Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was a stunning PSP game when it first released on Sony’s handheld in 2007, but Square Enix has done an absolutely outstanding job remastering the release for PS5. While you’d expect a bump in quality on a cutting-edge new-gen console, you’ve got to respect how the company has upgraded virtually every asset, without losing the distinctive look of the original.
This side-by-side published by IGN really hammers home the glow-up the game’s gone through, as it shows how recognisable scenes and encounters have been transformed on new hardware.
Of course, in addition to looking better, it’s still a really good game, too – as pointed out in our Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion PS5 review. “It's hard not to enjoy the blatant fan service and completely over-the-top cinematics, while the overhauled combat system is infinitely better than it once was,” we beamed, after slapping a 7/10 score on the title.
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Really not making use of the additional power. But it is just a bit of a remaster I guess.
It makes a lot of sense to bring back Crisis Core if the VII remakes are aiming to unite a lot of the extended universe plot lines under one umbrella. Weird to see it go multiplat while the main VII games are still PS/PC only.
What really jumps out at me is what a little powerhouse the PSP was. Being able to play near console quality games on the go was quite impressive at the time. Even for old folks like me with fond memories of the Sega Nomad and TurboExpress.
Still find it surreal that we're getting a remaster of this rather niche game.
@Amnesiac psp was amazing . it was a portable ps2
@nomither6 nah, dude, it was a portable ps one and a half.
@TheDudeElDuderino i don’t remember it looking that bad . the ds was ps1 and a half
@TheDudeElDuderino gotta say it definitely felt like a portable PS2 at the time. though the games couldn't be quite as big, a lot of the time i think they looked just as good - though scaling for size probably helped, in a way
Couldn't have picked a worse pic to show that off
People saying "I remember it looking better" well it still looks great on PSP because of the tiny screen, well even on a big screen it still looks great on CRT TV!
Agreed looks very nice! This will still be a day one purchase for me, so excited!!!
@DiggleDog no one understands Square Enix and their anti consumer ways.
They screwed PlayStation owners by not allowing PS4 players access to the FF7:R Yuffi DLC. There was no reason for that other than greed.
They did this before with DQ11 - gave Switch a new version and screwed over the PS4 fans who originally supported the release. Then when it finally made it to PlayStation there were two versions, no upgrade options, no save transfer and inferior graphics on the newer version of the game.
So while I’m still annoyed FF7:R hasn’t made it to Xbox, I’m also just generally annoyed at Square Enix in their treatment to PlayStation fans.
@sanguinekhajiit THIS
@DiggleDog Reminds me of when Atlus/Sega brought Persona 5 Strikers, a direct sequel to Persona 5, to Switch and PC long before they brought P5R to those plattforms
but is it really a "remaster"?
Those are completely new textures & stuff
Looks remake-ish to me
More of a remake than Tlou part 1 tbh. Tlou calls it a remake when nearly nothing but the graphics got touched, couldn't even bother to add prone lol.
@Kienda greed? How was it greed. If it was greed surely they would want the 100+ million PS4 owners to buy it. It wasn't on PS4 because development had moved to PS5 and it used next gen assets.
@nomither6
The DS was a portable N64 in terms of power while using PS1 style texture filtering instead of the N64's gouraud shading technique.
@Amnesiac
Imagine what PSVita could've been...
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