10 Times Final Fantasy 7 Remake Made Our Jaw Drop
2. The Opening Cutscene
Before you even have time to process the emotions you’ve just experienced on the title screen, you select new game. You know what’s coming, you’ve seen it before, and you’ve probably seen the trailer as well. But then it gets you all over again.
It’s the music again. Then there’s Aerith, there’s Midgar, there’s that FF7 logo. The entire scene just keeps hitting you, a relentless barrage of nostalgia and awe. It’s everything you remember, but it’s so much more.
It's all fans of the original game have wanted since it was first teased way back when that PS3 tech demo was circulating the internet. But this time it's really happening.
Square Enix has been renowned for its visual excellence since the PS2 era, and FF7 Remake is, for the majority at least, another example that. But besides the improvements in graphics technology since the '90s, the attention to detail here is mind blowing. Every element from the camera movement to the people walking in the street has been painstakingly recreated and the end product is everything fans could have hoped for.