The highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake is just over a month away, but of course, we all want to play it right now, darn it. Our very own Sammy Barker recently went hands on with the title, but if you want to try it for yourself, you're getting a free demo on PlayStation 4. The good news is that this demo is available to download right now.
The release date for the demo has been up in the air for a while, but it appeared GameSpot accidentally leaked a 3rd March arrival. As it turns out, this date was almost correct -- you can grab it today, 2nd March, a day earlier than expected.
What's included in the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo, you ask? Well, the PlayStation Store listing tells us you will be able to play through the game's first chapter. This includes the Mako Reactor 1 bombing mission, which we've seen before at E3 2019. Of course, this time you'll be able to try your hand at the game's combat. Progress made in the demo won't carry over to the full game, though, so bear that in mind.
The demo comes in at about 7.5GB, which is considerably less than the reported 100GB file size for the full game. It shouldn't take too long to download, and it's free, so why not give it a shot? Will you be taking Final Fantasy VII Remake for a spin with this demo, or are you saving everything for 10th April? Put your PS4 in rest mode in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Wow super nice, downloading it from phone right now 😁
Huh... I thought the demo would be gigantic in size. 7gb is pretty reasonable for an hour or so of time I suppose, especially with it looking so good. I'll be looking forward to giving it a go!
@Rooty1985 @BarefootBowser Progress doesn't carry over, I'm afraid.
@Quintumply @BarefootBowser sorry I read that wrong my bad... wish it did carry over though!
You can see how much they've added given that in the original the first reactor took about 15 minutes. Obviously even more has been added to later parts and it opens up more as you go along as you can deduce from all the extra optional quests.
The gameplay is more diverse too. In the original Cloud had a basic attack and Thunder and Barret just shot stuff with his gun during this part. Now Cloud has two different combat stances, counters, an AoE melee, normal attacks, two special moves, and Fire. Barret has normal attacks, a charged shot, a special move, a hyper armour ability, and Thunder. And you have to use all that thoughtfully to induce a "suppressed" state which can lead to a damage-multiplying "staggered" state if you do it all properly.
About to download the demo now.but man im enjoying code vein .amazing gamewith a terrific graphic and amazing story.finil fantasy 7 is a legendary game.and this even looks better.word up son
Oh my, that’s cool, I’ll have a look at that later.
Awesome. Ill get that downloading shortly 😃
I'm not convinced by what I've seen so far, but will have a look as well.
YES, YES, YES!
YEEESSSS!!!
Realizes it's a gym night and won't be able to play it
NO, NO, NO!
Can you play the demo as many times as you want,or is it a resident evil 2 type deal,where its timed?
@hulkie I think as much as you want.
Nice one. I'll get it on the download for later.
Just finished it and I really enjoyed it. Going to take the plunge and preorder it!
Oh wow that was a nice surprise to wake up to. Shame I won’t get the tv to myself until tomorrow.
@Quintumply Nice,wonder why Capcom were such jerks with the resi 2 demo?
I don’t see the demo!
Just finished downloading. Part of me hopes I don't like it as I have enough to play.
US store link on PC (to download to PS4, not play on PC).
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-CUSA07237_00-FFVIIREMAKETRIAL
I'm eager to try it out and see whether or not I'll like it. Nothing they've showed so far has really sold me on this game, but demos generally help with that.
Can't wait to give the demo a try sometime after I download it.
Red is not even a playable chatacter LOL Half arsed remake indeed.
https://www.psu.com/news/final-fantasy-7-remake-wont-have-red-xiii-as-a-playable-party-member/
FF fanboys and girls will damage control though. I was a big fan of Red in the original.
@GodGamer "FF fanboys and girls will damage control though"
OR
rational human beings will enjoy the game anyway.
As mentioned in the article (quoted below) it's likely he'll be playable in the next instalment. You get him right at the end of the Midgar section in the original anyway so he's barely playable. Depending on how much they've remixed the story, that makes complete sense.
"We felt the point at which Red XIII joins the party in the story is very late on so we thought okay, if we’re gonna have him as a full character and try and get the player to enjoy his character development arc and growth as a character through that, it’s not really enough time to do that.
We thought that the best way to have him involved was as a guest character. Normally throughout the game you’ll be playing as a three-man party, but you will have him as a guest character that fights alongside you during the the last part of the story. He’ll be using all of his old really nostalgic moves, and you’ll see that. We felt that was the best way of showing him off as a character and who he is.
That’s why we felt that was the best way to include him."
Aw yeah babeeeeyyyyy!
Woooooot!!! INTERNET BROKEN.
Just finished the demo and I'm very much sold. I was there for the original release and absolutely loved it. This hit a lot of the nostalgic feels but it also freshened things up quite a bit. Combat was different but way better than 15 imo. Character models and voice acting seemed really good to me. Color me impressed by what I've seen. Looking for to the full release
Big fan of the original when it came out, but I gotta say I was really put off by the voice acting in the remake. I'll give the demo a go before deciding whether to get it or not.
I haven't played the demo yet but from the trailers they have released from the very first one I've always said they should have brought back the actors who voiced the characters in FF7 advent children they were all perfect only 2 in the UK English dubbed version of the movie was Cait Sith and his Scottish or Irish accent and Red XIII posh English voice. But Cloud, Vincent Tifa Sephiroths were spot on
Just got home from work and this is the first news I see?Brilliant!d/l now.
I've played it now and damn it's pretty good. Combat is much better than XV which I loathed. The visuals are great. I'm tempted to buy it now but maybe I'll wait for a quiet period.
Just finished the demo. Loved it as a diehard fan. Was worried about the real time combat but it is done really well and has some depth to it.
Cloud and Jessie sound exactly how i'd imagine. Barret sounds a bit over the top but he was always over the top in the original game so that's fine.
Overall, i was always buying this game. The demo just confirmed it.
Just finished the demo I've cancelled my pre order I want to try and get some back log of games out the way first as ive just stated God of war and really enjoying it. Combat is good and a lot better than 13 crap system, Barret voice and how he talks is annoying he seems to go from ok to annoyed to shout at cloud within 5 seconds of a sentence.
It will take a while for me to get used to the combat system though I did get Cloud knocked down 3 times against the (what I called) frog soldiers after the main boss. They were like pretty powerful for that area but I will purchase it once I've done back kog
I must be getting old. I couldn't beat the end boss after 2 goes and had to give up and go to bed.
However, it's great, I might have to play it on easy but I'd be okay with that to play this game again in a new style. So many epic moments.
@hulkie capcom are hardly jerks. They constantly provide excellent games with no micro transactions and heaps of free DLC and updates.
I'm honestly surprised people found the boss hard.
Is there an option in the demo to switch to Japanese audio?
Played thru the demo and enjoyed it alot. Looking forward to playing the full game.
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