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I adore Final Fantasy VII, and I was similarly enamored with Remake. Given the latter game\u2019s events and the tantalizing trailer for its second part, Rebirth<\/a>, it had me thinking that it may be a good time to dust off my copy of 2008\u2019s Crisis Core. Square Enix read my mind by announcing a remaster of Zack Fair\u2019s PSP adventure, christening it with the subtitle \u201cReunion,\u201d giving newcomers the answer to the question of \u201cwho the heck was\u00a0that black-haired fella in Remake?\u201d As for me, I thought I had a good reason to return to the game. After playing a decent chunk of Reunion at Tokyo Game Show,\u00a0I\u2019m all good.\u00a0<\/p>\n My expectations were always reasonable. Reunion is a remaster, not a remake the scale of, well, Remake. That means that feature-wise, the best way to sum it up is \u201cThat PSP game? You can play it on consoles now, and it looks nicer.\u201d Square Enix has made this clear from the beginning, so it\u2019s on you if you expect Reunion to be anything more than that.<\/p>\n However, I think a part\u00a0of me still wanted to find some excuse or new hook to replay the adventure. That\u2019s odd in itself. I enjoyed Crisis Core, but most of that affection stemmed from its narrative. And that\u2019s an element I can relieve through the magic of YouTube. The gameplay? I found it serviceable at best in 2008. It felt repetitive and kind of weird, thanks to the slot machine-style limit breaks. The basic hack n slash combat can\u00a0be fun in a mindless sense, but it was mostly a tolerable exercise of mashing the square button until the next cool plot point. That hasn’t changed here.\u00a0<\/p>\n As I cut down Wutai soldiers, those big twin ogre things, and eventually Ifrit, I already felt my old fatigue with the gameplay return. The novelty of witnessing Crisis Core\u2019s glow-up faded, and I was hit with the overwhelming feeling of \u201cOh right. It really is just this game again\u201d. Don\u2019t get me wrong; it\u2019s great to play a version of Crisis Core with traditional camera controls while\u00a0using a regular controller. It also looks better. Not stunning, but better. By the time I wrapped up the demo, though, I could only see Reunion appealing to FFVII Remake fans itching to absorb more of this universe or Zack\u2019s most rabid followers. If you\u2019re like me and you only \u201clike\u201d Crisis Core, but you don\u2019t \u201clike like\u201d it, Reunion likely won\u2019t raise your opinion of the experience, especially if you were already lukewarm on the action.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m not at all disappointed by this revelation, if you can even call it that.\u00a0And I don\u2019t think Reunion needs to be anything more than what it\u2019s always been marketed as. Rather, I\u2019m relieved to have exorcised any sense of obligation to revisit this beloved prequel because I\u2019m really not missing anything. The good stuff\u00a0i.e.\u00a0the story is (probably) still good, and the less great stuff is\u2026you get the idea. I\u2019m interested in hearing what first-timers think of Zack come December 13, but there\u2019s not much to see for the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n I adore Final Fantasy VII, and I was similarly enamored with Remake. Given the latter game\u2019s events and the tantalizing trailer for its second part, Rebirth, it had me thinking that it may be a go…<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Looks Like I Don\u2019t Need To Replay Crisis Core After All - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"I adore Final Fantasy VII, and I was similarly enamored with Remake. 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