This game is freaking incredible. Combat, pacing, side stuff, characters, graphics and beautiful environments that I spent way too long just looking at lol. Its near perfection!
I was blown away over 20 years ago as a teenager by FF7 on PSX. It was a game changer to be sure. Looks like warm up is over now with the Remake, the team has found their pairing of modern and nostalgia for Rebirth. Can this old man be blown away again?
Yeah I think we will. Good or bad-we will :P. Imo the the atmosphere of FF7 was key, the music and the build up from midgar, to the open world, to Sephiroth and Clouds personal struggles. Some people just wanted a true remake, mods will do that for us in due time. I see these games/series as for what it is, an alternate version of the gem we played in the past.
Same here, and I'm getting ridiculously hyped with all these good reviews. If they've really nailed this, it's going to be the game of the decade for me easily.
I have to say, Japan seems to really understand the idea of a Remake. Capcom has knocked it out of the park with RE4 remake and now Square Enix with FF7 Rebirth! Along with numerous others that I’m sure you will know.
I’m so glad this game is finally getting the love it deserves like it was back then in 1997. The dev team should know how much we really appreciate their dedication and craft to the game and community. PROUD TO BE AN FF FAN.
Idk what everyone is on about but this game is 98% side content. It felt real tedious for me..like an endless side quest. And mundane tasks. I've gamed for 20+ years and love the OG. It really burnt me out. Sadly. Some of you will call me a snowflake but are you true gamers? Face reality and the truth.😊
Hands down the best Rebirth review! Thank you for making it interesting, and covering all the best parts, as I had to watch till the end. And I now have more motivation to finish the game.
I can’t believe this is actually happening. It seems to be exactly what I was scared to dare hope for. Square has done it, and I think the Final Fantasy brand has reclaimed its golden throne in the genre as the undeniably industry leader. The gameplay looks literally perfect and I know I’m gunna sob like a baby
@@PenguinsAreColdish Well .. Let's not forget that this story was written by a Japanese team. So cringy anime stuff is expected. Also let's not forget, many things we loved back in the day feels cringe and cheesy now.
I need to start the second part of the demo and putting in my pre-order too. This game looks amazing and the first part of the demo was great!! I cant wait!
Probably the greatest game ever made. Absolutely stunning how well they pulled this off, i thought this would be a soulless cash grab. But its simply amazing
Rebirth is without the doubt the Final Fantady game we have been waiting for 2 decades and also the kind of modern remake that the actual remake should have been I cant believe that Square-Enix finally managed to get it right, its almost as if entirely different studio made this game, because there's so much obvious love poured into this game
@@asjejePeople who say this don’t actually play on PC. Remake had a horrible port and they only updated it twice. Majority of Square’s ports are awful to mid at best.
Ten hours in and the usual problems with open world has made itself shown. Outside side quest and the main story it’s just filler, a Ubisoft open world design if you will. At least
I haven't seen a single bad review for the game so far. Literally not a single review below an 8/10. This game is going to be a once in a lifetime experience!
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“Diagetic”. I had to look it up, and I love that you bringing new words to learn while making a great review. Well done, and man I’m excited. After a few big budget duds, this is a no brainer. Thank you.
This was a thorough review. Others have been telling some kind of pointless life story or trying to place themselves into the world with a bunch of senseless emotional baggage. Keep up the good work.
Square Enix has been killing it. I loved Dragon Quest XI, Octopath II, FF7 Remake, and FFXV (and a few other smaller games that they have published), and I had a feeling they would knock this out of the park. Really excited to play this one.
@@BIGFELLAH26 terrible ideas? That’s how it worked in the original game and was an awesome experience when you could finally come back around and was strong enough to beat it… There is more than a 50% chance it works just how I explained.
Laugh now children…. Go ahead and poke your fun, but just remember they are making this game for ME and MY generation. Guarantee if we took a poll of people familiar with ff7 90% will want the zolom OP for the first encounter. Not only was it awesome to use it as a measuring stick, storywise they used the encounter to SHOW how much more powerful sephiroth was than you. It’s actually a pretty important story arc in the big scheme of things…. So go ahead… poke fun…. Laugh now…. And when the zolom runs your ass on first encounter, just remember I’m sitting here smiling my ass off.
Well, the chapter 2 content is released and played for those that had access to it and put on TH-cam. It includes the Midgar Zolom segment. If you want to know now, you can.
@@vincentgraymore yeah I’m going to count that as a win for me! Whether or not you can come back and fight it again later remains to be seen, but I think that played out close enough to how I described. So eat it NERDS!!!!!!!!!
This is looking really far into the future, but, while this will most likely be the best of the trilogy (it doesn’t have the onus of tying the whole nearly 30 years of content into a tight, satisfying ending) I really hope the next and final entry does the unthinkable and allows you to revisit the ENTIRE world that they have recreated. That’s what made the old Golden Age jrpg’s so legendary. Before the end, you could go back to everywhere you’ve been and discover more content. So here’s to a FF7 Remake part 3 that’s 4 discs and 200 hours of content 😂
I am very excited for rebirth! Dang they are killing it right now huh? Final fantasy 16 I thought was amazing and now early reviews on rebirth are very promising.
This looks good but I can't help but feel the enthusiasm is not genuine. 'Parties level up and this actually unlocks new skills for each individual party member!' Yeah yeah pretty much every game ever does this. Why are you talking about it like it's massive and new. Might as well say 'you can attack enemies and destroy them to gain experience points!'
I think you misunderstood. They're saying there is a party level as well as individual character levels, both of which impact the characters differently. It's not a particularly unique concept but it also is not as universal as what you were saying.
For me, this was the only Final Fantasy they could not fail. After FF XV this was my only hope with the franchise and seeing that the game is successful makes me really happy.
Imo they failed it. But maybe it's just me.. I was so looking forward to FF7 Rebirth but it was a huge disappointment for me. Kinda funny because I used to be hyped for FF15 aswell but it turned out to be a disappointment.
It's nothing like the original game. The plot is convoluted and distracting now and the gameplay itself is lots of padded out busy-work. If they had just made a single game without all this padding by expanding and tweaking the main plot points slightly, just essentially sticking to the same thing (but with new graphics and combat system), it would have gone down in gaming history. This, I promise you, will not. It seems to be a meta narrative for super fans who like the expanded media only. Not fans of the original game for what it is, or newcomers who will just be confused. For example, the Resident Evil Remakes got them right for the most part (except 3 which they royally messed up as they cut loads out and changed the story beats). In those games (1, 2 and 4), they updated the gameplay but stuck broadly to same narrative and plot points, expanding, cutting slightly or updating where it made sense. That's why RE2 Remake and RE4 Remake were so well received.
I still can't believe this is running on Unreal Engine 4. Even the texture quality is so high it looks like Unreal Engine 5. Maybe not every single texture, but you know what I mean. I can't wait for this to hit PC later this summer. I just hope it comes to Steam at the same time as EGS this go round.
@@DoomsdayMayBeOkay I'm aware it's normally an art issue for a game. But a newer engine can allow for higher resolution textures, or more complex textures overall. That's mainly why I said the UE4 engine here almost looks on par with UE5 texture wise aka I'm complimenting the art team :D
@@solid_justice5855 This one supposedly only has (either) a 2 month or 4 month console exclusivity deal. So, if that's the case, I'd imagine work on the PC port is already well on the way to being completed. FF 16 is another story altogether, being it's on a new in-house engine and not Luminous or UE4/5 like the rest of their modern games. Besides, the main producer on FF 16 never gave a date for a PC version, just that it was in the works, and would run best on an SSD if I remember right. And that news was in December as it is.
@@LordLOC FF16 showed it was 6 months exclusive just like Rebirth shows it is 3 months exclusive. Still don’t think you will see it that soon. But who knows
Remake was almost as if they realized just how massive a challenge making this game would be and so they rushed to finish the first one. I liked it because I love these characters but it felt incomplete and like a promise of things to come. This feels like what we wanted originally. I wish the first part was folded into this one instead of being rushed out
My Top 3 All-Time Favorite FF Girls 1. Tifa Lockhart (FF7) 2. Yuna (FFX) 3. Lulu (FFX) It’s Yuna from FFX and not from X-2 where she turned into a J-pop singer. 😂 I like Yuna’s virgin innocence from FFX. Tifa and Lulu have the big knockers. I’ve always liked Tifa’s personality more than Aerith (or Aeris) because I felt she always cared for Cloud and she always stood up for him. But I do like Aerith and hope this remake does remove her death scene working similar to a multiverse and an alternate timeline like Star Trek 2009. Lulu is my “Black Magic Woman” like that Santana song. Lulu is like that hot goth chick in high school who got hotter as she got older. She’s always acted mature well beyond her years. She’s listed to be only the age of 22 in FFX but she acts like some hot MILF in her late 20s to 30s. Or think Joan in the TV series, Mad Men. I grew to enjoy Yuna more over Lulu when beating FFX a second time on my cousin’s Vita OLED. Her summons are the most important to me when defeating Sin. My final party for the end of FF7 & FF10 FF7 - Cloud (duh) Cid Yuffie FF10 - Yuna Auron Wakka Even though Yuffie isn’t one of my favorite characters and I hated her initially back in 1997 for stealing my Materia, I grew to enjoy using her after beating FF7 a third time on my modded PSP about 13 years ago. Apply her with 4X cut / critical hit and you’ll get 9999 every time. And her speed for turn-based fights and her level 3 Doom of the Living limit break kicks ass! For character, it’s Tifa. For player usage, it’s Yuffie. Now in FF10, Yuna is for character and for player usage. While Lulu is the stronger of the two girls during the first half of the game, once Yuna gets all her summons (or aeons), she’s the most powerful character in your party at the end of the game. Yuna’s class party is summoner and that’s what she is. Tifa is a regarded a monk. Aerith is a white mage. Lulu is a black mage like Vivi. While I do love Final Fantasy X and feel like it’s the last great FF game and the last time Hironobu Sakaguchi helped develop a FF game, I still do prefer Final Fantasy VII more. FFX is my favorite PS2 game of all-time but FF7 is my favorite video game, period. More memorable characters, gameplay, and music. Better story and tons of fun mini games in the Gold Saucer. I hope we get to buy the villa again in Costa del Sol which is named after a real region in Spain. I hope we can play volleyball like in Dead or Alive Xtreme and someone does a nude patch for Tifa and Aerith. I love my modded Vita for having a nude patch for Dead or Alive Extreme 3. All girls topless and Brazilian waxed. Tifa or Aerith is like asking Ginger or Mary Ann? Most Gilligan’s Island fans actually pick Mary Ann, but for this case, Tifa is Ginger AND Mary Ann. She has sex appeal and she’s wife material. Imagine getting the sweetness of Olivia Rodrigo or Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel) mixed with Alexandra Daddario or Sydney Sweeney’s huge rack and that’s Tifa.
Damn! 10/10!!! I thoroughly enjoyed playing FFVII Remake on PC and it was so worth the wait escaping into that world! I know it's gonna be at least 2026 before I get to experience this follow up but it's clearly going to be well worth the wait!
My one minor complaint is when you go on a date with aerith, and you gotta find the shells ...it kinda breaks the immersion of being a date when everyone else is following you guys around lol...kinda dumb. Because everything else in the game is so good. And that kinda ruined that part. I can't pretend I might get some off aerith if the whole gang is on the date too. I'm pretty sure she's not into that...but in all seriousness, its an outstanding game. But that really did stand out. Because your alone with her until you get on the chocobo and go on the brach. Then suddenly you got barret poppin up on a chocobo. It kinda ruined the moment lol
Oh good reviews coming means no delays this time. Honestly was getting ready for them to pull something so close to launch hence the last minute demo. Remember they delayed part 1 for a month or so after initial release date.
I honestly HATE hearing that they went with a cartoony style of writing throughout, although I am not one bit surprised, as that is pretty much how Japanese writing does things. Same with Anime. To be honest tho, I wish Japanese storytelling would evolve. It has been STALE as all hell for a long, LONG time now. Most Anime & JRPG characters these days are cookie cutter Trope factories. I am also not a fan of goofy, unrealistic character personalities. I would have much preferred this game kept the more realistic, serious story of the OG game, but of course the trends are what they are & this is the trend of Japanese writing at the moment, for better or for worse.... I fear the characters in this game won't be the ones we know & love from the OG game, but instead will be replaced with mostly current Japanese tropes. Barrett for instance, he was about as serious as a heart attack thru most of the OG game, and that's EXACTLY how I like him! Now however he seems to be more of a goofball for comedic relief. That is not the Barrett I know & love. I truly hope this isn't a prevalent theme thru this game's character dialogue...
I cant fucking wait. I got covid too so I got the week off and can play like a degenerate on release day😂😂😂 Bravo Square!! I lost my mind seeing Ramuhs exit attack in the demo
WHOMEVER created the clock trial inside of the cetra temple and signed off to n those traumatic ass scenes needs to be awarded and then promptly FIRED. the last two chapters of this game were so emotionally daunting for me. i love this cast of characters and this story so much and they are doing these remakes so much justice. the only complaint i have is the repetitive world intel, but i can see how it prepared me for endgame material
The trial was special looks breathtaking with an joyous soundtrack played it with the lights off and the headphones on and was blown away can't wait to play the full game could well be game of the year
It is not a full open world as the genre has today, but it has very open zones/regions that connect to each other, and you can travel the water between the continents. There's the room for at least a few more regions in the final part.
I'll be honest, the completely static grass & plant life looks kind of strange in a world where games like Horizon Forbidden West have been out for a long time now. That game makes this one look like a PS4 game. I feel the graphics could be better for sure, although I get that sacrifices had to be made to get the game developed quickly & with such a massive world. I do hope they spend time improving these elements via updates.
The climbing mechanic in the demo felt stiff for sure. It can be fixed with a patch and I hope it is. I dont expect Cloud to climb as well as Aloy, but could be better.
Restarting Remake then Intergrade on easy for the story recap. Then judmping into Rebirth. I have a few friends wanting to watch it via stream to learn the story so def doing that for them. Easy mode should let me breeze right through for em. We are talkig. Countless hours of game play
Important question! As someone who only played through about a third of FF7 Remake, am I going to be missing out on any important Narrative if I jump straight into this game?
Yeah, not only will you see certain characters u have no idea who they are but you're already missing major info from crisis core and og since remake is a sequel to those
4 years since part 1 is not the same as a 4 year development cycle…this has been one large game in development all at once cut into 3 pieces. Shits just an update of a multi decade old game. The foundation and story and characters are there. It’s just updating it while the tec to do so has been built long ago. Well before this second title in the series was teased. Idk about you but I expected the full game all at once not a decade+ of a multi part retelling of a story we know with slight differences and way more modern controls and visuals. This is one game released as early access in bits years apart.
The way the characters move across the ground is wonky. Especially uneven terrain. And the prompting for interaction with chests, doors etc is a bit finicky. But other than that looks perfect.
I agree, I noticed a metric ton of jank in just the flashback demo alone, but if that allowed them to focus more on opening up the game instead of tunneling it down with super-linearity like FFX, FFXIII and FFVIIR, I think it's worth it
"All too often open worlds end up feeling like vast stretches of proceduraly designed playspace that houses repeatable content to drive more engagement from the players" You said in your review And that is exactly what Rebirth does How the fuck did you not notice?
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This game is freaking incredible. Combat, pacing, side stuff, characters, graphics and beautiful environments that I spent way too long just looking at lol. Its near perfection!
I'm having one of those "is this actually happening" moments.
I think I'm calling in dead next week.
😂😂
I put in time off 6 months ago for the first half of March to enjoy this game 🎮
I'm still not a fan of the direction they went with the story but the gameplay looks great
Booked the Friday off.
I marked my holidays, cant wait!
The game is amazing. I’m on chapter four right now. Remake was amazing too.
you've got 50 hours to go....if not more
It is😊
I was blown away over 20 years ago as a teenager by FF7 on PSX.
It was a game changer to be sure.
Looks like warm up is over now with the Remake, the team has found their pairing of modern and nostalgia for Rebirth. Can this old man be blown away again?
Yeah I think we will. Good or bad-we will :P. Imo the the atmosphere of FF7 was key, the music and the build up from midgar, to the open world, to Sephiroth and Clouds personal struggles. Some people just wanted a true remake, mods will do that for us in due time. I see these games/series as for what it is, an alternate version of the gem we played in the past.
Cheers m8 i was single digits and never got to play the original. I am so excited for this game and I hope it does the same for you!
Same here, and I'm getting ridiculously hyped with all these good reviews. If they've really nailed this, it's going to be the game of the decade for me easily.
I have to say, Japan seems to really understand the idea of a Remake. Capcom has knocked it out of the park with RE4 remake and now Square Enix with FF7 Rebirth! Along with numerous others that I’m sure you will know.
@@thechicagobox solid take. I agree!
Final fantasy on a roll, between 7, intergrade, this one, and 16 all within the past 5 years or so, very impressive
Also Endwalker
Yes 7, 14, and 16 truly have the series in a Renaissance. They’ve found their magic again
16 was crap though
@@Kumire_921 yep, got that right
@@Kumire_921 really? I never finished it but I liked what I played of it.
I’m so glad this game is finally getting the love it deserves like it was back then in 1997. The dev team should know how much we really appreciate their dedication and craft to the game and community. PROUD TO BE AN FF FAN.
Proud as well i started my first time around 2021 ❤️ now im hooked lol
I spent 100s of hours on that original ❤❤❤
Don't kid yourself, the ending is total crap
Idk what everyone is on about but this game is 98% side content. It felt real tedious for me..like an endless side quest. And mundane tasks. I've gamed for 20+ years and love the OG. It really burnt me out. Sadly. Some of you will call me a snowflake but are you true gamers? Face reality and the truth.😊
Hands down the best Rebirth review! Thank you for making it interesting, and covering all the best parts, as I had to watch till the end. And I now have more motivation to finish the game.
Yeah i agree this game is amazing. It has some flaws but what game doesn't. Easily in my top 5 games list of all-time
FF7, DD2, Elden Ring DLC. We eating good as RPG fans this year
Yakuza 8, Ys X, Trails thrugh daybreak, great year to go bankrupt.
also smt 5 vengeance coming to pc. what a year it's going to be.
THIS, and we are only in the first quarter of the year lol, lets pray live service games in their current state die so we can eat like kings
@@MichaelThompson-gy7um besides Helldivers 2 and I agree can’t stand these live service games
What's DD2?
My favorite game of all time, I am so happy that Rebirth is universally loved. I am going to be living in this game next week.
2024 is shaping up to be a great year for RPGs
Hell yea
This is looking good 👍. Now after buying this day one. I can wait to play this on a playstation 5 pro.😊😊😊
@@marcosalvarez5712 patience
@@marcosalvarez5712lmao waste of money
What other rpgs do you mean
I can’t believe this is actually happening. It seems to be exactly what I was scared to dare hope for. Square has done it, and I think the Final Fantasy brand has reclaimed its golden throne in the genre as the undeniably industry leader. The gameplay looks literally perfect and I know I’m gunna sob like a baby
Amen ❤️
Cheesy af voice acting and gameplay.
@@Starch1b2c3d4a go back to cod then no one cares
@@PenguinsAreColdish
Well ..
Let's not forget that this story was written by a Japanese team. So cringy anime stuff is expected. Also let's not forget, many things we loved back in the day feels cringe and cheesy now.
embrace the cringe@@fajaradi1223
Man I just started the game and man it’s so fun so far! And man the music after you catch piko is 🔥
when part 3 is done, i want part 1,2,3 rolled into a single game for ps6
It won't be called PS6...it will be called PS next gen....just to really confuse people.
@@Brandon-ew9vznaw that's xbox that does shit like that, when has PlayStation ever named their console something other than the next logical number
I need to start the second part of the demo and putting in my pre-order too. This game looks amazing and the first part of the demo was great!! I cant wait!
Preorders are sold out from what I understand. Good luck. Should’ve preordered months ago
Probably the greatest game ever made. Absolutely stunning how well they pulled this off, i thought this would be a soulless cash grab. But its simply amazing
What did you think about the storytelling? I was disappointed with the story. But maybe it's just me, seeing comments like yours..
Playing through remake right now, hoping to play this in a month
Remake was boring. Play this right away
@@anastacioiii4047u should probably let people play what they want and how they want
@@anastacioiii4047wrong
Remake was NOT boring. what are you smoking? You think it was like Animal Farm or something? FF7 is not boring whatsoever. @@anastacioiii4047
@@anastacioiii4047shhhh lil boy, if you didn’t like it, don’t speak for others that will
And it under sells because kids today would rather play fortnight and trash games like call of duty 😒
True. I dislike this generation of free to play live service rubbish. Kids don't buy games anymore, no matter how good the game is.
Yes that's true
Rebirth is without the doubt the Final Fantady game we have been waiting for 2 decades and also the kind of modern remake that the actual remake should have been
I cant believe that Square-Enix finally managed to get it right, its almost as if entirely different studio made this game, because there's so much obvious love poured into this game
It sounds like the cons could be fixed in a simple update
I hope so tbh
Doubt it hope PC comes sooner then later
@@asjejePeople who say this don’t actually play on PC. Remake had a horrible port and they only updated it twice. Majority of Square’s ports are awful to mid at best.
@@NotCharAznableyeah luckily the players fixed the issues pretty quick
@@NotCharAznablewhich is the point of a pc port imo lol
Ten hours in and the usual problems with open world has made itself shown. Outside side quest and the main story it’s just filler, a Ubisoft open world design if you will.
At least
Dropping reviews 7 days before release is ballsy. Square must know they have got a hit with this one.
And all of them are giving great reviews...
Sometimes a game is good, @Yoids
A good game is a good game
I haven't seen a single bad review for the game so far. Literally not a single review below an 8/10. This game is going to be a once in a lifetime experience!
7 days you say.. heh.
yeah, agree. best FF to date. 470hour at 3rd playthrough. core gameplay is really good. currently doing hard mode, all party, no damage
man TH-cam is going crazy. i watched 4 videos in total including this and all of them had 2 unskippable 15 second long ads...wtf
Revanced youtube ftw 🎉
NOT 15 SECONDS!!!!
revanced isnt for pc@@obersturmbannfuhrer60311
get ublock origin, sponsorblock for youtube, and youtube enhancer. They are all browser extensions and make youtube pretty much exactly like revanced, the thing the other comment mentioned.
Gotta earn those dollars
“Diagetic”. I had to look it up, and I love that you bringing new words to learn while making a great review.
Well done, and man I’m excited. After a few big budget duds, this is a no brainer. Thank you.
This was a thorough review. Others have been telling some kind of pointless life story or trying to place themselves into the world with a bunch of senseless emotional baggage. Keep up the good work.
Square Enix has been killing it. I loved Dragon Quest XI, Octopath II, FF7 Remake, and FFXV (and a few other smaller games that they have published), and I had a feeling they would knock this out of the park. Really excited to play this one.
The midgar zolom better be so OP that you can’t beat it when you first encounter it.
@@BIGFELLAH26 terrible ideas? That’s how it worked in the original game and was an awesome experience when you could finally come back around and was strong enough to beat it…
There is more than a 50% chance it works just how I explained.
I totally agree!!! I wanna go power up and feel good for finally beating it. That’s the type of gameplay that makes me so happy lol
Laugh now children…. Go ahead and poke your fun, but just remember they are making this game for ME and MY generation.
Guarantee if we took a poll of people familiar with ff7 90% will want the zolom OP for the first encounter.
Not only was it awesome to use it as a measuring stick, storywise they used the encounter to SHOW how much more powerful sephiroth was than you. It’s actually a pretty important story arc in the big scheme of things…. So go ahead… poke fun…. Laugh now…. And when the zolom runs your ass on first encounter, just remember I’m sitting here smiling my ass off.
Well, the chapter 2 content is released and played for those that had access to it and put on TH-cam. It includes the Midgar Zolom segment. If you want to know now, you can.
@@vincentgraymore yeah I’m going to count that as a win for me! Whether or not you can come back and fight it again later remains to be seen, but I think that played out close enough to how I described.
So eat it NERDS!!!!!!!!!
This will hold me over until Elden rings drops. They both look worthy of my time
This is looking really far into the future, but, while this will most likely be the best of the trilogy (it doesn’t have the onus of tying the whole nearly 30 years of content into a tight, satisfying ending) I really hope the next and final entry does the unthinkable and allows you to revisit the ENTIRE world that they have recreated. That’s what made the old Golden Age jrpg’s so legendary. Before the end, you could go back to everywhere you’ve been and discover more content. So here’s to a FF7 Remake part 3 that’s 4 discs and 200 hours of content 😂
I am very excited for rebirth! Dang they are killing it right now huh? Final fantasy 16 I thought was amazing and now early reviews on rebirth are very promising.
This looks good but I can't help but feel the enthusiasm is not genuine. 'Parties level up and this actually unlocks new skills for each individual party member!' Yeah yeah pretty much every game ever does this. Why are you talking about it like it's massive and new. Might as well say 'you can attack enemies and destroy them to gain experience points!'
I think you misunderstood. They're saying there is a party level as well as individual character levels, both of which impact the characters differently.
It's not a particularly unique concept but it also is not as universal as what you were saying.
A 10? Why am i not surprised. 👍🏽 Thanks SE and Sony.
It looks so good. Can’t wait to play this on my PS5
FINAL FANTASY IS BACK !!! KING OF THE JRPG GENRE ❤
This isn't a JRPG though. It's an action RPG
@@terminator2348 a rpg MADE IN JAPAN using a action system issa jrpg
It isn’t a jrpg
Not even an rpg lmfao
Jrpgs do not require turn based. Are you telling me the original tales of phantasia for snes isn't a jrpg??
Just got done with the main campaign of like a dragon infinite wealth. Can’t wait to get my hands on this masterpiece now!
Really impresive review!!
For me, this was the only Final Fantasy they could not fail. After FF XV this was my only hope with the franchise and seeing that the game is successful makes me really happy.
16 was fun
Imo they failed it. But maybe it's just me.. I was so looking forward to FF7 Rebirth but it was a huge disappointment for me.
Kinda funny because I used to be hyped for FF15 aswell but it turned out to be a disappointment.
I remember it taking me a full school year and a half to actually beat the original game in middle school lol. Man, I think that was like 7th grade!
It's nothing like the original game. The plot is convoluted and distracting now and the gameplay itself is lots of padded out busy-work. If they had just made a single game without all this padding by expanding and tweaking the main plot points slightly, just essentially sticking to the same thing (but with new graphics and combat system), it would have gone down in gaming history. This, I promise you, will not. It seems to be a meta narrative for super fans who like the expanded media only. Not fans of the original game for what it is, or newcomers who will just be confused.
For example, the Resident Evil Remakes got them right for the most part (except 3 which they royally messed up as they cut loads out and changed the story beats). In those games (1, 2 and 4), they updated the gameplay but stuck broadly to same narrative and plot points, expanding, cutting slightly or updating where it made sense. That's why RE2 Remake and RE4 Remake were so well received.
This and Metaphor Refantazio are the best games I’ve played this year.
I still can't believe this is running on Unreal Engine 4. Even the texture quality is so high it looks like Unreal Engine 5. Maybe not every single texture, but you know what I mean. I can't wait for this to hit PC later this summer. I just hope it comes to Steam at the same time as EGS this go round.
Texture quality is the artists merit not the engine tho
@@DoomsdayMayBeOkay I'm aware it's normally an art issue for a game. But a newer engine can allow for higher resolution textures, or more complex textures overall. That's mainly why I said the UE4 engine here almost looks on par with UE5 texture wise aka I'm complimenting the art team :D
@@LordLOC later this summer? I wouldn’t get your hopes up. FF16 was 6 months exclusive and still hasn’t released on pc
@@solid_justice5855 This one supposedly only has (either) a 2 month or 4 month console exclusivity deal. So, if that's the case, I'd imagine work on the PC port is already well on the way to being completed. FF 16 is another story altogether, being it's on a new in-house engine and not Luminous or UE4/5 like the rest of their modern games. Besides, the main producer on FF 16 never gave a date for a PC version, just that it was in the works, and would run best on an SSD if I remember right. And that news was in December as it is.
@@LordLOC FF16 showed it was 6 months exclusive just like Rebirth shows it is 3 months exclusive. Still don’t think you will see it that soon. But who knows
Tops all competition for best game ever
Remake was almost as if they realized just how massive a challenge making this game would be and so they rushed to finish the first one. I liked it because I love these characters but it felt incomplete and like a promise of things to come. This feels like what we wanted originally. I wish the first part was folded into this one instead of being rushed out
Is no one gonna mention Red 13 is riding a chocobo? OK cool I'm all in on this
This year's trend in JRPG's: Protagonists with crazy hair wearing Hawaiian shirts and cursing along on segways.
My Top 3 All-Time Favorite FF Girls
1. Tifa Lockhart (FF7)
2. Yuna (FFX)
3. Lulu (FFX)
It’s Yuna from FFX and not from X-2 where she turned into a J-pop singer. 😂 I like Yuna’s virgin innocence from FFX.
Tifa and Lulu have the big knockers. I’ve always liked Tifa’s personality more than Aerith (or Aeris) because I felt she always cared for Cloud and she always stood up for him. But I do like Aerith and hope this remake does remove her death scene working similar to a multiverse and an alternate timeline like Star Trek 2009.
Lulu is my “Black Magic Woman” like that Santana song. Lulu is like that hot goth chick in high school who got hotter as she got older. She’s always acted mature well beyond her years. She’s listed to be only the age of 22 in FFX but she acts like some hot MILF in her late 20s to 30s. Or think Joan in the TV series, Mad Men.
I grew to enjoy Yuna more over Lulu when beating FFX a second time on my cousin’s Vita OLED. Her summons are the most important to me when defeating Sin.
My final party for the end of FF7 & FF10
FF7 -
Cloud (duh)
Cid
Yuffie
FF10 -
Yuna
Auron
Wakka
Even though Yuffie isn’t one of my favorite characters and I hated her initially back in 1997 for stealing my Materia, I grew to enjoy using her after beating FF7 a third time on my modded PSP about 13 years ago. Apply her with 4X cut / critical hit and you’ll get 9999 every time. And her speed for turn-based fights and her level 3 Doom of the Living limit break kicks ass!
For character, it’s Tifa. For player usage, it’s Yuffie. Now in FF10, Yuna is for character and for player usage. While Lulu is the stronger of the two girls during the first half of the game, once Yuna gets all her summons (or aeons), she’s the most powerful character in your party at the end of the game. Yuna’s class party is summoner and that’s what she is. Tifa is a regarded a monk. Aerith is a white mage. Lulu is a black mage like Vivi.
While I do love Final Fantasy X and feel like it’s the last great FF game and the last time Hironobu Sakaguchi helped develop a FF game, I still do prefer Final Fantasy VII more. FFX is my favorite PS2 game of all-time but FF7 is my favorite video game, period. More memorable characters, gameplay, and music. Better story and tons of fun mini games in the Gold Saucer.
I hope we get to buy the villa again in Costa del Sol which is named after a real region in Spain. I hope we can play volleyball like in Dead or Alive Xtreme and someone does a nude patch for Tifa and Aerith. I love my modded Vita for having a nude patch for Dead or Alive Extreme 3. All girls topless and Brazilian waxed.
Tifa or Aerith is like asking Ginger or Mary Ann? Most Gilligan’s Island fans actually pick Mary Ann, but for this case, Tifa is Ginger AND Mary Ann. She has sex appeal and she’s wife material. Imagine getting the sweetness of Olivia Rodrigo or Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel) mixed with Alexandra Daddario or Sydney Sweeney’s huge rack and that’s Tifa.
Did they remove the harry potter dementors or what?
The rare 10 from Gamespot. Wow!
Damn! 10/10!!! I thoroughly enjoyed playing FFVII Remake on PC and it was so worth the wait escaping into that world! I know it's gonna be at least 2026 before I get to experience this follow up but it's clearly going to be well worth the wait!
My one minor complaint is when you go on a date with aerith, and you gotta find the shells ...it kinda breaks the immersion of being a date when everyone else is following you guys around lol...kinda dumb. Because everything else in the game is so good. And that kinda ruined that part. I can't pretend I might get some off aerith if the whole gang is on the date too. I'm pretty sure she's not into that...but in all seriousness, its an outstanding game. But that really did stand out. Because your alone with her until you get on the chocobo and go on the brach. Then suddenly you got barret poppin up on a chocobo. It kinda ruined the moment lol
waiting till black friday to pick this up
great review.
Bring on 11pm tonight!!!
It is gonna be a joy when it comes out.
Oh good reviews coming means no delays this time. Honestly was getting ready for them to pull something so close to launch hence the last minute demo. Remember they delayed part 1 for a month or so after initial release date.
Solid review, can’t wait
This is one of the best years to be a JRPG fan, can’t wait to play this once I’m done with Persona 3 Reload.
10 out of 10 means perfection, MINIMAL ISSUES! You guys don't ever deserve to have a review of yours taken seriously EVER AGAIN!
with that logic nothing will ever be a 10
The transmutation item is gifted to you by Broden not Chadley actually .
I can’t wait to play this game soon because I love final fantasy 7 remake and this sequel looks amazing 😻
First.
Also. SOLDIER First Class
I honestly HATE hearing that they went with a cartoony style of writing throughout, although I am not one bit surprised, as that is pretty much how Japanese writing does things. Same with Anime. To be honest tho, I wish Japanese storytelling would evolve. It has been STALE as all hell for a long, LONG time now. Most Anime & JRPG characters these days are cookie cutter Trope factories. I am also not a fan of goofy, unrealistic character personalities.
I would have much preferred this game kept the more realistic, serious story of the OG game, but of course the trends are what they are & this is the trend of Japanese writing at the moment, for better or for worse....
I fear the characters in this game won't be the ones we know & love from the OG game, but instead will be replaced with mostly current Japanese tropes. Barrett for instance, he was about as serious as a heart attack thru most of the OG game, and that's EXACTLY how I like him! Now however he seems to be more of a goofball for comedic relief. That is not the Barrett I know & love.
I truly hope this isn't a prevalent theme thru this game's character dialogue...
I cant fucking wait. I got covid too so I got the week off and can play like a degenerate on release day😂😂😂 Bravo Square!! I lost my mind seeing Ramuhs exit attack in the demo
can't wait for next Friday....
WHOMEVER created the clock trial inside of the cetra temple and signed off to n those traumatic ass scenes needs to be awarded and then promptly FIRED. the last two chapters of this game were so emotionally daunting for me.
i love this cast of characters and this story so much and they are doing these remakes so much justice.
the only complaint i have is the repetitive world intel, but i can see how it prepared me for endgame material
@Luigiplaya246 i didn’t like my own comment idk where you got your misinformation from but it seems like you’d be full of the wrong info
Playstation 5 pro with final fantasy 7 rebirth can wait.😊😊😊🎉
Square Enix with better devs,I cant wait
The trial was special looks breathtaking with an joyous soundtrack played it with the lights off and the headphones on and was blown away can't wait to play the full game could well be game of the year
Is it proper open world? I found 16 to be a great game but I thought the size of the areas and how empty they were was a let down
It has about 6 large zones that is dense with content from what it sounds like. Looking to be a huge step up
It is not a full open world as the genre has today, but it has very open zones/regions that connect to each other, and you can travel the water between the continents. There's the room for at least a few more regions in the final part.
no, thank God. open world games arent good. these are well crafted zones with meaningful content.
Another PlayStation 5 banger 🔥
Absolutely buzzing
I'll be honest, the completely static grass & plant life looks kind of strange in a world where games like Horizon Forbidden West have been out for a long time now. That game makes this one look like a PS4 game.
I feel the graphics could be better for sure, although I get that sacrifices had to be made to get the game developed quickly & with such a massive world. I do hope they spend time improving these elements via updates.
This is probably the year of ps5
I freaking hope it comes to PC this year
The climbing mechanic in the demo felt stiff for sure. It can be fixed with a patch and I hope it is. I dont expect Cloud to climb as well as Aloy, but could be better.
We’re in for a treat!
Restarting Remake then Intergrade on easy for the story recap. Then judmping into Rebirth. I have a few friends wanting to watch it via stream to learn the story so def doing that for them. Easy mode should let me breeze right through for em. We are talkig. Countless hours of game play
Cool review!!!🎉🎉🎉
Important question!
As someone who only played through about a third of FF7 Remake, am I going to be missing out on any important Narrative if I jump straight into this game?
Yeah, not only will you see certain characters u have no idea who they are but you're already missing major info from crisis core and og since remake is a sequel to those
I mean yeah? It’s all the same story it’s less a sequel and more part2 of a story. You will miss extremely important info if you don’t finish remake
Time off request
Days requested off: 2-29 thru 3-7
Reason for time off: emotional instability
They should allow Cloud to have 2 women.
Maybe, they should allow everyone... 😂😂😂😂😂
Man when was it the last time a Final Fantasy got a 10/10?
It’s not a 10/10 lmfao
anyone who ranks any game a 10/10 is just a fanboy. 10/10 implies its perfect. Theres no game that is perfect.
@@Dale-jr7oj did you not watch the review?
@@MisterFister612 ya I did and no game is perfect and this games story is a convoluted mess. Not a 10/10
This reminds me of the “no one exceeds expectations” work review haha. I think this has potential to exceed expectations. It’s more of a 10/11
No one talks about all the jank haha, the demo was far from perfect but I’m still excited for the rest
Looks like Square Enix has quite a bit of confidence in its game.
If it’s in any way comparable to remake it makes sense. That was a masterpiece and this guy said THIS is better? Oh we are in for quite the treat!
4 years since part 1 is not the same as a 4 year development cycle…this has been one large game in development all at once cut into 3 pieces. Shits just an update of a multi decade old game. The foundation and story and characters are there. It’s just updating it while the tec to do so has been built long ago. Well before this second title in the series was teased.
Idk about you but I expected the full game all at once not a decade+ of a multi part retelling of a story we know with slight differences and way more modern controls and visuals. This is one game released as early access in bits years apart.
The way the characters move across the ground is wonky. Especially uneven terrain. And the prompting for interaction with chests, doors etc is a bit finicky. But other than that looks perfect.
I agree, I noticed a metric ton of jank in just the flashback demo alone, but if that allowed them to focus more on opening up the game instead of tunneling it down with super-linearity like FFX, FFXIII and FFVIIR, I think it's worth it
Ff7 remake was excellent
Hearing the word masterpiece just screams warning signs and red flags.
If they don't call part 3 "FF7: Reunion" i'll eat my fucking boots.
I am anxiously waiting journeys end…..
Me: "Cait Sith was never a fan favorite"
This game is GOTY 2024
Great review! Anybody know the name of the music around 6:17?
Charley is proving to be an AMAZING addition to the world and mechanics of 7.
Lol
I just SAW an XBOX fan run out in teh street waiting for a car to hit him LOL
This game looks LIT 🤙🏽
Less anime grunts - this is what I needed to hear. They annoyed me soooo much in Remake
BEST REVIEW I'VE SEEN KUDOS GAMINGBOLT!
Enough milking VII it’s time to go crazy on VI. Even just a HD-2D remake would be great.
they sed no
@@ZaddyZavid They said no to FF7 remake a while back too
GOTY 2024 for sure
I LOVE ff7 and ALL ff!
"All too often open worlds end up feeling like vast stretches of proceduraly designed playspace that houses repeatable content to drive more engagement from the players"
You said in your review
And that is exactly what Rebirth does
How the fuck did you not notice?
Game of the year nowwwwww