Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Sony PlayStation 4)

Review by Matt S.

Where do you even start in talking about something like the Final Fantasy VII Remake? As a remake of a game with an almost unique gravitas as being a masterpiece and work of art, it was a massive risk on Square Enix's part to take on the task of modernising it. Their team would have gone in knowing that if they changed anything in the "wrong" way, they would ruin the original game for people - many of whom will have found and defined their love of video games through the original Final Fantasy VII. At the same time change was essential, because as much as people love Final Fantasy VII, that turn-based combat design, top-down isometric aesthetic, and unvoiced characters was never going to fly as a blockbuster in 2020.

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