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Andrew Evenstar
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reading reviews... this game is the real deal . i'm so damn ready , obviously pre-ordered and recently got a PS5 for this and to replay bloodborne. LFG.
Danjin44
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Madflavor
Member
I was wondering if you were seething yesterday when the embargo lifted and you saw that MC/OC score. What flavor ice cream did you get to eat the pain away?
Andrew Evenstar
Member
about the complaints on "other" message board. a lot (or most) girls out there find other women attractive lol. i guess those people over there are the ones that no one finds attractive AND have a bad attitude, AND complain about everything. let them sit in their misery regarding a digital character and TIFAS BEAUTY
Danjin44
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I Bet it tasted salty as fuck!I was wondering if you were seething yesterday when the embargo lifted and you saw that MC/OC score. What flavor ice cream did you get to eat the pain away?
Madflavor
Member
Remake is the 2020 release of Part 1 of the FFVII Remake Trilogy.
Intergrade is the name of the PS5 version of Remake.
Rebirth is Part 2 of the FFVII Remake Trilogy.
Nickolaidas
Member
No shit.
Bernardougf
Member
Yeah... people thinking this is a xbox problem probably never played Horizon:FW or any newer western sony game... the woman in the picture still has boobs showing in a cleavage .. thats like 100 red signs on sonys california Hq. No big FEMALE characteristics allowed! Keep it at a minimum. Lets go.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Welp, it looks like the aggregate score dropped one point on Metacritic. It was fun while it lasted, so time to pack it up boys! 
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Caio
Member
Welp, it looks like the aggregate score dropped one point on Metacritic. It was fun while it lasted, so time to pack it up boys!
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Reviews
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is rated 'Mighty' after being reviewed by 99 critics, with an overall average score of 93. It's ranked in the top 0% of games and recommended by 100% of critics.
opencritic.com
Madflavor
Member
Welp, it looks like the aggregate score dropped one point on Metacritic. It was fun while it lasted, so time to pack it up boys!
It’s over. Final Fantasy is finished.
FeralEcho
Member
Been reading the review summaries on metacritic and oh man I'm so hyped for this thing...Nothing but praise for the story,world,soundtrack and characters,the only complaints I've seen mentioned were about some graphical issues in places by a couple reviews(Performance mode I assume) and pacing issues and some side activities not being as engaging.
Seeing so many "GOTY material" and "One of the best JRPGs ever made" statements really makes one giddy...
Square Enix been cooking here!
Seeing so many "GOTY material" and "One of the best JRPGs ever made" statements really makes one giddy...
Square Enix been cooking here!
Nickolaidas
Member
There are a couple of reviewers who call it 'just good', but it's understandable - you CAN'T please everyone. Also, way I hear it, the ending of this one as well is also going to be controversial.Been reading the review summaries on metacritic and oh man I'm so hyped for this thing...Nothing but praise for the story,world,soundtrack and characters,the only complaints I've seen mentioned were about some graphical issues in places by a couple reviews(Performance mode I assume) and pacing issues and some side activities not being as engaging.
Seeing so many "GOTY material" and "One of the best JRPGs ever made" statements really makes one giddy...
Square Enix been cooking here!
saintjules
Gold Member
Been reading the review summaries on metacritic and oh man I'm so hyped for this thing...Nothing but praise for the story,world,soundtrack and characters,the only complaints I've seen mentioned were about some graphical issues in places by a couple reviews(Performance mode I assume) and pacing issues and some side activities not being as engaging.
Seeing so many "GOTY material" and "One of the best JRPGs ever made" statements really makes one giddy...
Square Enix been cooking here!
Have you checked out any negative reviews? Always good to set expectations. I'm still excited for the game of course but good to hear other thoughts.
9:28.
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FeralEcho
Member
That's good advice, I'll check them out.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
After the disappointing Westernised FF16 this looks very good.
saintjules
Gold Member
Definitely. And the reason I say this is because for example in the Kinda Funny video, Tim seemingly blindly gives the game a 5/5. And this is when we are seeing issues specifically in performance like pop in and blurriness for example. It goes to show nothing is perfect. Which is also why I don't care for numbered systems like metacritic.
You would then ask yourself out of 100% how much of that percentage number went to story, to combat, to side quests, etc. It's never listed in that fashion. And even if they were, what do those numbers even mean?
ACG definitely provides valid reasons as to the game not being perfect and cites proper pros and cons to justify properly, which I'd love to see be the norm in future reviews.
Again, definitely excited but listening to thoughts always puts me in check haha.
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SlimeGooGoo
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Nickolaidas
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Yes, you don't like remakes, we get it."Y-You ARE seething! You MUST be!"
What are the cons that the reviews cite ?
rickybooby87
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sendit
Member
Westernized? You mean Devil May Cried. FF16 should have not been a mainline entry.
Danjin44
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He doesn’t like ANYTHING. He shit on 99% of games.
DownLikeBCPowder
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What retailer?
CosmicComet
Member
This shows me why naming it Rebirth instead of a clear cut 'Part 2' was a mistake.
There are plenty of other people like yourself that wont know it's part 2 and just assume it's a remaster or goty edition and opt out of buying it.
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kazuyamishima
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Wait, there’s still Jim “I don’t know what I am” Sterling’s Score. It might be a 4/10.Welp, it looks like the aggregate score dropped one point on Metacritic. It was fun while it lasted, so time to pack it up boys!
Madflavor
Member
I believe he gave Remake a glowing review back in the day.
Yoboman
Member
Square stuffing up their sales potential with a stupid name for their game is a tale as old as time
Isa
Member
I get what you're saying but I don't think Tim blindly gave his score. After listening for a good 10 minutes he agrees with the critiques the others said but stated that for him as a fan of the characters and game, he loved all the work put into the game, adding more content and how it all culminated in the finished product. For some, like Danjin and myself gfx complaints often don't get in the way of our enjoyment.
I also agree about the numbered metrics and prefer more simple opinionated reviews like ACG does. People get too hung up on other's opinions whether or not they share the same preferences of those people while also often trapping themselves in a sort of bubble where they might not ever try a game due to score.
LavitzSlambert
Member
No matter how objective people attempt to by, a review will always have a part of it that's subjective. And to the reader, it's extremely subjective - that's a good thing. Reviews can be helpful, they convey important information to the consumer and a score can be helpful as a process to weed out extremely bad games, or pique your interest and introduce to you to something you otherwise may not have paid attention to.
The most important thing people should consider is how they developed their teste in games as a child. I bet you played a bunch of stinkers, but there were probably a bunch of games that you loved that did not do well critically, and those have a cult following. I bet some of these are among their favorites too. If we all just played the big, well reviewed games with mass appeal, it would be quite boring.
Danjin44
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People just put too much weight on"scores" alone....Reviews are nothing more than someone else opinion and sometimes what bothers them might not bother you and vice versa.
For me the reason I'm excited for this game because I enjoyed the Remake and enjoyed what I played in Rebirth demo and like you said, graphic imperfection doesn't really effect my enjoyment of the game.
Isa
Member
I get you and in the past I used to use reviews but honestly I don't anymore. I see the value for others but I know my own tastes well enough and genres and the industry overall that I pay no heed. As you mentioned I've played a few duds to others but were good fun but those unfair reviews only seemed to steer people away rather than properly inform since like with media headlines and such most seem to only ever gloss over the big print or bottom line and pay no heed to the nuance.
I just wish people would gather as much info as possible, try to form their own opinions, and take everything with a grain of salt. It seems like instead of just enjoying the games for themselves more buzz is generated over scores and GoTY status than the game itself.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Interesting to contrast this and Final Fantasy 16
Seems like Rebirth takes a more conventional road, and was praised quite a bit more for it:
Seems like Rebirth takes a more conventional road, and was praised quite a bit more for it:
- Combat that engages all party members
- A focus on customization and depth of items/skills
- Side content that is more diverse, fleshed out, and fun to engage in (versus just being a fetch quest for story)
- A more grand open world rather than confined linear spaces for combat
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The artful mincer
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FF7 May Cry
Only contains footage from the Junon demo.
Is this one of the best combat systems ever or what!?
Only contains footage from the Junon demo.
Is this one of the best combat systems ever or what!?
rickybooby87
Member
Square-Enix store.
Here you go. Yuffie being Yuffie.
https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/668050212/yuffies-bodacious-beach-bod
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SkylineRKR
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Yeah Rebirth finally clicked and I'd rate its combat above Remake now.
For instance the air combat. You can evade, then press attack to hit airborne enemies with Cloud but you can hold attack after evade to launch yourself and then combo in the air and even some skills like the fire and bolt blade or w/e is very good while airborne and from the ground it indeed launches enemies.
You can also choose to stay on the ground, its not like Remake that just decided to do things for you. With defensive synergy attacks Cloud can launch Tifa for example which doesn't cost meter whatsoever.
If you use various characters, and use up 2 ATB or more on at least 2 of them, you get these tag specials which are free and even give you a temp buff I think so there is good reason to switch during battle now. The benched characters can also do a synergy attack. Not sure how it procs though.
Intergrade sort of had tag attacks with Yuffie, and perfect block. They added this to everyone in Rebirth and expanded on it.
I prefer XVI's art direction as well. But sadly everything else is severely lacking. Even compared to Remake which did offer customization, weaknesses and various gear with pros and cons.
XVI deliberately stayed away from anything that could've been remotely difficult to grasp. But the worst offender is how it funnels you into fetch quests to advance the main story that to be honest takes a huge nosedive fairly soon after the demo.
I still have to beat the final part of the game, but I just dislike everything about it except for its said mature approach.
For instance the air combat. You can evade, then press attack to hit airborne enemies with Cloud but you can hold attack after evade to launch yourself and then combo in the air and even some skills like the fire and bolt blade or w/e is very good while airborne and from the ground it indeed launches enemies.
You can also choose to stay on the ground, its not like Remake that just decided to do things for you. With defensive synergy attacks Cloud can launch Tifa for example which doesn't cost meter whatsoever.
If you use various characters, and use up 2 ATB or more on at least 2 of them, you get these tag specials which are free and even give you a temp buff I think so there is good reason to switch during battle now. The benched characters can also do a synergy attack. Not sure how it procs though.
Intergrade sort of had tag attacks with Yuffie, and perfect block. They added this to everyone in Rebirth and expanded on it.
I prefer XVI's art direction as well. But sadly everything else is severely lacking. Even compared to Remake which did offer customization, weaknesses and various gear with pros and cons.
XVI deliberately stayed away from anything that could've been remotely difficult to grasp. But the worst offender is how it funnels you into fetch quests to advance the main story that to be honest takes a huge nosedive fairly soon after the demo.
I still have to beat the final part of the game, but I just dislike everything about it except for its said mature approach.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
If it helps, the final battle feels straight out of Advent Children.
TheMan
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I just put on the easiest setting and I’ll plow through
Vroadstar
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Brigandier
Member
Hilarious they decided to increase the size for Rebirth. Hilarious in a good way.
I hope in Part 3 they're absolutely massive and she wears a skin toned top just too really piss the usual suspects off massively.
Gamerguy84
Member
I'm a huge FF7 fan and I liked it but I didn't find it great. I was never a huge fan of the Midgar section. For me it was always disc 2 and 3.
Feel Like I'm On 42
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Acg and fighting cowboy are the best reviewers out thers rn ...skill up is good but i find him too flowery sometimes ..very well spoken tho
Physiognomonics
Member
Obviously as all of that are basically Fintal Fantasy main features. FF16 was a Devil May Cry Spinoff.
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