• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Review Thread!

I have slight troubles getting excited about the game because SE didn't even talk about how many part there will be or in what timeframe we can expect the next one . . ...
 
ROMhack said:
The combat too has been contentious with reviewers suggesting it's too straightforward, lacking strategy.
Click to expand...

I can't speak for easy/classic, and on normal the general encounters aren't too taxing, but I've had to retry quite a few bosses (I'm actually stuck on a boss at the moment). For some, good materia/equipment setups are a must, and timing/strategy/character swapping is crucial. It's a good system. Certainly more satisfying and dynamic than any KH title imo. And thinking about what you're doing will result in a swifter, more efficient battle no matter who you're fighting.

And then of course there's an unlockable hard mode which is there for anyone crazy enough to want it.
 
If there was going to be a day one patch, I think we probably would have known by now. The only patch that will fix those textures and shit will be the PS5 😋


Also RPGCrazied RPGCrazied cant't wait for your hourly updates on Friday on where the hell your delivery is lol
 
Last edited:
VedderOA said:
If there was going to be a day one patch, I think we probably would have known by now. The only patch that will fix those textures and shit will be the PS5 😋
Click to expand...
The missing ones that seem to be just not in the dataset won't be fixed by the ps5. I have the strange feeling the lowered the resolution and removed some textures to stay in the 2 disc limit otherwise it's the first aaa game that fucked up textures that bad but otherwise has 0 issues performance or bugs / glitches wise....
 
Last edited:
Fbh said:
I'm not acting, you'll have to tell me what makes a full game.
If the requirement is for it to tell a complete story it would mean that none of the Mass Effect, or Half Life, or Halo, etc entries are "full games".

Take Mass Effect 1
Main Story is around 20 hours, 30 if you do some sidequests, 40 if you do everything
Nice production values
Doesn't tell the whole story
$60 release
It's ok to release for $60 and no one has an issue with it

FF7 Remake Part 1
Main Story is around 20 hours, 30 if you do some sidequests, 40 if you do everything
Nice production values
Doesn't tell the whole story
$60 release
Apparently the worst cashgrab in gaming history..

I'd get the anger if it was a 1:1 remake and we just got the same 5 hours long Midgar segment with nicer visuals and that's it. But it's not, for better or worse they've decided to take the original story as a core and expand it into multiple full releases.
I'm not defending their choice and personally I would have a preferred a simpler less expanded remake that covered everything in one game. But that's not what this is and even though I don't like the direction I don't particularly mind the price. I'll wait for a price drop anyway though
Click to expand...

That's not a fair comparison. The Mass effect saga was BUILT from the beginning to be 3 games where you could pass your choices from 1st game to 2nd and 3rd. FF7 was 1 game telling 1 story with a beginning and an end so a remake that only tells the Lord Of The Rings equivalent of "Frodo leaves the Shire" is an uncomplete game. Even if they filled it with filler content to make it longer and give the feel of a complete thing the true thing is that FFVII still remains being 1 game and the remake only tells 1% of the original game, therefore is incomplete.

Will buy when its on PSN offer ofc but not paying 70 bucks for it and much less after paying 69€ for the fucking disaster that FF15 resulted to be.
 
Lethal01 said:
Are we talking about user reviews? Because critic reviews are overwhelmingly positive, most of them praising the battle system and pacing. Pretty much every review I see so far stating the fact some of the optional quests are lacking is a super minor complaint. If you thought it wasn't great and wanna warn people that's great. But critic reception being mixed is just false.
Click to expand...

I meant critical reviews but I must admit I didn't go to metacritic to check for the overall consensus.. I went to US Gamer and Metro which is where I usually get my reviews and they gave the game 7 and 8 out of ten respectively, which is hardly a bad score. They both mentioned the points I referenced, in addition to the positives of course - which are characters, setting and it just being jolly good fun. :)

I posted early in the morning so perhaps I went about it with the wrong tone,

Neff said:
I can't speak for easy/classic, and on normal the general encounters aren't too taxing, but I've had to retry quite a few bosses (I'm actually stuck on a boss at the moment). For some, good materia/equipment setups are a must, and timing/strategy/character swapping is crucial. It's a good system. Certainly more satisfying and dynamic than any KH title imo. And thinking about what you're doing will result in a swifter, more efficient battle no matter who you're fighting.

And then of course there's an unlockable hard mode which is there for anyone crazy enough to want it.
Click to expand...

Good news then!
 
Last edited:
#Phonepunk# said:
just popped in here

i see another complete fucking idiot whining about "not a full game"

jesus christ im sick of these stupid fucking takes from dumb fucking idiots who can't get past 5 year old news

jesus hell god baby damn no yall are obnoxious pieces of shit

fuck even trying to talk about this game

like am i going to be wasting time hearing the same half dozen people who aren't even buying the game complain about it?

no lol what a waste a fucking time

maybe you people can entertain each other. maybe regurgitating the same complaint every single day is interesting to you

lol go fucking nuts
Click to expand...

Woah, fucking spoiler alert mate.
 
Last edited:
royox said:
That's not a fair comparison. The Mass effect saga was BUILT from the beginning to be 3 games where you could pass your choices from 1st game to 2nd and 3rd. FF7 was 1 game telling 1 story with a beginning and an end so a remake that only tells the Lord Of The Rings equivalent of "Frodo leaves the Shire" is an uncomplete game. Even if they filled it with filler content to make it longer and give the feel of a complete thing the true thing is that FFVII still remains being 1 game and the remake only tells 1% of the original game, therefore is incomplete.

Will buy when its on PSN offer ofc but not paying 70 bucks for it and much less after paying 69€ for the fucking disaster that FF15 resulted to be.
Click to expand...

jeez you people are getting upset over semantics.
Yes it's a fair comparison. What the game was based on is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is what you are getting now. Do you go to pizza places expecting to pay the same for a small or a large one because "A pizza is a pizza, everything else is irrelevant"

FF7 and FF7R are two different things. Remake is a reimagining of FF7 with new locations, characters, quests, much bigger levels, a new combat system, multiple changes and additions to the story, etc that was BUILT from the beginning as its own separate franchise of games and every review I've watched about it mentions that it's build in a way where there's a clear story arc with a beginning and an end and it's not like it just suddenly cuts to black in the middle of you doing something.

Since you bring up Lord of the Rings I guess that when the Hobbit was released you felt entitled to getting a 9 hours movie because the Hobbit was one book and anything other than the entire story is a ripoff. Don't get me wrong, the Hobbit movies were shit and stretching them to 3 long movies was pure corporate greed which ended up ruining the project, but I still consider each part to be a full movie.

But ultimately it's your money so if you think that the only way a game can justify a $60 pricteag is offering 200 hours of content then it's perfectly reasonable to just not buy it or wait for it to drop to a price that feels more justified.
 
Last edited:
Fbh said:
jeez you people are getting upset over semantics.
Yes it's a fair comparison. What it was based on is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is what you are getting now. Do you people go to pizzla places expecting to pay the same for a small or a large one because "A pizza is a pizza, everything else is irrelevant"

FF7 and FF7R are two different things. Remake is a reimagining of FF7 with new locations, characters, quests, much bigger levels, a new combat system, multiple changes and additions to the story, etc that was BUILT from the beginning as it's own separate franchise of games and every review I've watched about it mentions that it's build in a way where there's a clear story arc with a beginning and an end and it's not like it just suddenly cuts to black in the middle of you doing something.

Since you bring up Lord of the Rings I guess that when the Hobbit was released you felt entitled to getting a 9 hours movie because the Hobbit was one book and anything other than the entire story is a ripoff. Don't get me wrong, the Hobbit movies were shit and stretching them to 3 long movies was pure corporate greed which ended up ruining the project, but I still consider each part to be a full movie.

But ultimately it's your money so if you think that the only way a game can justify a $60 pricteag is offering 200 hours of content then it's perfectly reasonable to just not buy it or wait for it to drop to a price that feels more justified.
Click to expand...

I consider that Squeenix already sold me an uncomplete game with FFXV and it's not going to happen again for full price.

FFVII ends when Cloud beats the shit out of Sephirot. Does FFVIIR end at that moment? If not then it's not the whole thing no matter how much filler content they added. If you people are happy paying 70 bucks to play the remake version of the 1% of the original game you are in your total right tho.
 
I'm honestly shocked that the "Woke" outlets like Eurogamer and Polygon didn't flip out over the Honeybee Inn stuff.

Hopefully a sign of change.
 
Birdo said:
I'm honestly shocked that the "Woke" outlets like Eurogamer and Polygon didn't flip out over the Honeybee Inn stuff.

Hopefully a sign of change.
Click to expand...

Probably because that section was changed to be more PC compared to the original game. That's what seems to be the case based on what we've seen from the trailers, and the game creators mentioned they were changing it to be more palatable to modern audiences.
 
Birdo said:
I'm honestly shocked that the "Woke" outlets like Eurogamer and Polygon didn't flip out over the Honeybee Inn stuff.

Hopefully a sign of change.
Click to expand...
Probably because of the spontaneous homoerotic and cringe worthy dance scene between Andrea and Cloud. Plus Andrea saying something about being beyond gender or something.
 
Shrap said:
Probably because of the spontaneous homoerotic and cringe worthy dance scene between Andrea and Cloud. Plus Andrea saying something about being beyond gender or something.
Click to expand...

Already preloaded but deleting off my hdd immediately. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Birdo said:
I'm honestly shocked that the "Woke" outlets like Eurogamer and Polygon didn't flip out over the Honeybee Inn stuff.

Hopefully a sign of change.
Click to expand...
Can't touch the holy cow that is FF VII. As soon as you say it's problematic even normies with no internet presence will come down on you.
 
royox said:
I consider that Squeenix already sold me an uncomplete game with FFXV and it's not going to happen again for full price.

FFVII ends when Cloud beats the shit out of Sephirot. Does FFVIIR end at that moment? If not then it's not the whole thing no matter how much filler content they added. If you people are happy paying 70 bucks to play the remake version of the 1% of the original game you are in your total right tho.
Click to expand...
Nah, don't worry it's a very full and very complete game based on a section of a previous games. It's as complete as the hobbit movie or the first Matrix movie is.
 
Lethal01 said:
Nah, don't worry it's a very full and very complete game based on a section of a previous games. It's as complete as the hobbit movie or the first Matrix movie is.
Click to expand...

Still not gonna pay full price for the first 5% of a story after what they did with FFXV. If they release a little % of the original game then I will pay also a little % of the price, i think it's only fair.

Meanwhile I'm subbed to FFXIV so I have FF content for a while :3
 
Last edited:
At the end of the day, it's not about whether this is a full game or not. There is 50 hours of content with mostly high production values, so it's clearly a full game. It's just not the full game that some people wanted.
 
i cant wait to play it(after i finish RE3 and Half Life Alyx). Im not a fan of the episode nature of it, but if it all comes out within a year Id be happy. But I doubt that happens. I played the original multiple times so its not like I dont know how it ends.
 
royox said:
If they release a little % of the original game then I will pay also a little % of the price, i think it's only fair.
Click to expand...
Do what you want with your money, I understand not trusting them after FFXV. However I don't see how it's fair to pay less because the made a game that expands on a section of a previous work.

If a book is made from a single chapter of the book then it's not fair for me to act like the book is now only worth $0.50.
 
Mista said:
Ha ha ha.
Click to expand...
PlushIcyAlleycat-size_restricted.gif
 
Fbh said:
jeez you people are getting upset over semantics.
Yes it's a fair comparison. What it was based on is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is what you are getting now. Do you people go to pizza places expecting to pay the same for a small or a large one because "A pizza is a pizza, everything else is irrelevant"

FF7 and FF7R are two different things. Remake is a reimagining of FF7 with new locations, characters, quests, much bigger levels, a new combat system, multiple changes and additions to the story, etc that was BUILT from the beginning as its own separate franchise of games and every review I've watched about it mentions that it's build in a way where there's a clear story arc with a beginning and an end and it's not like it just suddenly cuts to black in the middle of you doing something.

Since you bring up Lord of the Rings I guess that when the Hobbit was released you felt entitled to getting a 9 hours movie because the Hobbit was one book and anything other than the entire story is a ripoff. Don't get me wrong, the Hobbit movies were shit and stretching them to 3 long movies was pure corporate greed which ended up ruining the project, but I still consider each part to be a full movie.

But ultimately it's your money so if you think that the only way a game can justify a $60 pricteag is offering 200 hours of content then it's perfectly reasonable to just not buy it or wait for it to drop to a price that feels more justified.
Click to expand...

We'll said here. It's always about the money for some people. I mean, I get it. Just funny how price drops makes the games more enticing. It's not like the content morphed into something better at a lower price lol.
 
Screw it im buying a ps4 for this game, Ill try to sell it once im done with it

I could buy it at costco and return at full price but that would be a dick move
 
royox said:
If they release a little % of the original game then I will pay also a little % of the price, i think it's only fair.
Click to expand...
Just want to point out that, by your logic, then the original game's 3-4 hours Midgar section is only a little % of the remake's 25-40 hours Midgar. While the original expanded the story and gameplay beyond Midgar, the new one expands the story and gameplay within Midgar. You're still paying full price for a full game, even if you're getting something different from it.
 
Last edited:
I was considering passing on this, but all the positive impressions are making me reconsider. Buy now and preload, or wait a week for patches?
 
Grivenger said:
Just want to point out that, by your logic, then the original game's 3-4 hours Midgar section is only a little % of the remake's 25-40 hours Midgar. While the original expanded the story and gameplay beyond Midgar, the new one expands the story and gameplay within Midgar. You'r still paying full price for a full game, even if you're getting something different from it.
Click to expand...
This, that 'this isn't a complete game' argument is pretty stupid. A few people I've talked to spent 50 hours on this game.

So now I guess ff7 on psx was the incomplete game following that logic.
 
Last edited:
Malakhov said:
This, that 'this isn't a complete game' argument is pretty stupid. A few people I've talked to spent 50 hours on this game.

So now I guess ff7 on psx was the incomplete game following that logic.
Click to expand...
Ive read around 35 for some, but you know all that gametime for each will vary a lot. Still looks ok to me.
If gametime=money, then really just wait for a price drop, you know it will come in a pair of months.

but it looks like a solid game for what i've seen.
 
John Day said:
Ive read around 35 for some, but you know all that gametime for each will vary a lot. Still looks ok to me.
If gametime=money, then really just wait for a price drop, you know it will come in a pair of months.

but it looks like a solid game for what i've seen.
Click to expand...
Time varies a lot but 35-50 hours is more than enough time for a full priced game. Still a ridiculous argument.

I agree it looks solid and very positive reactions from people who've played it. I was thinking of waiting for it but I'm buying a console just for this one
 
Last edited:
People should be less worried about how long the games more about if the game is satisfying, thats ultimately what we want out of our games.
 
Malakhov said:
Time varies a lot but 35-50 hours is more than enough time for a full priced game. Still a ridiculous argument.

I agree it looks solid and very positive reactions from people who've played it. I was thinking of waiting for it but I'm buying a console just for this one
Click to expand...
If it is a bunch of padding and people want to see more outside then it isn't.
 
SLoWMoTIoN said:
If it is a bunch of padding and people want to see more outside then it isn't.
Click to expand...
No it is anyway you try to look at it. They've converted 5 hours of content into a 35-50 hours game. There's lots of sidequests but I haven't seen anyone complain about the main chapters

Outside will be other complete games, wow isn't it special?
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Final Fantasy VIII Remake AI fan movie
Analysis  2
65
348
German Shocks replied
DF: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Switch 2 Review: A PS5/PS4 Hybrid Boosted By DLSS
Analysis  4 5 6 7 8
392
5K
Banjo64 replied
Final Fantasy IX Remake currently on Ice, according to NateTheHate
Rumor 
17
527
TheLikou replied
Final Fantasy VII Remake Series Director Naoki Hamaguchi does not want to lead a remake of Final Fantasy VI
Game Dev 
47
1K
Knightime_X replied
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles | Review Thread
Opinion Review  2 3
133
4K
demigod replied
Top Bottom