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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Square Enix Creative Business Unit I

2024•Strategy•PEGI 16•About 97 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyfasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeAn expansive, fantastical strategy game: polished and fast. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

89 / 100

169 ratings

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About This Game

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project, which retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct games. Iconic heroes Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith and Red XIII have escaped from the dystopian city Midgar and are now in pursuit of Sephiroth, the vengeful swordsman from Cloud’s past who was thought to be dead.

Summary: IGDB

Story

For years now, the Shinra Electric Power Company has been providing the world with energy at the expense of the lifestream, the “river” whence all life flows and whither it returns. After storming the company’s headquarters and engaging in a series of battles for the ages, Cloud and his companions leave Midgar behind and set out for the wider world. Once in the grasslands, they hop aboard chocobos and embark on a journey with an unknown destination. Meanwhile, Zack—beaten and battered from his fight against an army of troopers—hobbles across the wastelands into Midgar with a mako-poisoned...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

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Details

Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit I
Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 29 February 2024
Series: Final Fantasy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 54h rushed, 97h normally, 101h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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