Been trying to figure out how to put into words how much I love this game ever since I finished it. I genuinely don't know if I can do this game justice. It's a masterpiece. It takes what Remake set up and expands upon it while removing all issues I had with it.
Not gonna say anything about the story obviously besides that I loved it. It was filled with so many great emotional moments while also knowing when to let itself have fun. The cast is elevated to even greater heights with amazing vocal performances.
I got lost exploring all the beautiful areas you journey through. Every region feels distinct and grand and I still haven't even finished exploring most of them. The game adopts a formula similar to the Xenoblade games in terms of its areas and I think it works perfectly. It also reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy XV, a game that I really like, but a bit more refined. It makes me happy to see these games that aren't connected outside of name and series take inspiration from each other to improve upon themselves.
The combat was an area of Remake that I thought they nailed yet it's somehow even better in this game. Everything feels a lot more satisfying and fast with the synergy mechanic and the new skill tree system. It always feels great trying out new abilities for the first time. Something I didn't realize I needed so much until late in the game was the abilities they give you early on that let you use elemental abilities that don't require MP. Made me feel a lot safer not having to worry about characters not having the right materia for weaknesses. Although, as I said, I only really started utilizing it near the end of the game. So if you haven't played the game yet I'd highly recommend trying them from the beginning.
All this isn't even getting into the seemingly endless amount of side content. I was trying to do every piece of side content for the first few regions but by the halfway point in the game I realized that I was burning myself out on it (which was my fault, not the game's). And the story was really picking up so I started skipping a lot of it. That may sound like a negative in terms of side content but it's actually a positive for me because it means there's still so much of this game that I just haven't experienced even after over 60 hours. I'm genuinely floored at how massive in scale it is.
I'm incredibly happy to say that this is the second Final Fantasy game I've played this year that I consider a masterpiece and one of my new favorite games. Both this game and XVI have blown me away in very different ways and I couldn't be happier with them. I have no idea when these are coming to PC or other consoles but I really do think the PS5 is worth it for Rebirth and XVI alone. These games have given me over a hundred hours of enjoyment and I know they'll give me even more when I go back to 100% them.
Rebirth gave me a sense of joy and wonderment that not a lot of games can. It's very hard to explain, but I hope I've at least given you a little bit of an idea. I cannot wait to see how they match or even top this with the third game.
Not gonna say anything about the story obviously besides that I loved it. It was filled with so many great emotional moments while also knowing when to let itself have fun. The cast is elevated to even greater heights with amazing vocal performances.
I got lost exploring all the beautiful areas you journey through. Every region feels distinct and grand and I still haven't even finished exploring most of them. The game adopts a formula similar to the Xenoblade games in terms of its areas and I think it works perfectly. It also reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy XV, a game that I really like, but a bit more refined. It makes me happy to see these games that aren't connected outside of name and series take inspiration from each other to improve upon themselves.
The combat was an area of Remake that I thought they nailed yet it's somehow even better in this game. Everything feels a lot more satisfying and fast with the synergy mechanic and the new skill tree system. It always feels great trying out new abilities for the first time. Something I didn't realize I needed so much until late in the game was the abilities they give you early on that let you use elemental abilities that don't require MP. Made me feel a lot safer not having to worry about characters not having the right materia for weaknesses. Although, as I said, I only really started utilizing it near the end of the game. So if you haven't played the game yet I'd highly recommend trying them from the beginning.
All this isn't even getting into the seemingly endless amount of side content. I was trying to do every piece of side content for the first few regions but by the halfway point in the game I realized that I was burning myself out on it (which was my fault, not the game's). And the story was really picking up so I started skipping a lot of it. That may sound like a negative in terms of side content but it's actually a positive for me because it means there's still so much of this game that I just haven't experienced even after over 60 hours. I'm genuinely floored at how massive in scale it is.
I'm incredibly happy to say that this is the second Final Fantasy game I've played this year that I consider a masterpiece and one of my new favorite games. Both this game and XVI have blown me away in very different ways and I couldn't be happier with them. I have no idea when these are coming to PC or other consoles but I really do think the PS5 is worth it for Rebirth and XVI alone. These games have given me over a hundred hours of enjoyment and I know they'll give me even more when I go back to 100% them.
Rebirth gave me a sense of joy and wonderment that not a lot of games can. It's very hard to explain, but I hope I've at least given you a little bit of an idea. I cannot wait to see how they match or even top this with the third game.