Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. dlvroo08
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    [quoting] New York Daily News critic reviews : "The greatest disservice of Final Fantasy VII Remake is the last word of its title. Understand this: Final Fantasy VII Remake is no ordinary remake. To call it a remake suggests it’s faithful and loyal [...] But this Remake is complete reinvention"

    Yep, exactly this... SquareEnix played on purpose on ambiguity to foul ALL THE FANS that,    [quoting] New York Daily News critic reviews : "The greatest disservice of Final Fantasy VII Remake is the last word of its title. Understand this: Final Fantasy VII Remake is no ordinary remake. To call it a remake suggests it’s faithful and loyal [...] But this Remake is complete reinvention"

    Yep, exactly this... SquareEnix played on purpose on ambiguity to foul ALL THE FANS that, more than anything, didn't want that : a complete reinvention. They lied by omission to lure all the fans that didn't want a complete mess up of the story hidden behind the "remake" name, abused their trust just to get all that shiny pre-order money, then asked them to play a game that ask you to actively fight the normal course of the original game. Basically, the game is about buttf-ing the original game in some weird parallel universe delirium that isn't even put into the scenario in a decent and proper manner...
    And now, they are wondering why all the negative reviews ?... Oh yes, such mystery... Go figure why so many people are pissed, uh ?    … Expand
  2. spal-777
    Apr 28, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible remake. It starts very well retelling the original story with better graphics, voice acting and a serviceable (not amazing, but ok) battle system but then:
    - New plot devices (ghosts) ruining meaningful original scenes - Ridiculous ending which is a direct insult to old fans and a deceit to grab endless cash. - Most of the tone and themes of the original are lost and relegated to an afterthought, focusing on KH-like plot and interactions
    - Bad new NPCs
    - Sidequest are mmo tier - find 3 cats, kill 10 rats
    - Most gameplay involves running through empty linear corridors pushing switches to open more corridors. All feels like meaningless filler.
    - Butchered the OST
    - Only the main character models look good. Rest of the game feels like PS2 at times

    It's not completely awful, the beginning is very solid and it's still neat to see things like limit breaks in full 3D but overall it's mediocre and falls apart pretty soon.    … Expand
  3. LastStandMan
    May 2, 2020
    0
    FF7R is basically a Kigdom Heart cross-dressing in FF7. The worst of the 2 worlds
  4. Brit_Miller
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Misleading advertising. Dementors. 35 hours gameplay. By RPG standards, poor, by FF7 standards abysmal
  5. Arnbla
    Apr 13, 2020
    3
    The graphics are amazing, the battle system works (execpt for enemies always focusing the person ur playing, making u only play one tactic) but its really **** boring. Plotwise its a **** doing quest and side quests feels like someones holding ur hand all the way through the game and the whole game is 60 % cinimatics. Square Enix is really trying milk the nostalgia for whats its worth.The graphics are amazing, the battle system works (execpt for enemies always focusing the person ur playing, making u only play one tactic) but its really **** boring. Plotwise its a **** doing quest and side quests feels like someones holding ur hand all the way through the game and the whole game is 60 % cinimatics. Square Enix is really trying milk the nostalgia for whats its worth. Almost a bigger flop than final fantasy 13… Expand
  6. Borderjumper14
    Apr 12, 2020
    2
    Story is entertaining. I don't know whats more of a pile of garbage, the combat or the controls
  7. Slesar1966
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    нет русской локалзации как играть в рпг без перевода это неуважение к огромной стране
  8. Loeroth
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ruined one of the best storyline in gaming. The excellent start and the combat overhaul are not worth it.
    Congratulations to the writing team you just ruined a beloved game. Don’t bother with this one and play the original.    … Expand
  9. GoiutsgH
    Mar 14, 2021
    0
    Скачал по подписке + до этого ничего не знал про эту игру и оригинальную игру. Терпения хватило на два часа чтения тонны английского текста, из-за чего не испытал никакой вовлеченности в сюжет игры. Удалил, жалко тратить время.Скачал по подписке + до этого ничего не знал про эту игру и оригинальную игру. Терпения хватило на два часа чтения тонны английского текста, из-за чего не испытал никакой вовлеченности в сюжет игры. Удалил, жалко тратить время.
  10. Sasori_Nagashi
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Simplistic gameplay to the highest measure, messed up and changed the story, slaughtered iconic pieces of music... I could go on but it doesn't deserve it.
  11. Hemcsi
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    Once the fantastic visual department is removed, the game proves unable to aspire even to mediocrity. a system of mutilated and simplified materials to meet the children, the summons were better not even put them since it is the game that decides when they can be used, the growth of the pg seems the simplified and badly made version of ff10. Leaving aside the fact that the whole game isOnce the fantastic visual department is removed, the game proves unable to aspire even to mediocrity. a system of mutilated and simplified materials to meet the children, the summons were better not even put them since it is the game that decides when they can be used, the growth of the pg seems the simplified and badly made version of ff10. Leaving aside the fact that the whole game is the fair of the script, and the recycling of models is extremely ridiculous (someone even advanced by Kingdom Hearts), just to water and lengthen the number of hours ... Who would you like to address this game to? those who have not played the original FF7 do not understand more than half of the events, with players who hate Sephiroth without reason since they don't even know it ... And those who have played the original finished the powerful nostalgia effect of finding those characters so beautiful, there was once again a growing hatred for this which is clearly a work of total cancellation of the original plot. With the grip for the final pads "Thanks for financing the cancellation of the memory of FF7"… Expand
  12. Frandumont
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    No me parece que el juego tenga un cero. Pero considerando lo corrupta que está la prensa de videojuegos como para que la nota sea tan alta, me parecía adecuado compensar. Digo que el juego no merece un cero porque si alguien que no conozca el original lo juega, a lo mejor lo disfruta. Por mi parte le daría un cuatro si yo no hubiera jugado al de 1997. Pero como lo he hecho, deseo vomitarNo me parece que el juego tenga un cero. Pero considerando lo corrupta que está la prensa de videojuegos como para que la nota sea tan alta, me parecía adecuado compensar. Digo que el juego no merece un cero porque si alguien que no conozca el original lo juega, a lo mejor lo disfruta. Por mi parte le daría un cuatro si yo no hubiera jugado al de 1997. Pero como lo he hecho, deseo vomitar en la boca de Nomura para que se sienta un poco como me ha hecho sentir a mi.

    ¿Se puede insultar en Metacritic?

    Lamentable juego.    … Expand
  13. Aironically
    May 9, 2020
    4
    Nomura has proven his genius with this attempt at retroactively ending Final Fantasy with VII; as it almost did 23-years ago. Making final the fantasy of millions was no small task when surely even the unholy union of Square and Enix had to do justice to Midgar's literally on-rails portion. The scorn for a fanbase represented in-game mockingly by "fate whispers" says it all, for they sawNomura has proven his genius with this attempt at retroactively ending Final Fantasy with VII; as it almost did 23-years ago. Making final the fantasy of millions was no small task when surely even the unholy union of Square and Enix had to do justice to Midgar's literally on-rails portion. The scorn for a fanbase represented in-game mockingly by "fate whispers" says it all, for they saw what us plebs could not: we needed more Kingdom Hearts 'plot', FFXV combat and FFXIII corridors. Lots of corridors.

    Ironically, the sheer scope of Midgar shown in its iconic intro convinced my child self the whole game would play out within its confines, when it was merely an unforgettable chunk of a MUCH larger world. That impression was distinct and stayed with me; as did my sense of awe upon reaching the world map. Times have changed: gone is turn-based combat, gone are world maps and the Square of old are long dead. But I refused to believe a remake of arguably the greatest game of all time could fail, and was open to change. Expand the world, add to the characters and bring the universe to life in a way the hoof-handed, spiky haired polygons of old never could. That was ALL they had to do. Fans wanted to see the vision of the original, with current technology. No more, no less.

    Only now can I fully appreciate the driven urgency of the original, when compared against an entire chapter dedicated to turning off gigantic sodding lamps. Chapter 2's look at the aftermath of terrorist bombing gave a glimmer of world-building hope... before water filter busywork and Roach drained my optimism. 5-10hrs became a 30-40hr walkathon. The imminent dread of being crushed was disregarded for character switching; or, instead of following a trail of blood, forcing utterly pointless lever pulling. I was shoved down repeat corridors for hours upon hours, with no regard for pacing or cohesion. On and on and on I trudged until the warmth of nostalgia was replaced by cold indifference and anger. WRPG sidequests, like finding cats or kids, further grinded progress to a halt.

    There was some wonderful fan-service introducing the characters, such as finally seeing Aeris animated and hearing Barret voiced by a black man; preaching his views instead of just waggling his arms at Cloud. Chapter 9's Wall Market section was also so fabulous in its over the top silliness that it surpassed what the original tried to but couldn't do visually back then--Yakuza-esque absurdity. But that's about 2hrs out of 40! The few obvious highs were hit, with all the nuance in-between lost amidst last words dialogue consisting of a desire to eat pizza. And Wedge.

    And then there is the combat... or, more specifically, the bosses. What should be epic showdowns become a case of '...is it over yet?', with sighs of relief exclaimed after spamming items/curaga+magnify. The amount of HP and bizarre reliance on getting a stagger meter up to do damage, paired with bosses having phases like in Souls that abruptly reset stagger, made this one of the worst combat experiences I have ever had. Battles of attrition involving learning to abuse skills like triple slash to auto-kill grunts, and spamming overpowered magic. The best analogy I can make is a TV ad I saw involving a woman waiting, bored, for her lover to climax just to get it over with: impotent and inept. It is a hybrid battle chore, forever confused between turn-based command slow-mo and real-time useless dodging, with worse than useless AI. A mess resulting from not wanting to commit. And to top it off, you cannot change materia in combat and go into bosses blind, when they are even more unbearable if you don't bring *insert elemental here*. There's also no way to swap load-outs between characters, and ch17 has you switching constantly. Awful design choices, decades later. Truly, the most fun I had playing was raging at the pull-up mini-game.

    The final insult was saved for last: non-committal, nonsensical void world wtfisgoinonyyy that strongly suggests retconning, without context. Why 7 seconds? What are you on about? WHY ARE WE IN SPACE!? 'Change destiny' tripe gets repeated as Cloud fights a giant KH shadow. Red XIII exists solely to spout exposition about fate whispers. Barret lets an old man (why was he even hanging on that ledge?) get a gun, instead of killing him, as the rest of the cast standstill as if in a bad anime. People do not die when killed. And why does destiny need changing when the world was saved, again?... Aeris and Zack are treasured by the fanbase because their lives forced people to feel the weight of their virtual existences. The intent seems to be a happy ever after, and I am convinced they have no clue what they are doing and are too arrogant to care as inflated egos led to a dementors sucking away at my will to play.

    This is no longer my Final Fantasy VII: it is an Advent Children sequel sold as a remake. All that is left is an empty husk that ruins memories with tedium.    … Expand
  14. Oluckyasian24
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    If you are looking for a turn base strategy/tactical game that challenges you to think - this aint it. Aside from beautiful graphics, everything else is lacking. This is an action game playing on people nostalgia for a cash grab. Sure it makes for a great movie - but do you want to pay $180+ to watch a movie you already know the ending to? Huge disappointment... if its not broken - dontIf you are looking for a turn base strategy/tactical game that challenges you to think - this aint it. Aside from beautiful graphics, everything else is lacking. This is an action game playing on people nostalgia for a cash grab. Sure it makes for a great movie - but do you want to pay $180+ to watch a movie you already know the ending to? Huge disappointment... if its not broken - dont fix it. No one will remember this game a few years from now. All the memorable soundtrack are original ones; the side quests are literally like WoW classic and the gameplay is button mashing galore with barely any strategy involved. You can run through the entire game using a few types of materia, difficulty is non existent. Over hyped big time… Expand
  15. jamespedid
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    An absolute kick in the dick/elbow in the **** for any person who was a fan of the original FF7 game. Not only did they prove that they could take all of the awful elements of some of the later Final Fantasy games and mash them into a single game, but they do so in a way that is just boring, uninspiring, and downright cheap. The only way for the honor of the original FF7 to be preserved isAn absolute kick in the dick/elbow in the **** for any person who was a fan of the original FF7 game. Not only did they prove that they could take all of the awful elements of some of the later Final Fantasy games and mash them into a single game, but they do so in a way that is just boring, uninspiring, and downright cheap. The only way for the honor of the original FF7 to be preserved is for the entire FF7 staff to be fired AND/OR for Square Enix to be disbanded, because this first part of a remake is absolute trash.

    Want to go look for cats or school children as sidequests? This is your game. Want to fight bosses with no warning and for those bosses to be unbeatable unless you have the right equipment setup? this is your game. Want to have an uninspiring battle system that is completely different than the simplistic and majestic combat system of the original? This is your game. Want to play FF 15 again? This is your game.

    I will not purchase a Final Fantasy game again if they continue to produce trash games because some dickhead managed to get a producer level position that has no respect for JRPGs or any games of that type, and instead insist on spamming garbage beat-em-up combat games down your throat. If I wanted to play Golden Axe or Gauntlet, I would go play those games.

    On a positive note, the game is pretty and the graphics are well done, and this is typical from a studio that is now run by artists and not game designers. If you're in Japan, please do me a favor and post a sticky note to the front door of Square Enix that reads **** You!".    … Expand
  16. Jonas-san
    Apr 26, 2020
    4
    Bon je vais essayer d'être objectif et bref.

    On nous vend ici un remake d'un chef d'oeuvre, or il n'a de remake que le nom. Ne vous attendez pas à ce que le scénario original soit pleinement respecté : le dernier chapitre (pas le seul mais surtout celui là) vient tout bouleversé. Cela change non seulement la partie Midgard mais aussi toute la suite de l'aventure à venir (et pas que des    Bon je vais essayer d'être objectif et bref.

    On nous vend ici un remake d'un chef d'oeuvre, or il n'a de remake que le nom. Ne vous attendez pas à ce que le scénario original soit pleinement respecté : le dernier chapitre (pas le seul mais surtout celui là) vient tout bouleversé. Cela change non seulement la partie Midgard mais aussi toute la suite de l'aventure à venir (et pas que des **** changements), a tel point que ça dénature complètement l'histoire originale. Ok mais imaginons que cet épisode était appelé reboot et non remake, est ce que ça passerait mieux ?
    Et bien non, les choix scénaristiques n'ont aucun sens, dignes d'une fanfiction d'un gamin de 12 ans. On vient incorporer à l'univers de FF7 des histoires de destin, de timelines, d'univers parallèle et en prime, on vient même cracher au visage des puristes explicitement dans la représentation d'un des derniers combats. Je ne vais pas m'étendre sur le côté DBZ de la mise en scène à certains moments, si vous avez vu Advent Children, sachez que c'est maintenant introduit dans le jeu. Voilà pour mon avis sur le scénar, dans un soucis d'objectivité, je dois tout de même préciser que l'ajout du pan de scénario sur Jesse est plutôt bon sans pour autant être extraordinaire ni imposant.

    Pour ce qui est de l'aspect visuel, c'est en dent de scie : tantôt magnifique tantôt honteux pour cette gen, surtout pour un jeu couloir ...

    L'ost est pour moi l'un des meilleurs atouts de ce jeu, elle est sublime.

    La durée de vie est dans la norme, première run en 35h pour faire toute l'histoire et toutes les quêtes en normal. J'ai platiné le jeu en 80h.

    La progression dans l'histoire est juste désastreuse, lente et d'une autre époque. On vous coupe sans arrêt par des cut scenes (dont la grande majorité est d'une inutilité sans nom), on vous ralenti constamment par des mécanismes inintéressants (innombrables leviers et mécanismes long à actionner, passages étroits qui nous font avancer doucement à répétition :malade:). J'ajoute également le manque de liberté dû à un aspect trop couloir, sans grande surprise : mécanismes - couloir - Arène combat - couloir - mécanismes - combat - cinématique et ainsi de suite. Ça coupe presque l'envie de faire une deuxième partie. Les nouveaux pans de scénario sont presque tous inintéressants, et très mal introduits. On sent bien qu'on à voulu agrandir maladroitement la durée de vie.

    Le doublage FR et la VA sont bons. Mais dans les deux cas, Aerith est juste insupportable. J'ajoute également qu'on perd en crédibilité dans les combats quand on entend dire "C'est mon tour !", "Laisse moi tranquille, vas t'en" ... un peu niais.

    Pour finir sur une note positive, le gameplay est quasi parfait. Il mélange de manière ingénieuse le tour par tour à l'action avec une composante stratégique intéressante, surtout en mode difficile. Ce système devrait être repris (et adapté) pour les futurs opus de la série à mon sens. Dynamique et nerveux, il est pour moi l'argument n°1 du jeu.

    Je n'ai maintenant aucune attente pour la suite, si ce n'est pour le gameplay. Ça sera en occasion dans tous les cas, et je vous le conseille déjà pour ce premier opus.

    Merci de m'avoir lu :)    … Expand
  17. cheemsburbger
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    FF7R is an unambitious project by Square Enix and I'd say they've done a poor job telling an immersive story, forgettable music, bland combat, poorly designed characters and the environments and it's not perfect. I will be addressing some of the issues that it has alongside the review.
    I've played this game on normal mode, it should take you around 40 hours to complete the game, including    FF7R is an unambitious project by Square Enix and I'd say they've done a poor job telling an immersive story, forgettable music, bland combat, poorly designed characters and the environments and it's not perfect. I will be addressing some of the issues that it has alongside the review.
    I've played this game on normal mode, it should take you around 40 hours to complete the game, including the side quests.

    They have done a very terrible job telling the story of Midgar and its characters. Some of the side quests are a bit bland and some of them in one of the later chapters were put awkwardly between the main quests.
    When it comes to soundtracks, it is abhorrent. Some of the scenes were seriously excruciating especially in combination with the amazingly bad soundtrack.
    The English voice actors also did a great job of destroying the characters.
    The combat is trash and has a mix of hack n slash and hack n slash. The combat feels sluggish and punishes you for successfully pulling off certain actions.
    Graphics, overall it looks disgusting even on PS4 slim considering the hardware and there are almost no frames at all. The characters look woeful with low quality and very undetailed models. Environments also look really bad as you can see low-quality textures in most areas. It could be results of either budget cuts, budget cuts, or budget cuts.

    As someone has played the original and knows the story, I'm looking forward to seeing this game buried beneath stinking peat moss and forgotten    … Expand
  18. hvad
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    My score is very severe because i lose my time and i was very
    disappointed, frustrate combat system. I like original game ff7 but i can't like this one. How can be it fun to play when system combat is so bad.
    Shame on you Square Enix.
  19. Needles_Kane
    Apr 16, 2020
    2
    I bought this game, looking forward to revisiting the epic battle between Cloud and Sephiroth that I played around 23 years ago when I was a junior in high school. Never did I consider that a game titled "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE" would ONLY cover the first 10-15% of the original game. Name the game appropriately. Title it "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE: Episode I" or "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE:I bought this game, looking forward to revisiting the epic battle between Cloud and Sephiroth that I played around 23 years ago when I was a junior in high school. Never did I consider that a game titled "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE" would ONLY cover the first 10-15% of the original game. Name the game appropriately. Title it "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE: Episode I" or "Final Fantasy VII REMAKE: EXTREMELY HALF-ASSED EDITION" or anything other than a highly deceiving title. The game looks great, but fleshing out a roughly 5-6 hour portion of the original into a 40 hour game is not the same as remaking the original 40 hour game.

    This is simply not covering the part of the game that made many of us fall in love with Final Fantasy VII. Is this game a must play? Sure, but it's highly upsetting that they would title it like this when it's really not a remake of a highly beloved game in full form.

    I am giving the game a 2 as we only got 15% of the game. I am generously rounding up to a 2 from a 1.5.    … Expand
  20. orkha
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not final fantasy 7. This game is a weird universe reset where the new final fantasy 7 has a very pretty and fun combat system but completely forgot what made the original combat system decent and what made the story so enthralling. Final fantasy VII remake fails horribly in keeping my attention. A game about saving a planet has been dumb down to one city and it's woes. Instead of caring about all of creation we care about sector 7, or some other slum. I'm 27 hours in and at this point I've given up the idea that I'll ever see sephiroth inside of all volcano as he's one-winged angel form flying in some ethereal place all in an attempt to defeat him before the super materia meteora brings destruction to everyone. Instead I'm confident that if you play this game you'll be bored to tears from shortcuts in the inability to control your own f****** character. I promise you are not missing out if you do not buy this game. at the very minimum I promise if you expected to have a good final fantasy 7 experience then I'm letting you know it will not be a final fantasy 7 experience in the first place. Good luck with what you do with your money and your time… Expand
  21. clonc
    May 21, 2020
    4
    Gameplay is typical FF13 corridor walking with a handful of open areas in between. Some generic quests at the hubs, but they are few and pointless. The game constantly takes control away from you, forces you to walk or other annoying things.

    Story is FF7, mostly, just really padded.
    Main cast is OK, supporting characters are bad. Antagonists are really bad. Everything reeks anime cringe.
  22. Gamala
    May 13, 2020
    4
    The game has a lot of good in it, yet it has a lot of little things that make it so much worse.

    Summary: General: To me this game feels like what Full Metal Alchemist movie was compared to FMA manga. It has the story elements of the original but even then the story falls far from the real story. (in this case, I would rate this game 7.5/10 if they would just completely remove    The game has a lot of good in it, yet it has a lot of little things that make it so much worse.

    Summary:

    General:
    To me this game feels like what Full Metal Alchemist movie was compared to FMA manga. It has the story elements of the original but even then the story falls far from the real story. (in this case, I would rate this game 7.5/10 if they would just completely remove chapters 17 & 18 from the game, but I get to that later.)

    This is a PG 3 game that has a PG 16 rating, the amount of hand holding even till the end is extremely annoying. Not only does camera ALWAYS show you where to go with fixed angle. Your NPCs tell you multiple times where you need to go or what to do. You literally cannot go wrong way because of "Cloud don't go there".

    Even the quest where you need to find undercover dude with password the quest marker literally is on his head all the time, there is no possibility to miss him or even wonder. This game seems to assume that you are literally so stupid that you cannot find even bathroom on your own, it's really off putting when game thinks i'm retarded. When game does this, I'm like no **** is that really the way to go, who would have thought.

    This game has too many benches that allow you to restore hp/mp full. Its harder to run out of mp between fights than to consume it all since sometimes you have bench literally after every other fight.

    I'll rope hard mode into this. in hard mode you cannot use items, but benches are still there, tho this time they only restore hp. I find this to be really stupid way of doing things, I didn't have any problems with hard mode, this just shifted my combat almost completely from materias to skills which didn't make any other difference than made combat more boring to me.

    I rather they removed the benches completely and let us use those items we collected in normal mode. After I hit hard mode I sold all items, since I used less than 10 of them combined truout the whole game before that anyway.

    Also I personally dislike hard mode exclusive items/skillpoint books. I think these should be obtainable even on normal but if you want to get multiple of the same items then you should be able to farm them on hard, or something like this. Looking at you secret battle.

    Visuals: 9/10
    Would have 10/10 but I keep getting distracted by doors and floors that look like they are copied from the original game.

    Movement: 8/10
    Personally I find it annoying that character starts circling around when you try to just move sideways a little. Also 5/10 for all those damn forced to wall near quest characters/objects, really annoying in some parts when you just wanna walk.

    Music: 10/10
    Absolutely fantastic music.

    Combat: 6.5/10
    The combat mechanics are really good in general. I personally didn't like how summons work, but I still think they are fine nontheless.
    Your chars gets interrupted little too easily while casting or using skills and even tho you wouldn't have cast or attacked yet you still lose mp and action.
    Limit breaks are absolutely worst part of the combat. The fact that you can die, get interrupted or enemy moves a little so you hit empty corner during limit is really stupid. it also doesn't re-target a different enemy if the original dies. Don't get me wrong, they look nice and hit nicely when they work, but they should work like summon so that the rest of the game pauses till you have done limit.
    These are the main breaking points of combat for me. There are some other minor things but if they fixed limits and losing actions for nothing I would rate combat 9/10.

    Characters/character development: 8/10
    I love all other characters but Aerith in this game. Well-written, they seem to have their own stuff and seem natural. Aerith is written as annoying and out-of-place too often. For an instance, who talks about themself like "Since I'm so generous, I..." and this is not even sarcastic remark, since she actually does those things.

    Cloud character develops much faster into friendly soldier than in original which I don't like that much but its not that big of a turn off. And for some reason his mercenary side is played off as a joke towards end.

    Story: 0/10
    Here I will say that til chapter 17 I think writing was mostly good so I would give it 8/10.
    After that story went full StarWars part 8 in writing. Most things make no sense even with this games plot, not to mention original FF7 plot. I shall not spoil it, but that is mostly since I would need about 20000 more characters to point out all of the plot holes and points that make absolutely no sense whatsoever. As a fan of original FF7 with thousands of hours into it, this was more like spit to the face than anything else.

    Overall phasing of the game is good imo, but in the end the phasing goes from 0 to 1000 in 3 seconds which made it even worse. This game is the JRPG meme "find a kitten then kill a god" the problem is that they skip everything in between.    … Expand
  23. Alukard
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    В 2020 году, когда ААА игры выходят с переводом на несколько десятков языков, выпускать игру за фул прайс на 4 языках - фантастическое свинство и жадность
  24. Jb20
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Terrible, this game ruined the ff universe for me. 20 minutes of show and 2 minutes of gameplay. If I wanted to watch a show I’d turn Netflix on!
  25. Horus343
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Tetsuya Nomura nunca le debieron dejar dirigir ff7 el era solo diseñador de personajes, se nota que no sabe hacer buenas historias, lo único que debía hacer era respetar la trama original y ni eso pudo hacer, un remake decepcionante, pasillero, niveles alargados a lo tonto, problemas severos texturas, pero hablemos de solo la trama esta haciendo lo mismo que en kingdom hearts enredar una historia clara y precisa con tonterías de metafísica sacadas del culo jefe final realmente decepcionante el típico jefe enorme cliché de cualquier kingdom hearts, repito Nomura va a echar a perder el proyecto, ya echo a perder la primera parte, para mi un fracaso como juego y más como remake lo único salvable es su gameplay, y ya.… Expand
  26. sumbodyshero
    May 2, 2020
    0
    Metacritic is DELETING negative reviews! Let that sink in! The cover up is official!

    This is the biggest bait and switch in gaming history! Do not buy! Not the same story! Not the same genre! "Classic mode" plays itself! This is just a $60 FFXV skin. It has one tiny fraction of the content, and pads it out with fetch quests. They deleted my review! PS: Cloud wears PURPLE,    Metacritic is DELETING negative reviews! Let that sink in! The cover up is official!

    This is the biggest bait and switch in gaming history! Do not buy!

    Not the same story!
    Not the same genre!
    "Classic mode" plays itself!

    This is just a $60 FFXV skin. It has one tiny fraction of the content, and pads it out with fetch quests.

    They deleted my review!

    PS: Cloud wears PURPLE, not black.    … Expand
  27. CptLove
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    Looked great, tons of detail (especially with the Slums feel), and the weapon upgrade system was a nice touch. Everything else was pretty poorly thought out, more questions than answers by a landslide and poorly introduced 'bad guys'. Glad I played it just to know for myself but hopefully they fix the tropes in the next
  28. kenpy
    Apr 22, 2020
    4
    A massive dissapointment I have to say and sadly the main reason is just one. They decided to make this episodic. Really square enix? like really? The first time I played this game I was like omg this game is amazing.

    - Cool graphics - Amazing Story staying loyal to the classic while also surprising you with extra content and details - Amazing combat system - New sidequests - Great    A massive dissapointment I have to say and sadly the main reason is just one. They decided to make this episodic. Really square enix? like really? The first time I played this game I was like omg this game is amazing.

    - Cool graphics
    - Amazing Story staying loyal to the classic while also surprising you with extra content and details
    - Amazing combat system
    - New sidequests
    - Great Enviroment
    - Awesome music

    Everything was painted in pink until I found out that this amazing game only covers 25% of the game. I felt cheated. I felt like I bought a long demo. I was expecting to find characters like yuffie, vincent, cid, cat-seith and kick sephiroth's ass with a whole new amazing animation for the omnislash but all I got was a "stay put for the part 2" ****

    If they are going to make this episodic. I doubt they will be able to cover the whole thing in part 2, meaning that we are gonna have to wait for part 3 and maybe even 4.

    This makes me believe that they are just a bunch of greedy mofos and they wanna make more money by selling this game in parts. and Its gonna suck even more if they release future episodes for a different console. PS5 is coming soon. So this is gonna be a mess spreaded into multiple consoles and multiple episodes.

    Summary

    Everything is cool except for the fact that is episodic, and no, you won't get to see the whole content in this game    … Expand
  29. JVcity05
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    My first console was the PS1, my first two games that I purchased were Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII. I purchased them because of the game cover art. Never played either of their predecessors so I was spoiled rotten as a child when I started both of those franchises at their absolute best.

    I am highly disappointed with this first installment will not be paying for more of the    My first console was the PS1, my first two games that I purchased were Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII. I purchased them because of the game cover art. Never played either of their predecessors so I was spoiled rotten as a child when I started both of those franchises at their absolute best.

    I am highly disappointed with this first installment will not be paying for more of the future installments. Don’t waste your money if you have played the original. You will be surprised at how short this game is for sixty dollars real quick. This is a cash grab. The game developers deserve credit for their hard work and effort but the executives are literally Shrina executives for all of these dumb ass choices.

    Barret is still a stereotype despite there being heavy changes to the original story in this remake. Really?

    The game play is cool but there isn't a compelling story that couples the game play.

    The writing is subpar for the voice actors.

    This game is filled with more filling than a pie toss.

    Animation scenes are great.

    I feel for this generation of gamers and the future gamers. If this industry continues in this direction they will be groomed for fleecing.

    I am close to retiring my controller at this point. Seikro was the last game I truly felt like a kid playing and enjoying a fully-realized video game.

    I was mistaken to have thought a remake of a classic would be enjoyable this time around.    … Expand
  30. TheMarcosBay
    May 11, 2020
    2
    Wtf was that ending? Did Square enix ran out of ideas? This **** happens qhen you let nomorua lead anything., it was this way with XV and now FFVII. This is NOT a remake is just some generic hack and slash with FFVII themed skins. A remake is supposed to bring the feeling of the original in a modern technology, but then they com with this complete change of the plot with Harry Potter'sWtf was that ending? Did Square enix ran out of ideas? This **** happens qhen you let nomorua lead anything., it was this way with XV and now FFVII. This is NOT a remake is just some generic hack and slash with FFVII themed skins. A remake is supposed to bring the feeling of the original in a modern technology, but then they com with this complete change of the plot with Harry Potter's Dementors wich breaks the plot and OH MY GOSH why Sephiroth decided to be a Hollywood star? He appears at each 5 min, ripping off the mistery around him. You build the villion image in your head because you barely see him in the original and now he's almost the main character the much he shows. Wanna know what a good Remake is? Play Metroid Zero Mission.… Expand
  31. jstam323
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    garbage. bad voice acting. horrible story changes. the combat is button mashing crap. it is some skins from the original in a new and horrible game. they destroyed a master piece here.
  32. ajeffries43
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is NOT FF7. It's a game LOADED with pointless fetch quests to stretch out the game to justify releasing in multiple parts. The story has been completely changed (to the point that it is a completely different game). The battle system is the only thing that's fun, but you only control one character and the AI on the computer controlled characters in your party is completely broken. You can't give them commands until their ATB is full, but they just stand there and don't do anything to build their ATB. So it's basically a one person party the entire game because the other two members are nearly useless.

    The people giving this game a positive score just bought into the hype. It's loaded with fetch quests, has a completely different plot and story (I can't understate this), the computer AI on your party members is broken, and the only thing that's done well are the story parts kept in from the original (which constitutes less than 5% of the the playtime of the remake. the rest is new and added in and/or pointless fetch quests).

    The time travel twist completely makes this a different story. I am cool with added backstories and tweaking the existing story here and there. And the parts they did that were well done. But then they took a sledgehammer to the story with the ending. This is not what ANYONE wanted when fans were begging for a remake for a decade.

    The original FF7 is my favorite game of all time. I was disappointed when I heard the changes that were made to the game during development, and that they were dividing it into multiple games. But I still saw the great scores the game was given, and got excited and gave it a chance. I've never been more disappointed. What I played was way worse than even my worst fear..    … Expand
  33. billski
    May 2, 2020
    0
    I initially gave this game a score of 5 for all the good factors it brought to the table, however after coming across multiple entries here about users having their reviews deleted (based on completely valid points) I have been turned off enough to re-evaluate my score.

    If this alone doesn't lose your respect for SE, then it might be an idea to think about the fact that instead of    I initially gave this game a score of 5 for all the good factors it brought to the table, however after coming across multiple entries here about users having their reviews deleted (based on completely valid points) I have been turned off enough to re-evaluate my score.

    If this alone doesn't lose your respect for SE, then it might be an idea to think about the fact that instead of focusing on polishing their unbroken golden egg, they intentionally implemented a plot that figuratively portrays the fanbase as a cancerous tumor (the pointless fate & whispers) that stifles 'creative' direction and freedom, despite hyping us over the past 5 years, after around 15 years of a collective begging for a remake.

    What an abhorrent and disgusting way to treat your fanbase.

    Anyone who has the nerve to think a low practice like this is OK convinces me that they are a either a paid shill, an impressionable child with no sense of discernment or taste, or an ****    … Expand
  34. Oneiltroy
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    As a huge final fantasy fan I have to say I was guttered at how easy they've made this game. You no longer have to manage your potions or really be carefull at all, you can just smash your way through everything and guess what even if you do manage to fail, you can just keep retrying the battle untill you pass. Summons are pretty much auto pilot. It looks stunning however what made theAs a huge final fantasy fan I have to say I was guttered at how easy they've made this game. You no longer have to manage your potions or really be carefull at all, you can just smash your way through everything and guess what even if you do manage to fail, you can just keep retrying the battle untill you pass. Summons are pretty much auto pilot. It looks stunning however what made the game great for me was the turn based fighting and tactics that need implementing in order to succeed. Not just hack and slash!! Truly dissapointed… Expand
  35. 3lcopa
    Apr 17, 2020
    1
    Difficulty on hard need adjusment, now its unplaybel and not enjoybel. Trash.
  36. Shad86
    Apr 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a 90%Original and 10%Scam. I think if I could sue SquareEnix I would do it at this moment. All the best parts of the game is what they took from the original, everything that is new I just feel that didn't work as:

    -Ghost plot, totally unnecessary. The original plot was way better and enough to make a game.
    -Side quest as Cats, or finding monsters .
    -The scenery at the highway was a tedious one, that mini game with the Robot hand. I had to do it because it was necessary but it was boring seen those things move slow it kill the pace of the game.
    -Ojos Lab floors scenery, switching between characters was also tedious.
    -They remove the BLOOD from the Original game, as when Sephirot opened the cell for you and you found a trail of blood. Well that's gone including that scene.

    They made things right, so that't the 4/10 . As copying the original story before the end, music, graphics and dialog voices(except for Aerith).
    Seems they will mess up with the original story in the next chapter, I think I will buy it but not will be a 1st day buy anymore, and not a priority anymore. And I'm sure it is my last FF.

    You just don't fool your costumers, Shame of you SquareEnix.    … Expand
  37. Benor
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. game was great then that ending happened and turned a great story it kingdom heart BS… Expand
  38. monstrers
    May 1, 2020
    1
    50% of dialogues that make you uncomfortable (Japanese behaviour on caucasian models) with spoils ... 40% of corridors, 10% of gameplay. So 90% of sh*t.
  39. feland
    Apr 22, 2020
    1
    Pésimo. No se justifica que sea por episodios si viene con relleno tan pobre como las misiones secundarias. Groseros problemas gráficos. Pésimo control de cámara en combate (esencial para batallas en tiempo real). Cambios argumentales ridículos y absurdos. Escenas que dan vergüenza ajena (intro de Roshe por ej). Un engaño el titulo de REMAKE siendo que es un REBOOT. Juego que pasó de tenerPésimo. No se justifica que sea por episodios si viene con relleno tan pobre como las misiones secundarias. Groseros problemas gráficos. Pésimo control de cámara en combate (esencial para batallas en tiempo real). Cambios argumentales ridículos y absurdos. Escenas que dan vergüenza ajena (intro de Roshe por ej). Un engaño el titulo de REMAKE siendo que es un REBOOT. Juego que pasó de tener un tono maduro en su argumento, ahora es infantil y mediocre.

    Me obligué a terminarlo. Así de malo.    … Expand
  40. rpgconsumer
    Apr 17, 2020
    4
    It's not a remake as they promised us but a reinvention of the title, only for that reason the game has a negative aspect of great importance. After years, waiting for it after the promise of the remake, we find ... this. Playable and graphically it's outstanding (except for the popping in some textures and the camera during fighting in small spaces). But what gives the suspense without aIt's not a remake as they promised us but a reinvention of the title, only for that reason the game has a negative aspect of great importance. After years, waiting for it after the promise of the remake, we find ... this. Playable and graphically it's outstanding (except for the popping in some textures and the camera during fighting in small spaces). But what gives the suspense without a doubt are the plot changes that not only influence this chapter that concerns us but will also affect the following chapters. We all like the story of the original game and absolutely nobody has asked for events to change, I do not consider myself a purist and I would have tolerated certain changes, but this is too much, in an RPG the story is a fundamental pillar and add time travel , premonitions and resurrections makes it a cheap story worthy of a B-movie, in short, the game is overflowing with fanservice from all sides in an uncontrolled way. They had it very easy, they just had to repeat what they did 23 years ago with current technology, that was the only thing we asked for and we found a first part that is only faithful to the original during the first hours of the game and that is going crazy for as the story progresses with an ending taken from the top hat that leaves a very bitter taste and completely eliminates the desire to acquire the next episode of the title. Conclusion: this is not Final Fantasy VII.

    No se trata de un remake como nos prometieron si no de una reinvención del título, solo por eso el juego tiene un aspecto negativo de gran importancia. Después de años esperándolo con ilusión tras la promesa del remake nos encontramos con... esto. Jugable y gráficamente es sobresaliente (salvo el popping en algunas texturas y la cámara durante los combates en espacios estrechos). Pero lo que le otorga el suspenso sin duda son los cambios argumentales que no solo influyen en este capitulo que nos atañe sino que también afectarán a los siguientes capítulos. A todos nos gusta la historia del juego original y absolutamente nadie ha pedido que cambien los acontecimientos, no me considero un purista y abría tolerado ciertos cambios, pero esto es demasiado, en un rpg la historia es un pilar fundamental y añadirle viajes en el tiempo, premoniciones y resurrecciones la convierte en una historia barata digna de una película de serie B, en pocas palabras, el juego rebosa fanservice por todos lados de manera descontrolada con todo lo que ello implica. Lo tenían muy fácil, solo tenían que repetir lo que hicieron hace 23 años con tecnología actual, eso era lo único que pedíamos y nos encontramos con una primera parte que solo es fiel al original durante las primeras horas de juego y que se va desmadrando a medida que se avanza en la historia con un final sacado de la chistera que deja un sabor muy amargo y elimina por completo las ganas de adquirir el siguiente episodio del título. Conclusión: esto no es Final Fantasy VII.    … Expand
  41. coldnoggin
    May 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. *Spoilers*

    I wish I stopped playing after I left the Church. The whispers were terrible!!!! The story was murdered...I'm not contributing money to following chapters. An awful awful game    … Expand
  42. jamesdanton
    May 11, 2020
    3
    How can they call this a remake? This isn't even a third of the original game's story, the characters are completely different and not for the better and most of them don't act like human beings or have identifying personality characteristics, just the same hyper-kawai nonsense from all, all serving tonal shifts that will leave you scratching your head.
    Chocobos? Nope. Open world? Nope.    How can they call this a remake? This isn't even a third of the original game's story, the characters are completely different and not for the better and most of them don't act like human beings or have identifying personality characteristics, just the same hyper-kawai nonsense from all, all serving tonal shifts that will leave you scratching your head.
    Chocobos? Nope. Open world? Nope. Cid? Nope.
    It's a very pretty cash grab (that has some jarringly poor texturing) and my girlfriend, who is a FFVII devotee doesn't want to play it anymore.
    Don't waste your money, get yourself a copy of the infinitely better original.    … Expand
  43. wJamesmci
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Oxford English dictionary definition if "complete" : Something that has ALL the necessary parts. This game is effectively incomplete, you can't play as all the characters and play the full story. How much are you willing to pay for an unknown number of parts? Oh and things with other parts didn't have the director coming out and saying this is a complete experience. Nomura did and that isOxford English dictionary definition if "complete" : Something that has ALL the necessary parts. This game is effectively incomplete, you can't play as all the characters and play the full story. How much are you willing to pay for an unknown number of parts? Oh and things with other parts didn't have the director coming out and saying this is a complete experience. Nomura did and that is borderline false advertisemen. But of course no one else will think about this truth because of what this is, the most over hyped game ever made… Expand
  44. TzuYoda
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ. ਮੌਰਿਸ ਹੋਮਵਰਕ, ਸਾਫਟ ਚੌਕਲੇਟ ਜੋ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਹੈ, ਸਾਸ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ. ਨਾਮ ਮੇਕਅਪ ਪਰਤ ਲੀਕ ਹੋਣਾ. ਇੱਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡਾ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਵੇਸਟੀਬੂਲਮ ਸਲੀਕਸੀਡਿਨ. ਪਰ ਟੈਲੀਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ. ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਗ੍ਰਾਹਕ ਸੈਰ ਸਪਾਟਾ, ਫੁਟਬਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤਰੀ ਮਿਰਚ ਵਿੱਤ. ਕਲੀਨਿਕਲ ਡਿਵੈਲਪਰ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਝੀਲਾਂ ਜੋ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਚਲਦੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ. ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ. ਜੈਸਮੀਨਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ. ਮੌਰਿਸ ਹੋਮਵਰਕ, ਸਾਫਟ ਚੌਕਲੇਟ ਜੋ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਹੈ, ਸਾਸ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ. ਨਾਮ ਮੇਕਅਪ ਪਰਤ ਲੀਕ ਹੋਣਾ. ਇੱਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡਾ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਵੇਸਟੀਬੂਲਮ ਸਲੀਕਸੀਡਿਨ. ਪਰ ਟੈਲੀਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ. ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਗ੍ਰਾਹਕ ਸੈਰ ਸਪਾਟਾ, ਫੁਟਬਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤਰੀ ਮਿਰਚ ਵਿੱਤ. ਕਲੀਨਿਕਲ ਡਿਵੈਲਪਰ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਝੀਲਾਂ ਜੋ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਚਲਦੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ. ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ. ਜੈਸਮੀਨ ਕਟੌਤੀਯੋਗ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਖਤਮ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ. ਫਿਲਮ ਕੁਝ ਮਿਰਚਾਂ ਚੱਲ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ. ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ, ਸ਼ੇਰ ਸਾਸ, ਪਰ ਮੇਕਅਪ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ. ਪ੍ਰੋਨ ਅਲਟ੍ਰੀਸੀਅਸ ਟੋਰੋਰ ਮਾਈ, ਵਿਟੈ ਡੈਪੀਬਸ ਲੈਕਸ ਸਿਲੈਕਟਿਡਿਨ ਵਿਟਾਈ. ਲੌਰੀਟ ਇੱਕ ਮੁਫਤ ਮਾਲਸ਼. ਪਰ ਇਹ ਵੀ ਫੋਟੋਗ੍ਰਾਫੀ ਦਾ ਲੇਖਕ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਟੈਲੀਵਿਜ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਸੈਪੀਅਨ ਬਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ. ਕੁਇਸਕ ਵੈਲ ਨੂਲਾ, ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਅਜੇ ਤੱਕ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਪੀਣ ਲਈ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਹੁਣ ਬਹੁਤ ਲੰਬੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ, ਫਰੇਟਰ ਜਸਟੋ ਸੇਮ ਟੋਰੋਰ ਯੂ ਯੂ ਵੇਲਿਟ.

    ਜਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਉਪਯੋਗਤਾ ਡਾਇਰੈਕਟਰੀਆਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਰ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਜੀਵਨ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਡੈਪੀਬਸ ਵਲੁਟਪਾਟ. ਸਸਪੈਂਡਸਿਸ ਲੋਬੋਰਟਿਸ, ਲਾਸਿਨੀਆ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਹ ਅਲਕੋਇਟ ਆਰਕੁ ਅਰਨਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਚੁੰਮਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਸਟੋ 'ਤੇ. ਮੇਰੇ ਚੈਟ ਡਿਵੈਲਪਰ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ. ਮੌਰਿਸ ਹਾਰਡਵੇਅਰ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ. ਜਦੋਂ ਕਿ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਕਰਟ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ, ਗਲ਼ੇ ਦੇ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ ਦਾ ਘੜਾ. ਝੀਲ ਤੇ ਰਹੋ ਜਦੋਂ ਤਕ ਪਰਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਦਲਦੀ. ਪਰ ਇੱਕ ਟੈਲੀਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਚੈਟ ਮੂੰਗਫਲੀ ਦੀ ਗਰੀਬੀ ਚੱਕਰ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ. ਨੂਲਮ ਕੈਨਗੂ ਰਿਸਸ ਮੈਗਨਾ ਪੋਜ਼ੀਅਰ ਈਯੂ, ਈਯੂ ਪੋਰਟਿਟਰ ਟਰਪਿਸ ਫੁਜਿਏਟ. ਪਰ ਸਥਾਨਕਕਰਨ, ਬਿ Bureauਰੋ ਤਾਪਮਾਨ ਪਰ, ਕਈ ਵਾਰ. ਸੇਡ ਐਟ ਨੇ ਬ੍ਰੇਕਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਗ੍ਰੈਜੂਏਟ ਕੀਤਾ. ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਹੈਡਿੰਗ, ਪੋਸ਼ਣ ਅਤੇ ਗ੍ਰੈਜੂਏਟ ਫੁਟਬਾਲ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਵਲਪੁਟੇਟ ਨੂੰ ਕ੍ਰਮਬੱਧ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ. ਹਰੇਕ ਮੈਕਰੋ ਥੈਰੇਪੀ, ਪਰ ਮੂੰਗਫਲੀ ਈਯੂ, ਸਿਰਫ ਵਾਹਨ. ਤਣਾਅ ਅਤੇ ਕਲੀਨੀਕਲ ਘਾਟੀ, ਪਰ ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ. ਬਾਸਕਟਬਾਲ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਡਰਦਾ ਹੈ.

    ਪਰ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਮੌਰੀ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਚਟਨੀ ਵਿਚ ਹੈ. ਵਿਅੰਜਨ ਜਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਇਹ ਨਰਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ. ਮਾ elementਸ ਐਲੀਮੈਂਟਮ, ਇਕਯੂ ਰਟਰਮ ਐਡਪਿਸਿੰਗ, ਅਸਟੇਟ ਗ੍ਰਾਵਿਡਾ ਮੌਰਜ਼, ਨਾਨ ਕਨਾਲਿਸਜ ਮੀਜ ਕਮਾਨ, ਜਾਂ ਕਮਾਨ. ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਸੁੱਟਣ, ਐਂਟੀਆਕਸੀਡੈਂਟ ਅਤੇ ਇਕ ਸ਼ੇਰ, ਕੇਲੇ ਇਕ ਵਾਦੀ ਸੀ. ਉਦਾਸ ਮਲੇਸੁਆਦਾ ਸਪਤਾਹੰਤ. ਪਰ ਲੰਮੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਦਾ ਖੇਤਰ. ਫੈਸਲਸ ਆਈ ਡੀ ਕਈ ਵਾਰ, ਮੇਰਾ.    … Expand
  45. Daeandor
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This game was good until you get to the Shina HQ. However after that my experience goes into the trash. I was expecting changes, however nothing like this. It's a slap in the face. It ruined the game for me. I'm very concerned about the series as a whole going forward. It's just like the last of us part 2. Advertised to be something its not.
  46. aoi000
    Jul 7, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before the game release, Square Enix said that they would add "little additions" to the story, but these "little additions" totally ruined the whole remake. It would have been fine if Square Enix told me they would be changing the plot a lot. The story was changed drastically in the last chapter, which is very disappointing. I feel like I got tricked after playing chapter 17 and 18.

    I accept plot change if the decisions that the characters made were reasonable, but the remake was unable to convince me. To me, the biggest question is why Aerith wanted to change her fate. The group saved the world in the original game, but after defeating the whispers, they may be unable to do so this time. The game failed to explain why Aerith took this risk and decided to change her fate. Also, the existence of whispers was unnecessary and incomprehensible. You can just let the characters act differently from the original game, and explain why they made a different choice this time.

    I also did not like the filler chapters, such as chapter 10, 11 and 15.

    The graphics, music and combat system were great so I did not rate this game 0.    … Expand
  47. Deblintrake09
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    An almost perfect recreation of the game that made me love jRPGs...

    A 10 in all aspects: sound and music, graphics and gameplay. Only a couple of times the camera positioned itself in a weird angle, but nothing bad and that wouldn't fix in a simple flick of the R stick. My only concern is on the "Nomura-style" twist in the end. That is really good and unexpected and may provide a    An almost perfect recreation of the game that made me love jRPGs...

    A 10 in all aspects: sound and music, graphics and gameplay. Only a couple of times the camera positioned itself in a weird angle, but nothing bad and that wouldn't fix in a simple flick of the R stick.

    My only concern is on the "Nomura-style" twist in the end. That is really good and unexpected and may provide a good jumping point for an awesome new story, but may become a Kingdom Heart-ian mess if left unchecked...    … Expand
  48. Smile_Ruliweb
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    기대했는데 PS2 같은 저질 텍스쳐에 실망
    아직까지 패치 언급도 없는 모습에 실망
    그래서 0점 줍니다.
  49. krutoj
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    SquareEnix advertised this game with a "Classic mode" that should appeal to the Fans of the Classic Turn-Based Final Fantasy games. To a Classic Turn-Base Final Fantasy Fan this feels like a punch in the face.
    The classic mode is basically an Action-RPG that plays itself and occasionaly allows you to pick some actions. In the battles with regular enemies it's rather annoying to even pick    SquareEnix advertised this game with a "Classic mode" that should appeal to the Fans of the Classic Turn-Based Final Fantasy games. To a Classic Turn-Base Final Fantasy Fan this feels like a punch in the face.
    The classic mode is basically an Action-RPG that plays itself and occasionaly allows you to pick some actions. In the battles with regular enemies it's rather annoying to even pick actions, because the characters beat the enemies even if you don't do anything. So why even bother to do something? Also most of the time the enemies are almost dead by the time your ATB-gauge is filled.
    Except for bigger "HP-Sponge" enemies, that take forever to beat, but don't even have any mechanics to make the fight fun. They just seem to be there, to extend the playtime.
    And in Boss-Battles the ATB-gauge fills way to slow and for the characters you don't control the ATB-gauge almost doesn't fill at all. So you either have to switch back and forth between the characters, all the time, or you just control one character, while the others are completely useless.
    And the Action Combat does not work, because constantly picking actions and switching between characters makes it tedious. SquareEnix tried to make a game thats a Turn-Based and Action RPG in one but actually this game fails at both.

    Since the gameplay was this horrible i didn't play very far. So i can't say much about the story or the world. The characters seemed to be designed very well. But this is just a drop in the ocean.    … Expand
  50. laurent22
    Sep 24, 2020
    1
    Was expecting a complete game and quite a disappointment to see we'll have to wait many years for the complete story. What's left is a very linear game, pretty much just a film with a few interactive sequences in between. Sadly the best part in the original FF7 is after Midgar but that's for another time.
  51. Zerpad
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    I played the original game on PC back when it was released decades ago. Playing through this new version was like watching a 10 hour TV mini-series created from a 1.5 hour movie. They added a lot of content to the game, some of which was good, but mostly added a lot of padding to have enough content to make a sellable game. Aerith has been turned into an obnoxious chatterbox, whichI played the original game on PC back when it was released decades ago. Playing through this new version was like watching a 10 hour TV mini-series created from a 1.5 hour movie. They added a lot of content to the game, some of which was good, but mostly added a lot of padding to have enough content to make a sellable game. Aerith has been turned into an obnoxious chatterbox, which helps to occupy the time that was padded onto the travelling sections.

    Music has been shoved into the background in the remake, and is the worst change from the original. The original's music was very prominent and one of the most memorable aspects of the game. It created strong emotional ties to what was happening in the game. Whether it was the sense of mystery and discovery from the title theme, the energy and urgency of the battle music, or the presence given to the different locations by their respective theme music. All of that is missing from the remake. Music in the remake is very quiet and barely noticeable in most sections. You have to stop and intently listen for it to notice it.

    Combat was updated to an action RPG system, and I mostly like the changes. However, one key ability has an incorrect description that causes the whole system to fall apart. The character's focus abilities only increase the stagger gauge if the enemy is pressured. The in game description doesn't mention anything about the pressured state being needed for this ability to work. If the description had mentioned the pressured state, it would have set up the strategy of triggering pressure, using focus abilities to trigger stagger, and then dealing tons of damage during stagger. If I had know this during my playthrough on normal difficulty, it would have completely changed combat for me.

    I wish there had been difficulty setting in between normal and easy. Easy lets you win by mashing buttons. Normal difficulty was pretty challenging because I was still learning how to utilize character switching, aggro mechanics, and the stagger mechanics (thanks broken ability description). It should be fine for a second playthrough or Remake pt. 2/? if they don't change the combat. For my first time playing with this combat system, I found it more frustrating than enjoyable.

    Finally, this game has more loading screens disguised as characters squeezing through a tight place than my entire game collection combined.    … Expand
  52. CrackBandicoot
    Mar 7, 2022
    4
    I will never understand why FF13 gets so much flack for being linear, but this game is praised to no end. Sure, this game technically has side quests, but you have to complete them before you move on to the next area or you are never able to complete them. I hate when games do this, and FF7 is no exception.
    The combat is not particularly well done either. It feels like it's trying to be    I will never understand why FF13 gets so much flack for being linear, but this game is praised to no end. Sure, this game technically has side quests, but you have to complete them before you move on to the next area or you are never able to complete them. I hate when games do this, and FF7 is no exception.
    The combat is not particularly well done either. It feels like it's trying to be turn based and real time simultaneously and it just doesn't work. This game's rendition of the AP system is a shallow attempt at making combat similar to the original game. Needing to rack up damage in order to use offensive abilities makes sense, but needing to do this to heal your party doesn't make much sense. In a turn based game you would choose to either deal damage or heal yourself. In this combat system, you have to do both and it makes no sense. This game would be much better if it went all in in either direction. I would prefer turn based combat, but even going all in on the real time combat would've made it better. I may not have liked FF15's combat system, but at least it didn't try to be something it's not, keeping it straightforward.
    Although there are some positives. The different combat styles for each character can keep gameplay unique, which is an upgrade over 15's combat system. The materia system is also fun. There can also be fun character interactions. Cloud has zero personality, which makes him kinda boring, but also creates some funny moments when other characters actual personalities juxtapose with his.
    This game has some pros to it, but not enough to make this game actually enjoyable.    … Expand
  53. DavieSl
    Aug 23, 2020
    2
    They promised midgar to explore. Lie.
    They said they could only fit it on one disk. Lie. They killed Deus Ex because of this same lie.
    Long animations of pulling levers, crawling through unnecessary spaces, forced walking and running back and forth through long corriders to try to make the game length seem longer than it should be. Bad graphics, apart from the characters and weapons,    They promised midgar to explore. Lie.
    They said they could only fit it on one disk. Lie. They killed Deus Ex because of this same lie.
    Long animations of pulling levers, crawling through unnecessary spaces, forced walking and running back and forth through long corriders to try to make the game length seem longer than it should be.
    Bad graphics, apart from the characters and weapons, flat 2D backgrounds and a PS2 environment.
    MMO fetch and kill sidequests
    Long boring corriders, nothing off the beaten track.
    Hallway simulator.
    Recycled areas such as the sewers.
    Boring environments.
    No replayability.
    Childish and immature anime dialogues and animations.
    Waiting for the ATB bar to fill up leads to frustrating combat.
    Pointless summons which sometimes need 2 full ATB bars.
    They butchered the original soundtrack.
    Messed up the storyline.
    Unbalanced MP>spellcost>ether ratio. Ethers refill 20 MP some spells cost 22.
    All of the varietys of materia packed in, most of it not needed.
    Easy game.

    All in all a terrible, boring and frustrating experience. A blatant cash grab and con job. Fans deserve a proper game not this half assed mess.    … Expand
  54. IntrovertRobot
    Sep 11, 2020
    3
    A game that is just a padded mess. The bad guy shows up too soon. Some stuff that would take 5 seconds to do in the OG takes 10 years in the Remake. There's also this **** love triangle in the game which also sucks. The combat is okay but sometimes the AI freaks out and breaks. Lastly, the dialogue is just terrible, everything that made the dialogue good in the OG is terrible now. 3/10
  55. superhan
    Jul 19, 2020
    4
    Not a good game, just a good animate! Game is boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  56. ChocoboVII
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    This is possible the biggest scam in gaming history.Final Fantasy 7 could have easily been 10 hours with the exact same main plot at it has with 30+ hours.
    The game is bloated with irrelevant sidequest , dumb npcs , obstacles for the sole purpose of slowing you down and many , many useless characters side stories.
    Squaresof needed 5 years to create a game that could have been made in 6    This is possible the biggest scam in gaming history.Final Fantasy 7 could have easily been 10 hours with the exact same main plot at it has with 30+ hours.
    The game is bloated with irrelevant sidequest , dumb npcs , obstacles for the sole purpose of slowing you down and many , many useless characters side stories.
    Squaresof needed 5 years to create a game that could have been made in 6 months really.Repetitive gameplay , sidequest , even main quest.    … Expand
  57. Abc1234
    Dec 27, 2020
    0
    Animation sucks.

    Hit box sucks.

    I don't mind if the game is split into 2 parts, but midgar only is pushing it.

    90% of ff7 cut out just to sell it to you as a seperate game.

    To make up for the cut content, they pad it out. Like really pad it out. A 5 to 10 minutes location is now an hour long.

    I do not recommend this if you liked the OG FF7. It is a spit to the face from square enix.
  58. Stratslinger315
    Aug 16, 2022
    0
    Only part of the game. The other part will be exclusive for PlayStation 5. I’m not wasting my money on that trash when a gaming pc is simply better. If you release half a game on a console, release the other half. I don’t care about performance, I feel cheated af right now and won’t bother unless I can find a way to scam it on a pc. Not paying a cent more.
  59. terriblejustter
    Apr 20, 2020
    0
    Its basically a $60 cgi movie. There's about 15 hours of gameplay, most of it is running down hallways.
    RENT DO NOT BUY
  60. GastonBaynes
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Just to say that, we, as fans of the original Final Fantasy VII game, we must create a petition that demands Square Enix to change the "Final Fantasy VII Remake" title to something else because the game is undoubtedly not a remake. 0 goes for the false advertisement.
  61. DonCorneo
    Apr 16, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a sequel... not a remake. False advertising, bull **** ending. They didn't respect the story.
    I'm sad that there might never be a true remake of this Incredible game of 1997. There is no need to change it to a new story. Just slightly improve on some point and bam.

    Yes the graphics are amazing, yes some parts are very very good but it doesn't change the fact that its not the remake as promise.

    Also the gameplay is terrible, a mix of KH, FFXV and FFVII. Just keep the FFVII gameplay or make it FFXV but dont mix all of this...    … Expand
  62. Ang3vil
    May 2, 2020
    0
    Got baited by the demo of FF7R. The first part looks like FF7, then the story is distorted. I miss the days when video games weren't democratized. I miss the days when developers were not only driven by financial interests. I'm really disgusted, not because I have lost some money, but because I know now FF7 will never reborn. If I have some advices, play the original version of FF7 andGot baited by the demo of FF7R. The first part looks like FF7, then the story is distorted. I miss the days when video games weren't democratized. I miss the days when developers were not only driven by financial interests. I'm really disgusted, not because I have lost some money, but because I know now FF7 will never reborn. If I have some advices, play the original version of FF7 and wait for games like The Last of Us II or Cyberpunk. The FF series is no longer for the older generation of gamers.

    Note: My review has also been removed but not here (yet). It could be fanaticism from some players but I tend to believe that there is a financial interest behind ... So I totally agree with you @sumbodyshero&billski.    … Expand
  63. Milkthief
    Apr 13, 2020
    4
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is a real mixed bag. The additions to the story, fleshed out characters and general world building is fantastic. The visuals are (usually) top notch, with some breathtaking scenes and environments. The real issues are #1: HORRIBLE PACING. Like some of the worst pacing I have ever seen in a game, the amount of fluff totally grinds the story to a halt, and sectionsFinal Fantasy VII Remake is a real mixed bag. The additions to the story, fleshed out characters and general world building is fantastic. The visuals are (usually) top notch, with some breathtaking scenes and environments. The real issues are #1: HORRIBLE PACING. Like some of the worst pacing I have ever seen in a game, the amount of fluff totally grinds the story to a halt, and sections that took minutes in the original now take hours? They really tried to drag it out, and that shows.

    Overall I really enjoyed it, aside from silly side quests that didn't do much for me other than make me frustrated and impatient. The combat system is great, if a little flawed (I wish I could dodge or block to cancel my attack combo, am not really into my spells missing or getting cancelled when I get hit.)

    I am looking forward to continuing this series, and hope they don't nomura the story too hard.. and maybe fix some of the rough edges.    … Expand
  64. Kinkas5
    May 9, 2020
    2
    If they didn't outright lie about being a remake, i would give a bigger score. Completely disappointed.
  65. Graywolfofmibu
    May 5, 2020
    0
    This game is sold on it's nostalgia but changes the story drastically at the end. It's sold as a remake but ends up being a rewrite. I feel like this is some bait switch marketing tactics. Tell them is a remake, sell them a kingdom heart lite sequel.
  66. Blain1989
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    What an absolute mess of a game this is I really don’t get the scores people are giving it, the textures in this game are sub par at best the dialogue is terrible and most of the voice acting is aswell, the battle system can’t decide if it’s turn based or action the action part of the system is mashing the square button and the character AI is just horrendous the characters you aren’tWhat an absolute mess of a game this is I really don’t get the scores people are giving it, the textures in this game are sub par at best the dialogue is terrible and most of the voice acting is aswell, the battle system can’t decide if it’s turn based or action the action part of the system is mashing the square button and the character AI is just horrendous the characters you aren’t controlling just stand there almost it’s pathetic, now in my opinion the game should of covered midgar and beyond easily there is too many areas of just pure filler and enemies that are damage sponges and it’s not like it adds anything too the game because your just sat there waiting for them too die because the game is not difficult by any stretch of the imagination, now the story oh dear lord the story what a mess this is not the story you remember from all those years ago they have changed to many elements especially the ending to this part of the story disgrace they have even changed the most basic parts of the dialogue and why don’t I get to go into avalanches hideout ? And sephiroth is ruined at this point in the game he is meant to be too powerful for anyone to fight so why can you go toe to toe with him he never seen cloud as a threat in this part let alone remember him the game is a joke if it had any other name attached to apart from final fantasy seven it would have been berated it all seems like it was sold on a lie as a cash grab it seems like making games into episodes that aren’t worth the full prices of admission is the new loot boxes.… Expand
  67. Eldoreth
    May 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an insult.

    For whatever reason, Sakaguchi's influence and work within squaresoft is today met with such jealousy and vehemence that any chance the current goon squad responsible for Kingdom Heart, FF 13, and FF 15, gets they take a giant dudu on Sakaguchi.

    The tale of FF VII was a story about terrorists. And you are one of them. You blow up the plate. You kill innocents. But this "remake" tells you that now it's only Shinra that killed them. What the ****

    The tale of FF VII is about a head-strong SOLDIER who speaks his mind and doesn't care if it pisses people off. Now it's about a pensive, quiet guy who sounds like every generic hero ever.

    The tale of FF VII doesn't reveal Sephiroth until after the sequences in midgar. This "remake" finds an excuse to ham-fistedly push Sephiroth into every scene they possibly could, up until revealing that he's not quite the Sephiroth we know?

    The tale of FF VII doesn't have meta-calling ghosts of destiny to spit in the faces of real fans who just wanted a remake. Yeah, I know what those ghosts represent, Nomura. You couldn't have been more subtle. Those ghosts are the "evil" spirits of those who don't want YOU to **** with the story. So you just happen to let the party kill those ghosts to represent you kill us fans who did not want you to **** with the story. SO META!

    Stay clear from this garbo. You can thank me for it later.    … Expand
  68. Danilocomin
    May 21, 2020
    1
    pathetic selling a new game with only a small part.
    Square deceived us. We fans were expecting a complete game. They spent hours in Midgard thinking only of money.
    How many years will we have to wait to fight the Weapon? How many more parts will the game have?
    I am extremely disappointed!
  69. Thorongil
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are certainly some good things about Final Fantasy VII Remake like the visuals and some of the mechanics but overall i found it disappointing. First off the claim that this is a full Final Fantasy game is not accurate. If I were to complete most of the original games content it would probably take around 100 hours of game play while the remake, including side quests, took me about 50 hours of gameplay. Secondly the decision to keep the game completely in Midgar is, simply put, baffling. In the original Midgar is basically a tutorial that takes about 7 hours to complete. Some of the scenes in the remake feel unnecessarily drawn out and exhaustive. This would have been fine if they were adding to and enhancing the original story line but most of the time they weren't. Although you see Sephiroth quite a bit in this new game he doesn't add much to the plot. He rarely speaks and when he does it doesn't have much meaning. I don't recall hearing him ever talk about his mission of finding the promised land! The remake seemed even more linear than the original and often forces you to take a certain path and there's no need for that. But one of the most disappointing things about the remake is the ending. It is an attempt to be this epic conclusion but it just ends up being a convoluted mess that doesn't make much sense. It also has nothing to do with the original and almost makes you feel like you have completed the entire story line without any further installments needed. In summary i would call this Final Fantasy 7 reimagined, not a remake. It plays out like someones interpretive blockbuster movie not like the RPG we know and love.… Expand
  70. Wiesior
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    It's absolutely and completely trash. Short piece of game, not a stand alone product. And worse of all is censorship. How they could do that to Tifa? Sport bra? it's a crap!
  71. Spidor
    May 6, 2020
    4
    The Zack Snyder of FFVII - clearly written by someone who doesn't get this game, these characters or this story, and yet insists they can do it better. And, much like Zack Snyder, they fail miserably.

    Combat's better, graphics are good, but this is no remake - it's a pathetic, horny retelling that blows all its story points too early, reduces all its character's relationship into    The Zack Snyder of FFVII - clearly written by someone who doesn't get this game, these characters or this story, and yet insists they can do it better. And, much like Zack Snyder, they fail miserably.

    Combat's better, graphics are good, but this is no remake - it's a pathetic, horny retelling that blows all its story points too early, reduces all its character's relationship into amateur fanfic, and that is closer in storytelling to Kingdom Hearts than the legendary FFVII.

    Do not play this game before the original, no matter how technically superior it may seem.    … Expand
  72. alexlomba87
    Aug 17, 2020
    4
    [Spoiler free review]

    Without being a fetishistic nostalgic of the original, it's easy to see how the good bits of the game come from the past, while the new additions are cheaply thought, poorly executed, and certainly commercially driven. Newcomers will simply average what they see: a substandard to passable action-RPG with dull moments, good action but absurd plot. Fans of the    [Spoiler free review]

    Without being a fetishistic nostalgic of the original, it's easy to see how the good bits of the game come from the past, while the new additions are cheaply thought, poorly executed, and certainly commercially driven.
    Newcomers will simply average what they see: a substandard to passable action-RPG with dull moments, good action but absurd plot.
    Fans of the original will be fairly to heavily disappointed throughout the game; by the end of it, if they get there, they will be shocked in disbelief.

    First, the story and general writing. Too much *bad* padding immediately ensures that the main events lose strength.
    Some characters – both primary and secondary – are used so badly that plot and characterisations are diminished by them. Some characters exceeding screen time, in particular, extinguishes their charisma and ruins plot suspense. Others are simply annoying.
    With rare exceptions, most of the (new) plot content is so cheap - both in writing and often in execution too - that becomes frankly embarrassing to witness. In many cases, dialogues are cut short in an unnatural manner, clearly only to artificially leave questions open. But the worst is when the plot embarrassingly tries so to trick the player in mistaking cheap content for deep.

    Gameplay. Combat aside, the gameplay is so clunky it feels less advanced than 1997 - something I particularly felt in the motorcycle sections, but exploration comes first. Walking around feels somehow even more linear than in the 1997 original. All areas are minimally modelled, and the general perception is that the whole game is set in a series of long corridors.
    It is during the exploration phases that the padding assumes its worst form. Jumping over fences, activating switches, squeezing across passages... All environmental actions trigger an animation that can last from 2 to 10 seconds, and you will see *a lot* of these.
    Finally, puzzles are always bad, for similar reasons. The whole experience is frustrating at best, and depressing at worst.
    However, I personally enjoyed the combat system, although it poses questions on "sustainability" of the power scaling. By the end of the game here you will be quite powerful by the original game's standards, and it feels like they will need to "downgrade" your skills in the next instalments in order to enable a proper growth.

    Music suffers from wildly alternating quality too, the bad of which comes from some horrifying J-Pop/Techno-Dubstep new additions that simply ruin the atmosphere – to the point I've actually muted the speakers in some occasions. There are some excellent orchestral pieces, often used wisely, sometimes wasted on scenes that scream to be forgotten for their cheap content.

    So what saves this game from total oblivion?

    There is some stellar acting and good plot points in the middle of the cringey J-pop stuff - which sadly is not comparable to the greatness of the original.
    While it has been sometimes criticised, I really enjoyed the fighting system, and I think there is some objectively great work there. Alternating characters is fun, and while when they are left alone their AI does just the bare minimum, this actually drives you to keep alternating between them, rather than lazily stick with one. The fighters are well differentiated.
    Despite little variety on mini-bosses, enemies are well varied, and bosses – with only few very bad exceptions – are simply stunning and fun to play against.    … Expand
  73. kitsura
    May 27, 2020
    2
    I would have given this game a 10/10 in 1997. But more than 20 years have passed and while other franchises have invented engaging open world FF7R is still stuck to a super linear gameplay system. Also FF had decades and more than 15 titles to come up with a decent battle system but what is this hybrid monstrosity of a combat system that is tagged on to FF7R? Franchises like Ys have goneI would have given this game a 10/10 in 1997. But more than 20 years have passed and while other franchises have invented engaging open world FF7R is still stuck to a super linear gameplay system. Also FF had decades and more than 15 titles to come up with a decent battle system but what is this hybrid monstrosity of a combat system that is tagged on to FF7R? Franchises like Ys have gone from strength to strength, improving their already awesome OST and combat system with each new title but it seems like FF is still stuck in the 90s.… Expand
  74. wtflolwut
    Jun 1, 2020
    1
    I made an account here just to write this review.

    TL:DR If it hadnt FF7 writtten on it, I cant imagine ppl giving it so high reviews. Nostalgia fueled cashgrab with nice graphic, below average combat, poor design choices, corridor maps, stupid fetch/kill quests and incoherent story. I am really sad how this game turned out. But Square shows they have issues with making a good rpg    I made an account here just to write this review.

    TL:DR
    If it hadnt FF7 writtten on it, I cant imagine ppl giving it so high reviews. Nostalgia fueled cashgrab with nice graphic, below average combat, poor design choices, corridor maps, stupid fetch/kill quests and incoherent story.

    I am really sad how this game turned out. But Square shows they have issues with making a good rpg lately, with only FF XIV as an exception.

    Lets start with positives though.

    The game is gorgeus. It really puts PS4 pro at its limits, some locations are amazing and it doesnt run THAT bad (some places you do notice frame drops, but thats to be expected on a console).

    The rest:

    Combat. It has lot of promise, but Square fails to execute well. Your biggest enemy in the game is... the camera. Either you will randomly switch between targets when trying to move the camera, or the enemy will fly high so you cant see him even tho you are locked onto him...

    You can use magic.... like couple times in a fight. Because you have sooo low mp, that in Boss fights you will spend like half the time renewing your mana. Just so you can then get interrupted by an attack you didnt see coming. Mana cost of more advanced spells is just waaaay to high for magic to be viable in boss fights, even tho in lot of them its the only way to stagger the boss (which is needed to inflict decent dmg). So you will run around, evading attacks or blocking them, praying for the atb gauge to fill so you can use ether to replenish mp, so you can wait another eternity for another atb gauge to fill to use a spell. Amazing gameplay for 2020, again.

    Enemy usually just targets whatever character you are controlling. No logic behind that, seems like a simple IF statement.

    AI is plain retarded. Party members you dont control have no sense of where they are, where you are, they will often come right to you, so you can all get some nice aoe damage, they dont use any skills on their own (unless you slot them with materia to do so). There is no setting anywhere that would let me at least tell the game "I wanna play offensively!" or otherwise.

    Game has no intention of telling you if you are in range or not. So maybe you think your attack is gonna hit the enemy, but you will just plainly miss him, bcs enemy is flying 1m above the ground and the game believes you cant reach him. Some attack skill's animations are so long that the enemy will easily reposition themselves, or they will cast some protection spell before you land the attack.

    The game tries you to use the block system or dodges, but game engine is not made for this and thus you cant cancel your animations/attacks, so if you think your reflexes can help you... they cant. If the game sees you doing something and in the meantime enemy attacks, it doesnt matter how quickly you dodge/block, the game will just wait for you animation to finish and let the attack hit you. Square wants late FF games to be more action packed, when their engine is clearly not made for this.

    Which leads to another point - the minigames. They are so annoying. Those mobile 'olympic games' are 1000 times more fun then FF7R minigames and puzzles. Oh how much fun it is to move containers with super lazy robot hands with wonky controls. Everything takes forever, controls in feel super unresponsive, and all in all its more of an annoyance than fun. Oh and if you think you can solve some puzzles your way - you cant. There is always just one right way to do it.

    Game design overall - you play as an ex-SOLDIER, with superhuman abilities, you fight guys while riding a motorcycle with sword... but you cant climb 150cm obstacle. Bcs the game doesnt want you to, unless you do it exactly specific way (getting the first materia in tunnels on your way to sector 5).

    Quests - stupid, uninteresting. Simple go there, fetch this, kill that. Thats it. Yes, in 2020, this is what Square thinks is fun. The people giving you these quests are without personality, without anything that would make you wanna help them, other than that its a quest. After playing some other games where some side quests are on-par or better with main scenario, are original, have story (yes, looking at you, Witcher 3), Square gives you garbage.

    Story - Im far behind half of the game, and if I didnt know original FF7 story, I would be lost. Villains appear randomly, with no explanation for their motives. They just pop in, at completely random times. You play as a eco terorist responsible for deaths of innocent people, and you are fine with it (sure, not entirely your fault), Jessie says she is sad about it in about two sentences, and thats it. You see the unrest in the streets, ppl talking about losing their loved ones... so what do you do? You blow one more, ofc! Again, game not bothering with things like guilt, the fact you play as a terrorist, killing innocents... no one cares.

    It had so much potential. Square botched it    … Expand
  75. Luciole44
    Aug 3, 2020
    0
    I think it's the most CRINGE game i ever play. The original one was my best game as a kid and still love it, but damn this one is so bad, the gameplay is cringe, the graphics are cringe, the battle mode is the most cringe things i ever see in my life, only pedo manga fan will like this sh!t .
  76. PAULO_84
    May 4, 2020
    2
    THIS IS NOT A REMAKE.

    Bad Bad chococobo, no greens for you! All that they needed to do was to follow the original story. We did not want any changes, we did not want anything different. You waited 20 years to rewrite the story? So, you should have CHANGED THE NAME OF THE GAME! IT IS NOT FF7 REMAKE, IT´S FF7 SHADOWS or whatever you choose! It is not the same game anymore. It    THIS IS NOT A REMAKE.

    Bad Bad chococobo, no greens for you!

    All that they needed to do was to follow the original story.
    We did not want any changes, we did not want anything different.
    You waited 20 years to rewrite the story?
    So, you should have CHANGED THE NAME OF THE GAME! IT IS NOT FF7 REMAKE, IT´S FF7 SHADOWS or whatever you choose!

    It is not the same game anymore.

    It started well, good graphics, interesting gameplay BUT ended up in a very disapointing way.

    Bad Bad chococobo, no greens for you!    … Expand
  77. theonlyisaac
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zack is still alive, they ruined all the other content that made FF7 what we love and enjoy. Advent children is ruined after this game.… Expand
  78. Suterusu
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    TLDR: The story was retcon-ruined and turned into a very low quality fanfic about time travel and the power of friendship. Save your money and play the original. The combat mechanics are the worst parts of FF15 and FF13. There's needless padding and fetch quests to justify not finishing the whole game in one project so they can charge you $59.99 at least 9 more times. The critic scores areTLDR: The story was retcon-ruined and turned into a very low quality fanfic about time travel and the power of friendship. Save your money and play the original. The combat mechanics are the worst parts of FF15 and FF13. There's needless padding and fetch quests to justify not finishing the whole game in one project so they can charge you $59.99 at least 9 more times. The critic scores are from paid shills and even many of the average youtubers were paid to give good reviews unlike TLOU2.

    The only good thing about the game is that it looks modern. The art direction is almost faithful to the original designs but not quite there.

    The voice actors are fine but the dubbed it like bad anime so fire whoever directed these fine actors to give anime grunts and gasps every 2 minutes. Eh, Guh, Wuh, Tch, Eugh, Heh, Hu! Seriously I'm not making it up. Also stop doing the modern JRPG trap of making too little dialogue and having it play WAY TOO OFTEN IN COMBAT causing the characters to yell over eachother with silly ass lines that overlap and repeat every minute.

    The JRPG formula used to be a goldmine but now there's a modern JRPG formula that forsakes the D&D inspirations and turns it into a **** low tier shonen anime.    … Expand
  79. chrisfrenette
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    The music soundtrack is perhaps the best in any video, ever. over 8 hours. the cutscenes surpass 15 hours total. This story is a masterpiece and the hard mode gameplay is extremely challenging. Game of the year so far for me.
  80. edtks
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The most overhyped/overrated game of the year. Makes me laugh when some people saying something like "it's my GOTY easily" kind of stuff. It's nowhere near that position. Since this is "part 1" of the remake project and only served as prologue in the original FFVII, the dev team said it served as a standalone game because they expanded Midgar like never before and the game are over 40-50The most overhyped/overrated game of the year. Makes me laugh when some people saying something like "it's my GOTY easily" kind of stuff. It's nowhere near that position. Since this is "part 1" of the remake project and only served as prologue in the original FFVII, the dev team said it served as a standalone game because they expanded Midgar like never before and the game are over 40-50 hours. In actual case, it's the filler and unnecessary long dungeon with copy and paste environment successfully extended the gameplay hours to make it seems like a standalone game, and Midgar doesn't seem as big as promised to worth becoming a standalone game of it's own. Let's try compare this game to previous GOTY winner like The Witcher 3, God of War and Sekiro. Oh my god it's entirely on a different tier. It doesn't even WORTH as a nominee of GOTY else it's an insult to nominee of previous GOTY.

    Those fanboi who defend the game saying "this is a Remake not Remastered" and "go play the original" kind of stuff, let me tell you this game is supposed to be a remake as advertised, not end up begin a sequel nor a reboot. I am not going to convince myself to like this game just because I can play as pretty boy Cloud or big boobs waifu Tifa which fanboi can be easily satisfied with whatever the dev feeds as long you can play as your beloved characters.

    Come to think of it, does Square Enix has no capabilities to develop a full game now? 5 years to make the prologue of the original game with tons of fillers and copy and paste dungeon? How many more years they want to take to finish the whole project? Or they just want to milk the fan based with their nice excuses of the game is so big? Even the director and producer said they have no idea how many parts they wanted to make, and they hope to release it ASAP but with smaller portion of the original game. Compare it with other games and other game developers, does it really make sense to remake an all time classic in episodic style? Considering the script already existed, the world building and visual of FFVII already established. What about other game development that need to start from scratch and how much time they used to ship their title?

    When we think of Final Fanatsy VII Remake we certainly not expecting content from prequel or sequel like Crisis Core and Advent Children. Sephiroth shouldn't be in this game so early, neither his One-winged Angel Form. Flashback and Cloud's hallucinations of Sephiroth is an OK idea but they put too much Sephiroth in this game which made him lost his mystery and menacing identity in future story. And the dev team reason for that is because Sephiroth is a popular character already and they dont seem to have the point to slowly build up his character anymore. Sounds like a very bad reason to me, the dev team just assume everyone knows about Sephiroth and therefore cut the good character development which make the villain so popular and so threatening, one of the reason that FFVII successfully became a classic.

    Pre-FFVII or Post-FFVII content aren't supposed to be in this game, at least not this early in the part 1 of the remake project. It just confused me while playing it and I asked myself am I playing FFVII Remake or FFVII REMIX. The dev team just assume everyone playing this game knows what happened throughout compilation of FFVII. These pre/post-FFVII content that include in this part 1 of the remake project just broke the immersive storytelling experience that the original PS1 classic delivered, making the remake lose focus on its narratives. For ch.17 and ch.18, it's merely fans service because the dev team wants to include the compilation inside this remake so desperately which resulted this game almost lost its position of a remake title.

    And the Nomur'ed ghost, which literally killed the core of FFVII. If the dev team want to change the future story so desperately then just make announcement and change it. Adding plot device with alternate universe related stuff and fate/destiny theme into the story just make the game even more confusing and distract from the main course. Seems like Nomura has watched Avengers Endgame and wanted to mindf*** people with altetnate universe so badly that I doubt even he know what he is trying to do.

    Is it a good game? Barely
    Is it a good remake? F*** off

    Since this game is marketed and sold as a REMAKE title, then my score is based on how well they remake the original game and most importantly the direction they took. The only reason I didn't rate it 0 is because I want to give credit to everything that is faithful to the original. However, the direction of this remake is a huge dissapointment, they remake this game to do a sequel different than the original and obviously, milk their fan based with multiple release in future. And congratzzz on becoming the first game that make me feel disappointed in my gaming history.    … Expand
  81. Crimson9
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    Since the release of Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix has been in terminal decline in terms of quality. However, it has managed to sustain the Final Fantasy brand through trading all that the series used to be about for state of the art graphics and flashy, style-over-substance gameplay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Talk about narcissism.

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

    4/10    … Expand
  82. Kodrix
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Este juego no es lo que nos han vendido, durante años hemos pensado que ibamos a jugar a un remake del ffvii, pero no. SE ha abusado de publicidad engañosa esto se acerca mas a un spin off. Durante el primer 99% del juego estas viendo lo que siempre hemos querido todos los fans: unos graficos alucinantes, un sistema de batalla majestuoso, expanden la historia de forma muy coherente y unEste juego no es lo que nos han vendido, durante años hemos pensado que ibamos a jugar a un remake del ffvii, pero no. SE ha abusado de publicidad engañosa esto se acerca mas a un spin off. Durante el primer 99% del juego estas viendo lo que siempre hemos querido todos los fans: unos graficos alucinantes, un sistema de batalla majestuoso, expanden la historia de forma muy coherente y un desarrollo dd personajes que te hace amarlos mas de lo que ya lo haciamos... Sin embargo, en la parte final del juego empiezan a suceder cosas muy muy extrañas mas propias del kindom hearta que de una final fantasy, y nada que ver con final fantasy 7 original. El principio de la decepcion empieza poco antes de salir del edificio shinra cuando en una escena con barret y los ecos del destino empiezas a entender que algo ya no funciona como en el original. Aun asi, lo dejas pasar porque es un detalle que podria pasar sin importsncia una vez completado el juego y habiendose mantenido fiel comobel 99% de esta primera parte. El mayor problema viene sobre todo en el ultimo capitulo, y es aqui cuando todos loa sueños de los fana se desvanecen por completo, dialogos extraidoa de kh, 0 sentido, noa enfrentamos incluso al lado oscuro de kh y a las sombras de cloud, barret y tifa... Segun avanzamos en la parte final del juego noa vamos topando con combates espectaculares pero con poco sentido narrativo... Hasta llegar a hacernos spoilers de algo que probablemente no volvamos a ver (por lo que no se llamarian spoilers propiamente dicho, pero bueno). El colmo es cuando ves las ultimas escenas del juego, que ademas de confundir mucho mas a low jugadores, terminan con la linea temporal del original dando a entender de forma directa que las siguientes partes va a ser algo completamente nuevo. Y cuando digo directa quiero decir DIRECTA, es decir, el propio juego termina con la frase: THE UNKNOWN JOURNEY WILL CONTINUE (Basicamente: el viaje desconocido continuara) por lo que aqui muere el remake! Y entramos en terrenos desconocidos, donde square puede hacer lo que le plazca.
    Nos lo han vendido como remake, le han dado mucho cariño al juego para contentsr a los fans, pero para que? Me pregunto; si luego vais a hacer lo que os de la gana en el final y en las proximas partes. Me siento completamente decepcionado y engañado y con mucha impotencia de no poder cambiar el destino (nunca mejor dicho) de este juego.

    Si me vendes naranjas, no me des platanos, aunque el platano tenga un sabor de primera.

    Y es precisamente eso lo que ha hecho SE. Nos han vendido esto como remake cuando en realidad es un spin off. Y de ahi la GRAN decepcion.
    Haberle puesto de titulo FFVII Another Story / 0.5 y hubiera sido mucho mejor, pero con remake se siente como un cebo para quebla gente lo compre, quiera mas y aseguraros compras de las siguientes partes

    Por otra parte, quiero dejar claro que estamos ante un juegazo y el mejor final fantasy desde el X pero todavia es un juego incompleto y como ya he dicho ew muy probable que vaya a menos en las siguientes partes, cosa que ojala pse para que SE rectifique y noa de lo que ha estado predicando durante 5 años.

    Mi unico sueño es creer en que sacaran un parche para solucionar ese desastroso final y vea la decepcion de los fans. Porque si, el juego tiene miy buenas notas y criticas, pero todos se wuejan del final. Es el punto comun en todo. Y si lo unico que no ha gustado de este juego ha sido el cambio de narrativo, esperaos a ver cuando las 40h de la parte 2 no tenga nada que ver con el original... No se en que estaba pensando square o en que momento deciden en que ese final es una buena idea.
    De hecho, mi nota y mi comentario es una queja para mostrar mi descontento mas wue por sea un mal juego, que NO lo es en ningun caso. Pero invito a todos que hagan lo mismo porwue los fans unidos tenemos mucha fuerza. Cambiaron el modelado de sonic, y otros finales de videojuegos han sido tsmbien cambiado. Solo espero qie ffvii remake sea el REMAKE que noa dijeron y no un spinoff con saltos temporales, cambioa de destino y mierdas que no pintan nada en ffvii    … Expand
  83. Juho333
    May 14, 2020
    0
    Thai IS not a remake ,They had one job...They took ffvii and wiped ASS with The story,
  84. ufs34
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Que decepção. Jogo toscu, curto, estória muito fraquinha e pior de tudo, o jogo só cobre a parte do Midgar. Não gasta o seu dinheiro com este jogo.
  85. Haruo27
    Jun 1, 2020
    0
    It is immensely disappointing what Square Enix had done with this installment. As a huge fan of the franchise, I've always liked their games, even the least appreciated games like Dirge of Cerberus. But this is simply unacceptable as it shows how greedy the company had become.
  86. SeloJRPG
    May 16, 2020
    1
    Square Enix has lost what once made them great for a long time now.
    All they had to do to reclaim the throne was to do what Persona 5 did.
    Instead, they are now only doing boring hack and slash games.

    Ontop of that they are milking the original game to the extreme with ALOT of filler content that are just boring.
    So many things that made the original game epic, are now gone.
  87. Bringonthejoy
    May 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After a lot of thought, I feel like this is a fair score to give this game. I don't have very high standards for games so stuff like the pacing being ruined by the slow side quests, lack of urgency, cheesiness and scripted walking sequences usually don't bother me too much. I didnt even mind that I had to fork out hundreds of dollars and potentially have to buy a $1000 PS5 to get the full story. I would usually give a game like this an 8 or probably even a 9 even with all of these flaws if it was enjoyable overall. The reason I am giving it a 4 is solely because of that abomination of an ending. That ending just sucks the enjoyment out of you and makes you not care as much for future titles.

    I should say that while I've been a longtime fan of the final fantasy series, I was late in playing FF7 so I dont have the nostalgia goggles that many people have. I am not a purist so its not the direction that bothered me, it was the execution. I don't understand how they could have created such a magical experience for the first 35 hours and then screwed up completely in the last 3 hours, leaving a stain on all of their hard work.

    (minus 1 point) Firstly, the characters start acting oddly, Aerith changing from her cheerful, confident self to a depressed, unsure clone of Tifa. And Red XIII seems to be relegated to a mouthpiece of square, trying to explain the nonsense they are pulling in the last 2 chapters.. They also seemed to have made him older and wiser than his original counterpart who was described as having a juvenile state of mind.

    (minus 1 point) Secondly, the multiple timelines they put in were pointless additions. After you beat the whisper harbinger, you are treated to a scene of Zack in from Crisis core. Except instead of him dying to save cloud, you see him watching as the whispers fade from existence and he carries cloud towards midgar. He then walks past the point where cloud and aerith are leaving the city, showing that they made it to Midgar. What was the point of this change? Is it another reality/dimension? If so, why does it matter? Also, didnt Zack die in the past? How would killing whispers in the present change the past? If they existed across all of time and space why didnt they just remove sephiroth from existence? And above all, why does it matter if he is alive in an alternate dimension if its not the one the story takes place in?

    (minus 1 point) Thirdly, the addition of changing fate itself at the end was just wrong. The rest of the game, although the whispers show up, the main theme was not changing fate. A large part of the enjoyment I got from the first 35 hours of the game was seeing the characters deal with the moral dilemma of their war with Shinra and them seeing the consequences of their actions. It had absolutely nothing to do with fate. Trying to shoehorn this in at the 11th hour was just jarring. Throughout the game the bosses have been machines or people. Then at the end of the game, all of a sudden you fight this gigantic manifestation of fate that looks like the first boss in Kingdom Hearts 1. Its such a huge disconnect from the rest of the game.

    (minus 2 points) And then there is the worst part of all for me: I dont know who was responsible for this. It may not have been Nomura like everyone is crying about but, whoever decided it was a good idea to add in arbiters of fate only to kill them at the end of the game, signaling the death of the fanbase's expectations, should be sacked. Whoever it was, was trying to be a smartass towards the fans. It was the least subtle way of saying "f*** the fans for asking us to make it faithful. We are gonna force you to kill your own expectations in the form of these arbiters of fate so we can do whatever we want now". If they wanted to change the story, they should have just changed it. Sure, it wouldn't have been what they advertised but its better than changing it and then using the whispers as a device to explain and justify their actions. This act alone was so petty and insulting I can understand why a lot of people are fuming and giving this game 0/10.

    Frankly, I dont understand all of the people saying they were fans of the original and like this better. FF7 is a story driven game so you cant call the ending of the story a minor issue and give it a 10/10.

    This almost feels like GOT Season 8 last year. So much effort was wasted making a brilliant game that got ruined by bad writing and terrible execution at the end.

    Edit: Since a bunch of you felt like giving the game a 10/10 while specifically calling people who gave a low score purist fanboys, and not giving any actual reviews I've decided to change my score from 4 to 0. A game with the sheer legacy of FF7 deserves respect towards the original and it's fanbase. This was the game that rocketed square to success. Without it there would be no final fantasy today. Without the original fans, the remake would never have been made.    … Expand
  88. mastertigra
    May 4, 2020
    0
    Let's be honest with ourselves. FFVII Remake followed in the footsteps of the FFXV, which did not really please fans of the FF series with its classic JRPG fight and various interesting puzzles in the open world (as it was, say, in the FFVIII).
    Instead of the expected remake of the external components, we got an action movie with a touch of nostalgia (and not yet with a full storyline).    Let's be honest with ourselves. FFVII Remake followed in the footsteps of the FFXV, which did not really please fans of the FF series with its classic JRPG fight and various interesting puzzles in the open world (as it was, say, in the FFVIII).
    Instead of the expected remake of the external components, we got an action movie with a touch of nostalgia (and not yet with a full storyline).
    I sincerely hope that Square Enix will not continue to remake old FF games in this way, and will preserve the spirit of their "classical" creations.    … Expand
  89. Cloudbuster07
    May 9, 2020
    0
    You had one job, Squeenix. Remake a game with modern graphics. Not reimagine the entire story. What else can I say? You should be ashamed. You killed a legend. Along with the hopes and expectations of millions of faithful fans. Not the first time you've let us down. Let's hope you never put out another game.
  90. Gojello
    May 7, 2020
    1
    The ending appears to be an airing of a 23 year-old creative grudge between the old and new guard at Square Enix--and the players (OG fans or not) are the losers.

    I used to think Disney was the biggest offender of profiting from nostalgic remakes targeting Millennials, but when they remake their beloved classics they remake them-- they don't attempt to erase the original. One star    The ending appears to be an airing of a 23 year-old creative grudge between the old and new guard at Square Enix--and the players (OG fans or not) are the losers.

    I used to think Disney was the biggest offender of profiting from nostalgic remakes targeting Millennials, but when they remake their beloved classics they remake them-- they don't attempt to erase the original.

    One star because the first 17 chapters gave me hope.    … Expand
  91. Soriku
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    Annoying af romance options even when you keep turning them down

    NPCs that randomly clip into cutscences and walk through Main characters Clipping textures even on pro Very linear and the entire party tells at you if you are trying to explore (for nearly nothing midgar is empty af) platinumed the game relatively easily but that's because the game is so linear lol You have more freedom in    Annoying af romance options even when you keep turning them down

    NPCs that randomly clip into cutscences and walk through Main characters Clipping textures even on pro
    Very linear and the entire party tells at you if you are trying to explore (for nearly nothing midgar is empty af) platinumed the game relatively easily but that's because the game is so linear lol You have more freedom in the original when it comes to exploring ... fights dont feel rewarding even on harder difficulties..    … Expand
  92. Qmckinney
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    Good game but to short and to long a wait to be worth $60. Going to have to wait till the finish the series if they are all going to be this short
  93. Evilswine
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    How could that happen? How could someone stretch a perfectly fine game to a point where all the fun is lost and you struggle with yourself and your childhood memories, just trying to get this chore over with. Bleak future for the next few parts. I myself have decided to not participate in this massacre of the beloved final fantasy game.
  94. robisara
    May 17, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chapters 1-17 are amazing. Chapter 18 really feels like a slap in the face. I'm not a die-hard "purist" oldschool fan and I didn't play the original as a kid, so I have no nostalgia for it and no "mental remake" to be drawing from.

    Most of the changes are stuff I would never have noticed, and I regularly liked characters and plot points that (reportedly) weren't in the original. But the big changes, the bait-and-switch changes, (e.g. retconning out major character deaths, inserting time-traveling-ghosts, turning an otherwise realistic and likable Aerith into an all-knowing prophet in the last 2 hours of the game) are impossible not to notice because of how jarring and out of place they are.

    I couldn't believe how mean-spirited it was for them to basically cast the original creators and the people who loved the original game as the new villains via the "arbiters of fate" nonsense plot. I was really excited to play the remake and get to experience the character-driven story about the inevitability of loss and the permanence of its effect I had heard about, with the benefit of PS4 level graphics and incredible combat that the original just can't deliver in 2020. The remake is not so much about loss and permanence anymore... it cheapens death by retconning formative losses out of the timeline while explicitly rejecting permanence, turning grounded and relatable characters with grounded and comprehensible stakes into a convoluted alternate-timeline nonsense tornado filled with cartoonish superheroics about fighting destiny (AKA fighting the original impactful and well-written story and anyone who liked it apparently) or some nonsense.

    I have lost all interest in playing future installments and feel honestly kinda betrayed and just... empty. 9/10 for the first 17 chapters, and I wrestled with giving the overall game a 6/ or 7/10 because it really is great and worth playing, but it takes such a hard, insulting left turn in the last few hours that all my love for the preceding hours, my excitement for the next installments, and my interest in the game overall just... evaporated. I'm one of the people who actually LIKED FF15 and the new look and feel of FF games. I loved the characters (when they weren't inexplicably becoming all-knowing prophets and opening portals to the end of creation or something), including characters who weren't in the original game (Leslie for example).

    But... that ending was so alienating to me as a newcomer, and mean-spirited and nonsensical, that it put me off so bad that I won't play the rest of the series. I feel wronged somehow, like I was promised a chance to see and understand this thing that so many people loved, and at the last minute got the rug pulled out. No interest in the rest of the series, will just get a console that can play the original or something. Unless the rest of the series straight up pretends chapter 18 didn't happen I guess.    … Expand
  95. GerardCS
    Jul 19, 2020
    3
    buen sistema de combate para un FF, pero definitibamente no es FF7, se supone que estiran la historia para poder contar mas sobre la trama, pero si quitases el capitulo 14, el 16 y el tramo final del ultimo capitulo, te quedabas igual, no te perderias nada, no aportan nada, estirado artificialmente y sin escusas para ser vendido por fasciculos.
  96. lightningalex1
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    Great story, graphics, characters and gameplay. But the experience is completely ruined by terrible mini-games that are just there to frustrate players. The pull up game is the absolute worst. This shows a clear lack of standards by Square Enix. I have to give a low rating because this is unacceptable.
  97. Biggun
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    Square Enix crache à la gueule des joueurs en refusant de leur proposer ce remake de Final Fantasy 7 pour la partie Midgard. Ce zéro pointé en note est le retour de boomerang.
  98. Jimbojenkins
    May 6, 2020
    4
    I remember a day back in 1999, the first time I played FFVII. I was so excited. And as the game moved along I was in love with an amazing story and great characters. Now, it seems, we finally get an upgraded version. Playing through this was wonderful. And some of the extras added some depth to the original. But now it seems like they plan to stray away from the original storyline and thatI remember a day back in 1999, the first time I played FFVII. I was so excited. And as the game moved along I was in love with an amazing story and great characters. Now, it seems, we finally get an upgraded version. Playing through this was wonderful. And some of the extras added some depth to the original. But now it seems like they plan to stray away from the original storyline and that is a tragedy. I hat the reimagining on classics. It is like a movie adaptation where extra liberties are taken and ruin the original source material.… Expand
  99. Berto707
    May 8, 2020
    0
    If you are new to playing Final Fantasy 7 or the series in general then I rate this 4 out 5 stars. Although if you played the original and loved it, then this is not the FF7 remake we deserved. After playing the game and experiencing the new mechanics and expanded story I can say that it is ok. Simply ok. They completely changed some key points of the story, re-worked areas to satisfy aIf you are new to playing Final Fantasy 7 or the series in general then I rate this 4 out 5 stars. Although if you played the original and loved it, then this is not the FF7 remake we deserved. After playing the game and experiencing the new mechanics and expanded story I can say that it is ok. Simply ok. They completely changed some key points of the story, re-worked areas to satisfy a new audience (which sacrifices the original stories impact) and made some horrible dungeons that were clearly made to pad out the game and increase game time. The dungeons are just terrible and add nothing to the story or game play. The side quests are boring, primarily fetch quests and typical “go here and kill that”. Most of the things they added simply turned out to just pad out the game. This game should have only been 10 hours long if they removed all the unnecessary boring dungeons and side quests. And it would have been a solid and enjoyable 10 hours. The soundtrack of the original game was the heartbeat of the game and the remake just massively underplays it and creates terrible “modern” versions of it. Hopefully they will add DLC where you can select to have the original sound track play in the background instead of the new music. Frankly after playing this game, this should have been a shot by shot remake with added and expanded dialogue and the expanded story of the other characters. A massive let down overall, don’t get your hopes up.… Expand
  100. 43271422
    May 6, 2020
    1
    This game could easily be a 10/10. There were lot of passion and great work put in it but unfortunately it turned out to be a scam. Yes, I cannot belive it either, but they made every fan play through it, and then at the very end of the game, stabbed you in the back. It was like when someone lets you play with your beloved pet from your childhood for 40 hours in order to brutally slaughterThis game could easily be a 10/10. There were lot of passion and great work put in it but unfortunately it turned out to be a scam. Yes, I cannot belive it either, but they made every fan play through it, and then at the very end of the game, stabbed you in the back. It was like when someone lets you play with your beloved pet from your childhood for 40 hours in order to brutally slaughter it in front of you for loving it as it was. Game was marketed as faithful recreation of original game. But this game is litteral, obvious, intended, insult to the fans that elevated original ff7 to piece of art. Users giving it score of 10, probably haven't finished the game yet or cant even comprehend the mess that was thrown at them at the end. It will be forover remembered as FF7 Refund for me.… Expand
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 14, 2020
    90
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is the game we've been waiting for from Square Enix for so long. Atmospheric, interesting and exciting all your attention modern jRPG with an interesting story and spectacular battles. To achieve the ideal, the project only needs more even graphics and all the content from the original release. If you were waiting for a turn-based classic with new graphics you will most likely be disappointed, since the game has changed a lot. Everyone else is happy with the release of the first really powerful single-player release from the internal Square Enix studio for many years. Especially after the failure of Final Fantasy XV.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    A good remake of the introductory part of the cult-favorite Final Fantasy VII. It improves on the original game in almost all aspects, yet lacks in scale and drops the ball at the very end.
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  3. Finger Guns
    Aug 10, 2020
    90
    What matters is still intact, and that’s the heart and soul of one of the greatest stories in video game history. It’s a return to form that has felt a long time in coming, and what’s even better is that there’s still at least two more games of this quality to come...They can’t mess this up, can they?
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