Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. Technodroid
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Near perfect game. Characterization is incredible, combat is better than it has any right to be, writing is top-notch, and the game generally takes everything good about the original and makes it better. The ending feels like an unnecessary and unneeded conclusion, but that's 20 minutes out of a 40 hour experience.

    Amazing game, by far the best Final Fantasy in years.
  2. Lostasa
    Apr 18, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am going to start out with Game-play, it's amazing I loved every second of it, very fluid and engaging imo it's an 8/10. Moving on to Sound I believe it's a little underwhelming during slow points but ramps up and is great during big battles and scenes so 7/10. Visuals I can only say breath taking it's so great to see the characters and world that I love so much looking as beautiful as it does 9/10 and I have heard of others talking about texture issues but I only saw it maybe once or twice so it didn't affect me. Now for the part that ruined it for me the Story, well what can I say they did such an amazing job for like 95% of the game step for step it was amazing but as soon as I hit the end of the highway and the game became Kingdom Hearts and I was fighting the Darkness it all fell apart, with them making this a new story it's not what I nor a lot of fans were looking for, the Final Fantasy 7 story was already confusing and full and they could have fleshed that out and made it perfect like they were doing for most of the game but for them to add alternate time-lines and whatever else they plan it just ruins it for me so I hate to do this but the story gets a 3/10. This is just so disappointing and I wish they hadn't gone down this path. This is my review for the first installment of the "re-imagined" FF7 series. If for some reason this ending doesn't do what it's portraying it's going to do in the second installment (rewriting the whole story line) and this is just what the original story was supposed to be like but with limitations of the time couldn't be I will change my rating after I play the next game, but for now it looks like they done f***ed it up imo.… Expand
  3. Sebsta696
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    Battle system is lacking, battles don't feel satisfying due to hybrid system that isn't as nice as the original, lack of grinding, story changes are shoehorned and feel like Kingdom Hearts. The cutscenes and production values feel too overdone, gameplay suffers. The linearity of the original is exacerbated by extremely lengthy and boring hallways and corridors.
  4. Bobbitthehobbit
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Never played a Final Fantasy game before, and this entry blew my expectations out of the park. I loved this game. The character were amazing and I'm excited to see where the story goes
  5. RamManRamsay
    Apr 18, 2020
    4
    So let's get this out straight away.....its not a remake of FF7, its game where about 20% of it is based on about 10% of FF7. So let's break that down.

    Everyone knows that its only the midgaurd section that is included, and the actions that do follow the path of the original, I.e. the opening and main plot to destroy the reactors, is an amazing nostalgia trip of the original, and a visual    So let's get this out straight away.....its not a remake of FF7, its game where about 20% of it is based on about 10% of FF7. So let's break that down.

    Everyone knows that its only the midgaurd section that is included, and the actions that do follow the path of the original, I.e. the opening and main plot to destroy the reactors, is an amazing nostalgia trip of the original, and a visual treat, save for some of the most noticable texture streaming pop up in recent times. However it's what happens between these sections that let's the game down so badly.

    Once you're given the freedom to run around midguard, the problems become evident quickly: busy work. There are lots of side missions, but they all involve the same basic mechanics and reuse the same locations over and over. These locations, thought often stunning, suffer from poor texture optimisation and steaming outdoors, and long empty corridor sections inside to hide each hub area loading in the background.

    The new story additions too are very our of place, and in particular the motorcycle sections and boss there seems very at odds with the rest of the grotty setting, complete with controls so bad that it leaves the impression that your playing a 90's arcade game. The graphics too outside of the main story, especially these sections, are often poor - one mission to a residential area has you walking around a completely pristine neighbourhood that would look more at home in the sims than FF, and it utterly spoils the deep of the game. Its painfully evident where the new story elements are being written.

    For die hard fans of the mechanics of the original, classic mode is offered but it's really nothing more than an AI controlled version of action mode, which in itself is too often hidden behind a screen so busy you just mash buttons randomly and hope for the best.

    Summoning is also hugely disappointing, with the ability to do it control to only boss level battles where the game decides you should be able to do it, and choosing which character to use - if you pre-ordered prepare to see the Chocobo Chick, the least useful of all, on a VERY regular basis. In fact at one point the game let me summon Ifrit and I had genuinely forgotten I even had him.

    The realtime combat also means that confrontations are less frequent than before, and normally feature only one or two creature types per large area, pressumably due to memory limitations.

    The games transition to 3D also lends to some amazingly glaring "linear path" moments....one early in during a factory missions sees you running down a path with wooden fences on each side and coming to a section which has fallen over, but which your character refuses to cross because.....reasons.

    The game does look amazing, and the main FF7 story is as compelling as ever, and I challenge any fan of the original not to get chills during the opening section, but the forced realtime combat, frequent confusing and bland level design, numbingly boring side quests and unskippable dialogue, and poor summoning mechanics take so much away that I didnt enjoy the experience nearly as mich as the demo. In fact, after the first 4 hours, I'd day it's not even worth playing.

    And that's before we even discuss the guiding "ghosts" which serve as nothing more than a mechanic to allow them to dispense with the open map sections in the next installment, and diverge away completely from the story we all love.

    What should have been amazing is in reality a run of the mill action slasher riding the coat tails of legend.    … Expand
  6. Anthonyputra
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ending is bittersweet, just like they've said about the reunion in the first place, some will excited and some will experience fear. But i choose to embrace the next unknown journey! Good job Square Enix! You're Genius! Greatest Plot twist i ever felt in JRPG Video games!… Expand
  7. DaBUredxiii
    Apr 11, 2020
    10
    日本語でレビューさせてください。

    個人的には10点満点のゲームです。 確かにいろいろ問題視とされている点はありますが、例えばストーリーの水増しとか、バトルシステムの複雑化とか、長年のファンとしては今回はストーリーはあのオリジナル版の補完に当たる一作になります。当時はもっと語りたかった部分を今作に全部入れた感がすごくあります。これは分作にしないと無理ですねと感じました。 バトルシステムの複雑化についても、コマンドバトルと今風のアクションバトルの融合による必要不可欠だと思います。オリジナル版の良さを捨てずに、今の時代にあったバトルシステムの完成形だと思います。これぐらいはちょうど良いです。    日本語でレビューさせてください。

    個人的には10点満点のゲームです。

    確かにいろいろ問題視とされている点はありますが、例えばストーリーの水増しとか、バトルシステムの複雑化とか、長年のファンとしては今回はストーリーはあのオリジナル版の補完に当たる一作になります。当時はもっと語りたかった部分を今作に全部入れた感がすごくあります。これは分作にしないと無理ですねと感じました。

    バトルシステムの複雑化についても、コマンドバトルと今風のアクションバトルの融合による必要不可欠だと思います。オリジナル版の良さを捨てずに、今の時代にあったバトルシステムの完成形だと思います。これぐらいはちょうど良いです。

    発表して発売まで、ずっと心配してました。前回の15の件もあって、スクエニにかなり不信な気持ちがありました。でもいざプレイしてみたら、物凄く安心しました。スクエニは本気を出して来たなぁと思いました。これぞこそジャパンニーズゲーム、日本人の皆さんはもっと誇りに思うべきです。    … Expand
  8. derpmacia
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    A well made game faithful to the original and and major upgrade both in character, environment, story, visual and soundtrack. It has it all.
  9. Maxinux
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I played period. And the best modern Final Fantasy game. It took me 60 hours to finish the game and I have 10% remain of side missions and items to collect.
    I can't wait to continue the story of FFVII and it's beautiful universe. Thank you Square Enix.
  10. Alcolock
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you have not played the original before completing the remake, you should, otherwise the true experience is lost forever. FF7 Remake does have great visuals and gameplay and would get a 10/10 if that was all that mattered. The original took patience to deal with the turn-based gameplay and polygon graphics (groundbreaking for 1997 no doubt). But it paid off with a deep storyline that took turns at every break point and invested your experience into the character development. That great spirit is why a remake was demanded 20 years later.

    Being an original fan I could look past the episodic release even though the 1st episode covers only 10% of the original. They did add depth to minor storylines that extend the playtime. The remake story followed pretty true until the final chapters of the game. The developers unfortunately pissed away a good deal of goodwill of their fans by forcing the main antagonist into the story way too soon, destroying the mystique of this antagonist and setting the road to completely altering the story that was what made this game last the test of time. Unfortunately, I don't see the need to invest more time and money in a story drawn out as a cash grab especially when that story was the one important element that should've remained the same.    … Expand
  11. Insomnijack
    Apr 18, 2020
    1
    The ending here was horribly written. A complete mess like kingdom hearts endings that nobody really likes. The good thing to have done was make a proper remake of the game that is extremely loved, the only reason new people would never play the OG ff7 is because its outdated and bad graphics, but they had a golden ticket. An already great story and game and they have the chance toThe ending here was horribly written. A complete mess like kingdom hearts endings that nobody really likes. The good thing to have done was make a proper remake of the game that is extremely loved, the only reason new people would never play the OG ff7 is because its outdated and bad graphics, but they had a golden ticket. An already great story and game and they have the chance to recreate it exactly the way it was but with better graphics and voice and such and make some solid money.

    But no they just had to take a bunch of mushrooms in the final hour of the game and do some extremely poor decisions and totally ruin the entire 3 part series because they are selfish and greedy. They advertised this to be a faithful remake of the original game but in the end they made spoilers about the entire OG ending and said F**K you fanboy we do what we want.

    On a side note Clouds hair has extreme dithering stuttering issues like most Square Enix games but not the other characters? so why make clouds hair such a mess? and some background has worse textures than the original, im not even joking they seriously in a 2020 game created worse textures than a 1997 game, you can see this on some flower and background but its most noticeable when you're climbing high up and look down towars the sectors, its horrible. And not to talk about the mess inside shinra HQ, i was about to get a seizure from all the random dots and stuttering everywhere.

    Im ususally the guy who loves most games and see the good in them and ive talked so positive about kingdom hearts 1-2 and FF14 and the old FF7,9,10 to my girlfriend but after KH3 and this i cant keep optimistic. theyve been having texture issues in most games and the endings are so bad someone should be fired.    … Expand
  12. FurryKok
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Outstanding! Wish they would have released it all in one shot to truly call itself a remake but I’ll take what I got for now. Wonderful graphics and smooth gameplay and I love the new elements they’ve added to the story. Truly outstanding. Excited for part 2.… Expand
  13. abowman
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    10/10. Everything I had hoped for and more. I personally loved the story changes, and I can't wait for the next chapters.
  14. Frosty1979
    Apr 18, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Always wanted to have the option to save Aerith. So I have no problem with where they are going with the story. I can understand that people, who care less about Aerith, are kinda pissed about the ending though. ;)… Expand
  15. Marman0024
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Square Enix completely dropped the ball on this classic from 1997. This was nothing more than a shameless cash grab. If you enjoyed ff15, this is the same game with ff7 skins.
  16. Djcs4560
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    The game will sell and this "Remake" project will continue. This the reason why i am so pissed, because we were lied to... Not to spoil anything but the ending becomes metaphysical and becomes everything that OG FF7 wasn`t, when this was supposed to be a "Faithful Remake". The game for some reason also spoils like 90% of what happens after Midgar and ruins the main villain by introducingThe game will sell and this "Remake" project will continue. This the reason why i am so pissed, because we were lied to... Not to spoil anything but the ending becomes metaphysical and becomes everything that OG FF7 wasn`t, when this was supposed to be a "Faithful Remake". The game for some reason also spoils like 90% of what happens after Midgar and ruins the main villain by introducing him way early and making him super cool without caring about his development as character, style over substance basically. Remember the theme of death in the OG, and how it was permanent and you had to deal with it, not anymore in Remake and probably, most likely, the iconic death we all know won´t happen. This game is 90 Gbs, kind of the same as RDR 2, and look at the open world they made... are you telling me they could not expand the map a bit more so we could see more of the top plate? And not just that, sometimes you get a literal image as a background, why? The changes that expanded on what was there, i mean the OG themes and overall story, were AMAZING and i cannot express that more... now the new stuff, well just AWFULL... Graphics and music overall were very good and character interaction and development, except for one ( main villain ), were also very good. Why a 5? If i give it a 0 i would just be unreasonable, but if i gave it more than a 5 i would express that i was okay with what devs are trying to pull with that ending... So a 5 it is...… Expand
  17. eliebaz
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    I waited to finish the game before writing a review, I never played the original, but this game was phenomenal, absolutely amazing. I played and couldn't finish FF XII, I played and couldn't finish FF XV, so I had thought that this game would be the same, but I absolutely fell in love. Captured from start to finish, loved loved loved loved this game! I hope tetsuya nomura is able to bringI waited to finish the game before writing a review, I never played the original, but this game was phenomenal, absolutely amazing. I played and couldn't finish FF XII, I played and couldn't finish FF XV, so I had thought that this game would be the same, but I absolutely fell in love. Captured from start to finish, loved loved loved loved this game! I hope tetsuya nomura is able to bring out the second half of the game sooner rather than later, I waited 12 years for KH3, this game has been teased for 3 or 4 years before release, so if I am made to wait that long for the sequel I will be pretty upset, just because this game was such a masterpiece… Expand
  18. Azgarod
    Apr 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will have very mild spoiler type addendum statements at the end. They do not spoil story in any way, but I felt like this warning was warranted

    This is an amazing game, but it is not without it's flaws. It probably rates 5 stars but it should get a lower score based on some questionable design choices and development decisions.

    Pros: -stellar story. They have expanded on the main story and didnt ruin the heart of it with their additions. *

    -music is great. I didnt like all of the remixes, but overall, the music and sound was fantastic.

    -artwork was beautifully done. This game is stunning visually.

    -the list of pros is short because the game is great. It's far easier to nitpick at its minor flaws than to espouse everything it did so right. Do not take my longer con list as a bad thing.

    Cons:
    -corridore style. The original game was linear and corridory but we're in the future, it could have been a little more open than it was.

    -block mechanic. If you're going to have a block mechanic AND make enemies bullet sponges, block needs to animation cancel. It's already nearly impossible to see enemy attacks coming in the chaos, allow us to block without forgoing doing all damage to wait for the attacks. I blocked only 4 or 5 attacks in the whole game because block was just entirely unneccessary and cumbersome.

    -canceled abilities due to attacks/enemies getting too far away after attack initiated. This more of a personal annoyance but limits especially should not suffer from enemy uses a dash during charge up so you miss entirely.

    -episodic nature. I was on board with the episodic nature until I heard square said each titles development would take as long as the first, around 5 years. 5 years between titles is a very long time. A lack of info on how the episodes work is annoying as well. *

    -have to start every battle as cloud. Several aspects of the game only allow you action when if full control of a character. If you have a character switch function and you can play other characters in the world map, there is no reason to not allow you to use another character as the combat starter.

    -squeeze through/slow walking. Look I understand the reason for these, they are the new load screens, but theres so many of them and they feel arbitrary.

    This ends the review. The next bit has the spoilery addendums. They arent major, but they are what I'd consider spoilers.



    *the whispers was a bad choice of an addition. They serve, what appears to be, a macguffin designed to force the story to be like the original instead of simply making the story like the original. Also they are annoying at times.
    The you cant go here right now, turn around mechanic is annoying instead of adding blocks to prevent you. It's also buggy, I got locked into turn around moments 3 times in the game the longest being a 2 minute wait for the game to get me unstuck from moving forward into a you cant go here right now.

    *with lvl 50 being the cap, there can be no real way to allow us to keep our gear/lvls/materia between games. A power reset is ridiculous and immersion breaking. There is only one way to fix one of these problems. An equal power but lvl reduction in episode 2, basically your lvl 50 is episode 2's lvl 20. It still wont work though and it shows bad forethought.

    ***if on the unbelievably likelyhood that someone with any real decision making power at square reads this. The deluxe edition of the game was near perfect in its execution. For a game going after nostalgia expanded, the disk box should have had a user manual. Something that goes in the tabs on the box the disk comes in. It was the only part of the box I recieved I was mildly bummed about.***    … Expand
  19. diolantern
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    Stuff FFVII, Michael Bay, and Ned Flanders into Brundle's teleportation machine and this bloated monstrosity will flop out of the other end.
  20. Dyberian
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    incredible work of the devellopeur bravo to them and thank you. even if people complain about some low resolution texture the game is frankly magnificent as a whole
  21. tled201
    Apr 18, 2020
    9
    I really like how the remake did, the new game-play is so bad-ass from the RPGs turn based refresh.

    The worse point is camera angle which took me lots of time to attack in small angle.
  22. Vigilem
    Apr 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers ahead

    The game is one of the most iconic, brilliant and unique games you will ever play - even if you played the original - but there are quite a long list of things that it has got very wrong that stops it being at the same level as the original.

    1. Some things it should have done differently - it failed at, like being less linear but instead the 'free roam' segments just send you back down the same linear paths you already travelled for very generic filler sidequests that serve little to no purpose. The linearity wouldn't be bad if not for the very poor attempt at simply extending the available play time, but its fine where there's actual quality to be had which is true for 90% of the story segments. The cutscenes are fantastic fantasy/action goodness that you'll love if you're familiar with FF/JRPG cutscenes. The Honeybee Inn was just perfection.

    2. The story isn't faithful to the original. This will be a dealbreaker for many. Unfortunately, Tetsuya Nomura seems to have turned this much loved story, at least for the ending of part 1, into a pretentious extridemensional time-travelling 'struggle against fate'. I hope, damn near PRAY, that the word 'fate' is never used in the sequels' stories. Just before the ending credits roll, you're given the text "The unknown journey will continue", making it clear that from now everything will likely be different from the original. A real shame, but there is potential in the FF7 world to create an amazing alternate tale IF they stay away from the 'fate and timeline' nonsense that has no place here.
    There's Shinra deepground, the Tsviets, the Turks, Genesis, Wutai, the Weapons -- so much great content if they just keep it grounded but I have my doubts with the people in charge.

    3. There's such incredible variation in quality. Some moments you have the absolutely stunning main character models that I never tire looking at (Tifa's grey dress comes to mind), and then you have a PS2-era texture thrown at you. I'm genuinely not exaggerating. The door to Cloud's room early in the game is a blurred brownish-grey slab. I thought there was a problem with the game/my PS4 Pro with loading textures, it was that bad. Bad textures are glaringly obvious and hard to miss that really makes you wonder what kind of budget/effort went into it.

    4. The combat is probably the best in an FF game since FF10. The ATB system adds a turn-based feel to otherwise realtime action. Though sometimes it suffers from feeling too 'in-the-moment' and not strategic enough for hardcore JRPG fans. Hard mode should have been available from the beginning, not locked behind New Game Plus.

    5. Most of the characters have been brought to life perfectly. Barret, Cloud, Tifa and Aerith have perfect voice actors and they have so much personality and chemistry that gives me faith that, no matter what story Nomura and co produce, the characters will be the saving grace. Meanwhile, Sephiroth was disappointing. His voice lacked that evilness to it and in terms of his character it was all over the place. Why can he timetravel? Why could he create a 'singularity' and take Cloud to the edge of creation? This isn't our Sephiroth. He isn't even scary powerful and we shouldn't have been able to fight him in part 1 at all.

    The game is a real mixed bag if you're a fan of the original.    … Expand
  23. Mcdaidde
    Apr 18, 2020
    9
    After about 25 hours of play, a good chunk of the game leisurely completed, I'm happy to report that the first installment in this multipart remake is on point. If you're one of the goombas rating this zero out of ten, your taste is bad and your expectations were horribly set in stone. The game is an action RPGs, with a healthy amount of strategy and thought during combat. The graphics areAfter about 25 hours of play, a good chunk of the game leisurely completed, I'm happy to report that the first installment in this multipart remake is on point. If you're one of the goombas rating this zero out of ten, your taste is bad and your expectations were horribly set in stone. The game is an action RPGs, with a healthy amount of strategy and thought during combat. The graphics are phenomenal, the music is stunning. I'm eagerly awaiting part 2 and cannot wait to see what the rest of the series has in store.… Expand
  24. Metalgatedragon
    Apr 18, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game gave me feels. As an player in 1997 of the original title on PS1, this game was an amazing recreation of the PS1 as well as adding a lot of material to lesser characters like Jessie, Wedge and Biggs. First of all let's start by talking about the graphics. They're absolutely beautiful. The models are beautiful and close-ups to characters faces are very detailed. The models don't look plasticky or one tone color skin. The backgrounds and colors are beautiful. Look, for example, at Aerith's house. It's amazing to see.
    The music.
    If you played the original, you'll love the fact almost all the music is here rearranged. You would think that would be a bad thing, but the music just plays amazingly and beautifully. Gameplay.
    The gameplay is not turn based. Sorta. It has a mix of the active time battle system and the battle system of Crisis Core FFVII for the PSP. The difficulty selected during gameplay will determine how the battle scenes will play out. Replayability.
    If you are a trophy hunter, you will need to play this game multiple times to unlock the Platinum Trophy. To obtain all the dresses you will play this game more than one time and there is also a trophy to beat the game on hard difficulty, which unlocks after beating the game once. Veredict.
    This game is nostalgia for anyone who played the original and Crisis Core before it. My only complaint is that the game only covers the Midgar portion of the story, but the amount of extra content placed in the story makes up for it. The game is around 35 hours of length for the first playthrough.    … Expand
  25. LuisRiba
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    História muito bem construída que remete à uma aventura nostálgica tão aguardada e tão desejada por muitos. Construção gráfica dos ambientes de FF VII Remake fazem os fãs de Cloud se surpreenderem positivamente com este "novo jogo velho".
  26. DollyGoetz
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    Only 40% of positive scores have written reviews.

    66% of mixed scores have written reviews.

    64% of negative scores have written reviews.

    Metacritic, is not that clear for you that something is really wrong here?

    For me, this remake is a mix of both, good and bad game.
  27. Wimpher
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Honestly? At first I was like many who immediately were disappointed by its story execution and changes. Right out of the gate I was comparing it to the original and have realized there's no way I could be fair to this game and what it was trying to be if I had given it such a disservice.

    No way in hell this is a game anything below an 8. As a game itself, it is truly one hell of an    Honestly? At first I was like many who immediately were disappointed by its story execution and changes. Right out of the gate I was comparing it to the original and have realized there's no way I could be fair to this game and what it was trying to be if I had given it such a disservice.

    No way in hell this is a game anything below an 8. As a game itself, it is truly one hell of an immersive experience and oh my god what they did to those characters. Just seeing them presented like this in a game with such high visual fidelity is enough for me. They nailed every single character.

    Right now, all I can say is that the only thing I'm not too fond of are key story changes like that one "promise" scene just for a quick example. I felt now in this game it was just so out of place while in the original it was executed perfectly and was shown at the perfect time in the story. So just things like that...and yeah, the story is important to me when it comes to FF games but the bottomline is....I cannot deny the fact at how much fun I am having playing this game. No matter what, I prefer it to games like The Witcher 3 and Skyrim - those just aren't my thing.

    So yeah, this game truly delivers from a character development standpoint, visual standpoint, sound, art design and especially the gameplay and how well executed I thought it all was. It just always felt so satisfying to just play. So if I just let the story go for a bit and don't compare it to the perfect original's story, I find myself enjoying it more.

    Do I wish it followed the story a bit more closer to the original? Sure. Is the game slightly disappointing in this way? Yeah, maybe. But all in all, every scene still blew me away and some of the new added sequences were absolute FIRE to watch. There's no denying the care that went into this project and I can appreciate that for all its worth.

    And the most important thing? When I'm not playing it all I do is think about just getting back into that world. Because honestly, it's probably the most spectacular world ever created in a game for me. And to me that speaks volumes. Midgar is truly a living, breathing city now and that alone gives this game an ultimate pass.    … Expand
  28. tridas
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    if they had advertised the game as something else other than "Remake" I wouldn't even buy it. But they deceived me and now I will have to ask for refund and in the meantime I give this scam game 0.
  29. Caesar0710
    Apr 18, 2020
    8
    There are several points that I would like to point out, but the graphics and sound are satisfactory qualities.
    The portraits and the backgrounds which digged deeper into the characters complement the original well, and I think it is worthy of name of "remake".
    It took time for me to understand the battle system. Players are very busy during the battle. So, it is rich in tactical    There are several points that I would like to point out, but the graphics and sound are satisfactory qualities.
    The portraits and the backgrounds which digged deeper into the characters complement the original well, and I think it is worthy of name of "remake".
    It took time for me to understand the battle system. Players are very busy during the battle. So, it is rich in tactical nature, if we speak favorably of it, or it is extremely complex, if we speak unfavorably of it. Also, the equipments must be replaced such as Materias frequently, because the party members often join and leave. I feel that deploying a system for this is necessary. In addition, the cap of growth factors such as level is low, and the exhilarating feeling and decreasing difficulty for battles are small even after the clearing of the game.
    Finally, the story is upgraded well from the original. However, new elements (ending, fury, a scene of the grave for trains, i.e.) appeared in this time stand out from other elements as a bad meaning, and I feel that those are not along the flow of the story and not suitable for the world view of FF7. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the biggest and only problem of this work.
    Overall, it's an entertaining game and a very good remake of FF7. However, I regret that it would have been a perfect game if they had settled down a bit more and reviewed the entire flow of the story and they had have more respect for the original ff7.    … Expand
  30. itsbeppe
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    This remake is a masterpiece, don't take it as a 1:1 remake but as a new way to live the adventure you already lived.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 10 out of 126
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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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