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I don't understand the hate of this game its SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
First off i want to make it clear i've done EVERYTHING there is to do in this game and still want to play it more. Your not going to get an unbiased, unjust review on this game from me.Yeah i'm a fanboy of the original FF7 and i've probably played it though over 100 times. I've owned copies on the PS1, PSP, PS3, PS4 and PC. Spoilers to come so your have been warned.There seem to be purist that think the original game is so perfect it shouldn't be changed... And clearly don't understand what the word REMAKE means. This NOT a HD REMASTER where the story is the exact same and we get that game in HD quality... They're changing things from the original. Yes, there are still moments in the game where things are the same but, there are things that also changed from the original.Spoilers belowBiggs and Wedge survive the plate drop of sector 7.Sephiroth can be seen WAY more then what he was in the original. Hell you fight him in the last chapter.Barrett almost end up getting killed by Sephiroth.Aerith is clearly different from the Aerith we knew from the original game... she is way more aware of who she is and she seems way more powerful in the remake.There are more things but, i'm not going to list every one of them.People are also unhappy the VAs (Voice Actors) from advent children and crisis core weren't used to VA the parts in this game. Yes, i was attached to those VAs as well but, i GAVE the game a chance and all of them have meshed fine with me EXCEPT the VA for Zack... But, Square is NOT going to give in a change things like that.There were a lot of comical charters, touching and even some tear jerker moments in the game that the original part of midgar didn't have. There is a sense of bond between characters that the original no where near made you feel this early in the game. The cross dress deal was even better then the original. When Tifa realizes it's Cloud when the group reunites and how Cloud responds to her comments had me laugh pretty hard. There are a good amount of side quest and do i think all of them where great... not really but, they make for interesting moments. Cloud and Tifa go looking for 3 cats in chapter 3. The materia system is different and i'm not a huge fan of it considering i was expecting the grind to level it up. You don't get a new born piece of materia when you level one up to master. This will make things interesting down the road cause i get the feeling mastered materia will be done away with as far as magic, summons and command go. All the speical attacks you can learn and use every battle outside of the limit breaks are pretty freakin cool. I'm not a fan that limit breaks dont carry from one battle to the next but, if you get the Götterdämmerung piece from the 7 star battle at shin-ra HQ you will get a limit break every battle so... get the game play it and decide for yourself.Don't believe all the negative reviews because, most of them i read for one reason on another wont be HONEST and flat out say that something's different from the original they don't like. I love this and the original game. Something i wont be a fan of is the probably long wait between part 1 and 2. New generations of consoles are coming and coronaviurs is reeking havoc on progress i'm sure but, hopefully we'll get it sooner then later.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
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