Lovable characters and story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It has some of the most charismatic and wholesome companion characters of any game I've played”
Steam review · 67.6 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Square Enix2022Action RPG · JRPG · RPG
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, story-rich action-JRPG expansion of Midgar with great characters and music, but heavily padded. Skip it if you hate slow walking, cutscenes and non-turn-based combat.
Great for
Fans of cinematic, story-driven JRPGs and the FF7 cast who can tolerate padding
Main risk
Heavy padding, forced slow walking and endless cutscenes stretch a short story; combat isn't turn-based.
What changed in the last 30 days
151 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly repeat complaints about filler, forced slow walking, long cutscenes and the action combat. No single new bug or patch is evident, so confidence is moderate.
151 recent reviews
What players love
Stunning visuals and cinematic presentation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The graphics are gorgeous and the OST is amazing”
Steam review · 72.9 h played ↗
Fun hybrid action/tactical combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“it is an insanely fun videogame with the best gameplay of Square's lineup”
Steam review · 45.4 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I'd recommend this purely for the god tier soundtrack but everything else is pretty good too”
Steam review · 95.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Heavy padding and slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“This is a 5 hour game padded into a 40 hour game.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Combat feels clunky, spammy or not turn-based
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“EVERY ENEMY in the game is able to hit you and ignore your attacks and hit you back”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
Poor story changes and dialogue vs original
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“this game suffers from cringe anime dialogue”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗
Extremely linear, corridor design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the entire FF7Remake experience consisted of a series of hallways”
Steam review · 43.9 h played ↗
Forced slow walking, crawling and lost control
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The amount of times this game takes away control over your character either by forcing you to move at crawling speed”
Steam review · 58.7 h played ↗
Too many long cutscenes and dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game is 95% cutscene and 5% game play.”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 64-bit (ver. 2004 or later)
ProcessorAMD FX-8350 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 480 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / 3GB VRAM required
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 64-bit (ver. 2004 or later)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 / Intel® Core™ i7-3770
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 5700 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 / 8GB VRAM required
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 64-bit (ver. 2004 or later)
ProcessorAMD FX-8350 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 480 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / 3GB VRAM required
Storage100 GB available space
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