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Final Fantasy 7 Remake: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
I will start with the ugly, since that won't take long: Character hair. With the highly detailed character models, the horrible looking, and even worse moving hair looks creepy. "Creepy" is not a word you want associated with a character like Tifa, but hair does not move like that, or even kinda like that. It is really noticeable with some characters, and kinda noticeable with them all.
The Bad(this will take a little longer, but still not long):
Character animations: not the fighting animations, but the standing around having a conversation animations, which are weird, nothing like how people actually move, with gestures not one makes, and they make them constantly. Once you get to the third chapter it is really noticeable due to the busy residential section it takes place in.
English voice acting: using the word "acting" to describe it is being generous. This is a remake of FF7...spend the money to get real actors!
Combat: I have gotten it figured out, and am not bad at it(I still suck at dodging and blocking tho), but it just really is not terribly good. You start a fight spamming the square key to attack. Each attack builds the ATB bars(there are two of them) Once you fill a bar, you can use a potion, or a spell, or an ability, or every so often a limit break. Then you spam the square key again. You can dodge and black, but usually it is better to just keep attacking. You control one of the characters in the party, and can switch characters at will. The characters you are not controlling will be doing very little useful. Watching Barrett shoot at a mob with his shots blocked by the corner of a building is frustrating.
The good:
Visuals: with the exception of character hair, and the occasional weird design choice, the game looks just incredible. Despite being a console game, the graphics are up there with the best of PC gaming. The character designs are simply nearly perfect, bringing the old, blocky pixels to life. Hats off to the art team, they knocked it out of the park.
Story: Well, it is FF7, so you knew it would be good, but it is still worth raving about. Early on, Cloud has a flashback to Sephiroth in front of Cloud's home village, which is aflame, with Sephiroth talking about having killed (presumably in context) Cloud's mother. Cloud's shocked expression suggests strongly that like the original, his memories have been altered. Little touches like that are really great.
3:00 mark:
There are some changes and rearangments, but the main story looks to be sticking very close to the original, as it should. Side characters get a little more attention and help with the world building(I have fallen head over heals for Jesse...)
Quests: To flesh out the run time, a bunch of side quests have been added, they range from meh, to kinda cool. Overall a nice addition, but not great.
Overall score: 4 3/4 stars
I’d also like to add horrendous lighting transitions when entering and exiting buildings during the day to the ugly but im enjoying the game.