I just finished, so I'm going to review this really quickly. First up, the gameplay, and CC is decent at best when it comes to this. The level design is nonexistent, and its best levels are barely on par with the worst KH2 levels, which says a lot. The combat is fun but doesn't feel very cohesive to me, especially when it comes to the bosses, in my opinion. Finally, the game is very repetitive. This all sounds very negative, but I can’t say I necessarily hate the gameplay because I don’t. If this were stretched out over 20-30 hours, I might have had a problem, but CC is REALLY short, so it never got too frustrating, even with the repetitive gameplay.

Speaking of its length, I don’t have any problem with it. I like short games and think it was well worth my $40 bucks. Now for the visuals, it looks great nd that’s all I can really say nothing looked bad but nothing exactly blew me away. The story in this game is also a thing, and personally, I don’t like it. The original FF7 was very weird, yes, but for some reason, it felt a little more grounded. CC, on the other hand, is just really weird, and I don’t really like it. I’m just gonna pretend like this story doesn’t exist and keep some of the characters and moments in mind.

Which leads me to my next point, characters! Everybody loves the FF7 characters, and yeah, they’re great in this game. Zack is awesome; I absolutely love him. Aerith is as cute as ever in this game, and her relationship with Zack was just as sweet as I imagined. Sephiroth is also really good in this game, nice to see him not being all evil. Cloud is also in this game and while he’s kinda a bitch (until he fucking murders Sephiroth) it’s nice to see his beginnings as a grunt. Finally, I’ll talk about some of the new characters. Angela is great; I like how it gives origin to the Buster sword, even if I don’t like his arc that much. And Genesis; well, he completely sucks, one of the worst antagonists I’ve ever seen, but we move.

Now, before I get to the end of this review, I’ll mention the music and voice acting real quick. The music is solid for the most part; the FF7 songs are always great. However, the new additions to the OST were nothing memorable, in my opinion. As for the voice acting… It’s great. I played in Japanese because nobody likes the voice acting in this game, and it seems like that was a good decision because everyone gives their 100% in this game. I don’t necessarily think Cloud VA matches him, but the VA still did a good job regardless of feelings.

Now let’s finish this by talking about that ending… kill me. In all seriousness though, that was a beautiful ending and is honestly the only reason I’m giving this game 3.5 stars instead of a flat 3. I didn’t cry, but I came close multiple times; the end credit was also dope. Overall, I’d say this is a good game, not great, but by no means do I think it’s bad. I'd recommend it for FF7 fans, though, for context on some things and the ending alone.

This game was really ahead of its time which I’m sure is said to death but some of these set pieces and boss fights are just insane for the Ps2. The story while not as simple and clean (💀) as the first game is still solid for the most part, and makes up for its flaws in the incredible emotional payoffs it gives the player for sticking with this 4 game saga. The entire ending itself is also amazing and honestly is great stopping point if you’re not too interested in the other games because Kh2 really does wrap everything up perfectly. Of course I’d recommend the other games though, I love BBS!