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Final Fantasy VII Remake - Review Thread (MetaCritic: 88 | OpenCritic: 89)
- Thread starter BZL8
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Judge for yourself, his review isn't that long and it's worth reading!
I didn't even know there was
a twist
Thanks! Pretty extensive review then lol
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I mean, the pacing is still pretty different.
The original was a 40h game, this one is based on the first part of this game for about 30h.
I think a lot of people will agree that the characters and their development are the best thing about the game. It does it better in this then in the original imo
Having only played the original FFVII for a few hours I can't say I'm feeling all too swayed by the comments regarding having to have experienced the original to fully understand what the remake is getting at.
I mean, I kinda get that this is Final Fantasy VII and that if any game can get away with it, it would be this game, but eh...
I mean, I kinda get that this is Final Fantasy VII and that if any game can get away with it, it would be this game, but eh...
Great game is great. No surprises here. I hope this is the start of more great AAA role playing games from Japan.
I'd say it had side missions with good story elements, the quest/design part was merely serviceable. In my opinion, and for what I've experienced, this Remake follows the same template, though plot lines are less unique. On the plus side, it gives you access to a far better combat system.
Can you select hardmode in a chapter select without needing to replay?
As someone that's done all of them, we'll have to agree to disagree, at least as far as the writing goes. Which is all I ask really to enjoy a sidequest, as they pretty much always aren't anything to write home about in terms of gameplay.
Coming off of XV, I'll keep my expectations low for this.
That's honestly all I need after basically over a decade of lackluster characterization.
For total completion, 100%. They're texts that give you upgrade points for your weapons.
It's not that heavy on the filler though. Filler is certainly there's but a lot of the additional time added to this part of the story comes from actual additions to the story and deeper exploration of characters, rather than side quests and backtracking.
I was originally going to just leave it at one playthrough, but by the time I was done, I didn't want to stop playing. I still have a few chapters left on hard mode, some optional bosses I haven't beaten, some I haven't even found yet, and a few branching choices (dresses, etc.) to clean up.
I predicted 85 at the highest, so I wasn't far off. I'm very excited to jump into this game. I remember getting a PSOne and the original game after there was a fire in my house as a kid so that we had things to do while staying away from home for a couple months. I'm happy to see part one finally come out since the game has been so important to me.
I've don 12 of them and the writing is nothing special at all, half of them were literal MMO fetch quests. The rewards are nice though.
Man, I can't even begin to think this has better combat that N:A. Not that N:A is anything to write home about but I found the combat in the demo, so... boring and really didn't like it.
Oh ok, I misunderstood what you said. Thanks.
Thanks for linking my review here. The combat is fucking excellent and I went on waaay too long talking about it specifically because it has so many good things going for it. Independent of story implications and additions good and bad, Remake is just a joy to play.
So sounds a bad last chapter then, which is annoying though as meant to be a multi part thing I'm not really surprised and feel some of this will be resolved by part 2.
I am afraid I don't understand the question.
Hard mode is only unlocked after beating the game once and it 100% assumes you are bringing in a post-game party into it. You can select the difficulty when choosing a chapter and then you can just play through, or skip ahead or go back, to any chapter you like. You get the trophy for doing all the chapters, though.
6/10 from EGM
What kind of moron reviewed and disliked a final fantasy game for 'having TOO MUCH content' ?
God, EGM is just unbelievable.
They are. Only problem is you're expected to complete these quests before moving forward with the story, otherwise you lose the chance of doing them (temporarily or permanently, I'm not totally sure); so in a way, all impulse in the adventure is lost until you get what you want.
Thought it would score higher just by hype alone. I'll read more reviews later.
The fact the game's story differs from the original and apparently due to Nomura's crazy shenanigans makes me extremely excited. But I'll wait to get the game. At the very least, until the quarantine is over.
The fact the game's story differs from the original and apparently due to Nomura's crazy shenanigans makes me extremely excited. But I'll wait to get the game. At the very least, until the quarantine is over.
Japan's come back started since Bloodborne. Also, Persona 5 Royal literally just came out and it's the highest rated JRPG/RPG of all time
It is, the demo was not a good reflection on the combat at all. For me this is the best combat in a FF title ever.
The most immediate comparison in my mind for the sidequests is that they're like Yakuza sidestories without the story.
Go here, beat up a thing, good job here's an item.
They're excuses to give you more combat puzzles to solve and are very rarely of any interest beyond that. There's a few that have some fun or interesting character moments, but most are just there to have you fight something more challenging than your everyday dungeon monster.
Go here, beat up a thing, good job here's an item.
They're excuses to give you more combat puzzles to solve and are very rarely of any interest beyond that. There's a few that have some fun or interesting character moments, but most are just there to have you fight something more challenging than your everyday dungeon monster.
I mean it as in can I only select Hardmode in a NG+ save or can I replay chapters straight away after beating the game in the hardmode?
Respect for staying awake Imran :P Now go and have some sleep :)
Nothing ultimate as far as I remember. Some trophies, yes.
Sure, go ahead and shit on someone for having an opinion. While you're at it, go ahead and crap over all the other reviews that said the same.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's my bad, I could've swore I wrapped it in a spoiler....edited the post