Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Easy Allies Review
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth breaks limits as one of the most ambitious RPGs ever made.
Written by Michael Damiani
Video Edited by Don Casanova
Reviewed on PlayStation 5
Available on PlayStation 5
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I’m just waiting for the maxmillion dood and easy allies breakdown 💯💯
Just missing Brad. Have to get Dood on Summon Signs.
Hopefully Brad and Kyle can join though. No Ben sadly. I miss the old crew.
Doubt it will happen. Unless it's just Damiani and him which would suck
Everybody would love that but losing Brad and Kyle, I just don't see how it could happen.
Their breakdown of the ending is going to be legendary. Obviously I have no idea what happens but based on reviews that I've seen so far, it might be kind of complicated and open to interpretation. I can't wait
Always comforting to hear Brandon Jones voicing these still
You could view your entire parties materia layout in Remake as well, it was the R1 button back in Remake. They just changed the button you use to access that menu in Rebirth.
I completely missed this my first remake playthrough and found it invaluable when I just played it again.
You can actually do it in OG FF7 as well, though it's a little buried in the UI, I didn't realise until my latest playthrough.
I was about to comment this. The full party materia menu is so helpful for hard mode
I love that even after all these years Jones is still ready and willing to read off these reviews. Something so nostalgic about watching an Allies review, and especially following them on this FFVII Remake journey.
This is one of the best games I've ever played. Can't wait for Final Fantasy VII Requiem.
1:20 "A boy with white hair, a monocle and damn sock suspenders... yeah I remember you"
god I hate that guy. The whole VR system is a chore. I was hoping it would be a place or machine where you accept challenges, much like Tales Of Arise.
that kid annoys me and still does, thankfully they have MAI now i would rather hear a chick than that annoying boy
@@gameskyjumper1721I don’t love that you get summons through him still. The way Max was describing it, with summons almost acting like the “deities” of each region, I half expected them to have dedicated temple dungeons, with each summon acting as the boss of their respective temple.
@@taterboobdedicated temple dungeons definitely would be the ideal way to acquire summons but I’ve thought about it and figure the way they’re doing it is probably more entertaining than just finding summon materia like in the OG
That cosmo canyon music snippet near the end was everything. Thank you for that
I said I'm not gonna watch any review and will play the game fresh, but at the same time, it's hard not to watch. 1 week seems too far away. Super excited.
I just scrolled down and listened to the review rather than watching it.
I know marketing wouldn't let it happen, but so wish they'd just drop the game when review copies go out.
I'm here to fully embrace it, given how long we wait, It's safe to say there won't be many moments like this in our life time.
Nice to see that Cinnastix is finally with the party
That whole crew that did the playthrough has left EZA now 😢
Please never stop doing reviews guys
Based on that short clip, I am very excited to encounter Hojo on the beach! 😂
Thanks to the dev team and Square Enix for creating this for us!
True, this is a true gift for fans and gaming as a whole ❤
Thank you Damiani and Don. I was very specifically waiting for this video, and am thrilled you were able to get it up so quickly for us all. Big Kudos.
Three months later, and I'm still making my way through the game lol. 70 hours in and getting close to the end finally. I'm loving this game, some of the minigames and specific character only segments are a bit annoying, but overall it's incredible. I can't believe they packed as much as they could into this in four years. I'm SO excited for the third game and I'm not even done with this one yet XD
2 hours into Dragon’s Dogma 2, but right now.. Rebirth is my GOY.
Minor, I guess, but Remake also allowed you to see all of your party's materia at once. I think it was pressing R1(?) on the materia screen that brought up the multi-member materia UI. Kind of a hidden option(?), but not really, as it appeared in the legend at the bottom of the screen.
That chocobo music immediately brought back good memories.
For anyone late to the party and on the fence about spending all this time with the game. I had to move away for months soon after the release of this game, so I only had a few weeks to complete it. I played on easy and did exactly two side missions to get affinity with one party member higher. I had a great great time with the game, but from just doing those two side quests I'm sure I would've burned out and never finished it if I had played it the normal way.
If you have fond memories of the original and don't have all those hours you used to - rush through the game (it'll still take 35 hours or so) and you'll get to experience one of the best adventures released in a long time. I don't think I've felt such a great sense of adventure since my first ten hours of BOTW, but this had me hooked all the way through.
The voice acting is just amazing. Brit Barron as Tifa was an inspired choice. I remember seeing her in GLOW for the first time and thought ... huh. Almost reminds me of Tifa. And John Eric Bentley! Listening to him always brings a smile to my &$%"$& face!
the voice acting is borderline childish and monotone. like everyone is either on qualludes or molly
Can’t wait to finally boot this game up.
i can't wait to enter cosmo canyon and hear the full song play. that little tease you gave in the video.. dude..
3:48 Onwards. Wonderful rendition of jenova's leitmotif, with soul touching chants damn. But i wonder when it would play ? Against jenova birth, orrr....
I'm in the camp that is finding the Ubisoft-style map exploration to be more on the side of repetitive than engaging (bouncing from node to node, doing the same 4-5 activities over and over). That said, I admit what's repetitive for me can be fun and engaging to another.
Easy Allies and ACG reviews, top notch!
You could already look at everyone's materia in Remake, the improvement this time is materia sorting by type, but it doesn't make up for lack of loadouts.
9:10 Cosmo Canyon rendition sounds amazing but I can't wait to hear Great Warrior, the song that plays when you find Seto. Such a great song but only plays once in the original and you never hear it again so it frequently gets forgotten.
I just finished Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and that took me 75 hours glorious hours. I have a week to recharge and get ready for another JRPG. My body will be ready.
I just reached ch 6 , don’t think will finish it in time 🥲
@@aboz3l588 it’s okay. You have two options. You can still keep enjoying Infinite Wealth and take your time. Or drop everything and play Rebirth then go back to Infinite Wealth lol.
I'm two chapters away from finishing the story. Hopefully, I'll finish it before this comes out. But Infinite Wealth does a damn good job distracting me from the main story with it's all awesome content, lol
@@GilgaMax305I tried to get the ultimate weapons for characters but only got a few because of how long it takes to get Shark Fins. It’s a big game that’s for sure but loved it. Minus certain story stuff that I can’t say yet.
I will always love and respect your reviews! Amazing job 🎉
I think it might be time to bail on social media now.
I simply do not have the strenght...I have no perspective on having money to buy a PS5 now or in the near future, so I will have to spoil myself.
Just don’t look anything up FF7 related. You can really tailor your algorithm if you’re smart.
YOU GOT THE REVIEW OUT ALREADY?! You guys ROCK. Congrats. I won't be able to play it for maybe a year coz I'm a PC gamer, but I am loving the content from you guys.
Don't worry it'll come out on pc in a few months. The exclusivity period is shorter this time
@@empermanI hope so, but the exclusivity was 6 months last time with Remake, and then it took over a year to release on pc with the usual bugs.
It all depends how far along Square Enix are with the port.
@makasete30 The port is already done and it'll be a 3 months wait. Exclusivity ends on may 29th. It's a simple google search
@@empermanthey haven’t even released 16 on pc yet. They won’t release rebirth before 16.
good review. you guys have been killing it lately 🙌
It’s one of the best games ever for me personally. They nailed the open world design and overall gameplay. It never gets boring, and when it starts to feel repetitive they manage to throw in some new elements or things to do 😍
Omg you shot my already very high levels of hype through the roof
Crud. I want to play this game so bad *but I never finished the first one* so I don't have a save file to transfer over. :(
Killing it with the reviews Damiani! 😃
You could view the whole party's materia in Remake too. It was one of the shoulder buttons if I remember correctly
Great review. Thanks for not spoiling anything.
Let’s goooo. Super excited to play this once I’m back from my vacation.
Oh man the expectations just keep growing. I absolutely loved Remake even though I never played a FF game before!
I can't believe how massive the world was. Can't wait for FF7 Resolution.
Thanks for the amazing review you guys are the best at making these reviews in a way to get us hyped about playing games. Bless you all at easy allies. 😊
Still the best reviews in the biz.
YOU MANIACS!! MIDGAR LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THAT!!!
Performance mode may not look great but this open world adhering to 60fps the vast majority of the time on console is great. I’m sure they’ll update it post launch.
They better
As expected of EZ, an incredible Review ❤. Keep it up
Omg I’m so hyped. I’m playing through Crisis Core Reunion right now. Gonna do another replay of Remake before this releases. Can’t fucking wait!
Same, I had to order Crisis core & FF7 remake first before I play this, but I'll be picking rebirth up when it drop
Imagine how old I was when the original came out
You could always view the whole parties materia in remake, Damiani.
A review that I was waiting for. Not disappointed, thanks !
There are already so many different feelings about the ending in the reviews. "Too long for some, a bit rushed for you (if devs talk about it since a year for a short result, i'll probably feel the same), complicated for others (who don't know the Lore well perhaps?), inexplicably complicated, (I will avoid the last comment which may be close to a spoiler...).
This ending will get people talking! But isn't the goal for players to continue talking about the game for 4 years while waiting for the rebirth DLC and the third part?
Amazing review 🤩! I can't wait to play it soon...
Wow what a review. Great writing. I’m beyond hyped now. Can’t wait!
I am Extremely excited for this game. Between this and Elden Rings dlc, I will be having the best year of gaming
Not to mention Dragon's Dogma 2
Just me hoping against hope Ben appears to do a Rebirth recap and theory video like with Remake. I won't hold my breath but it's nice to dream.
It’s wild that the coveted FF7 Remake that nobody thought would ever get made actually happened, and that we played it over the course of a decade.
0:45 They pulled a FFXIV there!
I get chills when I hear the music just from this review...time to buy a Ps5
Go for it but, make sure you don't starve yourself trying to buy a ps5
10:06 - haha that was gold!
I will NOT 'watch' this review however I am playing it with the screen off and listening 😉, very excited for this!
"Piano Virtuoso" trophy.
Are we required to S-rank all sheet music in the game or an A-rank is enough for the trophy?
I will never get this trophy
You just need to play well enough to gain any of the rewards for each song - I doubt it's going to be higher than B for a trophy like that.
@@appetizingly A & B ranks are doable but an S-rank is a problem. I hope what you're saying is true then a platinum is within reach.
One thing I hope gameplay wise is that they've fixed all the interruptions where control is taken from you. I just replayed Remake and this was a huge annoyance with the later bosses. Phase shifts, special moves etc, the camera would focus in on it to have a little cutscene for dramatic effect or make sure you knew what was going on. Some is fine and necessary ofc but it went overboard. But it's very frustrating to lose a stagger or limit break because of all these camera cuts. You work hard for the staggers and the limit breaks are really rare so the game shouldn't be so happy to take those from you so frequently.
The whisper bosses was especially a bad experience in this regard. Not only do they constantly throw you around, but when you get to make a big move it's taken from you. And the camera cuts every time they get staggered or Barret shoots the large whisper, which at points was every few seconds. The game tried to have this hugely dramatic boss fights with all the cutscenes, but only had me wait for it to be over while I flipped in and out of game play.
This is my main complaint about the battle system so if it's better this time around I will be very happy. I really loved Remake and I'm so stoked for Rebirth.
Didn't play the first on purpose to wait for this to come out. Now I'm Marathoning!
You’ve waited for the second entry but not the third?
Have I nice time.
god damn
Damn, congrats for holding out. Enjoy your time, Remake was so satisfying and I've been waiting for Rebirth with bated breath!
Not waiting for the third one?
Never feels like busy work lol lol did they play the same game I did?
Thank you for this great review!
Do they redo the scene in Cosmo Canyon when the village elder shows you that star map and explains the cycle of life and the lifestream? That suck with me as a teen, the music and the cinematic.
Please tell me there are no pull-up challenges. It took me 2 hours to beat Jules. He's absolutely cracked at pull-ups, tougher opponent than 90% of souls bosses.
Playing ff7 as a kid and then playing remake and now rebirth. Man, I can't count how many times where I just stopped to take it all in. Tears friends!!! Tears!!! Wifey is all like, "Are you alright?" I just say, "I'm good.... Life is pretty cool sometimes!"
You're poor wife dude
Did they just elude to multiple endings??
'multiple open environments' i hate to hear those words 😢 but i get it, jrpgs typically, almost never in fact, build their open worlds on a single map such as GTA, Just Cause, Fallout, etc
The ff series will continue to stagnate until a botw level entry!!
OG FF7 was never “open world” at least not until you gained access to the highwind and could fly anywhere you wanted. Up to that point you walked from town to town until you got vehicles that allowed a little bit more freedom. It’ll be the same here although the airship won’t be until part 3
2:49 this is exactly what I wanted to hear
You can view all parties materia in remake too.That's a very bad oversight from Damiani.
(IMPLIED SPOILERS BELOW)
Just finished the game. As one of the people that like the ending of Remake for the story potential it have the trilogy going foward and as a person that likes Kingdom Hearts in general, the ending of Rebirth easily drags this game down. A lot lf my overall opinion of the trilogy is now depending on what the next game does and how much it commits to the ideas both Remake and Rebirth have established or if it mostly ignores them like Rebirth did with Remake.
The game already suffered from pacing issues in the first but holy sh#t the devs need to pick a side and commit because trying to play to both sides of playerbase's wants for the ending just f##ked up everything and robbed it of either paths potential emotional value. If they had pucked a side they would have either got a very sad emotional ending or a triumphant ending with a bit of dread knowing that the safety net around the FF7 world is gone. But what we got had neither and was just confusing.
In Remake's ending, there was a clear path for where the story could go with what happened. In Rebirth, I don't fully understand wtf just happened so I don't know where the story can go, which makes it difficult to tell if I should be excuted for the next game or not, which is a terrible way to end a game.
Yall really knock it .5 points because you can’t make materia load outs? Lol.
The fact that reviewers are saying that Rebirth makes Remake look like a demo just says a lot...
amazing game honestly...loved it...but ugh, weighed down with some terrible choices like the box throwing moogle crap and some forced mini game stuff but otherwise, one of the best, impressive games I've played. Just falls short of excellence because of those irritating sections - you'll know which I mean if you've played it
Oh man that Cosmo canyon theme 🥰
So, scoreboard for FF7 Remakes according to the allies:
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: 9.0
Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion: 8.0
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 9.5
If part 3 and any other spin offs can stick the landing, this might go so far as to eclipse the original Compilation of FF7 for these guys
Longest week of my life lol, so hyped
I still get the GameTrailers vibe from these reviews. Memories…
One more week!!! Im using pto for this. Cant wait to catch up and then watch the spoiler mode featuring Max thats sure to come!!!
Nah, it's a 10, the story is not that convoluted as you people like to make it seem, once you understand how the Lifestream works, the story is truly amazing.
And the narrative is 10 too, how they made Cloud's mind is awesome, the flashbacks, the backstories.
You don't want everything to be spelled, there has to be mistery if you still have to release another part, so I don't see the issue of leaving the audience pars unexplained
Thank you for the great review
Hey you are pretty fast with the reviews on this one
I love your reviews. They're my comfort food.
Thanks for watching! ❤️
I'm struggling to sell in this game to main stream gamer friends.. How to I sell them on the game without overselling or overhyping them on it? They obviously haven't played Remake, and og FF7 is an even thougher sell..
2:06 gives me bad memories of 10+ years ago when soccer players would do that to their nose, it slightly help you breath better.
Wow this looks better than the first part, and I loved that game. So pumped!
Once Maximilian Dood completes this game, looking forward to him potentially being on Spoiler Mode =D
I HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED and get farther in the OG before I start this one. Never played it and know that ill enjoy Rebirth more if I have something to compare it too
10:08 EASY ALLIES PLEASE WHAT IS THAT MUSIC TRACK CALLED ?!
fr i need to know
I'm very nervous about the performance, graphics, and bugs.
FF16 and FF7 remake were way more ironed out than this.
The scope of this game is way larger, but at what cost? I see environment pop in all over the place and characters skip over terrain, bump, stop, fall, it looks kind of janky.
04:20 WTF? a MINDFLAYER???
There are mindflayers in a few of the Final Fantasy games. Square seems uniquely able to get away with stealing stuff from dnd 😂
It used to be a summon too lol
@@pontyfaxjr Thanks for the info! Didn't know that lol.
FF1 was heavily inspired by DnD to the point where they used a lot of the same enemies as well. The original game and the PS release of FF 1 even used a similar magic system to DnD.
Is there an audio slider for the anime grunts?
Yes, it's call playing the game in mute
@@finallyjeremy8217 😂
Ok I know you cant say why, yet, BUT - there is going to be a part 3? You alluded to it in this review. In the original FF7, the 3rd disc was basically the last dungeon and the weapons. So when you can answer, what do you guys think will be in part 3 that was not here. I was honestly hoping this would be a two part game. Where does this game end!?
as answered by the devs, Rebirth will lead up to the City of Ancients. That means for a part 3 there will still be a bunch of plot to cover
Remake was only Midgar, the large section of Disk 1. Rebirth is the rest of Disk 1. The third game in 3-4 years (barring a big delay) will be Disk 2-3 events and may end up a crossgen title that shows nicer and smoother on the PS6.
Easy examples of theorizing the next game's scope include: Cid and Vincent, several locations (Wutai, Mideel, Rocket Town, the rest of the north), airship flying, submarine driving, Weapon battles, widespread world effects of Meteor or whatever else, big team battles (more involvement of the backline party), full team control (instead of just extended sections as a party member, the world is designed to accommodate everyone or at least switching between them for traversal).
Oh wow I didn't know the devs said that.@@madhyama5016
Says the ending felt rushed... the ending to remake felt really spread out. Maybe theyll get it perfect in part 3. Still hyped as all hell. None of the "negative" things being mentioned across reviews arent super terrible. Most of it is graphics related.
Yeah at this point a bungled convoluted ending is basically a narrative device for SE.
I'm still excited tho because all the moments in this one are really special and combat in the demo was so good. Hope we see more of this combat system over 16's
So which KI character is Kyle going to be practicing with?
ill pick it up in a year when its released on pc.
Can't wait for the pc port
Cool bring it too PC
Phenomenal review Damiani. I’m somehow even more hyped now. That cosmo canyon theme…my word
Reviewers range from 70-100+ hours. I am so hyped