Crisis Core Reunion is what I like to call a "REMAKESTER" (Remake + Remaster) in the sense that this game was made from the ground up but changed barely anything from the original apart from the frame rate, and the DMW system being active and used manually by the player instead of automatic like in the original.
The game still has the amazing story the original did, now with a fresh new coat of paint and is absolutely the best version to play.
The game now features more voice acting in ingame sections like when Zack, Cloud, and Sephiroth arrive in Nibeleim and Tifa appears. In this version Tifa is now fully voice acted, adding more weight to the emotional scenes. Having voice acting in minor/background characters too is such attention to detail.
Another thing is how beautiful the game looks within the new engine. Keep in mind I played the original PSP version first then moved on to this remakester, and seeing the difference is amazing in terms of character models, and environments.
A big con this game has is the animated Cutscenes, since they are directly lifted from the original PSP game, and were never upscaled so their quality is really poor.
I played this on PS5 keep in mind, so maybe on the Switch they look better in handheld mode. Why they didn't decide to reanimated those scenes in a new more advanced graphic cutscene like in FF7 Remake I have no idea.
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Here's something that will probably divide people but hear me out...
In my opinion, I think it's great that they decided to keep the original ending so that people could feel the emotional weight of what Zack left behind... however they should have added a new ending that connected to Remake/Rebirth since Zack is going to appear in Rebirth.
The ending should have been achievable by maybe surviving for 10 minutes straight against Shinra forces on hard or something, something that can be difficult and achievable.
And there they can have the connection point between Reunion and Rebirth.
I am not saying "get rid of the old ending" keep the old ending, but also include a new ending that ties into Rebirth is you survive for a while against the Shinra forces.
The game still features the amazing characters of Zack, Cissnei, Tseng, Aerith, Cloud, Sephiroth, Angeal, with its amazing emotional story.
I gave full indepth review for the original, so mostly here I'm giving my thoughts on this as a remaster/remake. I would highly recommend everyone play this remakester 100% it's a beautiful story I highly recommend.
The game still has the amazing story the original did, now with a fresh new coat of paint and is absolutely the best version to play.
The game now features more voice acting in ingame sections like when Zack, Cloud, and Sephiroth arrive in Nibeleim and Tifa appears. In this version Tifa is now fully voice acted, adding more weight to the emotional scenes. Having voice acting in minor/background characters too is such attention to detail.
Another thing is how beautiful the game looks within the new engine. Keep in mind I played the original PSP version first then moved on to this remakester, and seeing the difference is amazing in terms of character models, and environments.
A big con this game has is the animated Cutscenes, since they are directly lifted from the original PSP game, and were never upscaled so their quality is really poor.
I played this on PS5 keep in mind, so maybe on the Switch they look better in handheld mode. Why they didn't decide to reanimated those scenes in a new more advanced graphic cutscene like in FF7 Remake I have no idea.
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Here's something that will probably divide people but hear me out...
In my opinion, I think it's great that they decided to keep the original ending so that people could feel the emotional weight of what Zack left behind... however they should have added a new ending that connected to Remake/Rebirth since Zack is going to appear in Rebirth.
The ending should have been achievable by maybe surviving for 10 minutes straight against Shinra forces on hard or something, something that can be difficult and achievable.
And there they can have the connection point between Reunion and Rebirth.
I am not saying "get rid of the old ending" keep the old ending, but also include a new ending that ties into Rebirth is you survive for a while against the Shinra forces.
The game still features the amazing characters of Zack, Cissnei, Tseng, Aerith, Cloud, Sephiroth, Angeal, with its amazing emotional story.
I gave full indepth review for the original, so mostly here I'm giving my thoughts on this as a remaster/remake. I would highly recommend everyone play this remakester 100% it's a beautiful story I highly recommend.