3. Final Fantasy VII Remake
Full disclosure, I am extremely nervous about Final Fantasy VII Remake. When a piece of art gets metatextual it can be great. I look at games like Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and the Rebuild of Evangelion movies as stellar examples of well-done meta commentary, and that seems to be the direction Square Enix is pursuing with Final Fantasy VII Remake
Personally, given the damaging extended universe nonsense it’s done to games like Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XV, I’m not convinced Square can meaningfully pull off such a high-concept storyline by the story by the end of its Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. But in the meantime, the first chapter’s action-based combat whips, it’s brought some of the classic characters to a modern audience, and the Honey Bee Inn sequence will live in my head rent-free for the rest of my life. Here’s hoping the upcoming second chapter, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, proves me wrong. — Kenneth Shepard
Read more: Final Fantasy VII Remake: The Kotaku Review
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