I can't believe they did. They actually went and did it. The mad men at Square actually remade Final Fantasy 7 (kinda).

After years and years of anticipation, after mistaking that PS3 tech demo for an actual remake, after replaying the original at least half a dozen times, it's finally being remade and I couldn't be happier.

While large swathes of the game are kind of a tedious grind through monotonous side quests and annoying puzzles, the game still manages to shine through an phenomenal combat system and it's amazing cast of characters.

It may have been 20+ years since the original, but the creators of this game still understand every nuance of the characters, and the way they've expanded them and their relationships is incredibly heart-warming and exciting.

comecei a jogar porque achei o Cloud e o Sephiroth bonitinhos, achei que ia continuar jogando por causa da história mas terminei só porque o Cloud e o Sephiroth são de fato bonitinhos </3 ngl gostei desse jogo bem menos do que eu esperava gostar... tem muito final e pouco fantasy pro meu gosto,,,,,, tipo ok amores já entendi a crítica ao capitalismo e exploração de recursos naturais mas cadê a história do protagonista que vocês dão a entender que vão mostrar e que é uau muito foda mas ai não mostram NADAAA fica até o final dando teaser, esse sendo meio que o jogo principal eu achei uma babaquice tremenda a tal backstory do protag aparentemente estar na porra de OUTRO JOGO que pela bagatela de 200 reais você pode entender a história do outro direito :D no fim tipo tá entendi vai ser meio que uma trilogia mas sinceramente senti que o jogo terminou quase a mesma coisa que começou... a única personagem que eu achei que foi realmente relevante e desenvolvida foi a Aerith (E EU NÃO TÔ SENDO PUXA SACO EU NAO LIGO PRA ELA NGL) deixando a história a parte eu gostei sim da jogabilidade pra caramba é bem divertido de jogar ;D mesmo a história não tendo o aprofundamento que eu queria e esperava o andamento das coisas e a historinha enquanto tá acontecendo é bem legalzinha sim! mas infelizmente também tenho que reclamar que tem um pouquiiinho de luta demais tipo OK ENTENDO TEM MUITAS É O PONTO DO JOGO mas caralho! principalmente no final isso fica insuportável por não ser nada equilibrado, você avança na história um pouquinho e tem que passar a próxima hora inteira batendo em dobermann bombado sem relevância alguma só pra andar no mapa... tipo eu gosto de lutinhas mas isso é DEMAIS sinceramente fica tedioso num nível que dá agonia

se não tivessem jogado o protagonista pra escanteio minha opinião seria diferente eu acho... mas eu até jogaria de novo pois ele é um gatinho...

I had never played a Final Fantasy game until I played this, something about 16 entries made it a little daunting to get into. But I had this in my PS store wishlist for a while, and bought it on a sale.

Overall, I quite enjoyed the game. The story does a good job of setting up the rest of the story, while ensuring that it feels like its own arc rather than solely one third of a larger product. The characters were good overall, some of the Shinra villains were a little bland, but for the most part the side characters are good, and the main cast of Cloud, Tifa, Barrett and Aerith are all great. Aerith was easily my favourite part of the entire game.

I was a little mixed on the gameplay though. I know I'm not very good at real-time combat RPGs, I really suck at any Souls-like games, but this game just seemed to be thoroughly split between really easy passages and annoying gimmicky minibosses. It could be my stupid brain that can't use critical thinking skills from years of CoD and Siege that makes me bad at these kinds of games, but I'm pretty good at turn-based RPGs, so I don't know. The split between real-time and turn-based elements is okay, but I really hope they improved on it in FF7 Rebirth. The level design also got old pretty quickly, everything funnels into setups for a mini-boss fights that I would just get mad and yell at. And most of the boss fights were annoying as well, and so were the bike chases. While none of this sounds very positive, the gameplay is well polished, the special moves are pretty cool, and when the game lets you get into a rhythm it is pretty satisfying.

Despite some gameplay hiccups, I still that found FF7 Remake was worth playing, and all the cutscenes with Aerith were easily worth the $25 I spent on this game.

Boy howdy this was one coming that I kept going "I'll finish this when part 2 comes out" and then it did and I was playing P3R as is so I said "I'll do it after" and I started seeing spoilers for part 2 and said fuck it its time. GOD I WISH I FINISHED THIS BACK WHEN I PICKED IT UP!! Everything about 7Remake is so incredible, obviously its a completely new experience and all but the disc it tackles is handled amazingly with love and everything new....God I have so many questions but love the changes and things fleshed out its ridiculous how much content we have in just PART ONE

A remake of the beginning of the original game, FF7R aims to greatly expand this part, and it does an absolutely incredible job of bringing new life into this classic storyline.

They nailed everything about the tone and made me care for characters who were barely an entity before. It adds some new elements, which may go on to change the course of the story.. we will see.

The thing is, this is all a small part of a bigger picture. And while it’s entertaining stand-alone, some parts are rediculously drawn out just to make this feel like an equal part of the whole story. I didn’t mind overall, as the acting and animation carried it, but it’s something I hope the next game improves on.

The gameplay is absolutely incredible, combat takes beats from the original while being its own thing, it’s fast paced and chaotic, making any encounter blood pumping.

There’s plenty of variety in how characters play, and the amount of customisation you can get is insane.

The world is well designed and side quests are often short distractions that can only benefit you. It’s mostly linear, but opens up in an extremely clever way towards the end.

The game looks insane on the PS5 especially and the music is something else, beautifully remastered by the original composer, just wow. FF7R is an extremely enjoyable time, and while it’s clearly part of something bigger, it’s still great - 8.5/10

I think I've put about 30-something hours into this game so far, but then one day I suddenly just lost interest and stopped playing, I'm not really sure why.

So far, the combat is pretty fun, and the special abilities are really cool. The boss fights are great as well, really cinematic.

However, the story and characters are sooo lame. I imagine the characters were much better in the original and I will agree they are iconic, but they're not very well adapted in this game. It's really hard to get emotionally invested in anyone's story, for the most part I was just trudging through it.

I do like the environments and the art direction though, this is a highly imaginative world and it's really fun to look around at all the different environments. However, the actual task of exploring the world itself can get a bit stale.

Also, you'll probably hate me for this, but I don't always vibe with the soundtrack. I will say there are some absolute bangers in this game, but sometimes when I'm exploring or just walking around some songs get annoying.

I will say that I like this game's approach to its levels. It drops you into this big area with lots to do and then you can spend as much time as you want doing sidequests or other exploring before moving on with the main story. It does help get you immersed in your surroundings, but then again a lot of the sidequests are kind of forgettable, so this can feel like a slog at times.

I will come back to this game one day, especially because I hear Rebirth is really good so I want to eventually play that one as well. But from what I've played so far, I feel kind of "meh" about it, but I enjoyed it enough that I want to come back and finish it at some point.

My adventure with FF7 began a few years ago when, encouraged by playing classics, I reached for this archaic title. Enthralled by the first few hours of the game, I dropped out when the open world truly opened up. There's no denying that the vision of gameplay in random encounters in today's times is very tiresome and off-putting. Then comes the FF7 remake, which not only expands on those first few hours of the game that were already familiar to me but also abandons the entire concept of random encounters.

I think there's a lot to criticize about this game, from cringeworthy dialogues to mediocre side missions. However, the sense of adventure and well-written characters remain untouched, which means that thanks to the improved dynamic combat, we spend a good 25 hours with Cloud and the crew without really feeling that in the original it was only about 5 hours.

At the risk of sounding like I;m trying too hard to be a contrarian, I think this game sucks shit. Press square simulator seems to be the new norm for Sony/Playstation exclusive games. I personally don't find it fun to run around and do menial side tasks in a 45 to 60 hour version of the first two hours of a classic jrpg. Also they blow their load with Sephiroth way too early, he lacks all the presence and mystique that he had in the original games entirely. Also there's weird timeline bullshit, and this isn't a remake. It's a re-imagining masquerading as a remake of a classic ps1 game.

final fantasy 7 remake é um jogo bonito com um combate bem legal, tem set pieces bem interessantes, e eu tava com muita boa vontade pra gostar dele por ter gostado do 15, que foi o meu primeiro final fantasy

mas não dá, o jogo não é ruim necessariamente, por conta dos pontos que eu mencionei acima, mas o jogo é TÃO chato, pacing, conteúdo no geral, o que liga todos os set pieces, é um jogo que é um prólogo gigante não só por história mas em game design, é basicamente o ground zeroes dos final fantasy mas durando 30 horas ao invés da 1 hora do ground zeroes

a história e os personagens são interessantes (a história com ressalvas por ela não andar) mas isso não é bem um triunfo desse jogo porque não é um jogo original, então de autoral ele tem uma campanha gigante que não cresce e só serve como bait pro pessoal que queria um remake de final fantasy 7, coisa que aparentemente só veio com o rebirth mas depois de ter jogado o remake eu tô até duvidando um pouco

enfim, tô decepcionada, mas é até bom pq me deu uma vontade enorme que jogar o original e ver o quão melhor é