают только за 2-3х. Поэтому постоянно приходится менять "мету" и подстраивать под себя. В лучшем случае.. А в худшем, может начаться заварушка когда твой хил свалил куда-то и ты остался с 3 ДПСами и во время боя нельзя менять материи..
    Сайд квесты это самое унылое, что есть в этой "игре"... Это просто "принеси-поддай" в течении 5 часов. И в каждом новом "городе" таких заданий по 9 штук.
    Ну и конечно это анонс версии для пс5 с эксклюзивными фичами вроде фото-мода и конечно длс... Учитывая, что даже Сони признают то, что сейчас дефицит самих консолей и до конца 21г. ничего не изменится... они решают вот таким способом продвигать пс5... Которых либо нет, либо стоят под 1000 евро у перекупов... И самое кринжовое это то, что сама игра и не закончена! Это просто первая глава! И вместо того, что-бы делать 2-ю главу, разрабы решили этот "кусочек", поделить на "дольки" и продавать за реальные деньги, эксклюзивно на некст-гене. После всех новостей и прохождения ФФ7 ремейка, было ощущение, что я находился в каком-то Соус парке или Симпсонах на сколько все это нелепо.    … Expand
  71. Acid-Test
    Aug 2, 2020
    0
    Huge steaming pile of **** from Square Enix. They took one of the best games of all time, gave it a nice graphical/gameplay overhaul, then proceeded to **** up the story so much it is painful to sit through all the cringe. Tetsuya Nomura stories play out like a 12 year old's fanfic on Deviantart. Will not be purchasing 2 or 3 and definitely regret shelling out money for this trash.
  72. FelixS90
    Mar 15, 2021
    2
    My first and last FF game, didn’t know what to expect. But I was let down by both the game mechanics, the story, the dialogue, the cliché characters and the mixed pace of the game, the action scenes are super fast but the cut sequences are super slow (and too many), the movement and transitions between squeezing through a tight alley takes forever, pulling a switch takes a solid three toMy first and last FF game, didn’t know what to expect. But I was let down by both the game mechanics, the story, the dialogue, the cliché characters and the mixed pace of the game, the action scenes are super fast but the cut sequences are super slow (and too many), the movement and transitions between squeezing through a tight alley takes forever, pulling a switch takes a solid three to four seconds and sometimes your movement speed is constricted for no apparent reason. Slow paced games can be great sometimes, but the mix here makes it almost unbearable.… Expand
  73. DanteRashidi23
    Mar 27, 2021
    3
    So, i've never been Square Enix fan whatsoever. Because they game not apply for anybody, i think. But i was thinking to Ff7 remake, but it looks good and I've never experienced FF. so, so far, my thoughts. Gosh nooooooooo. This game litireally waste of time. Here is something, i experienced. So cheesy dialuges, c'm on what year are we living. Combat, ylu cant ru or doge from enemy attack,So, i've never been Square Enix fan whatsoever. Because they game not apply for anybody, i think. But i was thinking to Ff7 remake, but it looks good and I've never experienced FF. so, so far, my thoughts. Gosh nooooooooo. This game litireally waste of time. Here is something, i experienced. So cheesy dialuges, c'm on what year are we living. Combat, ylu cant ru or doge from enemy attack, it is just keep following you. Stupid enemies like freaking rat will kill before you kill them. My dualshocked died in the middle of boss fight and nothing i died. Bc nobody while making game, didnt think that, whap happens, if their controller dies what they will do? Seriousl,y, nobody had experienced this. C'm on it is 2021. Graphics looks good, but if you loom closer, ughhhh. Anyway this game sucks. Probably fans will love it. But waste of time.… Expand
  74. ChrisGrind777
    Mar 30, 2021
    0
    Badest Game ever ! Never Play a FF again. Cheap game ! Unbalanced ! Air combat sucks
  75. redin123456
    Apr 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute Joke of a plot. So nonsensical its lost its humor. Is this what is popular among FF fans these days? Convoluted story lines, multiple timelines and versions of character, alternate universes? It feels like it was written by a manchild who thinks these things are still cool and has not had any real life experiences...

    SE are intentionally vague about who actually writes their nonsense stories. I loathe to bash Nomura again but who else in SE has had a body of work with as much nonsense as him? This games last two terrible chapters reeks of his Kingdom Hearts M.O.    … Expand
  76. Mr_Wednesday
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    The omission of "Part 1" in the title is misleading. I was a fan of the original, and maybe my memory is faulty, but the story is very childish and the characters annoying. But the worst part is the gameplay, sooo sloooow.... you will slowly walk and crawl A LOT. Combat is fun, but most fights you can win just mashing attack.
    DISAPPOINTING.
  77. Beardman
    Mar 6, 2021
    3
    Through all the amazing trailers, I kept my expectations low for this game cause I just knew in my heart somehow square enix would screw it up. Not surprised. The title of this game isn't even accurate. It's NOT a remake. The story is completely different than the original. Why put remake in the title when it's not? Just straight up lying.

    You can't improve a masterpiece square enix, stop    Through all the amazing trailers, I kept my expectations low for this game cause I just knew in my heart somehow square enix would screw it up. Not surprised. The title of this game isn't even accurate. It's NOT a remake. The story is completely different than the original. Why put remake in the title when it's not? Just straight up lying.

    You can't improve a masterpiece square enix, stop trying. Square soft was much better than you. All you had to do was make the same damn game with improved graphics /sound, and this game would have been 100x better. I'm even fine with some changes here and there, in fact the battle system is pretty good, but when you go and change core elements of the story and put in modern rpg side quest trash like "go collect 5 cats!" you can **** right off. It's also incredibly stupid how certain songs play completely out of place. For example in the original, there would be a dark eerie song playing during clouds flashback of sephiroth or something. That same song will play in FF7 remake with some pointless interaction with cloud and Tifa at the bar. It's just mindless fan service like "oooh look guys member this song!?". Not to mention the collecting of song disks around town... way to ruin immersion. Drop your damn ego square enix. You've literally never made a good final fantasy game and you've ruined a legendary series. You had an easy job with this game to just copy what your superiors did with FF7 but you couldn't even do that. Pathetic. Glad I didn't spend money on this and waited for it to be free with ps+.    … Expand
  78. Sweeb
    Mar 5, 2021
    0
    The whole game is ruined. It's not a remake its more of a different game. No memorable trial of blood scene, story changed, long boring dungeons and padding. If you liked the original avoid. Should not be called a remake.
  79. Ziverbey
    Apr 23, 2021
    0
    the game did everything to prevent her from enjoying the game, you can't do whatever you want the game is an incredibly unattractive game
  80. Queso_chip
    Mar 5, 2021
    3
    This was the most disappointing game in recent memory. I have no idea how it got nominated for game of the year. The story moves at a meandering pace with constant sections of forced walking (hate these in any game.) The combat on normal difficulty goes from super easy with many enemies, to nearly impossible against others without rhyme or reason. The story is a convoluted mess and superThis was the most disappointing game in recent memory. I have no idea how it got nominated for game of the year. The story moves at a meandering pace with constant sections of forced walking (hate these in any game.) The combat on normal difficulty goes from super easy with many enemies, to nearly impossible against others without rhyme or reason. The story is a convoluted mess and super cheesy. It's free now on Plus so there's no harm in giving it a shot for free I guess. I got it on sale for $25 and do not think it was worth it.… Expand
  81. oldgamesRbest
    Mar 15, 2021
    0
    I wonder who are the "brainiacs" behind this fiasko they call a 'game'? This is not a product of the SquareEnix I know, this here is **** on an epic scale.

    Not giving any spoilers, but, all of you considering to play this game - I highly advise against it unless you want to rip out all of your hair on your scalp out of pure frustration due to the retardo-mechanics* this game is full of    I wonder who are the "brainiacs" behind this fiasko they call a 'game'? This is not a product of the SquareEnix I know, this here is **** on an epic scale.

    Not giving any spoilers, but, all of you considering to play this game - I highly advise against it unless you want to rip out all of your hair on your scalp out of pure frustration due to the retardo-mechanics* this game is full of (*I will get into that in just a moment)

    Pros:
    NONE - this game doesn't even begin to resemble any FF game I have previously played. It **** sucks. Streamlined, one way, linear piece of ****

    Cons: TOO MANY TO LIST HERE! But I will give you a few:
    - The retarded minigames, 50 million minus points for those - **** you Square for adding that crap into an already shoddy game!
    - bosses are way too OP if you don't grind high enough levels before advancing your game, but oh, what is that you say? No possibility of proper grinding? NO (a basic RPG game would offer some form of grinding, to advance in levels and get somewhat of a fighting chance when facing bosses, but here? Square says "trolololol enjoy this retardo-mechanic we put here, fight 1 maybe 3 enemies that give you next to no XP, and THEN face a retardo-boss with insane HP and strength! HAHAHA" then the cinematic scenes cut you off mid-spell slinging, and you loose all of your ATB charges - FUN AIN'T IT!?
    - Controls are way off too many times
    - Camera functions are OFF - when locking on to enemies, you loose track of whoever it is you're attacking very easily, and during boss fights this is not recommended AT ALL
    - Maps are unclear and soggy foggy and **** compared to even the simplest of FPS games
    - Many of the materia you are allowed to use don't even work, buggy **** retardo-mechanics strike again!
    - Some locations are poorly shown on maps (where to go etc.) you have to run around like a headless chicken for hours on end, to find that **** manifesting AFTER you went from point A to...Z by jumping over all previous steps..:THEN point B is suddenly there for you! What a lovely retardo-mechanic we have here! (*sarcasm*)
    - Battles don't feel fun, they are a massive chore to say the least, especially the retarded OP boss fights, have fun dying 50 trillion times just to smash your last controller to the ground because of the lovely retardo-mechanics that just DON*T WORK IN THIS PIECE OF ****

    Well, I think I have said enough - you get the point, this ...(can't even call it a game, its a BRAIN****) is a cloggy, ****, maggoty, buggy, retardo-mechanic lovefest that'll make you regret even starting the piece of **** software. Play the original, it is a billion lightyears better than this **** since it was made back when Square knew how to make RPG's, shamefully they don't know that anymore...    … Expand
  82. WoofAlot
    Mar 31, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Characters are over acting, and corny most of the time. Was expecting an open world like the original ff7 but its just a stretched out game in midgar. It's too biring.The magic is just not there.… Expand
  83. Somebody94
    Sep 21, 2021
    1
    Sooooo boring.... filled with time wasting cringe dialogue most painful game I've ever played
  84. MrGuyDude
    Jun 30, 2021
    4
    Too much fluff, Made Jesse and Aerith super annoying. Even with the padding, The game isn't long enough. Battle system is fun and the character models look really nice. At least till they start talking and the Shenmue level voice acting/ lip synching kills the immersion. The remix of the original soundtrack is amazing. Though when you're walking around the different areas in the WallToo much fluff, Made Jesse and Aerith super annoying. Even with the padding, The game isn't long enough. Battle system is fun and the character models look really nice. At least till they start talking and the Shenmue level voice acting/ lip synching kills the immersion. The remix of the original soundtrack is amazing. Though when you're walking around the different areas in the Wall market, The track will change/reset every 5 seconds. Some of the environments look like they're from the ps2 era. Square wants to milk this bull more than anything. All the best moments in the game were taken from the original and most of what they added detracts from the experience.… Expand
  85. supermanreturn
    Jun 28, 2021
    0
    One word to describe this - Cashgrab.5 hour game stretched to 20 with tons of padding and boring fetch quest. Just milking nostalgia.
  86. Bluefox40k
    Jul 8, 2021
    0
    As far as action adventures games goes there is nothing good here. Pick any other action rpg and it will be better.

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

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

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

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

    Grabage that i didn't have to pay for so don't spend your money on it either.    … Expand
  87. AlphaW0lf
    Aug 19, 2021
    1
    Honestly one of the worst AAA games I’ve ever played in my life. I am quite glad I did not spend money on this and got it through the PS5 premium pass. I have never played a game so slow, monotonous and linear in my life. The story is also just awful with characters saying the most cheesy lines with poor voice acting (or grunting). The combat is the only fun and or interesting part of theHonestly one of the worst AAA games I’ve ever played in my life. I am quite glad I did not spend money on this and got it through the PS5 premium pass. I have never played a game so slow, monotonous and linear in my life. The story is also just awful with characters saying the most cheesy lines with poor voice acting (or grunting). The combat is the only fun and or interesting part of the game and even then, some of the enemies just feel so uninspiring. I actually don’t understand how metacritic has this reviewed as 8.7 - it definitely is not anywhere near that. I’m upset I wasted 30 hours on this however, I hope you read this so you don’t have to.… Expand
  88. finalreviewer
    Sep 9, 2021
    3
    I wished it was.
    But it isn't. It just isn't.
    And it isn't in such an unacceptable way that I felt the to write it down here, as my first review. Let's start with what they haven't botched: the graphics (well, mostly) and some parts of the story. Especially Shinra Tower was nice. I even almost thought about forgiving what the game did to me. But now on to the longer list of    I wished it was.
    But it isn't. It just isn't.
    And it isn't in such an unacceptable way that I felt the to write it down here, as my first review.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    which is an absolute mess.

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

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

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

    And in all honesty I have no idea where all those good reviews on here (or in general) come from. - They have to be majorly blinded by nostalgia, actively trying to get rid of their time or being paid for their opinion.    … Expand
  89. Tidis1991
    Sep 18, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pocos escenarios en todo el juego, sistema de combate sin profundidad, y lo de dividir el juego en varias entregas.... Para mí una estafa. Square Enix debe dar una vuelta a la forma en que desarrolla estos juegos.… Expand
  90. ZombieCo
    Mar 6, 2021
    0
    It is frustratingly bad. Drawn out needlessly. Plays more like a concept game that they were demoing. The ending is ridiculous. The graphics are really great. Sad that they were wasted like this. Most of the original music has been redone and sounds really bad. There is KPop music for a large portion of the area between Aeris home and the drag queen event. They remade the entire storyline.It is frustratingly bad. Drawn out needlessly. Plays more like a concept game that they were demoing. The ending is ridiculous. The graphics are really great. Sad that they were wasted like this. Most of the original music has been redone and sounds really bad. There is KPop music for a large portion of the area between Aeris home and the drag queen event. They remade the entire storyline. Its got too many fetch this and waste your time quests. As a standalone game I might give it a 6 out of 10. As a remake of the greatest game of all time it fails on many levels. They better pull their heads out of their butts if they want people to buy the second game. You can fake critic reviews like they have on every site for this game but you cant fake sales. I rereviewed and lowered to 0 in order to counter all the fake bought 10 star reviews. Game is AWFUL.… Expand
  91. SecludedGodMind
    Aug 2, 2020
    0
    Square Enix took the game that got them on the map and completely changed everything. The story makes absolutely no sense now. We can revisit this in 15 years when they come out with FF7 5: REEEEmake v2.5, when they've added so much extra nonsense to the story and have no idea where to go with it.
  92. ra3o
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    A stretched piece of a great game. Changed plot, no free world. And they will sell it 3 times for 60 dollars. Excellent...
  93. tangers58
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Extremely weird retconning and paying full price for a quarter of a game. Not to mention turning one of the great turn based RPG into just another crap action game.
  94. jdhathrisen
    Jul 28, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a shame.

    I will set my stall out as an FFVII nostalgist. I have played the original through four or five times in the last twenty years or so. I don't think it's perfect by any means, but even now, I think it holds up as a high point in game design.

    I was quietly optimistic about this game. Given that I haven't really enjoyed a Square game since FFXII some fifteen years ago, I had hoped they would stow away some of the habits that have made their recent releases unsatisfying. Broadly though, they have not, and the result is disappointing. First, the positives. The music is sublime. The mixing sometimes leaves something to be desired, and the new tracks are quite bland, but the remixes of the original tunes are mostly excellent. That the best tune is reserved for a squatting minigame is also quite funny.

    The graphics are terrific. Midgar is well-realised, and the sense of oppression from the great megalopolis is there in spades. Wall Market felt like a Midgar version of Kabukicho, and the seediness and neon beauty really shone. The high camp of the Honeybee Inn was a lot of fun, though the dance minigame felt hastily added and tacked on.

    Now, the faults. The reimagined story is confused and boring, in the main. Stretching out the original beats with mindless corridor wandering and backtracking is just lazy game design. Mostly, I felt no impetus to proceed. Too often, the characters wander around looking for a lever, or a switch, or explain the bleeding obvious. Not only does adding padding like Jessie's story make for unfocused storytelling, it detracts from the better parts of the original story. It made me like the characters less. And retconning the original story, to justify chopping up the original game to sell over a period of years, is heinous in the extreme. The early arrival of Sephiroth and the plot-altering ghosts are just egregious, and add nothing whatsoever to the story. It's akin to re-releasing Lord of the Rings, and adding a metaverse in which ghosts try to prevent Frodo from destroying the ring, every five minutes. I couldn't say whether this addition came about as a result of Square's greed, or Nomura's overinflated ego, but regardless, it leaves a sour taste. The attempted fleshing out of bit players from the original did nothing to add more engagement to any of their stories or personalities. It simply felt hollow.

    The combat feels like they have tried to marry two gameplay types, and have been left with the faults of both. Pausing frequently to navigate a sub menu, spells and attacks whiffing all too often, boss fights which seem unending, and a poorly implemented stagger system add up to an ultimately unsatisfactory outcome. All it made me think was that I'd much rather be playing DMC5, or Yakuza 0, or Nier Automata, or any number of games whose action battle systems are much more fun. The levelling up of weapons and frequent rearrangement of materia are little more than a chore, and feel like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, for all the difference it makes. In the end, mashing □ was 90% of what was required.

    The voice acting was acceptable at best, though as others have highlighted, once you notice the anime grunting, it is very distracting. I suppose there are few examples of a reimagined version of a classic being as good as, or better than, the original. And Square's recent handling of the final, wholly unedifying episode in the Kingdom Hearts series might have given me a hint as to the quality of this project. And indeed, the original will remain a quality game in spite of this experience. But the cynical way this game has been constructed leaves me feeling hard done by.

    So much more could have been made of this. When games like Persona 5 are so satisfying and inventive that I basically buy it twice, there is no excuse for Square putting out an inferior JRPG in this day and age.    … Expand
  95. quake2th
    Sep 12, 2021
    4
    A mess of a game.
    While the graphics are nice, everything else is deeply broken. Real-time combat simply does not work, you spend 99% of the time reviving you companions, which do absolutely nothing and just suicide themselves over and over. It's been proven countless times in games, companions should be irrelevant for the outcome of a fight, they're cosmetics and support. Having a party    A mess of a game.
    While the graphics are nice, everything else is deeply broken. Real-time combat simply does not work, you spend 99% of the time reviving you companions, which do absolutely nothing and just suicide themselves over and over. It's been proven countless times in games, companions should be irrelevant for the outcome of a fight, they're cosmetics and support. Having a party can only work with turn based games, or games where you can pause the action and issue individual commands every second. This kind of real-time mixed with turn trend that started with FF12 is HORRIBLE and BROKEN beyond belief. The same issue I had with FF12, FF13 and FF15, I have it here: companions just keep killing themselves over and over, doing absolutely nothing unless you switch like crazy between them issuing order, which distracts from the fight. Sometimes they're so far away from the enemies that you wonder what the f.ck is going on with the AI.

    Shameless money grab, not really a good game.    … Expand
  96. SidW
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Annoying Pull-up mini game. Awful camera angel.
    Super strong overwhelmingly enemies and a lot of Boring farming Works before challenging even middle level simulation.
    I almost threw my dualshock4 onto the wall.
    Who designed this piece of ****
  97. gdassieu
    Jul 12, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a shame!

    I would have scored this game a solid 9/10 if it wasn't for some key changes to the story which transformed an otherwise excellent game into an major screw up.

    FF7 OG was a masterpiece. One of its strongest points was its dramatic, coherent and cohesive story. All SE had to do with FF7R was to build on FF7 OG and improve it. And for the most part they did just that: the modern graphics, character designs, dialogues, voice acting (at least in Japanese language), music and battle system are all excellent. Even most changes to the story are great *but* ultimately the addition of the arbiters of fate (the "whispers") and alternate timelines are total nonsense that has no place in FF7's story. Ditto for the final boss fight with Sephiroth, who should not have showed up so early in the story, let alone be defeated considering how powerful he is supposed to be.

    I can't find the words to describe the feeling of extreme disappointment I was left with after finishing the game, hence the bad overall score.

    Details:

    Graphics: 9/10
    Battle system: 9/10
    Gameplay: 7/10
    Sound: 9/10
    Characters and voice acting: 9/10
    Story: 0/10

    I will detail about score for the story by focusing on changes vs OG story.

    Positive changes:
    - The conversations and relationship building between Cloud and Tifa, Aerith and Barret show a much deeper connection than in the OG.
    - The additional story with Jessie helps to be more attached to this character as well.
    - The argument between Barret and Shinra employees.
    - The addition of the Trio in Wall Market (specially Madam M and Andrea), the presenters of the Corneo Colosseum and Corneo's lackeys.
    - The scene where Elmyra tells you Aerith's story is even more emotional than in the OG.
    - Even the way and frequency of Sephiroth's appearances in Cloud's *imagination* are ok to me (some people complained that it "kills" the mystery, but I do not agree). In fact, these appearances can be explained by Cloud's treatment with Jenova's cells -- as shown in the story of the OG.

    Negative changes:
    - Why make the first Mako reactor bomb fail and the explosion be triggered (amplified) by Shinra? It increases Shinra's responsibility for the pain and destruction and lowers that of the team of eco-terrorists.
    - Roche is a totally useless and forgettable character. He's just filler content that brings nothing to the story (and his totally unrealistic motorbike acrobatics do not help).

    Changes that really blew it -- these are the reason for the bad score!:
    - Basically, anything related to the whispers and alternate timelines.- The whispers causing Jessie's injury (and her replacement by Cloud) is  unnecessary. Instead, Cloud should have been made part of the team from the start, like in the OG.
    - Why keep Wedge and Biggs alive? Their death was part of the emotional impact of the plate collapse in the original story.
    - In Shinra building's Cosmos Theater, why can the team see the future (Meteor hitting Midgar)? It makes no sense... is this a clairvoyant Movie Theater?
    - Sephiroth should not appear at all in the game other than in Cloud's *imagination*. In FF7 OG, we could only hear about Sephiroth or see the trail of what he had done, gradually building the mystery around this character. For instance, in Shinra building, we saw Jenova chamber emptied, followed a trail of blood leading upstairs, and found president Shinra murdered.
    Instead, in FF7R we get to see Sephiroth taking Jenova, then follow a trail of blue goo (??) to find Shinra president left hanging from a ledge (who put him there?? Sephiroth??) only to be killed later by Sephiroth (why did he not kill him directly??), who also kills Barret (and Barret then resurrects like Jesus-Christ!!).
    - The last scene where suddenly Aerith becomes some sort of prophet, the team enters a portal, then defeats fate himself (represented by a giant entity that you fight on a floating cloud of debris above Midgar's skies!!), followed by Sephiroth (who you also defeat!!).
    - The last cutscene showing that Zack survived? Again, this character's death by saving Cloud is a key part of the story. Why change it?

    I will not be buying the other parts until I see in the reviews that we are back on track in terms of story.    … Expand
  98. WobbNoggler
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake is so far an excellent re-imagining of the original Playstation 1 game. Though the game has been split into fractions, with my prediction being that Act 2 is going to be an extra $60, Act 1 is well worth the price tag. The game so far provides more than enough play-time in hours as well as excellent story telling, combat mechanics, as well as otherSquare Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake is so far an excellent re-imagining of the original Playstation 1 game. Though the game has been split into fractions, with my prediction being that Act 2 is going to be an extra $60, Act 1 is well worth the price tag. The game so far provides more than enough play-time in hours as well as excellent story telling, combat mechanics, as well as other features and nuances to justify for. Whether you've played the original, or are new to the FFVII universe, the Remake is a great game and a fantastic addition to Playstation's list of exclusives.… Expand
  99. Yo-yo
    Mar 28, 2021
    4
    The game is boring, and almost every boss is some big machine. It’s linear and feels like it’s full of bloat. If the devs were not greedy they would of made the game better by having it be 50% of the original game. Instead it’s based on the first few hours of the original. I imagine the complete version will be 4-5 parts long and equally as bloated. Imagine having to wait 20 years toThe game is boring, and almost every boss is some big machine. It’s linear and feels like it’s full of bloat. If the devs were not greedy they would of made the game better by having it be 50% of the original game. Instead it’s based on the first few hours of the original. I imagine the complete version will be 4-5 parts long and equally as bloated. Imagine having to wait 20 years to finish the story for the remake, only reason I played it was because it was free on ps+ and that I loved the original. This is a soulless cash grab.… Expand
  100. MNecromancer
    Jun 11, 2021
    3
    The combat is pretty good for the first half, but it gets really stale by the end. Once you have the abilities you like and can pace in healing and switching characters, it's pretty much copy and paste for every battle. It would have been cool if they kept switching up the characters, but it's the same 4 characters throughout the game. I was excited for a 5th one to be introduced towardsThe combat is pretty good for the first half, but it gets really stale by the end. Once you have the abilities you like and can pace in healing and switching characters, it's pretty much copy and paste for every battle. It would have been cool if they kept switching up the characters, but it's the same 4 characters throughout the game. I was excited for a 5th one to be introduced towards the end, but he's not playable. RIGHT WHEN IT WAS GETTING REALLY STALE. So frustrating.

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

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

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

    I finished it just in case it pulled something out of its ass at the end. It only got worse and more arbitrary as it went along. I will not be playing the sequels.    … Expand
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#8 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#5 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#4 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 116 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 126
  3. Negative: 0 out of 126
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 14, 2020
    90
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is the game we've been waiting for from Square Enix for so long. Atmospheric, interesting and exciting all your attention modern jRPG with an interesting story and spectacular battles. To achieve the ideal, the project only needs more even graphics and all the content from the original release. If you were waiting for a turn-based classic with new graphics you will most likely be disappointed, since the game has changed a lot. Everyone else is happy with the release of the first really powerful single-player release from the internal Square Enix studio for many years. Especially after the failure of Final Fantasy XV.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    A good remake of the introductory part of the cult-favorite Final Fantasy VII. It improves on the original game in almost all aspects, yet lacks in scale and drops the ball at the very end.
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  3. Finger Guns
    Aug 10, 2020
    90
    What matters is still intact, and that’s the heart and soul of one of the greatest stories in video game history. It’s a return to form that has felt a long time in coming, and what’s even better is that there’s still at least two more games of this quality to come...They can’t mess this up, can they?
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