I want everyone to know that this game looks better than 99% of games nowadays and even better than a lot of things on unreal engine 5. The story was easy to follow, minus the connection between Zack and Cloud as well as Sephiroth and Cloud. Both Zack and Sephiroth just kinda appear in the story and there is little to no explanation. I'm not sure if this is intended or not, but this was the first Final Fantasy game I've ever played and I was so confused. Other than that, the story is pretty straightforward. Cloud is an ok character, not too interesting, but not too disinteresting. The combat is pretty good, glad it's not turn based like the original Final Fantasy 7, and instead is action rpg combat, which I think made this way more interesting. The jokes were funny, the characters were likeable, but again man, the visuals. Seeing sector 7 in ruins from the top looks so insane. If the plot was a little better and the combat was also a little better I would give it 5/5 stars. But I did like the idea of materia and the equipment.