Final Fantasy VII Remake + ReShade Mod = Jaw-dropping Visuals in 2025

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The first game in a very long time that has truly blown me away visually is Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC with this ReShade mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7remake/mods/58

I'm absolutely stunned by how incredible this 2020 game looks on a proper HDR display with the mod enabled. I originally played it on PS4 when it launched and even earned the platinum trophy back the, I remember thinking it looked great at the time. But recently I felt the urge to revisit it, so I bought it on Steam.

Initially, I wasn't quite satisfied with how it looked out of the box. But then I came across this ReShade mod, and honestly, it feels like a whole new game. It's a massive upgrade.
I constantly find myself stopping just to take in the scenery. Sometimes it literally makes my jaw drop. It's been a long time since I've had this kind of reaction to a game's graphics.

If you haven't tried it yet and have an HDR setup, do yourself a favor and check it out. The difference is mind-blowing.
 
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Looks oversharpened IMO.

But I like the higher saturation. I don't know why so many devs like their grey haze on everything.
 
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TheRedRiders said:
The colors look more saturated, nothing else.
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Yeah, the screenshots might make it look like it's just boosted saturation, but honestly, in motion, it's a lot more than that. The lighting, contrast, and depth really pop, especially in HDR. It gives the whole game a more cinematic and polished look. Definitely something that's hard to capture in still images.
 
I've never been into mods but I love the graphics and general aesthetic of Remake/Rebirth. Rebirth is arguably too big (a lot of the excess IS optional and a lot of optional content fleshes out the world and characters) and some will always be mad a whole game was made from FFVII's intro city area but I had fun with Remake. These two games have made me happy with my PS5 Pro purchase.

Edit: I'm a console peasant as well.
 
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Looks pretty good. The vanilla version also looks significant more blurry compared to the reshade, so the reshade really make the skin , facial feautures and materials pop out.
 
Somehow I had it Tracked on Nexus already, lol. Going to mess around with it sooner than later. I don't see myself replaying the full game anytime soon though.
 
Loved both games. Personally I wouldn't want to reshade them. They have a specific look that feels very FF7 game world and that's part of the charm.
You look like you are walking around Gotham with that reshade on - and that does look cool and all, but it's not really fitting my expectations for the world having played the original.

Nice share.
 
Seeing someone using Reshade is like going to someone's house and seeing that they've pumped up their TV's contrast settings to the max. It just looks like shit 99% of the time.
 
Revolutionary said:
Seeing someone using Reshade is like going to someone's house and seeing that they've pumped up their TV's contrast settings to the max. It just looks like shit 99% of the time.
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People really do be wanting their games looking like they got colorful god rays behind everything like it's an episode of Dawson's Creek or some shit. Same people probably think the display model factory settings of a TV are amazing looking and never fix it when they buy one. Shit is ugly AF.
 
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The majority of monitors look like shit compared to TVs. Can understand the slight need for this on a crappy typical IPS, but on something like an LG or Sony OLED TV, vanilla looks awesome as it is.

My Odyssey G6 is a decent OLED monitor (imo), but my Bravia TV shits all over it. I wouldn't be surprised if a budget supermarket brand TV did too.
 
Toots said:
"Objectively this affirmation makes no sense because there is literally no objective beauty."
(This is an exemple how you can use those two cursed words in a correct manner.)
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There is a correct way to apply contrast, brightness, colors, etc., as long as it responds to an artistic intention and style. Increasing any of these values breaks the balance of the intended image (areas with broken blacks, dark areas that appear brighter, or wrong colors, for example).

So these adjustments with Reshade to simulate HDR, although they may be "striking" in some scenes, produce an artificial result that breaks the balance of the image and also makes other areas look bad.
 
Nothing personal OP, but "Reshade mods" are awful

All they do is crush blacks and destroy shadow detail. It might seem better, but you are losing detail. Its like selecting "Contrast: High" on your tv. Things will pop, but its wrong.

For this game in particular, Square had a dedicated team only for lighting the game. The lighting is pretry flawless and HDR support is awesome already.

If there's a game that wouldnt bemefit from Reshade, this is it.
 
Hugare said:
Nothing personal OP, but "Reshade mods" are awful

All they do is crush blacks and destroy shadow detail. It might seem better, but you are losing detail. Its like selecting "Contrast: High" on your tv. Things will pop, but its wrong.

For this game in particular, Square had a dedicated team only for lighting the game. The lighting is pretry flawless and HDR support is awesome already.

If there's a game that wouldnt bemefit from Reshade, this is it.
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Whilst I do agree in general (the vast majority of Reshade mods suck), it does depend on the mod itself and the shaders that it's making use of. If you look at something like Marty's Mods' IMMERSE suite of shaders, it's a lot more complex and in certain areas very impressive.



But yes, FF7R vanilla looks good enough for me.
 
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Hugare said:
Nothing personal OP, but "Reshade mods" are awful

All they do is crush blacks and destroy shadow detail. It might seem better, but you are losing detail. Its like selecting "Contrast: High" on your tv. Things will pop, but its wrong.
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As usual, it's never as simple as 'all or nothing' when it comes to things. There are good reshades and bad reshades, so they're better off being judged on a case by case basis.

Here's an example of a good one:



Aside from that, I agree with you that Final Fantasy 7 Remake doesn't really need it, but I'm not saying this for the same reason you are. I'm saying this because FF7R isn't really enough of a graphical powerhouse for reshade to make any big difference 🤷‍♂️
 
March Climber said:
As usual, it's never as simple as 'all or nothing' when it comes to things. There are good reshades and bad reshades, so they're better off being judged on a case by case basis.

Here's an example of a good one:



Aside from that, I agree with you that Final Fantasy 7 Remake doesn't really need it, but I'm not saying this for the same reason you are. I'm saying this because FF7R isn't really enough of a graphical powerhouse for reshade to make any big difference 🤷‍♂️
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This Cyberpunk one looks fake. What's the catch?
 
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