Game 1 of 2023: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (2020)

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade - a Thorough and Fair Review

Developer: Squeenix
Publisher: Squeenix
Platform: PC
Genre: Action RPG

Difficulty: Not Sure
Date Started: Jan 1st 2023
Date Ended: Jan 3rd 2023
Hours: 1 (Refunded)

Finished: No
Final Rating: 2/10

I adored Final Fantasy VII for the PS1 back when it came out in 1997 or so. I put something like a billion hours in and when a friend of mine accidentally erased my save when I was grinding materia in the downed Shinra plane I cut him out of my life. I dont talk to him anymore. Fuck that guy.

The title screen of a better game.

I spent hours breeding chocobos and grinding Materia and when I was able to one shot the last boss with a fully-powered Knights of the Round, it was all worth it. I fought all the stupid Weapons and I got all the gimmick weapons for the characters. I'd find excuses to call out of work so I could play more Final Fantasy. On my third or fourth playthrough, I hooked the audio cables on my PS1 to my tape deck so I could record the ending music.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I liked it.

Absolute unit.

26 years later, my memories of this game are still vivid. If I was forced to list my top 10 games of all time this would almost certainly make the list. I haven't really enjoyed any of the Final Fantasy games since then (I guess IX was ok) but man, VII? Formative gaming experience for sure.

It's been a zillion years but these backgrounds still bring up some strong feelings.

Also, Avalanche are just straight up fucking terrorists.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade fucking sucks though and I wanted to die every time a character spoke. Refunded after an hour. That's my review.

Oh well. On to something else.