RCU005
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I'm currently playing FF7 Remake and I can say I love the game overall. However, this is the second time I'm playing it starting from scratch. Maybe the first time around, since you don't know anything about it, it doesn't feel as bad, but having played it already it shows how flawed the gameplay structure is.
The combat mechanics are amazing. If Part 2 is going to be open world, I'm wondering how they will implement this combat into it. This seems to work better in linear progression, but I digress.
The gameplay in this game sucks! I'm currently in Chapter 8 and I still don't have anything! In RPG terms, I'd still be in the first 30 minutes. There hasn't been many fights to level up materia and it level-ups very slow. I hate that this game gets better once you play it a second or a third time, but it is linear, it's like playing an Uncharted game. There is no value to play a second time. It's not like in RPGs or open world games where you can do so many things after you finish it. Yes, you can do things after finishing it, but it's in an odd way since it's linear so you like have to play the story again.
In Uncharted games for example, you only need to shoot, so every time you enter combat, you can enjoy it as is. The way the gameplay is designed in the remake, it's for a game that's open world and you can defeat enemies freely. It's weird because the combat itself works better in linearity, since it's real time, but the level up progression is meant for an open world game.
Like I said, playing it the first time, doesn't feel as bad because you don't know the game. Playing it the second time for scratch, it feels SO restricted about what you can do even after half of the game.
Also, the game has so many forced-walking moments and those loading animations that makes it so slow. This game is so weird to play from 0 when you know it. For example, I recently played God of War (2018) from 0, as well as Horizon Zero Dawn. Those games let you go faster when you know where to go and what to do. This game doesn't, so it feels restricted and slow.
I believe this game is still a masterpiece, but it does feel like those movies where once you watch it once, the twist doesn't work the second time (like Sixth Sense maybe?)
I'll still keep playing it, and platinum the game on PS5 (if I ever get to defeat those simulation bosses) and I'm so excited as to where the Part 2 will be. Hopefully there's not much time for an announcement.
The combat mechanics are amazing. If Part 2 is going to be open world, I'm wondering how they will implement this combat into it. This seems to work better in linear progression, but I digress.
The gameplay in this game sucks! I'm currently in Chapter 8 and I still don't have anything! In RPG terms, I'd still be in the first 30 minutes. There hasn't been many fights to level up materia and it level-ups very slow. I hate that this game gets better once you play it a second or a third time, but it is linear, it's like playing an Uncharted game. There is no value to play a second time. It's not like in RPGs or open world games where you can do so many things after you finish it. Yes, you can do things after finishing it, but it's in an odd way since it's linear so you like have to play the story again.
In Uncharted games for example, you only need to shoot, so every time you enter combat, you can enjoy it as is. The way the gameplay is designed in the remake, it's for a game that's open world and you can defeat enemies freely. It's weird because the combat itself works better in linearity, since it's real time, but the level up progression is meant for an open world game.
Like I said, playing it the first time, doesn't feel as bad because you don't know the game. Playing it the second time for scratch, it feels SO restricted about what you can do even after half of the game.
Also, the game has so many forced-walking moments and those loading animations that makes it so slow. This game is so weird to play from 0 when you know it. For example, I recently played God of War (2018) from 0, as well as Horizon Zero Dawn. Those games let you go faster when you know where to go and what to do. This game doesn't, so it feels restricted and slow.
I believe this game is still a masterpiece, but it does feel like those movies where once you watch it once, the twist doesn't work the second time (like Sixth Sense maybe?)
I'll still keep playing it, and platinum the game on PS5 (if I ever get to defeat those simulation bosses) and I'm so excited as to where the Part 2 will be. Hopefully there's not much time for an announcement.