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Game profile
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Cloud and his companions fight the mega-corporation Shinra in the dystopian metropolis of Midgar, in an elaborate reimagining of the 1997 classic. Real-time combat with a tactical ATB gauge forms the core of the battle system.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is JRPG / Action, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Opulent Midgar setting
- Action tactical ATB system
- Expanded character moments
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
What it costs you in time
About 40 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 7 weeks, or 20 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 92 out of 100, which puts it above 93 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 68 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, JRPG averages 86 points across the database, so this one sits 6 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 127 collected ratings.
Released in 2021, so it has 5 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2021
- Genres
- JRPG, Action, RPG
- Playtime
- approx. 40 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi, Fantasy
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 92 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade | 2021 | approx. 40 hrs. | 92 | Mid price |
| Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | 2024 | approx. 60 hrs. | 92 | Full price |
| NieR: Automata | 2017 | approx. 40 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
| Tales of Arise | 2021 | approx. 45 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
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