Final Fantasy VII Remake

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  1. remolian
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Just beat the game on easy mode (wanted to see the story more then anything) and as a huge fan of the original i loved almost everything about this game. The original FF7 was released 23 years ago and RPGS have changed a lot so square took elements from all their most popular recent RPGS and put it in this game. It works. They also introduced a neat little story trick that allows themJust beat the game on easy mode (wanted to see the story more then anything) and as a huge fan of the original i loved almost everything about this game. The original FF7 was released 23 years ago and RPGS have changed a lot so square took elements from all their most popular recent RPGS and put it in this game. It works. They also introduced a neat little story trick that allows them to tweak established lore. I know some people are upset by it but it allows them to give the same story as before that everyone loved while also keeping players who know that story on their toes as their is a chance things will be different this time. A lot of work went into the story as well. The writing, voice acting and direction of the games cinematic's are all top notch. Fighting is a mix of Kingdom Hearts big summons and limit breaks and FF15's quick jumping around hack and slash style and is very addictive and allows plenty of room for player skill improvement.

    Most of my gripes are minor and could be fixed with some DLC missions or updates but as of right now thet are:
    - The game is too short.
    - There are not very many side quests or optional bosses
    - One of the major characters aren't playable
    - Tifa's **** look ridiculous. Everyone else looks normal and she looks like a cartoon.
    - My biggest problem is that recently Square focuses more on storytelling then game play and no place do their games suffer more then the world map. Like the latest Kingdom Hearts 3 they did an amazing job with the set pieces to tell the story but it winds up being a lot of you start at point A and need to go to point B. It didn't bother me to much here since we never make it to originals world map in this game but I really hope the next one has a more open world like FF15.

    Overall though it's a great game that finally delivered the start of a new FF7. I just kept finding myself grinning from ear to ear as I just walked around with these characters that I love so much, Listening to them talk. Buy this game.    … Expand
  2. hek0990
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    Amazing story, amazing visuals, amazing soundtrack, amazing gameplay. Simply an amazing game 10/10.
  3. Alukun
    Apr 17, 2020
    10
    Till today i play every few years a run of FF7. It was one of my first games i ever had and my first big love which enlighted my enthusiasm for videogames.
    10/10
  4. 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.
  5. ProfessorNecr0
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    This game has improved on many areas of the original and also flushed out characters in more meaning and natural ways. So far this has been a near 9.9 almost a perfect game.

    The things that slow it down are minor and the story changes are minor and very welcomed as it creates a more cohesive world.
  6. Provulies
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    I am a newcomer to the series and found this to be one of the best games I've played in recent years. When I started to play this game I was already under the impression that Final Fantasy games had complex and wild stories the player would have to piece together. By the end of the games most of the things I was confused about became answered questions. I found the characters and world toI am a newcomer to the series and found this to be one of the best games I've played in recent years. When I started to play this game I was already under the impression that Final Fantasy games had complex and wild stories the player would have to piece together. By the end of the games most of the things I was confused about became answered questions. I found the characters and world to be enjoyable as well as the ending being pretty fun. I very much look forward to the next addition to this series.… Expand
  7. nzivvo
    Apr 22, 2020
    8
    Positives
    + 80% of the story and recreation was perfect and out of this world.
    + The graphics and visuals on the main story missions were unreal + The new gameplay was a great combo of button bashing, turn based, and strategy. + The weapon upgrade and levelling mechanics + Character design, scripts and voiceovers + Mini games Negatives - The delivery of the 2 most key    Positives
    + 80% of the story and recreation was perfect and out of this world.
    + The graphics and visuals on the main story missions were unreal
    + The new gameplay was a great combo of button bashing, turn based, and strategy.
    + The weapon upgrade and levelling mechanics
    + Character design, scripts and voiceovers
    + Mini games

    Negatives
    - The delivery of the 2 most key scenes/chapters in the story (S7 plate and Shinra HQ) was poor, felt messy and didn't give the emotion the original events did. Cinematics need to be improved going forward.
    - Content - This isn't quite worthy of a 'full RPG' status, especially by Square Enix standards. Revisiting locations, fighting same bosses twice, and a good handful of poor side quests are obvious attempts at 'filling out' the game to sell as a full price title.
    - Summons are now too rare and obtained in battle by pure luck - this has removed their strategic importance as they can't be planned or relied upon.    … Expand
  8. Kraze55
    Apr 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game expands on the original product and concept of FF7. However it reaches farther and sets the stage for a new creative storyline. If you are still uncertain about the questionable ending I can request watching Easy allies spoiler cast with Maximilian Dood… Expand
  9. 0niXRaven
    Apr 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is just shy of masterpiece, but it's early version still so it will definitely be polished through patches to perfection. The game is scored wonderfully, all being delicately remastered from the original soundtrack. The enemy designs have also been suitably polished, all being just as creepy, intimidating, or adorable as they should be. The game has been reworked to expand the original world to be tenfold the size as it would be, areas like the Sector 5 rooftops, which used to be three backgrounds and two minutes long, being expanded to an hour of traversal, combat, and dialogue. The action RPG battle style of XV and Kingdom Hearts has been brought to the game for a newer audience, seeing how turn-based has become a relic of the past outside of indie games. The ATB system having control over items, spells, and abilities can get a bit tense, especially when in high level encounters. But a bit of tension and challenge never hurt anyone (except your characters.) The only thing I have to say against this game is that some of the texture work needs fixing (the early version need for polish at the beginning.) In Final Fantasy XV, plates of food would show half-loaded textures for a few seconds, before switching to an HD rendering of your meal. Many environmental items look like those half-loaded textures. I do, though, have faith that these will be given a rework in a patch soon enough. Finally, and spoilers here, just play the beginning of Chapter 13. The plate has been dropped on Sector 7, and you find Barrett, looking Biggs, Wedge, Jessie, and Marlene. In this scene in the original, I hardly showed any emotion. It was a unfeeling text box talking about characters I didn't care about. But now, you care about Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie. They feel like characters now. Barrett is in tears, his voice broken, his spirit with it. The biggest, strongest, toughest looking guy on the team, is in tears for your friends, his friends, and his daughter. I cried. For the first time in years I cried with Barrett without an inch of restraint. This game, for it's up's, it downs, and it's Wall Markets, should be held in the highest regard for everything it will do for you, with you, and to you. And with that, I'd say it's but a hair's width from a perfect game.… Expand
  10. Shadow64
    May 4, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its really challenging for me to review this game, ive been anticipating this for so many years. Im a huge ff7 fan all the way back when the original was first released. I preordered the deluxe addition and followed the news on it very closely all the way up to release. Now thats out of the way, lets get to the actual review.

    Graphics: This is a mix bag... i played this on a 4k tv, ps4 pro. half this game is beautiful, especially the main characters. Cloud is probably the best looking character model in existence right now, showing detail all the way down to tiny hairs on his arms and neck. Some of the backdrops are gorgeous. Unfortunately the other 50% has hideous low resolution textures and awful pop in everywhere. It seems like the game only loads textures that are being zoomed in on and anything at a distance wont load the resolution fully. idk if this is a graphics glitch or a compromise they had to make. Some backdrops look like puke smeared all over the screen... With games like red dead redemption 2 and god of war looking near perfect on ps4, im not really sure why the graphics take a quality hit here. Probably a excuse to sell us the "enhanced mercenary edition" on ps5 and PC.

    Gameplay: it took me awhile to get used to this hybrid combat. I had more than a few frustrating boss fights and encounters where i was stun locked, knocked down repeatedly or aggravatingly put to sleep, shocked or froged. When things are going smoothly and you figure out what to do, the combat is amazing. But its not without its flaws and has a learning curve. Half the side quests in this game are bad padding. Some are good. Some are decent... Its the main story quests where this really shines and has the best gameplay, though some areas are dragged on a little longer than id prefer.

    Music and sound: is perfect. They took songs from the original and enhanced all of them in every possible way. Love the sound track for this game, you can really hear the love and passion the composers had. The character voice actors all do a fantastic job.

    Story: this is the hardest thing for me to judge and rate in the game and probably the main reason i cant rate it a 10. This has been advertised as a true remake of the original only with story and graphics improvements. But what was delivered is more like a sequel, which would be fine if it would of been marketed that way... i knew there would be some changes to the game and i was fine with that, fleshing out story points and areas is great and for the most part they do exactly that. But then they add in these stupid plot ghosts that aggressively get in your way, break immersion and story flow. Towards the end squareenix starts taking more and more liberties with the story changing things, keeping characters alive, etc... At the very end things just go flat out bonkers. throwing the party into a alternate dimension fighting some kind of giant kingdom hearts looking fate destiny demon, which leads to a epic advent children style final boss battle with sephiroth. Afterwards they show Zack alive, implying anything gos now in the story and to expect that anything can happen. Basically my understanding is Sephiroth has manages to time travel from advent children into the OG timeline and hes trying to get revenge while also trying to prevent cloud from stopping meteor. I dont hate this idea, im a huge sephiroth fan. But they could of done this without the annoying whispers of fate ghosts and without prematurely blowing their load early with the Sephiroth boss battle that should of been saved for the very very end of the remake games. Sephiroth is never explained or understood for new players, so it makes no sense for this giant fight to happen. Sephiroth is suppose to be a ominous threat that lurks in the shadows, mysterious and feared. Not in your face and beaten in the first story arc... good luck toping that in the next games, are they just going to make us fight sephiroth over and over?? Showing Zack so early is also a plot mistake. New players know nothing about Zack, older fans will be confused hes being introduced early. A big thing that makes the OG game great is learning at THE END who zack is and learning about Clouds personality disorder. Showing Zack early ruins this, because now new players are just going to google who the black haired guy is and spoil a very important plot mystery. Well done squarenix.

    TLDR story summary: Ultimately, adding time travel, alternate dimensions and different time lines is a story and plot nightmare. its very difficult to pull off and do correctly in a coherent way. Leaving me very worried for the next games. I feel they would of been better off taking the safer route and following the resident evil remake examples, not changing core aspects of the story and flow.    … Expand
  11. wise21x
    May 4, 2020
    9
    Never played the original game and I'm usually not too into Jrpgs but this one really grabbed me. Probably the best rpg gameplay outside of Divinity and amazing music, great atmosphere and characters.
  12. virtualvince
    Apr 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finally did the Platinum, and ready to give my thoughts on the game. Played and reviewed on a base PS4.

    Definitely a ride of peaks and big dips.

    Music is excellent, cut scenes epic, the bosses mainly amazing, the characters and the combat, in spite of the inflexibility of managing Materia, was the most fun I've played in a long time. Also the story was engaging to me, and found certain scenes even got some emotional response, which rarely happens in films or tv for me, let alone in video games.

    Materia is key in hard mode.and having to switch it around on the fly is a requirement. No presets or load out switching here unfortunately, it's all about swapping around those blobs, and remembering or knowing what you were in case you want things back again. But learning about everything the combat had to offer through the Materia acquired was a real pleasure.

    Side quests? Terrible, absolutely a chore to do. I'm not talking about the VR missions, those were cool. In fact anything involving an arena battle type sim is fine by me too and some damn hard battles to grind toward the end of hard. The terrible stuff are the fetch quests, repeating same areas multiple times back/forth, and talking with cringe or cheesy NPC's, be it a little girl looking for lost cats... or fetching music discs to make other cringe unhappy NPC's get up and be not-unhappy, just happy cringe NPC's.

    There's also a hapless side quest strand individual called 'Johnny' who turns up, and is a super annoying "Bro". Most of the side stuff felt like would appeal to my 13 year old self, whereas the mostly engaging main story is for grown-ups. It's just a strange contrast. I'm not even against side-quests in principle. I've played games with great side-quests. These just aren't it, and totally go against the main story, and highs elsewhere.

    The reason the game isn't getting into the high 8's or 9's is because of its flaws, which are extreme to me. There's also some issues where textures are not the same quality, or not loaded correctly. Contrast the average chapter 15 with its PS1 background with 16 for instance. It's oddly mixed, suggesting they couldn't work something out ahead of launch, and left it as is. Not that it affected gameplay.

    The game is linear. Which is fine for me, but some people seem to dislike linearity in game design these days. For me, coming off the likes of Far Cry 5, some linearity was welcome this time. That said, there are definitely a couple of areas that open out, with a few alleyways and the like, but it's not that open and not that interactive, either.

    Also, the ending is confusing, because the producers have decided to add in some timey wimey space time alt universe nonsense, which will hopefully make sense in 3 or 4 years when they get around to the next game but the story overall was easy to follow until the end part.

    Other things I appreciated: the difficulty spikes, especially in hard with the last few bosses, the bike race segments, the amazing visuals in certain areas, e.g. Shinra. I also personally liked the voiced acting in general, although Barret started to become super annoying "duh duh du du du du duuuur", etc

    Yeah, a 6 is fair. Expectations mostly met, though major lows throughout as well. There's a lot of game here, even if some of the side content is very questionable. Part 2 could be special if they take the best of this game, lose some bad ideas and possibly expand on the world to be a bit more open and interactive.    … Expand
  13. Mercian54
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Outstanding really good suprise!! The graphics ,music and combat are top quality!!
  14. Pumpal
    Apr 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly a great effort by square. Characters are awesome, story is (mostly) faithfull to the original, combat feels (mostly) great, and the pacing is almost perfect barring some the forced walking sections. There are some problems though. Flying enemies are a nightmare to fight and some spells like ice and aero take too long to hit after they are cast, leading to enemies being able to just walk out of them sometimes. The ending also is a bit disappointing since it goes full kingdom hearts with the multiverse thing… Expand
  15. karioth
    May 10, 2020
    9
    With this Remake, Square Enix embarked on a truly impossible task to remake one of the most beloved games in history in a way that pissed off the least number of people. Everything from the original game with simply updated graphics, to a completely new experience and opportunity to change certain story outcomes was hotly demanded by fans. Given this, I think SE did a masterful job tryingWith this Remake, Square Enix embarked on a truly impossible task to remake one of the most beloved games in history in a way that pissed off the least number of people. Everything from the original game with simply updated graphics, to a completely new experience and opportunity to change certain story outcomes was hotly demanded by fans. Given this, I think SE did a masterful job trying to balance all of this out, and the game was very polished and detailed right out of the gate, with no obvious corners cut.

    All that being said, it truly deserves a 9 if not scaring a 10, and anyone rating substantially less is likely someone who wanted a very specific outcome and didn't get it, rather than someone evaluating the game on it's independent merits.    … Expand
  16. Fcubero
    Apr 26, 2020
    9
    Before I say anything, I want to let you know that I have played FF VII a lot. My brothers and I played it on the PS in 1997 multiple times, I bought it on steam and recently the switch. I got all the materias, reached lvl 99, got all weapons, limits and defeated both emerald and ruby weapons. I love this game and it is one of my to 3 games (Zelda OoT and MGS are the other 2)

    Well, I    Before I say anything, I want to let you know that I have played FF VII a lot. My brothers and I played it on the PS in 1997 multiple times, I bought it on steam and recently the switch. I got all the materias, reached lvl 99, got all weapons, limits and defeated both emerald and ruby weapons. I love this game and it is one of my to 3 games (Zelda OoT and MGS are the other 2)

    Well, I finished the remake today and I have to say that I love it. I loved how I recognized a lot of the enemies and places, and how they looked as if I told them how I saw them in my mind. I love how they expanded side characters (Jessie, Biggs and Wedge anyone?), Midgar/Sectors, and more. I can’t describe how amazed I am at this game and it truly is a good start!
    I will say that there were things that I wished they did differently due to how I imagined this game from years of playing this game. But these are few in comparison to the times i was amazed and impressed. Bottom line, if you never played ff vii, you will Love this game. If you did play the original, there will be a few minor thing that will bother you. But you will know that it was worth the wait. Let’s just hope that square can repeat this success again with part two!    … Expand
  17. Opticalenvy
    May 9, 2020
    10
    Waited years for this game and they did not disappoint. They thought about every aspect of the game. And made some welcomed changes
  18. thleonhart
    May 7, 2020
    10
    As a big fan of the original, this game exceeded all my expectations. Story is expanded, character development is 100% better, the combat system is AMAZING, the perfect mix between action and turn based, fun and tactical, voice acting is top level.

    The negative points: sidequests and some texture glitches are insignificant in comparison with this game highlights. About the    As a big fan of the original, this game exceeded all my expectations. Story is expanded, character development is 100% better, the combat system is AMAZING, the perfect mix between action and turn based, fun and tactical, voice acting is top level.

    The negative points: sidequests and some texture glitches are insignificant in comparison with this game highlights.

    About the controversial ending: sometimes I love it, sometimes I dislike it. But I hope Square will surprise us again in the next part.

    I was afraid of what this Remake would turn out to be. Now I´m excited for more!    … Expand
  19. MaydjtHaNoi
    May 8, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nice game, love it. I have nothing to say about the game except for the only words: Perfection. Adkfkalqldkslsldlfkll… Expand
  20. Alajme
    May 8, 2020
    9
    I have just completed the FF7R , and all I have to say is just WOW , it’s incredible faithful Remake with some twists to the story that ended up being Great
  21. NahianProsh
    May 9, 2020
    10
    Loved the game! Every bit of the music and even the combat is fun. The characters were fun to interact with and they feel lively. Characters who did not have screentime like jessie and the others have their own personality now which is really cool. Even though there are some boring side quests and some new addition to the original story, the pros make up for the cons. I wouldnt say its anLoved the game! Every bit of the music and even the combat is fun. The characters were fun to interact with and they feel lively. Characters who did not have screentime like jessie and the others have their own personality now which is really cool. Even though there are some boring side quests and some new addition to the original story, the pros make up for the cons. I wouldnt say its an actual “remake”. The new series is going to have the same storyline like the original with addition to some new things that were not there before.… Expand
  22. GhostGaming400
    May 11, 2020
    10
    That was the MOST COOLEST AND AWESOMEST GAME I EVER PLAYED!!!! I love this game sooo much
  23. Mr_Wednesday
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    The omission of "Part 1" in the title is misleading. I was a fan of the original, and maybe my memory is faulty, but the story is very childish and the characters annoying. But the worst part is the gameplay, sooo sloooow.... you will slowly walk and crawl A LOT. Combat is fun, but most fights you can win just mashing attack.
    DISAPPOINTING.
  24. Subject98
    Jul 27, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As someone who did not fully play the original, I was expecting this to be a more faithful remake so I could experience the story in a package where the gameplay mechanics are more up my alley. But it's pretty disappointing that they decided to take it in a totally different direction, and not even in a very clever way at all. Basically there's a swarm of ghosts that represent 'fate' and when they're defeated the story is no longer on any preordained course. It seems to me like the whole reason they went with this plot device is to make an excuse for changing the story. It's 4th wall breaking in a way that breaks immersion, and at a point I stopped taking it seriously. I still think FF7 has a really cool underlying plot and setting, I'm just not sure I like how they are manipulating the story and characters going forward. On the bright side it wins some points back for having decent writing and dialogue for the majority of the game.

    There were things I enjoyed, the wide array of well designed and interesting boss battles being chief among the game's strengths for me. But there are definitely some weak areas too. While the graphics and artistry are quite top notch, the level design is ridiculously simplistic, most locations boiling down to a long hallway with tiny 10 second detours. After playing a lot of other similar games to this, it feels like they didn't even try to make exploration interesting, which is disappointing.

    The combat is good and can be really fun at times, but can also devolve into a cluster**** other times since you are trying to manage 3 characters while enemies are flailing all over the place. The party system and the way you have to manage it during combat makes things feel less skill based and more just plain high maintenance. This kind of depth of party control works for a turn based game like the original, but in all my 40 or so hours playing this remake I never felt like it quite clicked for an action RPG with aggressive enemies that don't give you room to breathe. It too often felt wrong. As I said before though, during boss fights is when the gameplay is at it's best in terms of skill and strategy.

    Plus the materia and weapon system underneath it all is pretty meaty and actually matters. You're really shooting yourself in the foot if you don't try to build your party up in a way that the characters compliment each other. That aspect of party management was something I definitely liked. It's when in combat managing control over everybody's actions that I found to be a pain in the ass, since the AIs controlling the characters you're not using are a bit brain dead and rely on you giving them commands to be even remotely useful.    … Expand
  25. Beardman
    Mar 6, 2021
    3
    Through all the amazing trailers, I kept my expectations low for this game cause I just knew in my heart somehow square enix would screw it up. Not surprised. The title of this game isn't even accurate. It's NOT a remake. The story is completely different than the original. Why put remake in the title when it's not? Just straight up lying.

    You can't improve a masterpiece square enix, stop    Through all the amazing trailers, I kept my expectations low for this game cause I just knew in my heart somehow square enix would screw it up. Not surprised. The title of this game isn't even accurate. It's NOT a remake. The story is completely different than the original. Why put remake in the title when it's not? Just straight up lying.

    You can't improve a masterpiece square enix, stop trying. Square soft was much better than you. All you had to do was make the same damn game with improved graphics /sound, and this game would have been 100x better. I'm even fine with some changes here and there, in fact the battle system is pretty good, but when you go and change core elements of the story and put in modern rpg side quest trash like "go collect 5 cats!" you can **** right off. It's also incredibly stupid how certain songs play completely out of place. For example in the original, there would be a dark eerie song playing during clouds flashback of sephiroth or something. That same song will play in FF7 remake with some pointless interaction with cloud and Tifa at the bar. It's just mindless fan service like "oooh look guys member this song!?". Not to mention the collecting of song disks around town... way to ruin immersion. Drop your damn ego square enix. You've literally never made a good final fantasy game and you've ruined a legendary series. You had an easy job with this game to just copy what your superiors did with FF7 but you couldn't even do that. Pathetic. Glad I didn't spend money on this and waited for it to be free with ps+.    … Expand
  26. michaelb1928
    Mar 11, 2021
    7
    Ive never played the original final fantasy 7 so going in blind, So far i think its pretty good.
    Some parts i really dig while others im not a massive fan.
    Firstly the graphics are great for the character models and cutscenes but look a bit ugly when it comes to the world and backdrop. The combat is decent and the materia system is fleshed out. The Story so far is fairly simple but    Ive never played the original final fantasy 7 so going in blind, So far i think its pretty good.
    Some parts i really dig while others im not a massive fan.
    Firstly the graphics are great for the character models and cutscenes but look a bit ugly when it comes to the world and backdrop. The combat is decent and the materia system is fleshed out.
    The Story so far is fairly simple but interesting id like to see where it goes.
    The side quests are meh but overall I had a good time with this game    … Expand
  27. carlosjc_88
    May 10, 2020
    9
    Outstanding remake! As an FF7 fan since 1997, I have to say I'm proud of what SE did with this remake. Great gameplay, great music, great story and unpredictable additions.
  28. Rynek
    May 31, 2020
    10
    I can’t wait to play the rest of the parts to come after this. I think they executed expanding the story very well and if you aren’t a die hard fan of the original it actually makes for an even better experience because instead of comparing it the whole time you are just enjoying the ride.
  29. Sweeb
    Mar 5, 2021
    0
    The whole game is ruined. It's not a remake its more of a different game. No memorable trial of blood scene, story changed, long boring dungeons and padding. If you liked the original avoid. Should not be called a remake.
  30. Robert88
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    If You are a fan of the original you’ll definitely love this remake .. absolutely gorgeous graphics , gameplay fluid and smooth . Story is true to the original .. this game was made with love and definitely a must have for any final fantasy 7 fan
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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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