Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

It's a ... very rare thing, to be able to enjoy a piece of art and feel so profoundly much both joy and sorrow. There hasn't been many times that I can count, a game or film that changed my life in some way or another. Handfull few. I've cried before to games but I believe this is the first time i've actually full on ugly-cant-speak-cried. And i cried for about five hours straight in the two final chapters. This game, has officially, reached my top 3 rank of games, #1.

I can't tell you how much I feel when I play this game. I've enjoyed it so much during my first playthrough which is roughly now up to 115hrs and I will play it again. I've dived down the online community, discussions, videos and all the lore. Square Enix really made something different with this. It hits my heart, deeply. And i've played alot of jrpgs in my lifetime. This is different. And I just want to give my applauds to the team and a wall-nerd-rant on my instagram.

Thank you, truly, @finalfantasyvii @squareenix for the adventure and love. 🖤

TO THE MORE REVIEW PARTS; The gameplay is alot of fun, exploring the world is insane and you are rewarded for exploring it which is a big plus in Open world games. The bosses and battle mechanics are very easy to learn and not overwhelming, meaning you don't have to be a seasoned gamer to get it. The story archs are fantastic. Following this group of people has been a pure joy.

Chocobos. <3 I also very much enjoy the Easy/Normal/Dynamic settings in the game. If I want a challenge I can have that, but if I feel I want to stay story-driven, I can set to easy mode. I enjoyed it alot. Not every game has to be a Souls-hard-beat game. I will play through the game again, probably on easy, just to enjoy the story.

The MUSIC and GRAPHICS are out of this world. Just a few simple notes and my heart is filled with love.

I definitely enjoyed Rebirth more before Remake but mainly because I prefer to have more control of my path and remake was mainly stick to their planned route. Rebirth makes you feel free, alive and on an adventure which is a big plus for me, but of course, Remake was the setup for a darker place, so it probably was that strict because of the storytelling decisions.

The more negative parts of the game is few, but if I had to mention another side of the coin as well in this review, i'd say that there were way to many mini-games, but also the games weren't that captivating to finish. It felt like the games themselves, were boring and not well thought out, just to flesh out the game a bit more wasting the gamers time.

The "romance" a friend, is a fun thing - however I dislike that there is so much story to each characters built into these sidequests, so it makes me have to skip it to ensure my fave character has the most likes. So.. im torn on this side. I'd like an option on each sidequest for the future so you can still do all sidequests in the first round, AND ensure the fave character still being there. If this is implemented in part 3.

I cant recommend this game enough. Play the Remake, play Rebirth. You won't regret it.

Oh boy! What can I say about this game that has not been said already. This game has improved SO much upon the 2020 Remake. And even that game was fantastic. So to go from a game as great as FF7 remake, and to improve on it as much as it did is nothing short of impressive. There is so much to explore and do, and none of it feels like a chore. Also, though there are so many of them, the mini games are very fun. My personal favorite has to be the newly added Queens Blood. It is extremely easy to pick up as the game isn't very complicated. It also has a side story to it as you continue to play queens blood with different players throughout the game. I 1000% recommend playing this game. It WILL be worth it.

Great game overall. The combat was a step up. Characters and character relationships were fantastic. The world building was great as was the story as a whole. Graphics are incredible. The only thing that bogged this down slightly was the sheer number of side content and mini games. I know there were a lot of mini games in the original game, but this game, part 2 of 3, is already larger than the original game was. 90% of the game was truly amazing, but there were a few points where I just got tired of the mini games. I don't have the time that I used to for gaming, so the volume of side content and checking off open world boxes knocked this from a 10 to a 9 for me. Everything else was near perfect though. Seeing the scenes and world play out in high def graphics and with voice acting was an incredible nostalgia trip.

There is a good, 8/10 game, here, but it's hidden behind the majority of what the game is. That good game is the "main scenario", not counting Chapters 1 and 14. The Nibelheim flashback and Forgotten Capital largely handled very poorly.

The sea of cynically-made open-world anti-accessibility "content" obscures what is good about this game. The main scenario is effectively a sidequest, because the majority of the gameplay time is spent on "optional" side content. That side content (minigames, sidequests, world intel, VR fights) are this game's main features.

Difficulty is forced and accessibility is non-existent. This is the least accessible RPG in history, and it's a remake/sequel/requel to the most accessible RPG in history.

They went out of their way to fill the game with unoriginal Ubisoft Open world content, and artificially unbalanced difficulty.

The game also forces players to engage in some very predatory romantic/sexual actions with underage characters.

Ironically, by choosing to chase money over quality, Square Enix is selling far less than they could have.

Final Fantasy has constantly reinvented itself through the years, and Rebirth is no exception. Final Fantasy VII has become its own mega-franchise within gaming and its namesake's universe. And for good reason. This game takes what made Remake great and expands on it with an open-world gameplay design that also blends the seamless level transitions of the Uncharted video games and keeping the otherworldly charm of the Final Fantasy franchise fully intact the whole time.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth may be a bit overwhelming for casuals, but the choice of difficulty definitely eases some newcomers' anxieties of the experience being too overwhelming. Yes there's the trademark difficult boss-fights that require some trial-and-error strategising, but victory is never too far away to achieve for the player. The world on display here is something else, and the open-world design (in select chapters that is) really adds countless hours of replay value and depth to the world's dense story. Cloud and his friends are exploring the massive iceberg that is Rebirth's world-building with absolute swagger that's daring and cinematic all at once.

There's a lot of stuff to unpack here. Maybe almost too much; but hey, JRPGs were always bursting with several hours of stuff to do. Some of the mini-games are unnecessarily hard (the piano is near impossible to perfect with the analog controls), but they're thankfully 110% optional and don't roadblock the story completely. Rebirth gets a lot right, but a game this massive can't be perfect; but it doesn't need to be PERFECT perfect. Rebirth just needed to be a deep exploration of Final Fantasy VII's iconic world, and with that it succeeds many-folds over.

Rebirth has something for hardcore fans, for newcomers, and it delivers on the cut-scenes too. It's already shaping up to be 2024's game of the year. And who knows? Maybe Part Three will be even better?

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the reason gamers play video games so passionately. It has the characters, exploration, and immersion people have come to expect from the best JRPGs on the market. It's a modern classic that's begging for Part Three to round up the trilogy as soon as possible (but seriously, let's hope they don't rush Part Three THAT quickly).

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a 5/5-star masterpiece. 10/10 IMDb points. Give this one a go if you love the Final Fantasy franchise.