And then ashamed that it has taken 4 years to release the first disc worth of the 4 disc game....so what another 12 years until they finish the final disc??
@@joeyjames5691dude, the content in this game alone is more than the entirety of the original ff7. You already know the story, why are you mad that they’re just giving us more?
I'm a full grown adult in my mid 30's with adult responsibilities. How ya going to keep releasing all these bangers of games and me try to figure out how im going to make time to play them all? lol Challenge accepted.
Just another Horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, tlou2, or forspoken with Square enix hard at work bribing reviewers and bot farms to try to artificially change the narrative on how bad these games are.
Someone was talking about WoW on Reddit and said something that hit me right in the gut. "You don't miss the game. You miss who you and your friends were when you played it."
@@rydz656This is a different adventure and it’s still ongoing. You absolutely don’t have to go on the new adventure, but don’t ever tell anyone that it’s over. Don’t speak for them. That level of cynicism is nauseating.
@@piepo5002 it involves a certain character not dying. Back in the day there were a lot of rumours that you could use a cheat code or do specific actions to prevent this character from dying. Loads of games had these wee rumours going about as we didn't have the internet then. We did have it, but it was very basic and not as informative as today.
If you havent played the games in the FF7 Compilation (or at least follow the story), there will be some things that will be new to you (in addition to the new timeline stuff).
@@IXkuponomura is not the writer nor is he the director stop blaming nomura for everything also how about playing the game and formulate your own opinion instead of basing it around a review?
Finished the game just now. What a game. Took me around 80 hrs. Have never seen a game with such high quality production (been this long) Those who complain about the graphic have not play this game. Thid is hand down top 3 most graphical game on ps5. Whoever finished the game can tell u. Still blown away how squareenix manage to make this game.
@@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu it's characters and story says it all, also do you know IGN and other journos are planning to make this game GOTY, because they don't like black myth, stellar blade and space Marine 2 narratives
@@SuperScarab WTF are you on about? The story is essentially unchanged. Sorry that a video game reflects how things *actually work in the real world* triggers your fragile world view.
6:37 Did you just call Optional Sidequests a "Small Blemish" to the whole game? LOL. I'm taking a hard guess here. FF7 Rebirth did NOT End the whole series. But ended in a Cliffhanger. That's why the narrator kept saying "Convoluted and messy execution of the story". Didn't square mention that this will be a 3 game series?
@@MrKnaivesit’s a sequel in the sense that the sephiroth we see in the game is from a past timeline where all the events of the original final fantasy 7 up until advent children took place, where sephiroth went back in time to change events.
Dunkey nailed it best in his review of ff7 remake. "In the OG you grind the combat to get to the story, in this game you grind the story to get to the cool bossfights" and its no different here. 9/10 combat with 5/10 story. Especially the 3rd act just gets so conviluted and confusing.
got a ps5 just for this. agree with most of what you said, but you are 100% right with how they messed up the ending because of how needlessly convoluted it was. instead of having an extremely emotional impact, it instead it leaves the player thinking "huh? wtf just happened?" while fighting the final boss.
This is going to be amazing; strap in and enjoy the ride. When are we going to find the time to finish all these amazing RPGs? What a great time to be into gaming!
@@TMoney-wt1cw Well given that it was critically praised and very well recieved by a majority of the public, with it having both high critic and audience scores, it being nominated and winning some awards, selling well, and having it's DLCs greenlight only a few weeks after it release which further indicates it success; Yes, FF16 is an amazing game.
Heard it going to end at disk 1 from the original game at the forbidden city with the moment (but with a twist probly) and it's a cliffhanger leading into the next game which is probably stated for 2028 also heard wutai will not be in rebirth but in the next game
As an FF7 fan I’m happy you gave it a 9 but that was a shitload of problems you had with it. You guys had essentially 0 problems with Persona 3 Reload and that still got a 9 as well
Actually less and something isn’t right there as you open opencritic and see less plus most critics giving it 10s aren’t even known while well known ones are giving it 8 or 9s
It was actually Kitase who wanted more drastic story changes and Nomura who said to stay as close as possible to the original.. and Nomura isnt the story writer as well...
@Coldsilfur4 bullsh1t mr.nomura attorney. Nomura is the director and those ideas of multiple timelines, villain that are anti-hero and positive ending are taken form Kingdom Hearts which is it's own creation. He imposed his ideas on Nojima (oke of the worse screenwriter in the industry) the storyline who has never been the smartest in the room.
Nah fr, he has said as much in the interviews. KH is his crazy world and that’s it. He did truly want to leave FF7. It was Kitase full stop. Everyone wants to blame Nomura because of his association with KH but not this time guys.
@@alessioseminara3254 Just because he's the director and had a major role in KH doesn't mean he's in charge of every decision in the FF7 remakes. There is no direct evidence you can provide that it was expressly his ideas that made it into them
Let me sum the experience up for ya. Great voice acting, great gameplay, graphics, and music. World is fantastic. The story is horrendous rotting dogshit that spits in the face of every single piece of FFVII that came before this, from the original to Remake.
So FF7 Remake is the first and FF7 Rebirth represents the second CD history of the original FF7? So there is still another FF7 PS5 release to be expected that includes the third FF7 original CD, including the end battle against Sephiroth? Only for this FF7 games im gonna get the PS5. Brings back so many memories.
I'm hoping we get dedicated side missions for each character that rewards the player with a particular double tech materias etc. It would serve the game well be a be a breath of fresh air if they were each well written and unique a la mass effect.
Rebirth is far better than remake. Remake had so much filler in it and should’ve been a 20 hour game not a 40 hr one. Plus rebirth giving you the freedom to play how you want makes it far more fun to play. Remake was a 6/10. Rebirth is easy 9/10
Without spoilers the ending is still pretty much the same, just a lot more confusing and they don’t let the emotion of what happened hit the way it did in the first game
Such a well written review by someone who played the original, understood the themes of the original and how it carried over to this remake. A rare W for ign. 👍
But it's not the ending. It's the second part of a trilogy, and so if you're left with a cryptic conclusion to this second part, that isn't really a demerit in my opinion. What really matters is how the game ends up being as a trilogy.
Rebirth is a great game for sure but how come nobody talks about all the constant pop-in, frame rate issues, the crap lighting, the textures being rough. We bash other games for this stuff but this game gets a pass.
9 is generous. After putting just over 140 hrs into the game, I’d give it a 7 at most. The world feels empty, the story was convoluted with a horrid ending, and the battle system felt like a chore only after about 10 hrs in.
The ending being "fumbled" and "convoluted" is a little worrying but I'm still sure it's going to be an amazing game, and hey.. there's still one more entry in the series after this, for all we know the ending being fumbled and convoluted in episode 2 might actually turn out to be not the case in hindsight once we have all entries in the bag.
Got 2 questions for this game 1. Is this game support save import from previous game (like mass effect trilogy/witcher trilogy/trials of cold steel series) maybe we can get special items, boosts or etc 2. What kind of exploration in this game will be, a fully open world like skyrim or large area like metro exodus
1. You will get a couple of summon materias for completion of FF7 remake and intermission. 2. It will be semi open world, more like metro. Areas that open up more as you explore/continue throughout the story.
Sound fine. Cant really trust anyone saying the endings convoluted if they had to rush theough it. Probably just needs thought, hope its not too bad though.
Totally agree about the ending. The entire story and plot development is very well explained up until the ending chapters where it is so implicative in a way that basically just verbally spams a jargon and lexicon of “destiny intertwined with fate”. The annoying part is that there IS reasoning for this, the game just takes a turn in its final moments of not explaining that in a down to earth way.
Did IGN forget there’s going to be a Part 3 to this story? That’s where the ending will happen, of course the ending won’t feel like an “ending” here, just like FF7 Remake didn’t feel like a true ending because Rebirth was coming after. But at least they gave it a 9
Man... this game deserves a 10 after playing for nearly 70 hrs. It is tough for jrpgs to do what they do usually and get a 10 rating from western reviewers. 😅
They gave it a 9
Thank you sir
Thats shocking
I'm cool with that. Can't always have a 10
Why ruin it just for likes you loser
😅
If Link can cut grass on his way to Ganon, our boy Cloud can play some Wave Race 64 on his way to Jenova.
And some 1080 Snowboarding on his way to the Northern Crater.
Exactly. That was the dumbest part of this review. 🤦🏿♂️💯
No one complained about Geralt playing Gwent with anyone with a pulse while the world is ending either.
That N64 Dolphin still haunts me😅🐬
This reviewer probably doesn't like Yakuza games
Everyone on the development team should be proud of creating this amazing accomplishment
This is true. You are right.
And then ashamed that it has taken 4 years to release the first disc worth of the 4 disc game....so what another 12 years until they finish the final disc??
@@joeyjames5691dude, the content in this game alone is more than the entirety of the original ff7. You already know the story, why are you mad that they’re just giving us more?
@@bakedcrystal915Hours of soulless filler content isn’t the flex you think it is, kiddo 👌
@@Lady_Vengeanceit’s not soulless actually, something this game does flawlessly is put charm into every corner of its world.
review embargo lifting a week early is a GREAT SIGN
No
@lukebrunker264
Yes it is Luke.
93 ON METACRITIC AHHHHH. First one "only" got an 87?!?!?
@@lukebrunker264Only a dude named “Luke” would post a response this pointless.
@@sama2086 The high scores are only from not well known sites, well known ones gave it less than a 10 always
I'm a full grown adult in my mid 30's with adult responsibilities. How ya going to keep releasing all these bangers of games and me try to figure out how im going to make time to play them all? lol
Challenge accepted.
life right now dear sir.
@@josephitis it surely do be.
LMFAO not lying, they are finally properly tapping into nostalgia
lol same here
Same lol
Getting my ps5 tomorrow for this game
Yeah thanks for getting me that system
Cool!!!! enjoy the game.
Get an xbox. Playstation only has remake and remasters
Xbox all the day
@@SuuulanThen why are you watching a trailer for a Sony exclusive game?
93 score based on 113 critic reviews. This gonna be a great game for sure.
5th highest rated PS5 game of all time on metacritic
Just another Horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, tlou2, or forspoken with Square enix hard at work bribing reviewers and bot farms to try to artificially change the narrative on how bad these games are.
@@blackdysfunction8260cool opinion
cool counter argument @@chrazy85
@agentriot you can't counter Brain rot
The Tifa and Yuffie double tech was awesome!
Scissor Sisters!
Double tag team me😂
Agreed
Huh? What’s this. Double tech you speak of ?
@@Vynne96-jg7er😮📸🫵👮♂️⚖️⛓️
Yuffie humming the winning song melts my heart.
Im fairly sure that was in remake part 1 also
Barrett did it first and it was cool & goofy in a Mr. T way!
Prompto did that in FF15
@@YouDaMANRAJ during the integrade dlc
Every character does that nowadays, huh
5th highest rated PS5 game of all time on metacritic, 93 overall score.
Yet you still haven’t played it
@@danjjjatestshhh lil boy
@@danjjjatestprecisely
I'm going to spend months playing this game aren't I?
And you will love every second of it
And i'm going to love every second :D
Knowing it got 6 regions to be totally explored for all main and side quests... yeaaaaaaah!!!
Not if you don't want to
or you can speedrun it in just couple of days
Monty Oum would've loved this
haven't heard that name in a long time
:pours out a hi potion for the bro:
❤
Etika too
Shame dead fantasy will never be finished.
7 Remake got 8, 7 Rebirth got 9 so surely 7 Refund will get a 10 ✍️🔥
Some J Cole art right there
10/10 would refund again.
It got 93 on metacritics, it been a while since final fantasy got a 90s score on metacritics. 😮
7 refund?
Surely can get 10/10 if refund is possible 😂
80 HOURS? Holy moly
That's nothing. I'm going to spend well over 100 hours getting the platinum for Rebirth and mastering all of the mini games in the Gold Saucer.
80 hours isn't even that much.
He said he didn’t finish all the side content so 80 hours is just fine.
Not to mention I’m sure he played it on normal. If you want a challenge play it on dynamic difficulty.
@@Halcon_Sierreno another reviewer said they spent over a 100 hours and there was still more
Haven't been this excited for a Final Fantasy game in years and hopefully Square continues to give it their all for this series.
Now that we've left Midgar the true journey begins
Remake was the $hit
@@SoloDeus_Rey WTF remake was amazing
@@hamzaboughraira4455 read my. Comment. Again. Carefully…😳
@@hamzaboughraira4455I’m pretty sure that’s what he means lol
Lets be honest...we loved the game as kids and just want our youth back :)
Someone was talking about WoW on Reddit and said something that hit me right in the gut. "You don't miss the game. You miss who you and your friends were when you played it."
Amen !!
Beautiful review. Sold me on continuing the adventure
Lol the adventure was finished in 97.
@@rydz656This is a different adventure and it’s still ongoing. You absolutely don’t have to go on the new adventure, but don’t ever tell anyone that it’s over. Don’t speak for them. That level of cynicism is nauseating.
Thats the point. A review is also advertising buddy. Why do you thing IGN got things early?
get with the times old man@@rydz656
@user-mm2ku7rb5p lol right
Overly Convoluted - that's Nomura's signature! Well, that and belts. Lots of belts.
Tommy wiseau would be proud
Zips. Dont forget zips. That guy loves zips as well
The belts and zippers hold together the convolution
it funny because nomura was more on the side of a faithful remake
It’s literally the same game with updated graphics
So happy for the devs
yeah, those humble devs that keep pushing NFTs
@@SilverShion Don’t tell him. Maybe he doesn’t know
@@SilverShion the developers don't make a dime on NFTs. It's the corporate suits who want them.
@@SilverShion Devs don't make those calls. They do as they are told while adding flair and vision, but not NFTs, micro transactions, etc.
Hold my no rest of the wicked
So, they’re doing this whole diverging timelines to give us hope that THAT one magic cheat code everyone wanted as a child might be a reality?
care to explain? :)
@@piepo5002 it involves a certain character not dying. Back in the day there were a lot of rumours that you could use a cheat code or do specific actions to prevent this character from dying. Loads of games had these wee rumours going about as we didn't have the internet then. We did have it, but it was very basic and not as informative as today.
@@craig291086games like 2 decades old every one knows what happens
Probably. Character with party will die, character with Zack will wake up. Character both lives and dies. Classic Schrödinger’s Character lol
@@tristanward9937 dude don't spoil the date between Barrett and you know who
Please don't tell me we're going to need a Kingdom hearts style bulletin board to keep up with the story
Unfortunately, it looks that way...
We knew that from the first game.
If you havent played the games in the FF7 Compilation (or at least follow the story), there will be some things that will be new to you (in addition to the new timeline stuff).
Tetsuya Nomura never fails to disappoint :/
@@IXkuponomura is not the writer nor is he the director stop blaming nomura for everything also how about playing the game and formulate your own opinion instead of basing it around a review?
It’s a *9* guys, it’s GREAT , that means they probably did the *BIGGEST SPOILER* end of part 2 really well.
Worth the hype, worth the wait !
Great yes but not a 10
@@katman2192Well it doesn’t deserve it with how boring the world and divisive the ending is
You actually trust IGN 😂😂
@@Jsobo28The game can be gotten early
@@gamerforlife3946 its 2024 bro everything is uninspired
This is actually a great review, IGN. So glad to see game reviewers not just fawn over a game.
Finished the game just now. What a game. Took me around 80 hrs. Have never seen a game with such high quality production (been this long)
Those who complain about the graphic have not play this game. Thid is hand down top 3 most graphical game on ps5. Whoever finished the game can tell u.
Still blown away how squareenix manage to make this game.
Game of the year incoming
Yeah no the open world is bad. Said by almost every big critic site
@@gamerforlife3946 You don't need a big open world to win GOTY
Not game of the year yet. More games have yet to be released this year.
Nah, elder ring
@@keithframe3489that's a dlc ffs lol
Beat the game last night (around 80 hours, skipping over half the side content). This review is pretty accurate 👌
One of the best final fantasy games ever made
And one of the most wokist game as well
@@SuperScarab how? Learn a new word you're using that one wrong
@@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu it's characters and story says it all, also do you know IGN and other journos are planning to make this game GOTY, because they don't like black myth, stellar blade and space Marine 2 narratives
@@SuperScarab it's virtually unchanged from the original. And it deserves goty. Stop being mad because people like better than your game of choice
@@SuperScarab WTF are you on about? The story is essentially unchanged. Sorry that a video game reflects how things *actually work in the real world* triggers your fragile world view.
So double tech and tripple tech from Chrono Trigger :D
I hope this will inspire then to remake that as well with the quality of this.
No triple techs yet. Perhaps in part 3
Please don't, they gonna change Chrono Trigger story and make it become Kingdom Hearts just like they did with it FF7, a hot convoluted mess.
@@yolulu Ok but what if they do? Will someone force you to sit there and play it? XD
@@yolulu”gamers” are perpetually upset and aggravated all the time now. No reason to be this upset about a game 😂. Get a grip
Strongly doubt it
You really need to start uploading in 4k.
Yeah it's mind blowing that they don't honestly.
Its not that serious
I’d even take 1080 …. These videos at 720p is ironic in 2024…
Scores are coming in at 8-9. Multiples sources say it's the mini games that take away from the pace and the ending is a mess.
8 is the lowest recorded score. It's mostly 9s, and 9.5s. Some 10s. Out 40 reviews only 2 gave it an 8. This game seems like a 9.2 or 9.3
the ones calling the ending a mess is properly the same people complaining about remake being a sequel to the OG and changing things. they just mad.
93 on metacritic, idk about the 8’s lol
some people have qualms about the ending, but IIRC only one reviewer REALLY took issue with it
Q@@Vartazian360
Wow Seeing Tifa in the air unleashing a barrage of fists and kicks. So cool!!! I'm so excited XD
Had a strong feeling the multiple timeline story direction would continue to be a mess. Hopefully it's somewhat cleaned/ cleared up for Part 3 😅
6:37 Did you just call Optional Sidequests a "Small Blemish" to the whole game? LOL.
I'm taking a hard guess here. FF7 Rebirth did NOT End the whole series. But ended in a Cliffhanger. That's why the narrator
kept saying "Convoluted and messy execution of the story". Didn't square mention that this will be a 3 game series?
So this is a sequel/continuation to the remake game that came out a couple years ago?
Yes, it’s a trilogy, this is the middle
The original was 3 discs long. Square is trying to make this game fit into 3 releases.
@@johnathonscutt4743 cool, 🙏🏼 thanks
Yes. And the Remake is a sequel to the original game.
@BlackLynx4607a
Source: Trust me bro.
GBF Relink to Persona 3 Reloaded also Helldivers 2 and then FF7Re and followed by Dragon's Dogma 2/Rise of Ronin
Q1 2024 are crazy
Don't forget the two best-rated games of the year (aside from Rebirth), Tekken 8 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a dragon
Then there's a game in 2025...
Shin Megami Tensei V V and shadow of the erdtree too
So many 9 / 10 rpgs this year. Persona 3 Reloaded, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth aka Yakuza 8, FF7 Rebirth etc.
Yuffie singing the victory tune like Barrett did in first game! 😂😂
They gave it a 9. Have a nice day
Thank you
Hero’s don’t always wear capes, thank you sir!
Thanks greatly appreciate it
@@Chitown-zf4gshero? All you have to do is drag the bar to the right, takes one second ffs!
@@Chitown-zf4gs They also don't comment a IGN score...
What a beautifully written review. Kudos!
Why 9 tho it deserves a 10
because playing cactuar crush as aerith is not fun at all
@Luigiplaya246 or just only 2 levels
game of the year has arrived
But Skull and Bones already arrived last week
Metaphor re fantasio hasn’t come out yet silly!
Not yet, dragon's dogma 2 releases next month!
elder ring
elden ring dlc will be better than this
This is totally not fair! All these reviews are coming out for this game while the rest of us have to wait another week!
Pfft. I’m waiting for PC. I’ve got at least 12 months and 1 week to wait.
This is not a revision ....its a total reimagination. Call it what it is!
It's an expansion and a sequel.
it is literally on the ff7 remake synopsis on the box, they are calling it what it is. They always have.
@Karlach_ it's not. What kind of sequel re threads a story already told... wtf is wrong with you people..
@@MrKnaivesit’s a sequel in the sense that the sephiroth we see in the game is from a past timeline where all the events of the original final fantasy 7 up until advent children took place, where sephiroth went back in time to change events.
Yes from now on everyone has to say total reimagination, revision is just completely misleading, only one of them is correct
4:17 looks like Suzie Yeung got inspired by Robbie Daymond (Prompto in FF15) to do the victory theme
Barett does it all the time in the 1st part of the whole remake
That is what we call a “writers choice” lol.
Dunkey nailed it best in his review of ff7 remake. "In the OG you grind the combat to get to the story, in this game you grind the story to get to the cool bossfights" and its no different here. 9/10 combat with 5/10 story. Especially the 3rd act just gets so conviluted and confusing.
@@InfiniteEdge006how is he part of the problem bro quit coping
This comment aged like a milk
got a ps5 just for this. agree with most of what you said, but you are 100% right with how they messed up the ending because of how needlessly convoluted it was. instead of having an extremely emotional impact, it instead it leaves the player thinking "huh? wtf just happened?" while fighting the final boss.
it doesnt though because it's so plainly obvious to understand that cloud is just seeing Aeris.... how you can't tell that is beyond me.
@stonecold5373 Not just that but thr timelines.
This is going to be amazing; strap in and enjoy the ride. When are we going to find the time to finish all these amazing RPGs? What a great time to be into gaming!
Square releasing two amazing Final Fantasy entries within a year of each other is absolutely mind blowing to me.
Possibly three entries depending on FFXIV Dawntrail's release date.
You’re not seriously saying that 16 was “amazing” are you?
@@TMoney-wt1cw Well given that it was critically praised and very well recieved by a majority of the public, with it having both high critic and audience scores, it being nominated and winning some awards, selling well, and having it's DLCs greenlight only a few weeks after it release which further indicates it success;
Yes, FF16 is an amazing game.
@@TMoney-wt1cw yeah it was amazing
@@TMoney-wt1cwconsidering it's success, yeah.
I'm so interested to see what they did with the end here. Everyone is having a different opinion
Heard it going to end at disk 1 from the original game at the forbidden city with the moment (but with a twist probly) and it's a cliffhanger leading into the next game which is probably stated for 2028 also heard wutai will not be in rebirth but in the next game
8:59 So they say it is not very impactful due to the several timelines but still give it a 9?
This part of the story is making me nervous that they will chicken out and not do the death that needs to happen.
@@slyktech1860this sephiroth knows it needs to happen too. So that's why it probably won't
@@blake343exactly, sephiroth knows killing aerith led to his downfall and may try to avoid it this time.
@@slyktech1860 they set that up in the last game by revealing Zack is alive
Did you miss how they were gushing about the entire game except the ending for the rest of the review
As an FF7 fan I’m happy you gave it a 9 but that was a shitload of problems you had with it. You guys had essentially 0 problems with Persona 3 Reload and that still got a 9 as well
So excited!! My first time pre-ordering a game
My big question is: Is Tifa able to suplex giant monsters in Rebirth like she could in OG FF7 though?!
Sabin did a whole train though :/
Wonderful review. I'm ready for this masterpiece. TY Devs and IGN!
I'm so ready!! First game I've ever pre-ordered
I'm about to preorder as well. Ironically, the original was my first preorder!
@@chrisstewart9828 that's amazing!
The remake was my first pre-ordered game. Rebirth is my second.
crazy what that game on the ps5 is going for on Ebay.@@chrisstewart9828
Who pre orders digital games. You think they are gonna run out of downloads?
Well one things for sure , it looks stunning.
Game of the year in my opinion
94 on metacritic...thats huge lol
Actually less and something isn’t right there as you open opencritic and see less plus most critics giving it 10s aren’t even known while well known ones are giving it 8 or 9s
@@gamerforlife3946 Stop replying to everyone and get a life
Michael Scott from The Office: “That’s what she said!”
Even ff16 didn't made it to 90s, it bee a long time since final fantasy get a 90s score on metacritics. 😮
@@notslucis9977 Actually it did but lost it
Easily 2024's GOTY
@@Mohgenstein lol
Ok bro either ign or square Enix has to give you a raise after that beautiful synopsis of the game gave me goosebumps just listening to it
Got it preordered, Can’t wait until it comes out 👍🏾
This game is a solid 10.
“Convoluted and undefined” that’s numoura.
It was actually Kitase who wanted more drastic story changes and Nomura who said to stay as close as possible to the original.. and Nomura isnt the story writer as well...
@Coldsilfur4 bullsh1t mr.nomura attorney. Nomura is the director and those ideas of multiple timelines, villain that are anti-hero and positive ending are taken form Kingdom Hearts which is it's own creation. He imposed his ideas on Nojima (oke of the worse screenwriter in the industry) the storyline who has never been the smartest in the room.
@@alessioseminara3254 source?
Nah fr, he has said as much in the interviews. KH is his crazy world and that’s it. He did truly want to leave FF7. It was Kitase full stop. Everyone wants to blame Nomura because of his association with KH but not this time guys.
@@alessioseminara3254 Just because he's the director and had a major role in KH doesn't mean he's in charge of every decision in the FF7 remakes. There is no direct evidence you can provide that it was expressly his ideas that made it into them
Let me sum the experience up for ya. Great voice acting, great gameplay, graphics, and music. World is fantastic. The story is horrendous rotting dogshit that spits in the face of every single piece of FFVII that came before this, from the original to Remake.
@InfiniteEdge006 making a lot of incorrect assumptions there little buddy lmao
So FF7 Remake is the first and FF7 Rebirth represents the second CD history of the original FF7? So there is still another FF7 PS5 release to be expected that includes the third FF7 original CD, including the end battle against Sephiroth? Only for this FF7 games im gonna get the PS5. Brings back so many memories.
I'm hoping we get dedicated side missions for each character that rewards the player with a particular double tech materias etc. It would serve the game well be a be a breath of fresh air if they were each well written and unique a la mass effect.
Really nice review 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
Loved Rebirth can’t wait for the next game🎉
They have a better review for FFVII REBIRTH that’s definitely much better in my opinion goes to show that Rebirth is going to be Better than Remake
Can't wait for this, but I'm gonna have to, since i'm on Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment. Have it preordered, but gonna jump on it once im done with BG3
Why would you preorder a game if its not to play on day 1? Or better yet, why would you ever preorder anything?
@@Suuulan To get 6 likes on a TH-cam comment
@@SuuulanSaid the guy who's here just to be mad at everyone in the comment section 🤷
@@Suuulanit comes with a hat lol. Idk man, the hat is kinda cool
Gonna finally get a pS5 for this. It’s beautiful to see the journey of such an impactful experience get reimagined.
Sold me on continuing the adventure
Is that custom emoji 🤔?
Nope. You're wrong. 10/10
Rebirth is far better than remake. Remake had so much filler in it and should’ve been a 20 hour game not a 40 hr one. Plus rebirth giving you the freedom to play how you want makes it far more fun to play. Remake was a 6/10. Rebirth is easy 9/10
The quality of the recorded footage is a 2/10. Pixelated, Low Bitrate and 1080P
(Yes 1080P, 11 Years after the first 4K console launched)
Even if they gave it a 1 i'm STILL playing it.
Unfortunately the convoluted parts, instead of being edited, were expanded on. Not going to lie, most games from Japan go that rout.
Is Rebirth, a different story path compared to the original? Like an alternative timeline?
It's like star trek (2009).
@@nightfears3005what does that mean
Without spoilers the ending is still pretty much the same, just a lot more confusing and they don’t let the emotion of what happened hit the way it did in the first game
@@yumikimiko398 is there gonna be one more game or is this the final game?
@fabienzaca it's a trilogy so one more after this one.
Such a well written review by someone who played the original, understood the themes of the original and how it carried over to this remake. A rare W for ign. 👍
Started my channel just to stream this game, so pumped for it to finally come out!
But it's not the ending. It's the second part of a trilogy, and so if you're left with a cryptic conclusion to this second part, that isn't really a demerit in my opinion. What really matters is how the game ends up being as a trilogy.
Rebirth is a great game for sure but how come nobody talks about all the constant pop-in, frame rate issues, the crap lighting, the textures being rough. We bash other games for this stuff but this game gets a pass.
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how many times are you going to say that clown?@CDHunter345
Can't go wrong with Final Fantasy
Can sq enix please remake ff6 also?
Imagine that! Or FF5....or 9, or 8....anything from 1 to 9 would be cool.
they already spoke about it before the developer said it would take twice as long to make as rebirth
Yeah, they admitted 6 is just too big a story to remake in this same way, logistically speaking.
@@arcnate Not twice since FFVII is like 15 years. FFVI would take 20 years they said.
yeap. remake 6 first before 17
Already ordered the game disc. can't wait to receive it!
IGN failed to answer the most important question on everyone’s minds: can we take Barret on a date in the Gold Saucer?
Yes
You can.
GOTY right here
Cant wait to see the graphics on my 4090 rig.
Be prepared to wait a while. FF16 was 6 months exclusive and still hasn't released on pc
@solid_justice5855 i'll gladly wait. Im not getting a ps5 for 1 game. Even if it is my favorite series.
Doesnt make sense.
^ THIS! Performance mode still looks terrible on PS5 (post--patch)
You're going to wait 2 years
@@ChrisClemmons LMAO, you might want to get your eyes checked if you think that looks terrible.
9 is generous. After putting just over 140 hrs into the game, I’d give it a 7 at most. The world feels empty, the story was convoluted with a horrid ending, and the battle system felt like a chore only after about 10 hrs in.
@CDHunter345Lmao is this like your 5th account?
Universal Acclaim critic scores and user scores on metacritic... deserves a 7 because you said so lol. Right, fool.
@@josephmoore9706you’re the real fool here. dude is just simply stating his opinion
Hard to believe that someone would put 140 hours of a game that they give a 7
@@ratioratio7354 that's what happens when majority of the game is padding.
The ending being "fumbled" and "convoluted" is a little worrying but I'm still sure it's going to be an amazing game, and hey.. there's still one more entry in the series after this, for all we know the ending being fumbled and convoluted in episode 2 might actually turn out to be not the case in hindsight once we have all entries in the bag.
No that's just IGN when it comes to JRPGs in general. Things have to be spelled out very clearly with small easy words, in an endgame style finale.
@@BoydSKIcame here to say just that. Other outlets are praising the new story beats.
@@BoydSKI Except they aren't the only critics to point that out.
Maybe this new direction seems flawed just because they planing to make everything clear on the last part?....what do you think?
Score is at 11:07. (9/10)
Got 2 questions for this game
1. Is this game support save import from previous game (like mass effect trilogy/witcher trilogy/trials of cold steel series) maybe we can get special items, boosts or etc
2. What kind of exploration in this game will be, a fully open world like skyrim or large area like metro exodus
1. You will get a couple of summon materias for completion of FF7 remake and intermission.
2. It will be semi open world, more like metro. Areas that open up more as you explore/continue throughout the story.
@@TheLivingRoomHero thx 🙏
No "Vincent" very disappointed
Oh he's there
Sephiroth is now the Mojojo of FF7... they completely removed the build up of fighting him at the end of the original game
Sound fine. Cant really trust anyone saying the endings convoluted if they had to rush theough it.
Probably just needs thought, hope its not too bad though.
This comment will age well 😂
@@tommylukegames Eh, it's was ok. Not as bad as they made it sound. Gotta wait for the final entry regardless.
Totally agree about the ending. The entire story and plot development is very well explained up until the ending chapters where it is so implicative in a way that basically just verbally spams a jargon and lexicon of “destiny intertwined with fate”. The annoying part is that there IS reasoning for this, the game just takes a turn in its final moments of not explaining that in a down to earth way.
if this game doesnt get a 10 what games deserve a 10??
Best game of all times.
Did IGN forget there’s going to be a Part 3 to this story? That’s where the ending will happen, of course the ending won’t feel like an “ending” here, just like FF7 Remake didn’t feel like a true ending because Rebirth was coming after. But at least they gave it a 9
Yea but that's probably another 4 years so a PS6 release...
@@JFinnsI heard Part 2 and 3 started development at the same time so maybe won’t be that long.
9. I'm out of here now. No spoilers. Hype train is real!!!!!!!
Man... this game deserves a 10 after playing for nearly 70 hrs. It is tough for jrpgs to do what they do usually and get a 10 rating from western reviewers. 😅