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Final Fantasy VII Remake

Developer / Publisher: Square Enix
10 April 2020
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X is my favorite Final Fantasy but I do have enough fond memories of VII that I wanted to give the remake a look, and while it probably met my expectations for a remake of a nearly 25 year old game, it doesn't quite hold up to modern efforts. Not for lack of trying, though. The spectacle, the budget, the eye candy, the atmosphere are all through the roof and crazy levels of good, and the combat is one of the best mixtures of pure action and tactics seen in an RPG yet. Aside from some of the usual bugbears like status effects and certain materia being underutilized, it's a cracking system with just enough ways to exploit it without either side feeling cheap, and almost every boss fight was a delight; I always relished the chance to engage in combat.

But the combat carries the game, as everything else of substance is extremely shaky. The pacing can go from white hot to slow as molasses in the blink of an eye, but tends to lean towards lethargic with its underdeveloped side characters (this is only part of the original game's campaign, after all), meandering side quests and annoying anime melodrama with all the characters gasping every second line. The original story features some smart updates to its environmentalist core but, as in the original, can lose its focus and fail to keep the tension up when it needs to, as core objectives of the story are side-stepped in favour of what's right in Cloud's face in the moment. And while a good half of the side missions and minigames are good callbacks to the original, there are too many annoying moments for it to have been worth it. Any time I wasn't engaged in combat, I was probably annoyed or bored.

And then there's the actual narrative additions. The purpose of the Whispers starts as hard to define and doesn't appear any clearer by the end, even as the climax of the game becomes very different as a result, and while the possibility of a different Final Fantasy VII is tempting, fighting a literal incarnation of destiny is the worst possible way to have done it, to say nothing of the idea that they might have changed the past as well as the future in the ending. It all adds up to a jumbled and juvenile mess, the kind of which gives Kingdom Hearts its well-deserved reputation as an ass-pulling mess of a story, and criminally robs the story's villain of his motive and endgame, at least currently.

I'm harsher on FF7R just because I've seen most everything the game has to offer before; it's not much worse paced than most JRPGs, as I understand, but it's salt in the wound when twenty five years of innovation do nothing to save stereotypical side-characters, fetch quests, and underdeveloped lore, only hampered by the fact that this game is literally not finished yet. Both in the minutiae and the bigger moments, this game is both bloated and unfulfilling at the same time. But then you get to a really fun callback to the original, or an awesome setpiece or boss fight and it's all worth it. We'll just have to hope the game is a bit leaner from here on out if they're gonna be this revisionist about the rest of it.
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I must confess, I liked more or less the begining, not too much cut scenes, manageable gameplay, but by the end I just was skipping the cut scenes, because in the will to finish it as soon as possible. It aged quite badly, and I guess I would have more appreciated the game back in the 90's, but I didn't play anymore when 3D came around at homes. Of course the music is stellar, and some mechanics are good (the special attacks and the magic) but I really hated that materias and caracters change all the time, especially by the end. And really too much cutscnenes on the second half, by my tastes of course. But I guess I didn't like this style of manga/fantasy at first, so it didn't help to immerse in the story.
Loved Barret though, thankfully he is there and saved my playthrough.
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What happens when you stretch 5-6 hours to 40 hours?
I think it is fair to say that FF7 Remake is a wild ride. At times this feels like one of the best Square-Enix games since the merger, and at other times it feels like an absolute chore. What is exceptionally weird, is that what I thought I wouldn't like ended up being pretty good, and vice versa.

As for the good, I feel like they managed to portray Cloud, Tifa, Barrett, and Aeris extremely well in the migration to fully voiced characters from the original. Sure at times, they have some truly cringe lines, like Barrett singing the victory theme from time to time. But there are some very good attempts at keeping the sometimes serious, sometimes comical nature of the original (not always, but enough to keep the story somewhat lighthearted).
The combat system still seems like it is a work in progress at times, but overall, it is absolutely a blast to play. I think the ATB system here fits perfectly with the combat, and helps keep you from just blasting everything away with insane spells and skills from the get go. And overall, it just feels good, with each character having entirely different and unique movesets fitting to their weapon type. I truly think they have finally struck gold with a battle system they can continue to develop and improve on. While enemies might be lacking a little bit in visual variety at times, the difference in movesets and AI from each type of monster stay fresh pretty much throughout the whole game. The original game has some of the most creative enemy designs of all time, and I will happily say that the remake also did a great job in making them just as you remember.
As for the world of Midgar, visually this game has moments where it looks fantastic. I think the slums were pretty cool, with all sorts of relics from the prerendered backgrounds remaining. And while some of the magic is lost from the art of the original, I think they did a pretty solid job creating a believable transition to 3d. I am still irked a little about how light Midgar is relative to the original, but still pretty happy with what I got nonetheless.

Where the game gets a bit rough, is the pacing and story. I'm not the first to say it and won't be the last, but the pacing is truly awful in this game. Stretching out a 4 hour segment of the original into 40 was a horrible idea, especially considering no one had any idea how to fill it up. Tedious and horrible side quests? Check. Unnecessary backstories of characters with little to no personality? Check. Pointless backtracking with very little payoff other than completion? Check. Beyond that, there is just so much filler content that adds literally nothing exciting to the story of Final Fantasy 7. The plate collapsing in Sector 7 is one of the best parts of the Midgar stretch in the original, why don't we add a stupid ghost story to kill the urgency of making it back to the crisis at hand? Or why don't we add a section where we have to go all the way to the plate to grab an ID card so we can get into another reactor, when we seem to have never had an issue with that in the past. A whole chapter basically spoon-feeding you why Midgar is brighter in the remake? Yep let's go with that. None of it adds value to the overall story. There is no character growth here, it is just filler to add more content to a game that doesn't need it. I would truly have been happier with a shorter game in this instance.

Some story parts rubbed me the wrong way here and there too. Though this isn't the largest gripe. I feel like dangling Sephiroth around at every turn was pretty uninteresting, especially when he just teases Cloud with "I'm the bad guy and going to kill everyone you love" schtick over and over again. I feel like the slow build up to his reveal in the original allowed Sephiroth to have his spotlight in post-Midgar phase of the game, and instead become the "mysterious war-hero of old" like he was in the original. It's also just overexposure, like they are expecting you to start clapping like a fanboy every time he shows up.
I will let this pass though, since it looks like the story is going a new direction with the Remakes. This is something which I think could be potentially cool (especially with some characters surviving that died in the original), but definitely a bit worrisome considering most of the new story content we have seen in Remake is average at best. I am pretty concerned about the Sephiroth ghosts stuff, as they seem to be a cop-out to why some of the story changes take place, but I will wait until the other games come out to judge that fairly.

Quick note on the Soundtrack, it is going to be impossible to recapture the classic OST from Uematsu, but I think they did a pretty good job overall. There are some remade songs that are fantastic, and there are some that are a little overdone. There are some new tracks that are really good, and some that are ultimately forgettable. Hamauzu is one for the more ambient music to build atmosphere, while Uematsu captured your attention with unforgettable melodies. So it is understandable that Remake would be pretty different from the original compositionally. Of course I like the original better, but I do like both composers quite a lot, and thought this direction change is pretty good overall.

I think that is all I will write about this. FF7 Remake has some of the highest highs in the last 20 of Square-Enix, but also has some moments that just make you scratch your head. 10 hours of it is generally great content, and the rest is, while not atrocious, definitely disappointing. All-in-all though, I think this game turned out better than I expected at least which is nice, and definitely worth a play. This is one of the better FF games in recent years in hindsight and an overall decent experience.

A fitting 7 on a day I feel nice, but usually a 6 when I think about the time I spent with Cloud finding cats or chocobos or solving ghost stories, or whatever
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Fantastic gameplay, dragged down by a very weak script, forced on-rails sections, extremely repetitive sections and overall inconsistent performances.

They simultaneously designed one of the best RPG systems ever, and filled the game with the absolute worst and most repetitive aspects of RPG games.
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Probably the worst story ever told in gaming.

Great gameplay, but its hard to overstate how much the story and pacing is butchered.
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This is a game I was looking to playing for a long time, I was patiently waiting for a definitive Xbox port or something of the like but things were looking like Sony might have locked this one forever. So finally bit the bullet, decided to dust off my PS4 and signed up to PS+ to get access to the full game. Final Fantasy always has a special place in my heart, the original one being one of my first RPGs played circa 1990. The best ones are from the 16-bit era, but the PS1 games are also pretty much amazing, and definitely curious how revisiting this story and adapting to modern features would come out.

So here we are with the golden child FF7 getting a remake. Now like many gamers I'm getting tired of every game getting a remake and when most of the time it's just a nice new coat of painting and some QoL changes to make things more playable. However FF7R is not one like that, it's a real proper remake with everything changed from top to bottom outside of the main characters and the story. Well even the story is greatly expanded (my memory of some details of FF7 is a little blurry, because I played it about 23 years ago) and it's taken the first portion of the game and really stretching it to add more locations and stories. That's cool cause Midgar is very iconic and for it to get the grandiose treatment it's something really well deserved. Actually that's my main takeaway from the game is that the original has such great locations and then blowing them up like this but top of the line modern graphics is really well warranted and done with quite some excellence here.

The battle system is pretty ingenious and while initially I missed the classic turn based battles of the original, this one goes for a full blown 3D action RPG battle system however it pauses whenever you want to choose an ability of skill, giving you a best of both worlds between action and turn based. And these battles flow really well, perhaps the AI of your teammates could be a little bit more aggressive, but that does force you to switch between them to maximize their effectiveness. Just for the graphics and the battle system this game is an absolute winner from the start, the game is just a pure blast to play from watching the locations, the epic cutscenes or just the strong battles.

The game works on a "chapter" system which I do think has its fault (no backtracking to previous locations) and if you've missed something, well it's gone for that playthrough. That game however benefits from being linear like that, while they are some side quests for rewards in some chapters, you are mostly following the story straight and not getting lost into a big open world with endless tasks to do. Each chapter features a pretty unique portion of the storyline and while some are slower than others, the story is told in a very grandiose and epic way. There's a big Uncharted influence on the game in its presentation, like how you walk in dangerous locations and those James Bond-esque impossible cutscenes, kinda shows just how much that franchise has changed modern gaming like that. But works well in the context here, as Final Fantasies have always been pretty epic like that.

My main criticism is perhaps in the equipment and summons, I feel that these systems are extremely limited. The gear outside of weapons isn't very interesting and there's not much customization to do with any of your main characters when it comes to that ("armor" is essentially, magic defense, balanced, or defense) and the accessories have very minimal/minor impact. Weapons are cool and after you've used them for a while, you can carry on that ability for your next weapons. However with just a new weapon every 3-4 chapter, they don't really feel like it's anything you really have control of. The summons have been an essential part of Final Fantasy for a long time and here they are limited to boss fights only, and you can only summon one during the whole battle. I love how they are presented and all, but it would have been nice to be able to use them more than that. The materia system is nice as you can have any hero have the abilities they need but that's where decision making ends for the game.

However, all in all, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is an amazing game. The graphics are absolutely stunning and some of the best I've ever seen, Midgar is an amazing place and they really blew up to super high standards and made it come to life even more. They've pulled off a great battle system that even I as a an old school FF head was greatly satisfied with, and playing the game was really an amazing experience. While yes I've pointed out some of its limitations (no game is truly perfect), these are minor points in the grand scheme of things. I hope they can work on fixing some of them and making the sequel an even better game that this one was. As far as PS4 exclusives, this is as good as it gets and one of the essential games for the system.
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  • oliver1878 2024-01-30 12:36:38.141543+00
    the discourse around this game is so toxic unfortunately. reminds me of tlou2 a bit with how hard people’s preconceived ideas of what it “should” be clouds any ability to evaluate what it actually is.
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  • SemtexRevolution 2024-02-03 16:37:36.086596+00
    One of the worst things about this piece of shit is having to warn your friends who haven't played FF7 but are curious about it not to play the "remake" first because it's actually a heckin clever meta sequel
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  • Crash6351 2024-02-07 12:51:41.513639+00
    as someone who loves the original and has never, and prolly will never play this game, it severely turns me off how fans of this game seem incapable of acknowledging criticism of it beyond writing off anyone who dislikes it as an elitist or a purist who only hates it cause it's 'different.' virtually everyone who dislikes this game is just a fan of the original who is rightfully disappointed by the circumstances surrounding it. how it fucks with the original story with the, at best, unnecessary new plot elements. how square enix lied about it being a faithful remake. how square is completely uninterested in giving this game the proper remake fans have wanted for years. everything i read about this game's story reads like bad fanfiction. i know there will be people who get mad at me over this especially since i said i haven't played it and insist that i have no right to complain, but at the end of the day i just like rpgs, i like them for their storytelling. especially the snes to ps2 era for their tendency to have good, cohesive and well-paced storytelling. turning a great 45 hour ps1 game into three 30-40 hour modern AAA games doesn't excite me, even putting aside the specifics of this game. games are already too big and overbudgeted and this game in particular worries me with the kind of precedent it could have on the industry as a whole. you're more than welcome to say "slippery slope" but that was always the argument against anything that AAA games have inherited over the years. the industry clearly isn't above it, and square enix certainly aren't 'one of the good ones'
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    • Fowlawneeshafow 2024-02-08 01:35:26.748182+00
      "as someone who loves the original and has never, and prolly will never play this game,"

      I'm about to propose a strange idea: how about you try playing the game before forming strong opinions?

      "everything I read about the story" like what? Dude FFVII vanilla reads like fanfiction when written as a synopsis. You don't have to like it, but I have never ever ever understood people who have such strong opinions on shit they haven't experienced and really only have 2nd and 3rd hand experience with.
    • Apple2k 2024-02-11 07:15:29.593136+00
      yeaaaa, as mixed as i am on this game maybe try playing it first before shitting on it. also ur comment on fans of the game can be applied to literally every popular video game in existence lol
    • oliver1878 2024-02-13 02:03:27.205344+00
      >prolly will never play the game

      you cannot be serious prefacing a paragraph of criticism with this
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  • Irascibul 2024-02-15 12:47:57.740324+00
    Want to play this so bad but the horrible scripted combat is such a turnoff
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    • Apple2k 2024-02-24 04:32:28.611353+00
      maybe they mean scripted/forced encounters? this game does have a problem with that.
    • Fowlawneeshafow 2024-02-27 02:23:10.182904+00
      you mean bosses? what's the problem with that?
    • Apple2k 2024-02-27 04:33:41.110206+00
      not exactly the bosses (altho i do dislike how damage spongey the bosses got) but just all the mob encounters. i remember being forced to do almost all of them even if I rlly didn't want to. the game feels like it was made by control freaks.
    • Fowlawneeshafow 2024-03-04 02:15:36.407871+00
      You can definitely just run past enemies to flee, and avoid them in the overworld though. There are a handful of story related encounters like bosses and stuff but Midgar's linearity I guess makes things feel more like encounters are placed. But that's not the same as scripted
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  • Banana_PD 2024-02-24 10:37:01.372911+00
    Yeah I assume they mean how boss fight phases are divided by unskippable cutscenes
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  • Banana_PD 2024-02-24 10:39:53.529566+00
    Why is Glitchwave so inconsistent with how they treat expansions/DLC? Can I really not rate INTERmission separately from Intergrade?
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    • ... 2024-02-27 20:10:50.467268+00
      Because there's no way to buy intermission separately from Integrade
    • Fowlawneeshafow 2024-03-04 02:18:08.055216+00
      Actually, you can buy it separately if you own the PS4 version of Remake and play it on PS5. I really wish the Persona series would do it like that.
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  • KesiMiao 2024-03-17 11:03:14.418895+00
    *Bad fanfiction* Dude, the original game features a shapeshifting monster alien who fell from space and murdered everyone, like wut.
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    • Fowlawneeshafow 2024-03-28 16:51:17.229121+00
      Yeah i swear people are looking at the original through nostalgia goggles because that plot was insanity bordering on nonsense, but in a fun way. Remake was written by the same guy who wrote the original, why would you be shocked more insane stuff is happening in the plot. The glue that holds FFVII together is the characters anyways, which imo are even better in the Remake series than the original.
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  • henryvines 2024-03-24 13:49:21.386849+00
    Can someone with a brain for websites like this please add Intermission as its own page? The above link shows it can clearly be purchased separately and thus should have one. I haven't even played it but it's been bugging me for months.
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