Final Fantasy VII - Remake (PlayStation 4)

Reviews

"Great game for newcomers and action RPG lovers" by Jonathan Brownlee D'Urban Davies - 21 December 2020

Having only played a few hours of the original Final Fantasy VII, I enjoyed the mostly endearing and well told story (it has its cheesy and nonsensical moments, but that's to be expected considering Nomura is the father of the Kingdom Hearts series!), lovely spell effects and character models (a few low quality environmental textures here and there), and the mostly satisfying and thrilling combat (some frustrating moments such as being repeatedly stun locked or party wiped in NORMAL mode - felt more like Hard Mode at times!). If you've never played the original FF VII, I don't think you'll be very lost or missing out on much plot-wise, although you might want to at least read a synopsis or watch a Let's Play of it to get the gist so that the callbacks and twists in this remake hit harder. That's what I did and I had a pretty good ride. If you're have played and beaten the original FF VII and are willing to accept this remake is actually a sequel in disguise and therefore doesn't follow the original 1 for 1 (and only covers Midgar!), then give this a go.

"My review" by Santosh B. - 20 October 2021

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