Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. lucianot
    Apr 14, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, this game is amazing, I had so much fun playing it, the world building is incredible, the battle system is really well constructed and the character development is out of this world. I appreciate the effort put in this game by Square-Enix.
    However, I did not like the changes to the ending and I felt that I was playing another game and was very confused. I love the original, and I still consider one of the best stories and JRPGs, it has its flaws and what I was expecting was not a 1:1 retelling of the story, but an upgrade of it, like the additions they made with avalanche characters and and organization as a whole were very welcomed. But the ending change was not necessary and I don't think adds to the story.
    I'm still excited for the next installment, and I hope the changes surprise me in a good way and I hope the changes are not that great.    … Expand
  2. Peacemaker777
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Final Fantasy 7 Remake has fantastic graphics, game play, and storytelling. I have beaten the original FF7 for the PS1 about six times in my life and can say I am glad to experience a more detailed Midgar with FF7R. I was worried it would be filled with a lot of pointless story and character development but everything feels fresh, important, and new but also familiar. A fair balanceFinal Fantasy 7 Remake has fantastic graphics, game play, and storytelling. I have beaten the original FF7 for the PS1 about six times in my life and can say I am glad to experience a more detailed Midgar with FF7R. I was worried it would be filled with a lot of pointless story and character development but everything feels fresh, important, and new but also familiar. A fair balance between nostalgia and new experiences keep pushing me through the game with a smile on my face. Unfortunately Midgar is the only place in FF7R you will be exploring in the first installment of the game but it delivers as a full game in every way and then some. With the amount of love they put into this game I am truly looking forward to the next two installments of the FF7R games. If you're looking to dive into an FF game for the first time this would be a great start in my opinion.… Expand
  3. Weeeeee711
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    Combat 6...targeting, camera and ai needs work
    Side missions 8..but stop guilt tripping me to do them RIGHT when the story REALLY picks up!
    Music 9...really good! Atmosphere 10...perfect..just needs a photo mode Voice acting/characters 10..everyone did great and all the characters (with a name, at least) have value! Story 10...Not sure where it's going..but love all the depth they put    Combat 6...targeting, camera and ai needs work
    Side missions 8..but stop guilt tripping me to do them RIGHT when the story REALLY picks up!
    Music 9...really good!
    Atmosphere 10...perfect..just needs a photo mode
    Voice acting/characters 10..everyone did great and all the characters (with a name, at least) have value!
    Story 10...Not sure where it's going..but love all the depth they put into it.

    it's hard to grade something that's 1/6 done and can be updated at random..but currently, a 9 sounds fair.

    For all that are new OR haven't seen it yet..go watch/play Crisis Core!    … Expand
  4. Oneofthemisme
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    This game is everything that I loved about the original but it expands it in many ways. It is a beautiful game and I absolutely cannot recommend it enough. Buy it now.
  5. Nick369
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    Since it would take forever to list the positives, I will only list the things that could be improved.

    * Most of the controls are smooth, but not all the time. When you crawl through vents and hang on ceilings, it becomes dull gameplay. There was also a section with a giant robot arm, where apparently there is no button to quit controlling the arm. * I would love the option to    Since it would take forever to list the positives, I will only list the things that could be improved.

    * Most of the controls are smooth, but not all the time. When you crawl through vents and hang on ceilings, it becomes dull gameplay. There was also a section with a giant robot arm, where apparently there is no button to quit controlling the arm.

    * I would love the option to traverse FREELY as other members. A cool edition would be if everyone had special locations only they can reach, such as Red XIII showed.

    * It feels weird that only the main member rests on the benches, why doesn’t the whole team sit down?

    * I was happy how they choose to divide the game into different chapters. I was however a bit sad that I didn’t get to see all the sectors, both upper and lower plate. The city was huge and there is still so much to be discovered.

    Needless to say, I had a wonderful blast with this game and are truly satisfied as my first Final Fantasy game. It does so many things right, I just hope this game serie will continue to Advent Children and beyond.    … Expand
  6. NullMechanism
    Apr 14, 2020
    2
    This "game" can basically be summed up as padding and filler.

    They took 5-minute "dungeons" from the original Midgar and turned them each into hour-long FF13 hallways. Even worse, they inserted all new "dungeons" (hour-long FF13 hallways) in between story beats where the original FF7 would have just moved on to the next story beat. It doesn't add anything to the story or game world. It    This "game" can basically be summed up as padding and filler.

    They took 5-minute "dungeons" from the original Midgar and turned them each into hour-long FF13 hallways. Even worse, they inserted all new "dungeons" (hour-long FF13 hallways) in between story beats where the original FF7 would have just moved on to the next story beat. It doesn't add anything to the story or game world. It doesn't flesh out the original Midgar. It's not even fun. You just go down some glorified decorated hallways and fight three guys at a time for 30+ hours. This is not fun. This is not a game. This is mindless, joyless, and a chore. I actually had to force myself to finish this awful slog.

    The sidequests do little to break up the monotony--in fact, they amplify it. They are the most soulless, uninteresting MMO quests you can imagine. At some point I just stopped bothering with them because they add noting of value to this game. They are not fun or interesting.

    This isn't Final Fantasy 7. This is Final Fantasy 13 loosely based on Final Fantasy 7. This game does not respect your time. Square Enix claimed that this remake was going to be episodic because the game world was going to be "greatly expanded" and "vast." Midgar is not expanded. It is padded. What happened here is that they decided from day one that they wanted to sell multiple games as "episodes," and then struggled to come up with filler content to stretch Midgar out to 30+ hours. And they couldn't even come up with anything fun. As I said, this is easily the worst video game I ever played in my life.

    This is the most soulless, joyless corporate cash-grab ever created, it is a personal attack against video games as a medium, and it is a crime against humanity.    … Expand
  7. Krille90
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Average, bad lipsynching low textures on many things in the game, about the game being episodic didn't quite work as well as the original BUT! It can possibly get better in the 2nd part where we should get a open world, lets hope that it happens especially with the new PS5 coming out this year(gets easier to build). Really bad voice acting when it comes to certain characters like Cloud, Sephiroth, Reno and Rude.. the voices doesn't fit as well and it was a Huge! Let down for me especially when they had the perfect Sephiroth and Reno. Too many Changes is also bad, Cant summon when tou want too... Huge let down AGAIN!
    ... too much Kingdom Hearts than Final Fantasy..

    So what's good?
    Most of the Graphics in this game really shines through, Especially when it comes to the main characters. The Materia system! Oh god i friggin love that they stayed true to this system and also that it shows you when you level up materia(keept me searching for materia) Good Job!. The lightning effects are on point! , the acting itself (movement) is really well done and when it comes to combat, you really can feel when you use Barret's gun-arm or Cloud's Sword and heck! Even Tifa's fists when you fight enemies. Loved the music in this game just as I did on the original.

    ( This is the real un-paid review of this game )
    The game feels more like a movie than an actual game, the fighting, effects or music doesn't make this game any better than the original. I paid for a game and not a movie.

    Therefore I give Final Fantasy 7 Remake a weak 6 but close to 7 out of 10.
    (Input 6 to 4 because of the terrible choices to the story and VA's)

    It can be changed for some money ;), here I am Sony.    … Expand
  8. ra3o
    Apr 14, 2020
    0
    A stretched piece of a great game. Changed plot, no free world. And they will sell it 3 times for 60 dollars. Excellent...
  9. dav23
    Apr 13, 2020
    10
    An amazing retelling of an iconic game. The highest praise I can give it is that it made me love these characters even more and I can’t wait to continue this journey.
  10. Lv99_PLD
    Apr 14, 2020
    2
    This is a Sequel, relying on nostalgia and the title of a remake, to rake in cash.
    Story: 40% is meh, 40% is worse, 20% is better
    Combat: Concept is great. But functionally repetitive, and never does anything interesting. ATB is stuck on easy mode, and isnt tuned to be more fun (such as increased fill rate, and increased enemy damage to actually need heals) Normal mode lets you spam    This is a Sequel, relying on nostalgia and the title of a remake, to rake in cash.
    Story: 40% is meh, 40% is worse, 20% is better
    Combat: Concept is great. But functionally repetitive, and never does anything interesting. ATB is stuck on easy mode, and isnt tuned to be more fun (such as increased fill rate, and increased enemy damage to actually need heals) Normal mode lets you spam potions to get through all fights by mashing square.
    Bosses only have the mechanic of: Has an elemental weakness you can ignore or Ignores most physical attacks you do. Nothing else. Anything else they do is secondary and can be missed/ignored.
    Music: 40% sound terrible, 40% are just meh, and 19% are good, and 1% is actually an improvement.
    Graphics: 2 areas look AMAZING, 2 areas look good enough, and the rest look pixelated, and terrible designs.
    Art Direction: Improper use of music in improper situations. Improper visual representation for mood or tone.

    They should have made FF16, or a non disingenuous sequel if they wanted to make something different. Otherwise remakes should remain as improved remasters. This abomination hybrid sequel reimagining is absolutely awful.    … Expand
  11. FusionLaxtor
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    Great Game! There are some technical issiues, but it's at least a nice game.
  12. MonkdemMan
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    This game is brilliant and a great remake of one of the greatest games of all time. Anyone who leaves a 0 cant call themselves a fan of this or the original just people who love being angry This combat system is a good blend of the new with the old. Characters are acted beautifully and I think Jessie may be my new favourite. The sound track was remixed perfectly. Side quests are a bitThis game is brilliant and a great remake of one of the greatest games of all time. Anyone who leaves a 0 cant call themselves a fan of this or the original just people who love being angry This combat system is a good blend of the new with the old. Characters are acted beautifully and I think Jessie may be my new favourite. The sound track was remixed perfectly. Side quests are a bit dry and the walking through gaps are the only down sides to this otherwise instant classic along side the original… Expand
  13. Lotheravanti
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    I absolutely love it. All the narrative choices in my opinion enhance the story. The gameplay is INTENSE, finished Air Buster with less than 5% health and Tifa, Barret dead. It FEELS like FFVII, only now I can move the camera around and be in awe of this amazing world created 20 years ago.
  14. RIELTURO
    Apr 14, 2020
    7
    To begin I'm huge fan of the original Final Fantasy 7 release in 1997. The remake starts amazing well but soon after the first reactor mission you will soon see new additions added to the story that might pick your interest for better or worse.

    The graphics are amazing on the main mission is amazing however for the side stories you may experience some texture popping or even notice    To begin I'm huge fan of the original Final Fantasy 7 release in 1997. The remake starts amazing well but soon after the first reactor mission you will soon see new additions added to the story that might pick your interest for better or worse.

    The graphics are amazing on the main mission is amazing however for the side stories you may experience some texture popping or even notice some MPC lack details compare to the main characters. Some areas don't have any texture to them and feel like a PS3 game.

    The new orchestrated soundtrack is amazing and brings the old songs back to life and feels so much better. Listening to them again is such a joy.

    The new gameplay is a lot of fun and does improve the action RPG implemented in FF15 for the better however I did experience by the end of the game camera issue, where I had to dodge a boss attacks trying to adjust the camera in a good angle.

    For newcomers, I can recommend the game I had a lot of fun with it until the end. Unfortunately, some part feels really repetitive and ashore which killed the momentum of the story moment. For returning players, some story changes might be for the worse. I didn't like the change of direction they took by the end of the game and left me with mixed feelings about the sequel.    … Expand
  15. Froozen34
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    O jogo esta impecável em todos os quesitos, valendo cada centavo! Eh um remake de excelência ,faz a gente mergulhar em nostalgia e nao querer parar de jogar mais! Nao se influencie por opinioes reviews ou notas, simplesmente jogue e terá a certeza de estar vivendo um dos melhores jogos do ano!
  16. GenoNF
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The final of the remake story may appeal to many and displease others.
    I want to give my opinion, since I liked the ending a lot, since I think that the way it expands the part that takes place in the Remake is very good and natural, I have never felt that the game has been artificially lengthened by simply adding minor missions. And regarding the end, the game leaves you with an open ending with many possibilities and that provide a great debate to the community about how the story will continue from now on in the following games in this saga that the remake has created.

    [SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!] I also think that Zack's scene is pure fan-service, although nobody can deny that this scene is epic and very emotional for fans of the FF7 collection.    … Expand
  17. Ferrarik1
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Giving this a 10 because of all the shills. This is a great game, opens up the story and leaves so much opportunity in the future. A must buy
  18. cormacmcs
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    An, at times decent and endearing, although unnecessarily padded, reimagining of a classic, marred by convoluted and ridiculous story changes, which are equal parts baffling and amateurish. The last section of the game takes what should of been an easy win for Square-Enix and drives it headfirst into a wall of disappoint, so foul, it almost strips away all positive feelings garnered by theAn, at times decent and endearing, although unnecessarily padded, reimagining of a classic, marred by convoluted and ridiculous story changes, which are equal parts baffling and amateurish. The last section of the game takes what should of been an easy win for Square-Enix and drives it headfirst into a wall of disappoint, so foul, it almost strips away all positive feelings garnered by the fluid combat and enjoyable character interactions.… Expand
  19. BigBossHayabusa
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    Fantastic game overall, very disappointing ending to someone who holds the original in very high regard. Newcomers will be confused and old players will be unhappy with the ending. Hopefully in the second remake they fix the few camera problems and fix the story after this ending. After my 38 hour play through, this is an amazing experience you shouldn’t miss.

    9.3/10
  20. Kakashi2
    Apr 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here is my list of letdowns:

    The action RPG elements ruins some of the settings. Instead of making interesting looking places, the game has to create these open battle fields due to the combat system.

    Some of my favorite scenes were cut or significantly altered. Climbing up the wall in wall market to the upper plate was changed heavily (the tone wasn't as dark and this section was essentially changed to a generic combat level). The graffiti was toned down and it just had a very different feel.

    You can't play as Red XIII, he is included in the game and plays along side you but you have no control over him. This is a major letdown, because he was my favorite side character of the original. If the game wasn't cut into sections, Red XIII would be a playable character. Since he is acquired so close to the end of the game, I think the developers just wanted to postpone adding his weapons, abilities, and game-play.

    The music at times was a letdown, this I didn't anticipate. The original FF7 has arguably the best video game soundtrack of all time. The remixes in this just had a different tone (some generic electronic music for example was added). I miss the soft piano and the ominous melodies.

    The padding. Often this game throws overly long battles and battle segments that really slow down the experience.

    Certain characters who originally died survived. I think this minimizes the bleak tone of the original.

    The Shinra Sephiroth sequence was changed heavily. My absolute favorite Migard part of the original was when you follow Sephiroth's trail of blood. It was scary, made Sephiroth feel like a formidably villain. This was changed to a trail of mako gloop. This just ruined the tone of the best Migard section IMO.    … Expand
  21. Ichigozanget
    Apr 14, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all is a good game but nothing else. Also bad done for the company calling it " remake " all who played it until the end will understand it. The ending that all people disagree, changes all the game to a spin off or a reboot not a remake. And selling it like a remake seems kinda illegal.... All media are judging it like a remake.... In second place if we consider that all is another story totally different it is other game not a FFVII. The point is All who say that graphics are 10/10 is a lie the npc are the worst of this aspect that seems from PSOne. In sound yes this title is excellent and the combat style for me isnt enough good. Other thing is the classic mode.... is a no-hands cinematic gameplay... totally dissapointed.Seems insulting for who likes to play multiturn based games. Needs updates in camera, textures and lipsinc.
    Above all a middle lineal title considered triple A with only fanservice with more of 5 years of develop....    … Expand
  22. Sroot82
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    It is a great game with lots of action. Follows the same path as the original with adding a few things here and there and giving better back stories. It does change a bit at the end but in a good way that is unexpected for players of the original.
  23. Andrix97
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece, this game is absolutely stunning, the sound, the battle system, the game play, just perfect
  24. SilentNightmare
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    I finished the game now and this is what I can say about it:

    + Great Visuals + Great Soundtrack + Good Character Design + Good Voices +/- The combat has its strengths and weaknesses. I hope the next part goes back to the classic turn based battle. - Horrible Fetch Sidequest straight out of some MMO. - Way too linear and narrow "Dungeons". - The padding is very annoying, it    I finished the game now and this is what I can say about it:

    + Great Visuals
    + Great Soundtrack
    + Good Character Design
    + Good Voices

    +/- The combat has its strengths and weaknesses. I hope the next part goes back to the classic turn based battle.

    - Horrible Fetch Sidequest straight out of some MMO.
    - Way too linear and narrow "Dungeons".
    - The padding is very annoying, it doesn't add anything meaningful to this game, only exist to make it longer.
    - Too much Story changes from the original, the ending putt this game from a 6/10 to a 4/10.
    - No hard mode available in first playthrough

    All in all it is a pretty average RPG, buy it on a sale and you can have some fun if you are not a fan of the original.    … Expand
  25. squalidux
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Amazing!! In my humble opinion! Incredible music, incredible character design and very fun game play! Anxious for continuation! My game of the year
  26. skurd
    Apr 14, 2020
    9
    Très surpris par ce remake bien qu il est des défaut il est très prenant.
    La fin du jeu est très surprenante ça va diviser les fans.
    Vivement la suite.
  27. Zapparoly
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game .Never have seen such a superb remake work like that. Great soundtrack, history, characters well re-estrutured and a such perfect work. Thanks square, waiting for chapter two!
  28. hellgater
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    Literalmente que las notas de 0 son solo de lloricas que solo querían un revisionado gráfico de exactamente las mismas cosas del jeugo del 97. Como juego solo da la talla mas que de sobra siendo un juegazo, me falla alguna textura sin calidad suficiente que desentona bastante (cosa que pueden arreglar fácil con parche) pero lo demás de 10
  29. Drago_Zane
    Apr 14, 2020
    7
    The good, the bad and the ugly, i went through normal/max difficulty raking at 45 hours, used one third of my items and materia, limit breaks are sometimes rare when activated in normal mode. I also tried some scenes in tha game as easy , well, is easy. Some people might like it and some people might not like it, and here is the reason i'm giving it a seven (OK).

    The soundtrack,    The good, the bad and the ugly, i went through normal/max difficulty raking at 45 hours, used one third of my items and materia, limit breaks are sometimes rare when activated in normal mode. I also tried some scenes in tha game as easy , well, is easy. Some people might like it and some people might not like it, and here is the reason i'm giving it a seven (OK).

    The soundtrack, yes, worth it, some music that you will remember sound better, as if it was taken from the albums of Two step from hell, immediate music, positron music, Ivan Torrent, etc etc, all those stuff you find in their sites and youtube.

    The game straight out from the start fleshes the story from the original FF7 from the Ps1/PC back in the days, give more scenes and details on how each part is progressed by telling you more, and other moments that happened in between chapters from the old game, but some moments and parts you tend to wonder, "at this pace or decision making in the story is quite dumb/not smart so that you spend more time in levels or adding to the drama or pushing it as a shore". Still the story even with its flaws carries the game in most parts but quare-enix is once again going almost, not completely in to the (borderline) / returning to the non-condensed-monotonous BS way story telling of few games back then like kingdom hearts 3 and FF13-2, good games in some aspects but bad storytelling (not story wise in some aspects). I haven't played FF15 so i don't know how they transitioned.

    We got a few cool battle moments that some of it were worth it while others were seriously annoying, not because it is difficult, it is because sometimes the companions were "kinda" AI dumb or dead, seeing sometimes Barret going in circles glitching out, also seeing all of them just sitting there doing nothing but some battles it was just mostly a 1 vs 1 battle instead of 3 vs 1 battle and sometimes i used the exploit of the AI limited attention span to the player controlled character. But i would prefer that the enemy and specially some bosses would been programmed to be more of beating your butt even it uses their own spells that is fun.

    Also another annoying issue is some spells from enemies didn't have status markers specially paralyzing attacks, weren't stop/slow/sleep as they were rare in game, annoying but i got used to it, summons are also cool, not important but still cool to use and also necessary to cut short any long battle specially the chocobo summon    … Expand
  30. Muddzyn
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    I love this game and i waiting for part 2 Square Good Job ! Ending is controversial but i love it.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

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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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