Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. kun001
    May 23, 2020
    3
    Original FF7 is one of my favorite games of all times, so I may be extremely biased in this review.

    I didn't expect much from the remake and I didn't even get that. I just finished the first boss (first try) in normal mode. I really dislike the action combat, feels a little bit like in an arpg like DS or bloodborne, just in bad, camera sucks, especially with big enemies, enemy    Original FF7 is one of my favorite games of all times, so I may be extremely biased in this review.

    I didn't expect much from the remake and I didn't even get that.

    I just finished the first boss (first try) in normal mode.

    I really dislike the action combat, feels a little bit like in an arpg like DS or bloodborne, just in bad, camera sucks, especially with big enemies, enemy tracking is even worse. The menu and slow down, totally destroys the flow of the action gameplay.

    Worst they didn't even bother trying to integrate a "real" classic mode.
    The BS they call classic mode is just a second easy mode in disguise, thx for nothing Square Enix.

    The good:
    Graphics - pretty impressive for the old ps4    … Expand
  2. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 18, 2021
    2
    Thank god I got this on PS Plus, because I was actually considering giving money for this pile of turds.

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

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

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

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

    Tifa is super cute though.    … Expand
  3. Kirk136
    May 12, 2020
    1
    Maybe worst square enix work ever. Glitches and bugs make the game unplayable in many situations.... i dont want to talk about the italian localization because its a mess, with subs traslated from jap and eng audio with a completely different meaning. AND I SHOULD PAY 3 TIMES FOR THIS SH€€T? yeah, sure! you can count on it square!
    Is not a 1 rate game, my rating is a big disappointment    Maybe worst square enix work ever. Glitches and bugs make the game unplayable in many situations.... i dont want to talk about the italian localization because its a mess, with subs traslated from jap and eng audio with a completely different meaning. AND I SHOULD PAY 3 TIMES FOR THIS SH€€T? yeah, sure! you can count on it square!
    Is not a 1 rate game, my rating is a big disappointment protest    … Expand
  4. Mavrodius
    May 4, 2020
    0
    The lack of Russian localization reduces the pleasure of playing to zero...
  5. Vinsentvalentyn
    Jun 6, 2020
    4
    The game looks good. But it is not a Remake along the lines of RE2 remake which is the same story.


    They make stupid anime changes to this story which is a travesty given how good the original game was all they had to do was use that basis.

    The actual game is only 20 hours long if you don't do side quests. Very disappointing.
  6. KaamStaar
    May 7, 2021
    0
    This isn't a remake. Its a cash grab anime hack and slash thats very boring, linear and hand holds you the whole game. Do yourself a favour and grab the original for 10$ instead this.
  7. uu223344
    May 10, 2021
    0
    That ending is so cringe.

    Even by JRPG standards, this game's story would be weird and convoluted. But I guess you can never doubt Nomuras ability to turn a straightforward and well written story into a bloated mess.
  8. Gamediver
    May 6, 2020
    4
    Hi, ich denke das jeder (hardcire)fan der ff-serie sich diesen titel kaufen wird. Alle die momentan überlegen kann ich vom kauf nur abraten. Wieso?  Weil: der inhalt absolut lächerlich ist. Manche sagen es beinhaltet 15% vom original. Ich sage vlt 1% vom original. Hat man midgar abgeschlossen war es das. Wobei selbst das nur eine light version vom original ist. Die meisten dungeon artigenHi, ich denke das jeder (hardcire)fan der ff-serie sich diesen titel kaufen wird. Alle die momentan überlegen kann ich vom kauf nur abraten. Wieso?  Weil: der inhalt absolut lächerlich ist. Manche sagen es beinhaltet 15% vom original. Ich sage vlt 1% vom original. Hat man midgar abgeschlossen war es das. Wobei selbst das nur eine light version vom original ist. Die meisten dungeon artigen bereiche wie kanalisation oder U-bahn wurden gekürtzt, rätzel und knobelaufgaben wurden gekürzt oder weggelassen. Loot truhen weggelassen oder mit heiltränken aufgefüllt.  Gegenstände im algemeinen  sind sinnfrei. Im schwierigkeitsgra normal  oder leicht brauch man sie nicht und auf schwer kann man sie nicht nutzen. Das kampfsystem ist auf leicht und normal ganz passabel aber auf schwer eher nervig. Die gegner können ganze serien von atacken starten ohne castzeit und können nicht unterbrochen werden. Der user muss aber castzeiten abwarten und kann auch noch durch jeder noch so kleinen hit unterbrauchen werden,. Hinzu kommt das die manapunkte oder atb balken trotzdem verbraucht werden.  Ebenfalls schlecht ist das balancing  der schadenswerte. Macht man auf schwer selber zwischen 20-500 scjaden, esper machen max 4k schaden, hauen bosse im schnitt 3k-5k schaden raus. Bei maximal 10k life könnt ihr euch denken wieviele hits man abbekommen darf. Dazu kommt das die nicht aktiv gespielten charaktere nur rumstehen und nur selten angreifen. Dementsprechend füllt sich auch nicht ihre atb leiste, falls also der aktive char. stirbt muss man erst fighten bis man wiederbeleben kann. Der nächste schachpunkt alle aktionen verbrauchen atb ich muss mich also immer entscheiden heile ich mich oder ruf einen esper oder greife ich an, mit der gefahr das ich einen grossen hit bekomme und dan tot bin. Da man wärend der castzeit und der ausführung weiter schaden bekommen kann. Und meistens sogar unterbrochen wird. Nächster schachpunkt. Limit und esper skill dauern viel zulange bis man sie nutzen kann. Auf leicht und normal konnte ich sie gar nicht nutzen und auf schwer nur bei endbosse. Nächster schachpunkt, die kampfanzahl. Es gibt keine zufallskämpfe mehr das heisst wenn ich straith durchlaufe komme ich auf max. 150 kämpfe. Viel zu wenig. Was ich auch schlecht empfinde ist das verhältniss spielzeit und film schaun. Öfters schaut man minutenlang film um dann 3 schritte zu machen und der nächste film beginnt. Videosequenzen sind toll aber ich will spielen und keinen film schauen. Minispiele wie bankdrücken funktionieren nicht wie im tutorial beschrieben Das motorad minispiel ist unschaffbar auf schwer mit perfekt abzuschliessen. Man kann froh sein wenn man es mit katastrophal abschliesst. Das kistenspiel ist zwar schaffbar aber man muss etliche versuchen starten da immer kisten kilometer wegfliegen und man alle kisten zerhaun muss um die trophäe zu bekommen. Und da für ist der timer zuknapp. Also alle minispiele sind eher nervig als unterhaltsam. Ein weiterer schwachpunkt ist das finden oder eine übersicht von nicht spielerelevanten aufgaben. Wie zb das blumengesteck beim hälmchenhof oder die sachen zu corneos brautschau usw. Ich weiss das ist absicht aber ich würde ein bischen mehr transparents beführworten. Ebenfalls nervig ist wenn man walkpassagen hat wo alle protagonisten irgendwo lang gehen die collisionsabfrage ist total sinnlos, da das ein reines rumgestolper und geschubse ist. Durch sowas so komisch sich das anhört aber es holt einem aus dem spielfluss und man hat selten das gefühl im spiel "drinn" zusein. Für mich gibt es noch viel mehr schlechtes wie zb. die musikstücke die man finden kann. Ich glaube bis auf goldsaucer theme sind alle anderen irgendwelche remixe und nicht mal halbwegs am original sind. Solangsam geht mir aber der platz aus. Ich möchte aber auch sagen das grafisch, musikalisch und cineastisch absolut höchstes niveau geboten wird und das ist auch der grund wieso ich ff7 remake, was eigentlich ff 7 remake trailer heissen müsste nicht 1 punkt sondern 4 gebe. Zusammen gefasst würde ich sagen ff7 remake ist zwar bugfrei und ein fest fürs aber alles andere  einfach schlecht gemacht ist. Erst recht wenn ich dafür 70€ bezahlt habe und so wie es aussieht, für jede kommende erweiterung wieder zahlen muss.und bei der menge was fehlt wird das richtig teuer ich rechne insgesamt nicht unter1k €. Ich hoffe ich konnte euch helfen. Ich möchte aber auch noch festhalten das ich im algemeinen den qualitativen schnitt von square/enix als unter durchschnittlich bewerten würde. Die letzten 5 spiele von square die in europa veröffentlich wurden waren absolute flopps und würde da nicht square draufstehen hätten sie ihre machwerke in der wüste begraben müssen wie seiner zeits E.T.… Expand
  9. Joenightwalker
    Sep 26, 2020
    0
    False marketed as a remake when it is in fact a reimagining that changes almost everything for worst and is almost as messy as the work that have been done on the Kingdom Hearts franchise. They may ruin FF7 legacy with the next parts.
  10. Gonoru
    May 11, 2020
    0
    Maybe one of the worst games I have ever played in 32 years! -Slow
    -boring
    -Worst way to told a story ever
    -worst and boring lvl up and fighting system ever
  11. Natedog1985
    May 2, 2020
    0
    I was so excited for this game. Ordered it on release and then...... glitch, glitch, glitch and then another glitch. I'm on a brand new ps4 pro. No other game has given me any trouble. Hey Square Enix! Test your games before releasing them how about it! I cant even play this useless 60$ frisbee! I'm afraid to take one step in the game because I'll lose my progress!
  12. Veskass
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    What a disappointment ... I expected nothing until I played the demo that had slapped me ... and I think I should have stopped there. The gameplay is frighteningly repetitive, the characters are frankly average apart from one or two and the pace is really bad. The worst it remains all is frankly heavy and soulless side quests, you will go back and forth in loop and it's really painful ...What a disappointment ... I expected nothing until I played the demo that had slapped me ... and I think I should have stopped there. The gameplay is frighteningly repetitive, the characters are frankly average apart from one or two and the pace is really bad. The worst it remains all is frankly heavy and soulless side quests, you will go back and forth in loop and it's really painful ... I would only remember the character modeling, particle effects and music (especially the music) in quality but apart from that, I don't see much to learn.… Expand
  13. Andyo
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake takes the worst parts of FFXIII and FFXV and mashes them together in one game. Neverending hallways and a terribly clunky, non-fluid battle system. If you change all the characters names and models in this game you would think it is nothing more than a budget action game.

    Sorry old school fans, Final Fantasy is dead and Square needed the "Final Fantasy" IP to sell    Final Fantasy 7 Remake takes the worst parts of FFXIII and FFXV and mashes them together in one game. Neverending hallways and a terribly clunky, non-fluid battle system. If you change all the characters names and models in this game you would think it is nothing more than a budget action game.

    Sorry old school fans, Final Fantasy is dead and Square needed the "Final Fantasy" IP to sell this garbage that bears no resemblance to a Final Fantasy game (aka Breath of the Wild). Good IPs dead, try a new game, this just isn't what it used to be.    … Expand
  14. Dave199
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This remake fails as a remake the story is completely changed from the original this Dosent make any sense its so sad but the fanbois don't wanna listen re 2 remake did it better so sad
  15. RatsOffToYa
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    -
    SquareEnix released what might the be greatest psychological horror of 2020.
    The game starts out with everything you can hope for and more, breathtaking visuals in one of the greatest video game settings, the city of Midgar. Just opening the door from Cloud's apartment for the first time and the sheer scale of the plates in full detail along the view of the slums you see in front of    -
    SquareEnix released what might the be greatest psychological horror of 2020.

    The game starts out with everything you can hope for and more, breathtaking visuals in one of the greatest video game settings, the city of Midgar. Just opening the door from Cloud's apartment for the first time and the sheer scale of the plates in full detail along the view of the slums you see in front of you, all to explore in all its glory...the pleasure is intoxicating. Sure you sense something amiss, but it is quickly shrugged off since the first reactor mission went so perfectly.

    You start to see a few red flags here and there, an unrelated motorcycle character comes to form and vanishes like a tv one episode villain, and you start to see less and less effort put into the side characters and side quests that feel painfully robotic or badly scripted and voiced. But worry not, the core story was still there, shining in all its glory...side characters and side quests never mattered and can be quickly skipped past.

    Some more hours pass, the ghosts...you've seen them again, and your early interpretation that they're similar to voices of the lifestream isn't cutting it anymore. Worry not you tell yourself, the train graveyard is coming up, surely a wonderful tie in to fighting in the train graveyard is what SquareEnix is after.

    The first moment of shock, the first reasoning for the ghosts/whispers. The party is told that the ghosts are arbiters of fate trying to control the party's path...and they're in a Final Fantasy 7 game. Your deepest fears have come to light, and while the game doesn't delve on them much...you already know it's too late, an unlit stick of dynamite will follow you from here on out.

    You play out the game enjoying what you see while knowing a truly darker evil lies beneath the gorgeous visuals. Then just as you feel the game is reaching its end with no cataclysmic destruction, looking as though this first episode will be left safe, the destruction begins. You are thrown head first into the abyss. There is no saving explanation coming, your greatest fear has truly come alive...THIS...IS...KINGDOM HEARTS. Timelines, time travel, and plot ripped asunder. The thing is more terrible than I can describe, an incoherent jumble of nostalgia, story switching, and everything Nomura.

    You lie awake, asking the same question...Why? it comes to no purpose or gain, but you continue to ask...Why?
    Alas, the first is over and you know they will come again, again, and again...worse than the last.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    I wish everyone well as they dive through the later parts of a great game turned milk machine.
    SquareEnix lured their wide eyed prey and struck hard and fast.

    -    … Expand
  16. Mexicancritic22
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    I dont understand why did they make cloud a wack character and tell the story diffrent from the original
  17. Rossbobart
    May 9, 2020
    2
    This review still recommends a single playthrough of this game. It has many good qualities and fans of final fantasy should still play it.

    However a message to all of you 9+ reviewers out there; seriously? If my complaint below wasn’t a thing I’d say this game is worthy of a solid 8/10. But realistically this game doesn’t hold a candle in comparison to God of War. Both essentially    This review still recommends a single playthrough of this game. It has many good qualities and fans of final fantasy should still play it.

    However a message to all of you 9+ reviewers out there; seriously?
    If my complaint below wasn’t a thing I’d say this game is worthy of a solid 8/10.

    But realistically this game doesn’t hold a candle in comparison to God of War. Both essentially remakes, both with action combat, small explorable environments, side quests and many other similar gameplay aspects; Except GoW is worthy of a 10.

    But here’s why I’m so upset I give this a 2/10 instead of a 8/10:

    Replayability is a joke, hardmode is just stupid. It's completely easy until you reach some core boss storyline boss fights and then it's way too hard. The cheap cop-out of hardmode is to just "remove item usage", therefore MP management is the entire concern of hard mode.

    Game breaking bugs exist, in the sense that you are forced to reload your game, such as crawling in ducts in chapter 16, if you view below while crawling to see some nods talking, you will be unable to “press circle to exit” and are forced to reload your game. So if you don’t save often, or use auto save mostly, you wasted at least an hour of your life, and more if you did some challenges. There’s a few similar bugs throughout the game and I’ve experienced it once previous, while some other people have up to 4 different times in a single play through. Absolutely unacceptable garbage, it’s not like you’ll have to do some ridiculous glitch moves to make it happen, nope just play the game casually and you'll likely encounter this, so SAVE YOUR GAME OFTEN.

    In closing;
    Much like many legitimate people on youtube and twitch who reviewed this game, an honest review is to say that this game does a lot well, and a lot bad. It's both opposite sides of the spectrum at the same time with very little middle ground, and unfortunately the bad outweigh the good in my opinion.

    If you can get over the story changes (it's still mostly the same story), great. However for me, the game leaves me wanted to play more, to play a real NG+, but instead we're left a poor excuse of a hardmode.

    Oh, and Red XIII is awesome but you can't play as him, and the ending cutscene/fight was pretty ridiculous. Might as well have imported scenes from the Advent Children movie.

    This is my first true LOVE HATE game.    … Expand
  18. LINKTJT
    Feb 25, 2021
    0
    The Game was great until they expect you to buy a whole extra console just to play the DLC.
    This is greed on a whole new level and I will not support this garbage any further. Square and Sony you can F-Off!
  19. sj4geek
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    I loved this game, And trying to figure out all the new mysteries. I was however a fan of the turn based combat more. the ending will also blow your mind.
  20. TinLost
    Dec 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я ждал эту игру с момента анонса новости о том что выйдет FF7R. На тот момент было сказано что игра будет только для PS4. Я купил PS4 только ради нее. А что в итоге я получаю, я получаю то что игра без русской локализации, даже субтитры не добавили (да я русский и английский знаю плохо). Я разочарован отношением Sqare Enix к фанатам русско язычной базы. Они обосновали отсутствие перевода на русский язык тем что FFXV не окупила затрат на перевод. Почему вы уважаемая Sqare Enix делаете выводы по абсолютно другому проекту который был не известен так как FF7 в девяностых годах.… Expand
  21. Tobom
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    A terrible action game and a terrible final fantasy game
    This game called Remake it wasn't even a remake at all, and even so there's people that still praise and buy an incomplete mess like this multiple times just for the sake of the nostalgy???
    The worst sign of a dead franchise
  22. NicoCC
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    FIRE NOJIMA AND NOMURA!!!

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

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

    Let's begin:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    9. Replay value: 0.

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

    FIRE NOJIMA and NOMURA ASAP!!!!
    RIP JRPGs.    … Expand
  23. Ikanuhm
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Misleading Title. THIS GAME IS NOT A REMAKE. This game is a REBOOT. or SEQUEL.
    It should be called Final Kingdom of Fantasy Hearts VII-2 Reboot : Sephiroth's Revenge.
    The music excellent. Great arrangements and additions.
    The gameplay is someone good, but it some issues and it can be improved.
    Voice acting was great.
    Graphics and textures were awesome for most part of the game, but in some parts they looked like they were made on ps1.
    As for the story, up to chapter 16 it's a good story, very faithful to the original with a few additions and minor changes that were good.
    But then on chapter 17 things start to head in a very different direction, and then comes chapter 18.
    Square Enix basically threw up on the fans just a wholesome of trash. The story goes WAAAAAAY off the tracks. It has absolutely nothing to do with the original story. It changes a lot of things that will affect the future of the story and important events on the next parts. Enemies that were not supposed to be in this part of the game are included, and this basically lowers the expectation of future bosses and the last boss of the last part in particular. Not to mention the Heartless of Destiny...
    which are some poor written elements that "have a purpose", and they feel basically like a deus ex machina for the developers, and they feel like a way for them to say "this is our game now and we can do whatever we want with it and we can change whatever we want and you don't have a saying in it because you are destroying the story yourself".
    The game is good overall, but to be honest those last 2 chapters for me, and the ending make every little peace of excitement go to hell. This game did not live for the hype it build in over 5 years. I really hope they ignore everything that happened in those 2 chapters and the coming parts stay with the same story as the original.    … Expand
  24. ExplosiveBolts
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    It's amazing how many people Nomura tricked into thinking this piece of **** game was any good.
  25. Wardrobechaos
    Jan 10, 2021
    4
    This was the flop of 2020 for me personally. Had really high hopes for this as i loved the original FF7 and played it to death. What i liked: graphics, music and the characters.
    what i really did not like: the battle system - awful, messy - why oh why did they have to change it? when you are controlling one out of 3 characters the others do basically nothing, no damage no contribution,    This was the flop of 2020 for me personally. Had really high hopes for this as i loved the original FF7 and played it to death. What i liked: graphics, music and the characters.
    what i really did not like: the battle system - awful, messy - why oh why did they have to change it? when you are controlling one out of 3 characters the others do basically nothing, no damage no contribution, the rest of the enemies focus only on you. so badly done. the side quests, side areas etc are just ugly, boring and bloated time fillers. terrible
    the minigames - like the bike sequences are so awfully terrible - how could something like that have stayed in the game?
    difficulty - completely messed up difficulty - way too hard on normal with this poor battle system. when switched to easy you can basically (mostly) just beat through anything while the clunky combat system will be the biggest challenge.

    really a poor overall effort and worthy FLOP of the year 2020.    … Expand
  26. VendonJura
    Sep 17, 2020
    3
    I love Final Fantasy games and 7 was kinda good. It had a cool lvling system, Materia and some mini games originaly but it's kinda different in the remake version of this game.

    1st I wana say that this is NOT a game it is just a small episode OF the game which 90% of people do forget and not mention about it. 1st the good stuff. Posetive: 1. Graphics of most places, Characters    I love Final Fantasy games and 7 was kinda good. It had a cool lvling system, Materia and some mini games originaly but it's kinda different in the remake version of this game.

    1st I wana say that this is NOT a game it is just a small episode OF the game which 90% of people do forget and not mention about it.

    1st the good stuff.

    Posetive:

    1. Graphics of most places, Characters but there are some graphics which are rlly rlly baaaad.
    2. Materia is still a cool thing
    3. Amazing summoning system of esper.
    4. Animation of skills etc.
    5. Music.
    6. Aerith, Tifa and Jessie are totally gorgeous.
    7. If Barret is not sweating it's not Barret xD
    8. Barret is singing the fictory music sometimes. Totally funny.
    9. Bestiary
    10. Quests

    Negative:

    1. Balancing is horrible. It's actually non existent.

    2. The enemy does not care if you hit them with a 100kg sword, they do not flinch nor anything at all. They just ignore your hits but only 1 slap and YOUR character flys all over the map. Most annoying stuff of all.

    3. 100% of the time I am walking and looking for enemy to grind some lvl but there are none and no real respawn. I was hoping to have a monster respawn when reloading the game but no there is just nooooooothing so you are walking around looing for monsters and find nothing at all to lvl up and that's the balancing issue problem here. FF7 original was an easy easy game just because you could lvl up and grind but this remake here is just garbage. Atleast no lvling way possible.

    4. What the h.... is this ATB stuff. I can not use items nor skills when I don't have my ATB bar atleast at 1.... who came with this stupid idea. This is the most annoying dumb mechanic I have seen in my whole life. I mean why is this crap in the game? It was not originally in the game. What kind of sadistic person came up with this dumb system? The whole battle is getting harder by a billion times just because of this garbage.

    5. There are quests yes but no real quest leading so you have to watch and search your stuff. There is no real arrow that leads where you have to go nor you can not put your own marks on the map to make it easier to walk to your wanted location. I mean we are in 2020 so why is this not in the game ? Marking the map like every Borderlands game has. There is a Route button but it's more a deko. When you press that button... just nothing happens. It will not show you the route where you have to go. It's just a dumb button that makes nothing.

    6. Graphic. Yes there are allot of horrible bad graphics in the game. It's blury like on the PS1. We are living in 2020 but you still can not read texts written on walls or books in the game. What a weak way of showing ppl some extras. When I see a note written something on it then dang I wana reaaaaad it and not see the blurry pixels on it. When deffs will finally understand that? Also what's the problem with the doors in this game? some doors look blurry as hell. Like the door where Tifa and Cloud has to sleep in the beginning of the game. They tell you a number of that flat but you can not even see it.

    7. Cloud and all the rest is talking stuff like Cloud is strong bla bla bla Cloud says I am strong are you sure you wana fight me ? and dies in 3 seconds. As I said balancing in this game is non existent. Why is there no monster respawn?

    8. You 100% ALWAYS have the aggro no matter what character you play with because the enemy turn their focus instantly on you when you switch the character and this happens 100% always when you switch. Totally annoying.

    I am not sure if I will buy the other episodes of this game since Jessie and Biggs has died. I am not wanting to see how Aerith dies again. Also since there are to many things that I hate and makes me very angry while playing the game.    … Expand
  27. Phuz
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    My God. If irritating, over the top, shoddy voice acting, combined with irritating, over the top, shoddy scripting floats your boat, then guess what? You're in luck. You'll have a field day in fact because that is exactly what this is. A load of irritating, Hollywood style junk. If I asked you to go and find me a game where I want to kick all the annoying little **** of characters inMy God. If irritating, over the top, shoddy voice acting, combined with irritating, over the top, shoddy scripting floats your boat, then guess what? You're in luck. You'll have a field day in fact because that is exactly what this is. A load of irritating, Hollywood style junk. If I asked you to go and find me a game where I want to kick all the annoying little **** of characters in the face and you brought me this, you would pass your mission.

    You'd have to be about 13 years old to remotely tolerate the acting and script here. Total, utter **** And a big fookin whopping 100GB of hard drive clogging **** at that.    … Expand
  28. Peter19
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is an extraordinary game, but I think they were able to make the entire game without the need to divide the content of the original game into indefinite parts.
  29. Timenick
    May 7, 2021
    4
    I got this from PS Plus and I never played a Final Fantasy game before.

    Amazing graphics in every cutscene and a few areas but really bad ps3 level graphics in all other areas of the game. The characters are colorful and interesting but there is a lot of bad writing and cringy dialogue. The gameplay is unique but normal enemies get boring really fast. Most boss fight are good but some    I got this from PS Plus and I never played a Final Fantasy game before.

    Amazing graphics in every cutscene and a few areas but really bad ps3 level graphics in all other areas of the game. The characters are colorful and interesting but there is a lot of bad writing and cringy dialogue. The gameplay is unique but normal enemies get boring really fast. Most boss fight are good but some will take forever to beat.

    I know this is just the first episode but as a standalone product this is an average game with a few really bad hiccups.    … Expand
  30. squire865
    Jun 13, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I mean this had me supper excited until you get to ch 17 & 18. If you have not played the original, I'm not sure how you would reconcile why cloud is fighting sephiroth. In the original, you really get a sense of how crazy and evil sephiroth is. In this game, it's like he's a cool looking bad guy. in the original, you'll end up hating him for some of his actions he perpetrates on your team. Now I just end up hating square for selling out and hate myself for buying into another Final Fantasy. They really have derailed from awesome story telling in exchange for a wider audience, more games and more money. It's no wonder indie games are becoming so popular because big corporations like this are like shinra and mako. They want more of it.… Expand
  31. Kirikou974
    Jul 16, 2020
    2
    On the plus side : it's beautiful and the music are great
    On the minus side :
    - fights and camera angles are a nightmare - the game lacks consistency - sloowwwww pace - it's basically a long alley - the shinra tower part is boring - side quests are meh I'm a huge fan of FF7 and I was really disappointed with the overall experience of this remake. I set the difficulty to easy so    On the plus side : it's beautiful and the music are great
    On the minus side :
    - fights and camera angles are a nightmare
    - the game lacks consistency
    - sloowwwww pace
    - it's basically a long alley
    - the shinra tower part is boring
    - side quests are meh

    I'm a huge fan of FF7 and I was really disappointed with the overall experience of this remake.
    I set the difficulty to easy so that the fights stop being such a pain where I don't feel I have control at all.
    I went straitght to the end because I was just not enjoying the experience.
    Don't spoil your memories of FF7, don't play this game.    … Expand
  32. Grimlocksmash
    Sep 9, 2020
    3
    All the reviews told me to love a battle system I just wasnt in love with. After beating the game I wondered if I'd have even played it without loving the original. It felt like playing the characters of final fantasy 7 inside the horrible battle system of final fantasy 15. It I wanted an action rpg I'd play the witcher. I expected greatness and got a downgrade.
  33. aitan_3
    Sep 17, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. That ending destroyed the game. SPOILERS AHEAD
    Fighting a giant god representing"fate itself in order to break the chains of destiny while taking a trip at the "edge of creation" - whatever that means -, liberally sprinkling hints at alternative timelines and parallele universes just to make the mess messier, seems like something you might encounter in a fanfic written by a 12 years old fan awkwardly trying to concoct the basest, cheapest sense of epicness available, not a plot envisioned by a professional writer with even a basic understanding of story-telling. The party didn't "earn" that fight from a narrative point of view, there was no proper organic build-up to it, no heartfelt personal stakes conveyed to the player, and as a result the reaped rewards felt underwhelming (if not meaningless), while also projecting a jarring, potentially ridiculous effect on future events: good luck explaining how that very same party will struggle to defeat mushrooms, snakes and bats from now on!    … Expand
  34. Seba97
    Jan 9, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Le cambian o le cortan las mejores partes de la historia. Le pusieron mucho hp a los enemigos para alargar el juego, pero igual los combates son muy fáciles. Es una estafa que lo vendan como un remake… Expand
  35. fatimaganoon
    Jan 29, 2021
    4
    you know i hate to rate dear game to my heart this low i play it untill chapter 18 it begun great than you will hate it untill chapter 16 and chapter 18 bike mini game who desighn this it was my fav mini game here i wanna strungle square enix if it was a person who convice you this is great idea and story is horrible spirits my ass its only saving grace its characters
  36. TheHouseKeeper
    Jan 20, 2021
    4
    The ff7 Remake is a very courageous and audacious project from SE, but is it really a remake of the beloved ff7? I think it’s a travestied sequel unfortunately.
    SE were ambiguous and misleading and this is unforgivable.
    Sure, there were good aspects about the game; the music for example was great, I didn’t regret buying the cds. impressive CGI ( sometimes inconsistent in quality    The ff7 Remake is a very courageous and audacious project from SE, but is it really a remake of the beloved ff7? I think it’s a travestied sequel unfortunately.
    SE were ambiguous and misleading and this is unforgivable.

    Sure, there were good aspects about the game; the music for example was great, I didn’t regret buying the cds.
    impressive CGI ( sometimes inconsistent in quality though ).
    interesting battle system and what else? maybe that’s it really....everything else left me conflicted; cheesy dialogues, shallow and incoherent story....It plays on nostalgia and how you remember the universe and characters from the original game.

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    My only concern in this Remake is its story, most precisely Sephiroth;
    unfortunately for him after being a well written villain in the original ff7 game (for me the equivalent of the Darth Vader in games) he became heavily disrespected by the writers especially In Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts where we see him as a pathetic man without much of a plan that can easily be brushed aside once the script decide its time for him to lose, in Dissidia he is constantly defeated every time he test himself against Cloud, you are not supposed to fear him anymore but to laugh at him.
    In this remake they didn’t bother to introduce him how he originally was introduced but instead (thanks to Nomura and co. ) they assumed everybody already knew who Sephiroth was; a ridiculously over the top villain with no life that keep stalking Cloud.
    So here is my question; if your antagonist starts as weak as your hero, then what is it left for the hero to strive against? If Cloud and his party are already all powerful and all mighty defeating consecutively Jenova, the Arbiter of Faith and Sephiroth himself at 1/4 of the game then what shall I be excited for in the next game?
    Is it the adventures of Cloud? an unstable liar and violent punk or the intrigues of Aerith? aka Mary Sue going on a mission to save the world by changing destiny and bla bla bla ...
    My point is that weak villains make for weak stories because it rob the narrative of its tension and drama and end up undermining the heroes themselves, because if they are not tested by worthy opponents then they haven’t really achieved anything.    … Expand
  37. nda777
    Jan 21, 2021
    3
    This is not a remake as the story is totally different! This is a lie.

    The combat system is really good, the new music versions are nice and Tifa, Barret and Cloud are beautifully rendered. Other than that, this game is not a remake and abuse of cheap tricks such as corridors, labyrinths, slow animations to slow down the pace. Moreover, the characters are using too many anime mimics and    This is not a remake as the story is totally different! This is a lie.

    The combat system is really good, the new music versions are nice and Tifa, Barret and Cloud are beautifully rendered.

    Other than that, this game is not a remake and abuse of cheap tricks such as corridors, labyrinths, slow animations to slow down the pace. Moreover, the characters are using too many anime mimics and the overall tone is apparently serieux but still very much more childish than the original. Please change the name of this game, I will not buy the 'sequel'...    … Expand
  38. DominoRicano
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How any critic or gamer can see past the bloated, terrible gameplay, poorly voice acted characters, non sensical story line, and just overall MESS this game is from beginning to end is beyond me. It must be the nostalgia covering the enormous faults in this game. The saving grace may be the action and quite possible the set pieces that lead you to believe the game designers must be michael bay fans. Stay away, or watch a ah through. I wasted my money!… Expand
  39. Under8tedX
    Feb 3, 2022
    3
    I don't know what to really say, apart from i didn't really enjoy it.. I didn't really like the combat system because, its not turn based and it feels more like a hack and slash than anything else. The camera is god awful, the way the camera and cinematics works was really annoying. I mean your trying to walk/look one way, but its dragging you to look in the direction the game intends forI don't know what to really say, apart from i didn't really enjoy it.. I didn't really like the combat system because, its not turn based and it feels more like a hack and slash than anything else. The camera is god awful, the way the camera and cinematics works was really annoying. I mean your trying to walk/look one way, but its dragging you to look in the direction the game intends for you to go. And the story isn't that good either. it all takes part in midgar tho, and i wasn't really hooked on the story, it was kind of boring to be honest (different from the original). There are similarities here and there with the story of the original. But it has really pointless side quests, pointless bosses (most of them) and really a pointless combat engine. Its too chaotic and hectic, too much going on in battles. I think the original FF7 is still a way better game than this one, because at least to me games are not about graphics. I mean why do we play games in the first place? For graphics? or for "GAME PLAY"? This game wasn't too disappointing since i never played it on release. But when i saw it for 10$, i bought it and said "what the hey" why not. Also i should add, it draaaaaaaags on like nothing i have ever played before.Like i said, it all takes place in midgar and it drags on pointlessly, not really adding anything relevant to the story. This really pales in comparison to the original and doesn't even hold a candle to it.… Expand
  40. GallusUpstart
    Jan 3, 2022
    3
    What a wasted opportunity. I find this game so dull with absolutely terrible pacing with my overall experience of this game being of frustration and boredom.

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

    Sure the graphics are great, but what’s the point in beautiful graphics when the world is lifeless and not interactive, or, that those graphics are locked behind poorly hidden loading screen areas? Sure, the combat CAN be thrilling, but 90% of the time it feels messy. I’ve never felt in control of a combat situation. It’s so tightly ‘on the rails’ that it feels like a VR experience. There is almost 0 exploration because the gaming areas are so small. The voice acting and dialogue are terrible, childish and irritating. The RPG elements are so shallow and a bit pointless. Levelling up weapons with SP points? Sounds great, if you had any incentive to chose a progression path, but you just have to select ALL of the upgrades so what’s the point? Same as equipment, it’s just generic “next version is better” drivel. All of this was fine 20 years ago but not anymore. I think the worst thing about this game is the wasted opportunity. We all know and love the ff7 story, the world and the lore; so why not let us experience it from a new angle? Why not have midgar be an open world experience? Why not have a job/class system? Why not have mechanics for interacting with the world? *sigh* it’s just another lazy game with a premium price tag and I’m not looking forward to any of its expansions or future FF remakes….    … Expand
  41. yoeeeey
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    Basically made the worst aspects of the original game's story, dialog, and plot and made then even worse. Totally and unabashedly cringe, childish, unnappealing, self-important without substance, and generally lacking a creative purpose other than making revenue gains.

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

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

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

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

    In conclusion, Final Fantasy VII: Remake is a flamboyant testament of self-sabotage. I wish I could say I had the motivation to stick through to the next release being such a fan of the original, but frankly they lost me on this one. Once these losers get rich they get addicted and they stop caring about what they're doing. Don't enable them, don't give them your money.    … Expand
  42. zyakin
    Feb 13, 2022
    1
    in Russia, the game of the final fantasy series has a huge fan base. The generation of 1995-2005 grew up on them. It's a pity that SQUARE ENIX spits in the face of its loyal fans. Although my assessment will not do anything, but I will no longer be a game for fans of the final fantasy series.
  43. TheGuitarGamer
    Apr 12, 2022
    2
    I played it. I must admit, it's a really beautiful remake. But selling the game with different arcs and selling for 70$ each is a absurd. I think I'll stick with the PS1/PC classic version.
  44. Sir_Him
    Jun 10, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bloated mess of a game. Outside the music and fantastic visuals, the only thing good about this game is the combat system, but that's only at the start. After a while, you realize that it's all spectacle and no substance, which is Nomura's specialty.

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

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

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

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

    TLDR: This game sucked and Nomura is an idiot.    … Expand
  45. Sequn
    Aug 2, 2022
    2
    The worst action jrpg I've played on my PS4, and the literally worst remake ever made.
    All these people that try to start ff7 they don't understand what the actual original PS1 game is, because this sh#t fake remake try to make a sort of Reboot of the original story, making retarded plot changes (crazy time ghost sh#t, and alternative timeline garbage) that destroy completely the whole    The worst action jrpg I've played on my PS4, and the literally worst remake ever made.
    All these people that try to start ff7 they don't understand what the actual original PS1 game is, because this sh#t fake remake try to make a sort of Reboot of the original story, making retarded plot changes (crazy time ghost sh#t, and alternative timeline garbage) that destroy completely the whole sense of the original. Who praise this crap, and who praise the idiotic Nomura's choice, are basically blind.    … Expand
  46. JoakoGarcon
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    I really love this remake... There a lot of things to do, is great how they added new thing to the main story, I think the only thing I thing disagree about it is not controlling one character that appears in the late game... But despite of that it's a wonderful game
  47. Jesol
    Jun 3, 2023
    0
    One of the most terrible actions games I've had the misfortune to play. A bad Final Fantasy game.
    Very linear, very easy, and with a plot so bad that it leaks everywhere...
    A very bad experience
  48. Umjogador
    Jun 19, 2023
    0
    Ridiculous, bland and mediocre game. The original will always be better.This is one of the most boring games of all.Graphical quality doesn't mean the game will be any real good. The classic games are authentic and don't follow a pattern.
  49. R13Gamer
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plot has been bloated over. Dumb dementors ruin plot as the game becomes a crappy Kingdom Hearts story. Gameplay takes no effort or skill. (Like critical thinking.) Would not recommend.… Expand
  50. Laviar
    Apr 12, 2020
    3
    Разрабы! Если у вас есть идеи, то добавляйте их в новые части финалки. У вас есть оригинал и относится надо к нему с уважением! Что за дементоры Азкабана? Что за д.рьмо вы наворотили в конце? Слегка разочарован игрой! 35 часов коридоров это не то что я хотел получить и плевок в сторону оригинала с добавлением какой то чуши меня просто взбесил.Разрабы! Если у вас есть идеи, то добавляйте их в новые части финалки. У вас есть оригинал и относится надо к нему с уважением! Что за дементоры Азкабана? Что за д.рьмо вы наворотили в конце? Слегка разочарован игрой! 35 часов коридоров это не то что я хотел получить и плевок в сторону оригинала с добавлением какой то чуши меня просто взбесил.
  51. ArkLovecraft
    Jan 1, 2022
    3
    I enjoyed the original game and I found this a bad game very well dressed.
    Cinematics are cool, of course, but gameplay is horrible. Slow on exploration parts and frustrating in combats, where the cameras are an absolute disaster. Puzzles are tedious and absurd.
    The story is very confusing. We do not know why what happens or what the bad guys want to do ... and there will be a second    I enjoyed the original game and I found this a bad game very well dressed.
    Cinematics are cool, of course, but gameplay is horrible. Slow on exploration parts and frustrating in combats, where the cameras are an absolute disaster. Puzzles are tedious and absurd.
    The story is very confusing. We do not know why what happens or what the bad guys want to do ... and there will be a second part.
    Let someone else play it.    … Expand
  52. mitsarakos
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    Its very very boring. It would be OK for PS2 or PS3, but for PS5, NO, its out of date and very bad game. They didn't, try to make something good, they just want our money, I have it, and I try to convince myself to finish it..
  53. UltanCombo
    Jan 10, 2022
    4
    I don't think I'm going to make any friends here by saying this is a poor game. Theres parts of me that loves this game but the combat is terrible. Hated every fight and every boss battle. I dreaded a boss battle. When ever there was a boss battle I had to mentally prepare myself for the ordeal. Never was there a time I found any combat enjoyable. If you enjoy this type of combat I reallyI don't think I'm going to make any friends here by saying this is a poor game. Theres parts of me that loves this game but the combat is terrible. Hated every fight and every boss battle. I dreaded a boss battle. When ever there was a boss battle I had to mentally prepare myself for the ordeal. Never was there a time I found any combat enjoyable. If you enjoy this type of combat I really don't understand how.

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

    This is a game and has to be rated as a game first and a story second and as a game its poor. I couldn't bare to go near this again    … Expand
  54. Erith
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    This $hit game sucks on every single level.
    From the hallways structure of all the maps in the game, to the absolutely padding and tedious dialogues.
    The characters are terrible, created in the worst kind of stereotypical way even for a Japanese game. The action gameplay sucks, and the new plot was one of the most ridiculous I've recently read. If we add to this the atrocious texture    This $hit game sucks on every single level.
    From the hallways structure of all the maps in the game, to the absolutely padding and tedious dialogues.
    The characters are terrible, created in the worst kind of stereotypical way even for a Japanese game.
    The action gameplay sucks, and the new plot was one of the most ridiculous I've recently read.
    If we add to this the atrocious texture quality and the ridiculous fetch quests, this game fails miserably    … Expand
  55. ASalty801
    Aug 16, 2022
    2
    Looks pretty, but that's about it. The gameplay simply isnt fun and its packed with garbage filler to stretch the game into multiple releases because money. A proper ff7 remake should have been an easy home run, but by either greed or incompetence we got this.
  56. Bicof
    Apr 19, 2023
    1
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is bad action jrpg and the worst possible kind of "remake" ever made.
    An incomplete game with a combact system that is a braindead button smashing, the linear exploration is poor, the characters development are completely stereotyped, and the whole plot feels like a pudding and boring filler of the original game.
    Overall a game that doesn't have nothing of    Final Fantasy VII Remake is bad action jrpg and the worst possible kind of "remake" ever made.
    An incomplete game with a combact system that is a braindead button smashing, the linear exploration is poor, the characters development are completely stereotyped, and the whole plot feels like a pudding and boring filler of the original game.

    Overall a game that doesn't have nothing of really remarkable, if we exclude the OST, and that is created as a sadly and cheap marketing move for nostalgic people.
    Nothing more than that.    … Expand
  57. 113
    Apr 24, 2023
    1
    They made my girl "Tifas" breast smaller. this is an outrage! I will not be purchasing this game because of its lack of staying faithful with the original.

    BTW, Stan says Hi
  58. mrBouargg
    Jun 18, 2023
    3
    Beau jeux mais vraiment dessus que ce ne soit plus le monde ouvert de la première version
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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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