Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reviewed by Michael Higham on PlayStation 5.
"Final Fantasy VII Rebirth impressively builds off of what Remake set in motion as both a best-in-class action-RPG full of exciting challenge and depth, and as an awe-inspiring recreation of a world that has meant so much to so many for so long. After 82 hours to finish the main story and complete a decent chunk of sidequests and optional activities, there's still much to be done, making this pivotal section of the original feel absolutely massive. Minigames, sidequests, and other enticing diversions fill the spaces of its vast and sprawling regions, painting a new and more vivid picture of these familiar locations. But more than just being filled with things to do, Rebirth is often a powerful representation of Final Fantasy VII's most memorable qualities. It does fumble the execution of its ending, getting caught up in the mess of its multiple twisting timelines, but new moments and the overarching journey manage to evoke a deeper sense of reflection in spite of that. So, for as flawed as parts of how this classic has been reimagined might be, Rebirth still stands out as something both thrilling and unexpectedly impactful." - Hry
They gave it a 9
Thank you sir
Thats shocking
I'm cool with that. Can't always have a 10
Thanks.
Why ruin it just for likes you loser
If Link can cut grass on his way to Ganon, our boy Cloud can play some Wave Race 64 on his way to Jenova.
And some 1080 Snowboarding on his way to the Northern Crater.
Exactly. That was the dumbest part of this review. 🤦🏿♂️💯
No one complained about Geralt playing Gwent with anyone with a pulse while the world is ending either.
That N64 Dolphin still haunts me😅🐬
This reviewer probably doesn't like Yakuza games
Everyone on the development team should be proud of creating this amazing accomplishment
This is true. You are right.
And then ashamed that it has taken 4 years to release the first disc worth of the 4 disc game....so what another 12 years until they finish the final disc??
@@joeyjames5691dude, the content in this game alone is more than the entirety of the original ff7. You already know the story, why are you mad that they’re just giving us more?
@@bakedcrystal915Hours of soulless filler content isn’t the flex you think it is, kiddo 👌
@@Lady_Vengeanceeven you like your own comment
review embargo lifting a week early is a GREAT SIGN
No
@lukebrunker264
Yes it is Luke.
93 ON METACRITIC AHHHHH. First one "only" got an 87?!?!?
@@lukebrunker264Only a dude named “Luke” would post a response this pointless.
@@sama2086 The high scores are only from not well known sites, well known ones gave it less than a 10 always
I'm a full grown adult in my mid 30's with adult responsibilities. How ya going to keep releasing all these bangers of games and me try to figure out how im going to make time to play them all? lol
Challenge accepted.
life right now dear sir.
@@josephfrancisteves6865 it surely do be.
LMFAO not lying, they are finally properly tapping into nostalgia
lol same here
Same lol
Yuffie humming the winning song melts my heart.
Im fairly sure that was in remake part 1 also
Barrett did it first and it was cool & goofy in a Mr. T way!
Prompto did that in FF15
@@YouDaMANRAJ during the integrade dlc
Every character does that nowadays, huh
The Tifa and Yuffie double tech was awesome!
Scissor Sisters!
Double tag team me😂
Agreed
93 score based on 113 critic reviews. This gonna be a great game for sure.
5th highest rated PS5 game of all time on metacritic
Just another Horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, tlou2, or forspoken with Square enix hard at work bribing reviewers and bot farms to try to artificially change the narrative on how bad these games are.
@@blackdysfunction8260cool opinion
cool counter argument @@chrazy85
@agentriot you can't counter Brain rot
80 HOURS? Holy moly
That's nothing. I'm going to spend well over 100 hours getting the platinum for Rebirth and mastering all of the mini games in the Gold Saucer.
80 hours isn't even that much.
He said he didn’t finish all the side content so 80 hours is just fine.
Not to mention I’m sure he played it on normal. If you want a challenge play it on dynamic difficulty.
@@Halcon_Sierreno another reviewer said they spent over a 100 hours and there was still more
5th highest rated PS5 game of all time on metacritic, 93 overall score.
Yet you still haven’t played it
@@danjjjatestshhh lil boy
I'm going to spend months playing this game aren't I?
And you will love every second of it
And i'm going to love every second :D
Knowing it got 6 regions to be totally explored for all main and side quests... yeaaaaaaah!!!
Not if you don't want to
or you can speedrun it in just couple of days
Getting my ps5 tomorrow for this game
Yeah thanks for getting me that system
Cool!!!! enjoy the game.
Get an xbox. Playstation only has remake and remasters
Xbox all the day
@@SuuulanThen why are you watching a trailer for a Sony exclusive game?
Monty Oum would've loved this
haven't heard that name in a long time
:pours out a hi potion for the bro:
❤
Etika too
Shame dead fantasy will never be finished.
What a beautifully written review. Kudos!
7 Remake got 8, 7 Rebirth got 9 so surely 7 Refund will get a 10 ✍️🔥
Some J Cole art right there
10/10 would refund again.
It got 93 on metacritics, it been a while since final fantasy got a 90s score on metacritics. 😮
7 refund?
Surely can get 10/10 if refund is possible 😂
Beautiful review. Sold me on continuing the adventure
Lol the adventure was finished in 97.
@@rydz656This is a different adventure and it’s still ongoing. You absolutely don’t have to go on the new adventure, but don’t ever tell anyone that it’s over. Don’t speak for them. That level of cynicism is nauseating.
Thats the point. A review is also advertising buddy. Why do you thing IGN got things early?
get with the times old man@@rydz656
@user-mm2ku7rb5p lol right
This is going to be amazing; strap in and enjoy the ride. When are we going to find the time to finish all these amazing RPGs? What a great time to be into gaming!
Lets be honest...we loved the game as kids and just want our youth back :)
Someone was talking about WoW on Reddit and said something that hit me right in the gut. "You don't miss the game. You miss who you and your friends were when you played it."
Amen !!
Haven't been this excited for a Final Fantasy game in years and hopefully Square continues to give it their all for this series.
Now that we've left Midgar the true journey begins
Remake was the $hit
@@SoloDeus_Rey WTF remake was amazing
@@hamzaboughraira4455 read my. Comment. Again. Carefully…😳
@@hamzaboughraira4455I’m pretty sure that’s what he means lol
Had a strong feeling the multiple timeline story direction would continue to be a mess. Hopefully it's somewhat cleaned/ cleared up for Part 3 😅
Really nice review 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
This is actually a great review, IGN. So glad to see game reviewers not just fawn over a game.
Wow Seeing Tifa in the air unleashing a barrage of fists and kicks. So cool!!! I'm so excited XD
So excited!! My first time pre-ordering a game
So happy for the devs
yeah, those humble devs that keep pushing NFTs
@@SilverShion Don’t tell him. Maybe he doesn’t know
@@SilverShion the developers don't make a dime on NFTs. It's the corporate suits who want them.
@@SilverShion Devs don't make those calls. They do as they are told while adding flair and vision, but not NFTs, micro transactions, etc.
Hold my no rest of the wicked
Overly Convoluted - that's Nomura's signature! Well, that and belts. Lots of belts.
Tommy wiseau would be proud
Zips. Dont forget zips. That guy loves zips as well
The belts and zippers hold together the convolution
it funny because nomura was more on the side of a faithful remake
It’s literally the same game with updated graphics
Started my channel just to stream this game, so pumped for it to finally come out!
Great job Michael! 🎉
So double tech and tripple tech from Chrono Trigger :D
I hope this will inspire then to remake that as well with the quality of this.
No triple techs yet. Perhaps in part 3
Please don't, they gonna change Chrono Trigger story and make it become Kingdom Hearts just like they did with it FF7, a hot convoluted mess.
@@yolulu Ok but what if they do? Will someone force you to sit there and play it? XD
@@yolulu”gamers” are perpetually upset and aggravated all the time now. No reason to be this upset about a game 😂. Get a grip
Strongly doubt it
Wonderful review. I'm ready for this masterpiece. TY Devs and IGN!
Already ordered the game disc. can't wait to receive it!
Got it preordered, Can’t wait until it comes out 👍🏾
So, they’re doing this whole diverging timelines to give us hope that THAT one magic cheat code everyone wanted as a child might be a reality?
care to explain? :)
@@piepo5002 it involves a certain character not dying. Back in the day there were a lot of rumours that you could use a cheat code or do specific actions to prevent this character from dying. Loads of games had these wee rumours going about as we didn't have the internet then. We did have it, but it was very basic and not as informative as today.
@@craig291086games like 2 decades old every one knows what happens
Probably. Character with party will die, character with Zack will wake up. Character both lives and dies. Classic Schrödinger’s Character lol
@@tristanward9937 dude don't spoil the date between Barrett and you know who
Easily 2024's GOTY
Infinite Wealth does everything it does but better and doesn’t even have the benefit of being a remake of a classic. Better character bonding, better side quest, better minigames, no forced minigames, no lame open world with towers everywhere.
@@Mohgenstein lol
What!? Is Zack's role revealed already in that second game?
YES! Never been this ready! Let’s Go!
Well one things for sure , it looks stunning.
I'm hoping we get dedicated side missions for each character that rewards the player with a particular double tech materias etc. It would serve the game well be a be a breath of fresh air if they were each well written and unique a la mass effect.
Preorder done!
4:17 looks like Suzie Yeung got inspired by Robbie Daymond (Prompto in FF15) to do the victory theme
Barett does it all the time in the 1st part of the whole remake
That is what we call a “writers choice” lol.
This is totally not fair! All these reviews are coming out for this game while the rest of us have to wait another week!
Pfft. I’m waiting for PC. I’ve got at least 12 months and 1 week to wait.
This gets me way more hyped ! 😂 can’t wait bro !
How many of the party members will we get in this one?
Please don't tell me we're going to need a Kingdom hearts style bulletin board to keep up with the story
Unfortunately, it looks that way...
We knew that from the first game.
If you havent played the games in the FF7 Compilation (or at least follow the story), there will be some things that will be new to you (in addition to the new timeline stuff).
Tetsuya Nomura never fails to disappoint :/
@@IXkuponomura is not the writer nor is he the director stop blaming nomura for everything also how about playing the game and formulate your own opinion instead of basing it around a review?
Is Rebirth, a different story path compared to the original? Like an alternative timeline?
It's like star trek (2009).
@@nightfears3005what does that mean
Without spoilers the ending is still pretty much the same, just a lot more confusing and they don’t let the emotion of what happened hit the way it did in the first game
@@yumikimiko398 is there gonna be one more game or is this the final game?
@fabienzaca it's a trilogy so one more after this one.
Gonna finally get a pS5 for this. It’s beautiful to see the journey of such an impactful experience get reimagined.
Has anyone noticed this bug or just me only in some cutscenes when chatting to people textures pop around like walls doors and fences
Got 2 questions for this game
1. Is this game support save import from previous game (like mass effect trilogy/witcher trilogy/trials of cold steel series) maybe we can get special items, boosts or etc
2. What kind of exploration in this game will be, a fully open world like skyrim or large area like metro exodus
1. You will get a couple of summon materias for completion of FF7 remake and intermission.
2. It will be semi open world, more like metro. Areas that open up more as you explore/continue throughout the story.
@@TheLivingRoomHero thx 🙏
Yuffie singing the victory tune like Barrett did in first game! 😂😂
Do you get to keep all the materia from the first one?
Please put icon/symbols on Materia next installment so you can identify any materia at a glance when in the menu. Eg, lightning symbol on lightning materia.
So this is a sequel/continuation to the remake game that came out a couple years ago?
Yes, it’s a trilogy, this is the middle
The original was 3 discs long. Square is trying to make this game fit into 3 releases.
@@johnathonscutt4743 cool, 🙏🏼 thanks
Yes. And the Remake is a sequel to the original game.
@BlackLynx4607a
Source: Trust me bro.
Game of the year incoming
Yeah no the open world is bad. Said by almost every big critic site
@@gamerforlife3946 You don't need a big open world to win GOTY
Not game of the year yet. More games have yet to be released this year.
Nah, elder ring
@@keithframe3489that's a dlc ffs lol
IM SOOOOO READY FOR THIS ONE!
Excellent review Michael!
Sold me on continuing the adventure
Is that custom emoji 🤔?
Totally agree about the ending. The entire story and plot development is very well explained up until the ending chapters where it is so implicative in a way that basically just verbally spams a jargon and lexicon of “destiny intertwined with fate”. The annoying part is that there IS reasoning for this, the game just takes a turn in its final moments of not explaining that in a down to earth way.
Its been a long time, but at last Final Fantasy has come home!
80 hrs+ 😮 can’t wait to jump back in 😊
This game is a solid 10.
They gave it a 9. Have a nice day
Thank you
Hero’s don’t always wear capes, thank you sir!
Thanks greatly appreciate it
@@Chitown-zf4gshero? All you have to do is drag the bar to the right, takes one second ffs!
@@Chitown-zf4gs They also don't comment a IGN score...
How about your last save game from "Remake"?
Cannot wait!
you better young men
You really need to start uploading in 4k.
Yeah it's mind blowing that they don't honestly.
Its not that serious
Why 9 tho it deserves a 10
because playing cactuar crush as aerith is not fun at all
@@Luigiplaya246 or just only 2 levels
@@ApplzAndHoney same Difference, Casual
Beat the game last night (around 80 hours, skipping over half the side content). This review is pretty accurate 👌
Hey maybe they're saving the reveals for the final game you ever think of that?
*nO wOndEr yoU lIKe yOur oWn cOMmEnT*
GBF Relink to Persona 3 Reloaded also Helldivers 2 and then FF7Re and followed by Dragon's Dogma 2/Rise of Ronin
Q1 2024 are crazy
Don't forget the two best-rated games of the year (aside from Rebirth), Tekken 8 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a dragon
@@yahalaca5355and others of course
Then there's a game in 2025...
Shin Megami Tensei V V and shadow of the erdtree too
Yyyyyyeesss sir! Got my pre order ready to go.
Cutscene: The Game
They have a better review for FFVII REBIRTH that’s definitely much better in my opinion goes to show that Rebirth is going to be Better than Remake
It’s a *9* guys, it’s GREAT , that means they probably did the *BIGGEST SPOILER* end of part 2 really well.
Worth the hype, worth the wait !
Great yes but not a 10
@@katman2192Well it doesn’t deserve it with how boring the world and divisive the ending is
You actually trust IGN 😂😂
@@Jsobo28The game can be gotten early
@@gamerforlife3946 its 2024 bro everything is uninspired
How does the "saved game" bonuses work?
Only carry over is if you download the demo before 29th and start it, you get 2 free accessories. No carry over of saved data from Remake.
Damn. Was looking forward to this. Oh well.
This is not a revision ....its a total reimagination. Call it what it is!
It's an expansion and a sequel.
it is literally on the ff7 remake synopsis on the box, they are calling it what it is. They always have.
@Karlach_ it's not. What kind of sequel re threads a story already told... wtf is wrong with you people..
@@MrKnaivesit’s a sequel in the sense that the sephiroth we see in the game is from a past timeline where all the events of the original final fantasy 7 up until advent children took place, where sephiroth went back in time to change events.
Yes from now on everyone has to say total reimagination, revision is just completely misleading, only one of them is correct
got a ps5 just for this. agree with most of what you said, but you are 100% right with how they messed up the ending because of how needlessly convoluted it was. instead of having an extremely emotional impact, it instead it leaves the player thinking "huh? wtf just happened?" while fighting the final boss.
it doesnt though because it's so plainly obvious to understand that cloud is just seeing Aeris.... how you can't tell that is beyond me.
Looking forward for it eventually coming to PC
in 3 years probably xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Jesus im going to be juggling this, persona 3, and rise of the ronin all at the same time lol
No "Vincent" very disappointed
game of the year has arrived
But Skull and Bones already arrived last week
Metaphor re fantasio hasn’t come out yet silly!
Not yet, dragon's dogma 2 releases next month!
elder ring
elden ring dlc will be better than this
Cool story when played as revnant of Sephiroth, Angeal, Genesis and Jessie by what to them?
Same what happened to Aerith's death for side adventure.
Nice. ;)
So, they finally got through disc 1?
94 on metacritic...thats huge lol
Actually less and something isn’t right there as you open opencritic and see less plus most critics giving it 10s aren’t even known while well known ones are giving it 8 or 9s
@@gamerforlife3946 Stop replying to everyone and get a life
Michael Scott from The Office: “That’s what she said!”
Even ff16 didn't made it to 90s, it bee a long time since final fantasy get a 90s score on metacritics. 😮
@@notslucis9977 Actually it did but lost it
Is this a remake of the story like totally different from the original?
I'm so ready!! First game I've ever pre-ordered
I'm about to preorder as well. Ironically, the original was my first preorder!
@@chrisstewart9828 that's amazing!
The remake was my first pre-ordered game. Rebirth is my second.
crazy what that game on the ps5 is going for on Ebay.@@chrisstewart9828
Who pre orders digital games. You think they are gonna run out of downloads?
you all excusing square for turning one game into three games is wild.
Can't go wrong with Final Fantasy
is there other elemental material that is as strong as flair. like storm, hurricane glacier, material are those don't just exist.
In OG FF7 you gain the Contain materia in disk 3, its has the highest versions of each element and includes Flare. In this, who knows...
that was the safest score they could possibly give it
If you want to play mini games with a final fantasy 7 theme, this is the game for you 😒 oh, and there's a bit of story content too.
Rebirth is a great game for sure but how come nobody talks about all the constant pop-in, frame rate issues, the crap lighting, the textures being rough. We bash other games for this stuff but this game gets a pass.
blind fanboy@InfiniteEdge006
how many times are you going to say that clown?@CDHunter345
6:37 Did you just call Optional Sidequests a "Small Blemish" to the whole game? LOL.
I'm taking a hard guess here. FF7 Rebirth did NOT End the whole series. But ended in a Cliffhanger. That's why the narrator
kept saying "Convoluted and messy execution of the story". Didn't square mention that this will be a 3 game series?
6:54 the look in Cloud's eyes/expression really reminded me of Kadaj. Lol Must be because they are brothers.😂
IGN failed to answer the most important question on everyone’s minds: can we take Barret on a date in the Gold Saucer?
Yes
You can.
GOTY right here
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MINI GAMES JESUS !!!
Is this game worth it never played ay of them before but im bored af need something to play on ps5
Wonder how much all these games will sell compared to BOTW and TOTK
Unfortunately the convoluted parts, instead of being edited, were expanded on. Not going to lie, most games from Japan go that rout.
Let me sum the experience up for ya. Great voice acting, great gameplay, graphics, and music. World is fantastic. The story is horrendous rotting dogshit that spits in the face of every single piece of FFVII that came before this, from the original to Remake.
@InfiniteEdge006 making a lot of incorrect assumptions there little buddy lmao
Great graphics? Lol