Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. Sinder583
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    I like the retelling of the story, game felt really short. I did not care for the semi turn based combat system. End game after 30 hours to beat play-threw one. Is just play the game again on hard mode.... with no items allowed...
  2. Deadaim
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Absolut fantastic, the ending was absolute epic!! Cant wait for the next parts
  3. the-down-of-man
    Apr 15, 2020
    2
    SE and Nomura killed my childhood and my favorite game. I don't wanna play a Kingdom Hearts like, I just want Final Fantasy VII Remake. The game is great 'till the last section, but then... VOMIT.
  4. guiletheguiles
    Apr 16, 2020
    8
    buckle up, this will be very long and emotional.
    First things first: FF7 is my favorite game of all time. The original, to me, is not only the ultimate masterpiece in gaming, but also something that shaped my entire life. With that said, let's go.
    This game is beautiful. Everything in it makes me want to cry! Every detail, sound effect and animation. A lot of heart was put into this    buckle up, this will be very long and emotional.
    First things first: FF7 is my favorite game of all time. The original, to me, is not only the ultimate masterpiece in gaming, but also something that shaped my entire life. With that said, let's go.

    This game is beautiful. Everything in it makes me want to cry! Every detail, sound effect and animation. A lot of heart was put into this project and it shows.
    I absolutely loved the soundtrack. It's a mix between FF7's OST and FFXIII's "modern vibe". It works just fine with the Remake. Every little (and huge) sound in this game is perfect. It oozes high budget.
    The combat is also great. It's not perfect, but it's the natural and positive evolution of FFXV's. It's challenging and rewarding. Pulling off a good ATB combo makes you feel like a badass. The stagger system can make things hard, but once you figure out what to do, it's fine. Overall, this is the best hybrid I can think of between the Classic TBC and the modern one.
    The best parts in this game happens when it follows the original. New additions are great, but nothing beats the story when it gets down to business. Everything was incredibly reimagined and it made me tear up more times than it should. Also, thank god for the mini-games!

    But the game fails sometimes. If in one side, things are beautiful, on the other, things can get ugly.
    There is padding everywhere. Unnecessary filler is spread throughout the whole game. This game could easily go past Midgar, if the devs wanted. And I'm not talking about the sidequests. The quests are super nice! I'm reffering to story bits and gameplay pieces that just feel out of place. Many things feel out of place in this game. Which leads me to my biggest disappointment: They changed the ending.
    I won't spoil things, but basically, Square paved the way to **** with the original story. They might change everything after what they did by the end of the final chapter. Honestly, it breaks my heart. Things just got very convoluted and nonsensical. I was not expecting the EXACT same thing, but I DEFINITELY wasn't expecting whatever happened in the conclusion. I guess I hoped for an upgrade in an already superb story, but what I got was only 70% of that... Maybe I wouldn't feel this way if this was the FULL remake experience.

    In the end, this is an incredible remake. Every Final Fantasy fan should play. Actually, every RPG fan should play it! What it does right, it accomplishes wonders. But what it does wrong... Well, here's to hoping that the second part comes soon and fixes the story for the best, because on the gameplay area, the nailed it.    … Expand
  5. Joe1549
    Apr 16, 2020
    6
    TL;DR: A mixed bag, some really great nostalgic moments combined with a game designer force feeding their own narrative onto a classic game.

    I'm a bit shaken right now, as someone that likes to get lost in fantasy worlds, I've had my share of disappointing endings. It seems there's no escaping it, I can count on one hand the amount of "good" endings I've seen come out of media of all    TL;DR: A mixed bag, some really great nostalgic moments combined with a game designer force feeding their own narrative onto a classic game.

    I'm a bit shaken right now, as someone that likes to get lost in fantasy worlds, I've had my share of disappointing endings. It seems there's no escaping it, I can count on one hand the amount of "good" endings I've seen come out of media of all types whether it be film, television, or video games.

    I should have known when I saw Square's recent line of work that this game would turn into a mess. Luckily, for the most part, it waits until the final act to do so.

    If you played the original Final Fantasy 7, there's no doubt you will overlook a lot of rough stuff early on in the game. You'll stick it out because you are excited to spend time with the characters you love and the settings that you enjoyed. Over time though, the problems will be too much to ignore even for the most loyal of fan.

    The good: Spending time with these iconic characters was a treat. The voice acting was top-notch. The character models were great. There were several moments where I became emotional.

    The okay: Combat was more than a little frustrating. While it was pretty to look at, ultimately it became an exercise in mashing the square button. Team members do not accrue AP fast enough to be useful in battle, requiring you to constantly switch from team member to team member. Most combat boils down to firing a spell which targets the enemy's weakness then mashing square once they are "staggered". Unfortunately on bosses, you would often stagger just as the boss entered the next phase, thus negating your stagger. There were also other annoyances such as getting interrupted when trying to cast a spell which happened much too frequently.

    The bad: Looking back at the game, there's no doubt there was filler content or "padding". I can count 6 of the 18 chapters that felt like unneeded, stretched out padding levels, that's 1/3 of the game. Even the content that's not "padding" is presented in the same linear style as Final Fantasy 13. Nowhere is the padding more evident than the side-quests which are the lowest-effort side quests I've ever seen in a game. You are tasked with killing rats or finding cats. If you think the quests will get more complex, you are mistaken.

    There's been much discussion of the textures in this game. I must admit as a PC gamer who bought a PS4 just to play this game, I was taken aback at the texture quality throughout the game. I just chalked it up to it being a console game and felt that this is what console gamers had to deal with. However, some of the textures are downright awful and oddly enough are used as set-pieces in certain chapters. You will often see texture pop-in and just overall, some low quality textures throughout the game. To me, this was easiest to ignore as I felt that this could be corrected when the game came to PC.

    If I was going to nitpick I'd say that the NPCs felt out of place, certainly they did not have the look of slum dwellers. I've seen this done much better in other games that even came out of Japan (Yakuza for example).

    The ugly: The ending. The most coherent explanation was that the ending was metaphorically defeating the real life purists who wanted to see FF7 remastered faithfully. It seems that square-enix have given themselves a green light to make broad changes to the game. A bold move when you're selling an episodic game. I can't say that I will pick up part 2 and I was damn excited for part 2, I thought that would be the meat of the game. Now, much like Star Wars, I guess the new Final Fantasy 7 was made for new fans, not us original fans. I'll take a wait-and-see approach, pre-ordering part 2 is laughably out of the picture now.

    This was a wake-up call for me. It caused me to give a hard look to the final fantasy series and made me realize that even though I played 7, 8, 9, and 10, the only one that actually stuck with me was Final Fantasy 7. it almost looks like it was an accident now, an anomaly in the JRPG world. Well no longer, now it gets to join the rest of the JRPGs with it's own nonsensical plot.    … Expand
  6. zycore718
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Square advertised this game series as the remake that fans had hoped and wished for, and for the most part the first game absolutely delivered on that. Midgar is faithfully reproduced and feels more alive than it’s ever been. The graphics are beautiful and perfectly match the character of the city and the slums. The characters are multi-dimensional, even the background Avalanche trio of Biggs, Wedge and Jessie get more to do and say. The combat is fun and challenging once you get used to the fundamentals and how each character handles. Aside from a few slow bits, too linear places and the admittedly boring sidequests, I had a blast with the first 17 chapters and it was getting me stoked for the future games. I wanted to see Nibelheim, Rocket Town, Wutai, Cosmo Canyon and the rest of the characters experience the same loving treatment given to Midgar in this game. I started to think to myself ‘this is too good to be true’, it was damn-near perfect.

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

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

    The game was easily a 9/10 before Chapter 18, but that ridiculous ending seriously deserves a 0/10. So I averaged the score to 4/10. It’s frankly saddening. Square shouldn’t have advertised this as a ‘remake’. It’s clearly not. It’s clearly aiming to be a reboot. A reboot that, from the ending of the first part, will end up trumping Advent Children in the stakes of gaudy nonsense. It’s ‘Rebuild of Evangelion’ levels of reboot. I feel cheated, and I was one of the people who DIDN’T want just the original game with HD graphics, and expected there to be some story changes. But I expected those changes to actually ADD to the original story, not take away practically everything it had in favour of lazy, brainless tropes. I’m not gonna stick around for the next games in the series now. I don’t want the rest of Final Fantasy VII Remake if it’s based on the rubbish in Chapter 18. Sorry, Square, but you blew it. I’ll just play the original from now on.    … Expand
  7. Kavr1el
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Square Enix took on a very difficult challenge with Final Fantasy VII Remake. It did so brilliantly, but not perfectly. I recommend the game whole-heartedly, though if you are a veteran that wants to play final fantasy VII as it was, play the ps1 title, not this one.

    Let's start with the objective cons, as they are few :
    1 :Textures,
    Some are blurry, some are pixelated. The door texture of Marle's buidling in sector seven, the plate textures, and some junk textures look like placeholders. Not worthy of a published game.
    2: Combat :
    The mp regen is very slow.
    Some attacks you can't block, some you can't dodge (dodge had no i-frames), some you can't possibly mitigate if you're in an animation, it feels like a guessing game, which rewards experience, but includes a bit of frustration. Lots of animation lock.

    As a subjective con, at times the game felt a bit too slow, in moments where you should feel pressured into going fast. It sort of ruins the momentum created by the story and pulls you out of it.

    Now onto the pros:
    It's a very solid game. Everything except some textures is beautiful and polished.
    The combat looks amazing and feels pretty good to play.
    The characters are even better than in the original, as their facial expressions and voice really help give them depth.

    Spoiler part starts now so don't keep reading if you don't want to be spoiled (though it's a minor spoil in my opinion)

    Right, here goes.

    The game is a remake, which means follows the core concept and core plot elements of the original but not to the letter. It's not a port, it's not a remaster, neither is it a reboot, too close to the original, it's a remake, as it says it is.

    The whole game felt good to play, but i wasn't surprised by anything. It felt prectictable, a bit boring maybe, though still very enjoyable. That was until the last chapters.
    The makers of this game had an idea in head all along. That one thing that was completly new and mysterious, was a hint all along.
    Maybe that specific traumatic event sparked this idea, but they decided to make changes feel possible.
    If changes are possible, then everything is not safe, predictable, and boring. It's exciting, it's full of possibilities, it's hopeful.

    I'm looking forward to the next one, maybe on the PS5 ?    … Expand
  8. easterfields
    Apr 13, 2020
    3
    I'm 15 hours into FF7R and I actually hate this game. This is sad. The original Final Fantasy 7 was a HUGE part of my childhood. It was magical, immersive, engaging and fun. All the things this abomination is NOT. FF7R is frustrating, nonsensical, repetitive and anger inducing. There's some good aspects such as the voice acting and storytelling, but a bulk of the rest such as the subparI'm 15 hours into FF7R and I actually hate this game. This is sad. The original Final Fantasy 7 was a HUGE part of my childhood. It was magical, immersive, engaging and fun. All the things this abomination is NOT. FF7R is frustrating, nonsensical, repetitive and anger inducing. There's some good aspects such as the voice acting and storytelling, but a bulk of the rest such as the subpar graphics (the textures are Xbox era quality no joke), ridiculous level design, tasks that make hemorrhoid removal seem appealing, and a soundtrack that was so overbearing, loud, obnoxious and repetitive that I actually muted the the game, tank this modern retelling of a classic. It also makes it painfully obvious, that this story just does not hold up well in today's day and age. Even as a remake released in 2020, it feels dated. And for my final beef with FF7R, since when does a beloved classic RPG deserve to get re-envisioned as a button masher???… Expand
  9. GastonBaynes
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Just to say that, we, as fans of the original Final Fantasy VII game, we must create a petition that demands Square Enix to change the "Final Fantasy VII Remake" title to something else because the game is undoubtedly not a remake. 0 goes for the false advertisement.
  10. Iammanolo510
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Got what I expected and more out of the game. Amazing start to what is going to be an amazing story. I truly hope SquareEnix add a beautiful open world experience like no other when the time comes.
  11. madak17
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    This is not a remake. It's frankly a little insulting to call it that. Without getting into spoilers, there are *steep* departures in the story. And frankly, they are not good. Even beyond that, in order to make Midgar into a 30 hour game, the story was padded heavily, which very negatively impacted the pacing.

    I found the changes in the music to be negative as well. The themes are    This is not a remake. It's frankly a little insulting to call it that. Without getting into spoilers, there are *steep* departures in the story. And frankly, they are not good. Even beyond that, in order to make Midgar into a 30 hour game, the story was padded heavily, which very negatively impacted the pacing.

    I found the changes in the music to be negative as well. The themes are still there, but in some cases are now muddled with more noise. The boss theme, the motorcycle theme, and Sephiroth's theme are the most impacted.

    The slums of Midgar are also far brighter than I think they should be as well. For a place that supposed to be filled with smog and overshadowed by giant plates, it looks quite sunny. The slums at night are gorgeous however.

    I will say the combat is an improvement. I'm a bit sad that there are no stat changes when you equip materia now (e.g. you can't highly boost mp and magic stats just by loading up a character with magic-type materia), but overall I'm pretty happy with it.

    Overall, as a lifelong fan of the original, while the game was fun, I have to say that the story changes are a huge disappointment and I'm not at all excited for the next installment.    … Expand
  12. shubbledubbledi
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    To call this a Remake is almost false advertising. The final few hours of this game are a giant FU to every player of the original and amount to what can only be called a complete reboot of the game, with a heavy dose of the Nomura/Nojima narrative nonsense combination as the cherry on top.

    This game ends on such a poor note that I have no choice but to heavily mark it down. Up to the    To call this a Remake is almost false advertising. The final few hours of this game are a giant FU to every player of the original and amount to what can only be called a complete reboot of the game, with a heavy dose of the Nomura/Nojima narrative nonsense combination as the cherry on top.

    This game ends on such a poor note that I have no choice but to heavily mark it down. Up to the final few hours the game wasn't perfect, and many of the additions or changes were questionable, but many additions were also quite enjoyable and it did not diverge majorly from the original (with some notable exceptions).
    Where the sequels to this game go from here is anyone's guess, but it certainly won't be Final Fantasy 7 anymore.    … Expand
  13. Pozzo
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    The gane is absolutely awesome.

    From the remixed tracks, to the presentation and the characters. Everything fits and builds the ultimate FF7 experience.

    I'm glad it's Midgar only, so that we can have a full game to flesh out the setting in a way not possible before.
  14. GosuTomTom
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    WOW. I'm a die hard fan of the original, dreamed for 20 years about this game to be released, and it's everything I hoped it to be. Having a blast is a droplet in the ocean of my satisfaction. Can't wait to play part 2 !!!
  15. Kingofparis
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Tetsuya, stop, please. This is some kingdom hearts level **** in this game
    And the ending...
  16. RuffioLostBoy
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Absolutely amazing experience. I think this is the best combat system Final Fantasy has ever had, bar none. The graphics are amazing, the the character development for main and side characters was impeccable, and the sound track? It's absolutely brilliant! The story pretty much follows along the same lines as the original game, but expands, builds upon, and in some cases changes things toAbsolutely amazing experience. I think this is the best combat system Final Fantasy has ever had, bar none. The graphics are amazing, the the character development for main and side characters was impeccable, and the sound track? It's absolutely brilliant! The story pretty much follows along the same lines as the original game, but expands, builds upon, and in some cases changes things to make it overall a more enjoyable experience.

    If you're a fan of the original with an open mind, this is the game for you. If you're a purist that just wants turn based FF7 with nice, pretty, modern graphics and audio, then I am afraid I have some bad news.    … Expand
  17. darxiv
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    If you are a purist of FFVII you can simply choose not to play this game. If you always wanted more from Final Fantasy VII and to experience more of the world, then your time has come. This is a fantastic remake that adds to the lore, world, and battle system.

    Loving every moment of this game.
  18. xencosti
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    I loved the original back in the day and I love the Remake even more! The extra bits of story, change of tempo to certain scenes and aspects, and even the story revisions all make this game amazing. After playing through and beating it I can say this: Normal mode is a good for players wanting to build skill. You need to mind mechanics. Classic and easy mode are there for players to enjoyI loved the original back in the day and I love the Remake even more! The extra bits of story, change of tempo to certain scenes and aspects, and even the story revisions all make this game amazing. After playing through and beating it I can say this: Normal mode is a good for players wanting to build skill. You need to mind mechanics. Classic and easy mode are there for players to enjoy the story and worry less about the battles. Finishing the game lets you go back and chapter select so beating the game on easy then raising the difficulty is also an option.… Expand
  19. calibur66
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    This game is comes with a caveat, that is, if you are looking for a 1:1 recreation of the original game and hoping not a single thing will change, you are going to be disappointed, but I also think this is the wrong way to think about remakes, personally.

    Outside of that point, this game is an audible, visual and game-play delight. It has so many faithful and loving recreations of    This game is comes with a caveat, that is, if you are looking for a 1:1 recreation of the original game and hoping not a single thing will change, you are going to be disappointed, but I also think this is the wrong way to think about remakes, personally.

    Outside of that point, this game is an audible, visual and game-play delight.

    It has so many faithful and loving recreations of locations, enemies and characters with only a few characters having major changes to them, usually for the better. The combat is a great mixture of modern final fantasy and the original ATB system, that allows for some great combo-ing that results in some truly awesome "explosions" of damage when your whole team executes moves simultaneously.

    The only major point that people have legitimate feelings of contention towards is the changes in story, which mostly stem from personal opinions instead of genuinely factual improving or Damaging of the original story. For me personally, these changes were neither for the better or worse, they clearly were put there to specifically NOT destroy the original and instead offer a narrative that's both nostalgic for fans as well as giving them something that isn't note for note the same thing again, whilst also not spoiling story beats for the new people, though it will likely be slightly less impactful for newcomers as there is a definite focus on giving fans their service.

    I have to address the BIZARRE argument (From an admittedly small minority) that the game has no subtlety and that all emotional weight has been removed from 'ruined' moments such as Cloud and Aerith's first meeting:

    This is just wrong. While you may personally enjoy the original versions more for whatever reason, but between the cinematography, (mostly) great voice acting/dialogue and absolutely magical soundtrack, there is no way you can argue such a false notion as a lack of emotion or subtlety.

    Don't skip out on this game unless you genuinely have no interest in Final fantasy or RPGs. Whether you only care about the story, or only care about the combat, both are more than good enough to be worth the price and the amount of content available overall is far surpassing the price tag of the game, that's if something like game length is a key point for you.    … Expand
  20. Shu_or
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    I loved the game and game play but that last chapter felt like they took something great and turned it into fan fiction, I'm hopeful but very worried about the fate of future FF7 games to come.
  21. Kenmei
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    With the hype surrounding this game second only to the return of Jesus, FF VII Remake had such lofty expectations that there was no way it was ever going to fulfill them. However the game comes about as close as I could have expected it too. I first want to say that people who expect this to be the whole game remade need to rethink how they view this game. They really should have addedWith the hype surrounding this game second only to the return of Jesus, FF VII Remake had such lofty expectations that there was no way it was ever going to fulfill them. However the game comes about as close as I could have expected it too. I first want to say that people who expect this to be the whole game remade need to rethink how they view this game. They really should have added some sort of Part 1 subtitle to this so people know that this isn't the full game.
    What this game gets right, gets those things extremely right. The level of detail and atmosphere here is astounding. I don't think I've ever seen some of the attention to detail presented here in any other game ever made. The staff treated each character and setting with extreme care. It really shows in how the characters interact with each other and the environment around them. As well as the subtle nods to old fans of the series with the various flash-forward sequences that show what the player knows happens after Midgar ends and the rest of the game begins. The new content is also very well done and, while some of it can feel a bit prolonged at times, it all fits into the story very well as well as gives some of the characters from the original game, who may not have been given the time to develop as a character, their own time to shine here. If this is going to be the level set for all of the following games, then the amount of detail here will be staggering.
    However not everything here works well in the long run. The combat can be hit or miss, especially during the final portions of the game where it expects you to be able to read each enemy like the back of your hand if you want to survive. Especially on the hardest difficulties. The combat in general is a mixed bag. On one hand I like how it all fits together and flows at times, and on the other it can be extremely frustrating when you get 1 shot by an enemy you cant see on screen while at max health. It can feel very cheap at times. Also the voice acting can be a bit wonky at times. 95% of the time, all the VO's are great and each character is very well realized throughout the story. But certain characters, like Tifa and Aerith, will deliver some very deadpan and unenthusiastic lines during high pressure situations. It's a fairly minor thing, and doesn't happen a lot, but happens enough to make it noticeable and can take you out of scene.
    As I said before, this game was never going to live up to the massive amounts of hype that came with it. But it does a very good job at coming close. And out of the about 40 hours it'll take to complete this game, not including going back to do the trophies or side quests you will miss along the way, I never felt like I was just trying to grind through it. This is something I can recommend for new and old players alike as it feels like a brand new experience and one that I'm excited to see what they do with in the future.    … Expand
  22. klkevinkl
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    The biggest problem of the game is its inability to decide whether it's an action game or an RPG. The combination ends up feeling like someone lazily cobbled the two together without a concern about how it worked. The main feature is circled around using enemy weaknesses to pressure them, then stagger, and finally damage/kill them. The problem with this is that enemies have super armorThe biggest problem of the game is its inability to decide whether it's an action game or an RPG. The combination ends up feeling like someone lazily cobbled the two together without a concern about how it worked. The main feature is circled around using enemy weaknesses to pressure them, then stagger, and finally damage/kill them. The problem with this is that enemies have super armor and do not flinch until you can pressure or stagger them. Bosses will change patterns several times over a fight and make it harder to do this each time with the occasional instant kill in their final form. Melee characters also have a hard time hitting the mobile aerial units because they were not designed for that. This is especially noticeable for someone with short reach like Tifa who sometimes fails to hit them even if they are right in front of the target in the air.

    Item uses (not allowed in hard mode by the way) and spells are limited by the ATB bar which you get two charges of. Some skills require one, others require two. There is a special skill to get three bars for a fight, but you will rarely have the opportunity to use it, making it a waste. This is different from previous games, but they probably wanted to make magic and items more meaningful compared to their other games. But by doing so, it ends up making a lot of other things in the game like materia linking kind of useless.

    The game's story is okay, but the end is rushed. There's a ton of good voice acting too. The problem comes towards the end when a lot of things are not explained and all of Cloud's headaches and freak outs throughout the game are visions that we do not actually see until near the end of the game. This is fairly important, yet we the player as Cloud never actually see them until the end.

    Overall, this feels like a halfway experiment between incorporating the old more turn based elements of the RPG genre with the elements that are normally only found in action games. If they decide to make a sequel, they should just abandon the older RPG elements in favor of the action elements they are already favoring to make it better rather than try to keep elements they clearly have no interested in just for the sake of nostalgia.    … Expand
  23. kleeptomaniac
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    I enjoyed 90% percent of this game, until the ending happened and the writers decided they weren't making a remake anymore. Why did a remake people have been waiting for, for decades have to be ruined because of the writers massive ego.

    I wanted the original story of FF7 remade, not an alternate take or reimagining.
    **** you Nomura.
  24. amanduh
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    The original Final Fantasy VII is my favorite video game of ALL time. I have invested numerous hours into the original and have been awaiting this remake since its announcement in 2015. To say this game exceeded my expectations is an understatement. The score was beautifully done, the characters stayed true to their distinctive personalities, and the environments were nothing short ofThe original Final Fantasy VII is my favorite video game of ALL time. I have invested numerous hours into the original and have been awaiting this remake since its announcement in 2015. To say this game exceeded my expectations is an understatement. The score was beautifully done, the characters stayed true to their distinctive personalities, and the environments were nothing short of stunning. This game IS a Remake, meaning it isn't EXACTLY the same, but I am absolutely so excited to see where they take the story from here. It's going to be a journey well worth taking.… Expand
  25. DanePhillips34
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    First of all, I'm a big fan of the original Final Fantasy VII game. I don't have time to play games nowadays so I really wanted to buy this remake for my son, but after reading the reviews from this website, I will definitely not.

    It's pretty clear that this remake is a scam, not full game (Midgar part only?), action game (No thanks), and worst part, story drastically changed. So    First of all, I'm a big fan of the original Final Fantasy VII game. I don't have time to play games nowadays so I really wanted to buy this remake for my son, but after reading the reviews from this website, I will definitely not.

    It's pretty clear that this remake is a scam, not full game (Midgar part only?), action game (No thanks), and worst part, story drastically changed.

    So basically, Squaresoft is selling a new Final Fantasy VII action game with a new story that covers only Midgar part as a "Remake"? (Fraudscam at its best.)    … Expand
  26. kevinmason09
    Apr 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a loong time fan of the original Final Fantasy 7, and the promise of a "faithful recreation" of the original game, I find myself bewildered and disappointed at the direction they are choosing to go with this series. Alternate time realities? Suggesting that Zack is in fact alive, and that the narrative will no longer follow the plot of the original has me so utterly disinterested in the future. I don't understand where this even came from. Why deviate from such a beloved narrative? Go write your fanfic Square, I hope this makes you guys happy to stamp out the hopes and dreams of long time fans of the original. This was supposed to be something very special for a devoted base of fans that are the reason you even decided to do a remake in the first place. It's sad to see how you dishonor that legacy.… Expand
  27. lyekay1
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    First loot boxes, now games are being split in episodes where you have to pay? Nah this aint it, sorry Square bot you lost me as a fan. I'm tired of this man, rather wait and release a full game then do this. I've been a fan since the PS1 days.
  28. blaket81
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    I want to give this game a poor rating, because there are so many things I don't like about it. I was 16 when the original came out, I have loved it for 23 years. This game is so different from the original, and I am very mad about that.

    The combat in this game is extremely fun, but the difficulty is all over the place. There are random difficulty spikes. I was constantly switching    I want to give this game a poor rating, because there are so many things I don't like about it. I was 16 when the original came out, I have loved it for 23 years. This game is so different from the original, and I am very mad about that.

    The combat in this game is extremely fun, but the difficulty is all over the place. There are random difficulty spikes. I was constantly switching back and forth from easy to normal difficulty the whole time. One enemy would be a challenge but fun and the next would be downright impossible where I make absolutely no dent in their health, then the next enemy or boss would just be a fun challenge again.

    Aside from the combat, the story is not as close to the original as I would have liked. The further I got in the game the more i resented the filler in between the sequences I adore from the original. Then came that ending! One thing to me is certain, I cannot think of this as FF7 remake anymore. It is much more like FF7 reboot now, which I do NOT like.

    So why am I still giving this game a 10? For two reasons, first is to make up for trolls. Second reason I'm giving it a 10 is because what did I do when I finished this game? I immediately started it over again. No matter how much I want to dislike this game I don't. I've let my anger over the differences settle, and now that I know what to expect from the game I will probably enjoy it more the 2nd time around.    … Expand
  29. Oluckyasian24
    Apr 16, 2020
    3
    If you are looking for a turn base strategy/tactical game that challenges you to think - this aint it. Aside from beautiful graphics, everything else is lacking. This is an action game playing on people nostalgia for a cash grab. Sure it makes for a great movie - but do you want to pay $180+ to watch a movie you already know the ending to? Huge disappointment... if its not broken - dontIf you are looking for a turn base strategy/tactical game that challenges you to think - this aint it. Aside from beautiful graphics, everything else is lacking. This is an action game playing on people nostalgia for a cash grab. Sure it makes for a great movie - but do you want to pay $180+ to watch a movie you already know the ending to? Huge disappointment... if its not broken - dont fix it. No one will remember this game a few years from now. All the memorable soundtrack are original ones; the side quests are literally like WoW classic and the gameplay is button mashing galore with barely any strategy involved. You can run through the entire game using a few types of materia, difficulty is non existent. Over hyped big time… Expand
  30. oreimo33
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    I give this game the worst possible score because it essentially scams the consumer by calling itself a remake despite actually being a sequel.

    However, the fact that Square blatantly scams its audience is not not the only thing wrong with this game. The presentation is underwhelming when compared to the real Final Fantasy VII. A good example in this very game is Sephiroth. What made    I give this game the worst possible score because it essentially scams the consumer by calling itself a remake despite actually being a sequel.

    However, the fact that Square blatantly scams its audience is not not the only thing wrong with this game. The presentation is underwhelming when compared to the real Final Fantasy VII. A good example in this very game is Sephiroth. What made him so effective in the original game? Subtlety, a drawn out but distant threat, unclear motives, seeing his power without actually seeing him. What do we get instead? The guy shows up as soon as humanly possible and is talking straight to Cloud. Zero subtlety.

    Furthermore, this game has unholy amounts padding. They took 5-minute dungeons and turned them into hour-long FF13 hallways. The sidequests are uninspired, tedious and cliche.

    It's pretty underwhelming considering it's been in production for 5+ years. It's padded with tedious. The slums are barely expanded, with no upper plate exploration. Most of the areas are empty hallways with pointless alleyways.

    Even visually, it disappoints. It has some of the ugliest in-game graphics we've seen this console generation.There is really no excuse for a AAA product of this magnitude to have this much of a problem loading textures and reusing assets (there is one location that has three NPC clones right next to one another).

    The story, however, is the worst part of this game aside from it being a scam. Even discounting the butchered ending, there's lots of eye-rolling moments and baffling decisions throughout. Lots of classic scenes were cut arbitrarily.

    Combat is too easy and braindead if you enjoy action games and not strategic enough if you enjoy strategy games. It's the worst of both worlds.    … Expand
  31. Smirtington
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    There are some minor quibbles about texture pop in and some of the battles being unfairly punishing, but overall it was a great ride and I'm extremely excited for the next one.
  32. PhantasyMind
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    30+ hours for a normal playthrough and its only the 1st part of the game?

    it does fit the price and please give me the next part ASAP
  33. Nuraya
    Apr 16, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I found myself frustrated more and more as I continued to play through FF7R. Mainly because the highs are SO high and the lows are just that low. A score of 5 only felt right for the very mixed feelings I had playing it.

    Aspects that stick to the original game work really well, I find myself grinning and giggling at points I’m enjoying, but in the next minutes the new additions jump in and ruin the mood. New characters like Roche, Kyrie, Chadley, and the whispers (see: Dementors) do not feel like they belong, and even their character design shows this mismatch. Maybe if Roche didn't feel like an ex-Organisation XIII member from Kingdom Hearts, and Chadley actually fit in with the aesthetic of the game, they may have been good additions. And even though they spent time designing these characters, they didn't take any time to get us interested in them at all.
    Rather than add new characters for the sake of it, they could have spent that time adding to the stories of those we already know and love (Jessies side quest was great minus the Roche's motorbike skills) or working on some of the NPC's we need to speak to for the new sidequests which feel like filler and could have been more interesting. These sidequests also destroy pacing in this very 'hallway' game (that XIII got ripped apart for) and takes away urgency in areas of the story: "A guy in black was seen going to your house" "Ah I'm sure it's fine, I need to find lost kids now or they won't let me finish this side quest".
    And speaking of characters we already know, why the creative decision to make Wedge an overweight trope, why not give us some backstory on who Wedge is as a person instead of just "I'm hungry". And then he (and others) don't die where they had in the original, too many convienient rescues in this game for characters who's deaths used to having meaning.
    Another point of frustration includes Cloud's multiple headaches and forever ruining any build up of tension leading up to Sephiroth. Are his friends not concerned about these headaches? And then they see Sephiroth is still alive and there is absolutely zero dialogue between Cloud and Tifa about this? There was no suspension, and I was really hoping I wouldn't have to hear One Winged Angel in this installment of FF7. But I could have accepted it if the game had decided to end there...
    The ending. Square Enix shouldn’t have called it a remake if they were going to change it up this much, it should be called Final Fantasy 7 Remix Final Mix 2.7 HD the amount of messing around they’ve done now, digging Zack back out of the grave and cutting Crisis Core fans to pieces. Who Cloud was and how he got to be the person he is was defined in Crisis Core, and bringing his friend back from the dead upset me as a fan of the originals.
    I dont think I'll be buying the next instalment, I don’t want to feel what I felt after that ending again.
    All of this along with some plot changes that deviate from the original game really took the wind of the sails for me and had me sitting at an 8/10 for the majority of the game until the end happened.
    All that being said, I couldn't put the game down while I was playing. The music, combat, original throwbacks, Avalanche and team members are fantastic. The quality of the game is outstanding with a list of texture bugs here and there. I found myself frustrated purely because it's hard to have something SO good contrasting with what feels like forced new additions and in the very last minutes, complete obliteration of the original storyline. I would be open to Square taking the game in a different direction but at least hire different writers that don't make it feel like I've just read a bad fanfiction online.    … Expand
  34. Albertwesker959
    Apr 16, 2020
    8
    One of the best final fantasy ever made, they manage to make a 6 hour of the original game into 40 hour, so emotional, music is perfect... Graphic is ok, sometimes is superb, sometimes it have ps1 graphic

    It would have been a 10 if it wasn't foe the horrible ending who destroyed everything about ff 7 mitology and 20 years of fan expectation
  35. yudothis
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    These changes are insulting. I have no faith that Square would go back on what has been done but a shorter, patched OG mode would at least go some way to putting things right. I turned off my PS4 several times during the last portions. The additions would be acceptable as post-game or side material... but as things are, no. Just no. Despite how it sounds I'm not terribly attached to FF7 -These changes are insulting. I have no faith that Square would go back on what has been done but a shorter, patched OG mode would at least go some way to putting things right. I turned off my PS4 several times during the last portions. The additions would be acceptable as post-game or side material... but as things are, no. Just no. Despite how it sounds I'm not terribly attached to FF7 - I just found this remake THAT bad by the end. I would have preferred they just called this Kingdom Fart Fantasy 7 and made a satire reboot. It would have been miles better. From my perspective I can't fathom how the remake's reputation is in tact. Why on earth do people think this is a good game!?… Expand
  36. DarkPerseo2020
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    Excelent game, expand the original history giving us a deepth background of the history, Innovating system battle, and the magic of final fantasy 7 .
    Excelent work from Square with this remake, simply is must have it
  37. nathangdavid
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake delivered everything that Square Enix promised.

    The soundtrack is amazing as always, the battle system is fun and good to use, each character feels different and when fighting different bosses, every character action is important. There is a lot of secrets within the map (as the original). From what I've seen here, there are a lot of complaints about how the    Final Fantasy 7 Remake delivered everything that Square Enix promised.

    The soundtrack is amazing as always, the battle system is fun and good to use, each character feels different and when fighting different bosses, every character action is important.

    There is a lot of secrets within the map (as the original).

    From what I've seen here, there are a lot of complaints about how the game is different, and how it is linear like FFXIII, but those who played the original knows how linear Midgar is. The changes to the game are different, but it is a fresh take on in an old story.

    At first I was afraid that they were going to ruin this game, as one of the best stories ever told in a video game, but Square Enix has managed to recreate every character with strong personalities, every character feels important and feels unique.

    The sidequests may be fetch quests, but they all have a small story behind, which tells a little about Midgar's citizens background, which I have really enjoyed doing all of them, including battle quests from Wall Market, the Shinra battle simulator, and the summons battles.

    The boss battles got me amazed, they are both fun and hard. Each boss has different style of attacks, patterns and are all amazed, those who said this game is purely button mashing haven't got to the boss in Wall Market, there they will learn that this game require you to play tactically.

    The only complaints I have, is about it, is the watchmen of fate being thrown too much into the early game with no explanation until the end, and the game textures in some areas (especially in Sector 5 and Sector 7) have a very low resolution.    … Expand
  38. Darealsavage
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Final Fantasy 7 is a beautiful reinvention of only a fraction of a large tale. They managed to expand a 4 to 6 hour long arc into a whole 35 hour long or longer story. Its worth a play for its amazing gameplay, graphics, and amazing story.
  39. Vinnyo
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Final Fantasy VII Remake is a masterpiece of a game. I really don't know how you could give this game anything lower than a 9. This game is a must play.… Expand
  40. Ff7re_violates
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I refuse to play the game after Sephiroth "NOT" killing Barret... I know what happens and it is NOT "Nomura 400 Intelligence" as youtube ending analysis people put it. It is lazy and poor writing. It is jealousy of not being able to create a true masterpiece.

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

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

    PS. I played with my girlfriend, a person with no relation to games what-so-ever and we started playing FF7 OG as it now will always be remembered as. She likes the story in OG better, she likes the music better (She is studying to be a music teacher and finds the remake music uphauling, LOVES the OG music). The only thing she liked better about Remake was the graphics, but even there, she finds the characters to be more expressive and fleshed out in OG. She likes Cloud more because you actually get a choice to be a nice person in OG. And that is despite me speeding through Midgar section. We will finish the Midgar section today and she is really looking forward to seeing what the world ahead holds in store for us.    … Expand
  41. Celcees
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Holy hell is this better than I expected. Game adds a lot of depth to the characters, and adds some twists... The new characters are all rather interesting and have some foreshadowing that a few of them will show up again in later installments. Ive seen some complain mildly about side quests but i found them to be nearly all fun and engaging with maybe 1 or 2 being a bit bland. There is quite a bit of content here. Id say most players will get 35-50 hours. A competionist can easily get 50-70 hours out of this game. Id say this is good for first timers, but you will miss the differences and references to the original. The Acting from the VA's is awesome.… Expand
  42. pyrofire95
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    Amazing visuals, fantastic voice acting, and great performance. The combat is very fun and can be just as challenging as it is rewarding. There are amazing highs with this game, really letting lose and just a fun romp at times. Though there are sections that are about twice as long as they should be just going through the same kind of area sometimes to get around an obstacle thatAmazing visuals, fantastic voice acting, and great performance. The combat is very fun and can be just as challenging as it is rewarding. There are amazing highs with this game, really letting lose and just a fun romp at times. Though there are sections that are about twice as long as they should be just going through the same kind of area sometimes to get around an obstacle that realisticly they could climb or jump over. It's these drawn out areas that bring the game down from what I would like to give a solid 10.… Expand
  43. Ed16
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first half of the game feels great 10/10, the second part of the game feels bad 4/10, so 7/10 as a whole. That is the type of game, where you are not satisfied after its completion. Not because you want more, but because the ending was bad and you are tired of the gameplay. I think I won't buy the continuation of the game, for the reasons I've listed below, but I recommend you to try it out.

    Most positive moments of the game:

    - It is beautiful
    - Minigames make the game more diverse, most of them are fun
    - Storytelling, dynamics of events in the first half of the game, feels diverse and interesting
    - Many cutscenes
    - Most boss fights feel great, especially I liked moments when during the change of the phase, music also changes. Some boss fights feel tedious and routine, like the last ones.

    Most negative moments of the game

    - The second half of the game is less diverse and more boring, then the first one, in several cases you need to go back to locations, that you have already visited, during main or side quest.
    - Behavioral of protagonists in many cases seem naive and stupid.
    - U can't kill or stop any human antagonist NPC in this game, because game developers do not permit you to do so. Antagonists always run away, do whatever they want, and make your characters look stupid. And then some of them eventually die, this is not because of you. As a whole, it feels like Latin melodrama or childish cartoon, do not know which fits best. :)
    - The main character is no one, from nowhere
    - The story ending is mysteriously stupid
    - In many cases, the gameplay is scripted, and you cannot go there and do that...
    - You cannot get "Alls quests" achievement after first completed walkthrough, surprise!
    - Materia system becomes very routine in the end. You have needed set of materia for one party, but in the last chapters, when you often switch characters you always have to switch materies. No one has told you, that you need the whole set of materia for all characters.
    Too many materia in the end, very long list to select from.
    Asses materia, you always need to switch it.
    You frequently need to switch materia, when you have a small number of slots.
    - There is no text search in enemy intel. Pictures of the enemies do no shown in the interface of the list.

    Neutral:

    - The combat system is neither turn-based or realtime, it is a combination of both. Sometimes it feels good, sometimes it feels bad. It usually feels bad during hard boss fights, when you do not understand whats going on, boss casting some unknown spells (no descriptions in enemy intel), your characters die, your dodges do not work, because you need to block instead, your blocks do not work, because you need to dodge instead... I've got wipes on few bosses on normal difficulty, thanks to the healing and resurrect, but still.
    - Side quests are ok.
    - Locations are ok... Slums, slums, slums...
    - The interface is ok.

    P.S. I didn't play the original game.    … Expand
  44. PokeBluedude
    Apr 14, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First 3/4 of the game are truely amazing! I was in complete awe of how right square enix had got this. However the last two chapters basically rewrite the story. And the story means everything to me. They have ruined it in my opinion… Expand
  45. toyken
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    Although I understand the disappointment toward the ending, I kinda understand why SE did that and tbh I'm interested how they gonna handle it. People who are self-proclaimed fans who aren't open to changes gonna be disappointed and that's fine. For me, I really enjoyed the game. It just feels more alive with all the different characters you met whom I felt more human than your usual gameAlthough I understand the disappointment toward the ending, I kinda understand why SE did that and tbh I'm interested how they gonna handle it. People who are self-proclaimed fans who aren't open to changes gonna be disappointed and that's fine. For me, I really enjoyed the game. It just feels more alive with all the different characters you met whom I felt more human than your usual game characters. There are some negatives such as the textures and camera movement, but those are just minors. Overall, square nailed this remake.… Expand
  46. FogCityRoller
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Prior to writing this review I felt it was important to revisit the original game, something I have not done in many years. The motivation for this is to check the validity of the claims from the brigade of angry gamers who want to accuse any game developer not named CDPR of engaging in money grabs.

    I cleared the city of Midgar in the original FF7 in under 5 hours while engaging    Prior to writing this review I felt it was important to revisit the original game, something I have not done in many years. The motivation for this is to check the validity of the claims from the brigade of angry gamers who want to accuse any game developer not named CDPR of engaging in money grabs.

    I cleared the city of Midgar in the original FF7 in under 5 hours while engaging literally every NPC, collecting every item, and never once running from a battle--that's with several instances of backtracking. If I had perfect recall on everything (train graveyard navigation, Shinra building puzzles, where to buy key items) I could have done it in just over 4. I'm far from a speed runner. I know when I played this as a kid it took me days to get out of Midgar because I was even more clueless and spent hours aimlessly wandering around until I found the NPC that had the wig, the batteries, or the dress. I didn't have reference magazines and didn't even care. I was a kid exploring this new amazing 3D world. That's not the case for most of us now. We're adults, we read text dialogue, we can follow a story, and we can go from point A to point B without getting distracted.

    The FF7 Remake Pt. 1 is more linear, has quest markers, and (eventually) fast travel. All of those QoL additions and it's still (being generous) a 35-hour minimum to get through the story on your first go, unless you're playing on Easy and just hack-and-slashing your way through everything. I'll wager it will take the average gamer 40-45 hours to finish the story and 50+ for platinum hunters/completionists, and double that to complete Hard Mode (bosses have completely different mechanics for HM so it's legitimately different and a step above NG+). Any AAA game with this length and this level of quality put into the soundtrack, graphics, and considerably more detailed story is absolutely worth $60.

    People claiming this is 1/3 of a game that originally retailed at $50 23 years ago are participating in one of the most absurd examples of a false equivalency in recent memory. This is not a remaster, it is a remake. It's a completely new game built from the ground up. It doesn't matter if the characters already existed, if the basic structure of the narrative was already written, or whatever. It's. a. new. game. There are a dozen character arcs and additional sequences that were never in the original game.

    Many of our memories of the original game are heavily muddled by hours and hours of grinding and just wasting time having fun with that. The problem is that's not an actual component of the game's length, it was entirely optional, and it certainly was not a priority in the first disc of the game that dealt with Midgar. The vast majority of people didn't bother grinding until we reached the world map.

    I understand some players' frustrations that they don't get to play a remade version of the entire game in one go, but if you look at the level of quality they put into the first installment it seems pretty clear why they are taking this route. Calling this a money grab is being toxic just for the sake of being toxic. This is not a buggy, half-asked mess of a title released to capitalize on some trend and I never saw a single shred of evidence that they cut corners on any aspect of the game's design. This remake has been carefully planned for years and Square should be proud of themselves.

    This first chapter with Midgar absolutely exceeds the original in depth and quality and, this will be a hard-to-swallow pill, but you're the absolutely worse type of fanboy if you think otherwise.    … Expand
  47. Teddy_Shinobi_9
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    Did not expect the main story line to take such a KH3 like drastic turn. Not looking forward to the next part and will not buy it until I know what the whole story is.
  48. Johanzson
    Apr 10, 2020
    10
    Awesome !! This game is a masterpiece from start to finish, amazing graphics, beautiful music, charismatic characters and emblematic, complex and topical history, is everything that the original of 1997 had and much more, because it explains in greater detail some aspects of the original story, without a doubt you can see an excellent work done by square enix I love it !!!
  49. Itwasokayguy
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    The game would’ve been better if it was about 1/4th the length, they added so much padding and so much it feels empty.

    If it didn’t have the FF7 name tied to it, it’s a mediocre game, which what I am rating it as. Any other franchise would have to make a game that stands on it’s own before thinking about making sequels, but SE knows we’re suckers and would pay for this incomplete game.
  50. M4ttCH
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    A 40+ hours of gameplay with best performance in game history. It's not perfect but definitely deserves a 10.
  51. KFSBest
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Game of the year for sure! Even tho it's just Midgar, it's a great remake. I love every part of it. In my opinion you have to play it on hard to understand and get a good feel for the game.
  52. Clan_Killer187x
    Apr 16, 2020
    9
    The game is a beautiful nostalgic roller coaster of emotion that I absolutely loved and by the end felt conflicted and curious about what will come next. The game absolutely has kingdom hearts and Final Fantasy 15 vibes though this, in saying that the game is a absolute love letter to fans of the original that at the same time feels fresh. Excited for the next installment to come. Music isThe game is a beautiful nostalgic roller coaster of emotion that I absolutely loved and by the end felt conflicted and curious about what will come next. The game absolutely has kingdom hearts and Final Fantasy 15 vibes though this, in saying that the game is a absolute love letter to fans of the original that at the same time feels fresh. Excited for the next installment to come. Music is 10/10 movie quality with sound effects. Graphics when it comes to the main character's have been lovingly updated with careful design not to notice the lack of care on non major npcs… Expand
  53. Limerant
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Entertaining and full of fanservice tied to the original. New elements both storywise and mechanicswise makes it fresh and fun to play. Hardnode is very...very hard.
  54. coltdogster
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    This. Game. Is so good, I was hooked from chapter 1, there's so much beauty, the music and cutscenes bring tears to my eyes. It's such a gorgeous game that will be remembered forever.
  55. Zands
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Guess we're exiting the timeline where FF7 was such an emotional masterpiece directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and entering the one where Tetsuya Nomura got his job instead of being only the character designer. Because the original story was obviously not good enough if it had people still begging for a remake 20 years after it's original release. Good thing Nomura got us with his fate ghost and other kingdom hearts BS.

    Seriously, how can you manage to nail every uncertain aspects of a remake and F up the story?
    What was the point of creating a special comity to ensure the upcoming FF games would keep true to their roots if you can't prevent the guy from doing that?    … Expand
  56. Dafuzz
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake is one of the best games I have ever played.

    Calling it amazing is simply not doing it justice. So much love went into its creation and I enjoyed every second of it, hoping it would never end. I even felt real emotion while playing, I have smiled from ear to ear or even shed tears, because the writing and presentation are just that good. The combat design is    Final Fantasy 7 Remake is one of the best games I have ever played.

    Calling it amazing is simply not doing it justice. So much love went into its creation and I enjoyed every second of it, hoping it would never end. I even felt real emotion while playing, I have smiled from ear to ear or even shed tears, because the writing and presentation are just that good. The combat design is excellent and will certainly become a standard in the years to come.

    My mild expectations were blown straight out the window and I can hardly wait for the next installment. You did it, Square Enix!    … Expand
  57. Muffinman181
    Apr 16, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 90% faithful to the original, absolutely loved the new direction it’s taking with certain plot points and new plot lines too. Can’t wait for the next 2 parts.… Expand
  58. conceptmeta
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Big fan of FFVII original here. I enjoy every minute playing this...Good story telling, stunning portrayed world, dynamic characters and much more to list. Easily one of the best games in my life I can tell. Cant wait for the next part. Keep doing great job SQUARE ENIX.
  59. Lowbu
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    This game was an absolute joy to play, sure it wasn't 1:1 with the original but it was absolute beauty to play and experience. Everyone that is so upset with it not being a complete clone of the original but solved up is extremely small minded. Albeit the game is very linear, I feel they were able to get away with it due to the nature of the midgar portion from the original game.This game was an absolute joy to play, sure it wasn't 1:1 with the original but it was absolute beauty to play and experience. Everyone that is so upset with it not being a complete clone of the original but solved up is extremely small minded. Albeit the game is very linear, I feel they were able to get away with it due to the nature of the midgar portion from the original game. Hopefully we do see a return to freedom when the gang ends up on the outside for part 2. That is the only thing I can see being a true disappointment. Aside from that, I'm more than excited to get to play as my boy Vincent in the next part and really appreciate what they have done with the game. Definitely a must buy for any fans of spiky hair boy!… Expand
  60. adamsisty
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    I could never have envisioned they would so properly remake one of the greatest games of all time. This game is simply a masterpiece, period.
  61. chumingtam
    Apr 15, 2020
    5
    SE should put a PART I on the title and chop off half of the price instead of stuffing filler quests. I would only buy the complete edition and certainly not on a dying platform (aka PS4), If you can't wait, at least wait for the PS5 or PC versions coming not so far away.
  62. Kisaragi
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Best RPG ever...! Last game you should play on PS4! No need to wait, just enjoy it and wait for the next event after Midgar!!!!
  63. Rboyer1996
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    FF7 remake is a beautiful reimagining of the original game! It is unbelievable how they nail the world, the writing and the characters. While their are significant story changes towards the end it makes me even more excited to see what the future holds for this story. The original game is and always will be there for the our enjoyment but this offers and evolution of these belovedFF7 remake is a beautiful reimagining of the original game! It is unbelievable how they nail the world, the writing and the characters. While their are significant story changes towards the end it makes me even more excited to see what the future holds for this story. The original game is and always will be there for the our enjoyment but this offers and evolution of these beloved characters and world while hitting a nostalgic level that I could of never dreamt of! it was worth the wait and I can’t wait for the future!… Expand
  64. Blitz6699
    Apr 15, 2020
    3
    This game could of at least gotten us to Juno. Or, right before. Im almost twenty hours in and just got to the sewers..... There is way to much fluff in the game. Meaning, there is stuff there that goes on for the sake of going on. You know, to make the game longer. It's to validate the creator's decision to split up the game into many pieces. And, get more of your money. The battle systemThis game could of at least gotten us to Juno. Or, right before. Im almost twenty hours in and just got to the sewers..... There is way to much fluff in the game. Meaning, there is stuff there that goes on for the sake of going on. You know, to make the game longer. It's to validate the creator's decision to split up the game into many pieces. And, get more of your money. The battle system is okay. I dont like how your allies dont do much unless you control them. And, if you dont control them they basically stand there getting killed. It also takes a long time to fill their gauges. Why? Only two ATB gauges/bars. Really!!?? I do have to say the boss battles are really fun.

    They messed up the materia system. I'm not going into detail here, because it makes me angry. I also really don't like how the game let's you jog for a bit, slow you down for no reason, then back to jogging again, then walking again. I hate this with an absolute passion. I think I am being more critical than what needs to be done. But, the things I dont like I ABSOLUTELY HATE. FF7 original is my favorite game of all time. I don't think I'll get the next few iterations of the game. I'll wait for them to all come out at once. I'm afraid I dont think I would have played this game if I wasn't on qarenteen.    … Expand
  65. mzy12345
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Great remake.

    The ending makes me looking forward to the 2nd part of the story.
  66. cruellae
    Apr 15, 2020
    2
    This is very much like Game of Thrones, in that a gorgeous setting and brilliant, nuanced story was ruined by the last installment. If you stop playing before you reach the final two bosses of the game, you will be glad you did, particularly if you are a fan of the original Final Fantasy VII.

    What caused the drastic shift? It happens at the exact point where the writers turn away from    This is very much like Game of Thrones, in that a gorgeous setting and brilliant, nuanced story was ruined by the last installment. If you stop playing before you reach the final two bosses of the game, you will be glad you did, particularly if you are a fan of the original Final Fantasy VII.

    What caused the drastic shift? It happens at the exact point where the writers turn away from the existing FFVII story and decide to make up their own stuff. (Unfortunately, they are not as good as the original story writers. And while some high profile devs from the original game are still onboard and in charge, they aren't the ones who wrote the story.)

    If you have not played the original, I would highly recommend doing that first, or you will miss out on a lot.    … Expand
  67. AndreiLacerda
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    The promise was kept.
    The wait was Worth it.
    The game is perfect.
    Perfect...
  68. Rpg_lover123
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my first time reviewing a game so please bear with me.

    In my 36 hrs gameplay experience, it was a blast! I enjoyed every single minute of it. The story, the characters, the dialogue, the combat, and everything that the game has to offer.

    The game has flaws like low textures(but i don't really mind because the game is pretty enough.) , this one side quest about the kitty thing which i disliked. But i love the side quest of this game. Gives you the immerse experience on how you interact with the npc and the rewards are absolutely fantastic. Every places you go does not feel empty. It's full of life. Also the ending kinda worries me. But i'm also positive that would make sense in part 2.

    I'm excited for part 2. To all haters who gives low scores, don't trust them, remember a quote "people hate when they don't understand." Play the game before you complain.    … Expand
  69. Thehybridsoldie
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    El juego esta increible, las graficas espectaculares, la jugabilidad impecable, la historia a pesar de ser una parte de la historia completa esta bien desarrollada. Buen trabajo square enix valio la pena tantos años de espera!!!
  70. dddvg4
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Best REMAKE ever made. In recent years, we have seen a lot of modern Remakes utilize more reimagining approach to make old games fit in the current generation. This makes the balance of "new elements" vs "faithful to the original" a big challenge. We have seen Resident Evil fans complained about how their new Remakes didn't find the balance for a 20 years old classic. A lot of people doubtBest REMAKE ever made. In recent years, we have seen a lot of modern Remakes utilize more reimagining approach to make old games fit in the current generation. This makes the balance of "new elements" vs "faithful to the original" a big challenge. We have seen Resident Evil fans complained about how their new Remakes didn't find the balance for a 20 years old classic. A lot of people doubt if that is even doable to make a PS1 game work in 2020. However, FF7 Remake is the one who did it. Perfect recreation of the original/careful executions to the minor details/revamped but actually better combat system/best graphics of the generation. You name it. This is basically the standard of Modern Remakes, if not every kind of Remakes. There are some concerns about certain part of the tweaked story/gameplay. But this game is just too polished that you can easily give it a 10 for how great the majority of the game is. If you are a FF7 fan, get it. If you are a new fan to FF, get it. You won't regret. (BTW the game is LONGGGGGG, don't judge it by OG FF7)… Expand
  71. Jb20
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Terrible, this game ruined the ff universe for me. 20 minutes of show and 2 minutes of gameplay. If I wanted to watch a show I’d turn Netflix on!
  72. bowserStain
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    No... The 0 are not because we're angry because of false reason.
    SquareEnix told us for 10 YEARS that this remake will dutifully respect the Final Fantasy 7's storyline.
    Because, it was supposed to be a remake of Final Fantasy 7, remember ? That's why it was so hyped and that's why it sold so dreamfully well in pre-order. They said they won't touch the story, just add content...    No... The 0 are not because we're angry because of false reason.
    SquareEnix told us for 10 YEARS that this remake will dutifully respect the Final Fantasy 7's storyline.
    Because, it was supposed to be a remake of Final Fantasy 7, remember ?
    That's why it was so hyped and that's why it sold so dreamfully well in pre-order.

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

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

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

    THIS ! ... is way we all put 0 to this game...
    The rage is legit and as big as the crush of all our hopes for these remake...
    They destroyed our hope, they lied in the most crual manner by the last hour of the game's story. They deserve the anger.
    They deserve to KNOW that we're pissed, that we KNOW THEY LIED and we're really, really, REALLY not okay with this destruction of the otherwise very good game by killing the story for some Nomura's stupidity.    … Expand
  73. thandalNexus
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    He did it... He dare doing it...
    Nomura murdered Final Fantasy 7... The end of this game is a clear "F- you" to everybody who believed this remake (and the following that may, or may not, come after) will respect the original game.
    Plot twist (pun not intended) : it doesn't ! The game story has been diverted massively from the OG and considering the butchering of the story they did in    He did it... He dare doing it...
    Nomura murdered Final Fantasy 7... The end of this game is a clear "F- you" to everybody who believed this remake (and the following that may, or may not, come after) will respect the original game.
    Plot twist (pun not intended) : it doesn't ! The game story has been diverted massively from the OG and considering the butchering of the story they did in the last hours of the game, there is NO chance the next games (if there is any) will be Final Fantasy 7 anymore...

    It's not the remake we wanted for decades, it's a Nomura's reboot : timeline-traveller edition...
    … Expand
  74. Sparklingb33s08
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    SquareEnix didn't respected their words...
    It's not a remake it's a reboot.
    Be aware if you haven't bought it and played it yet to the end : Nomura changed the last chapters of the original story to insert Kingdom Heart storylines.
    This game is not only the biggest lie of the decade but an insult to all FF7's fans and to their hopes.
  75. eclairjones
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last chapters ruined entirely and conscientiously the game's story, pure and simple.
    To sum up: the original Final Fantasy 7's timeline does not exist, it's in a parallel universe, meaning that what you are playing isn't Final Fantasy 7, remade, by Final Fantasy 7 reboot by Nomura and his Kingdom heart ideas forced into the mix.
    The characters are genuinely and LITERALLY fighting the original game's story.

    I'm not joking, it's the plot of the last chapters ! : "goddamn beat the fate so that we don't have final fantasy 7 normal storyline guys!" and so you have Cloud, Barret, Tifa and the gang beating the crap out of some... 10km tall's bizarre giant "deStiNy" demon **** out of some Kingdom heart crap so that the storyline of FF7 doesn't happen.

    Wtf ?... The game ask you to fight for not having FF7's game and the characters are all happy with that.

    Oh! By the way !... Sephiroth kills Barret.... Also, Wedge and Biggs are alive because **** you", and you fight Sephiroth right here at Midgard...

    Do you remember when SquareEnix were telling us "don't worry, it'll be faithful to the original Final Fantasy 7's game story" ? Do you remember that ?
    Yeah ? Well, it was a huge lie... They bull****ed us...    … Expand
  76. Mgp6129
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was in love with this game from start to about the last couple hours of the game. The team at Square Enix did everything right to retell the story from Midgar in a modern way. The battle system is on another level and in my opinion has set a new standard for the genre. The pacing was also on point, it never really had slow spots. I was going to give it a perfect score until the end. Not to say I’m infuriated by it, but the original made a big impact on me and I was really looking forward to the almost 1:1 remake. But if they put as much effort into the next installments as this, I have no doubt they will succeed.… Expand
  77. nokcastro
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    Haven’t enjoyed this much since Final Fantasy X. Though I think the title should not be FFVII “Remake”
  78. mikehook1
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Fantastic! This game makes me smile! This game makes me cry. Cry so hard. It's all work so well.
  79. 29ac4
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    It's freaking amazing))) one of the best games of the last time, considering that the previous one was pretty mediocre kind of game ff7 remake turn out to be a really good game and the open world absence is only beneficial. Good music helps to convey the atmosphere))
    Fight can be very intense and you definitely don't let you get bored
  80. kaindourden
    Apr 15, 2020
    1
    SquareEnix lied to us, they to all FF7's fan. They betrayed their words to stay "faithful to the original game story". They baited us with shiny images and graphics and musics, which, indeed, were excellent.
    But they were hiding the truth to us all... They baited us and we all fell for their lies...
    I'm saying that because everything was good, VERY good, until the last 2 chapters that    SquareEnix lied to us, they to all FF7's fan. They betrayed their words to stay "faithful to the original game story". They baited us with shiny images and graphics and musics, which, indeed, were excellent.
    But they were hiding the truth to us all... They baited us and we all fell for their lies...
    I'm saying that because everything was good, VERY good, until the last 2 chapters that DESTROY, annihilate, the original game's story. It takes it, piss, **** and spit on it and throw it to garbage before our confused eyes that don't want to belove what they're seeing.
    They slaughter the original game story with bull**** "fate" and "let's change the future" bull****.

    They did everything nearly perfect! From awesome chapter 1, to chapter 2, to chapter 3,4, 5... EVERYTHING was awesome! Then... then... some idi0ts decide to reboot everything from a certain point near the end of the game and transform the original FF7's story everyone beloved and cherish into a monstruosity mix of Kingdom heart HEART & "fAte and DeSTInY" shenanigans!

    Also, people supposed to die are living! Hurray! Lets **** on every major story's element! Barrett's deep story is basically throw to garbage...

    F- you SquareEnix, you ruined it all... Just 2 chapters... Just 2 GODD@MN chapter rushed with stupid non-sense kingdom heart-like bullsh!t that has nothing to do with the original game. Just 2 godd@mn chapters written by an absolute and total @utist(s) who don't give 2 sh!t about respecting the original game's story and its fans... Just 2 chapters to turn what could have been the best game of the last decade into a complete SH!T...    … Expand
  81. CoreenNoe
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    to everybody rating this game 10, please stop insulting yourselves, you know that the real score it deserves is 4 or 5. You know S.E insulted all of you by advertising this game as "remake". Accept the reality and rate this game accordingly. (rating it 0 to annul the fake 10s)
  82. rawrbearclaws
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    Update; after completing this I'm knocking my review score lower to 3/10.

    Not terrible but certainly not as impressive as I thought it would be. SE seems to have resurrected a lot of mistakes from previous installments; they seemed really close to getting things right after FFXV. This plays kinda like a VII spin-off rather than a remake. As other reviewers have said; it seems kinda    Update; after completing this I'm knocking my review score lower to 3/10.

    Not terrible but certainly not as impressive as I thought it would be.

    SE seems to have resurrected a lot of mistakes from previous installments; they seemed really close to getting things right after FFXV.

    This plays kinda like a VII spin-off rather than a remake. As other reviewers have said; it seems kinda padded rather than expansive.

    Midgar is not very "open". The environments do well to represent scale in most places and are also often relatively reminiscent of the original PSX BG art. However at the same time they feel quite claustral, meandering, cardboard-like and bland. The familiar XIII corridor syndrome is alive and kicking, just not as horrifically.

    The end-result was a sort of "guided tour" of Midgar, environments that didn't cohesively fit together to make up the city in a physical sense. It seems at odds with the larger Midgar that Square were going for.

    From the get-go the opening cinematics show the hustle and bustle of Midgar's streets. That's just not there; instead it's a hollow shell with limited exploration; it feels like a movie studio back-lot to me at least.

    It does do a fair amount right and there's some fantastic portions of the game; mainly chapter nine - however it's wildly inconsistent. It feels like every other chapter drops the ball. A fair amount of the dialogue sounded like it was written to fill gaps and, to me at least, drama lacked impact more often than not.

    It also seemed to bounce from realising the original game perfectly at some points; other times it felt like a generic RPG with a VII skin - then there was an odd touch of Kingdom Hearts. A few tropes such as ghosts (akin to heartless), melodramatic side-characters and KH-like level design in places made it seem like it was having an identity crisis. Some might enjoy this aspect of KHness but for me, it felt out of place and unwelcome.

    I have enjoyed it insofar it's been satisfying to play most of the time. Though I grew frustrated the more I played and by the end I was angry with the cheap changes they made - it was a bit like the Game of Thrones finale; yet worse in that it screwed up beyond forgiveness in its final moments. Chances are many fans will enjoy this game more than I did and I am a little jelly of that. If you played it and liked it then I'm happy for you.

    I still think Square could have done better though; I'm hoping successive parts are stronger and more consistent. I'd like to see meaningful side-quests that don't feel like an after-thought, story execution that doesn't seem oddly paced or padded with 'much ado about nothing' moments and consistent environments that don't feel like I'm on a movie-studio back-lot tour with "this way" signs. However the main thing is the extent to which the story has been sodomized - it's too late now and all I can do is my best to ignore Nomura's terrible edits.

    One big concern - which I think many are wondering - is that this is a very small portion of the original game and that makes me wonder just how many parts it will be divided in to. As each part will likely be a full-priced game I'm hoping they don't repeat these same mistakes in the next parts and don't give us a good-yet-inconsistent expanded chunk of the original each time, five times over. I'm really hoping part two is twice as big for that reason.

    On a side note, I've seen many comments about the soundtrack... I actually quite liked it myself. It didn't do some tracks justice but for the most part it was fun to listen to.    … Expand
  83. Amleida
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    It’s not an absolutely perfect, flawless game, and I have some issues with the game’s general pacing, but Final Fantasy 7R as a whole is a great experience. I especially appreciate how they’ve modified the weapon and materia systems.

    Even typically assumed weaker weapons can be useful now, as it’s all a matter of play style, and weapons you may have left to collect dust sometimes become    It’s not an absolutely perfect, flawless game, and I have some issues with the game’s general pacing, but Final Fantasy 7R as a whole is a great experience. I especially appreciate how they’ve modified the weapon and materia systems.

    Even typically assumed weaker weapons can be useful now, as it’s all a matter of play style, and weapons you may have left to collect dust sometimes become useful again as your character levels up and all weapons receive new «weapon spheres» that sometimes add unique bonuses depending on the weapon it’s for. Good examples of this are one of Cloud’s later weapons and Tifa’s early weapon, Iron Fist, which has insane physical damage at any point in the game, but at the expense of magic damage.

    Cloud’s late game weapon, on the other hand, has low physical damage, but higher magic damage that somewhat allows him to overcome his general lack of magical proficiency - especially, considering it comes with an attached ability that I won’t spoil. Feom what I recall, the Materia system in the original game wasn’t this complex, as it sometimes matters whether you place them in the weapon or armor slots, and there are tons of combinations that allow for more strategy. Final Fantasy 7R is an excellent game that I didn’t accept imnediately. It doesn’t always quite capture the essence of the original game, in my opinion - not to the extent that I would’ve desired from a more purist point of view anyway, but it doesn’t seem like that was Nomura’s intention. It’s a re-imagination of the original game, and for what it is, they’ve done certain things well above expectations, and other things not so well. It does have a fair share of minor flaws, and I found the pacing a bit frustrating at times, but it also surprised me how polished the game feels. It’s definitely an ambitious game, and I’m really excited to find out what happens next, because when FF7R doesn’t beat around the bush with it’s often slow pacing and mostly underwhelming side-quests, it tells a story that becomes drastically more epic and immersive towards the last few hours of the experience.    … Expand
  84. xFas
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    The only think i dislike about this game are the **** echos, but the rest is so **** great that this is the frist game i platinum in years.
    Best FF in years.
    Best combat system in any FF.
    Really expecting to see the next part or some DLC
  85. CrabCult
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    The game was marketed as a remake of FF7 but it's in fact a reimagining. The story has been altered and it's implied the sequels will deviate even further. This would be fine by me if this was what they marketed the game as from the start. I can't help but succumb to cynicism as well over the filler content, endless hallways and the implications of the episodic format. I'm expecting themThe game was marketed as a remake of FF7 but it's in fact a reimagining. The story has been altered and it's implied the sequels will deviate even further. This would be fine by me if this was what they marketed the game as from the start. I can't help but succumb to cynicism as well over the filler content, endless hallways and the implications of the episodic format. I'm expecting them to drag the story out and needlessly desecrate the franchise to try and milk it for the sweet dollars.… Expand
  86. Chawki
    Apr 10, 2020
    10
    Merci pour vos efforts l'équipe de squarenix Depuis maintenant 23 ans il n'y a aucun RPG mieux que ce Final Fantasy VII remake bravooooo squarenix vous ete les meilleurs je donne 100/100 et 0 faute sur cette remake bravooooooo
  87. Ko5455
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    Your probably looking for negative reviews, but just remember that 90% of them are from Salty Purist. This game not only brings new life into the final fantasy 7 universe, but it also revitalizes the series in its entirety. A combat system that takes action and turn based and twist them into a beautiful fresh system, cutscenes that nearly rival advent children, and a cast of characters newYour probably looking for negative reviews, but just remember that 90% of them are from Salty Purist. This game not only brings new life into the final fantasy 7 universe, but it also revitalizes the series in its entirety. A combat system that takes action and turn based and twist them into a beautiful fresh system, cutscenes that nearly rival advent children, and a cast of characters new and old that bring alot to the table. People will say the ending is as confusing as kingdom hearts, but as long as your paying attention it's not hard to understand what's going on, there may be a question or two of "what happens next?!" But that's to be expected. The reason I dont give it a 10 is because there are a couple things that could be cleaned up like some textures and maybe a couple boss fight mechanics. At the end of the day this game is a top shelf game, sitting at about 40 hours for 100% on normal and about 20/25 for a run of just the story.… Expand
  88. RonRocker777
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Realmente hermoso, muy nostálgico para los old school, buen gameplay, excelente apartado artístico, y muy disfrutable de igual forma para todos. 10/10 GOTY
  89. WholeWheat
    Apr 15, 2020
    8
    Before this game released, I was a huge skeptic and naysayer. I thought there was no way you could squeeze a full length game into what was essentially just the prologue of the original and not have the pacing butchered one way or the other. I thought the action combat would water down the RPG elements of the game (like it did in FFXV). But I gotta hand it to them, Square Enix reallyBefore this game released, I was a huge skeptic and naysayer. I thought there was no way you could squeeze a full length game into what was essentially just the prologue of the original and not have the pacing butchered one way or the other. I thought the action combat would water down the RPG elements of the game (like it did in FFXV). But I gotta hand it to them, Square Enix really blew my socks off. The expanded story elements, the deeper character development, and yes even the sprinkled in side quests all made for a far richer experience than I thought was possible. I admit I was wrong, and a closer inspection of Cloud and the gang’s time in Midgar absolutely warranted the closer inspection. But in the end Square Enix always finds a way to disappoint, and the last act of the game just unfortunately gets too carried away with itself. And for me it did sour the overall experience. I’m glad I did experience the game myself though, after almost passing on it completely. It’s still an amazing game, and something I will certainly replay a few times. But even after winning me over completely, I once again feel skeptical about how the rest of the game will be handled.… Expand
  90. yersinia
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    The camera is terrible, it's hard to target anything correctly.
    The padding and fluff is very tedious: kill x rats, find 5 kids, find 3 chocobos, find 5 kids again, etc...
    The sidequests are meaningless and bring nothing to the game of value. The battles are painful and unpleasant. If you don't know the enemy weaknesses or gimmick before the battle, then good luck. Very little    The camera is terrible, it's hard to target anything correctly.
    The padding and fluff is very tedious: kill x rats, find 5 kids, find 3 chocobos, find 5 kids again, etc...
    The sidequests are meaningless and bring nothing to the game of value.
    The battles are painful and unpleasant. If you don't know the enemy weaknesses or gimmick before the battle, then good luck.
    Very little exploration possible. All areas are simply empty corridors.
    This feels like a demo or tech demo at most.    … Expand
  91. Svalna
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutely phenomenal. Even with the creative differences, it felt exactly like the original. The music, the characters, the rules of the universe. The one qualm I originally had turned out to be a very meta explanation for the differences, and turned the game in to more of a companion piece to the original. It also makes the name “Remake” have a new meaning! It didn’t feel like an episode... it was an entire game on its own, entirely fleshed out. I can’t wait for the next installment.… Expand
  92. aozoranoyume
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Amazingly, this remake finds a way to tell a much more compelling and enjoyable experience than the original FF7's Midgar portion. Everything is executed very well, especially the updated dialogue and combat.
  93. Dragoonbill
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    Honestly the only thing that keeps me from giving this a 10 is the fact that the ai in combat is kinda bad and you can’t do much about that with the exception of the Auto Cure materia.
  94. yj1995
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    This is the most interesting RPG I've ever played, Everyone thought it was a "remake", but after you complete the game, you will find that's not a simple "remake", the death of Aerith made me sad for such a long time, i always wanted a different ending, now my wish gonna be true because of square enix, this makes me exciting, I'm looking forward to chapter two.
  95. tec
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    A clearly style>substance / visuals>gameplay case.
    I looks gorgeous but behind the facade you see a very simple, straightforward and not subtle at all exposition of the first 4-6 hours of the original FF7 stretched into 30-50 hours boring running down hallways, looking at menus and watching another cutscene.
    Granted, the fights are entertaining for the most time but not very challenging    A clearly style>substance / visuals>gameplay case.
    I looks gorgeous but behind the facade you see a very simple, straightforward and not subtle at all exposition of the first 4-6 hours of the original FF7 stretched into 30-50 hours boring running down hallways, looking at menus and watching another cutscene.
    Granted, the fights are entertaining for the most time but not very challenging at all or simple try and error if you don´t analyze your enemies. Also being interrupted every Bossfight because he needs to show you either his next stage or a new move, is very offputting.
    Minigames are very spare and mostly very basic like push buttons in correct order, or push buttons quickly in correct order, or push the goddamn triangle, rarely hold triangle.
    Dungeons are just hallways with more monsters on your way, each time with a big one waiting for you at the end. Materia boils down to a simple system where you equip the one you like, and with each won battle, AP will be added to level up your materia after a dozen fights. Multiplying Materia trough mastering is gone. When the game picks up in action, it´s almost over again.

    Very dissapointing, if you waited over a decade in hope to see a decent game out of this remake, and you get a kingdom hearts on rails copy in the ff7 universe but only the beginning which is the atrocious part of the original game. Too bad because if they expanded it to the whole world, it could be epic but it´s just another JRPG which is to scared of jumping over his shadow.

    TL;DR: Simple style over substance with nothing breathtaking or groundshacking.    … Expand
  96. Jonas8102
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    What will kids learn from this game if it succeeds? They will learn that it's ok to lie, because yes, this game is just a big lie. It's obvious not a remake, just a new Final Fantasy VII game with a new story.
  97. r3zuri
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    I feel like I was bait-and-switched. Aside from the ridiculous ending and the last few chapters, this seemed like it was a faithful retelling of the game I loved. The characters and dialogue and set design was so, so great. And then they threw it all away with an absolute mess of an ending. I feel so sad.
  98. MrMuppe
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    This is a 10/10 game, no way around that.
    Visuals: 10/10.
    Sound: 10/10 Gameplay: Okey, this one is not a 10, the combat is fun bur there are 2-3 times when it does not work that well, but since it happens so few times in a 40h long game, I can live with it. Mostly 10/10 though. Story: Outside that one element overstaying it's welcome, and a few things in the end, the story is great.    This is a 10/10 game, no way around that.
    Visuals: 10/10.
    Sound: 10/10
    Gameplay: Okey, this one is not a 10, the combat is fun bur there are 2-3 times when it does not work that well, but since it happens so few times in a 40h long game, I can live with it. Mostly 10/10 though.
    Story: Outside that one element overstaying it's welcome, and a few things in the end, the story is great. Had there been more of that in the end it would have lowered the score. But the journey toward the end is amazing.
    I played the original way back when it was new, and I was not disapointed by this game.    … Expand
  99. Liaka
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    The original FF7 is my favorite video game of all time. I had so many emotions playing this game from just the nostalgia factor alone. This game is a 90% perfect recreation of the original events of the game and the people giving this game a 0 score because its not PERFECTLY what they wanted. Honestly anyone upset should just start their own video game company and write their ownThe original FF7 is my favorite video game of all time. I had so many emotions playing this game from just the nostalgia factor alone. This game is a 90% perfect recreation of the original events of the game and the people giving this game a 0 score because its not PERFECTLY what they wanted. Honestly anyone upset should just start their own video game company and write their own characters. Nomura owns the characters he created, not anyone here of all places. For years you've all projected yourselves or your feelings onto these characters to shape them since 1997 or whatever. Nomura knows these characters and the story of what he wants to do better than any of you. This is a 10/10 game for a launch with some small bugs. Looking forward to the future Nomura, GOOD JOB!… Expand
  100. DelitaThis
    Apr 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The original Final Fantasy 7 is a top three game of all time for me and was my first real introduction into JRPG's on the whole, and like so many others I have been asking for a remake of my childhood for countless years. What we got, instead, was nowhere near what the fans of the original had asked for. Scenes are incredibly out of place (some impactful ones like the shinra massacre just downright removed) and any of the emotional weight of character deaths is exacerbated by the ghosts out of KHDDD2 that work as functioning dragonballs. Another thing, if you have not read any of the books, seen advent children and played Crisis core and or before crisis, most of the ending will not make sense. A lot of people I know were waiting for this to be their first pull into the FF7 universe, thinking it was just an updated and upgraded original like how it was marketed, but that is just not the case here. Without delving too much into spoiler territory this game is actually an alternate timeline sequel to the original events, to which you also find out that the original Final Fantasy 7; the game that you spent countless hours on to explore the whole of Gaia and save the planet from meteor, the game that taught you the importance of death and life being finite? Yes, that ending is now considered the bad ending. I wish I was making this up. While that may just be my critiques for the story, the idea of an expansion of this game was also falsely advertised. Minus just a single "walk to Jessie's house" area, there are NO new explorable areas from the original. There is no Sector 1 under city, no Sector 2 and 3 and etc. So how is this 4-6 segment now a 30+ hour game? Because they added time to go from point A to point B. The collapsed highway in the original FF7? That's now a 1.5 hour long use robot arm mini game that adds nothing to the plot, just tedium. Towards the end of the game as well, the gameplay becomes a little ridiculous as enemies just start soaking up damage beyond belief to the point where even staggering will not work. Despite that however, I did have a lot of fun with the combat except in shaky situations with a lot of enemies or certain camera issues.

    While I have only given critiques so far, this game does have positives. For the most part, the textures and graphics are something out of a CG movie. Yes, there are many textures which are just atrocious and look like they are directly pulled from the original (the characters comment on this late in the game) but they were stunning for the most part. As stated before, the gameplay was fun for the most part but it had its weird parts as well, though the majority was positive. The materia system is kept nearly intact from the original, and being able to use and level up all types of materia was also very rewarding and fun. Besides that, I would like to talk about the music. The soundtrack in this game is absolutely spectacular and is one of the best I have ever heard in the medium. The music is dynamic, and certain themes will strike an emotional toll with anyone who played the original (for me it was the remake of Ahead On Our Way). If anything else, the music is this game is superb.

    With that said however, this game assassinates what is Final Fantasy 7 in a fire so bright the Nibelheim incident looks tame. There are character assassinations, plot changes that will make ones headspin, and confusion and agony so abundant the final hour will be a torture for any fans of the original. If Final Fantasy 7 is an expensive painting I have in my house, I have just been tied to a chair and watched as my most cherished piece has been destroyed.

    This game and "Remake," if you could even call it that, has been riddled with false advertisement and character assassinations like some would not believe; and the most depressing factor is: we will still most likely never see the Remake that so many of us fans have been asking for since that fateful PS3 tech demo. I hope the time jannies/changebad ghosts can come in and save this mess, it's gonna take some major time travel.    … Expand
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 14, 2020
    90
    Final Fantasy VII Remake is the game we've been waiting for from Square Enix for so long. Atmospheric, interesting and exciting all your attention modern jRPG with an interesting story and spectacular battles. To achieve the ideal, the project only needs more even graphics and all the content from the original release. If you were waiting for a turn-based classic with new graphics you will most likely be disappointed, since the game has changed a lot. Everyone else is happy with the release of the first really powerful single-player release from the internal Square Enix studio for many years. Especially after the failure of Final Fantasy XV.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    A good remake of the introductory part of the cult-favorite Final Fantasy VII. It improves on the original game in almost all aspects, yet lacks in scale and drops the ball at the very end.
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  3. Finger Guns
    Aug 10, 2020
    90
    What matters is still intact, and that’s the heart and soul of one of the greatest stories in video game history. It’s a return to form that has felt a long time in coming, and what’s even better is that there’s still at least two more games of this quality to come...They can’t mess this up, can they?
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