Final Fantasy VII Remaster/Remake

Zero-Cool

Thanks to the lads on here who gave the Shopto info last week, DID NOT think I would have this the Monday before release!

2 disk like Red Dead 2 and reversible cover, nice.

Fionn1952

Ordered from ShopTo last week, arrived this morning, currently installing. Well I guess there isnt any work happening today!

Zero-Cool

Getting some high praise from the critics.

https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-vii-remake-the-kotaku-review-1842697312

It’s hard to elaborate without spoiling too much, so let me instead offer this: Final Fantasy VII Remake is a phenomenal game, one that any fan of the series should play.

seandotcomm

Shopto arrived today. installing now. Sorry work, you'll not get done today...

rm212

Unlucky me, I also ordered from ShopTo and it dispatched last week, but no sign of it today and the tracking hasn't updated with AP yet. It left the UK according to RM last Thursday late at night

one armed dwarf

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Getting some high praise from the critics.

https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-vii-remake-the-kotaku-review-1842697312

This is an excellent review I enjoyed reading.

Sounds like it came out fine then. I do see some reviews mention side quests and filler but sounds also like a lot of that can be ignored.

I'm particularly excited to see the ending of Remake play out

johnny_ultimate

Some suggestions it goes full Kingdom Hearts story-wise.

You never go full Kingdom Hearts :pac:

Sounds both better and worse than I had expected from the reviews. Too many games to work through at the moment, but will give it a whirl in a few weeks hopefully.

fixXxer

Gah I just started Persona 5 Royal too.

juanpablo1983

Have any of ye cancelled a pre order with Playstation before? I pre ordered digitally last Friday but made sure to turn off 'Auto Download' so it does not pre download as I have also ordered from Gamestop(Physical). Am I good to hold off until later in the week to cancel digital if needs be?

Reviews are all savage so far. Wasn't expecting anything less.

Sephiroth_dude

fixXxer wrote: »

Gah I just started Persona 5 Royal too.

Ha me too! just finished the first dungeon.

Zero-Cool

It's weird not having a day one patch, hope it doesn't fix much as no way I'm waiting til Friday.

Got a dispatch email off Smyth's also, hopefully I'll have it tomorrow, I only ordered yesterday :P

fixXxer

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Ha me too! just finished the first dungeon.

Same for me too, just waiting to hear

if I get expelled

I'll probably have to just set it aside until I get through FF7R

one armed dwarf

Zero-Cool wrote: »

It's weird not having a day one patch, hope it doesn't fix much as no way I'm waiting til Friday.

Apparently there are some pretty bad texture loading/LOD issues in the current version.

Tho mine arrives in an hour, I ain't fecking waiting for non blurry textures.

juanpablo1983

Delighted for all of ye who have received it. Never thought I would see the day, a remake would be upon us. Was 14 years old when I first played this and to this day, still one of the best times of my life.

Retr0gamer

Wouldn't trust any sit that so far gave this 90+ on Metacritic but doesn't look like a disaster either.

3.5/5 from Kat Bailey and quite a positive review. Only real issues are the side quests, padded out feeling and the story going full kingdom hearts but she praises it for taking chances and not playing it safe and the excellent combat system.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/final-fantasy-7-remake-review

Lots of technical issues cropping up so will wait for PC version. Seems like all the texture streaming/LOD issues look like it's more set to be a next gen game??

one armed dwarf

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Wouldn't trust any sit that so far gave this 90+ on Metacritic but doesn't look like a disaster either.

3.5/5 from Kat Bailey and quite a positive review. Only real issues are the side quests, padded out feeling and the story going full kingdom hearts but she praises it for taking chances and not playing it safe and the excellent combat system.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/final-fantasy-7-remake-review

Lots of technical issues cropping up so will wait for PC version. Seems like all the texture streaming/LOD issues look like it's more set to be a next gen game??

Looking at the game and comparing it to stuff like God of War and Gears 5, it just sounds less like the hardware isn't capable and more like there's issues just with FFVII itself.

Like there's no way this linear game needs a PS5 or high performance SSD to stream its assets. It's probably a bug, hopefully.

Creamy Goodness

Ordered from Smyths at 8:37 this morning. Shipment notification at 11:47, nice!

ahnowbrowncow

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Wouldn't trust any sit that so far gave this 90+ on Metacritic but doesn't look like a disaster either.

3.5/5 from Kat Bailey and quite a positive review. Only real issues are the side quests, padded out feeling and the story going full kingdom hearts but she praises it for taking chances and not playing it safe and the excellent combat system.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/final-fantasy-7-remake-review

Lots of technical issues cropping up so will wait for PC version. Seems like all the texture streaming/LOD issues look like it's more set to be a next gen game??

So you don't trust any of the 38 out of the 64 reviews that have given it a score of 90+? But you're happy to pick the joint third lowest to base your views on?

Confirmation bias right here, based on your FFVII views. I don't think you wanted this game to be good.

Retr0gamer

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

So you don't trust any of the 38 out of the 64 reviews that have given it a score of 90+? But you're happy to pick the joint third lowest to base your views on?

Confirmation bias right here, based on your FFVII views. I don't think you wanted this game to be good.

Because all 38 are nobodies and easy allies who are awful reviewers.

Once you get to the 80s is where you get the ones who I'd consider good videogame writers.

Also I picked that review not because it's low but because Kat Bailey is a fantastic writer when it comes to RPGs and has a great understanding of them. Really respect her thoughts on them and have been following her since she she was on 1up

The fact that she says the game takes risk and doesn't play it safe is a massive positive for me.

But you seem to have your own confirmation bias about me.

Zero-Cool

Metacritic is a strange beast, ton of 100's for multiple games that definitely don't deserve and then under 60's (one I saw the headline "great game but not everyone likes slow rpg's"). MC is just a nice overview to get an average. Then it's a select few sites I might look at but really can't trust any of them these days. Both nobodies and popular sites can get it very wrong sometimes.

I really hope it's not still a practice where devs only get bonuses if MC is above a certain score.

_Puma_

This was off my radar because i just assumed it was a remake of the original, re-skinnned with some new battle system etc... FF7 was probably the game that I spent the most time playing during my PlayStation 1/2/3 days (Each console I had a play thorough)

From the Kotaku review this morning, this is a different animal altogether and it sounds brilliant. I then realize its episodic and a playstation exclusive. Check mate Square Enix. Time to sources a PS4 and will likely be investing in a PS5 come time for the next episode!

rm212

_Puma_ wrote: »

This was off my radar because i just assumed it was a remake of the original, re-skinnned with some new battle system etc... FF7 was probaly the game that I spent the most time playing during my PlayStation 1/2 days

From the Kotaku review this morning, this is a different animal altogether and it sounds brilliant. I then realize its episodic and a playstation exclusive. Check mate Square Enix. Time to sources a PS4 and will likely be investing in a PS5 come time for the next episode!

While it is a long time, it's really only PS exclusive for 1 year, it'll come to PC next March.

Retr0gamer

Very positive metro review as well.

Seems that there's plenty of flaws but nothing to spoil how fun the game is.

_Puma_ wrote: »

This was off my radar because i just assumed it was a remake of the original, re-skinnned with some new battle system etc... FF7 was probaly the game that I spent the most time playing during my PlayStation 1/2 days

From the Kotaku review this morning, this is a different animal altogether and it sounds brilliant. I then realize its episodic and a playstation exclusive. Check mate Square Enix. Time to sources a PS4 and will likely be investing in a PS5 come time for the next episode!

It's only a timed exclusive so will be coming to pc and Xbox.

ahnowbrowncow

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Because all 38 are nobodies and easy allies who are awful reviewers.

Once you get to the 80s is where you get the ones who I'd consider good videogame writers.

Also I picked that review not because it's low but because Kat Bailey is a fantastic writer when it comes to RPGs and has a great understanding of them. Really respect her thoughts on them and have been following her since she she was on 1up

The fact that she says the game takes risk and doesn't play it safe is a massive positive for me.

But you seem to have your own confirmation bias about me.

You've never hid your dislike of FFVII's revered status and a lot of your comments on the remake seem to focus on the negatives.

Maybe you're right and I've just picked you up wrong on it.

Cina

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Ordered from Smyths at 8:37 this morning. Shipment notification at 11:47, nice!

Shows as not being available to order on Smyths for me?

EDIT: Never mind, someone else already said it above.

ancapailldorcha

ACG seems to have liked it with some caveats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I3WC0SlN10

Retr0gamer

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

That's a good review to be fair. Sounds like a lot of the filler is in the sidequests - fine by me, I'm happy to ignore them.

The talk of going full kingdom hearts is a little worrying though.

I heard there's 'interesting' materia from the side quests. Probably game breaking stuff you need for the optional coliseum super bosses.

LanceStorm

So annoyed with myself for not ordering sooner, Smyths now look like they wont have more stock until launch day and Shopto not until Wednesday, may aswell wait for digital on Friday now...

Lots of very positive reviews now have me on completely on the hype train that i'd avoided for so long!

sniper_samurai

LanceStorm wrote: »

So annoyed with myself for not ordering sooner, Smyths now look like they wont have more stock until launch day and Shopto not until Wednesday, may aswell wait for digital on Friday now...

Lots of very positive reviews now have me on completely on the hype train that i'd avoided for so long!

GameStop still have stock, €70 though.