@rcaldwell585's review of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
★★★½
The story of this game was very fascinating (having never experienced the original game) and had me invested pretty much the entire time. The cinematics and music were also great at creating an immersive experience overall. The reason this game doesn’t rise above a 7/10 for me though is the combat. The hack and slash, button mashy combat wore out its welcome very quickly for me. Making bosses “more difficult” by making them bullet sponges and dragging the fight out for 20 minutes or more (with no real difficulty added) was incredibly annoying to the point where I turned on the one hit kill setting in the menu about 8 hours into the game. I would have preferred the turn-based combat of older final fantasy games to be honest. If it wasn’t for the story, I wouldn’t be interested in the other two games in the series. But I’ll probably wait for a good sale and play through them at some point.
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