Final Fantasy VII Remake Review | Rebuilt not Remade

[@dani3po]

Good job; keep up the good work.

[@Gordoniankid]

Thank you.

[@yungjus1]

I'm just now playing this game right now on Ps5 digital 😅 . I was 14 when the original came out and I played it nonstop. My actual favorite Rpg of all time is still Chrono Trigger but kid's today don't know about that lolo that's a story for another day. Now that that's out of the way, my opinion of this game. Im very much confused lolo THERE IS SO MUCH FILLER!!! Good Grief!!! 🤦🏾‍♂️ To be honest im forcing myself to finish this just because, but its been hard to enjoy alot of it, because the pace of the story just drags on 🤦🏾‍♂️. Also there really hasn't been much story so far..🥴 im at the part where Sector 7 is being blown up by turks. Another thing... the FMV scenes are wayy too frequent, during the action to the point where I've actually gotten bored. There is so much talk to this person get this return..then story event follows and then fmv rinse repeat 🤦🏾‍♂️🥴. Its a frustrating game to play if your looking to enjoy a straightforward story. Now what is actually good the combat system is really excellent. It feels intuitive and responsive. Even though I died alot earlier 😅but that's was my fault I sucked 😅im better now lolo. Also the graphics are phenomenal,but we expect good graphics it's 2020 + lolo I just want to finish this so I can play rebirth. FF7 was going to be an extremely difficult game to remake now matter what so I give the creative team alot of respect and credit. For me so far though it misses alot. However not to the point where its not enjoyable. It just doesn't feel like Ff7 at times. The NPC's are not very memorable at all in contrast with the villagers and character's in the original. There are a multitude of ppl talking about nothing 🥴🤦🏾‍♂️ My younger bro bugged me to death to play this because he remembered I enjoyed the original but I'm kinda not feeling it 😅😂 Its not a bad game but it just kinda feels thrown together 🤷🏾‍♂️ I hope it gets better in rebirth.

[@Gordoniankid]

The big issue is that the Remake Project wants to celebrate FF7 more than it wants to actually BE FF7. So the devs think having more FF7 content with all these NPCs or little chit chats with the party would make us happy. Saying that they're "expanding" by adding more stuff to it. But what does "Tifa selling water filters", "Cloud doing mandatory side quests", "Mandatory coliseum section" expand on? They even took the character, Johnny, who was an NPC with a story in the background and made him mandatory for some reason. Especially when the party leave Midgar, so any relationships made don't matter. In reality, all they did was put in so much filler because this trilogy's production has to be EXPENSIVE. Taking a 6 hour long introduction and making it 33 hours for this game. Taking short exploration areas and making them 1-2 hours long and padded. Making Wall Market into a bootleg Gold Saucer because they can't do the actual Gold Saucer until Rebirth. To highlight how ridiculous it gets, Remake & Rebirth don't fully cover Disc 1 of FF7. Yet despite that, the games are fun are fun to play even if it feels like the the story barely moves forward. The devs recently admitted they wanted to make things different, believing that old fans wouldn't care if they knew everything that would happen. But then also admitted that nothing will actually be truly different, it's just the illusion that things might change to interest old fans with new content. Even though old fans WANTED A REMAKE to begin with.

[@Gordoniankid]

Also cause you mentioned Chrono Trigger, it is crazy how that hasn't been ported yet to consoles. The mobile port has been on PC for years, yet no Console port of it. Chrono Cross has already gotten ported, so what's taking Squeenix so long to port Chrono Trigger. Then again, this is the same company that thought console players didn't want the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, the company makes baffling choices at times.

[@yungjus1]

​@Gordoniankid Wow 😂yeah agree with everything you said. Im probably playing it at the perfect time then 😅 by the time I'm done with both part 3 may be on the horizon lolo

[@Gordoniankid]

​@@yungjus1 The devs said they're focusing on Part 3, so unlike Remake, Rebirth won't be getting any story DLC. Now whether or not this will make Part 3 come out sooner is anyone's guess. Especially with how much content Part 3 now has to cover, on top of the extra filler they add in.

[@RIELSG]

They broken the golden goose. FF7 isn't big as it used to. Most OG fans are over mid thirties. They have families and other responsibilities. They clocked out after seeing remake was not a full remake

[@Gordoniankid]

From what I've seen, old fans got a PS4 JUST FOR FF7 Remake. But I feel like the jump to PS5 is what filtered them out since they only got a console for the one game. Hypothetically, Final Fantasy should be attracting new fans regardless, especially since FF7 still has it's legacy. When FF7 Remake was revealed I had friends asking about the hype around it and what made FF7 famous and by proxy FF7 Remake famous. Casual fans wouldn't even know FF7 Remake was only Part 1 of a trilogy (still a dumb idea to me). I've seen people keep making excuses for why FF7 Remake & Rebirth aren't doing as well as OG FF7. "FF7 Remake was on one console!" but OG FF7 was on ONE CONSOLE, a NEW unproven console AND was swapping from Nintendo to Sony. It's why the description of this video says "Can a ground breaking game from 1997 be recaptured in modern day when there's no ground to break?". OG FF7 did crazy technological feats at the time while being a good game. FF7 Remake is a good game, but doesn't do anything people haven't seen before and feels like it's milking the brand by being a trilogy filled with meaningless filler content (How are we 2/3 games in and still haven't finished DISC ONE?!).

[@yungjus1]

​@@Gordoniankid What!!! That's crazy 😳 Rebirth doesn't advance the story past Disc 1 of the Og??? Imma get out of the comments before I know too much 😂😂 I'm still playing through remake pt:1 lolo

[@ddrnold]

The whispers aren’t protecting the lifestream or Gaia, they represent the FF7 OG purists trying to prevent change to their “perfect” game.

[@Gordoniankid]

I know that was a popular theory when FF7 Remake was new. But that theory has been discredited by the developers. It also doesn't make sense since the devs recently admitted they aren't going to make any drastic changes, just give the illusion that they might. It's also a messed up theory since that implies the devs don't like FF7 fans and goal was to "defeat" them. It also doesn't add up since FF7 Purists send threats to the devs demanding a "perfect happy ending" for the characters in FF7 this time around.

[@typho6279]

I want a version where they take out 70% of the game. I have never seen padding of this magnitude in a game..... until rebirth came out

[@Gordoniankid]

I got words about the padding in Rebirth too, but that's for the Rebirth video later this week. I'm still shocked how 2 parts of the Remake Trilogy are out and we STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED Disc 1 of the OG FF7! Rebirth had to skip content from the OG to add in more filler, it's insane.