The fact that this is a genuinely serious review of a video game so far is really tripping me up. Your channel has featured probably as close to "everything" anyone will ever get on youtube, but this time you've gone too far, Owen
The love people have for old classics (FFVII, Ocarina of Time, ect...) ends up becoming a platitude, taken for granted. It's nice when someone comes along and reminds us why people loved these stories. Thank you.
What a great video. Tbh, I have never played or watched anything from the FF7 franchise, and merely watched this because it was an Infinite Review episode. Despite this, it was a coherent and interesting review. Considering playing the original and remake eventually, once it's done (or more likely, if it's done). It's also pretty nice that you're doing "something else" this video. It's hard to say that, since each and every video you do is different, and I'm already having a hard time explaining to people what your channel is about without just showing them, and now you go and just throw "personal and thoughtful" review of a videogame into the mix. All the videos you worked on so far have been gold, and this is one isn't any different in that regard.
This was actually a good and delightfully refreshing review from the channel. I wouldn't mind seeing similar content in the future, though I still want to impress my friends at the pub.
Despite the sheer number of similar videos on RUclips about this contentious issue, this was by far my favourite. It was the most balanced, informative, well-researched, and yet passionate critiques of M&S Biscuits I’ve ever seen. 1 out of 10 - needs more biscuits.
28:03 - You brought up this point, so I'm going to tell you about my experience with FF7 media. When I was a kid, Cloud and other FF characters were exposed to me through Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Nothing to worry about, I knew they were only cameos. Years later I watched Advent Children and liked it back then but I don't like it now. Finally, I played the original FF7 for the first ever at the beginning of 2019 and I really enjoyed it, flaws and all. I understood why people love that game. I usually don't have any problems with old games because I like to play them as time capsules. So, I think the plot of FF7 Remake didn't need to become even more convoluted.
I know these kind of videos likely take a whole lot longer to produce but this kind of deeply thought out long form review was wonderful. More of this please.
I think it says a lot that the most enjoyment I got out of FFVIIR was just walking up the stairs in the Shinra building, and I don't even mean that in a snarky, condescending way. FFVIIR's greatest strength was its characterizations, so it was really refreshing to just have Cloud, Barrett and Tifa interacting with each other at length with no plot ghosts, filler dungeons or Sephiroths interrupting.
Honestly my favourite part of the game. The gradual tiring of cloud, the constant banter and little number measuring what floor each of you. Had me in stitches that they doubled down on that sequence.
I sometimes dread the possibility of the potential remake of ff6, 9 and 10 by the modern SquareEnix. But then I remember that these games don't have motorcycles for Nomura to flip so this helps me sleep at night.
Great analysis. On top of the whole Sephiroth debacle, what really irked me is how they fudged the Jenova reveal, which is so important as it is the main antagonist. Very weak first impression compared to how it was originally done; on PS1, while just being a simple container between crates in Hojo's lab, the Jenova money shot was still extremely scary (music playing a big part). This is reinforced with the President assassination part, where you investigate the trails of blood originating from the containment cell (the first use of blood in the game at that point). In Remake, she's too close to her human appearence in the Nibelheim reactor, downplaying her Lovecraftian essence. And of course, the blood got censored by purple sparkling goo. No sword through Shinra either, thanks to a T rating.
This is genuinely the best review I have seen for this game. It's extremely comprehensive and accurately summarises and collects my feelings on the remake. I just wish you had 100x the subscribers so more people could see this video.
Wow, this was absolutely fantastic! I agree with everything you said - the positives and the negatives. You've perfectly summed up how I feel about this game. I really enjoyed the new combat system, the music, the environments and the characters, but the Hobbit movies level of padding really brought down the whole experience and the story changes were mostly for the worse. I'd just like to mention a couple of extra complaints of my own: 1. The new content adds very little to the the characters, story or world building. I'm a big fan of the original game and jump at any opportunity to learn more about the lore or characters. Hell, I even enjoyed the other compilation games to a degree despite all the nonsensical story threads (Hojo brain upload, Sephiroth revived from the lifestream etc) because they expanded on the world of FF7 in some interesting ways. However, despite being 10 times longer than the equivalent section in the original game, FF7R tells us very little new information about the world. The side-quests (which you were wise to skip) honestly seem like a lazy afterthought. They could have been used to tell the player more about the world (e.g. “collect herbs to make a medicine that cures mako poisoning to save a child in the slums who got poisoned from eating monster meat”) but instead they're mostly pointless filler like “find 4 kittens”. Even the beautifully realized 3D environments don't tell us a great deal of new information about life in Midgar or the slums. Almost all the posters in the game are for Stamp, Loveless or Shinra corp. Are Stamp and Loveless the only two entertainment properties in the entirety of this world? Surely they could have made a couple of extra jpgs to make the world feel a bit more alive. Also, a small nitpick, but why are the posters in Midgar written in both Japanese and English when all of the characters speak the same language? 2. The high definition, realistically proportioned character models make the inconsistencies in powers stick out like a sore thumb. In a cut-scene Cloud will jump 10 meters into the air, do a flip and then land on a moving bike. But then when you have control you have to solve ridiculously simple "puzzles" (like pushing a crate, moving the robot arms, platforming as Tifa etc) to help him get over small gaps. The worst case of this is the part you mentioned in the sewers when the monster steals the key. You spend half an hour chasing it just to find out the door was unlocked the whole time (when Cloud could have just kicked the door down regardless). This kind of thing just feels like it's intentionally wasting the player's time. I totally agree with your conclusion. The most disappointing part about this was that they got so much right. It really does feel like there's a good game hidden under all the filler. I'll reserve judgement for this project as a whole until it's actually finished, but I'm not confident that I will play the sequels unless I hear them praised by other people who didn't feel that Part 1 stuck the landing.
I just want to express my frustration at Roche not showing up for the final bike segment, it really feels like things from the original were separeted from those of the remake..
I'm late to the party, but... you said everything I felt so perfectly. And I'm one of those who wanted a remake. It was very cruel. The characters, the combat, the music, the setting, the tone... so well done. And then the story scenario nukes the whole thing. Here from SEW's Halloween 2021 vid shout out. Didn't expect to finally have FFVII Remake closure.
Honestly great to see you reviewing a game again. I love the Infinite Review, but you also have a real talent as a video game reviewer. It's refreshing to hear your analysis and opinions on this.
I was super expecting a typical Mecha deadpan review, but this being so genuine and sincere caught me off guard. It was great though and brought up good points. I hope you do more videos like this in the future. If you want to. You know, no biggie. I'm also so, so sorry about what happened to your Animal Crossing save.
I finished VIIRemale with a feeling of unsatisfaction that i couldn't really explaim. Now I can. Someone should definitely show this review to Square Enix.
I’m greatly enthused to see gaming content again from this channel. If you have enough passion and enough to say about a particular game, then of course it should be infinite reviewed. Doesn’t have to be consistent, but if the mood strikes, then it does, and I’m glad it did.
I don’t even have a game console nor a pc, and it’s been years since i quitted gaming, but your game reviews bring so much joy to my life you can’t imagine.
A lot of this game's flaws probably come from Nomura's influence. He's been doing the exact same thing to Kingdom Hearts for a while now, where each iteration has to up the ante from the previous installment, even if that means missing the point of what made the originals good to begin with and retconning them just to make your newest work seem cooler by comparison. The way no one stays dead in FF7R is a carry-over from how no one stays dead in Kingdom Hearts. There are two KH games that center around killing every member of an evil organization, and it's an excellent part of those games, but they all come back in the sequels so it feels pointless in retrospect. Hell, there's an entire game about a new character who the protagonist spends the game bonding with only to die at the end, but she comes back too. It's trivializing an entire game just because a few fans of this character wanted her back. His style of power creep is like straight out of a shounen anime.
I've never played final fantasy, and probably never will, but there's something about this review that is just so relaxing and beyond itself, and I keep on coming back to watch it again. I love your videos, Owen. Thank you for making them.
I fail to wrap my head around you [that's what she said] not getting more views man. Does the algorithm not like genuinely funny content made by people who actually have a personality? Oh wait... Nevermind though, your vids are one of the diamonds on this platform. Please keep it up!
Man, my thoughts exactly. The second trip to the sewers evaporated my good will as well. I like that you brought up when they left Marlene alone in the original, that always bothered me as well.
I have never played FF7 for more than an hour but this actually made me well up a bit. Everything you said felt completely genuine and reminded me what it felt like to be actually passionate about a video game, which I haven't felt in years.
I finally got around to playing this game cause the new one is coming out. Ive always liked your review because it confirmed the impression I got about the game when it first came out, but I always had this thought that "Hey, I didn't play the game. Maybe its not as bad, everyone loves it and it looks real nice. Maybe Owen is just too lost in the FF7 sauce to enjoy the good parts and ignore the rest." Having now played the game, I can categorically say that its an absolute waste of time. It adds almost nothing to the original while bogging it down with so much time wasting, wheel spinning that I couldnt play it anymore by chapter 12, it was making me miserable. It looks and sounds amazing but theres just so much nothing, even the combat system that everyone raves about didnt work for me, it felt more restrictive than a turn based system and way more clunky than a basic action system. Id rather watch Advent Children on repeat for 40hrs than play any more of the remakes. Im mostly just leaving this comment because I dont know anyone I can vent to without being told Im no craic and should enjoy the remakes for what they are. Look at how pretty Aeris is, look at how flashy the combos are. The remakes is a Product first and a piece of art a distant second and I dont think Id ever recommend anyone play it, even super fans of the series. FF16 had no rizz but at least it was trying something new, so I guess thats what final fantasy is now. A decent MMO and very ok, very nice looking mainline games. Ps. Lmao at the Weiss joke, considering they put him in Intermission aparantly? God I didnt think Id ever long for the days Nomura was doing crazy new shit with the franchise instead of this recycled slop.
Worth noting that apparently it was Kitase who wanted more drastic changes while Nomura and Hamaguchi wanted to keep it as close to original as possible. (gamingbolt.com/final-fantasy-7-remakes-producer-wanted-more-drastic-changes-to-original-story) It doesn't exactly acquit Nomura completely, but honestly, even with the same people in charge none of them are exactly at their peak. Nojima as a writer especially seems very hit and miss, with his hits being long gone replaced by Tidus mine incidents and such. Anyway, a great review, Owen!
Yeah like how Nomura is blamed for Crisis Core being a terrible mess of plot holes and retcons even though he had very little to do with that game. Nomura is definitely part of the problem but then so is the rest of Square Enix.
Good shit mate, it's been very jarring seeing so many people content with chapter 18. I don't even mind Crisis Core or Advent Children but what you said about it is spot on. It just removes any stakes going further on.
I hope you make more traditional reviews sometimes, as this was really good. And if parts of it aren't popular, you can just replace them with ghosts in Infinite Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Remake, completely removing the Pub Genius character arc.
even though i enjoyed the original and "remake" i do agree with a lot of the concerns voiced here, im cautiously optimistic regarding the future of the games but at this point if Gackt shows up im just going to laugh too hard to be mad. Great video though, nice to see you change it up for more of a passion project sorta feel
I love this video. Watched it twice now. I didn't even buy remake because i suspected it wasn't going to be faithful and you made me thankful I didn't.
That was a wonderful and great review, as someone who played and felt pretty much what you said (I know a LOT of people felt the same) it was a true cherised memory thinking back. Could I play FF VII now? no, that time is done but that team did a fantastic job to pull together a well paced, heart felt game with strong characters that seems unfortunuely wasn't something the remake got. Much like a lot of things now, the original game was a product of it's time that just can't happen the way it did anymore, maybe if it wasn't FF VII and was something else entirely with no expectations, lore or profit to be made driving it they might be lucky and have a "new" FF VII on their hands. I'm happy that people at the time got what we did, but also someone really needs to stop Nemura now...
Korean BBQ and Texas will always be canon in my heart. But I needn't be reminded of Azul the Cerulean or Panasonic FOMA P900iV. Splendid video, Owen. I agree with most of what you said, if anything, I'm a bit less optimistic than you are.
This is the first truly honest and unbiased FF7 remake review where I 100% agree with literally every single point, you've even brought new ones to my attention which I somehow missed i.e the plot hole of AVALANCHE and Wutai. You've earned yourself another subscriber.
Hate hate hate the ending of remake. My only glimmer of hope is the ending was like uhhh metaphysical in nature and we don't got cloud flying around cutting sky scrapers in half. On paper I love the idea of Sephiroth somehow trying to re do the events of 7 but the hands of fate fighting it but how they did it was horrible. If they had to remake it, I'd rather they did it scene by scene 1 for 1 of the original
I haven't yet played Remake, but you've told me everything I needed to know and then some. I'll give it a go when it comes to PC, but I'll be complaining at every scene. Great video!
This review really makes me clamor for a review of frozen meals that no longer exist, compared to similar frozen meals that do exist but I've never tried because I'm more self conscious about the food I eat now than when I was 8 years old. Or perhaps I just had less agency over the contents of the freezer back then.
It feels more like a sequel than a remake, which I guess is part of the problem, but at least there's finally a "remake" of something that isn't also trying to *replace* the original.
A lot are gone, i really miss them. I would often put a playlist on with all his videos and just do other stuff on the side, i noticed some were missing when i did it last week :c
Imagine sitting down and playing this a second time. Imagine watching Red XIII slowly pull those levers all over again. 10/10 game of the year. Good video.
Very nice and well thought out. That said I disagree since I very much loved the Remake, and am even willing to take the parts of the original or compilation I didn't like. Though that may be in part because none of the games were my childhood just stuff I played as a teen.
Very good review, and I totally agree on how the new stuff often feels discordant, but that the way the party members are written is just so, so spot-on to the spirit of the original. Of course I'm anxious about where they're going to go next, but at the same time I'm absolutely ecstatic to just spend more time with Insecure Fiery Preacher Barret, Trying-To-Be-Cool Cloud and Aerith Who Swears. I just hope they keep letting these characters live and breathe rather than throw it all away for Nomura Kingdom Hearts Nonsense. Honestly, given that reviews are pretty much unanimous on 'setting great, characters great, pacing oof, new stuff meh' I'm actually pretty confident they might tighten it up a bit. Here's hoping they really do integrate the new stuff; there's some speculation for example that Roche's arc is going to be illustrating how Soldiers burn out past their prime, living lives that burn twice as bright for half as long.
Feel free to do this again sometime. You’ll have to anyway, it is the Infinite Review after all.
The fact that this is a genuinely serious review of a video game so far is really tripping me up. Your channel has featured probably as close to "everything" anyone will ever get on youtube, but this time you've gone too far, Owen
M&S cookies eh? Looks like someone's raking in the Patreon dough.
He just went there to get some bits! Never a proper shop
The love people have for old classics (FFVII, Ocarina of Time, ect...) ends up becoming a platitude, taken for granted. It's nice when someone comes along and reminds us why people loved these stories. Thank you.
What a great video. Tbh, I have never played or watched anything from the FF7 franchise, and merely watched this because it was an Infinite Review episode. Despite this, it was a coherent and interesting review. Considering playing the original and remake eventually, once it's done (or more likely, if it's done). It's also pretty nice that you're doing "something else" this video. It's hard to say that, since each and every video you do is different, and I'm already having a hard time explaining to people what your channel is about without just showing them, and now you go and just throw "personal and thoughtful" review of a videogame into the mix.
All the videos you worked on so far have been gold, and this is one isn't any different in that regard.
Don't apologize for making this video. I love the direction the channel went but I'll also welcome the video game episodes.
This was actually a good and delightfully refreshing review from the channel. I wouldn't mind seeing similar content in the future, though I still want to impress my friends at the pub.
wait
are you the guy who did touhou comics wayyy back?
really enjoyed it, good stuff
it's fucking setz holy shit
Oh God, I died laughing at imagining MechaGamezilla say "NO!" when the director proposes spinning bikes. What a perfect joke
Owen's gaming content? What a nostalgic surprise to wake up to
Despite the sheer number of similar videos on RUclips about this contentious issue, this was by far my favourite. It was the most balanced, informative, well-researched, and yet passionate critiques of M&S Biscuits I’ve ever seen. 1 out of 10 - needs more biscuits.
That goofy scene out of context is too damn funny
Nomura is amazing at conceptual design, but dear god Squenix stop letting him flesh out his ideas.
28:03 - You brought up this point, so I'm going to tell you about my experience with FF7 media.
When I was a kid, Cloud and other FF characters were exposed to me through Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Nothing to worry about, I knew they were only cameos. Years later I watched Advent Children and liked it back then but I don't like it now.
Finally, I played the original FF7 for the first ever at the beginning of 2019 and I really enjoyed it, flaws and all. I understood why people love that game. I usually don't have any problems with old games because I like to play them as time capsules. So, I think the plot of FF7 Remake didn't need to become even more convoluted.
I know these kind of videos likely take a whole lot longer to produce but this kind of deeply thought out long form review was wonderful. More of this please.
I cannot believe Mechagamezilla is talking about videogames.
What a surprising change in tune.
I think it says a lot that the most enjoyment I got out of FFVIIR was just walking up the stairs in the Shinra building, and I don't even mean that in a snarky, condescending way. FFVIIR's greatest strength was its characterizations, so it was really refreshing to just have Cloud, Barrett and Tifa interacting with each other at length with no plot ghosts, filler dungeons or Sephiroths interrupting.
Honestly my favourite part of the game. The gradual tiring of cloud, the constant banter and little number measuring what floor each of you. Had me in stitches that they doubled down on that sequence.
the music getting increasingly distorted like your head is grasping for oxygen, it was hilarious.
Mechamatosis
I sometimes dread the possibility of the potential remake of ff6, 9 and 10 by the modern SquareEnix.
But then I remember that these games don't have motorcycles for Nomura to flip so this helps me sleep at night.
the fan wiki custodians. holy shit that got me good.
oooOOOooo~
Christ... I have really wiped all memory of Dirge of Ceberus, I don't remember any of that.
he didn't even get into Nero teleporting Vincent to the Shadow Realm
Dirge was more about the gameplay usually, for me anyways.
Great analysis. On top of the whole Sephiroth debacle, what really irked me is how they fudged the Jenova reveal, which is so important as it is the main antagonist. Very weak first impression compared to how it was originally done; on PS1, while just being a simple container between crates in Hojo's lab, the Jenova money shot was still extremely scary (music playing a big part). This is reinforced with the President assassination part, where you investigate the trails of blood originating from the containment cell (the first use of blood in the game at that point). In Remake, she's too close to her human appearence in the Nibelheim reactor, downplaying her Lovecraftian essence. And of course, the blood got censored by purple sparkling goo. No sword through Shinra either, thanks to a T rating.
This is genuinely the best review I have seen for this game. It's extremely comprehensive and accurately summarises and collects my feelings on the remake. I just wish you had 100x the subscribers so more people could see this video.
Wow, this was absolutely fantastic! I agree with everything you said - the positives and the negatives. You've perfectly summed up how I feel about this game. I really enjoyed the new combat system, the music, the environments and the characters, but the Hobbit movies level of padding really brought down the whole experience and the story changes were mostly for the worse. I'd just like to mention a couple of extra complaints of my own:
1. The new content adds very little to the the characters, story or world building. I'm a big fan of the original game and jump at any opportunity to learn more about the lore or characters. Hell, I even enjoyed the other compilation games to a degree despite all the nonsensical story threads (Hojo brain upload, Sephiroth revived from the lifestream etc) because they expanded on the world of FF7 in some interesting ways. However, despite being 10 times longer than the equivalent section in the original game, FF7R tells us very little new information about the world. The side-quests (which you were wise to skip) honestly seem like a lazy afterthought. They could have been used to tell the player more about the world (e.g. “collect herbs to make a medicine that cures mako poisoning to save a child in the slums who got poisoned from eating monster meat”) but instead they're mostly pointless filler like “find 4 kittens”. Even the beautifully realized 3D environments don't tell us a great deal of new information about life in Midgar or the slums. Almost all the posters in the game are for Stamp, Loveless or Shinra corp. Are Stamp and Loveless the only two entertainment properties in the entirety of this world? Surely they could have made a couple of extra jpgs to make the world feel a bit more alive. Also, a small nitpick, but why are the posters in Midgar written in both Japanese and English when all of the characters speak the same language?
2. The high definition, realistically proportioned character models make the inconsistencies in powers stick out like a sore thumb. In a cut-scene Cloud will jump 10 meters into the air, do a flip and then land on a moving bike. But then when you have control you have to solve ridiculously simple "puzzles" (like pushing a crate, moving the robot arms, platforming as Tifa etc) to help him get over small gaps. The worst case of this is the part you mentioned in the sewers when the monster steals the key. You spend half an hour chasing it just to find out the door was unlocked the whole time (when Cloud could have just kicked the door down regardless). This kind of thing just feels like it's intentionally wasting the player's time.
I totally agree with your conclusion. The most disappointing part about this was that they got so much right. It really does feel like there's a good game hidden under all the filler. I'll reserve judgement for this project as a whole until it's actually finished, but I'm not confident that I will play the sequels unless I hear them praised by other people who didn't feel that Part 1 stuck the landing.
I just want to express my frustration at Roche not showing up for the final bike segment, it really feels like things from the original were separeted from those of the remake..
I'm late to the party, but... you said everything I felt so perfectly. And I'm one of those who wanted a remake. It was very cruel. The characters, the combat, the music, the setting, the tone... so well done. And then the story scenario nukes the whole thing.
Here from SEW's Halloween 2021 vid shout out. Didn't expect to finally have FFVII Remake closure.
Fun note: The G type soldier doesn't stand for Gackt, instead it stands for Gilian and Project Gilian.
Project Gillian Anderson? Tell me more!
Honestly great to see you reviewing a game again. I love the Infinite Review, but you also have a real talent as a video game reviewer. It's refreshing to hear your analysis and opinions on this.
I'm happy I found your channel, man. You deserve more views than that!
Why didn't he say hello ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to my 12 hour long discussion of the making of ff7 remake
I genuinely thought I'd clicked on Matt video for a second
Came back to check if I correctly recalled that you mentioned Sephiroth grabbing the smash ball. How is your content so damn good
This is one of my favourite all time videos, I hope you make more like this
I was super expecting a typical Mecha deadpan review, but this being so genuine and sincere caught me off guard. It was great though and brought up good points.
I hope you do more videos like this in the future. If you want to. You know, no biggie.
I'm also so, so sorry about what happened to your Animal Crossing save.
Was waiting to watch this until after I finished remake and boy oh boy did you nail this one.
Also hope you review rebirth 👍
I finished VIIRemale with a feeling of unsatisfaction that i couldn't really explaim. Now I can. Someone should definitely show this review to Square Enix.
I’m greatly enthused to see gaming content again from this channel. If you have enough passion and enough to say about a particular game, then of course it should be infinite reviewed. Doesn’t have to be consistent, but if the mood strikes, then it does, and I’m glad it did.
I don’t even have a game console nor a pc, and it’s been years since i quitted gaming, but your game reviews bring so much joy to my life you can’t imagine.
A lot of this game's flaws probably come from Nomura's influence. He's been doing the exact same thing to Kingdom Hearts for a while now, where each iteration has to up the ante from the previous installment, even if that means missing the point of what made the originals good to begin with and retconning them just to make your newest work seem cooler by comparison. The way no one stays dead in FF7R is a carry-over from how no one stays dead in Kingdom Hearts. There are two KH games that center around killing every member of an evil organization, and it's an excellent part of those games, but they all come back in the sequels so it feels pointless in retrospect. Hell, there's an entire game about a new character who the protagonist spends the game bonding with only to die at the end, but she comes back too. It's trivializing an entire game just because a few fans of this character wanted her back. His style of power creep is like straight out of a shounen anime.
I've never played final fantasy, and probably never will, but there's something about this review that is just so relaxing and beyond itself, and I keep on coming back to watch it again. I love your videos, Owen. Thank you for making them.
The Whistler's Mother gag oml
Modern games: enough to put you off gaming for good.
I fail to wrap my head around you [that's what she said] not getting more views man. Does the algorithm not like genuinely funny content made by people who actually have a personality? Oh wait... Nevermind though, your vids are one of the diamonds on this platform. Please keep it up!
I dropped Remake off & on for weeks. Yet I can enjoyabley marathon the original in 2-3 days.
Things are going to get really nutty really soon
This is your best work yet.
Man, my thoughts exactly. The second trip to the sewers evaporated my good will as well.
I like that you brought up when they left Marlene alone in the original, that always bothered me as well.
I have never played FF7 for more than an hour but this actually made me well up a bit. Everything you said felt completely genuine and reminded me what it felt like to be actually passionate about a video game, which I haven't felt in years.
It’s not an infinite review unless Westworld is brought up at least once
I finally got around to playing this game cause the new one is coming out. Ive always liked your review because it confirmed the impression I got about the game when it first came out, but I always had this thought that "Hey, I didn't play the game. Maybe its not as bad, everyone loves it and it looks real nice. Maybe Owen is just too lost in the FF7 sauce to enjoy the good parts and ignore the rest."
Having now played the game, I can categorically say that its an absolute waste of time. It adds almost nothing to the original while bogging it down with so much time wasting, wheel spinning that I couldnt play it anymore by chapter 12, it was making me miserable. It looks and sounds amazing but theres just so much nothing, even the combat system that everyone raves about didnt work for me, it felt more restrictive than a turn based system and way more clunky than a basic action system. Id rather watch Advent Children on repeat for 40hrs than play any more of the remakes.
Im mostly just leaving this comment because I dont know anyone I can vent to without being told Im no craic and should enjoy the remakes for what they are. Look at how pretty Aeris is, look at how flashy the combos are. The remakes is a Product first and a piece of art a distant second and I dont think Id ever recommend anyone play it, even super fans of the series. FF16 had no rizz but at least it was trying something new, so I guess thats what final fantasy is now. A decent MMO and very ok, very nice looking mainline games.
Ps. Lmao at the Weiss joke, considering they put him in Intermission aparantly? God I didnt think Id ever long for the days Nomura was doing crazy new shit with the franchise instead of this recycled slop.
Great review and all, but you forgot to give the game a score. My request for a Patreon refund will be sent shortly.
Can't wait for the review of DrHeinzy's Patreon refund.
R.I.P Goofy
Worth noting that apparently it was Kitase who wanted more drastic changes while Nomura and Hamaguchi wanted to keep it as close to original as possible. (gamingbolt.com/final-fantasy-7-remakes-producer-wanted-more-drastic-changes-to-original-story) It doesn't exactly acquit Nomura completely, but honestly, even with the same people in charge none of them are exactly at their peak. Nojima as a writer especially seems very hit and miss, with his hits being long gone replaced by Tidus mine incidents and such.
Anyway, a great review, Owen!
Yeah like how Nomura is blamed for Crisis Core being a terrible mess of plot holes and retcons even though he had very little to do with that game. Nomura is definitely part of the problem but then so is the rest of Square Enix.
Damn man more serious reviews! That was awesome!
Good shit mate, it's been very jarring seeing so many people content with chapter 18. I don't even mind Crisis Core or Advent Children but what you said about it is spot on. It just removes any stakes going further on.
A damn good wattage indeed. Finally played through it myself and I still find it hilarious that the slums are so damn bright
Amazing video, i'm fine with a few serious reviews here and there and i think i'm not the only one who feels that way!
Good video, I wouldn't mind more reviews like this
Best review of the game I’ve seen thus far.
I hope you make more traditional reviews sometimes, as this was really good. And if parts of it aren't popular, you can just replace them with ghosts in Infinite Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Remake, completely removing the Pub Genius character arc.
Fantastic video. I wish I could've experienced original FF7 at the time of its release.
Video game content on Mecha's channel? I think I might need a cup of water.
even though i enjoyed the original and "remake" i do agree with a lot of the concerns voiced here, im cautiously optimistic regarding the future of the games but at this point if Gackt shows up im just going to laugh too hard to be mad.
Great video though, nice to see you change it up for more of a passion project sorta feel
What do you make of the FF-FG coalition?
I love this video. Watched it twice now. I didn't even buy remake because i suspected it wasn't going to be faithful and you made me thankful I didn't.
Please reupload Casey Duck
he made the video private ;_;
@@IloveFrytkasy any idea why? I really liked that video
ruclips.net/video/1N4o6QCuPfQ/видео.html - minute 6
You just nailed it, goddamn.
You really hit the nail on the head. I agree with all of your points
Excellent work
This is a brilliant video Owen, fair play. I enjoyed my time with Remake but there's not much to argue with in everything you said.
this is the review the world needed
That was a wonderful and great review, as someone who played and felt pretty much what you said (I know a LOT of people felt the same) it was a true cherised memory thinking back.
Could I play FF VII now? no, that time is done but that team did a fantastic job to pull together a well paced, heart felt game with strong characters that seems unfortunuely wasn't something the remake got.
Much like a lot of things now, the original game was a product of it's time that just can't happen the way it did anymore, maybe if it wasn't FF VII and was something else entirely with no expectations, lore or profit to be made driving it they might be lucky and have a "new" FF VII on their hands. I'm happy that people at the time got what we did, but also someone really needs to stop Nemura now...
Korean BBQ and Texas will always be canon in my heart. But I needn't be reminded of Azul the Cerulean or Panasonic FOMA P900iV.
Splendid video, Owen. I agree with most of what you said, if anything, I'm a bit less optimistic than you are.
This is the first truly honest and unbiased FF7 remake review where I 100% agree with literally every single point, you've even brought new ones to my attention which I somehow missed i.e the plot hole of AVALANCHE and Wutai. You've earned yourself another subscriber.
>he didn't like Texas and bbq
those are peak soul
Completely vandalized but with good graphics therefore 10/10
great point about pacing
Hate hate hate the ending of remake. My only glimmer of hope is the ending was like uhhh metaphysical in nature and we don't got cloud flying around cutting sky scrapers in half. On paper I love the idea of Sephiroth somehow trying to re do the events of 7 but the hands of fate fighting it but how they did it was horrible. If they had to remake it, I'd rather they did it scene by scene 1 for 1 of the original
Great video! I hope you make one for Rebirth soon.
I hope so too. This is one of my favorite vids on ff7
I will probably never play a final fantasy but this was very entertaining and had some great humor as well
Great video Mecha!
I'm genuinely disappointed you didn't tell us more about those cookies. What a silly combination of flavours.
It was an excellent video, and it kinda makes me want to play FF7 again, but I'm also still thinking of those cookies...
Great review. I dont remember ff7 that good and was kinda thinking about playing this but im not gonna after watching your video. Love ya mate.
I haven't yet played Remake, but you've told me everything I needed to know and then some. I'll give it a go when it comes to PC, but I'll be complaining at every scene.
Great video!
really enjoyed the relatively serious review
What are you saying?
These video game reviews are great! Keep Em coming
I liked the game but this is a good review.. You point out a lot of good issues.
This review really makes me clamor for a review of frozen meals that no longer exist, compared to similar frozen meals that do exist but I've never tried because I'm more self conscious about the food I eat now than when I was 8 years old. Or perhaps I just had less agency over the contents of the freezer back then.
still shocked you only have 25K subs.
thanks for the warning i'll come back after i've worked through my massive backlog in about 20 years
It feels more like a sequel than a remake, which I guess is part of the problem, but at least there's finally a "remake" of something that isn't also trying to *replace* the original.
Every remake should have time ghosts.
Ah, a new video from the rich man's Super Eyepatch Wolf. The patrician choice, if you will.
Good vid
oi, what happened to the 'Get Fit with Mel B' Halloween special? That was one of your masterpieces.
A lot are gone, i really miss them. I would often put a playlist on with all his videos and just do other stuff on the side, i noticed some were missing when i did it last week :c
They're going private. I thought the same thing when I couldn't find the one about Anita Sarkeesian
Don't worry. It never happened.
@@anone1243r: Cool.
@@Groucho87 Going private? Are they only available for Patreon supporters now?
Imagine sitting down and playing this a second time. Imagine watching Red XIII slowly pull those levers all over again. 10/10 game of the year. Good video.
Pretty decent sh*tting on this garbage of a product with GREAT visuals.
Very nice and well thought out. That said I disagree since I very much loved the Remake, and am even willing to take the parts of the original or compilation I didn't like. Though that may be in part because none of the games were my childhood just stuff I played as a teen.
This is a game I love to hate, because it's overrated, but I can't deny it's clear cut qualities.
Very good review, and I totally agree on how the new stuff often feels discordant, but that the way the party members are written is just so, so spot-on to the spirit of the original. Of course I'm anxious about where they're going to go next, but at the same time I'm absolutely ecstatic to just spend more time with Insecure Fiery Preacher Barret, Trying-To-Be-Cool Cloud and Aerith Who Swears. I just hope they keep letting these characters live and breathe rather than throw it all away for Nomura Kingdom Hearts Nonsense.
Honestly, given that reviews are pretty much unanimous on 'setting great, characters great, pacing oof, new stuff meh' I'm actually pretty confident they might tighten it up a bit. Here's hoping they really do integrate the new stuff; there's some speculation for example that Roche's arc is going to be illustrating how Soldiers burn out past their prime, living lives that burn twice as bright for half as long.
Ill watch anything you make bro
I loved the video, wish it happened