I'm Afraid to Like Final Fantasy 7 Remake
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Totally unrelated but I'm watching Attack on Titan for the first time and is it kinda dookie on the lowks?
Music Used (All from FF7 and in order of appearance):
The Prelude: • FFVII REMAKE: プレリュード -再会-
Bombing Mission: • FFVII REMAKE: 爆破ミッション
Collapsed Expressway: • FFVII REMAKE: 陥没道路
Let The Battles Begin Breakthrough: • FFVII REMAKE: 闘う者達 -強行突破-
Mako Reactor Battle Edit: • FFVII REMAKE: 壱番魔晄炉 Ba...
FF7 OG It's Hard To Stand On Both Feet: • [Video Soundtrack] It'...
Avalanche Theme: • FFVII REMAKE: アバランチのテーマ
Tifa's Theme: • FFVII REMAKE: ティファのテーマ...
Flowers Blooming in The Church: • FFVII REMAKE: 教会に咲く花
Those Chosen By The Planet: • FFVII REMAKE: 星に選ばれし者
Those Who Fight Further: • FFVII REMAKE: エアバスター
Guardians Of Fate: • FFVII REMAKE: 運命の番人 -降臨-
Main Theme: • FFVII REMAKE: FFVIIメイン...
FF7Remake was my 1st FF game. Personally, I think it was incredible. Without any knowledge about the original, I enjoyed the experience from beginning to the end. The amalgamation of music choice, combat and visuals was activating neurons on my monkey brain, especially that sound effect when you stagger an enemy and you know the pain is coming for them. The characterization and group dynamic were directed beautifully, and I couldn't have asked for more.
It was incredible i think people dont understand what Remake means, Remake means a complete change from the original unlike say a remaster, Not only that the dude that made this video hating a game without playing it is just something else entirely.
I played the og FF7 as basically one of my earliest JRPGs (only european SNES titles were earlier) and from then on every single FF game on it's release.
I am definitely not in the camp of people who wanted a straight faithful remake. And I absolutely loved the systems and especially the combat and then the fleshing out and coming to life of all your favourite childhood characters. Like it is amazing and all I have hoped for. But, I also firmly believe the original FF7 story was absolutely waterproof and solid from a get go. Adding additional minor plot points or additions, yes, give me that to flesh it out especially when they announced a trilogy. In all honesty though, that multiverse/time travel stuff just rarely works.
The end of Remake is literally a pun on the full ending of the original title. That is just too much meta stuff going on, especially 4th wall stuff with the 7 seconds line from Sephiroth and the list goes on. It is so massively offputting until the pot ultimately resolves (like in pt3 probably), but until then it is just awful to experience. If the game would have been released in relatively quick succession, aight, I can live with that, but waiting EIGHT years to have a silly multiverse plot resolved is just crazy tbh.
But, if you would delete all my prior knowledge and FF7remake+rebirth were my first ever experiences as well... guess I'd be mindblown like I was as a kid with the OG as well and ultimately this is where the divide in the community comes from. FF7 fans know the story was already perfect, but new people don't know that, so any story is cool for them in the framing of the FF7 universe and it's characters.
Man I wish I had low standards and bad taste. You MFs eat good all the time.
You do rebirth ?
“time you enjoy wasting isn’t wasted”
Me, whenever someone uses the words “filler” or “bloat” when talking about videogames.
Looking forward to your Rebirth review
@@grandimations7309 I agree. Am a big FF7 head since childhood and couldn't finish Remake due to the clunky combat. In Rebirth they truly crushed it, along with everything else except for maybe some very small things like map interactions (jumping off areas and shit).
@@wolkeN1g yeah, traversal actions are a lil' jank. But Part 3 will probably iron it out
indeed indeed
Your take on it being one of the VERY FEW just top-tier AAA single-player experiences hit me hard. I'm an "old" guy, and over time video games have just kinda lost their grab on me because of how many I played in my youth, but the FF7 remake trilogy rekindled my love for gaming and I've played more games in the last year than I have in the previous 5. They're just so well developed, it's insane to me that their process isn't front and center for every other developer.
Square-Enix's approach on this trilogy should be - if not WILL be - studied intensely by all developers who are still trying to crack the code on AAA quality. The combat system alone is worthy of a dissertation.
EDIT: AND THE COMBAT SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED AS LITERALLY THE LAST THING IN LIKE 6 MONTHS WTF ARE YOU DOING EVERYONE ELSE
For real! As someone who grew up with my trusty PS1, I’ve felt like games are getting less and less creative and charming. Remake and rebirth were the first games I’ve played in years that sparked my exploration excitement, there’s just so much detail and thought put into every aspect of the world and the areas (even with remake being quite linear)
I think people really overstate the flaws of Remake part 1. Claiming it has boring side quests while almost certainly ignoring or outright lying about the mere playability of the mini games and nature of side quests in the PS1 games is sheer nostalgia blinders. Im always glad when more people can take those off and enjoy the remakes for the great games they are, and feel bad for the people who insist the ps1 game is better because its old.
The games are just too different to directly compare and saying one is better than the other is a fools errand. Its apples and oranges and honestly that's more of what I want from remakes. If I want to play the already stellar original I'll just play it again, gimme something interesting from a remake. No matter how good a game like Silent Hill 2 remake is, the fact that it is so derivative of the timeless original makes it hard to really care. Stuff like Dead Space or RE4 changing and mixing things up while truly iterating on the gameplay in interesting ways help keep both the original and the remake relevant. The same is true for FF7R even if its status as an alt-timeline thing trojan horsed in as a remake helps give it more of its own legs.
@SomniaCE Agreed. Remaking literally the exact same game with better graphics is boring and pointless. You should strive to improve on existing art and at worst you fail and people still have the original and at best you create something truly special like Re4 being the best game ever twice.
I’d disagree. There is something called pacing, 40 hours just to get through midgar which is 5 hours in the og give or take. Feels bloated, time is valuable. Why spend 40 hours with a game where the main characters don’t develop too much compared to the original where they go through entire arcs and stuff.
@Mingodough Apples and oranges. The original game was a ps1 game with only bad english localization text and poor graphics even for its time, and certain technological freedoms and limitations. Times have changed. The 40 hours spent in Remake are deeper and more flavorful than the Ozg, partially because it integrated material from the extended canon that came after the OG. Its faithful in expanding the world. If they just remade the exact game, we would not have gotten Episode Intermission, Queens Blood, such deep combat systems, etc. If you think spending 40 hours in Remake's Midgar is a waste of your time, I'd propose you dont like the world of FF7 that much.
@ I’ve played the og when I was young and played through it at least 3 times. While I understand your point, saying I must not like ff7 is wrong. I just like how it was, before all the added stories. Those were made mostly due to the success of ff7 in order to milk it for money. While their individual quality can vary from bare bones to high, I still stand by my opinion.
But even Dunkey put away his hate for JRPGs and loved Rebirth and was one of his games of 2024.
@@fy4b230 he did I was actually floored
@@Magwell-e6x same. However, when it comes to rebirth, if you complete that game, I don’t know how you can not like it, unless you’re a “purist”…but why play rebirth as a purist, if you lost you mind about remake.
FF7 OG is the game that got me into video games. Rebirth was the best game I’ve played in the last decade. Probably some nostalgia bias, but honestly rebirth has everything. Cheers.
@@fy4b230 Currently playing Rebirth after kinda having to drag myself through Remake's midgame, and I'm feeling it. Rebirth is bringing me back to why I began to love JRPGs more than any other game genre back when I played Xenoblade Chronicles.
That said, I'm still sceptical about the direction they're taking the story to. Even as someone that played the OG last year, I found it hard to understand some of the things going on in Remake and still keep happening in Rebirth. Some concepts are too poorly delivered imo and are made to appear less interesting than they actually are - which I only noticed after looking some of them up online. That's really the one big gripe I have with the way they're remaking this story, it's really less of a Remake and more of a Sequel. Glad for all the long time fans that understood that right away and were able to enjoy the differences though! :)
@ yes I see it as more of a “sequel” or to be more precise a reimagining with all the parts in place.
It’s hard to explain, but basically it’s the OG FF7 if the rest of the compilation, AC being the biggest part, had already been written or planned when they sat down to write the OG.
All the original creators are in charge of this trilogy. They all know how important that game was. All the major plot points will be left alone and rebirth doesn’t change that, however they’ve added and changed the story to fit the compilation.
With all that said, Part 3 will be huge. It could take this “sequel” above the original or completely miss the mark. No in between imo. If it’s the latter, oh well, I still can play the OG for the original story, and I can play the trilogy for everything else, essentially turning it into something like the dark souls trilogy to me except with cutscenes.
@fy4b230 Hehe yeah I see what you mean. Personally I feel like they're taking it a little far, the OG story was already so complex it really didn't need stuff like the Whispers, but I can also see them wanting to go further. Might have been more positive about it if at least fragments of CC were integrated into Remake, started playing that alongside Rebirth and suddenly I do understand they're not having Sephi teleport everywhere randomly in Remake lol. Stuff like that would have helped a lot and I think they could have done a better job explaining what they had in mind with that. Still, Rebirth so far is an amazing gameplay experience and I'll just have to see where they take the story. The OG is still holding up very well to me too.
I played Remake not knowing the game was being divided so when I was near the ending I was like DAMN I cannot wait to explore outside of Midgar … then the ending happened and I could do nothing but wait for any announcement :/
I love Dunkey and his videos make me laugh, but at this point he is just entertainment. His actual game opinions I just don’t consider because they are generally mostly opposite of mine and he is a comedian first.
Great video! Really enjoyed it and can’t believe it is only your second on this channel! Instant sub.
His critique on Remake was a little harsh but that video introduced me to Dunkey and for that I'm glad!!
It's called Remake, but it's a sequel. The story changes aren't changes, they are "changes". It's a different story that intentionally resembles the events of the OG game.
I'm glad you ended up liking it.
Honestly it's really not as different t as people are saying. There's new things being shown discussed but it's the same story really
@Shiftarus Hard disagree. The major story beats are the same, but there are smaller events, lines of dialogue, flashes of the future, things that shouldn't be there but are, things that should be there, but aren't, characters that know things they shouldn't, and more that recontexualize those major plot beats. The ending of REMAKE especially, and much of REBIRTH beats you over the head with this because media literacy can vary, but I know there are still people who didn't notice all the signposting.
So I guess I'd just recommend playing the original again so it's fresh and going through these games to see just how blatant it all is. It's crazy how much there is to notice when you are brushed up on the OG and locked in.
weII its in the title, "remake" meaning Sephiroth is remaking of what happened in the prequel.. and this "remake" is the sequeI
@@Shiftarus
Remake is not really different from OG? Are you kidding me?
At the end of Remake, the group literally changed destiny by defeating the Whispers.
We are not going to get the same outcome- which is good since it’s rumored that civilization crumbled 500 years later after the events of OG.
AC is depressing as hell and we don’t need to relive Cloud constantly leaving and searching for Aerith- living a hollow life riddled with guilt beyond that.
You will now obsess over FF7 for the next 30+ years. Enjoy!!
Keep up the great work! Hyped for the 5 hour long video on your thoughts about my personal game of the year for 2024.
Mass Effect and FF7 (OG, Remakes, Crisis Core) are the games I binged watching let’s plays/streams for ages 🤩
Love seeing more people giving these remakes an honest chance past the “the OG was just better so go play that” much respect brother
would’ve still been better to just create a new ip and pour this much effort into fresh ideas.
the original was just better go play that
10/10 rage bait almost got me
@@AlexSoLu01 ff7 10/10 go play that
Guys you don't have to argue over ff7 just agree to disagree.
Wasn’t arguing lol, I thought it was pretty funny
Hahaha “why is this silver haired man, who’s kind of sexy, harassing me?” That shit got me. Subscribing.
6:21 DID SOMWONE SAY DILLY DALLY? DILLY DALLY SHILLY SHALLY?! 🥴🤪😫
You have a gift my friend. Excellent video. Good mix of personal cornball takes and insight had me chuckling throughout. Great editing too and pacing. (Except 23:35)
Just remember this is a sudo remake that is canonically a sequel to the OG
banger video bro, subbed immediately after it ended. funny and well thought out. and Vince staples reference? i'm sold
also i was never into final fantasy or really much other games outside of 2k and God of war. but i decided you try to expand my bag and try something new so i just jumped head first into FF7 Remake and your sentiments literally admire my own! looking forward to what you bring next
I used to cling onto the changes I didn't like a lot more than I should, but I realized that for as many changes as I don't like, there are just as many changes (probably more) I do like, and overall I still really love both games so far.
The original will always be the best, because it's such an massive LOTR sized journey paced perfectly over 30 hours, and that really just doesn't happen in games today. But honestly after going back to play the original after the two remade games, I'd say they even enhance my experience with the original, because I can basically hear the loveable new versions of the characters in the original game
i’m glad there’s someone else who also isn’t great at breaking down dialogue and story. it makes the video feel more real and less of a school project lol
respect
I cant wait to see you tear into 16 because i feel about it the same way you feel about this game. I think that game is fucking awesome. Cant wait
I feel sorry for new people who have never experienced FFVII back in the day and are only experiencing it now through the remake games. It was a complete adventure from beginning to end in one game, ended up spending one entire summer when I was 12 playing through the game and it left a permanent impact on who I was as a person. As it did on pretty much every other person I know who played it. You can replay it today, but after years of playing newer games it feels so damn dated. The story and music is of course, immortal.
The thing is I would think of the remake games as being akin to GTA6. In that they are these massive, sprawling adventures that are so detailed and huge that if Square was to actually complete the "entire game" in one single game, this single game probably would have taken at least 10 years to develop. If VIIR-3 comes out in 2028, it would have been about 11 years of active development on all three games. Plus any post release/additional content. This is very similar to how Grand Theft Auto 6 is seemingly taking about 12-13 years to actually come out. In the case of GTA6... the game literally still isn't out. And may not be this year. In the case of the VII remake games, 2 of the 3 games are out. And they're wonderful, but it leaves a real hunger in your stomach for that 3rd game.
Essentially these represent two different approaches for these "super games": either spend 12 to 13 years making people wait very, very long for the game and then charge them $100 or more for it, or release the game as three games which as far as we can tell, get better with each entry. It's a tradeoff, essentially.
But I feel bad for people who never played the original and are not going to understand that the Remake games are sequels and that the plot of the original game is fundamental to fully comprehending the plot of the remake games.
Also Attack on Titan is the greatest anime of the last entire 15 years except that ending which sucked the biggest, longest fattest donkey dick on God's green Earth.
I never experienced the original until after I've played Remake back in 2023. I was still blown away by the original and amazed at almost every single moment and having played the original made my first experience with Rebirth even more amazing. It's because of the original I love Rebirth so much. I can see how much passion the developers put into it
didn t expect this to be ur second video. Great work bro :o
I bought the original game day1 in 97. Was there loved it. Played dozens of times over the years. Got this anxiously day1 and I feel it’s amazing.
Life is too short to hate such a beautiful game. Let yourself enjoy a thing, you'll feel better.
To each their own, but to give a different perspective, I would actually argue that life is too short to artificially TRY to feel any other way than how you sincerely and organically feel about it.
Personally, I used to adopt a "look at the bright side, you'll enjoy more things" attitude in the past, but I found that all that ends up doing is wasting your time humoring things that don't deserve to be humored, because over time, the false illusions that this attitude creates will eventually crumble anyways, and the things that actually hold up to painstaking scrutiny are what actually rise to the top by the end. I think ultimately, that "look on the bright side" mindset is just short term gain, long term loss, personally. If you try to like everything, you'll end up truly liking nothing.
I find that I'm much more efficient in discovering/optimizing what I truly value after abandoning the "look on the bright side" attitude and trying to be as critical as possible instead (I try to be respectful about it, though).
The actual problem I find among some cynics (that I suspect is what "look on the bright side" is a reaction to) is that people who choose to be critical can sometimes let the emotional side of those negative impressions affect their disposition and snowball in a much more insecure/immature way than it needs to (that said, optimists can easily fall into the same trap as well). But you can (and in my opinion should) fix that (aka. grow the f up) without becoming any less critical, in my opinion.
Hating can be fun tho
UA-cam thought I would like this video and I did. Cheers! Don’t let the haters snuff you out!
Regardless of whether the change are bad simply on the basis of being changes, I dislike the changes simply because they're bad, and would be bad even if the original had never existed.
When remake came out I criticized them and got flack because I "had to wait to see where it leads first", but I already understood logically where it would have to lead, and what ripple effects it would have on the efficiency and effectiveness of the story at large. But good luck convincing people of that, so I waited, bided my time, and then Rebirth released and literally everything I said would happen happened, and as a result what could and should have been one of the most emotional moments in gaming became a convoluted cgi spectacle devoid of any soul and completely incapable of properly evoking emotions because of a lack of understanding.
Remake/Rebirth traded in what made the OG so great in return for what makes other modern blockbusters so bad. Humanity, genuineness, straightforward in the moment emotional engagement, for mystery boxes and explosions and rule of cool.
It is truly insulting what Rebirth did to that particular scene you're talking about. People say "just wait for Part 3!" and I do hold having strong opinions until the trilogy is fully complete, but to be honest it's tiring having to wait like, what, 4 years? Overall all I'll say is that the writing team heavily mistreated Aerith's character in Rebirth. She was great in Remake, so it's very strange when by all means Rebirth should have been good for her.
Attack on Titan is NOT dookie (jk you can think whatever you want but personally, it's my favorite fictional story ever)
@@KingdomKeyJT I'm only on season 2, it started out 10/10, then I started to like it a lot less as it went on. It's definitely not dookie though I was just getting a bit goofy with it
@@Magwell-e6x I see. That's completely valid, however, I hope you end up enjoying the story as you go on. I personally believe that it gets better and better as the story moves forward and that the very peak of the story happens at the end of the final season. I really love that story man haha. I hope you have yourself a nice time with it!
I’m glad you admitted that you enjoyed the game.
I keep playing Remake and Rebirth yet I have zero desire to finish FF16- so that says a lot!
Remake has drastically changed. We won’t get the same outcome in the finale.
Well done. Loved your "From your perspective breakdown" of the game.
dude im glad people are loving your video because I heavily relate to the feelings you’re expressing with the game. especially the whole thing of like being willing to put issues in the game aside. because even though the original holds a special place in my heart, this remake is phenomenal and truly does hold up to the legacy of FF7 in so many. this kinda realistic and down to earth game analysis is what we need more of on UA-cam. It gets tiring after a while listening to nitpickers trying to find reasons to be upset about this incredibly ambitious reimagining to one of the most beloved games of all time, amongst other things. can we just have a nice thing for once and accept it for what it is?
there is too much kingdom hearts in my final fantasy
Can't believe you have so few subs. This video was excellent. Well spoken and personally I thought your pacing was just fine. You bring up valid points about enjoying things more because you care about the characters. Looking forward to your thoughts on Rebirth
>taking a dunkey video seriously
Dude. PHENOMENAL commentary. I subscribed on two of my accounts lol
2:40
I've got some bad news for you. The original Final Fantasy 7 was just as corny.
For that matter, the first 6 final fantasies were all extremely corny. That's part of what makes them so endearing and what makes the Remake series feel so faithful.
Good video my dude, grats you got a sub, I hope you make more good long form content on topics your obviously truly passionate about 👍
Good News, Rebirth improves the Air Combat, giving you dedicated Launcher moves and a chase attack, kinda brings it more towards Devil May Cry than Kingdom Hearts.
I got to experience this game in a unique way, I was around for the original Collection and loved parts of it like the movie and Dirge of Cerberus but never actually played the original myself. My Dad, Uncle, and older Step Brother all played it around me, occasionally I'd watch, and their reverence for it rubbed off on me. So when I played Remake it felt like the game I heard so much about, like exactly what I imagined. I don't think I would have felt that way if I actually pushed myself to play through the original, I tried it once but thats when remake was coming and a part of me knew it would change my future experience.
I genuinely can't wait for part 3. And I think other people really wanted to hate just to hate, the Remake being 3 parts is a perfect way to give everyone what they've asked for since the first ever rumors came out. If they released 1 game that was only 50 hours people would have been let down, It would be a forgotten disappointment by now if that was the case. But now with new releases every so often, and other remakes in between, its even more memorable than the original collection was but because the internet is so much bigger it dwarfs the reality of that.
And little thing about the changes, we kinda asked for it, how many people wanted to save Aerith in the original? That still may not happen this time around but does it not feel like we and the new game are trying to do that now? Also a lot of changes like Sephiroth showing up much earlier was actually planned for the original and cut for some reason. And if the original never came out these would just be 3 new Final Fantasy games.
damn that was a half hour video? that flew by. great analysis!
Great review! Sub well earned, looking forward to the Rebirth review. :]
Only thing I'd disagree with is hard mode being available from the start. It's obvious that hard mode is the definitive way to play the game since it forces you to interact more with commands than spells due to the MP limitations (or figure out a way to regen MP in combat), but it's tuned to you having decked out characters with all the cool materia combos. I think it'd be a negative change to make benches restore MP in hard mode, and without doing that I don't think there's a good way to make hard mode work from the get-go.
they got rid of the grunting, anime moaning, huffs and puffs in rebirth
My favorite change by far
That's pretty funny ngl
As someone who doesn't particularly like Rebirth for gameplay and story reasons, I would say that on top of it being a great decision, they also fixed Remakes problem of having a lot of cringey attempts at humor that just don't work/translate (Roche functions a lot better, there's no lame "Psyche!" Jessie joke, etc.). Rebirth for the most part is funny when it tries to be and cleans a lot of that up.
@@richardkhchang curious what you don't like about the combat, the mix of real time to make me feel immersed and keep my chimp brain engaged with the old school turn based ability selection to make me feel like a refined gentleman who makes strategic decisions every now and then imo is the most fun battle system I've played. the synergy abilities and issuing commands to your party members and then having them sync up is so sick too.
@@Mehrk I think the combat is the best that Final Fantasy has ever had and agree with your thoughts on that (in fact, I hope all future FFs build off this system). When I say gameplay gripes, I'm referring to the map design, side-content, open world elements, mini-game integration, pointless mind-numbingly soulless busy-work, having something as critical as summons locked behind doing that pointless busywork (realistically, anyways), etc. All of that stuff is bad enough to take a lot of the shine off of the combat strengths for me, personally.
That said, while I agree that the combat is good, I wouldn't say it's so great that it can single-handedly carry my love for a game, unlike some other raw-gameplay games might (no JRPG does, that I can think of, personally). Games like these still need great story to be worthwhile for me.
The Re-trilogy replaced FFVII as my favorite game of all time. It's masterful even in the cheese.
Great job 👍 I really enjoyed your video.
Remake and Rebirth are easily the best modern FF non mmo games. Rebirth especially. Good combat that actually still has deep RPG mechanics, you can do some wild things with the right builds in these games
I was so hyped for Remake and I played it day one and thought it was a great game and a cool new direction. Personally I don't care much for 1 to 1 remakes. If I wanted to play the old game it'll always be there. Give me a completely new experience using these old characters and story? Yes please. Mix the familiar with the new. Does it always work out? No but the fact that fans are speculating how the 3rd part will play out makes it much more exciting than a plain remake.
i don't like this. i'm an oldhead. i love the story of DMC1 and KH1, so i can't say its because i'm above it. i don't like the padding, how every boss has a midbattle cutscene that robs control from the player with HP barriers that make sure you don't phase skip, or how members being unalived is handled (or rather, not handled), and the lack of stakes makes it all feel so tame despite the chaos and frantic energy on-screen. i would rather play DMC2 than this.
if you still genuinely enjoy this game, there isn't something wrong with you. don't let me or anyone take that away from you. i still love KH1 and KH2, in spite of many similar criticisms and partially even because of them, and will continue to do so until my time is up.
Writing something off based on Dunkeys dumb ass opinion is wild
great video man, would you ever make a rebirth focused video?
Honestly I dont get why people get so bothered by the sidequests when you can skip 95% of it, if you think it padding rather than a fun bonus fights and dialougue just skip em.
Also this is an anime game top to bottom, I go with the Japanese voice actors, even has less grunting
These games are the anti-Undertale. Undertale has an unreasonable rabid fanbase that drive new players away, FF7:R has an unreasonable rabid anti-fanbase that makes new players want to see what the hell the big deal is. (And then both end up being great)
ff7 remake was my first ff game, the moment i saw that 85% of the game was filler i understood why it was so damn boring im glad i played the original later on
Rebirth is even worse, almost the entire game feels like filler. The later chapters in Remake are particularly awful at being boring.
"I'm a big dumb professional cornball nerd, and there's no acting cool or like a machoman when it comes to that."
Yeah, just like Cloud.
The Remake Trilogy is actually a sequel. It's not meant to tell the same story. I understand peoples disappointment, but the original game still is the main story. This is a sequel that goes hand in hand with the original. The story changes aren't there just for the sake of being different. It's a new story all together. The game is made in a way to give people something familiar but also tell a new story.
This is the beauty of a lot of square enix dialogue. At first it comes off as try hard anime weeb cringe. But the more you play and interact with the characters the more sincere and clove and warm they grow. It's actually magical.
that's strange, i am too. but it's more because i had my own idea in my head how it should remade. but it does seem good
The game really has so many fillers, hours of climbing towers, story beats for hours that don't have any impact etc etc. However if you get the battle system everything else becomes tolerable including the sometimes goofy narrative. Also cloud's counter system including the later counter stance is broken, once you focus on that it breaks the game especially the last bosses that have obvious sword attacks chains.
People complaining about the story changes....we still got the original. people complaining about the gameplay changes....we still got the original. people complaining about it being to anime....look at litterally all the games. they are all very anime. The game is a REMAKE, that means its different. its not a remaster. besides the sidequests and Chadleys simulators being filler the rest of the game is great, i would even argue that they add to the game. I just finished replaying both the original game and the remakes and I only cared about the plate falling in remake, because i knew these characters, i knew the slums. i helped those people and now then they were gone, in the OG I spent 2 hours in the world before the plate dropped and i felt nothing. You can still experience the original game and remaster it yourself in like 3 minutes on PC with the 7th heaven mod launcher.
Love this. Remake and Rebirth are near perfect games. Cant wait for the Rebirth review!
A lot of my problems with the Final Fantasy VII Remake, are now mostly replaced with my problems with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
But the only thing I really don’t like is mainly the voice actors. Now in fairness, I don’t think all of the remake actors were bad. I think Barret’s new actor was honestly better, and i don’t really care about Yuffie & Red XIII’s actors… and while I can see why Aerth’s current actress was loved by fans in the Remake, I really find it frustrating that Aerith had to once again, get another voice actress. Really though, Zack, Tifa, Cloud, and Sephiroth’s new actors were terrible. Caleb Pierce’s just a downgrade from Rick Gomez’s Zack. Brit Baron’s Tifa ok, but she’s not as good as Rachel Leigh Cook’s Tifa. Tyler Hocleyn wasn’t able to do a great Sephiroth despite him being good at playing Superman, which makes funny when George Newbern did an amazing job at playing Sephiroth AND Superman. While Cody Christian’s Cloud tries so hard to imitate Steve Burton’s Cloud, but failed.
It really sucks how the previous voice cast, didn’t get to reprise their roles for the remake games. Aside from Aerith, the Compilation actors had been voicing the FF7 cast for over a decade prior to the remake’s release. So it sucks how they got replaced.
Like I said, i don’t think the new voice cast was all bad (As I do love Barret’s new voice actor.) and Rebirth did give us two new voice actors that are good… but this is the video for the FF7 Remake, and not Rebirth.
Im just happy I played it on a ps5.. brings back childhood memories
So the facial capture required sound for its auto lipsynching, and those anime moments are used to display facial expressions.
Great video sir
The moral of the story is to never trust Dunkey on his opinions.
Its okay to like it for what it is. Too many people want to compare it to the original and I think the 2 can stand on their own. Remake all in all is a "better" game in many ways, but many people just wanted an exact replica of the original with updated graphics, which I think is boring. This breathes new life into the story and characters. I'll just play the original with some PC mods if I want a remaster of the same game
I really like Remake, but I did play it right after finishing the original so I had a lot of pacing issues with it. It took me a while to actually finish because I just was annoyed with the drawn-out nature of the game. I really love all the ways the characters are fleshed out and expanded, but damn do I wish we could explore more of Midgar. Chapter 4 was completely original, and really exciting because of that, and I just really wished there were more like it.
Cool video. On the story changes, I think the whispers and multiverse meta elements are by far the most distracting and jarring parts, they kind of have nothing to do with the themes and chararacters of the original game. You're right though, the remakes just absolutely sing in almost every other regard.
The airbuster fight theme fullblast on the highway, might give you a speeding ticket.....just saying lol
This is the worst kind of “art” a game made to replace the original classic.
These are the games that a new generation will know as FF7 and as SE refuses to update the original in any way shape or form without changing it to the core, a lot of people will never experience it.
I just hope this trend to make fanfiction “remakes” of loved classics starts and dies with remake trilogy.
the funny thing about dunkey is that he said what he said about remake but ended up really liking rebirth
also at the time i gave this game a 9 but its really an 8, still love it tho. rebirth on the other hand is a different animal fr
In 97 I'd finished my one term in the Army and gotten my 2-year degree, I bought a Playstation (no bloody One, 2, 3, etc.) with FF7 demo, which intrigued me so a got the whole game. Which made me about twice the age of the target demographic. Fast Forward to now, I tried to play Remake, but its new action focus has outstripped my aging reflexes; I want to love it _but I just can't play it._ Too much flash and glitter on the screen, I can't even see what the party members are _doing_ any more! The kids may eat it up, but it's just not for me. I'll have to content myself with watching LP's here. PS4 is the end of the line for me, no way am I buying a new friggin console for games I can't play even remotely well.
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First shock: the scorpion mech boss in the reactor mission, on "Normal". In the classic, it was part of the cunningly disguised tutorial steps, and kind of a softball. Modern gamers are not expected to work their way up to "git gud" but "alredy B gud" from the very start, and the Remake scorpion boss comparatively high diff was a rude shock. Would have been worse if I hadn't watched reactors play it thru first! If the beginning is that hard, how much more was it going to ramp up as you go?! The Sector 7 map alone was too sprawling for my mind to encompass, and the map kept disappearing. I had real troubles with the controls not letting me do what I wanted to do (look at party member status and such) when I wanted to. Every controller button is context-sensitive and has multiple functions, but my contexts and the game's weren't lining up! I really really miss the all-in-one 🔺button menu of the classic. If FF7R's combat ran more like FFX's, I could have lived with it, but this was all too MMO-like for me (as has been every FF since FF11 and beyond). I avoid MMO's like the plague, but that's the direction everything's gone, even the games that aren't actual MMOs!
loved that intro
Yeah those anime grunting stuff was really distracting, good thing they removed that in rebirth.
15:22 You saw that video too huh. Well I did see that video and I thought it was the most dumbest video I’ve seen. There were a lot of things that the guy in the video got wrong. And that ending… was so cringy.
Amazing video bro
It's an amazing game. Just be open minded for the continuation of the story of the original game. This game is not a "ramake" of a videogame. It's a "ramake" of the story by the powers that be in the world of FF7, sephiroth? Jenova? We don't know. Its a ff7 sequel. A different timeline and sephiroth playing with the lifestream... it's amazing.
Personally, I feel like maybe 80% of Remake is better than OG and if the whole game was that way, it would be the better game (I don't care about nostalgia/purism). However, the 20% that wasn't is really egregiously bad (and they happen in pretty critical moments and with pretty pivotal elements) and undermines it to a degree that I don't think I can excuse/overlook. In the end I ended up only lukewarm about the remake trilogy games, and preferring other modern games (even things that don't entirely blow me away) over them. I think I only played something like 12 games this year and Rebirth was like 11th for me.
I agree that its embracing of silly levity/cheesiness (which the OG shares) is one of its strengths (and convey an unapologetic sincerity that's refreshing these days), not one of it weaknesses (or if they are, it's not a big deal), though.
Great video. One of my favorite games and thought all your criticisms were very valid.
eh, the games are great on their own right. it is not meant to replace the original. it is supposed to be a sequel and compliment the og
love your video :)
They messed with the story, dropped it immediately
When it comes to FF7R, its in the title, "remake" meaning Sephiroth is remaking of what happened in the prequel.. and this "remake" is the sequeI. I agree Remake at some point kind of bore me, but the next game FF7 Rebrth is whoIe another level, Rebrth is a great game. I mean they need to start from something, therefor the Remake is the start with fIaws, but FF7 Rebrth is the final product.
5:22 play it in japanese
Soooo you won't find out why cloud is schizophrenic until the last game coming out lol sorry lol but I do promise the twist is pretty good
This game was sweet. I'm working on rebirth atm.
1:35 Wait, let me get this straight. Did you hate the game without playing the game or playing the original? Did you hate the game through osmosis or something? XD
the decision to split the game to a trilogy was actually a pretty good decision, the point of a remake is to experience the original in more depth or in more expensive ways that the original couldn't do, people do remember the original was on 3 discs don't they? It's a pretty big game and to give it justice the devs decided to make it a trilogy, and looking back Remake and Rebirth are absolutely massive with barely any padding, the side content is important to the whole feel of the game, the npcs the stories immerse you in the world, I don't know I think the game would've been far worse if it was just one instead of a trilogy, imagine Midgar being 10% of its size, imagine most towns and the open world gone from rebirth, all that with part 3 tons of events happening, I don't get the people complaining about the trilogy like do you want a half assed remake or a fully realized well designed one? You can't have ypur cake and eat it too, you can't have the full FF7 world remade in today's hyper realistic graphics and have done well and with full realization it deserves yet but all done in 4 years in one disc.
I'm also waiting for you 16 hate video, people hating on 16 is why I wake up at 5 am everyday to check if a new FF16 hate video got uploaded. It's like my morning coffee.
I think my main issues with Remakes pading are the missions that add more but feel like a slog to play through. The sewer missions, the ghost train mission, some of the wall market portions, etc.
Some parts feel a little too long for my liking when they could've shortened it a bit and cut to the chase. Maybe make it a cutscene or two or shorten the gameplay a bit where it's necessary. It was just something I've noticed upon replay in 3 different playthroughs.
I don't mind the idea of changes and added story ideas like the parts with Jessie's family or maybe some of the cool missions in the mako reactor sessions, but sometimes it feels much when the original certainly timed it a bit quicker.
There are some other issues I have but those are just the most coherent I can make at the top of my head writing this. I don't mind Remake but I can see where people are coming from with some of the pacing here and there.
@grimdara4227 i get what you're saying, some parts are boring, I loved the train graveyard but I hated the sewers, my issue is that I don't see these parts as padding, these are dungeons and are part of the game like you're not going there to do something superfluous, you fall into the sewers after knowing about the sector 7 plate falling, you go through the train graveyard because it's on your way to sector 7, padding imo is what happens in FF16 between each major boss battle, like the missions you do before going into the empire, or the missions you do in the desert town or collecting the parts to build a ship for Mid. That's padding not only you're not playing the game you just run from npc to npc and each one gives you their life story, it's extremely slow, kills the pacing of the game and very boring. And they only give you useless sigils. I don't know if you play Remake and didn't do any side quest the game is really fun and streamlined I can't call any part padding tbh. Same thing for rebirth, even though it has tons of side quests the side quests are actually fun and rewarding. When I think of padding I think of 16's structure. And thankfully Remake doesn't have that.
Its ridiculous how you do hundreds of damage from the beginning of the game, while the bosses dont even get scratched by it.
Nothing takes me out of a game more than the first boss having thousands upon thousands of health. You compared this to Dark Souls, but Dark Souls bosses don't have that much health. And they dont move as fast as ff7R bosses.
Say what you will about Square Enix, they know how to charm you. (Where the fuck is my Kingdom Hearts 4, Square?)
I think dubs from japanese media are always going to be cringy
Most of the time probably, Rebirth's gets much better though
Bull. The game was localized in English, I expect English voice acting or nothing.
I hate grunts as dialog.
I wanted to like it but then I played it and now I think it retroactively made final fantasy games in general bad
Underated video. got a sub from me
Well done.
The Remakes are definitely at their best when they're trying to be the original FF7, but at their absolute lowest when they're not.
The small section of you calling out people who are insecure on their love for their game feels like a huge callout to me that I should start watching more videos that criticize the game isntead of sticking with newcomers rambling about how much they loved it lol.
Honestly, I feel like the story chances are an extremely complicated thing to talk about, as you said, everything will depend on the last game and how everything's wrapped up, there's an infinite sea of outcomes for the game and none of they will satisfy everyone. Even if the Remake series managed to be BETTER than the original story-wise, it'd still leave a lot of people dissapointed as they expected a more loyal recreation of the game they love so much, which is perfectly understandable.
Sleepezi’s Chanel has done good breakdowns of the remake trilogy. It all goes way more deeper than what haters think tbh
This was such a good review. Cant wait for your intermission & rebirth review. And more so your FF16 review. Release your inner hater mate.
Great video. I also love FF7 Remake. I am excited to see you hate on FF16, even though I actually love that game too lol.
I can understand the other things but the combat change from turn base was one of the best things to happen
yeah so it would’ve been cool to just create an amazing new ip
Why? I came to the Rpg for turn based combat.
@ IDK man the combat system was just amazing to me
@blazersgaming375 it reeks of DMC
@ It's just my opinion I just really love the combat espeically the counter stance ability
The FF7 Remakes, for all their bloat, stuffed with extra stuff in every area, have actually managed to surpass the original-except for one frustrating catch. Progression doesn’t transfer between games, except for completion bonuses like summoning materia. So, if I grind for the best gear in one game, none of it carry over because the hyperactive devs keep tweaking the systems, then what’s the point of doing Top Secrets in Remake for instance? It makes all that effort feel next to meaningless except for earning achievements, which doesn't much appeal to me.
At least in the original, if you grind hard in the first two discs, you carry that strength into the third. That might be one way the original still keeps an edge over the remakes. ☝☝☝☝
square makes crisis core as a PREQUEL, remakes the entire game so people play it before ff7, and then some dumb people ignore it? then ask dumb questions like "why is everything on fire" and "why is cloud crazy" LMAO
Afraid of liking a piece of media…unbearably soy title