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  1. Apr 17, 2020
    10
    Probably one of my favorite RPG games of all time. Really like how the combat feels "heavy" and how the story really fleshed out. There are some minor technical issues, but overall awesome game
  2. Apr 11, 2020
    10
    Una súper producción a todos los niveles que sin ninguna duda no va a dejar indiferente a nadie. Unos gráficos renovados de infarto que exprime al máximo la Playstation 4 que pide a gritos la potencia extra de la nueva generación, una increíble e inmersiva narrativa que te lleva en volandas con unos personajes épicos y carismáticos y un sistema de combate actualizado, divertido, inclusoUna súper producción a todos los niveles que sin ninguna duda no va a dejar indiferente a nadie. Unos gráficos renovados de infarto que exprime al máximo la Playstation 4 que pide a gritos la potencia extra de la nueva generación, una increíble e inmersiva narrativa que te lleva en volandas con unos personajes épicos y carismáticos y un sistema de combate actualizado, divertido, incluso adictivo que combina acción en tiempo real y un gran componente estratégico. El anticipo definitivo para lo que se viene en el mundo abierto... Expand
  3. Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Ремейк мечты. Сквары собрали все, что мы любили в оригинальной игре, и умножили это на 10. Ждем второй эпизод
  4. Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Es un juegazo...y se entiende xq se vaya hacer por partes se a reinventado por completo y mejorado la historia.
  5. Apr 13, 2020
    10
    Absolutely masterpiece. It is a must try for everyone, die hard ff7 fan or not. It is a revival of the old masterpiece greatest jRPG which done to perfection. The system is Action + Turn based at which you can also turn it into full turn based if you like. Story is great. Gameplay is fun. Graphic is top notch. Surely the game will give you at least 30+ hours of fun. Whatelse you need?
  6. 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.
  7. Apr 22, 2020
    10
    The Best game I played in my life. Genius, heartouching story ans characters. I am constantly thinking while playing: story please do not finish yet, please be just a bit longer. Love it!!!
  8. May 4, 2020
    8
    For the most part, this remake is amazing. It start off by giving a fantastic recreation of the beginning plot points. It showcases just how big the world is much better than the original game, and as it took this long to make, it would have been a let down if it didn't. It gives more time for many of the fan favorite characters that didn't get much screen time in the original. IFor the most part, this remake is amazing. It start off by giving a fantastic recreation of the beginning plot points. It showcases just how big the world is much better than the original game, and as it took this long to make, it would have been a let down if it didn't. It gives more time for many of the fan favorite characters that didn't get much screen time in the original. I absolutely loved this aspect of the remake. But then...the ending happened. I hated it. It brought in too many things that don't make any sense. It gives the impression that this game is in, like a parallel dimension, and not following the same story. This can be an interesting way to take the plot, but there is nothing that actually confirms this, and it ends up just being this confusing...mess that really doesn't make any sense, at all, in context. The last hour of the game really left me somewhere between disappointed and angry.
    If you were a fan of the original, know that you may have some frustrations with new enemies introduced called spectres, and they destroy the ending. If you've never played the original, you will probably like this one quite a bit.
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  9. Apr 17, 2020
    10
    Well done Square! One of the best game you've ever made in recent years. I particularly love the music and atmosphere
  10. Apr 15, 2020
    10
    A wonderful experience, a remake of immense quality. Final Fantasy VII Remake rewrites the basics in this nothing short of fantastic title.
  11. Apr 15, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall, I thought the game was fantastic. The story artfully reimagined (albeit with some hesitation regarding the final chapter). I actually didn't mind some of the more low res textures in the large sweeping background shots - it actually reminded me of the backgrounds in the original game and added to the nostalgia.

    The gameplay and music were fantastic. The elephant in the room, the ending: yes, it is significantly different and creates the potential for a completely new KH-esque story line going forward, but I remain cautiously optimistic that future installments will retain much of the storyline and charm of the original game.

    This game was absolutely masterfully remade, and up until the final chapter remained faithful to the original. For that I dont see how it could be rated anything less than a 7/10.
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  12. Apr 15, 2020
    10
    El remake que todos mereciamos sin duda. Pequeños problemas técnicos que son fácilmente solucionables con algún parche pero a rasgos generales me ha encantado este remake de mi juego favorito.
  13. Apr 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me ha encantado, como fan de la saga desde el FF6 de Super Nintendo y especialmente del 7, puedo decir que he quedado encantada con el remake. Ya no solo por la fidelidad del casi 99% que me ha hecho revivir momentos únicos de una manera mucho más profunda y visualmente espectacular, sino también por el controvertido final que para mí gusto es un acierto, pues da pie a crear una historia distinta y no saber qué nos depara el futuro de la saga.

    A pesar de las opiniones en contra, que son igual de válidas que el resto y las veo justificadas, yo creo que han encontrado una manera sencilla pero muy válida para la continuación. Por mi parte me ha gustado la sorpresa final, pues creo que sin este cambio esta parte habría quedado algo "floja" e insulsa para mí gusto, por muy fiel que fuese al juego original.

    Creo que llamar a esta primera parte remake ha sido muy acertado, porque es básicamente lo que han hecho casi en su totalidad. Aunque personalmente me da bastante igual el nombre, lo que me importa es el contenido, y no se puede negar que es un juegazo en todos los sentidos y hace honor a su nombre.

    La única queja que puedo tener es que se me ha hecho muy corto para ser un Final Fantasy, y que tiene poco contenido extra para rejugarlo, más allá del modo difícil y sacar un par de detalles como pueden ser los vestidos. Y que se puede hacer algo lineal, aunque eso es algo que en la parte de Midgar ya ocurría en el anterior. Motivos que no me harán bajarle la nota porque sigue siendo una pasada y creo que no merece algunas de las notas demasiado negativas que está recibiendo por parte de los fans.
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  14. Apr 20, 2020
    10
    "Honey, I'm in love!" - this is how I feel about this project. Remake is everything I've ever whished for. Stroy, music, characters, dubbing, esthetics, visuals are exactly as they should be. Ending is bold and innovative and it changes cannon but at the same time creates new grounds for future installments. Just can't wait for next games, well done Square Enix, well done!
  15. Apr 20, 2020
    10
    Best game!! Waiting for part 2 to come out.
    Have playd THE game mode 3 Times and Still cant get enough.
  16. Apr 21, 2020
    10
    Only a game this beloved by many for its place in the history of video games could be this divisive in some of its new aspects and mechanics. I truly applaud Square-Enix for having the courage to remake what was already a masterpiece and making in it another one. A must play game storywise and gameplaywise.
  17. Apr 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Changes at the end were amazing, doesn’t mean the plot unfolds differently, just that it has the potential to have a different outcome! Loved every moment both new and old Expand
  18. Apr 23, 2020
    5
    2 / 3 for presentation
    1.5 / 3 for game-play
    2 / 3 other 5.5 / 9 total Summary: Good, but not good enough for what is going to be a £150 remake. Pros: The lead characters and summons look fantastic The environment set pieces are at times great Nostalgia, so much nostalgia Music, the score is fantastic The characters are more fleshed out and their tensions play better in this
    2 / 3 for presentation
    1.5 / 3 for game-play
    2 / 3 other
    5.5 / 9 total

    Summary:
    Good, but not good enough for what is going to be a £150 remake.

    Pros:
    The lead characters and summons look fantastic
    The environment set pieces are at times great
    Nostalgia, so much nostalgia
    Music, the score is fantastic
    The characters are more fleshed out and their tensions play better in this game
    Voice acting is on point
    The battle system, a solid combination of classic turn based and more modern concepts

    Cons:
    Somehow there's less actual game here than in the original
    The environment set pieces are at times terrible
    The game is one long corridor, there is very little scope for exploration
    Short and at the same time somehow obviously padded
    Some of the environment textures are PlayStation 2 quality
    The weapon skill up system is complete crap
    The puzzles are terrible, like someone put the mechanisms in place and forgot to create an actual puzzle
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  19. Apr 23, 2020
    9
    FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE is one of the most enjoyable games i played this year but there are somethings that pissed me off such as

    cons: the weapon upgrade system if done manually is literal hell it took me so much time to upgrade a weapon i didn't want to do the rest so i did switch it to auto upgrade so that the game decides what upgrades you need between balanced more on attack or
    FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE is one of the most enjoyable games i played this year but there are somethings that pissed me off such as

    cons:
    the weapon upgrade system if done manually is literal hell it took me so much time to upgrade a weapon i didn't want to do the rest so i did switch it to auto upgrade so that the game decides what upgrades you need between balanced more on attack or more on defense even when i really wanted to sit down and upgrade each weapon by my own means i didn't do it just because every weapon takes so much time to upgrade

    it really felt like a lot of moments in the game are deliberately prolonged just to make the game longer what i mean by prolonging is that cloud sometimes will walk really really slow just to talk or do stuff and you'll just sit there bashing the run button yelling at him to just run

    what really pissed my off right after i noticed the deliberated prolonging of the game is that the game is split into parts and that a year from now they'll just sell the second part for 60 bucks which is a real cash grab in my opinion they should've just released the full and complete edition and just charge more money because there are more than one disc but who cares right lets just buy everything separately

    the dialog sometimes is really cringy and goofy and sometimes feels out of place and there are moments where the goofy dialog completely ruins the moment

    performance issues such as frames not loading and when you start to interact with an NPC you gotta wait for the conversation to load so you'll just stand there doing nothing awkwardly so they gotta fix that

    but even after all those cons all i can remember is the good and awesome moments the beautiful graphics the astounding music the world building and just everything feels so alive i really fell in love with the game even with all its quirks its one of the most enjoyable beautiful and fun game i played this year which brings me to my final score which is a 9 out of 10 although i'm still mad at square enix about the whole episodic bought separately thing i still love the game and i cant wait for part 2
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  20. May 8, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can an ending ruin a game? Like GoT became a prime example of this for TV, FF7R will be looked at as a case study for it in the medium of video games.

    The Whispers (or Dementors or Sephi-ghosts) prove to be the biggest problem in the game; overshadowing graphical issues (like NPC demon mouths), over padding (sewers and train graveyard), and bipolar swings between classic Aeris and all-knowing-reality-bending-demigod Aerith. This coalesces into the Meta stand-in for fanboys that must be defeated so the game can stand alone, divorced from it's predecessor. What actually results is a loss of any agency for our heroes as any and all struggles they face are simply preordained conclusions, the most egregious being the Sector 7 plate drop. After said rabid fans are put down, the game fast forwards to an unearned fight against Sephiroth that renders any further conflict with him devoid of stakes, since we've already killed him.

    Had the game ended with the highway, I would have given it an easy 8, maybe even 9, Whispers and all. I was riding high, excited to see what they do next, ready to go back for the Platinum trophy. But as it stands, I'm more worried than ever about future games and unsure if I should even continue with the series.
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  21. Apr 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Acabei de zerar... E ele não é um Remake... Msm SENDO um Remake... O Boss final somos nós com nossos desejos de querer q o game seja totalmente fiel...

    Essa minha conclusão me fez teorizar e buscar pessoas q tenha tido a mesma visão, ACHEI! Eu dei 9.1 de nota nas primeiras 4 horas q joguei na madrugada do lançamento e agora com o game concluído dou um 9.7, eu acredito q a única coisa q tira esse goty é o Corona vírus cancelar o evento.
    Simplismente foda! Esse game fez fãs teorizar sobre um remake. Loucura da porra!

    Os 2 únicos defeitos desse game é técnico algumas texturar bem borradas e a linearidade de paredes invisíveis...
    Fora isso isso posso falar q nc vi algo parecido nós jogos, deixaram uma puta interrogação sobre a continuação, se vai ser igual do 7 original, ou se será totalmente diferente, sem contar q posso falar q saciou com maestria a minha vontade de jogar um remake de um dos games mais Foda de todos os tempos. E fez TODO o sentido esse game ser lançado em partes. Não tou puxando sardinha. Pode ser a continuação seja um lixo! Ouuuuuhh pode ser fiel! Ouuuuu pode ser diferente e espetacular! Sabe lá oq será
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  22. May 3, 2020
    10
    Great gameplay, great story, great characters. A must buy for fans of jrpgs.
  23. Apr 22, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's been over 20 years since I played FF7 and although my memory of the whole story is fairly hazy, the main thing I think of at the end of the remake is just how much of the journey there is left to play and yet I'm not able to and I've got no idea when the next of probably 2 or more installments will be made available. Could it be months or years? There's no doubt what an improvement there is in this offering. The graphics are amazing, the battle engine is loads more fun this time around and the extension of storylines has made what was really the opening couple of acts in the original epic a solid 40 hour game that is probably one of the best this year.

    For me however, there was always the feeling of being shortchanged whilst I marched on towards what was the end of disc 1 of 3 back in 1997. I know it's probably unfair to expect more from Square Enix considering the effort that has gone into this game, after all, if they expand the rest of the original to the lengths they have with these 19 chapters, I'd probably still be playing up until christmas to reach the end. That doesn't stop me wishing I was swapping out disc 1 for 2 and continuing the adventure rather than writing this review though.

    There are other complaints too.... it's only small things but they start to grate, Sometimes immediately. The voice acting for instance... for all the painstaking detail this game has been given, the voice acting is often terrible, Especially Barret who really got my back up from scene 1. It's just feels very B-Movie, especially off the back of playing games like Death Stranding or The last of us (for instance) where the considered dialogue has been handed to A list professionals. I kept justifying it as being targeted at the younger audience but then you're reminded of it's PEGI 16 rating buy the often unnecessarily 'S#!T' blurted out in an effort to make it feel more grown up. Maybe that was the case in the original, I don't really remember.
    Then, there's the random comments your team makes, it's like they're joining a conversation they didn't quite hear from across the room in an effort to feel included. It all just makes the script writing feel very dated. 2020 Graphics, 1997 dialogue. Having said that, I felt it got better throughout the game and by the end, Barret was slightly less irritating (or maybe I had just gotten used to him) and in general the scripts seem to have been given more thought. I'd known for ages that this release was only going to take you to the end of the Midgar part of the original so I shouldn't be too disheartened but if Square Enix think I'm going to shell out another £50 for the second of possibly 3, 4 or whoknowshowmany sequels then, well, they're absolutely right, actually....
    But I'm hoping that in the next few months a DLC will be made available for a reasonable price and off I go again in the adventure. Wishful thinking I reckon.

    So to sum up then... if you loved the original, you're probably gonna love this too. The storyline goes deeper than I remember and there's loads of extra time to explore the various sectors of the Midgar undercity and play side quests.
    The battles have been brilliantly updated so you can now mix the turn based actions with all out button bashing (although mostly just the square one) The visuals are incredible but then again, what did you expect? And the soundtrack is also a real win too. But, for me, it's all just too much of a tease to get full marks so 9 out of 10 it is.

    Please guys, jusy give us the rest ASAP!

    And whilst you're at it, get working on FF8 too (just don't think you need to add 'Remake' to the end of the title, we know it's a bloody remake)
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  24. May 4, 2020
    10
    Please read the other five star reviews, I won’t say anything you haven’t already read. This is a spoiler free review of the games “controversial” ending:

    That being said, the people groaning about the ending and comparing this games masterful storytelling to the “gruntfest” that was KH3 are diluting themselves and not giving enough credit to Square. Replay the game on hard, pay -very-
    Please read the other five star reviews, I won’t say anything you haven’t already read. This is a spoiler free review of the games “controversial” ending:

    That being said, the people groaning about the ending and comparing this games masterful storytelling to the “gruntfest” that was KH3 are diluting themselves and not giving enough credit to Square. Replay the game on hard, pay -very- close attention to underlying themes and motives behind character behavior. There are good reasons for all these choices and I would hardly sum it up to poor storytelling. All I will say is this: Sephiroth and Aerith have hindsight this time around, aside from that everything in the transition from Midgar to Gaia is the same. The game literally ends the same as FF7 with the characters embarking on their new quest and heading for the next village. The extra bit they added, is a sweet indulgence for old fans and I don’t believe it will severely impact pivotal events, atmosphere, or pacing in later games. Again, just do your hardmode replay and pay very careful attention to the behaviors of certain characters, particularly Sephiroth and Aerith. For a game which knows and feels, and portrays its characters with such love and loyalty as they have in this remake, people seem to be awfully critical of them staying loyal in the next installment. Just chill. They don’t watch hundreds of hours of streamer footage of FF7 1997 to raise a middle finger to their fans.

    Well done Square. You brought an old fantasy back to life with resounding results.

    “Was it all a dream? Will I never know? Foolish and Blind, to everything.”
    Hollow, Yosh (Survive Said the Prophet)
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  25. May 4, 2020
    10
    De pequeño me imaginaba como podia ser midgar en la vida real, y este juego plasma a la perfección la idea que estaba en mi cabeza de un ffvii con unos increíbles gráficos
  26. May 12, 2020
    10
    Yes, this game has fillers and yes, sometimes the tone shifts a bit too quickly from serious to weird but all is forgiven thanks to an amazing battle system, great characters and a great reimagening of the original story with a plot twist that is kind of hard to get but very well done in my opinion. I did not enjoy playing a game this strong since a long time. Looking forward for thatYes, this game has fillers and yes, sometimes the tone shifts a bit too quickly from serious to weird but all is forgiven thanks to an amazing battle system, great characters and a great reimagening of the original story with a plot twist that is kind of hard to get but very well done in my opinion. I did not enjoy playing a game this strong since a long time. Looking forward for that story to continue, no matter what they come up with next. Expand
  27. May 9, 2020
    10
    I'm a massive fan of FiFA series and VII is my best. I really loved Advent Children, got it on BD, the enhanced/complete edition with blood and some new effects.

    Now to my point. FiFA VII: Remake is EVERYTHiNG a fan wants. OK length of story, OK playtime overall, OK difficulty, OK fight strategies, OK mini games, etc. I love it as a whole and I believe that this is the very essence of
    I'm a massive fan of FiFA series and VII is my best. I really loved Advent Children, got it on BD, the enhanced/complete edition with blood and some new effects.

    Now to my point. FiFA VII: Remake is EVERYTHiNG a fan wants. OK length of story, OK playtime overall, OK difficulty, OK fight strategies, OK mini games, etc. I love it as a whole and I believe that this is the very essence of FiFA series. VIII was great, iX and X so so, but up from XI [Online] to XV it was all downhill, and now this Remake did right by the franchise.

    I'm looking forward for new DLC missions, new story and a next part :)
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  28. May 9, 2020
    10
    Amazing re-imagining of the Midgar part of Final Fantasy 7. Loved the visuals, the fleshed-out characters (main and NPCs alike), the dialogues, the battle system is simply amazing, the best one in a modern Final Fantasy game or any JRPG on that matter... The game was made with utmost attention to detail and is a solid 30-50 hour game full of content, personality and great moments. I don'tAmazing re-imagining of the Midgar part of Final Fantasy 7. Loved the visuals, the fleshed-out characters (main and NPCs alike), the dialogues, the battle system is simply amazing, the best one in a modern Final Fantasy game or any JRPG on that matter... The game was made with utmost attention to detail and is a solid 30-50 hour game full of content, personality and great moments. I don't know how it's going to turn out in the sequels but what is already here is great stuff made with love and respect to the original Expand
  29. Apr 18, 2021
    6
    Filler Fantasy 7.

    A FF7 Remake was always going to be controversial, but my qualms with this game are little to do with authenticity or butchering. I'll explain below. The graphics of this remake are top-tier and you can tell that's where monumental effort went into it. The character models are amazing and some of the scenery is spectacular. The downside is that the scenery
    Filler Fantasy 7.

    A FF7 Remake was always going to be controversial, but my qualms with this game are little to do with authenticity or butchering. I'll explain below.

    The graphics of this remake are top-tier and you can tell that's where monumental effort went into it. The character models are amazing and some of the scenery is spectacular. The downside is that the scenery (especially the latter half of the game) becomes very bland and greyscale. This could be a result of the setting of FF7 but I found it quite underwhelming to go through yet another grey building with a darkened interior. This I think relates to my issue of padding and filler.

    The story is where the padding and filler is most noticeable. Despite being padded out with random and inane dialogue, the story still lacked coherency for me. Given that this is meant to be part one of a trilogy, it may become clearer in future instalments, but massive questions like who a person is, why they're doing this and how they know Cloud just left me baffled and unsatisfied.

    The gameplay suffers from the dreaded filler issue also. Despite being achingly linear (in itself not a problem), the game still tells you to explore and do side-quests, most of which appear to be fetch quests which are just more filler content that I largely ignored.

    Many of the levels suffer from antiquated designs, especially later in the game when you're constantly pulling levers and traversing elevators. One section with Tifa climbing across a ceiling had me nearly pulling my hair out from the ensuing boredom and tedium.

    The combat is a very strange experience too. I found that higher difficulties just meant enemies become damage sponges - more padding I could do without. The materia concept wasn't very well executed either as it drains money very easily (and things in this game are stupidly expensive for some reason) as many enemies are not worth fighting without magic, meaning duplicated materia for additional costs. It's understandable they wanted a more dynamic and fast-paced combat system, but swapping out turn-based mechanics for this mish-mash seems to be the worst of both worlds.

    Overall, this is a game that didn't need padding out and I am very reticent about buying the rest of the trilogy. It was very tough going to see this through to the credits but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. The final sections are enjoyable but by that point I just wanted the game to end. This is a hard game to recommend but it's worth finding out for yourself if it's your cup of tea,
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  30. May 9, 2020
    10
    AWESOME game :) Characters are amazing, Tifa is the best character, i love her so much :) Story and the Music are really beautiful. Gameplay is so much fun and battles are really epic etc. I LOVE this game :)
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 126
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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?