HikoTheWizard
This review contains spoilers
(Note) - I played through the majority of this game on the Hard difficulty besides the super boss Minerva (It was a long and tedious boss fight attempting it on Hard). I went in for a 100% achievement run while lightly looking at an achievement guide for missables but played the majority of the game blind. I played the whole game on a Steam Deck as well.
Loved the story, I am not going to go too deep into the story but if you want to know what happens before the original Final Fantasy VII and learn more about Zack Fair, the truth behind Cloud's memories/visions, and a bit more background on the infamous war hero Sephiroth you are in for a fun but a tragic adventure.
The combat gameplay was solid. Had fun experimenting with Materia Fusion the first 10 hours, but once I found out how to break the games mechanics it went into mainly spamming Costly Punch and once you get the Buster Sword, spamming the stance into Costly Punch and the game itself becomes super easy on Hard. It also didn't take that much grinding to get broken pretty quickly, though I had a lot of lucky Moogle rolls throughout my playthrough.
Knowing this was a remake of a PSP and that the missions can feel super repetitive going for the 100% run got me burnt out after a couple of play sessions, but if you are only going through the main story and some side content I say it would be more enjoyable. As a completionist run, I would give this a 3 and a half due to how grindy and brain-numbing doing the 300 repetitive side missions.
Also if you go for all the achievements good luck with the RNG of the DMW slot machine system. I got the achievement related to it by afking in the first mission; luckily I got it rather quickly.
Overall not including my completionist score I would give this game a 4 and would recommend others to give it a shot, especially if you want to get into the Final Fantasy VII lore. The game is not that grindy even on Hard if you want to just do main story and some side content.
As for completing the game's achievements I personally wouldn't recommend it as it feels like a chore doing every mission.
Lastly, this isn't going to be a game would be able to replay after Completing it.
Loved the story, I am not going to go too deep into the story but if you want to know what happens before the original Final Fantasy VII and learn more about Zack Fair, the truth behind Cloud's memories/visions, and a bit more background on the infamous war hero Sephiroth you are in for a fun but a tragic adventure.
The combat gameplay was solid. Had fun experimenting with Materia Fusion the first 10 hours, but once I found out how to break the games mechanics it went into mainly spamming Costly Punch and once you get the Buster Sword, spamming the stance into Costly Punch and the game itself becomes super easy on Hard. It also didn't take that much grinding to get broken pretty quickly, though I had a lot of lucky Moogle rolls throughout my playthrough.
Knowing this was a remake of a PSP and that the missions can feel super repetitive going for the 100% run got me burnt out after a couple of play sessions, but if you are only going through the main story and some side content I say it would be more enjoyable. As a completionist run, I would give this a 3 and a half due to how grindy and brain-numbing doing the 300 repetitive side missions.
Also if you go for all the achievements good luck with the RNG of the DMW slot machine system. I got the achievement related to it by afking in the first mission; luckily I got it rather quickly.
Overall not including my completionist score I would give this game a 4 and would recommend others to give it a shot, especially if you want to get into the Final Fantasy VII lore. The game is not that grindy even on Hard if you want to just do main story and some side content.
As for completing the game's achievements I personally wouldn't recommend it as it feels like a chore doing every mission.
Lastly, this isn't going to be a game would be able to replay after Completing it.