I tried 'Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth' to see if it's THAT good...

[@Boba_Tourette]

Genuinely one of the most fun, engaging, and memorable gaming experiences I have ever had

[@BP-dn9nv]

This is a AAAA game. I don't think every game should go as far as it does in budget, but the passion of the developers is undeniable.

[@bjornironsides6474]

If they somehow getting looking like HFW does after their performance patches...holy cow! That aside, it's amazing. They just need to clean up the performance mode. The 4k mode is incredible when you re-adjust to 30fps.

[@kellevichy]

Where's the passion in butchering the story, destroying the ending of an iconic game, and putting in ten thousand worthless plotholes? Nevermind you can't move around the open world and ride on a chocobo without running into ten thousand things. Terrible gaming experience on Devs that don't give a shit about this world or it's characters.

[@bjornironsides6474]

Your poor opinion is in the extremely small minority.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

I am so obsessed with FF 7 Rebirth main and side content, I bought the game on launch and still enjoying the Junon region!!

[@dtritus439]

Finished main story after almost 140 hours. and only left the last portion of the Protorelic quest undone because frankly, I am not that good at playing games haha. I thoroughly enjoyed 95 percent of it and felt most side quests added a lot to the world and characters this time. I love that there are some battles beyond my scope that can be missed like some of the ones from classic era FF games (certain weapon battles in FF8 come to mind as I recently redid that game.) Coming in to this I was thinking how I missed certain things from those times, how you could totally miss having Yuffie or Vincent in your party, or totally miss certain summons. You had to accidentally stumble across those things back in the late 90s games. I wanted some elements of that brought back, without holding our hand to make sure everyone finds everything. They did that to some degree in this game I think. I was 17 when I played the original in 1998 and it forever changed my life and guided who I became on many levels. It was a piece of art that I forever compared every other story to. Its been interesting to watch them subvert some stuff, remix stuff, and find ways to still hit me in the core of my soul, even as I KNOW the story. The game still broke me up numerous times, even as I swore it couldnt do it like it did back then. The end has a completely epic final battle that has to be about an hour long, or at least was for me. Insane.

[@MrInuhanyou123]

I feel so old 💀 this man literally said he was born the year ff7 came out

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

And he is married with children. Without doing math, my brain would just assume these people still in high school lol... Kill me now.

[@jare2067]

@@TheRealUcanUwill i mean i was born 6 years after it came out and im done with highschool so your math is way off 😂

[@daveyt9080]

@@jare2067yeah I was thinking like bro his math ain’t mathing lol

[@xheralt]

I was 32 when FF7 classic came out. I am old...and feel it, too.

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

I was 16 when this game came out, FF7 and legacy of Kain were the first 2 games I played on my first ps1 I got for christmas lol

[@eliek2014]

It's that fucking good, i love everything they've done with the game

[@joshmontgomery9942]

This game is phenomenal. They truly nailed it and it’s everything I wanted as a die hard fan of the original

[@oukeith]

There is a alot of game here well worth the $70 entry fee estimated platnium time is 200 hours.

[@DeadUponAll]

Not in my opinion. Looks mediocre and Dragons Dogma 2 is a game that’s worth $70, this isn’t

[@perryservius4509]

​@@DeadUponAll😂😂😂

[@yellowscarlightningscream8347]

​@@DeadUponAlljust the opening cinematic alone is worth $70

[@DeadUponAll]

@@yellowscarlightningscream8347 Cutscenes can be amazing but if the gameplay is boring and if the graphics are weird and almost every Final Fantasy has had wear graphics then it’s not worth 70. But the cutscenes are well done, and I will watch KZbin video of someone putting them all together and have it be like a movie.

[@cartoonvideos5]

​@@DeadUponAllagreed

[@keiichi8191]

5:36 Holy sh-t I feel old now. I was in 10th grade when FF7 came out on the original Playstation. I still remember sitting in math class and hearing the "cool kids" over in the corner talking about it, and it being such a shock to me that a JRPG was so popular that even people who weren't "gamer geeks" were playing it. Gaming is totally mainstream nowadays, but back in the early 90's video games were still seen as something that only the social misfits and nerds like me were into, especially so for genres that weren't sports games or shooters, so it was pretty revolutionary.

[@whatismyname5151]

haha yeah me too I remember drawing Clouds sword in math class in my notebook just wanting to get home so bad so I can play more. I also remember how painful it was to get stuck on a boss or not know what to do next, getting lost on the FF7 Overworld was a real thing

[@Adrian_37633]

The cool kids according to?

[@jare2067]

is it worth playing this new one if i’ve never played a single FF game

[@whatismyname5151]

@@jare2067 No, not this one if you have not even played FF7 Remake Pt 1. You definitely don't need to play the original FF7, but you should definitely play the First FF7-Remake, as this is literally a continuation directly where the last one left off.

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

I also often forget how young this guy is... I mean he is 12 years old after all. No, but seriously, he is born in 1997, already has wife and 2 kids, damn, time is ridiculous thing, makes me even more depressed than usual.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

I am loving Rebirth. Music is S-tier.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Indeed!

[@violentpursuit]

Can't play it yet cause PC gamer only..... But the music they showed in the State of Play was SO GOOD! Looking forward to a PC announcement this summer

[@deenman23]

its shit compared to tales games,the werid AI generated look is dogshit,tales of arise looks extremly well animated by ufotable

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

It's bloody amazing, freaking phenomenal. I wish there were more escalating tiers of words for me to describe how much I love the FF7 Remake.

[@fy4b230]

Pretty cool that I got to pre order 2 copies of Rebirth. One for myself and one for my nephew who is the same age I was when I first played FF7 in 1997. Game is great so far. My nephew sent me a text last night asking if I could call my brother and tell him to let him play an hour past his bedtime lmao.

[@jonasking9587]

Good man!

[@J1Warrior84]

I hope you made that phone call and made it happen for him!! So great to see. I was 15 staying with my uncle for the summer in another state when my cousin let me play on his ps1. He showed me ff7 and that was the first rpg I ever played. Played all summer and beat the game. I'm about to start remake I'm a few days. Had it on ps4 but never got around to playing because my ps4 hard drive died on me. Just bought a ps5 a week ago to play helldivers 2. Then saw the ff7 free ps5 upgrade. Then bought rebirth for when im done! So excited. Feel like a kid again. Mind you ill be 40 in October Have a great day!!!

[@brandonmadden9376]

This is one of the best games I’ve played in a very long time. Having only beat remake twice, most recently in preparation for this game and not being able to get into 15 and not completing 16 after playing over three quarters of the game. One of the best combat systems since Devil May Cry 5, Sekiro and the recent god of war games. Truly fantastic

[@Kale13000]

"born the same year as the original" Remake introduced me as well and got me into Final Fantasy as a whole... I was born 7 years after the original came out

[@DigiMyst]

This is a great game to get introduced to FF! For me, it was Crisis Core on the PSP. I actually thought it was the original game at the time and got mad lol

[@weronikachlebowska6998]

FFVII is my all time favourite. It was my first video game, my first email contained "finalfantasy" and I even have a tattoo of Tifa. I loved the game, I cried multiple times during my playthrough as I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I stayed all night last night to power through the last chapter and you know what? That last 15% of the game left such a bitter taste that I'm truly sad about it. Instead of this very emotional ending we got a lot of confusion... Fingers crossed we will get 3rd part in 2027 as it will be 30th anniversary of FFVI and maybe a little DLC with Vincent like we got for Yuffie.

[@ultrabear1583]

It is incredible, probably the best rpgs I've played in decade.

[@SmallTunechi]

The Bomber Mission music makes me lose my mind every time I hear it omg

[@TheEffectOfMass]

This game is phenomenal. Ever new area that opens up has me invested and eager to explore. So much good combat and dialogue, I often find myself just smiling. I can't think of a game in recent years that has given me such joy to play.

[@SadSubz]

I played the original and Remake! And have been super excited to play it! Unfortunately I won't get to play it until my Spring Break, but its coming up soon! Remake is my favorite game of all time, and what I've heard from others is that Rebirth is even better than Remake! So I totally just can't wait to play it!

[@darkdivergrandahl4913]

i was 8 when ff7 came out...got it for christmas. most played video game as a child..next to secret of mana,breath of fire, and fianl fantasy 2 on snes!

[@lichylickyrick8864]

A sequel for Secret of Mana is being developed, and it's called Visions of Mana, check it out If you haven't. As for Breath of Fire, I'm pretty sure Capcom had held some kind of online survey to gauge peoples interest on what legacy titles they would like to see be remade/rebooted/etc, Breath of Fire is one of them among many, such as Mega Man, Dino crisis and more

[@boblambo8195]

Just finished a 14 hour session on this absolute beast of a game!! Really is stunning and so so addictive!

[@joshfulcifan1015]

I have been waiting for Rebirth as much as any other fan and, playing it - I am already in love with this RPG❤❤

[@SortofFriendlySM]

The air combat is so good in this game, the fact tht you can remain airborne for as long as u want as long as you don’t get hit.

[@Koustav_04]

Give us your review of each region and how they differ from one another. 🙂

[@texturcraft]

I really think the work and art that is being put into final fantasy games is different but so incredibly well made and a lot of games can and should learn from this. Great example for me always is the patience this game forces you to have, wich makes for a very special experience (that might sound weird but just think at the moment in the rebirth prolog where cloud has to turn this wheel to close the vent and it forces you do turn that thing like 6 times, giving you time to think about what the hell is happening around you rn; or to give another example, in the first remake game, at some point the group is in the cellar of the bar holding there meeting and cloud has to just wait. And you get bored at first, but quickly you start looking around and play darts or just appreciate details.. this to me is just incredible design, not many ppl are willing to take the risk to put it inside their game)

[@voxploxx]

Just got to the gold saucer and its intro cutscene made me giddy like i was 12 years old all over again. Absolute masterpiece.

[@actionvids35]

im currently finishing up final fantasy 7 remake for the first time and love then will play this which will be even more amazing

[@rojokongen]

I played the original and have very fond memories from that game. The story was truly epic. The world was wonderful and begged to be explored. And every new summon was like a present you couldn't wait to open. And I loved to tinker with materia combos 'til it was perfect. Of course I played the remake (PS4) when that came out. It was a really good game, but this one looks even better! 🤩

[@equidingo]

1:20 that is why Mass effect trilogy my favorite game series

[@mattandrews2594]

Really? Even with that atrocious excuse for an ending? Surely you can do better than that.

[@equidingo]

@@mattandrews2594 Did you check time stamp?

[@mattandrews2594]

@@equidingo Yes of course. Carrying over progress is great, but should it matter more than how a story is wrapped up? No, definitely not. And Mass Effect fumbled its ending(s) horribly.

[@equidingo]

@@mattandrews2594 Is gaming has competitive side only? Are you playing for result only? What about process? ME trilogy ending in not great, but does it make games bad? Not for me. I have enjoy the story, the characters, the consequences of my Shepard's actions. That is example how ONE story should be split to few games if cant be told in one game.

[@mattandrews2594]

@@equidingo I didn't say it makes the game "bad". But I think your scope is limited by calling a game with such a horrible ending your favourite. There are loads of other games out there that do the same things Mass Effect does *and* have endings that don't feel like a kick to the balls.

[@ProfessorChaos2050]

I’m absolutely still enjoying FF16 as my first experience and now enjoying FF7R even more.🥂😎

[@booklover0273]

16 was my first final fantasy too and my favorite so far

[@js-ro5jk]

Glad you're enjoying it. Im excited to dive into it today

[@DubstepKnight42]

Lmao and the funny thing is , cloud is the "wish" version of Zach, not the other way around lol

[@joaopedrorodrigues6820]

Scrolled to the comment section just to comment exactly this!!!! hahahaa

[@alfredbarretto]

TRUEEEE

[@shanechipman7157]

True, but ability wise cloud surpasses him over the course of the game, still love Zach though.

[@Bahamut998]

Zack is the cooler character IMO. Cloud is very similar to Zell from FF8, could have been a side character.

[@joaopedrorodrigues6820]

@@Bahamut998 agreed. Zack is more loveable. Cloud kinda falls in that cool cold anime protagonist spectre

[@choncyw]

Luke praising save progression carrying over for a game that is part 2 of 3 is crazy lol

[@komred64]

I was like "they better let progress carry over it's the same game!" it's not like it's the mass effect trilogy for God's sake

[@Faceplay2]

@@komred64they don’t, Luke is completely wrong. You start out with the buster blade and nothing else.

[@Thordrel]

I was never a fan of this franchise but considering the gameplay I might give it a try.

[@lgtokyo2665]

I agree with this man.

[@Boreduntilnow]

Music brings memories of playing the original. So good.

[@bjornironsides6474]

The music is great. If you didn't play part 1 of the remake, that music will have the same memories. It's so good. They put so much time and money (paying a real orchestra) to remix all these great tracks.

[@nesouas3642]

game is mf great already 17 hourq in and can't wait to play it for another 17 hours or even more

[@withoutthejuice7193]

Love that they kept the challenge of the first game even tho the world is so much bigger in scale. Was worried I’d be too overpowered for the snake fight but found myself healing a lot and even used a phoenix down. Makes the gameplay so much more tense when you’re genuinely not sure if you can survive

[@cartoonvideos5]

The game isn't challenging in a good way at all. It's just cheap nonsense like enemies abusing broken hitboxes, off screen attacks, and super armor. Meanwhile the player can get stunlocked by every poorly telegraphed attack way too easily, I got 2 tutorials in a row from being stunlocked by an off screen attack, there is so much forced damage. The AI will just sit there and block, eventually losing all HP also. The reason you had to spam potions and revives is because the game is poorly balanced, terrible clunky "action combat" very similar to Kingdom Hearts trash. The ATB system in the original is 100000000% better than this garbage in the remake. You should play an action game with an actual real challenge and difficulty, not the artificial fake bs from this.

[@withoutthejuice7193]

@@cartoonvideos5 lmao I haven’t had any of those problems in my playthrough. And I do play “actual” action games as well. So funny when people try to gatekeep me when I’ve played more games than them.

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@withoutthejuice7193 You got pretty defensive, smells like a Square Enix fanboy.

[@withoutthejuice7193]

@@cartoonvideos5 skill issue

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@withoutthejuice7193 Regurgitated internet buzzwords

[@tyronecriss23]

We live in a world with FF7, RE4 and SH2 remakes. What a time.

[@bjornironsides6474]

It makes me so happy. When they first announced ff7 coming to life like this, I was in college. We were geeking out because we used to play that game as kids on two tvs next to each other. All the remakes of Resident evil...SH2! I'm loving it.

[@blackwoodd]

Luke, PLEASE make a Persona 3 Reload review, I've heard ZERO anything from you about it

[@johnstewart2981]

Amazing video game. About 9 hours in and I just finished everything to do in the first open area, the grasslands. Love how they pace side content.

[@bjornironsides6474]

Me too. It is really well laid out and nothing feels tedious. The obvious que they give "now is the time to do side missions" is really nice.

[@KK-ef1ow]

This may end up being my #1 game ever. I love it that much.

[@aaronadams4657]

Same brother

[@bjornironsides6474]

Same part1 and rebirth...incredible. Horizon zero dawn and HFW is up there for me too. Mostly the gameplay...I love taking down machines with primitive crap. I want them to remake legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver That was my favorite game ever in ps1 days....even though there were so many like this, resident evil...etc.

[@KK-ef1ow]

@bjornironsides6474 HZD was much better than HFW for me. The combat really started to grate on me and the story wasn't as interesting as the first game. Still a good game, but ZD was like, one of my favorites.

[@bjornironsides6474]

@@KK-ef1ow I agree, I love them both. I love the gameplay updates they did with HFW and obviously the 60fps 120hz mode is incredibly good (took 3 years), but the new concept of ZD is hard to beat first playthrough experience.

[@MrIvancito12]

Pff motion bluir! The original was 3 pixels and flat green grass for miles and it was the most glorious game I playted as a kid.

[@reddead7344]

First boss feels like dante and virgil boss fight.

[@GNCHAPA]

i play all my games that use a moving camera with inverted Y Axis for me it always just kinda came down to how planes work, when you pull back the stick the plane isn’t gunna go straight down, it’s gunna go up, so idk something like that is why i play inverted usually

[@agent_aquarius]

There is so much, all good, even heartwarming at times, but there needed to be a little more focus. I only have so much time during the day, but I can't deny I'm enjoying ever hour I can spend with this game. I'm just afraid I won't be able to finish it....

[@gameskyjumper1721]

Props to you for calling Remake dlc by the correct name. So many call it Intergrade, when it should be Intermission. I beat og FF7 last year on a Switch.

[@PunchineloPow]

Did you enjoy the OG?

[@bjornironsides6474]

I got the og on switch too. I have the original ps1 discs for it. Never beat it as a kid, but got close! I think I got stuck on final Hojo or one of the Jenova's in the 3rd disk. I WILL FINISH now that I'm in my 30s lol.

[@juannito6318]

As someone whos a big fan of the original and fully completed it multiple times did all the weapons and chocobo breeding etc I'm not a fan they made it in to 3 games and each game you loose your leveling from the previous one feels very off

[@staticshock4239]

Honestly so far this year is filled with JRPGS i want to play between Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy Relink, and Yakuza 8. Plus later on Shin Megami Tensei 5 is coming to other consoles.

[@seraakk]

8:12 I spat my beer and genuinely laughed my ass off

[@gdeluglio]

I've been waiting for a video on FF7 rebirth from you, good stuff man!

[@ArcLightGabel]

would love to see ya play the original after you're thru with rebirth.

[@Stargazing_night_sky]

Im gonna wait for the price to drop atleast $10 because im still not convinced on the $70 that game companies are pushing

[@violentpursuit]

I was very critical of the departure from the original story at the end of Remake. However, seeing so many iconic parts of the original coming to life in this episode reminds me why I was excited for the first game. I'm hoping that now that I'm not going into the game with the false expectation that it will remain faithful to the story, I may be able to enjoy what they have faithfully recreated here that is so well done. Thanks for the preview

[@thanosj3div401]

The ending demo boss fight music was 🔥 🔥

[@mikec5400]

this game has exceeded my expectations honestly

[@SevaineEmiya]

I love video games with great stories. So of course I loved FF7 Remake. I hope you make videos on Rebirth too

[@cartoonvideos5]

Go play yakuza and forget this trash then

[@RRrr-dt2vi]

Ya I’m lovin this game! Spent 5 hours alone just exploring the grasslands and doin all the side quest/activities. Also they really stepped it up with the combat this go around 👍. Queens blood is pretty solid also!

[@johnpen269]

on a 55" tv game looks like its rendered on 720p

[@dirtbikeryzz]

60fps 720p is looking like the future of consoles

[@shaunkennedy174]

Fucking disappointing. More and more games are releasing with terrible visual fidelity at 60 fps on current gen consoles and its infuriating to say the least. The ps5 and Xbox series X are supposed to be these super impressive powerhouse consoles but now all the sudden developers are treating them like they can barely manage to get a game running at a solid 60 fps with 720p-1080p dynamic resolution, like it’s struggling that much. The console is a really inconsistent experience as a result, like God of War runs at an absolutely gorgeous 4k and rock solid 60 fps, then you have games like this that have to run at dogshit resolution just to maintain an almost stable 60 fps. At this point I feel like I have no choice but to buy a PS5 pro when it comes out because of how bad performance and resolution is getting in every new game for this console

[@johnpen269]

@@shaunkennedy174 true, the fact consoles are stuck with FSR makes things so much worse lol

[@dirtbikeryzz]

@@shaunkennedy174 Both consoles had outdated hardware on release

[@bjornironsides6474]

haha try it on a 65" 4k tv. Can look like 480p (exaggeration). I'm really enjoying it in the 4k 30 graphics mode. Looks amazing once you're eyes adjust. I'm coming from 120+fps PC so it's possible! This is the first ps5 game I've opted to play in the resolution mode over the 60fps mode. Until they fix the 60 fps mode.... People that don't have a PC or buy the parts just don't understand that consoles are not going to be hitting 4k 60fps for quite some time. Gpus that can do this (just the gpu) costs as much and more than the entire console.

[@conradsmith9441]

You are just a little bit younger than me. That kind of blows my mind. You seem very mature for your mid-20s.

[@chasegardner596]

I played/finished final fantasy 7 remake last month for first time loved it I'm playing final fantasy 7 rebirth and final fantasy franchise is amazing love these games

[@doubled3716]

Luke is definitely in his element right now 😂 I know the feeling brother!

[@jordanberezin2621]

Radbrad who I have watched now for years plays inverted. Always thought that was just the craziest thing ever; but still like his stuff :)

[@luckymenace3816]

The whole series is fantastic Luke

[@Sandercool99]

I just started Dragon's Dogma 2 and I am already loving it. Maybe I add this one aswell to play alongside it amomg My Destiny 2 session aswell.

[@DanRogers-f4n]

You get to play as Zaaaaack?! I'm sold.

[@Tariqthasandy1]

Hey Luke, When's our next long-form review/retrospective been missing more of those types of videos!

[@dillchillin]

The real sin is watching a recap of intermission and not all the cutscenes instead.

[@heejincider4905]

Play FF16! Why did you skip that game, Luke? Edit: To sum up all the comments: everyone loves FF16 more than FF7R or any other FF game. It's unanimous.

[@JohnnyKin]

Cuz the game sucks..the performance mode cannot hold a fix 60fps

[@Wolfknight16]

It doesn't suck. Its good but it definitely has its flaws. If they put more QOL in it, it would have done better. Amoung other changes. ​@JohnnyKin

[@PunchineloPow]

I'm straight of the back of 16, and it's so jarring, haha. chocobos don't jump dammit 😂 Absolutely adored remake combat but having played 16 so recently it's taking some time to adjust.

[@PunchineloPow]

​@Wolfknight16 yeah it's pretty amazing tbh. The side quests though 😅

[@Wolfknight16]

@@PunchineloPow Agreed. Some parts are real good, others not so much. Some of the side quests...ouch. As I said, if they had put more time into it, it could have been great. Seriously, the game has just about has many loading screens as Starfield.

[@victorhughgo2376]

I gotta say it brah, the size of that sword is ridiculous. There, I feel better now.

[@bjornironsides6474]

Gotta love Japanese exaggerations!

[@Manu11823]

I recommend playing the original from 1997. Discovered it a few years ago and it became one of my favorite games of all time. If you're playing the remake trilogy wich has a different story you won't understand many things. Playing the original makes you understand the world, story and characters so much better and will probably ad some appreciation for how things are remade. Recommend playing it on PC with mods. Please don't miss out on this classic

[@shuigor6648]

4 hours in and after unlocking the open environment outside of Kalm and getting access to Chadley and Chocobos for faster movement (including fast travel), I can honestly say Rebirth is already doing far better than what Remake did in the same amount of time (alongside much better combat changes, specifically synergy abilities). However, my concern now is the Ubisoft-styled icons dotting the map and the "reveal towers" unlocking "points of interests" in its vicinity. At some point, that level of "bloat" is going to settle in for all of us; this will be a point of contention down the line on our respective enjoyment of Rebirth (outside of the narrative, of course, which I hear is very much divided because of how Rebirth ends).

[@SevaineEmiya]

Just having points of interest doesn't equal bloat and nonsense. It is bloat when the points of interest have nothing to offer, story-wise and progression. The wticher 3 has a ton of points of interest and I love them all

[@RedCloudIX]

After getting a PC, I went to try Graphics mode since it looked so good and I just can’t. After having 60fps for years, I can’t go back. I will also say it’s still looks good in performance mode it’s not as bad as FF16 performance mode (still love that game tho)

[@ericorenato88]

It’s like they took everything we loved from every single Final Fantasy ever made and made this game

[@bjornironsides6474]

The 60fps is pretty fuzzy/muddy on a 65" 4k tv. It is smooth, but I switch to graphics 30fps mode (first time using it in any ps5 game over the performance) and once you get used to the 30fps, it is so much sharper and pretty. Half the time in battles, so much is going on and you're selecting attacks from a mini menu, that 30fps doesn't really hurt this type of game. If they patch performance mode to be better like Horizon Forbidden West did, I'll definitely switch back to performance mode. The blur you get from 30 fps really isn't much different in the performance mode...textures blur out in both modes when panning the camera... 60 just does it smoother and far objects don't duplicate(double image), but things are so muddy that it's too much of a down grade to not use the 4k mode.

[@alpharia]

Love it, played the OG (I was 20+yrs old ) and every iteration of FF7 since. Welcome to the addiction, we are all mad here ;)

[@Thedownliner2015]

You know when you compare this with Final Fantasy XV you have to wonder how they could've screwed up so badly with that one where the first part plays like an open world progression but the last 2/3rds just turns into a linear mess where you can't explore the other places you go to even though they look like it would be fun to explore and instead you just follow a straight line to the end after you do or do not get Ignis injured in the fight before the train. What was different? Was it because FF VII was already made and everything was already there and FF XV was a new plot mired by todays wacky world ideology?

[@itsyorpal_bish]

Just play on graphics mode. I'm over halfway through the game and haven't noticed any frame drops so far. Game is beautiful.

[@bjornironsides6474]

I almost always play in the 60fps modes, but you're right. This is the first ps5 game that I am playing in the 4k 30 mode. Once your eyes adjust, it is the way. Until they fix the muddy performance mode lol. I don't want to be a frame rate snob, because so many classics that I loved take a while to get used to after playing on my PC at 120+ fps lol

[@Peetizzle]

He's unnecessarily focusing so much on tiny graphical details 😐 It's really becoming a PC gamer disease... Calling it the elephant in the room lol nobody noticed what he was talking about. I literally could not see what he was pointing out even when he was focusing on it.... 😐If you're looking THAT much for finding little graphical details you don't like, maybe you shouldn't be complaining about them

[@theamazingskippyman2824]

It’s not that noticeable on a smaller screen (I’m not sure what you are watching on) but there are a few graphical issues without a doubt. Remake was definitely much more stable in that regard. Still hasn’t tainted my enjoyment though, in fact, the few times little glitches or mistakes happened, I’d end up laughing because I’d be something really stupid

[@drgonzo123]

Now imagine growing up with the original, my first ever JRPG and favorite game of all time, and getting this after 27 years. I cannot stress this enough, if you have never played the OG, go buy it and play it right now before diving into this. You will get so much more enjoyment out of the remake. Please, just trust me.

[@bjornironsides6474]

Oh that's me. To see this turn into what the remake is... WOW. I was blown away in part 1 in the opening scenes from the midgar camara title moment down to the instant gameplay transition off the train. My childhood experience of this game flashed before my eyes... or something like that lol They did NOT hold back in remaking this game.

[@CritsVG]

The only thing I don't really understand is you saying that having a sharp image isn't what people were playing these games for. Like, part of playing a Remake is having good visuals as well or am I wrong in thinking that? For me personally, the image quality is definitely a small gripe that makes me want to wait for an eventual PC release.

[@aliscripture9334]

I am now 20 hours in and I absolutely love this game!

[@fafiklata]

@Luke Stephens are you going to review this new game The Thaumaturge?

[@sadikquahflowers5507]

I have to play Y-inverted, don't know why, I just do. I'm sure it's the same for those who have to play X and Y inverted.

[@minorproject4368]

Yes, I will play when it comes out on PC. So may be 2 years from now???

[@equidingo]

30:10 maybe when full game (trilogy... I mean complete story) came to PC with 50-60% discount

[@MrHouseRockers69]

Despite growing up living my PS1 and 2, having friends who were really into FF when I was a kid… I’ve never played one in my life. FF seemed to complicated and like something you really had to understand JRPGs to enjoy… but this looks cool I have to say. Interest piqued

[@bjornironsides6474]

The mix of live action commands and mini menu commands is really satisfying. Such a different combat system that works so well. I'm more of a Horizon action rpg lover, but this system is great and I wouldn't change a thing. I do like and play turn based rpgs like the OG ff7, and this update compliments it so nicely.

[@SenseiJeager]

I need the „I tried dragons dogma 2“

[@tyronecriss23]

23:47 P Diddy took over for a second.

[@Richsworld114]

If you want to know who Zack really is, you have to play FF7 crisis core. They re- released it not to long ago. But it tells real story about Zack and Cloud. All the way until the beginning of Cloud riding on the train in the beginning of FF7. It helps you really understand some things. Well worth your time.

[@willitosanton]

I look forward to playing this game on pc.

[@jaymoneyrich4461]

Played a little bit last night and I’m enjoying it so far

[@Yuri-fs3es]

Did you try for couple of hours? Because it has issues with pacing, balance of gameplay loop and story.

[@daniellawson8182]

Greatest game of all time without a shadow of doubt

[@kingskillz88]

Holding off until the pc release, but I have to fight off the fomo constantly.

[@TheStrandrew]

I just bought a PS5 to play Rebirth. The fomo got me and I couldn't wait until PC release

[@mildlyfunvids]

First ''real'' game I finished in my youth was FF7 original when I was 10! and its become probably my most beloved game franchise in my life! so happy they aren't ruining or killing my childhood lol

[@YUNGSLEEVES]

best story ever told in a game period

[@iamthetie]

I feel called out for the camera controls lol. It’s an artifact of controlling old N64 games. Double inverted is for the most retro of gamers lol

[@moondoor9031]

I have a feeling that FF VII got Kingdom Hearth'ed.

[@themoviecritic1092]

Your thumbnails are great