'Final Fantasy VII Remake' trial version play review, you can experience a completely different battle system & beautiful images from before the remake



Final Fantasy VII Remake (FF7 Remake)announced in June 2015 will be released worldwide at the same time on April 10, 2020, after repeated postponements for quality improvement. Such a trial version of 'FF7 Remake' was suddenly released on March 2, 2020, just before its release, so I tried playing it.

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The title screen of the trial version of 'FF7 Remake' looks like this. The download capacity is 7.51GB.



When you play for the first time, select the difficulty level of the game. In addition to 'EASY' and 'NORMAL', 'CLASSIC' which can be played with the command type battle system of FF7 is prepared. This time I chose 'NORMAL'.



Aerith, one of the heroines, also appeared in the opening movie. This opening movie is also available on YouTube.

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE opening movie trailer-YouTube


In the trial version, you can play 'Ichiban Mako Reactor Blast Operation' to attack the power generation facility 'Ichiban Mako Reactor' installed in Midgar to the end.



A soldier carrying a large sword on the roof of the train heading for the first Mako furnace ...



The hero's cloud.



In order to fulfill the purpose of blasting the first Mako reactor, the clouds will go down to the core of the first Mako reactor while defeating Shinra soldiers.



If you encounter an enemy while moving, the battle will start seamlessly without any encounter. The actual battle scene looks like this.

The battle scene that you can play with `` Final Fantasy VII Remake '' trial version looks like this-YouTube


Although it was a semi-real-time command battle in FF7, 'FF7 Remake' is an action battle in which you move your own character to fight, and it is intuitively similar to Final Fantasy XV . While enemies and allies move around in real time, they perform various actions such as attacking, defending, avoiding, etc., so that the player can swing the buster blade of the cloud at will.



Enemy attacks can also be avoided using pillars on the field.



When you hit an attack or defend an enemy attack, the 'ATB gauge' accumulates. The ATB gauge has 2 memories.



By consuming this ATB gauge, you can execute battle commands such as ABILITY, MAGIC, and ITEM. While executing the battle command, the battle will be slow motion, but the abilities, magic and items registered in the shortcut of the L1 button can be used quickly without impairing the battle speed.



There are two abilities that the cloud can be used in the trial version: 'Braber', which cuts the enemy at once, and 'Burst Slash', which uses a sharp poke to quickly close the gap and attack. In addition, the ability can be used as many times as you consume the ATB gauge, so you can enjoy exhilarating actions as much as you want.

Cloud in the trial version of `` Final Fantasy VII Remake '' using `` Braver '' `` Burst Slash '' abilities-YouTube


The unique ability of the character can be activated with the △ button. The unique ability of the cloud is 'mode change', and you can switch between 'assault mode', which has a good balance of offense and defense, and 'brave mode,' which specializes in attack power. In Brave mode, the □ button's basic attack is strengthened, and countering the enemy's melee attack will automatically activate the counter, but there are disadvantages such as slower movement.



In the middle of the trial version, Barrett, the leader of the rebel organization Avalanche, joined the party. If there are multiple characters at the party, you can use the four-way controller to freely switch the operating characters. Barrett's normal attack is shooting with the right arm's gatling gun, his unique ability is `` Buppanasu '' that is exposed to gatling gun fire



It is possible for a small fish opponent to fight even with a single attack, but for a boss opponent, the impression is that he will struggle unless he uses his abilities and magic. The ATB gauge is also required for recovering items and magic, so the key is how to accumulate the ATB gauge and how to use the accumulated ATB gauge.



In the field, you can get items etc. by opening treasure chests and destroying objects.



You can check maps and equipment on the menu screen. Although 'Fire' materia is installed, it is a trial version and materia cannot be attached or detached.



When actually playing, the graphics and battle system have changed significantly from FF7, but the BGM and story flowing on the field are up to the end of the first Mako furnace bombing operation, but it does not change even in `` FF7 remake '' . Therefore, I am deeply moved by the fact that you can play FF7 with the latest visuals.



During battle and during non-combat, the characters interact with each other, which is likely to be one of the attractions of FF7 Remake. Although only Barrett can set up a party in the trial version, Barrett hums, hums the familiar

fanfare in Final Fantasy, and exchanges lightly with the cloud .



The trial version can be played up to the point where you defeat the boss Guard Scorpion and complete the first Mako bomb blast operation. The actual play time was about one hour, so I was able to experience what 'FF7 Remake' looks like.



In addition, looking at the reaction of the users who actually played, there are also opinions that it was difficult with the difficulty level “NORMAL”. Guard Scorpion, the trial version boss, has a lot of HP anyway, it has a completely different strength than Shinra soldiers etc. appearing on the way, so if you want to enjoy a battle with the boss, `` NORMAL '', an action game For those who are not good at or who want to play without stress, choose 'EASY' or 'CLASSIC'.




'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' is PlayStation 4 exclusive software and will be released worldwide on April 10, 2020 (Friday).

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