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23h 0m
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December 31, 2022
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I did not expect to lap up everything that Crisis Core Reunion laid down. I figured I'd find some intriguing mid-2000's game design and a ret-conning story which would be half intriguing half infuriating.
Expectations subverted!
The biggest shocker to me was how much I enjoyed the writing/voice acting. I seriously think this is one of the funniest games I've ever played. I laughed out loud more than once at Zack's words, antics, and the goofiness of the Final Fantasy VII universe. The humor felt intentional, I felt like I was laughing with the game.
The story also builds upon FF7 in intriguing ways. Seeing Sephiroth pre-super evil villian was great and lends his character some much-appreciated context for the events of FF7. I thought Genesis and Angeal were also great characters. Genesis's endless quoting of Loveless (which is supposed to be some kind of Shakespearean drama) never got old and persisted the entire game.
The gameplay was excellent as well. I loved that you were able to absolutely break the game with proper materia fusing. There are a lot of opportunites to tweak stats and loadouts that can significantly effect combat.
The battle system itself really does reward precision action and strategy, except for a few lame fights where you need to hit certain stats to survive.
The side missions were dull but some of the rewards and side stories made it worth the 5 minutes or so.
I absolutely spent way too much time on missions so the story encounters became an absolute joke. This didn't really bother me but the missions themselves did feel time-wastey. My obsession brain kept wanting to play them but 300 is WAY too many.
I was surprised by how many cool environments there were to explore here. All the places from FF7 are recreated very well.
Really enjoyed this one and was genuinely impressed by the quality of writing. This game has me re-invigorated about all the prospects possible in the Final Fantasy VII universe.
There is too much garbage in the missions and there are some insanely bad JRPG mini-games, but overall this thing was a blast.
Expectations subverted!
The biggest shocker to me was how much I enjoyed the writing/voice acting. I seriously think this is one of the funniest games I've ever played. I laughed out loud more than once at Zack's words, antics, and the goofiness of the Final Fantasy VII universe. The humor felt intentional, I felt like I was laughing with the game.
The story also builds upon FF7 in intriguing ways. Seeing Sephiroth pre-super evil villian was great and lends his character some much-appreciated context for the events of FF7. I thought Genesis and Angeal were also great characters. Genesis's endless quoting of Loveless (which is supposed to be some kind of Shakespearean drama) never got old and persisted the entire game.
The gameplay was excellent as well. I loved that you were able to absolutely break the game with proper materia fusing. There are a lot of opportunites to tweak stats and loadouts that can significantly effect combat.
The battle system itself really does reward precision action and strategy, except for a few lame fights where you need to hit certain stats to survive.
The side missions were dull but some of the rewards and side stories made it worth the 5 minutes or so.
I absolutely spent way too much time on missions so the story encounters became an absolute joke. This didn't really bother me but the missions themselves did feel time-wastey. My obsession brain kept wanting to play them but 300 is WAY too many.
I was surprised by how many cool environments there were to explore here. All the places from FF7 are recreated very well.
Really enjoyed this one and was genuinely impressed by the quality of writing. This game has me re-invigorated about all the prospects possible in the Final Fantasy VII universe.
There is too much garbage in the missions and there are some insanely bad JRPG mini-games, but overall this thing was a blast.