Alright so, everyone has more or less said everything there is to say about this game so I'll simply just go ahead and toss my flame onto the already burning bonfire. It's good, like really good. Pretty much every change here is one that I feel improves on the original without replacing it. FF7R is a VERY different game than the original FF7 in so many ways while also keeping its core themes and character relationships close to its chest.

It adds an entirely new level of depth to the combat with possibly my absolute favorite combat system in any RPG I have ever played, rapidly allowing you to switch between your party and at the hit of a button go into a turn based tactical mode between combos and chains of your own attacks. It feels so incredibly fleshed out and rock solid. On top of that pretty much every major area of midgar is expanded on and just feels like a more livable, walkable environment. So much of the time I just spent walking to places and through these amazingly rendered cramped towns and just being in absolute awe of it all.

Truly a rare home run of a video game that it's going to be hard to follow up on, but at this point I have complete and utter faith that it will be done correctly.

Reviewed on Jun 09, 2023


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