Playing this after finishing Remake, this was defintly a step up from Remake. Like with VII Remake, this is another hard game to talk about. There will be no spoilers for this game whatsoever, I will only be mentioning everything from Kalm to Gold Saucer (2nd visit).
Like with Remake this is one of the best looking games ever made. With many shots from the game that blew me away, also helps that we are not stuck in Midgar and have many visual distinct areas like the Gold Saucer, Cosmo Canyon, and Gongaga. The Characterization for all the characters in Remake and the Characters that were introduced in this game were on point with vocal direction that is as amazing as it has alaways been. Cait Sith being Scootish gives me life. The music is some of the best music I've ever heard in a video game with every track being a banger. Like with Remake, the combat is the best way to handle the mix of Hack n Slash and Turn Based Elements with you needing to juggle attacking the enemies and to manage the menu's with the abilities and spells. If I were to rank the characters in terms of how fun I found them (Red XIII, Yuffie, Aerith, Tifa, Cait Sith, Cloud, Berret). Some of the new stuff in the game is really good, the play on the Gold Saucer made me cry. There are a few problems that kept me from loving this game. The stuff with Zack was really confussing with what they were implying, that can also go for the endgame of the story, some parts are a slog with the pace breaking puzzles that were in the original, and finally Sephiroth shows up not every 5 minutes, but moreso every hour, which is better, but even in the original, he wasn't there 24/7.
Just like with Remake, this is not a game that is welcoming to newcomers, but is also not a game for veterians with how different it is. But this is an amazing game that is held back by some of the same problems as Remake. Probably won't be in my top 3 games of this year if I had to guess.
Like with Remake this is one of the best looking games ever made. With many shots from the game that blew me away, also helps that we are not stuck in Midgar and have many visual distinct areas like the Gold Saucer, Cosmo Canyon, and Gongaga. The Characterization for all the characters in Remake and the Characters that were introduced in this game were on point with vocal direction that is as amazing as it has alaways been. Cait Sith being Scootish gives me life. The music is some of the best music I've ever heard in a video game with every track being a banger. Like with Remake, the combat is the best way to handle the mix of Hack n Slash and Turn Based Elements with you needing to juggle attacking the enemies and to manage the menu's with the abilities and spells. If I were to rank the characters in terms of how fun I found them (Red XIII, Yuffie, Aerith, Tifa, Cait Sith, Cloud, Berret). Some of the new stuff in the game is really good, the play on the Gold Saucer made me cry. There are a few problems that kept me from loving this game. The stuff with Zack was really confussing with what they were implying, that can also go for the endgame of the story, some parts are a slog with the pace breaking puzzles that were in the original, and finally Sephiroth shows up not every 5 minutes, but moreso every hour, which is better, but even in the original, he wasn't there 24/7.
Just like with Remake, this is not a game that is welcoming to newcomers, but is also not a game for veterians with how different it is. But this is an amazing game that is held back by some of the same problems as Remake. Probably won't be in my top 3 games of this year if I had to guess.