Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. Underpants158
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    I loved the original Final Fantasy 7 when I was a teenager. This game feels at times like it recaptures my imagination of what the game was when I was younger but... actually I just wasnt into it as much anymore. The story is fleshed out and at times that feels great but at other times it feels overly padded.
  2. HaloFever
    Jul 18, 2021
    7
    Final Fantasy is one of those series that makes me throw up my hands and ask “why do people like this so much?” Can you even call this game an RPG? I know its a JRPG but think about what that means. When in the game can you say you are playing a role? The player has no options to make decisions other than which weapons to upgrade. Many of the important cutscenes are pre-rendered. NothingFinal Fantasy is one of those series that makes me throw up my hands and ask “why do people like this so much?” Can you even call this game an RPG? I know its a JRPG but think about what that means. When in the game can you say you are playing a role? The player has no options to make decisions other than which weapons to upgrade. Many of the important cutscenes are pre-rendered. Nothing the player does matters. As story based beat-em-up, Final Fantasy VII is fine. The game has its audience and new players might really enjoy the game play and story.

    My biggest complaint with JRPGs is that the player has little to do except hit “X”. Sometimes a mini-game will require hitting all the buttons. There is a wide safety net that prevents failure but also little opportunity to innovate. In Final Fantasy VII, the player starts with very little agency. Combat in the early game is easy, but also tedious, like a chore that must be done to progress between cutscenes. By the end, combat opens up with greater options. You can combine magical abilities like linking some magic attacks to stealing enemy’s health. Still, the options are severely limited, and the number of cheap enemy attacks will guide the player to builds that prioritize player health. The player also has no agency over the composition of the parties. You get what you get and that is it.

    Combat itself is at least more satisfying than Final Fantasy XV. You can cycle through different characters who really feel like they play differently. Cloud is rather slow but his ridiculously large sword provides the best blocking. Tifa moves very quickly in and out of danger but is susceptible to the enemy’s cheapest attacks. Barret can fire from a distance and is best left as a background character who won’t take the enemy’s attention. Combat feels like a JRPG, though. You won’t be rolling around and pulling off special moves like Ninja Gaiden. Some of the enemy attacks seem unavoidable. Maybe my 40+ years have dulled my reflexes too much. Maybe a remake of a 1990s game should consider the age of its audience.

    Full disclosure, I never played the original Final Fantasy VII. I certainly had opportunity. My brother once had a PlayStation, there was a great PS1 emulator for PC, and many ports of the game have been on various platforms since then. The problem is my obvious bias against the JRPG genre. This game slightly moves the needle away from that bias. Some of the mini-games are interested and the motorcycle combat sequences were a nice break from the usual combat. You cannot simply grind levels and hit “X” to win. Some fights were lost on the first run as I learned how to counter the enemy’s cheapest attacks. The game has some semblance of combining real time action with classic JPRG strategy. Like I said, this was a step-up from Final Fantasy XV. For JRPG fans, this my be the best of the JRPG games.

    Just one last point on the graphics and quality of gameplay. The characters and world enter the uncanny valley territory. Some of the character models are incredibly over the top. At one point you see a brief glimpse of a cartoon cat with a cape. Most of the character models are realistic looking people (who have 1% body fat). The same is true of the background. You see overly designed industrial areas beside realistic looking vehicles and buildings. The whole world has that uncanny valley feeling. These people live with the every day danger monsters in single city country surrounded by a wasteland and yet somehow they have an industry that supports all manner of contemporary consumer goods. The premise probably made more sense with the blocky textures of the original PS1 game.

    All-in-all the game offers a lot of content and I do appreciate the effort than went into it. My play through was almost 40 hours and I only skipped a few of the side missions. The problem is simply my own personal conflict with the genre.    … Expand
  3. diLesnock
    Oct 2, 2020
    7
    The good:
    -One of the best battle systems in the series;
    -Outstanding soundtrack as expected from any FF; -Well implemented RPG elements that allows for a wide variety of strategic approaches. The bad: -Lots of filler dragging areas (the main story of the remake takes around 30 hours which represents only around 8 hours of the original game). -slow paced story with boring    The good:
    -One of the best battle systems in the series;
    -Outstanding soundtrack as expected from any FF;
    -Well implemented RPG elements that allows for a wide variety of strategic approaches.

    The bad:
    -Lots of filler dragging areas (the main story of the remake takes around 30 hours which represents only around 8 hours of the original game).
    -slow paced story with boring dialogues;
    -dull side quests;
    -some major graphic issues.    … Expand
  4. AsaZimbabwe
    Feb 8, 2021
    6
    the game looks pretty good, and the action is decent, worth a run-through if you can get it at a less-than $60 price tag... but there are so many disappointing issues...

    summons are only available during pre-determined battles, awkward and mostly pointless or useless, half the time I was ABLE to summon, by the time my summon showed up the battle was over, once the summon arrives, they    the game looks pretty good, and the action is decent, worth a run-through if you can get it at a less-than $60 price tag... but there are so many disappointing issues...

    summons are only available during pre-determined battles, awkward and mostly pointless or useless, half the time I was ABLE to summon, by the time my summon showed up the battle was over, once the summon arrives, they just stand around until your charge your ATB meter again to call specific commands, throughout the course of the game they almost never helped me win a fight, or the fight was over before they had time to do anything useful, they didn't ever once feel powerful or awe-insipiring as they did in FF generations past...

    the game is extremely LINEAR, despite a few "choices" there is little-to-no open exploration that the series was once known for, with numerous narrow corridors and isolated chapters, it never feels open-ended in any way, presumably, hopefully, some of this is coming in the sequel, when the original FF7 actually opened up a bit... if you take an obvious wrong turn on the map, you might get a few boxes to smash or a chest with a high-potion...

    the optional side-quests, although some of them are necessary for achievements, special items, or banal alternate versions of a few story threads, are largely disappointing too, you might be chasing missing cats, or finding CDs for a jukebox to inspire stand-around NPC's, generally just doing laps around the same map...

    although the graphics are generally very high quality, the diversity of scenarios and art direction was another big disappointment, with very few exceptions, almost the entire game takes place in the same two generic industrial slums or corporate complexes, there was very little diversity in the color palette or locales, with Aerith's home being one of the few occasions where there was some color or marginally "fantasy" setting...

    there are a few weapons, armor and materia combos to choose from & play around with, which adds a certain degree of customization, but ultimately during my playthrough these also felt largely pointless, I never really needed to, nor felt inspired to use half the materia acquired, and most of the weapons or armor were simply sub-par and didn't really impact the battle strategy...

    the weapons upgrade menu also felt underwhelming and ultimately kind of pointless...

    by the time the game was over, it constitutes literally only the opening sequences of the original FF7, and i felt very little motivation to explore the post game content, which includes a "hard" mode, a small handful of alternate, but inconsequential story threads to witness, a "secret" boss battle which takes place in a lame, VR fight simulator, and a "summon" that is pretty irrelevant...

    although I am hard-pressed to say this game was bad, I feel very underwhelmed... the original FF7 on PS1 was a vastly superior game... i hope the sequel can find some of the fun from the original FF7 that is clearly missing here...    … Expand
  5. Sandman83
    Jun 16, 2020
    7
    + Great graphics, one of the better-looking games on the PS4
    + They have redone the characters very well and close to the original vision.
    + Story holds up very well even today. + A few fun minigames to break things off. + The game have a very good action game type of the battle system. + They kept the materia system which is still pretty fun to fiddle around with. + Certain moments    + Great graphics, one of the better-looking games on the PS4
    + They have redone the characters very well and close to the original vision.
    + Story holds up very well even today.
    + A few fun minigames to break things off.
    + The game have a very good action game type of the battle system.
    + They kept the materia system which is still pretty fun to fiddle around with.
    + Certain moments in the game gets pretty cool.
    - The game is very linear, would have been nice if you could explore Midgard a bit more freely.
    You find yourself a lot of time forced to follow someone and literally can't go anywhere except where that character is going.
    - It's episodic and thereby very expensive in the long run if you intend to play through all of them so other RPG:s like the Tales of Berseria, Kingdom Hearts or Xenoblade (if you own a Switch) might be worth considering.
    - Some summons is locked behind a paywall which feels ridiculous when the game is already episodic.
    - There are very few sidequests and they are not very interesting, for example, I picked up all sidequests in the slums where you start off (6 of them).
    More or less all of them sent me into a warehouse to kill some enemies.

    If you view this as a linear story-driven action game or just want a bit of a nostalgia trip there is fun to be had.    … Expand
  6. mcoci
    May 3, 2021
    7
    La música y dirección de arte son de las cosas más épicas que he visto en un videojuego, también amé el sistema de combate y la historia, lastima que toda la parte de exploración se siente tan limitada y aburrida, llena de pausas innecesarias
  7. Empyrea
    Oct 16, 2021
    7
    Not a bad game but nothing mind-blowing either. I was about to rate this game with an 8 (honestly, I don't think you could rate this game higher than that) but because it ends as it ends (you have no clue of what's going on and the story goes on) I will just give it a 7. Gameplay is ok. Graphics are good, especially the main characters (the other characters could have been better).Not a bad game but nothing mind-blowing either. I was about to rate this game with an 8 (honestly, I don't think you could rate this game higher than that) but because it ends as it ends (you have no clue of what's going on and the story goes on) I will just give it a 7. Gameplay is ok. Graphics are good, especially the main characters (the other characters could have been better). Sidequests are skipable (I only did a few). My main complaints: the plot and dialogues could be better (they were not interesting), voices in English didn't match with the mouths (I don't know if in Japanese does), everything takes place in the same city (you won't see green). Doesn't end: leaves you at the same place you started without knowing much unless you later search on the Internet. Quite disappointed. Lucky me I just borrowed it. I mean, it's not bad but there was nothing that made you play more and more. It took me 34 hours.

    PS: For the love of God don't choose the stairs. Take the elevator instead.    … Expand
  8. setuis
    May 28, 2020
    6
    The game is dragged down by mini games that don't respect the player or players with disabilities or people's time e.g the pull up mini game and the squat mini game (The mini games remove the gui to help with timing for no real purpose or reason and with the pull up game randomise the button controls to much and don't allow enough time to learn the button inputs for the mini game that hasThe game is dragged down by mini games that don't respect the player or players with disabilities or people's time e.g the pull up mini game and the squat mini game (The mini games remove the gui to help with timing for no real purpose or reason and with the pull up game randomise the button controls to much and don't allow enough time to learn the button inputs for the mini game that has prevented people completing the experience to 100%) The mini game would be fine if they left the Gui on or made it easier to complete (e.g had a set score to beat by the pro and not doing it simultaneously). These mini games are not welcome or wanted in video games and greatly effect people with disabilities, depression. The dancing mini game is also terrible cause you can't always make out which button needs pressing and when due to the gui being blocked. I would say my opinion on the game was greatly diminished by garbage mini games that don't respect the player or people with disabilities and as such i wouldn't recommend this to anyone with disabilities such as autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia or Dyscalculia or anyone with depression and Anxiety issues who like to complete things to 100% also the game jokes about training and other crap where its just demeaning to obese people with medical issues. Kind of wish that Jessie survived too as she is unfortunately more likeable than Tifa who's eye colour just seems off to me. (Box whacking was fine, bike was fine but better in other recent games (astral chain), Darts was annoying another trash mini game surely a solider would be able to aim for any period of time and be able to throw the dart pretty much where he wants.) Main combat good but not having any option of having mastered material become a part of your character permanently is just bad design as it forces you to only use certain material. Collecting music is fine and doing the battle tasks for new summons etc is fine. The problem is if a mini game is harder to do than a final boss it means your game will be remembered for the trash and difficult mini game rather than the final boss of the game and it will certainly influence my purchase choices with square enix for a long time just like king of jump rope did in FF9. Minus 3 points for difficult , demeaning mini games that have no respect for disabled, depressed and medically fat gamers.… Expand
  9. spesini
    Oct 2, 2021
    7
    Not really a big fan of JRPGs, which brings the score down for me. Fun gameplay, great soundtrack and interesting story, but the somewhat anime-like dialogues and character behaviour in cutscenes is a tough pill to swallow.
  10. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    May 13, 2020
    7
    Disappointed to say that FF7R fell a little short of what I believe the game should of been. I did enjoy my play through and it the game definitely had its strengths and weaknesses. Ill start with the strengths. Combat is by far the best part of this game, I couldn't get enough of the fighting being able to freely switch between characters and tear **** up was amazing. Characters andDisappointed to say that FF7R fell a little short of what I believe the game should of been. I did enjoy my play through and it the game definitely had its strengths and weaknesses. Ill start with the strengths. Combat is by far the best part of this game, I couldn't get enough of the fighting being able to freely switch between characters and tear **** up was amazing. Characters and story were also great and I really enjoyed the expansion they went into setting up the story more from the original, and giving more back story to the characters. Playing through midgar looked amazing at times and other times looked like an empty shallow game, current gen games should not have endless empty halls with not even baddies to fight. Textures looked good in some areas but others they didnt even load. Enemies not enough! have to fight in the Colosseum to level up because they dont give you enough battles outside of it to level up. Side quest cmon super boring and not even well written. Besides main characters, other NPCs looked really bad, animation bad and just bland design overall. Voice acting on main characters great but NPCs where laughable. Everything outside of battle felt very slow, slow walking, holding triangle for action was terrible, why do i need to hold triangle to open a box wtf. Even though FF7R left me wanting more, like really just when it starts to get good thats it game over. I wish we could have gotten to see the open world but guess we will wait for the next 6 expansions.… Expand
  11. roastbird
    May 12, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. combat system just awful, … Expand
  12. TheFrog
    May 22, 2021
    5
    I played FF7 Remake thanks to its inclusion in the PS Plus program. I initially appreciated it more than I had expected, but after a while, I started realizing that something was very wrong. In short, you get high production values but a very poor JRPG, with severely limited scope and derivative narration.
    The graphics revamp is obviously welcome, with the 3D environments looking much    I played FF7 Remake thanks to its inclusion in the PS Plus program. I initially appreciated it more than I had expected, but after a while, I started realizing that something was very wrong. In short, you get high production values but a very poor JRPG, with severely limited scope and derivative narration.
    The graphics revamp is obviously welcome, with the 3D environments looking much better than the original 2D images, except when you see distant, pixellated panoramas. The semi-interactive battle system is more immersive than the original, turn-based active time battle. On the other hand, I quickly realized that turn-based strategy goes down the drain. Almost any enemy attack will stagger you, preventing you to complete any action, which means that casters like Aerith are heavily impaired when fighting multiple enemies. Say your team gets knocked out and your healer is the last man standing: chances are it's game over because she'll never manage to pull off a resurrection spell, with enemies concentrating on her. Also, if you can control one character at a time, team AI for the other two should be good. Here it’s abysmal, with your teammates doing practically nothing and getting hurt all the time.
    Using a fighter is some fun, but not as much as it could be. You have a dodge move that is essentially useless, your combos cannot be cancelled and block has a huge delay. All in all, it's totally unresponsive, preventing any fast action from working. Finally, stunlock is definitely a thing with certain enemies. As an action melee game, FF7R fails miserably.
    This is not its worst problem. The main issue is The Hobbit effect. What was once a very special game with a tightly knit story, relatable characters and a really special feel, has been artificially inflated to transform it into a 3-game epic, injecting filler content everywhere, and it suffers from the transformation. The original FF7 started exactly like this game: you are in Midgar City, battling the evil Shinra Corporation, and think you have it all figured out. After they pull a certain, horrible move, the perspective suddenly changes completely, the real game begins, the scope becomes huge and you realize you had only scratched the surface so far. In FF7R there is no such epiphany because the first game doesn’t get out of the small setup, which results in a very, very small game world and mundane side quests.
    The story also suffers. In FF7, you could talk to a lot of people, and while most chatter was just that, sometimes you could get glimpses of background stories going on, lots of hidden gems. It’s kind of difficult to explain, but a certain character takes a liking to Cloud from the very start. In FF7, you had very few chances to actually interact with her, and yet these interactions were poignant, because my imagination would reconstruct what was left unsaid. In FF7R, it’s all spelled out loud, and becomes a badly written, run of the mill semi-romance of no consequence.
    You get very, very few instances where you can decide what Cloud says. In FF7 you had a lot; many did not have real story consequences, but they were still part of what “my” Cloud was, they were role-playing in my view. Here, you just go through fixed dialogs 99% of the time.
    Other things I didn’t enjoy:
    - Bad, over the top acting. Stupid, evil laughter worked when it was text, irks when it’s voice.
    - Way too many special enemies. May be ok if you like bosses, but really, there are apparently more unique enemies than normal ones.
    - This is not Devil May Cry. Who figured that an idiotic, bombastic, superpowered, emo badass like Roche would fit in?
    - The ending. Bloody hell, talk about making it five times as long as it should have been! It’s a putrid slog through annoying, unsatisfying, inconclusive fights that drag on forever.
    All in all, I’m glad I didn’t pay for the game.    … Expand
  13. Billiekun
    Feb 7, 2023
    7
    No es mal juego, pero no es FFVII. Han destrozado la historia del original nada más empezar. Ya no hay sitio para rectificar y volver al cauce que todos conocemos o quedará una historia incoherente y confusa.

    El combate no está mal, sobre todo al jugarlo en difícil, pero no le llega ni a la suela de los zapatos al combate por turnos tradicional, en el que tienes más libertad para    No es mal juego, pero no es FFVII. Han destrozado la historia del original nada más empezar. Ya no hay sitio para rectificar y volver al cauce que todos conocemos o quedará una historia incoherente y confusa.

    El combate no está mal, sobre todo al jugarlo en difícil, pero no le llega ni a la suela de los zapatos al combate por turnos tradicional, en el que tienes más libertad para configurar a cada personaje como tú quieras y darle esa capa de profundidad. Además, parte de la gracia de este sistema de combate, al englobarlo en el juego completo, es ver cómo empiezas siendo un mindundi, y acabas pasando por la derecha al gran Sefirot... ¿qué van a hacer ahora? ¿en FFVII Rebirth volver a empezar? No tiene gracia.

    Gráficos espectaculares. Música preciosa, incluso las nuevas piezas. Escenas fieles al original increíbles. Incluso alguna misioncilla secundaria que expande el lore de personajes secundarios está bien verla y conocerlos más...

    Y por último... la basura woke. Cloud no puede bailar así en el Honeybee Inn. CLOUD NO. Cualquier otro personaje hubiera colado, pero el Cloud de este momento de la historia no...

    En fin, una lástima para los que llevábamos 25 años esperando y soñando en cómo sería uno de nuestros juegos favoritos en la generación actual, y hemos acabado teniendo un pariente lejano de ese juego en su lugar...    … Expand
  14. Chris454
    Jul 23, 2021
    7
    I loved this game as a whole. It has some of my all time favorite characters in a video game. The only real issue/gripe I had with the game, were the side quests, some of them dragged in my opinion and I also felt some of them were not needed at all for the story. Other than that I loved the game.
  15. Edgard86
    May 29, 2020
    6
    Jogo é superestimado, seu apelo é pura nostalgia.. seria um jogo comum se nao tivesse o nome de FF7. Gráficos aos redores do personagem sao de ps3 xbox 360. Missões secundarias genéricas e mal feita, bobas, perda de tempo.. A Square enganou com esse papo de quem a história seria muito bem contata e que por isso será 3 ou 4 capítulos-jogos, pois esse primeiro é nítido que o jogo é arrastadoJogo é superestimado, seu apelo é pura nostalgia.. seria um jogo comum se nao tivesse o nome de FF7. Gráficos aos redores do personagem sao de ps3 xbox 360. Missões secundarias genéricas e mal feita, bobas, perda de tempo.. A Square enganou com esse papo de quem a história seria muito bem contata e que por isso será 3 ou 4 capítulos-jogos, pois esse primeiro é nítido que o jogo é arrastado pra ficar grande e pouco focado na trama principal. Jogo extremamente Linear e com problemas graves de câmera. Larguei o game no 10 capitulo pois não aguentei mais... PSN: Edgard_1986… Expand
  16. eded9999
    Jul 7, 2021
    7
    Hit or Miss? More like a hit and a miss:

    >Bosses are cool as hell, same with Summons. >Motorball fight was a fantastic upgrade from the original. >The OST is superb. >Characters can be really lovely or very annoying, same with story, one moment is a masterpiece of nostalgia and the next is a fcking cringe fest. >The flirting trio is enjoyable. >Level design is cheap and pure    Hit or Miss? More like a hit and a miss:

    >Bosses are cool as hell, same with Summons.
    >Motorball fight was a fantastic upgrade from the original.
    >The OST is superb.
    >Characters can be really lovely or very annoying, same with story, one moment is a masterpiece of nostalgia and the next is a fcking cringe fest.
    >The flirting trio is enjoyable.
    >Level design is cheap and pure hallways.
    >Too much filler, everything is so slow. They want to make it look like a whole game and the results is just a mess.
    >The whisper thing is so dull an awful.
    >Everything after the Motorball is completely unnecessary and ruin the original story. That thing should .happen wayyyyyyy later on next games, not now.
    >Combat is also a hit and a miss at the same time, when it works is good, but when not, you feels like is a hot garbage without control. Its doesn't feel consistent. I wish they had left turn-based combat, that would have been great.

    I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either.    … Expand
  17. Norleft
    Jul 16, 2020
    6
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake, ya era un juego difícil y complicado de llevar desde el principio del planteamiento de la idea, pero tal y como se ha llevado aquí lo único que puedo decir esque tiene que mejorar muchísimo para las siguientes partes y que no recordaba para nada que mitad de FF7 fuese Cloud ligando con chicas las cuales en el juego original no ocurría nada...

    "Vamos a hablar más    Final Fantasy 7 Remake, ya era un juego difícil y complicado de llevar desde el principio del planteamiento de la idea, pero tal y como se ha llevado aquí lo único que puedo decir esque tiene que mejorar muchísimo para las siguientes partes y que no recordaba para nada que mitad de FF7 fuese Cloud ligando con chicas las cuales en el juego original no ocurría nada...

    "Vamos a hablar más de avalancha..." dijeron en el desarrollo, el único personaje que se ve más desarrollado es Jessie y el único papel que le dan es que esta interesada por Cloud y tenga citas con él, mientras que los otros dos compañeros no sabes nada más allá de que a uno le gustan los gatos.

    No estoy diciendo que el juego sea malo, el juego esta bien, pero no es ni por asomo una obra maestra ni cerca de ser un notable, llevamos desde 2015 esperando este juego, 5 años completos de desarrollo, para terminar teniendo un montón de mecánicas jugables rotas, IA aliada y enemiga estúpidas y un montón de secundarias molestas con mucha atención mientras que las que deberían estar curradas como son invocaciones o cosas de los poblados en plan lore, se reducen a menus y timetrials. Prácticamente todo el juego te lo pasas teniendo momentos con Tifa, Aeris y Jessie, mientras que el resto de la historia sigue igual, Barret y todos los demás que no tengan pechos y se muevan delante de Cloud como interés sexual no tienen nada más que no tenia el original.

    Las animaciones que no sean en cinemáticas y combate son cutres y propias de oblivion, los personajes que te dan secundarias apenas se mueven o hacen nada, se siente que en todo momento el mundo esta muerto, los poblados y todo lo que ves se siente 100% un videojuego, hay puestos de chocobos, tiendas y npcs que están todo el día quietos esperando a que pilles su secundaria o hables con ellos, 5 años para conseguir que los poblados se vean igual que juegos que tienen más de 10 años y los npcs repitan las 3 frases que tienen todo el rato.

    Es un juego que apesar de que sea mediocre va a ganar nota y a la gente le va a gustar porque van a ver los personajes que le gustan de su infancia o adolescencia con buenos gráficos y tal, pero realmente si este juego no fuese FF7 sería un JRPG del montón, ya que no aporta nada no es innovador ni es nada, solo es un JRPG con mucha pasta detrás que hace que se vea superbien y que tenga un final el cual te haga desear un final disney cuando saquen la última parte.    … Expand
  18. ThBBoy
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    Un poco decepcionado con esta entrega. El juego empieza muy bien, las sensaciones cuando llegamos por primera vez a la barriada del Septimo Cielo son buenísimas y da la sensación de que estas ante algo muy grande, pero a partir de ahí, todo para hacia abajo. Zonas alargadas excesivamente, con escenarios laberínticos, en los que recorres numerosos pasillos y habitaciones clónicas hasta elUn poco decepcionado con esta entrega. El juego empieza muy bien, las sensaciones cuando llegamos por primera vez a la barriada del Septimo Cielo son buenísimas y da la sensación de que estas ante algo muy grande, pero a partir de ahí, todo para hacia abajo. Zonas alargadas excesivamente, con escenarios laberínticos, en los que recorres numerosos pasillos y habitaciones clónicas hasta el hastío, con el único fin de alargar zonas, en algunas ocasiones teniendo incluso que volver a repetir estos escenarios insulsos. La recreación de Midgar está muy conseguida, pero por lo demás no transmite lo mismo que transmitirá el original, de hecho da más la sensación de estar jugando a un juego de acción genérico, que a un RPG.
    Lo único que está al nivel del original es el sistema del combate, siendo lo único en lo que destaca el juego.
    En cuanto al apartado técnico, el diseño y modelado de personajes es increíble. Pero los escenarios tienen algunas texturas que podrían ser perfectamente de PS2, especialmente algunos fondos que hacen daño a la vista, sobre todo por el gran contraste con los personajes.
    No deberían haber alargado tanto la parte de Midgar, de ese modo podrían haber incluido más localizaciones sin necesidad de alargar artificialmente algunas zonas.
    En resumen, tras tanto tiempo esperando este remake, no ha estado a la altura de su entrega original, una pena.    … Expand
  19. Dmacy
    Jun 15, 2020
    7
    First of all, I didn't play the original game and I only played FF15 (which I really liked) so we can say I'm not a FF veteran. At first I kinda enjoyed this game, but after a few hours I get bored. In the last chapters it had ridiculously long boss fights. I know It's a remake of a 20 years old game, but this story telling and actions feels outdated in 2020. Some of the main charactersFirst of all, I didn't play the original game and I only played FF15 (which I really liked) so we can say I'm not a FF veteran. At first I kinda enjoyed this game, but after a few hours I get bored. In the last chapters it had ridiculously long boss fights. I know It's a remake of a 20 years old game, but this story telling and actions feels outdated in 2020. Some of the main characters were pretty annoying too. All in all it wasn't a bad game, but definitely not as good as the reviews say.… Expand
  20. Chempion1
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    Не хотел я покупать Final Fantasy VII Remake. Просто смысла не видел играть в финалку вообще без русского перевода.
    Но игра появилась в PS Plus Extra и я решил попробовать.
    Делюсь впечатлением. А игра то затянула! Даже без перевода сюжет вполне можно понять, хоть я и не играл в оригинал. В игре какое то адское количество кат-сцен и шикарная анимация, так что понять не трудно. Немного    Не хотел я покупать Final Fantasy VII Remake. Просто смысла не видел играть в финалку вообще без русского перевода.
    Но игра появилась в PS Plus Extra и я решил попробовать.
    Делюсь впечатлением.
    А игра то затянула! Даже без перевода сюжет вполне можно понять, хоть я и не играл в оригинал. В игре какое то адское количество кат-сцен и шикарная анимация, так что понять не трудно. Немного напрягли непонятки с прокачкой и всякими материями, но потом разобрался.
    И так сюжет очень хорош, для Final Fantasy конечно. Герои великолепны, особенно женщины. К ним привыкаешь, даже жалко становится в конце. Героини сексуальны, красивы. Порадовал бронеливчик Джесси. Сейчас такого особенно в евро-американских играх не увидишь!
    Игра, в отличии от Final Fantasy 15, абсолютно линейна. Никакого открытого мира нет. Ближе к концу появляется возможность вернуться в те поселения которые уже посещал. Вот и вся свобода перемещения. Но может это даже и хорошо, так же сделали например в Guardians of the Galaxy и игре это только на пользу пошло.
    Продолжительность для линейной игры достаточно большая. У меня ушло часов 25 на прохождение.
    Боевая система смешанная, похожа на таковую в Fallout 3, только от 3го лица. Можно биться самому, а можно набрать очки действия, поставить на паузу и выбрать какой нибудь супер удар, перк или вызвать монстра на подмогу, а можно просто полечиться. Как всегда мы играем за нескольких героев, во время боя можно переключаться между ними.
    Порадовали боссы. Как обычно в японской игре их много и они очень круты.
    Визуально выглядит, ну примерно как Final Fantasy 15, по крайней мере на PS4.
    Что очень радует, в игре есть хорошая атмосфера и если бы был перевод, а лучше озвучка, то Final Fantasy VII Remake вероятно стала бы одной из мох любимых игр. Но увы.
    Теперь о не очень хорошем.
    В игре действительно очень мало свободы, тебе буквально показывают где ты должен пройти, на сантиметр правее и всё, стена. Ещё меня выбесила привычка нашего протагониста ни с того не с сего переходить с бега на очень медленный шаг и ничего с этим сделать нельзя. Особенно меня "порадовал" подъём на 59 этаж небоскрёба по лестнице (из за незнания инглиша не знал, что лифт был ;'-D). И наш герой к концу передвигался уже ползком. 15 минут мы идём и ничего не происходит. Зачем? ХЗ!
    Боёвку конечно подкачали, но все равно как и в Final Fantasy 15 во время битвы иногда вообще не понятно где ты и с кем ты бьёшся.
    И так резюмирую.
    Игра очень понравилась, но как не странно, из за политики разработчиков мог бы её вообще не увидеть если бы не PS Plus. Но оценку всё равно понижу. Нет не самой игре, а Square Enix, которые зажали даже субтитры русские прикрутить. Жлобы.
    На сколько я знаю это вообще только первая часть Final Fantasy VII и скоро выйдет продолжение. К сожалению сейчас на перевод рассчитывать совсем не стоит.    … Expand
  21. Snarkk
    Nov 13, 2020
    6
    Je suis pas du genre à prendre un jeu "day one", préférant me contenter de bonnes affaires tout en prenant le temps de terminer mes jeux en cours. Néanmoins, pour un aficionado de FF VII dans mon genre, il était difficile d'esquiver la sortie du remake sur PS4.

    Je fais partie des pelos qui ont joué à FF VII en long, en large et en travers. Du genre à récupérer la sauvegarde debug et    Je suis pas du genre à prendre un jeu "day one", préférant me contenter de bonnes affaires tout en prenant le temps de terminer mes jeux en cours. Néanmoins, pour un aficionado de FF VII dans mon genre, il était difficile d'esquiver la sortie du remake sur PS4.

    Je fais partie des pelos qui ont joué à FF VII en long, en large et en travers. Du genre à récupérer la sauvegarde debug et écrire des fanfics. Un coup de coeur mémorable pour le garçon que j'étais, couplé à un jeu vidéo d'exception. Ah ! La jeunesse...

    C'est donc avec crainte et amour que j'ai lancé ce remake. Amour de tout ce que l'original a pu m'apporter, crainte que je ne retrouve rien de tout cela.

    Malheureusement, et si FF VII : Remake est loin d'être un mauvais jeu, ce sont tout de même mes craintes qui l'ont emporté... mais faisons une petite revue d'ensemble :

    Graphiquement, c'est globalement très très bon. Le design, les persos, les attaques magiques... franchement ça pète. Les nombreuses cinématiques sont un plaisir à regarder. Certains endroits sont tout simplement excellents et je suis ravi de les découvrir dans ce remake, je pense notamment au Market qui est fantastique. J'ose à peine imaginer ce que pourrait rendre un Gold Saucer ! Tout n'est pas parfait pour autant, certaines textures de "remplacement" sont tout bonnement ignobles. Mention spéciales à certaines fleurs, pour quiconque à pris le temps de zoomer dessus...

    Niveau technique : plutôt fluide sur une PS4 FAT. Tu sens que la console chauffe bien par contre. J'ai eu affaire à quelques bugs d'affichage, mais rien de dramatique pour l'expérience de joueur.

    Scénario : Quelques différences par rapport au premier opus. Bien que grand fan de FFVII, je ne suis pas fanatique, donc pas de problème pour moi. Au niveau des approfondissements scénaristiques, je suis déçu que le temps utilisé pour développer les personnages soit mal utilisé. Passer autant de temps avec les membres d'Avalanche pour n'avoir au final qu'une vague sympathie pour eux, c'est dommage.

    Jusqu'ici tout va pas si mal... le problème, c'est que je vais maintenant parler du gameplay... et quelle PLAIE bon sang ! FFVII : Remake est un IMMENSE couloir de long en large, et rien d'autre. En 2020, ce type de construction pour un RPG aussi ambitieux est grandement problématique. Trop de jeux sont passés depuis, pour qu'un joueur puisse se contenter d'une telle approche. C'est indigne, et le fait que l'on reste à Midgard - la partie dirigiste la plus longue de l'épisode original - n'excuse en rien ce choix.
    Les quêtes annexes n'améliorent pas le sentiment d'immersion et d'exploration : elles sont barbantes et arrachent très rarement un sourire.
    Le gameplay consiste en une succession de saynètes entrecoupés de combats, dans le meilleur des cas. Ces derniers sont plutôt dynamiques et assez tactiques dans les niveaux de difficulté les plus élevés. Parfois brouillons, ils sont globalement un moment correct, ce qui est heureux.

    Néanmoins, on se retrouve des fois dans des phases "d'exploration" à base de gameplay lent et foireux, qui gonflent artificiellement la durée de vie et ont tendance à m'énerver. Ce passage inutile avec les mains mécaniques notamment... ou encore la lenteur exaspérante du personnage quand tu te glisses dans un interstice.

    Tous ces éléments de gameplay pourrissent littéralement mon expérience de jeu et m'ont fait décrocher le jeu une fois avant de le reprendre et que je me FORCE à le finir. Si j'en suis à me forcer pour terminer un jeu, qui plus est un remake d'un jeu que j'idolâtre, c'est qu'il y a bel et bien un problème.

    Encore une fois, le jeu est loin d'être une arnaque. Il est même globalement bon, et pourra initier des personnes à un FF VII. Mais en 2020, que le jeu sorti en 1997 paraisse plus fluide et généreux dans son gameplay devrait être une bonne blague, au lieu de définir la réalité.    … Expand
  22. Freesteff
    May 13, 2020
    6
    Als ebenfalls Spieler des Originals von Final Fantasy 7 hab ich was das remake angeht doch sehr Gemischte Gefühle was story angeht finde ich es sehr gut das man viel mehr von den Nebencharaktern erfährt als wie im original aber grade zum Endgame hin fionde ich weichen die geschehnisse doch schon extrem vom original ab.

    Nen anderer Punkt was mich etwas getört hat ist das man einige    Als ebenfalls Spieler des Originals von Final Fantasy 7 hab ich was das remake angeht doch sehr Gemischte Gefühle was story angeht finde ich es sehr gut das man viel mehr von den Nebencharaktern erfährt als wie im original aber grade zum Endgame hin fionde ich weichen die geschehnisse doch schon extrem vom original ab.

    Nen anderer Punkt was mich etwas getört hat ist das man einige Substanzen wie zum beispiel Leviathan oder Barrets Limit Katastrophe was eigentlich viel später in der story kommt um genau zu sein ist Katastrophe Barrets eigentlich letztes Limit odeer manche ehemalige Limits sind im Remake sogar Gewöhnliche Waffenfähigkeiten was mir persöhnlich fragen aufwirft wie die Fortsetzung wird und umgesetzt wird ob man wieder bei 0 anfängt oder sein Fortschritt mit übernimmt

    Also zum Fazit dieses Remake hält sich im grossen und ganzen schon an die original Story wenn auch sehr neu interpretiert wodurch das spiel wohl doch mehr für die leute eignet die das original nicht gespielt haben.    … Expand
  23. Siralfon
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    yo no jugué al original , y cuando probé este me dejó una sensación rara . el diseño de escenario esta bien , la historia también. pero lo peor sin duda son las batallas , las peleas son lentas y repetitivas , el jefe final fueron 30 minutos pegándolo y quitandole 2 de vida , es absurdo como una empresa como square enix pueda hacer jefes tan malos . El juego en si es bueno , pero noyo no jugué al original , y cuando probé este me dejó una sensación rara . el diseño de escenario esta bien , la historia también. pero lo peor sin duda son las batallas , las peleas son lentas y repetitivas , el jefe final fueron 30 minutos pegándolo y quitandole 2 de vida , es absurdo como una empresa como square enix pueda hacer jefes tan malos . El juego en si es bueno , pero no mereció mis 60 euros… Expand
  24. MarinoMele
    Jan 19, 2021
    7
    7.5/10 (Unfortunately 0.5 are unavailable here on Metacritic).
    The first good FF game since PS2. Square Enix is finally - starting - to come back.
    FFVIIR is a good game, enjoyable as hell, yet not great. The reason? It's inconsistent: -Dialogues are mostly great, but often mediocre and anime-like. I hope the next time we Italians will have subtitles based off the English dub...    7.5/10 (Unfortunately 0.5 are unavailable here on Metacritic).
    The first good FF game since PS2. Square Enix is finally - starting - to come back.

    FFVIIR is a good game, enjoyable as hell, yet not great. The reason?
    It's inconsistent:
    -Dialogues are mostly great, but often mediocre and anime-like. I hope the next time we Italians will have subtitles based off the English dub...
    -Story pacing is mostly great, but often mediocre or forced due to padding.
    -Main missions are mostly great, but sidequests are almost entirely mediocre and/or uninspired fetch-quests.
    -Graphics are mostly great, but with tons of technical issues - way too many for a tripleA game.
    -Characters' models are great, but NPCs are almost entirely stock-quality-level - and with a different art style.
    -Characters' personalities are very much flashed out, yet filled with inconsistencies - like when Tifa is shocked about Cloud willing to kill an enemy... but it's a trait she immediately loses the next second.
    -The music is stellar. Period. 10/10.
    -The last portion of the game is suddenly KingdomHearts-like and makes heavy uses of meta-narrative. This is not a bad thing per se...
    But in this case, it messes with everything FFVII has ever been. It really feels like you're playing a different game... and not in a good way, a choice that can very well ruin future installments. I'm not surprised that OG fans are pissed about this (Even if leaving 0/10 reviews is childish, please don't).

    The only consistent aspects of this game are:
    - The soundtrack. Beautiful, beautiful soundtrack.
    - The battle system.
    At first I was not sure about this but the more I explored it... the more I fell in love with it.
    To the point where I almost earned the Platinum Trophy even if, as said, I think this is a game that barely misses being an 8/10.

    Worth the money.    … Expand
  25. CaptainMug
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    This is not a successful remake game.
    Graphic is ok, sometimes is superb, sometimes it have ps1 graphic.
    The female character is very beautiful.
  26. JustJohnB
    May 22, 2020
    6
    The story, music, and graphics are all as good as everyone expected, so I can't add anything there, but all of that is overshadowed by the gameplay.

    The gameplay (especially the combat) is about as terrible as we feared. I'm surprised so many people are willing to overlook how bad the comabt is, but I really can't. It's just more of that same nonsense where you close your eyes and press    The story, music, and graphics are all as good as everyone expected, so I can't add anything there, but all of that is overshadowed by the gameplay.

    The gameplay (especially the combat) is about as terrible as we feared. I'm surprised so many people are willing to overlook how bad the comabt is, but I really can't. It's just more of that same nonsense where you close your eyes and press the attack button until its over. On the boss fights you're forced to use that awful domino style where you plan and store your moves and wait for a moment to fire them all, Then do it again until it's over. It's just horrid.

    Combat aside, someone got high and decided that FF7 needed annoying MMO-style quest hubs filled with kill quests and fetch quests. My heart aches.

    Their take on the materia and summons are also terrible. They better fix that mess before the next installment, but I know this is just wishful thinking.

    Anything positive I might say about this game is completely dwarfed by these massive flaws. This game will certainly never replace the real FF7 (no matter how much we wanted it to).    … Expand
  27. Floxy
    May 13, 2020
    7
    LE jeux est plutôt bon dans le l’ensemble, mais bcp trop de défauts non pardonnables qui ne passent pas perso .... bref va falloir se bouger un peu pour la/les suites.
  28. Szntax
    May 22, 2021
    7
    I remember buying the Original Title back in the days on PC and how much I Süd- to love the franchise. This is a huge makeover and a great piece of work. I guess I am really waiting for a Title like this with a new Story line, because the overall story is not as catchy as the battle system , graphics and sound. But who knows, maybe the next FF will do the Trick for me.
  29. princessfurios
    Mar 3, 2021
    5
    "Проходная" Final Fantasy XV: Ноктис и его друзья едут на свадьбу к няшной тян, попутно спасая вселенную. Открытый мир, динамичные бои, разнообразные локации.

    "Признанная классика" Final Fantasy VII Remake: "Клауд, убей всех крыс на помойке". "Клауд, помоги девочке собрать сбежавших кошек". "Клауд, помоги бабке сменить фильтр в раковине". Локации - коридоры и кишки однообразного (хоть и    "Проходная" Final Fantasy XV: Ноктис и его друзья едут на свадьбу к няшной тян, попутно спасая вселенную. Открытый мир, динамичные бои, разнообразные локации.

    "Признанная классика" Final Fantasy VII Remake: "Клауд, убей всех крыс на помойке". "Клауд, помоги девочке собрать сбежавших кошек". "Клауд, помоги бабке сменить фильтр в раковине". Локации - коридоры и кишки однообразного (хоть и красивого) города и свалок. Бои - колупание врагов мечом стоя на месте.

    При всем уважении к красавицам Айрис и Тифе, сравнение отнюдь не в пользу FF7.    … Expand
  30. Searate
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Отлично перенесли игру на новый лад. но от гемплея устаешь на половине игры (имея виду боевку)
  31. MiltonvaderBR
    Sep 5, 2020
    5
    That a wonderfull game. I love it. The best final fantasy ever... the classic never be represent like that.
  32. Saintphoenix
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Esta claramente que no es el mismo de antaño, pero, no pueden cambiar tan drásticamente la jugabilidad de las batallas, hace que todas las peleas sean iguales.
  33. SwicySauce
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    "Final Fantasy VII: Midgar Reimagined" would be a more accurate title. In a clumsy attempt to add a conclusion to the story of Midgar, Nomura put his Kingdom Hearts writing hat on and added some time travel nonsense. I still have no idea if this is supposed to be the first chapter in a series, but i don't expect they'll pull off some kind of cross save function.
  34. C_Bat
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    I think it is a lot more enjoyable if you're really familiar with the story of FF7 and treat this game as more of a NG+ in the style of Nier. Manages to have overly long and drawn out cutscenes, while still leaving much of the story unexplored. Underwhelming as a standalone product, but there was some fun to be had.
  35. RH27
    Jul 11, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m just going to review what I absolutely hated the most about this game and what I loved the most about it. Now what I hated more than anything else this remake had to offer is.

    THE ARBITERS OF FATE.
    The arbiters of fate (or whispers) first make an appearance when you meet Aerith during the opening bombing mission and during the course of the game you come to find that the Arbiters purpose is to ensure that the remake follows the same events as the original story because as it turns out you’re playing in an alternate time line and not at all in the originals time line. Sephiroth is revealed to be aware of all the events that took place in the original story, which would suggest that he somehow time traveled from the future of the original game’s plotline and is now trying to alter the remake’s plotline by pitting Cloud and the rest of his party against the Arbiters of Fate in order to defy their destiny that they had in the original games universe and all this to change the course of history in the current timeline thus definitively changing the course of the story for all future installments of this remake. Try and wrap your head around that. This is the very reason why I just wanted the same game with current gen graphics because I knew that Square would go into kingdom hearts territory and ruin it. I wish they would have just left the story untouched because now Aerith might not even die and Zack is still alive and that takes away the emotional impact of the story for me… but oh well it is what it is just have to accept it at this point. Now that I got that out of the way onto what I loved the most about this game and that is.

    THE CHARACTERS.
    The character development in this remake is nothing short of amazing even better than the original which is something I really wasn’t expecting going into it. I’ve played through the game twice so far once on normal and once on hard and it’s always a joy to watch all the dialogue scenes between these characters even minor characters from the original game are featured more prominently here and this addition is more than welcomed. Having played the original countless times I initially thought it might not be as exciting as it was in 1997 to watch the same scenes and interactions play out even with current gen graphics well fortunately I was wrong about that and Square has managed to get every character right in this remake even Cloud who I was the most skeptical of after seeing what’s been done to his character since the release of Advent Children. As for the chapters without a doubt one of the best chapters in the game is when you get to Wall Market between the renowned cross dressing make over, Don Corneo’s mansion, the underground colosseum and even a humorous hand massage scene there’s something to delight and entertain old fans and newcomers alike. FF7 is basically a Japanese anime and like an anime the Japanese voice cast is usually better than the English voice cast but after listening to both I can’t decide which one I prefer more all the voice actors here really did a remarkable job in bringing these iconic characters to life as a long time fan I couldn’t be happier with what they did here.

    All in all I didn’t love the remake but I didn’t hate it either there were many things I liked about it and many things I disliked about it. As far as comparing it to the original it’s nowhere near as great but that feels really unfair to say being that this first installment only covers about 10 to 15 percent of the original game.    … Expand
  36. Mike_Arhi
    Jul 24, 2020
    7
    Graphisme : 17/20 Très beau avec quelque texture pas au niveau donc un point en moins.
    Gameplay : 14/20 Le système de combat est super bien pensée mais l'exploration reste assez rigide et dirigiste.
    Durée de vie : 16/20 Bonne durée de vie mais End Game pas super intéressent. Bande son : 19/20 Magistral ! Scénario : 16/20 Très bonne relecture de l'histoire originel ,    Graphisme : 17/20 Très beau avec quelque texture pas au niveau donc un point en moins.
    Gameplay : 14/20 Le système de combat est super bien pensée mais l'exploration reste assez rigide et dirigiste.
    Durée de vie : 16/20 Bonne durée de vie mais End Game pas super intéressent.
    Bande son : 19/20 Magistral !
    Scénario : 16/20 Très bonne relecture de l'histoire originel , Quête secondaire pas intéressante.
    Ma Note : 15/20    … Expand
  37. TalyssonZ
    Jul 26, 2020
    7
    Mudaram alguns aspectos da história e alongaram demais o jogo apesar de terem se saído bem como um fã do original não gostei de algumas mudanças o jogo nem parece mais um jRPG virou um jogo de ação
  38. TheGuilox
    May 19, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego decepcionante, ese seria el mejor resumen que puedo hacer del mismo.
    - Los gráficos son excelentes, la ambientación de migdar es increíble, pero todo palideces con un diseño de niveles desastroso (de los peores de la generación).
    - El sistema de combate es divertido y profundo, pero se vuelve muy tedioso con la pésima inteligencia artificial que tienen los compañeros y eso sin mencionar que los enemigos son esponjas de daño, si no tienes equipada la magia a la que es débil, las batallas se vuelven excesivamente largas. Literalmente te vez obligado a llevar la materia que evaluá a los enemigos, lo cual se vuelve coñazo.
    - El juego es demasiado pasillero, lo cual no debería ser un problema, me gustan los jugos lineales; pero se vuelve un coñazo cuando no te dejan explorar a libertad y todo el tiempo te obliga a seguir la misión de turno.
    - La música del juego original es casi perfecta, solo necesitaba una materización, pero en lugar de ello decidieron crear remix extraños que suenan muy inferiores a las canciones originales. Solo basta con escuchar lo que hicieron con la canción "mako reactor" o "the oppressed".
    - Por ultimo quiero nombrar los cambios en la historia, si un juego lleva el nombre "remake" significa que su historia será 1 a 1. Si pretendían crear una "re imaginación" le hubieran colocado otro nombre y los que amamos el juego de 1997 nos evitábamos tener que jugar esté bodrio. El añadido de los "ecos del destino" no suma nada, al contrario resta y la sobre explotación de la figura de sephiroth lo convirtió en un villano plano y sin justificación alguna. Los que jugamos el original entendemos su motivación, pero un jugador nuevo no, el haber perdido ese aire de respeto y misticismo que invocaba su figura es desacierto. Lo peor de todo es que la historia original era más adulta, no tenía reparo en matar a todas las personas del sector 7, cuando jenova escapaba no tenía timidez en mostrar sangre, el edificio destruido y al presidente asesinado... Podría escribir paginas de los cambios que arruinaron parte de la historia, pero mejor ejemplifico todo con mi nota.
    En fin... un juego que esperé por años, pero por desgracia me dejo un gusto amargo.    … Expand
  39. anish2503
    Jan 27, 2021
    6
    Newcomers perspective: This game is not made for newcomers, the initial 7 chapters do not explain why we are doing what we are doing. The visuals of games like TLOU Part 2, Death Stranding, God Of War have spoiled me enough to say that these are pretty average visuals. I also do not like the over the top voice acting for some characters, I just don’t think it needs to be conveyed in thatNewcomers perspective: This game is not made for newcomers, the initial 7 chapters do not explain why we are doing what we are doing. The visuals of games like TLOU Part 2, Death Stranding, God Of War have spoiled me enough to say that these are pretty average visuals. I also do not like the over the top voice acting for some characters, I just don’t think it needs to be conveyed in that tone every time. I personally loved Final Fantasy XV and I think it was a better game than this one. I also liked the combat in XV more than this one. And oddly enough the visuals in that game look better than this one as it does not have the serious texture pop in issues in this game, which really took me out of the experience. All in all this was an average experience barring the soundtrack which is really good.… Expand
  40. GodofSky
    Jan 14, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A piece of crap game
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  41. ReviewThangs
    Aug 2, 2021
    7
    Good game destroyed by insulting amount of filler content. I got 20 hours in and despite really wanting to know how the story ends I just ended up watching it on YouTube because I did not have it in me to fight sewer rats this late in the game. Graphics are amazing. Story is so so,everytime you're about to progress here's a an uninteresting diversion to pad it out more. Combat is meh, as aGood game destroyed by insulting amount of filler content. I got 20 hours in and despite really wanting to know how the story ends I just ended up watching it on YouTube because I did not have it in me to fight sewer rats this late in the game. Graphics are amazing. Story is so so,everytime you're about to progress here's a an uninteresting diversion to pad it out more. Combat is meh, as a non JRPG fan I'd have preferred it to be more JRPG than this weird mix that is awkward.… Expand
  42. SpookyBoogie8
    Jan 24, 2021
    7
    While the game is polished, beautiful and mostly fun, it was stretched too much. I had 40 hours in game, which is about 10 too many. Repeated battles with enemies you've seen 10 times since the start, uninteresting side missions and environment "puzzles" all felt progressively more tedious as I increasingly wanted to just finish it. End boss battles are the redeeming point, but I just wishWhile the game is polished, beautiful and mostly fun, it was stretched too much. I had 40 hours in game, which is about 10 too many. Repeated battles with enemies you've seen 10 times since the start, uninteresting side missions and environment "puzzles" all felt progressively more tedious as I increasingly wanted to just finish it. End boss battles are the redeeming point, but I just wish I didn't have to wait for 1 or 2 more sequels to get the whole story.… Expand
  43. MacG
    Jan 28, 2021
    7
    This game managed to live up to the hype and not at the same time. The nostalgia is off the charts, soundtrack phenomenal and I really like the new battle system. The graphics range from astounding in some places to iffy in others. The story is mostly good when it sticks to how you remember it, I didn't mind some of the changes and additions but I can't stress enough how much I HATE theThis game managed to live up to the hype and not at the same time. The nostalgia is off the charts, soundtrack phenomenal and I really like the new battle system. The graphics range from astounding in some places to iffy in others. The story is mostly good when it sticks to how you remember it, I didn't mind some of the changes and additions but I can't stress enough how much I HATE the ending.

    Still looking forward to see what's next for part 2 of the remake (hopefully not on PS7 if the timescale for this is anything to go by).    … Expand
  44. queondavatos
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    Que pena. Este juego tiene un gran problema y se llama sistema de combate. Es muy injusto por diferentes motivos (cámara incómoda cuando fijas a un enemigo, combates extremadamente largos sin necesidad, enemigos que te hacen combos de 5 o 6 ataques que no te dejan jugar, etc ..) y eso por desgracia te saca completamente del juego. Gráficamente se ve excelente, han hecho esto en una ps4 loQue pena. Este juego tiene un gran problema y se llama sistema de combate. Es muy injusto por diferentes motivos (cámara incómoda cuando fijas a un enemigo, combates extremadamente largos sin necesidad, enemigos que te hacen combos de 5 o 6 ataques que no te dejan jugar, etc ..) y eso por desgracia te saca completamente del juego. Gráficamente se ve excelente, han hecho esto en una ps4 lo que me parece increíble, el doblaje en inglés es muy bueno, la banda sonora en general es excepcional, la jugabilidad es precisa y rápida, pero tiene el gran defecto del combate. Además, al juego le sobra muchas horas. La historia no es mala, la historia es lenta. Podrían haber contado lo mismo en la mitad del tiempo lo que hubiera provocado que el juego fuera menos aburrido. FFVII7R tiene mucho potencial pero está oculto por por sus grandes errores. Podrían haber hecho el mejor videojuego de ps4, pero decidieron no hacerlo.

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  45. mediocreampuff
    Feb 15, 2021
    6
    Being a fan of, but not having grown up with, the golden age of FInal Fantasy I was kind of hoping this game would be that but with better graphics. However this game is basically in the style of something Naughty Dog would make with multiple chapters that you aren't meant to backtrack trough. Calling this game a JRPG feels like a scam, it doesn't have anything I like out of a JRPG. YouBeing a fan of, but not having grown up with, the golden age of FInal Fantasy I was kind of hoping this game would be that but with better graphics. However this game is basically in the style of something Naughty Dog would make with multiple chapters that you aren't meant to backtrack trough. Calling this game a JRPG feels like a scam, it doesn't have anything I like out of a JRPG. You can't even switch characters, you always have 3 or less in your party so the game doesn't create a scenario where you pick whos in your team(except maybe the final boss) I mean the game is fine, arguably one of the best graphics on the PS4 and the sound track isn't anything to sneeze at either. The combat is ok I guess but the only enemy encounters are on a linear track. There aren't any wide open explorable spaces to fight enemies .I don't know why the bothered putting an exp on the game if almost every player fights the same amount of enemies. There's only 24 sides quests and as I'm writing this I can only remember like one of them. After finishing the game, the game said there was more too do but I just didn't feel like doing it. I felt like i have done all the game had to offer and have no real desire to play it again.… Expand
  46. cmonard
    Dec 15, 2021
    6
    Exception faite des graphisme (et encore pas partout), ce jeux n'a malheureusement plus rien à voir avec FFVII qui a tant pris de mon temps.
    Je n'ai même pas réussi à le finir il me reste 2 chapitres à faire mais c'est d'un ennuie tel que je n'y retournerai pas...
    La plus grosse déception de 2020...
  47. Oxomo
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    A disappointing game to play, and not a true Remake at all.
    They have should called Final Fantasy VII Reboot. Because this is basically what the game is, in the end.
    The graphics is excellent, but the exploration is barely minimal, and definitely more similar to a corridor simulator game, rather than a true jrpg...
  48. Yufyn
    Mar 29, 2022
    5
    Un juego muy decepcionante.
    En primer lugar, este juego no es una nueva versión real, sino un reinicio reescrito del original. Y en eso es un poco estafador.
    En segundo lugar, el juego es completamente lineal y el 80% se compone solo de escenas.

    Profundamente decepcionado después de la espera.
  49. BoltDown
    Feb 16, 2022
    5
    The only thing this game is, is pretty, it's stunningly beautiful and THAT IS IT
    1. This is an interactive movie, there are so many cutscene interruptions that it gets down right annoying. SE can I have some GAME with my video?
    2. Playing on standard combat is pathetic, your NPC companions are dumb as a box of rocks stuck in cement. Give me the old FF& combat style any day over this.    The only thing this game is, is pretty, it's stunningly beautiful and THAT IS IT
    1. This is an interactive movie, there are so many cutscene interruptions that it gets down right annoying. SE can I have some GAME with my video?
    2. Playing on standard combat is pathetic, your NPC companions are dumb as a box of rocks stuck in cement. Give me the old FF& combat style any day over this.
    3, Story plot at points are down right stupid... how your characters don't take action to stop something they bloody well can as they stand there and WATCH! go back to the writing desk and make a sensible story you hacks!
    4. There are no real good spots to farm for xp for level and materia growth... the game seems less RPG then an interactive movie.    … Expand
  50. BigMac1988
    Mar 26, 2022
    7
    The plot is very unfriendly to new players. If you don't know anything about the original Final Fantasy 7, you will find the plot abrupt in many parts of the game.
  51. ShawnDBell
    Apr 15, 2022
    6
    There is a LOT of padding and filler, and at times just felt like a FF15 reskin, especially with the poor camera angles; however, it was still an enjoyable experience and I look forward to the next chapter. I just hope they cut all the unnecessary padding and filler, and stick to the main story line while flushing out the character development.
  52. HardAppleCider
    Sep 13, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sooo, minor spoilers for FF7 remake beyond this point and I will drive in to some big spoilers without going into too much detail:

    All in all, I really enjoyed it. It lasted about 40 hours for me. I think I could have done it in about 25 if I was rushing.

    Every recreated scene is fantastically done. There are a lot of points where they made minor plot changes to make the story more palatable for a modern audience and these are all really good, and I like them.

    I'm talking about major plot points beyond this point, though I'll try not to be too specific:

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    The "whispers" storyline is... well... it's utter crap. It's 100% crap bred with 100% crap, meaning purebred crap with no additives. The whisper models themselves are pretty damn lame, and what they represent... well... let's just say that they wrote in a nonsense plotline to give themselves room to make major changes in the future if they want to.

    Because of this garbage plotline at least one, maybe two, characters that were dead when you're leaving Midgar in the original are now alive. One character is a major WTF if he actually is alive... like the story won't work lol so much would be different.

    It also made the ending drag ooooon foreeeeever I was so ready for it to be done. Not a good feeling.

    And... they kinda **** ruined Sepheroth for the new players. In the original, he's ominous, in the shadows of Cloud's memories, and all you see is the destruction he leaves behind. It's a slow and powerful build.

    Remember the wurmb scene? It's not gonna be nearly as impressive anymore now that the new players have seen the party fight Sepheroth AND WIN once already...

    Stupid stupid stupid. Bad ending is bad. It's bad enough that I'll hold off on pre-ordering part 2, and I'll wait until about a week after release, and if they ****g retcon a bunch of **** I'm just gonna pass.

    I enjoyed this remake up until the last three hours or so of it. Definitely worth getting. Just be prepared for the ending to piss you off or annoy you.    … Expand
  53. RedMattis
    Aug 10, 2022
    6
    Very mediocre.

    The story has a lot of good parts, the characters are better written than I anticipated. however most of the game is so padded with irrelevant faffing about that the pace just ends up downright terrible. As for the actual gameplay, the entire game is basically a really long corridor with some very simple environmental puzzles or side-activities. Combat is functional    Very mediocre.

    The story has a lot of good parts, the characters are better written than I anticipated. however most of the game is so padded with irrelevant faffing about that the pace just ends up downright terrible.

    As for the actual gameplay, the entire game is basically a really long corridor with some very simple environmental puzzles or side-activities.

    Combat is functional and has some variety and strategy to it, but it is very much style over substance, and dramatically overstays its welcome. It basically plays like a much worse version of Kingdom Hearts which decided to have the animations look cooler at the cost of not feeling nearly as good to control.

    The art & audio is fantastic though, as you'd expect, but frankly I see those as force-multipliers of the gameplay & story, and with gameplay this weak, and story this dragged out it just isn't enough to amount to more than "good". And frankly there are lots of great and amazing games out there, so I'd suggest playing those instead.

    In summary:

    I'd honestly suggest you just watch a lets' player play it instead. The story is too padded out, and there are many much better games if you want roughly its style of combat.    … Expand
  54. dr_zoidberg590
    Jan 7, 2022
    5
    I really wanted to love this, but it's dull and repetiive, with depressing uninspired environments, constantly slowing your walk speed to a ludicrous crawl just to pad the game out, music is westernised and boring except the 'discs' you pick up which you can't hear properly just through a tin-y filter effect. background characters talk over each other so you can't hear anything said. CloudI really wanted to love this, but it's dull and repetiive, with depressing uninspired environments, constantly slowing your walk speed to a ludicrous crawl just to pad the game out, music is westernised and boring except the 'discs' you pick up which you can't hear properly just through a tin-y filter effect. background characters talk over each other so you can't hear anything said. Cloud is not likeable and none of the characters are well voice acted or scripted in the english dub in my opinion. The game simply isn't fun, or if it is it's fun for 30 seconds then back to walking down a long corridor for 25 minutes. They should not have released this as seperate games but as one game and not padded it out. Let's hope the next parts are a big improvement.… Expand
  55. Andante
    Jul 7, 2022
    7
    No doubt, this is a AAA game with some fantastic exterior graphics and a very beautiful recreation of Midgar which adds a lot of points and value due to the nostalgia factor. I understand that it is not an easy task to recreate this legendary ps1 era game but the designers did overall a good job. The game has many many flaws but also a lot of strong points which will keep your interest.No doubt, this is a AAA game with some fantastic exterior graphics and a very beautiful recreation of Midgar which adds a lot of points and value due to the nostalgia factor. I understand that it is not an easy task to recreate this legendary ps1 era game but the designers did overall a good job. The game has many many flaws but also a lot of strong points which will keep your interest. Throughout the game you become the feeling that many parts of the original game got stretched only for the sake of adding gameplay hours. Some dungeons are definitely tedious and many aspects of the original story were changed. Personally I didnt like these changes. But still the quality of the production is so good that you will still keep playing without losing interest. Is it the remake I expected? No. Is it a masterpiece like the original ff7? No.
    But still it is a quality product every final fantasy fan should not miss.    … Expand
  56. waleed_shihada
    Mar 2, 2022
    5
    I was hoping the remake is the same original FF7 with better graphics so it can be played with the new generation. But I was disappointed. They did a massive effort in graphics which is by the way is the BEST! , but did not introduce to us the all storyline of final fantasy 7 .
    Now I wish if they did a remaster version instead of this.
  57. Moriquendi
    Jan 11, 2022
    5
    10
    9 No Doblado al Español pero si al Frances.
    8 Venta a 80€ mismo precio que el resto de países que si trae voces en su idioma. 7 Combate pesado y repetitivo peor que un Devil my cry o un Kingdom Hearts 6 Juego agrandado artificialmente para venderte segunda parte. 5 Port penoso para PC ley del mínimo esfuerzo. 4 Casi dos años exclusivo Ps5 después para pandemic store y cuando les    10
    9 No Doblado al Español pero si al Frances.
    8 Venta a 80€ mismo precio que el resto de países que si trae voces en su idioma.
    7 Combate pesado y repetitivo peor que un Devil my cry o un Kingdom Hearts
    6 Juego agrandado artificialmente para venderte segunda parte.
    5 Port penoso para PC ley del mínimo esfuerzo.
    4 Casi dos años exclusivo Ps5 después para pandemic store y cuando les convenga lo sacaran para steam para sacarse otro tanto de dinero.
    3 El Port a Ps5 es igual de lamentable que el de PC pudiendo poner un parche para que funcione a 120hz
    2 Han Cambiado la Historia original.
    1 El mejor villano de todos los tiempos que ni siquiera sabia el nombre de cloud ahora es un acosador con cara de pervertido sexual, sale al principio mediados y al final del juego.    … Expand
  58. Fiercevinegar
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    one of the most overated games ever, takes a 5 hour game adds a **** ton of filler to make it 40 hours completely botches the story to make it incoherent, and somehow everyone acts like its the best thing ever
  59. PLAYBOYPIJON
    Apr 8, 2022
    7
    Игра весьма хороша, но это уже какой-то слешер, старая пошаговая боёвка была фишкой фф, некоторые моменты сюжета не ясны (например с котом с короной)
  60. crowstastegood
    Dec 25, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. you know, i feel like everyone who gave this game a 10/10 didn't play the original. the visuals are good but performance felt choppy and some textures looked awkward. music was good but the original also had good music so it doesn't necessarily make this game superior. combat is better or worse depending on what you like, however, it doesn't matter either way as the materia was always the fun part about ff7 combat, and since this game is only 1/7 of ff7, original ff7 has much more materia options, and for that reason, the combat is more interesting in original ff7. the story is just sh*t in this game. foreshadowing in this game can barely be called foreshadowing. they hint at cloud not being a soldier during midgar except everyone around cloud just doesn't care that he's not a soldier for some reason, despite that it should be a surprise since only tifa should know. a lot of dialogues are also sh*t. the added backstory to characters is pretty bland and uninteresting, on top of that they don't add much depth to the main cast and only focus on side characters no one cared about (except for yuffie but she's in ff7ri and is technically a side character). the side quests are also bland and uninteresting. the worst part of this game though, is definitely the ending, which is also sh*t. basically, everything related to writing is sh*t and whether the combat is good or not is debatable. the excuse for this review would probably be "well it's a reboot not a remake" but that's false advertising, which is a crime, and it wouldn't even change the fact that the side characters and added backstory are bland and uninteresting. overall, i'd recommend playing the original since you won't have to wait 30 years and it's also not a cashgrab.

    to be fair, at least this game actually had good translation which is one plus i guess, but it should be expected from a $60 game (for context, the original PSX release had a sloppy translation. it does actually have a fan translation though, which is much better. unfortunately, it's pretty buggy and a few things are broken. from my experience, it took about an hour to do the shinra march minigame due to not working properly and trying to attain the cave materias crashed the emulator.)    … Expand
  61. charls_0404
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    I played it with high expectations, but it ends up boring me, I completed the game 100%, and I found it very tedious and tiresome. The performances seemed very childish to me. I think it's a very overrated game.
  62. bohalaa
    Jan 17, 2021
    6
    Good graphics, not bad storyline , messy battle system, and short game compared to other ffs, no valleys or mountains to adventuring in it.
  63. Talabeer
    Sep 19, 2020
    6
    No he jugao al origal así que lo juzgo por lo que es y no por lo que fue. Pasillero, texturas de ps2, historia regulera, muuuuuucho relleno y secundarias para echarse las manos a la cabeza. El combate mola. Cansa al final pero mola.
  64. Snorlax880
    Sep 1, 2020
    6
    9 out of 10 game but then at the critical end phase just goes far over the top and dilutes final fantasy into some variety of kingdom hearts with various different bosses and completely ruined the game for me .
  65. WallCrouton
    Dec 5, 2022
    5
    I never played the original so I thought I'd finally experience the FFVII story with this one. Until I learned that it's not the original story AND the bulk of it is just Waifu Walking Simulator.

    It's a shame, because there's a lot of cool stuff about it visually, the combat (mostly, anyway), etc. but there's just so much fluff and filler. The original was long enough apparently, why    I never played the original so I thought I'd finally experience the FFVII story with this one. Until I learned that it's not the original story AND the bulk of it is just Waifu Walking Simulator.

    It's a shame, because there's a lot of cool stuff about it visually, the combat (mostly, anyway), etc. but there's just so much fluff and filler. The original was long enough apparently, why make it even longer?

    Just go play the original, imo.    … Expand
  66. SickDimension
    Sep 15, 2020
    7
    Since the release of original FF7 I’ve loved the game and still make playthrough once a year. FF7 Remake is quality game, but something feels out of place. It occasionally has very fluent feeling gameplay moments and nice additions to the original story, but somehow the mechanics feel dull and most times you have no idea what is happening on the screen due to the overused effects and tooSince the release of original FF7 I’ve loved the game and still make playthrough once a year. FF7 Remake is quality game, but something feels out of place. It occasionally has very fluent feeling gameplay moments and nice additions to the original story, but somehow the mechanics feel dull and most times you have no idea what is happening on the screen due to the overused effects and too fast pacing of the battles. FF7 Remake as a title is also misleading, this in no measure is a full FF7 and it would have been more honest to call this FF7 Remake episode 1. My first playthough got me fun of a little less than 40hours, then again I do like to grind for the extra points before proceeding the mainstory. There is also possibility to adjust the difficulty between Classic, Easy and Normal modes, classic mode being more of give commands to proceed and Easy/Normal modes being closer to FFXV type of battle system. Normal mode is quite challenging propably for most players, but to me I would have been happier if there was Hard mode available from the start. There is a second playtrough after finishing the first finish, that also allows you go to Hard mode, and you can pick chapters freely to pursue grinding more. The second playthrough or a typical new game+ feels just over glued way to try and extend the experience with too little more to give. Overall this game left me with very mixed feelings, yes it’s FF7 in it’s core, but it feels more that they put more to the cinematics, voices and motioncapture than was nescessary and the gameplay suffered due to this. Also there are new characters and plots that overlay with the old story, which some of them work and some made me feel they belong to some other universe. Still I definitely recommend the experience, but also would say that you should not expect anything groundbreaking.… Expand
  67. Brisaais
    Sep 16, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Most part of the game is boring, it's short and it have a small map, story turned into a kingdom heart thing, sephiroth appears too much in this part and It made him lose that mystery that he had at the begining. This is more like a sequel than a remake. It could be a better game without too much filler. I waited for this game with all my expectations high, I wish it was an enjoyable game. I loved sector 5! That part was fun, the hell house was great and all missions with biggs wedge and Jessie,. The church scene was too fast for being an iconic part of the game, it wasn't that emotional… Expand
  68. Wwolfie
    Nov 10, 2020
    6
    Combat was amazing and action packed, except for boss battles. Boss battles just took too long and one felt more relieved when beating a boss than a sense of achievement. This is what the whole game felt like, a long, boring, over stretched out, simple story. What took 5 hours in the original game, took 35hours to complete in the remake. Ridiculous.
  69. MetaPhysicMeat
    Apr 10, 2022
    6
    This is like a very safe pizza from a local chain story, except it's made with 30x the extra dough so the customer doesn't go hungry. Decent characters, ok story and combat, fairly linear progression, bland quests with a lot of padding. They tried to change things up story-wise from the original, but tried too hard to be mysterious while not being intriguingly mysterious, people unfamiliarThis is like a very safe pizza from a local chain story, except it's made with 30x the extra dough so the customer doesn't go hungry. Decent characters, ok story and combat, fairly linear progression, bland quests with a lot of padding. They tried to change things up story-wise from the original, but tried too hard to be mysterious while not being intriguingly mysterious, people unfamiliar with the original will likely find it confusing and the motives of the main baddy weak.… Expand
  70. ChelCAC1488
    Dec 12, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge lover of the original FFVII, this was somewhat of a letdown. It was extremely exciting seeing the characters redone in more modern graphics, and I absolutely loved the characters and voice acting (although still, wth about Barret's weird sunglasses?). I was not thrilled about the side quests as they were lackluster and didn't enrich the story at all. I also understand the whole Tifa/Cloud/Aerith love triangle, but they made it a little weird and added some additional weird extra flirtiness with Jesse, I loved her character otherwise.

    I could forgive all of that and would have given it at least an 8 if it hadn't been for the odd time dementors. That just made the whole story lean toward the ridiculous side. I also was disappointed with how they treated Biggs, Wedge, and (possibly) Jesse's original deaths. The original gave so much meaning to Barret's story, and now Wedge was saved by a time dementor, then maybe killed offscreen later randomly? I don't know, it just all seemed out of place.

    The ending is what makes me fear for the rest of the series. I don't think I will buy the 2nd until I know how the story will go. If they hadn't said from the getgo it was going to be a fairly faithful recreation, I wouldn't be so disappointed. Other than the discrepancies, the game was pretty, the combat was fun, and the rest of the story was enriched. I particularly liked how they added more to the Wall Market. Overall, about 6/10 for me.    … Expand
  71. Ginger_Avenger
    Nov 19, 2022
    7
    Remake? Reimagining? Whatever! I really liked the original game, though truth be told I actually preferred FF8 over this one when I younger. This is an amazingly well presented version of part of the story, and although I am not completely sold on some of the changes yet, I certainly wasn't screaming that the sky was falling when I noticed deviations from the original. Hell, I barelyRemake? Reimagining? Whatever! I really liked the original game, though truth be told I actually preferred FF8 over this one when I younger. This is an amazingly well presented version of part of the story, and although I am not completely sold on some of the changes yet, I certainly wasn't screaming that the sky was falling when I noticed deviations from the original. Hell, I barely remembered what happened in the original, except for you know what, of course. So I didn't care if it was faithful or not. Side missions are hit or miss, but the main mission is pretty good. I had a good time and didn't care that it was not like the original in gameplay either.… Expand
  72. Nathan912
    Nov 26, 2022
    7
    Un muy buen juego con gráficos de locura y una jugabilidad perfecta. Pero no me gustó nada que se tomarán tanta libertad en cambiar tantas cosas y que no sea fiel al original eso y su estúpida manía de hacerlo por partes.
  73. TheThunderbird
    May 3, 2023
    6
    Everyone kept telling me that this is the best game the Final Fantasy series as to offer. Honestly I don't see why. Cloud is so boring and generic. He reminds me of emo teenagers that think being overly edgy is cool but just end up being cringe. Sephiroth is not much better either, like Cloud he tires way to hard to be edgy and emo and fails.

    Tifa, Barret, and Aerith are the only    Everyone kept telling me that this is the best game the Final Fantasy series as to offer. Honestly I don't see why. Cloud is so boring and generic. He reminds me of emo teenagers that think being overly edgy is cool but just end up being cringe. Sephiroth is not much better either, like Cloud he tires way to hard to be edgy and emo and fails.

    Tifa, Barret, and Aerith are the only good characters in the game. The rest of the Avalanche group add absolutely nothing to the game and only fodder characters. I found the boss battles to be painfully tedious because of how much of a damage sponge they all are. It's like when the developers were creating the amount of health each boss had, they just hit the pushed the number 9 until the data overloaded the CPU.

    Finally, the thing that really turned me off from the game was having to constantly swap between characters in real time combat. This was such a tedious process. After my 1st playthrough I thought I did something wrong because I was not enjoying the game despite everyone telling me it is a masterpiece. After my 2nd playthrough I realized I just don't like this game all that much.

    The story isn't even all the impressive either. It is basically one of those 'big evil cooperation wants to take over the world' trope. There is nothing special about it. This game does nothing spectacular and everything this game has to offer is mediocre at best.    … Expand
  74. Resoul
    Jun 20, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Over all a good game would be a 7 out of 10 but have to drop it down to a 6 because of the combat getting boring after a while,chapter 18 being too long,some of the characters and for all the implied rape stuff and the writing really falls off a bit in the last few chapters.
    Story: Honestly aside from a few dumb moments with characters like Cloud not doing things that they really should be aka killing certain characters and pretty much everything that happens in wall market and the end of the game and with all the rape related plot stuff the story was actually pretty good but the writing in the last three chapters really ruin the game. And don't get me started on all the times they don't kill the villains. But for real how did this get rated T with all the rape plots going on.
    Game length: Tho its a somewhat long game 20+ hours, if you're able to play for multiple hours at a time then the game kinda flies by and doesn't feel as long as it actually is barring the last few chapters that feel like they go on for ever due to poor writing, combat getting dull and all the cut scenes interrupting the combat/boss fights all the time.
    Combat: Combat stays the same with almost zero changes the whole game and tho it starts off fine/some what fun at around the 18 hour mark i was getting bored of it and it doesn't help that chapter 18 around the 20 hour mark drags on for too long with it being pretty much just boring combat.
    Cloud: Cloud is too much of a pussi even Aerith is more willing to kill the people i want to kill, i mean he was willing to kill that guy earlier in the game to keep him from talking but stops Aerith from killing the people who should die, so dumb, he's very inconsistent when it comes to killing people flip flopping threw out the whole game from being willing to kill and not wanting or letting others kill very dumb and it makes him a little unlike able.
    Biggs: Honestly went into this thinking i was gonna dislike him as i then not to like male characters but shockingly hes the only character i didn't dislike anything about, not saying he's the only character i like or hes the best character (3rd best) it's just that every other character has something i don't like about them tho mostly just tiny things.
    Jessie: Easily best girl and tho for other characters there "cute" moments don't really work for me and then to be a little annoying Jessie's "cute" moments did work for me and shes easily the 2nd best character in the game.
    Tifa: Over all shes fine but her "cute" moments didn't work for me i think its mainly due to her face seeming a bit off to me same goes for all the kid characters there faces just don't seem right not really sure why.
    Aerith: Over all i did like her, her "cute" moments for the most part worked for me and i liked that she wanted to kill the people i wanted to kill even tho Cloud wouldn't let us for some F-ing reason but there are parts where her writing isn't great.
    Barret: Honestly he's super annoying there was like one thing he said in the whole game i actually liked but over all i didn't like him he does get less annoying as the game goes on.
    Johnny: Honest kinda liked him he's pretty much the best part of the wall market bit of the game aside from Aerith.
    Wedge: Like with Biggs and Johnny i shockingly liked Wedge but one thing i didn't like about him was how the game kept trying to use him as a joke if it wasn't for that i would have liked him as much as i did Biggs.
    Red Xiii: Honestly shocked i liked this character so much he's easily the best character in the game with the only thing i didn't like about him being the forced drama with Barret thankfully that drama goes away pretty quick but would've been better if it wasn't there at all.
    Villains: Only gonna talk about a few as many of them are easily forgotten 1 The bike guy whatever his name was was too much like the Joker with Cloud being his Batman and i wasn't a fan of that 2 Hojo poorly set up like pretty much all the villains tho is the 2nd best written villain in the game tho the gameplay for that bit of the game does drag on a bit and on top of that i really didn't like him mainly due to the implied raping of Aerith 3 Heidegger is the only villain i actually liked because hes a good bad guy whose actually well set up and well written unlike someone like Reno who isn't really set up, poorly written and over all just sucks 4 Don Corneo is a good bad guy whose well set up debatablely well written and easy to hate and want to kill with the implied rape 6 Rude and Reeves both come across as somewhat good people mainly Reeves so i'm not too sure how i feel about them since there some what like able 7 Leslie Really didn't like this guy even tho the game tries to change your mind on him by having him help you and by implying the rape of his fiancee by Don but that doesn't change my feelings for him and i still want to kill him as much as i do Don all it does is make me feel bad for his girl and thats all    … Expand
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#8 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

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