I've never been hugely nostalgic for the original FFVII. My "moments" with the franchise were with IV and VI.
That being said, I did finish it when it came out originally and do have some fond memories.
Remake is utter bullshit
Like, it's so bad at what it sets out to do that it could be considered fascinating if not for the fact that it's 30 hours too long. I got up to Ch.18 and had to put the controller down, literally, and walk away.
I'll keep it brief...
Pros
- Excellent combat system, though the amount of staggering/stun locking is borderline absurd.
- Insane visual fidelity in the opening and closing sections
- Some fantastic music at times
- They really nailed Cloud's VA/performance. Like, its better than it has any right to be.
- Jessie
And on to the cons:
- Square and the team wanted to do their own thing with the story and that's completely fine. But what they frankensteined together is pure indulgent, self masterbatory nonsense.
IT FUCKING BAAAAAD.
Any sense of restraint or brevity is completely non-existent here. I'm not just complaining about the length of the game, which is an issue in itself. No, it's that it takes SOOOO long to say absolutely nothing meaningful. Your side quests don't add anything meaningful, narratively speaking. You'll have extended cutscenes that don't move things forward. You'll have story changes/tweaks that just make things worse and undo the atmosphere of the original (President Shinra's death comes to mind).
The fan service is not charming. It's taken to absurdly ridiculous levels just makes everything longer and less coherent.
- Initially I was indifferent to Barret as a character and how's he's represented. As things went on tho, it really gets embarrassingly offensive and I'm surprised there wasn't more of a blow up about it.
- THE FUCKING LENGTH. It has NO RIGHT to be this long. There's nothing gained, only lost.
I REALLY wanted to love it. My kids liked sitting in and going thru the story with me but there were times were they literally just left the room. Even they "sensed" something was off with the game's pacing.
I'm sure there are some out there who have written thousand word dissertations about how it's good or not good. Won't be that guy.
I'll just say again, it's bad.
That being said, I did finish it when it came out originally and do have some fond memories.
Remake is utter bullshit
Like, it's so bad at what it sets out to do that it could be considered fascinating if not for the fact that it's 30 hours too long. I got up to Ch.18 and had to put the controller down, literally, and walk away.
I'll keep it brief...
Pros
- Excellent combat system, though the amount of staggering/stun locking is borderline absurd.
- Insane visual fidelity in the opening and closing sections
- Some fantastic music at times
- They really nailed Cloud's VA/performance. Like, its better than it has any right to be.
- Jessie
And on to the cons:
- Square and the team wanted to do their own thing with the story and that's completely fine. But what they frankensteined together is pure indulgent, self masterbatory nonsense.
IT FUCKING BAAAAAD.
Any sense of restraint or brevity is completely non-existent here. I'm not just complaining about the length of the game, which is an issue in itself. No, it's that it takes SOOOO long to say absolutely nothing meaningful. Your side quests don't add anything meaningful, narratively speaking. You'll have extended cutscenes that don't move things forward. You'll have story changes/tweaks that just make things worse and undo the atmosphere of the original (President Shinra's death comes to mind).
The fan service is not charming. It's taken to absurdly ridiculous levels just makes everything longer and less coherent.
- Initially I was indifferent to Barret as a character and how's he's represented. As things went on tho, it really gets embarrassingly offensive and I'm surprised there wasn't more of a blow up about it.
- THE FUCKING LENGTH. It has NO RIGHT to be this long. There's nothing gained, only lost.
I REALLY wanted to love it. My kids liked sitting in and going thru the story with me but there were times were they literally just left the room. Even they "sensed" something was off with the game's pacing.
I'm sure there are some out there who have written thousand word dissertations about how it's good or not good. Won't be that guy.
I'll just say again, it's bad.
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