After finishing FF7 Remake last month, I just knew that I had to play FF7 Rebirth as soon as it released. It's now been almost a month since I started playing this game and I put over 60 hours into it.
I will say that if you enjoyed FF7 Remake then you will likely enjoy FF7 Rebirth. This game doesn't really take anything away from its predecessor, just improves on what worked and adds more stuff on top. Even something simple like adding air combos and ranged attacks to Clouds moveset made my experience so much better.
Thankfully, most of my problems with FF7 Remake got fixed in this game. Each character now has just one skill tree. The difficulty is a lot more balanced, even on Easy. The pacing of the story is better, but I definitely felt the length towards the end of the game.
Wasn't expecting that one of my many highlights with this game would be the card minigame. Queen's Blood is incredibly addictive. It's frustrating to lose, but also it's so satisfying to win. I would probably get super addicted to Queen's Blood if it was its own standalone game.
You should know that this game is very beefy. Even when you're mostly focusing on the story like I did, you'll still spend quite a bit of time playing it.
I don't know why this game was marketed as an open world game when it isn't really. Sure, there's lots of stuff to do in each region, though they're all pretty separate.
This next part may sound unfair, but I didn't care for how traversal worked in the open areas. It felt like there wasn't much challenge or fun when traversing across the world. Even a simple jump button would make things more interesting.
I'd describe the story in a nutshell as both exactly like what you expect and nothing like what you expect at the same time. These two realities can coexist.
The final chapter was just incredible. Can they really top it? I'm not really sure, the ending was just so good.
Overall, the story is very good. I enjoyed pretty much every character, my favorites were Barret, Yuffie, and Cait Sith. I'm not quite sure that I can call the story perfect when it's not quite over yet. We'll see if the third and final entry in the FF7 Remake trilogy manages to stick the landing, though I'm confident that it will.
I will say that if you enjoyed FF7 Remake then you will likely enjoy FF7 Rebirth. This game doesn't really take anything away from its predecessor, just improves on what worked and adds more stuff on top. Even something simple like adding air combos and ranged attacks to Clouds moveset made my experience so much better.
Thankfully, most of my problems with FF7 Remake got fixed in this game. Each character now has just one skill tree. The difficulty is a lot more balanced, even on Easy. The pacing of the story is better, but I definitely felt the length towards the end of the game.
Wasn't expecting that one of my many highlights with this game would be the card minigame. Queen's Blood is incredibly addictive. It's frustrating to lose, but also it's so satisfying to win. I would probably get super addicted to Queen's Blood if it was its own standalone game.
You should know that this game is very beefy. Even when you're mostly focusing on the story like I did, you'll still spend quite a bit of time playing it.
I don't know why this game was marketed as an open world game when it isn't really. Sure, there's lots of stuff to do in each region, though they're all pretty separate.
This next part may sound unfair, but I didn't care for how traversal worked in the open areas. It felt like there wasn't much challenge or fun when traversing across the world. Even a simple jump button would make things more interesting.
I'd describe the story in a nutshell as both exactly like what you expect and nothing like what you expect at the same time. These two realities can coexist.
The final chapter was just incredible. Can they really top it? I'm not really sure, the ending was just so good.
Overall, the story is very good. I enjoyed pretty much every character, my favorites were Barret, Yuffie, and Cait Sith. I'm not quite sure that I can call the story perfect when it's not quite over yet. We'll see if the third and final entry in the FF7 Remake trilogy manages to stick the landing, though I'm confident that it will.