Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. rmfrost
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    It’s fan fiction and false advertising and has nothing to do with the series canon xd
  2. Shad86
    Apr 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a 90%Original and 10%Scam. I think if I could sue SquareEnix I would do it at this moment. All the best parts of the game is what they took from the original, everything that is new I just feel that didn't work as:

    -Ghost plot, totally unnecessary. The original plot was way better and enough to make a game.
    -Side quest as Cats, or finding monsters .
    -The scenery at the highway was a tedious one, that mini game with the Robot hand. I had to do it because it was necessary but it was boring seen those things move slow it kill the pace of the game.
    -Ojos Lab floors scenery, switching between characters was also tedious.
    -They remove the BLOOD from the Original game, as when Sephirot opened the cell for you and you found a trail of blood. Well that's gone including that scene.

    They made things right, so that't the 4/10 . As copying the original story before the end, music, graphics and dialog voices(except for Aerith).
    Seems they will mess up with the original story in the next chapter, I think I will buy it but not will be a 1st day buy anymore, and not a priority anymore. And I'm sure it is my last FF.

    You just don't fool your costumers, Shame of you SquareEnix.    … Expand
  3. pyhriel
    Jun 10, 2021
    0
    This game is pretty average. The gameplay, though not my favorite, is ok. It is fun to play with, has some strengths and weaknesses. I feel that the lack of possibility to change your materia during battle to be very counter strategic (mainly against bosses). Basically you can use the asses ability during the battle to know the strengths and weaknesses of your enemy, but that only tellsThis game is pretty average. The gameplay, though not my favorite, is ok. It is fun to play with, has some strengths and weaknesses. I feel that the lack of possibility to change your materia during battle to be very counter strategic (mainly against bosses). Basically you can use the asses ability during the battle to know the strengths and weaknesses of your enemy, but that only tells you whether or not you are equipped to fight it or not, you can't adapt to the information. As a general rule, I just pushed through, whatever the information was, and if I got defeated I'd set my materia according to the knowledge I gained from the battle. This is not an elegant design.
    Otherwise, the gameplay is fun. A bit rough on the edges, but it is fun.

    The pace of the game is what is best in my opinion, it is like a long interactive cutscene. It is very entertaining. Though, my issue with it, is that it doesn't feel like a coherent story. It feels more like a series of "cool scene" and "cool pseudo philosophical speeches", but all the parts don't really fit together. Especially the escalation in the last chapter, where you go from C to W, but you skipped everything in between.
    In my opinion, they should've kept the story centered on midgard, and just gradually hint at the bigger picture, rather than try to force feed it to you. The avalanche and helping Aerith storyline, are the parts I like best about this game. It's not that I don't want the epic proportion drama with Sephi and all, it's just that it made no sense in that part of the story. And honnestly, the whispers should just not be there. They're both a narrative cop-out on the designers part, and they just confuse everything behind the guise of being "to evolved" for you to understand.

    Anyway. I still had fun playing it, at least the first time. Playing it again, kind of exposed the narrative flaws even more. Also the hard mode is not that fun (and for those among you who care, yes I did beat it, and only a few bosses gave me any real troubles). The way they added difficulty in the hard mode is by removing elements of gameplay, which I find is rather dull. Removing uses of items takes a system out of the game, and limiting your MP input kind make you not use magic all that much. It is harder, but not in a fun way.    … Expand
  4. Crevanille
    Apr 25, 2020
    0
    The game is not a remake it is a reboot. Square Enix Lied and don't want people to know the truth that's why there flagging anyone posting walkthroughs of the games ending. They even went as far as to threaten Shirrako with a lawsuit. If this is the way Square Enix wants to do things now than I will never again buy any of there products.
  5. JVcity05
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    My first console was the PS1, my first two games that I purchased were Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII. I purchased them because of the game cover art. Never played either of their predecessors so I was spoiled rotten as a child when I started both of those franchises at their absolute best.

    I am highly disappointed with this first installment will not be paying for more of the    My first console was the PS1, my first two games that I purchased were Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII. I purchased them because of the game cover art. Never played either of their predecessors so I was spoiled rotten as a child when I started both of those franchises at their absolute best.

    I am highly disappointed with this first installment will not be paying for more of the future installments. Don’t waste your money if you have played the original. You will be surprised at how short this game is for sixty dollars real quick. This is a cash grab. The game developers deserve credit for their hard work and effort but the executives are literally Shrina executives for all of these dumb ass choices.

    Barret is still a stereotype despite there being heavy changes to the original story in this remake. Really?

    The game play is cool but there isn't a compelling story that couples the game play.

    The writing is subpar for the voice actors.

    This game is filled with more filling than a pie toss.

    Animation scenes are great.

    I feel for this generation of gamers and the future gamers. If this industry continues in this direction they will be groomed for fleecing.

    I am close to retiring my controller at this point. Seikro was the last game I truly felt like a kid playing and enjoying a fully-realized video game.

    I was mistaken to have thought a remake of a classic would be enjoyable this time around.    … Expand
  6. posta
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    My god... As someone who didn't get a chance to play the original one, I was excited to try this out. The game started off well - but what the hell happened?! Lazy writing, that's what happened. Why the hell did the writers feel the need to add this whole alternative reality/destiny trope? It's cheesy and unnecessary. The ending is just rubbish. A letdown of epic proportions.
  7. hvad
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    My score is very severe because i lose my time and i was very
    disappointed, frustrate combat system. I like original game ff7 but i can't like this one. How can be it fun to play when system combat is so bad.
    Shame on you Square Enix.
  8. theonlyisaac
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zack is still alive, they ruined all the other content that made FF7 what we love and enjoy. Advent children is ruined after this game.… Expand
  9. Nin_
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    If you love the original, don't bother with this. It's an absolute abomination. Whoever thought of changing the story should be sacked.
  10. jamespedid
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    An absolute kick in the dick/elbow in the **** for any person who was a fan of the original FF7 game. Not only did they prove that they could take all of the awful elements of some of the later Final Fantasy games and mash them into a single game, but they do so in a way that is just boring, uninspiring, and downright cheap. The only way for the honor of the original FF7 to be preserved isAn absolute kick in the dick/elbow in the **** for any person who was a fan of the original FF7 game. Not only did they prove that they could take all of the awful elements of some of the later Final Fantasy games and mash them into a single game, but they do so in a way that is just boring, uninspiring, and downright cheap. The only way for the honor of the original FF7 to be preserved is for the entire FF7 staff to be fired AND/OR for Square Enix to be disbanded, because this first part of a remake is absolute trash.

    Want to go look for cats or school children as sidequests? This is your game. Want to fight bosses with no warning and for those bosses to be unbeatable unless you have the right equipment setup? this is your game. Want to have an uninspiring battle system that is completely different than the simplistic and majestic combat system of the original? This is your game. Want to play FF 15 again? This is your game.

    I will not purchase a Final Fantasy game again if they continue to produce trash games because some dickhead managed to get a producer level position that has no respect for JRPGs or any games of that type, and instead insist on spamming garbage beat-em-up combat games down your throat. If I wanted to play Golden Axe or Gauntlet, I would go play those games.

    On a positive note, the game is pretty and the graphics are well done, and this is typical from a studio that is now run by artists and not game designers. If you're in Japan, please do me a favor and post a sticky note to the front door of Square Enix that reads **** You!".    … Expand
  11. jstam323
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    garbage. bad voice acting. horrible story changes. the combat is button mashing crap. it is some skins from the original in a new and horrible game. they destroyed a master piece here.
  12. Keindel
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The beginning is just amazing but when the game is about to end it becomes the Nomura **** with Kingdom Hearst stupidity, please remove Nomura… Expand
  13. Arck
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    GRAN juego para los nostálgicos que amamos el clásico y un acierto en su diseño de combates. MALISIMO en su diseño de niveles, relleno de forma forzada y artificial y cambios graves alejados en su narrativa muy mal encajados. Nomura a querido dejar su huella y a manchada el alma de esta obra. Ha cambiado el destino de FF7R y ahora se llama "Final Hearts - Los tres jinetes y el sin corazónGRAN juego para los nostálgicos que amamos el clásico y un acierto en su diseño de combates. MALISIMO en su diseño de niveles, relleno de forma forzada y artificial y cambios graves alejados en su narrativa muy mal encajados. Nomura a querido dejar su huella y a manchada el alma de esta obra. Ha cambiado el destino de FF7R y ahora se llama "Final Hearts - Los tres jinetes y el sin corazón del destino". Enhorabuena Nomura por semejante infortunio.… Expand
  14. Adri-un
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    Perso (mon avis) je ne comprends pas comment on peut être fan du premier ff7 et carrément adorer la première partie de ce remake... elle est beaucoup trop longue ET tellement ennuyante, on peine à faire évoluer ses personnage car trop peu de combat (par contre pour marcher tu marches), je me suis jamais senti autant enfermé dans les couloirs d'un jeu, c'est presque angoissant je trouve,Perso (mon avis) je ne comprends pas comment on peut être fan du premier ff7 et carrément adorer la première partie de ce remake... elle est beaucoup trop longue ET tellement ennuyante, on peine à faire évoluer ses personnage car trop peu de combat (par contre pour marcher tu marches), je me suis jamais senti autant enfermé dans les couloirs d'un jeu, c'est presque angoissant je trouve, les quêtes annexes sont ridiculement inintéressantes (matière grise sur off ça passe suffit de suivre la flèche...), les combats sont bordéliques (voire vraiment inégaux pour certains) je suis dégouté de voir qu'ils ont pris autant liberté pour modifier le jeu... tout ce que j'apprécie de ce final c'est ( en dehors des graphismes ) tout ce qui n'a pas était modifier par rapport à la version original... (donc pas grand chose)… Expand
  15. OriginalFF7fan
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    Don’t be fooled by the 10/10 copypasted bot-reviews from 1-rating-1-review-random-google-image-avatar ‘reviewers’ with names like ‘GIANTMONKEYBUTT’.

    Instead, ask yourself: When you played the original Midgar segment, did you think ‘Wow, this could only be better if it were 6 times longer and all that extra length was devoted to running down Manhunt-ripped drab concrete hallways doing    Don’t be fooled by the 10/10 copypasted bot-reviews from 1-rating-1-review-random-google-image-avatar ‘reviewers’ with names like ‘GIANTMONKEYBUTT’.

    Instead, ask yourself: When you played the original Midgar segment, did you think ‘Wow, this could only be better if it were 6 times longer and all that extra length was devoted to running down Manhunt-ripped drab concrete hallways doing grindy Korean MMO-tier fetch quests?’ Of course you didn’t. But SE’s marketing department sure wants to think you did. This is the most soulless, poorly-written piece of filth which SE has yet to excrete. It’s time we accept that Nomura is a hack and that the original FF7 was a perfect storm that isn’t happening again.

    In addition to being padded as all hell so they can break in into installments and charge you for the game 10 times over, this isn’t a remake. This is a sequel about writing over the original plot with the most pretentious pseudo-intellectual fanfiction in existence:

    - Everything you loved about the original game has been retconned. Everyone's canon personalities have been overwritten with anime-archetypes. Aerith is now a random-pixie-dream girl who's so cliche-riddled, it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn Nomura had the TV Tropes page open when he wrote her cringeworthy 'dialogue'.

    - Shinra have actually been given LESS depth (ERR: Div by 0) to the point where they make Captain Planet’s villains look complex and subtle.

    - Twists for the sake of twists a la The Last Jedi.

    - Horrible ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL archetypes occupy most of the extra length.

    - Open mockery of fans of the original game for ACTUALLY wanting the remake we were promised. (I’m not joking. They literally insult their own original game’s fanbase as a plot point.)

    - Buggy as hell.

    - Attempts to retcon in Dirge of Cerberus. Did you like Dirge of Cerberus? Because this game has more in common with that than the original FF7.

    - Looks horrible because SE outsourced the development of the 3D assets to a sweatshop in Malaysia. The few models SE made themselves and the outsourced NPC models are jarringly mismatched. Also, the environments look like PSP textures.

    - The new retconned ending is literally so terrible that SE is threatening to sue youtubers who post it out of fear it will hurt their sales.

    The new ‘retconned’ plot literally reads like something Nomura scrawled on the back of a pizza box while huffing Nos in the dumpster outside Kojima’s. If you’re a fan of the original, DO NOT buy this.    … Expand
  16. JaytotheBizzle
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am disappointed overall. Yes the graphics are great. The story is very close to the original. I had expectations as this game was incredible on the Playstation when it was originally released. I should have done a bit more research prior to ordering. I assumed FFVII Remake was going to be exactly that, a "Remake" of the original. It is not. Here comes the spoiler. One of the largest parts of the game was traveling around in the ship, looking for Chocobos and greens to breed and race. If you played the original then you know what I mean. I literally cried 1/2 a tear when the credits rolled after only 26 hours of gameplay. I immediately went to look to see if that was truly it and that is when I found out there were no Chocobos in the game other than looking at them and saving the 3 lost ones. So from someone who played the original and was really excited to play this. I wish I had not spent the money. Epic failure. If this is the first time you have played it, then yes it will be awesome but for those of us that know better, C'mon SQ Enix, you crushed my hopes and dreams.… Expand
  17. Rpgfan85
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    I never thought someone could completely ruin an almost perfect game in the very final chapter. Congratulations to SE and Tesuya Nomura you guys have really done it now
  18. Elladar
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE is biggest disappointment ever, definitely not buy.
  19. ajeffries43
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is NOT FF7. It's a game LOADED with pointless fetch quests to stretch out the game to justify releasing in multiple parts. The story has been completely changed (to the point that it is a completely different game). The battle system is the only thing that's fun, but you only control one character and the AI on the computer controlled characters in your party is completely broken. You can't give them commands until their ATB is full, but they just stand there and don't do anything to build their ATB. So it's basically a one person party the entire game because the other two members are nearly useless.

    The people giving this game a positive score just bought into the hype. It's loaded with fetch quests, has a completely different plot and story (I can't understate this), the computer AI on your party members is broken, and the only thing that's done well are the story parts kept in from the original (which constitutes less than 5% of the the playtime of the remake. the rest is new and added in and/or pointless fetch quests).

    The time travel twist completely makes this a different story. I am cool with added backstories and tweaking the existing story here and there. And the parts they did that were well done. But then they took a sledgehammer to the story with the ending. This is not what ANYONE wanted when fans were begging for a remake for a decade.

    The original FF7 is my favorite game of all time. I was disappointed when I heard the changes that were made to the game during development, and that they were dividing it into multiple games. But I still saw the great scores the game was given, and got excited and gave it a chance. I've never been more disappointed. What I played was way worse than even my worst fear..    … Expand
  20. Pale_Theme
    Apr 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its clear that SE made this game for the fans of the original as I dont see any newcomers understanding the game or getting as much enjoyment from the fanservice and content as original fans. With this in mind, it baffles me that they put an ending that insults the legacy of the original and its fans.
    Imagine eating a cornetto, and then at the end of it, instead of the chocolate bit, its dog poo. People saying the ending doesnt ruin the game are unfortunately too into the hype and the beautifully rendered anime waifus to notice the many flaws this game has from a game play and story telling perspective.    … Expand
  21. Okguy
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Poorly made cash grab, that's really all their is to say about it. I know some people think nothing will Cloud in it can be bad, but those people also like smash for the Wii U
  22. Disapointedx
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Since FF9, since Squaresoft and Enix become SquareEnix, since that day Final Fantasy is dead ! I was hoping FF7 be spared by Enix because it's a remake but no. Enix's incompetence has imposed again ! Bye-bye Final Fantasy, I know now that it's definitely over.
  23. Everest4
    May 1, 2020
    0
    How can someone be a fan of the original FF7 and put a 10/10 for FF7R ?
    FF7 was ugly even in 1997, the combat system was rudimentary. But the soundtrack, the story, and the charisma of the characters was monumental. FF7R is the exact opposite of that, really beautiful but soulless,
    I can't believe there are so players who enjoy this game. I think a lot of people here are just fake    How can someone be a fan of the original FF7 and put a 10/10 for FF7R ?
    FF7 was ugly even in 1997, the combat system was rudimentary. But the soundtrack, the story, and the charisma of the characters was monumental. FF7R is the exact opposite of that, really beautiful but soulless,

    I can't believe there are so players who enjoy this game. I think a lot of people here are just fake people paid to keep the score above a certain level. If you agree, dont hesitate to create your own review !    … Expand
  24. Hell_son
    May 1, 2020
    0
    Everything is done to make a maximum of money using FF7's past notoriety. Too much talking, excessively caricatured characters, theatrical scenes, corridors and narrow corridors to artificially extend the life of the game to the point of nausea ! All is all is mixed, twisted. It's a huge smokescreen that can only impress shallow people. Even the story of a Call of Duty is better done.Everything is done to make a maximum of money using FF7's past notoriety. Too much talking, excessively caricatured characters, theatrical scenes, corridors and narrow corridors to artificially extend the life of the game to the point of nausea ! All is all is mixed, twisted. It's a huge smokescreen that can only impress shallow people. Even the story of a Call of Duty is better done.

    The truth is that SquareEnix can afford to do sh*t because Final Fantasy 7 was a masterpiece. Some of us deny that truth.

    I redid FF7 at least 6 times. Each time I enjoyed reading all the dialogues. In FF7R, I skipped the dialogues several times, just in the first run ! Among of those who gave a 10/10, how many will do this game again and watching all the cutscenes ?    … Expand
  25. Not_too
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    For the newcomers, I can see the game being mind-boggling and beautiful enough to warrant a high score. However, for the fans of the original, this entry falls short of the 1997 original.

    Straight off the bat, I knew that it wasn't going to be the whole game. However, what I didn't know, was how disappointing exploring Midgar would be. Some of the side quests boil down to: Find 3    For the newcomers, I can see the game being mind-boggling and beautiful enough to warrant a high score. However, for the fans of the original, this entry falls short of the 1997 original.

    Straight off the bat, I knew that it wasn't going to be the whole game. However, what I didn't know, was how disappointing exploring Midgar would be. Some of the side quests boil down to: Find 3 chocobos that you have to traverse the entire world map for in chapter 14. The world map itself is essentially a long straight linear line with some offshoots to dungeons making it a series of Y-shaped corridors. The quality of the side quests simply doesn't justify the game being Midgar only. Sequences in the original game have been stretched to 30 minutes so you spend more time with your favorite characters that have been brought to life, instead of actually having something meaningful develop plotwise.

    Once the nostalgia wears off and you replay it, all of these little moments that were good on the first go, fall short and you just want to get it over with as soon as possible so you can go find that missing item/quest.

    Then there is the ending. This is an ending that is so disconnected with the tone of the rest of the remake and the original that I can't even begin to describe the drop in the enjoyment you get going from chapters 17 to 18. This ending fills older fans with worry and confuses newer players. SE either put this in just to get older fans talking (and will loop back to the events of the original just so they can "surprise" the older fans) or they have just majorly changed it for whatever reason. Either way, it's a shocking drop in storywriting and enjoyment compared to the rest of the game. Not only does the story become strange here. The characters they have lovingly built up in the first 35 hours completely change personalities. Aerith becomes a cryptic nonsense spewing prophet and the other characters just accept it and walk into the portal that pops up for the final boss just like that. Suddenly, even though this doesn't fit how shes portrayed in the rest of the game at all, Tifa says she's willing to defy destiny. Cloud doesn't say anything. Barrett, despite just being saved by fate, also agrees to spit in its face. Whether the change itself was good or not, I just cannot believe how badly they messed up the execution.

    I don't see how they will build up anything for part 2 anymore. The sephiroth and Aerith in this game are beings who can open dimensional portals like gods at this point of the story already. Our main cast of characters have already fought a literal manifestation of fate. Imagine going from that to the Midgar Zolom in game 2...

    Once I reached this ending and replayed the game on chapter select, because of how much of a bad taste the ending left in my mouth, all of the other issues with the games snail-like pacing in some areas become noticeable and I realized that this game was not justified in being Midgar only. I am now also fearful of how many sections they will release it in and how expanding it and adding filler willl lessen the impact of the special moments in the original.

    This absolutely horrendous experience is made even worse by the attitudes of the fanboys on the subs and forums discussing this game where any criticism is met with trolling or straw man arguments. Shame on Square-Enix for turning the Final Fantasy Franchise into a joke and shame on the people who support this direction    … Expand
  26. LastStandMan
    May 2, 2020
    0
    FF7R is basically a Kigdom Heart cross-dressing in FF7. The worst of the 2 worlds
  27. NooShame
    May 2, 2020
    0
    - Characters that make you uncomfortable (childish manga acting)
    - Spoils with end story revelations
    - Boring fillers
    - Harry Potter inspiration ...
    - Magnetic enemies attacks you can't evade

    Play FF7, it'll cost you nothing and you'll get a lot more.
  28. Eldoreth
    May 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an insult.

    For whatever reason, Sakaguchi's influence and work within squaresoft is today met with such jealousy and vehemence that any chance the current goon squad responsible for Kingdom Heart, FF 13, and FF 15, gets they take a giant dudu on Sakaguchi.

    The tale of FF VII was a story about terrorists. And you are one of them. You blow up the plate. You kill innocents. But this "remake" tells you that now it's only Shinra that killed them. What the ****

    The tale of FF VII is about a head-strong SOLDIER who speaks his mind and doesn't care if it pisses people off. Now it's about a pensive, quiet guy who sounds like every generic hero ever.

    The tale of FF VII doesn't reveal Sephiroth until after the sequences in midgar. This "remake" finds an excuse to ham-fistedly push Sephiroth into every scene they possibly could, up until revealing that he's not quite the Sephiroth we know?

    The tale of FF VII doesn't have meta-calling ghosts of destiny to spit in the faces of real fans who just wanted a remake. Yeah, I know what those ghosts represent, Nomura. You couldn't have been more subtle. Those ghosts are the "evil" spirits of those who don't want YOU to **** with the story. So you just happen to let the party kill those ghosts to represent you kill us fans who did not want you to **** with the story. SO META!

    Stay clear from this garbo. You can thank me for it later.    … Expand
  29. Ang3vil
    May 2, 2020
    0
    Got baited by the demo of FF7R. The first part looks like FF7, then the story is distorted. I miss the days when video games weren't democratized. I miss the days when developers were not only driven by financial interests. I'm really disgusted, not because I have lost some money, but because I know now FF7 will never reborn. If I have some advices, play the original version of FF7 andGot baited by the demo of FF7R. The first part looks like FF7, then the story is distorted. I miss the days when video games weren't democratized. I miss the days when developers were not only driven by financial interests. I'm really disgusted, not because I have lost some money, but because I know now FF7 will never reborn. If I have some advices, play the original version of FF7 and wait for games like The Last of Us II or Cyberpunk. The FF series is no longer for the older generation of gamers.

    Note: My review has also been removed but not here (yet). It could be fanaticism from some players but I tend to believe that there is a financial interest behind ... So I totally agree with you @sumbodyshero&billski.    … Expand
  30. Bringonthejoy
    May 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After a lot of thought, I feel like this is a fair score to give this game. I don't have very high standards for games so stuff like the pacing being ruined by the slow side quests, lack of urgency, cheesiness and scripted walking sequences usually don't bother me too much. I didnt even mind that I had to fork out hundreds of dollars and potentially have to buy a $1000 PS5 to get the full story. I would usually give a game like this an 8 or probably even a 9 even with all of these flaws if it was enjoyable overall. The reason I am giving it a 4 is solely because of that abomination of an ending. That ending just sucks the enjoyment out of you and makes you not care as much for future titles.

    I should say that while I've been a longtime fan of the final fantasy series, I was late in playing FF7 so I dont have the nostalgia goggles that many people have. I am not a purist so its not the direction that bothered me, it was the execution. I don't understand how they could have created such a magical experience for the first 35 hours and then screwed up completely in the last 3 hours, leaving a stain on all of their hard work.

    (minus 1 point) Firstly, the characters start acting oddly, Aerith changing from her cheerful, confident self to a depressed, unsure clone of Tifa. And Red XIII seems to be relegated to a mouthpiece of square, trying to explain the nonsense they are pulling in the last 2 chapters.. They also seemed to have made him older and wiser than his original counterpart who was described as having a juvenile state of mind.

    (minus 1 point) Secondly, the multiple timelines they put in were pointless additions. After you beat the whisper harbinger, you are treated to a scene of Zack in from Crisis core. Except instead of him dying to save cloud, you see him watching as the whispers fade from existence and he carries cloud towards midgar. He then walks past the point where cloud and aerith are leaving the city, showing that they made it to Midgar. What was the point of this change? Is it another reality/dimension? If so, why does it matter? Also, didnt Zack die in the past? How would killing whispers in the present change the past? If they existed across all of time and space why didnt they just remove sephiroth from existence? And above all, why does it matter if he is alive in an alternate dimension if its not the one the story takes place in?

    (minus 1 point) Thirdly, the addition of changing fate itself at the end was just wrong. The rest of the game, although the whispers show up, the main theme was not changing fate. A large part of the enjoyment I got from the first 35 hours of the game was seeing the characters deal with the moral dilemma of their war with Shinra and them seeing the consequences of their actions. It had absolutely nothing to do with fate. Trying to shoehorn this in at the 11th hour was just jarring. Throughout the game the bosses have been machines or people. Then at the end of the game, all of a sudden you fight this gigantic manifestation of fate that looks like the first boss in Kingdom Hearts 1. Its such a huge disconnect from the rest of the game.

    (minus 2 points) And then there is the worst part of all for me: I dont know who was responsible for this. It may not have been Nomura like everyone is crying about but, whoever decided it was a good idea to add in arbiters of fate only to kill them at the end of the game, signaling the death of the fanbase's expectations, should be sacked. Whoever it was, was trying to be a smartass towards the fans. It was the least subtle way of saying "f*** the fans for asking us to make it faithful. We are gonna force you to kill your own expectations in the form of these arbiters of fate so we can do whatever we want now". If they wanted to change the story, they should have just changed it. Sure, it wouldn't have been what they advertised but its better than changing it and then using the whispers as a device to explain and justify their actions. This act alone was so petty and insulting I can understand why a lot of people are fuming and giving this game 0/10.

    Frankly, I dont understand all of the people saying they were fans of the original and like this better. FF7 is a story driven game so you cant call the ending of the story a minor issue and give it a 10/10.

    This almost feels like GOT Season 8 last year. So much effort was wasted making a brilliant game that got ruined by bad writing and terrible execution at the end.

    Edit: Since a bunch of you felt like giving the game a 10/10 while specifically calling people who gave a low score purist fanboys, and not giving any actual reviews I've decided to change my score from 4 to 0. A game with the sheer legacy of FF7 deserves respect towards the original and it's fanbase. This was the game that rocketed square to success. Without it there would be no final fantasy today. Without the original fans, the remake would never have been made.    … Expand
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#8 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#5 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#4 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 126 Critic Reviews

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