FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS Reviews

haven’t even played it yet It’s still downloading. I’m did excited! Good luck, everyone , let’s see where this story Takes us, kuppoo!!!

Time is almost upon and looking forward to seeing what Square-Enix did with this chapter

I cannot start the game. It keeps saying “an error has occurred!” and taking me back to the title screen. I’ve even reset my data and pressed both options and it still does not work.

Been waiting a long time for this game can’t believe it’s finally here!

Haven been able to play it because it says network error unable to connect. Wi-Fi and Cell are doing the same.

Great graphics, Amazing story line. All you would want from a game like this.

Because it’s final fantasy

There’s a glitch that won’t go past the title screen. It opens and the notices box pops up without anything in it and going back to the title screen is the only option.

I keep getting notifications that the game is released but after downloading and starting game, it now says I have to wait for official release.

Talladega Soldiers

Anything ff7, sign me up. Thank you Square!

Keeps saying connection error , tried it both with and without WiFi

Servers open tommorow, I’m just glazing for no reason 💀

I know this game is going to be good.

First time opening FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS once released and all I see is network error. Won’t even load the menu. Wow. Such app, such game.

The monefication method of this game instantly ruined it. Just charge 20-30 once and make a real game. This is why Square Enix is a trash company now.

When you tap the title screen to start it just says “error - returning to title screen” in an endless loop.

Game is always crashing can’t make it past title screen on iPhone 14 pro.

It doesn’t load properly

The remake that we Final Fantasy Veterans wanted.

Old here, reporting for duty. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am for this game. As someone who grew up with the original, the fact that I’m still getting content from something that could have died out decades ago is something I’ll always be grateful for.

I don’t know if I can describe my disappointment with this game. While I love the art style, this would’ve been better served as a full on Remake with this art style of the original game. Instead, they gave us this “game” meant to nickel and dime the Fanbase while they try to sell us on upgrading gear and equipment that we have bought in the original game and the remake. The combat is water down, the encounters, lack life and so much of what made the game great is stripped away on an attempt to open your wallet. I seriously expected better. This is nothing short of a wild failure. This does not add anything for the fans, and what new stuff is there is hidden behind greedy micro transactions.

I like it, but if you weren’t going to include controller support, you could’ve at least let us turn off those annoying tap effects.

The 2D art is nice, the graphics aren’t bad, and the gameplay is decent (albeit a bit too simple).

Also, the cutscene quality is very… meh. Other than that, it’s nice I guess, but the console remake is definitely the way to go.

I was shocked to see how high quality this is for a free game. For how fun the first 20mins have been I don’t think I’ll have much issue purchasing things so long as it’s not hyper aggressive.
I want a console version of the “remade” classic ff7 they’re doing in this sooooooobaddddddddd.

Awesome game so far, reminds me of my childhood for sure. I guess the only negative thing I can say is it feels more like I’m playing through a movie than a video game. I don’t like how there are levels and not open world like the original. I REALLY dislike the battle pass thing you can buy with real money. I feel like I’ve seen more of that than the actual game at this point.

After the tutorial it’s literally trying to sell you everything!.
Every original moment is just a small sequence of the original game
If your into nostalgia the. You might enjoy this other wise I would pass.
I find myself wanting to spend money I don’t have and purchasing the 3 passes I saw which two of them only last seven days.

So far seeing the preview of the screenshots are beautiful, I’ve played all final fantasy games to Xbox to mobile and I’ve liked each one. I hope this game will be great!! Trying it out now!

I know Square Enix always pulls through. Not even worried. It’s going to be fantastic and they will be ready and open to feedback to make prompt improvements where necessary.

Fun an streamlined with 3 separate stories. This is a great way to catch the story without having to spend as much time as the originals!

I still miss FFRK but I’m glad I have something else to play!

I don’t even know what to say about this game. There are so many free to play systems and monetization that I can’t even tell if the game is fun. Sure, the in battle graphics are pretty, and it seems like it’s covering a lot of the Final Fantasy lore, but why is everything so needlessly complicated? I know you all are trying to earn money, but I’m close to deleting it already, and it’s only day one.

I enjoy the Final Fantasy 7 universe quite a bit. I have purchased Final Fantasy 7 on five different systems. I also have Crisis Core and have purchased the FF7 remake for PS5 and PC.

But this game?

I’m close to giving up on it already.

I haven’t play this game yet, but I know it’s going to be fun! It’s already hyping you up about sephorophs past and stuff. I just wanted to say that I can’t wait to play this game!

The gameplay is great, and the remixed music is wonderful. I love FF7.

However, after re-rolling 20 times for a sword, I can confirm this game has HORRIBLE gatcha rates. It’s predatory, and it wants you to become addicted through gambling.

Until they improve the gatcha rates or make draws less expensive, this game is a 2/5 for me (which is sad, because I like the gameplay).

I really like the aspect of the combat and the pity system is great it’s like a whole another system this is looking like a crazy game so far and it’s barely release day

No matter if you download all assets, cutscenes stutter. You cant change display quality or resolution to help fix it either. For a game franchise that has garnered such a following based on characters and story, a stuttering issue that only occurs during peak story moments really takes away from the experience.

Got the download about 23 hours before servers start. So I hope I’m one of the few who got in early. Good luck to everyone. ^_^.

Can you please make this compatible with a Backbone controller.

I’ll be back to leave an actual review after playing.

Crashes every time you try to play it. Right after the terms and service button it crashes. When you try to reset it it does the same thing. Brings you back to the title screen. Please fix, game is unplayable. Have been trying to get past this screen for hours and nothing works.

I see it the current version is 1.0.2. Everytime I launch FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS it says there is an update available; I download th e update and it tells me to update again. These are big file sizes. Why is there an immediate patch on day one? If there are over-the-air updates, why am I being redirected to FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS Store again and again?

I am a regular gacha player, and have put hours into several Square Enix based Gachas. Ever Crisis is fun, but there are a few glaring issues. At my current place in story mode, it’s detrimental to manually play. The AI is so advanced, and plays perfectly, that you’re punished for not using auto play. For example, I came across a quest that was recommended 3,300 power, and I was at 5,000. I couldn’t beat it. I put it on auto mode, and it cleared the quest easily.

The interface is a pain. You can’t collect quest rewards from the mission tab. You “collect them” and they’re sent to your mailbox, where you actually collect them. It’s similar to FFBE WoTV, and I always felt it was an unnecessary step.

My final complaint comes from the monetization. So far, I haven’t felt the need to spend money. The issue is how often you’re bothered with buying something. There is a gold highlight tab on certain menus, to let you know if there is a quest complete, or you have new items. To get the gold highlight to go away, you click on it, and it’s gone. On the MTX menus, you can’t make the gold highlight go away. It stays there flashing, trying to entice you to spend. That’s the only reason I can think of, that the gold highlight doesn’t go away. Square, you’re better than that juvenile predatory stuff. I’m willing to give this game a few weeks/updates, but it’s not really exciting me. I know others are loving it, but I’m not hooked.

I was hoping for at least the entire storyline of the original favorite, but none of the three are completed. In fact, all three are barely started into the secrets of the three storyline. Slightly disappointed in the way materia and summoning is also handled; haphazardly redone from the original to only go up in level with materials that must be either hunted down or purchased with nothing about experience of use. Of course this could have been incredibly complicated if it was done the old way since there are also tons of various weapons each character can use and they changed that as well, having the weapons playing as two “main” weapons, one ahead of the other, as well as two “sub” weapons that could be anyone’s. There are also outfits to be won or purchased. All of this is confusing and takes away from the stories.

On top of all of that, the stories have been broken up into parts. There is very little in the way of exploration. I don’t expect to be able to go into Cloud’s world and travel all over the place as I did the first time at all.

While all of this is highly disappointing, for what it is, it is also understandable given what they were trying to do. And I will still play it. At least until they finish it.

One complaint i have is when you enhance materia it only shows if the materia is equipped or not it doesn’t say who it is equipped to. I have multiple load outs with the same type of materia on different characters but you can’t see which character is actively holding the materia unless you jump into edit party so I’ve been having to switch back n forth just to see which character is actively holding the materia I’m enhancing. There’s gotta be a more streamlined way like how about instead of an ‘E’ icon above the materia when we are enhancing like a little character icon or something better to see who is actively holding the materia you are enhancing. Unless I’m just not seeing something I should see that’s my one complaint so far with the game and I finished both ff7 and crisis core stories and well on my way through the first soldier story so I think I gotta pretty good grasp on what I’m doing. Game is near perfection if not perfect but if I were to complain that’s the only issue with me.

This was a lot more disappointing than expected. The main games are watered down abridged versions with a new coat of paint. The new visuals look great including the new chibi models which animate beautifully and actually mirror the cosmetics you unlock. The arranged versions of old music is nice but the way the story is presented is very jarring. Scenes just end with no smooth transition. Combat is very simple and but good enough for mobile. It seems to open up much later.

I HATE the UI. Atrocious presentation with menus under more menus. The navigation is abysmal. It just looks like a cluttered mess. There’s also way too much loading for certain repeat cutscenes just for the gacha pulls. It doesn’t even feel satisfying when you Draw. Moving from screen to screen is not seamless or intuitive. Why? When games like Genshin Impact and Honkai exist, how is this still possible? There’s also a lot of technical issues with FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS that other reviews have mentioned. Because of this, I won’t even spend a single dime on this game. Not worth the risk. This is going to be a pure F2P for me. The main draw for me to keep playing are the cosmetics. They’re fun to collect.

I’ve been a big fan of FF7!! I played the original game and I have to tell you, this game makes me love FF7 more!!! It brought back the exciting passion I had for this game when I was a kid! You have to download this game, it comes with three stories and they give you options to respond!!! The fighting is similar to turn based!! The menu is everything! It reminds me of CCFF7 when you select mission. Not to mention the ultra quality and they may seem like the blocks from the og game but they have noticeable gestures and movements!!!!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥You can also find chests but when you draw for the gachas theres a fight scene with Cloud, Oh my god I fell in love!! This game is Amazing! I can’t wait to unlock Sephiroth’s tale!!! ❤️‍🔥

I played final fantasy vii back when it was released on the ps1, and it was one of my favorite games at the time. This game has the same feel as the original with a bit of a modern touch to it. One small issue that I have with the game though are small moments during gameplay where the game will start to lag. Not only does that slow down game, but it also breaks the audio too. Anytime the game lags, the audio either breaks up or stops completely. When it stops, I have to press home then go back to FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS . Sometimes this fixes it, but most time it doesn’t. These new models in game look really nice, but as an optimization suggestion, maybe consider adding an option to swap out the game assets for the classic PlayStation 1 ffvii assets. Having less polygons on the characters and a smooth environment that doesn’t require much 3d rendering could probably enhance performance for lower end iPhones. (Also, I miss the classic look as well.🙃)

When this game works, it’s among the best Gacha games I’ve played. Not as open and authentic a gameplay experience as something like Genshin, but absolutely the kind of game that has clear care and craft put into it.

However, it has the same problem as a game like the recent NBA 2K24: it’s not about how much you play, or how well you play. It’s about how much you spend.

I’ve built a little team of people topping 95,000 power (all floating near level 46-47). They have gear above their level, they’ve got nice shirts (except Zack—no shirt for Zack).

But, sometimes I’ll go into a battle with a boss that’s power level 55,000 and get absolutely crushed. Doesn’t matter which settings I use (manual, auto) and it doesn’t matter how attentive I am. The boss will wind up an attack that does 8,000 HP of damage on one turn and leave me with no hope.

The goal seems to be: frustrate the player into spending money and making their character EVEN stronger—but since I don’t understand the metrics for “strong” and they’re applied unevenly (I’ve won a couple of 65-70k power battles with an S rank) it’s just not worth the money to guess and hope.

Again, when this works, it’s a real love letter to the franchise. I almost want to see something like this for other entries in the series. But, I’m also always one day away from uninstalling, because the pay-to-win underpinnings feel so antithetical to what I love about Final Fantasy and JRPGs in general.

It is a good game over all, if you have played into the game a bit you will feel that way too. It’s has some complicated features and is very limiting on resources which can be a pain.
Currently my main team is lingering around 90k power and some of the max missions are 198kish and I just don’t see it. Where do you get the power and why are you not making it more obtainable. Gacha games don’t need to punish you into spending to get stronger they can do fine making you grind for hours to get there. Biggest problem I see is that stops after day one. It is either spend or your stuck. I can beat all the dailies in less then 10 minutes there is nothing else keeping me on the game because I can’t do anything unless I can get stronger or spend a ton of cash, which I won’t do. I like the game but I have 200 psn games you want people to stick around give them reasons too.

This game has the graphics and music that I wanted on an updated FF7 experience. Not the full remake, but something close to what I experienced when I was a kid. They’ve more or less done that here, all with the intention of using it to ram as much gacha garbage down my throat as possible. The “gameplay” exists as tiny little excerpts between menu navigation, where you’re assaulted with pop-up notifications declaring time-limited store items and countless other opportunities to spend money. Parts of the game have been ripped out in favor of rushing you back to the menus. You don’t loot items organically from gameplay, anymore. You get them from loot boxes in the menu. You don’t build a party in game. You unlock party slots and characters and you assemble your team in the main menu. You don’t have to play the game. You can turn on auto-battle. You can fast forward. Original cutscenes are gone, making each gameplay segment that much shorter so that you can race back to the store. Ugly, ugly greed on full, proud display.

This is a great way to experience the story of FF7 and its companion games. I don’t mind spending on bonuses packs but the value of boosters is just plain terrible - they last only 1 week and hardly give you an upper hand. Things I’d like to see - Streamline crafting! It’s a little complicated. Too many flashy menus. It feels bad to upgrade in between battles as it requires too many screens that have flashy effects. Improve the value of your p2w items and I’d give this 5 stars. Make in game friends matter through alliances it just something to make it worth my while to accept all the requests. And at the end of the day…Rebrand and expand Ever Crisis to other games in the series once the FF7 story content is exhausted and y’all have fixed the issues. Also figure out how to port this to consoles one day.

Graphics and animations look great, even on old iPad. Battle system is too much in hurry with no wait time, react in couple secs and switch to next character to command best moves. Stuck at chapter 4-1 without next part available, either bug or intentionally force u to play a few hours everyday. In fact many free bonuses need u come back often. Customization of weapons and characters is best thing in game, but too many areas of features requiring u keep to track of what r best choices and when and what, so makes progress too confusing and some missions just not beatable without being really strong. Overall this kind of mobile RPG game forces u to either pay money to buy many packs to ease playing or spend so many hours grinding and checking, which I don’t have. I rather pay one time cost like 20 for completed mobile game.

To be honest I thought it was a game they were bringing in from console to mobile. I was saving money cause I thought I was going to purchase a remake version of the game. But to find it's another gotcha system game not a normal one you buy. Square enix were cool but I HATE gotcha games. Just like with the fire emblem franchise I love it, but had to delete fire emblem heroes. Playing a normal fire emblem game right now. If I wanted I can go back to psp and play crisis core again if I wanted to but will not. I will keep the game installed for now to and play the crisis core remake on the mobile, but not going to be bothered with banners. I gave three stars cause I thought you be different but see you just become another gotcha but not another game. I was actually looking forward to other remakes to other old game titles if you ever do them.

Loyal to ff7 remake and crisis core, in terms of most dialogue and cutscenes. Beautiful graphics. The gauge filling up battle system is great. The game is new, so I understand SOME of the lack of content. I need to know where this game is going to go, and if they don’t do it right then I will feel like I wasted what money I did spend on this. We need new characters, more fleshed out stories on all FF7s, and if they don’t make kid sephiroth playable they are FOLDING. The weapons are cool, but the aggressive selling of “limited time packs” it forces early on makes you wonder if the game is trying to hurt you. After the stories it’s hard to find stuff to do, we need that replay value up. More characters, more weapons, more costumes. Costumes have to be the coolest thing but consider adding good bonuses to all of them so I don’t have to choose between looking good and better gear.

I’m a huge die hard fan of final fantasy 7 and this is one of the best final fantasy 7 games and is my first ever time playing final fantasy 7 ever crisis and I was so hyped for this game during square Enix announcement and finally playing the full release version of final fantasy 7 ever crisis and this game is a 15/10 for me and I’m enjoying the story,characters,music and the entire game and I’m having a blast and a super fun time with final fantasy 7 ever crisis and it’s now one of my favorite games this year 2023 and I hope final fantasy 7 ever crisis gets a console release someday from square Enix and I’ll definitely buy when it ever come to ps5,ps4,and Nintendo Switch and this game is a must play super recommended 👍😊

A lot of the bad reviews are just nitpicking. I feel like it’s a great concept with mini new avenues to explore. The only complaint I have is the pay to win features where they try to shove many transactions down your throat,However I feel that’s just the age we’re in now.I will not pay to play as I want to game I can just progress in it’s like most gacha games where are you have to grind entirely too much. But overall it’s one of the best games to come to the mobile in 2023 I recommend to any final fantasy fan and new Players to the series. I look forward to what the game offers in the next few weeks/updates. Square Enix for the win this time

What can I say I’m sick of all these gotchya games. Just makes a real game. It’s clear this game was meant to make you spend money to get gear.
Sure all these games start out fun enough but I’ve played enough of them to know that I always end up stuck or grinding with far too little progress unless I’m willing to make in game purchases. It’s downright predatory.
Shame on Square Enix for supporting this kind of crap. It doesn’t matter how good the graphics are it’s just like the rest of the gatchya games out there. I for one have no desire to relive the past games over and over again without anything substantially new.
All I can say is I had high hopes only to discover this was just a cash grab game used to make money while providing little to no real game play. I couldn’t even play past the first few missions without getting bored. Don’t bother downloading this game. I’d give it 0 stars if I could.

pros:
•the graphics and gameplay are smooth and beautiful. i haven’t had any problems with crashing or lags.
•there’s a new story to follow along, but i’m really enjoying the summer event. the costumes are so cute and i love that you can change skins. i hope upcoming events will be just as interesting.
•i don’t usually like gatcha games, but i haven’t spent any money and i’m still being able to progress and enjoy the game

cons:
•so much grinding. instead of 3x the rewards, there should just be an auto complete once you’ve finished a quest.
•the storylines feel almost exact as it’s remake versions. i’m also wondering how the game will progress once you finish the storylines from the main game. it would be nice if it diverted from the originals and the remakes, just to keep it interesting.
•also, i’m not sure why there’s dialogue options… it doesn’t feel like it really matters in the storylines. but it would be fun if it did matter.

in the middle:
while it gets confusing because there’s A LOT going on, the taskbar on the home screen helps you keep in track with what to do next.

I pre-ordered or whatever you call on it on here and I was not disappointed, as a long time Final Fantasy fan this couldn’t be any more fun the abridge work on the the titles is well done and gets the story across well! The cutscene cinematics are just insane!🙌🏻 Was concerned with what the gacha elements were gonna be like but they are very tasteful and very fruitful and isn’t designed to only reap rewards only to those who drop a bunch of money and the whole system isn’t over bearing! The UI is fantastic very simple to understand and use! Overall they knocked it out of the park and is a fantastic experience for long time fans and first timers!❤️🙌🏻

Let me start by saying the game is pretty amazing. It’s 3 stories from 3 different FF7 games. You have the stories of FF7 Remake, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, and FF7 Forest soldier. It’s loyal to the stories and even uses the cutscenes directly from the games. The combat is ATB based similar to FF13 with a gatcha element for gear. The biggest issue with the game though is the lack of content. Because they want this game to tie into FF7 Remake there is a hard cutoff for that story pretty early on and we won’t get more till Rebirth comes out. Crisis Core you only have the very first mission of the game, and First Soldier well there wasn’t a huge story for that to begin with because it was a battle royal game. Combine that with only 9 playable characters and none are villains the game fells hallow after a few hours.

0/10 trash tier. I cannot believe they cut out the most amazing bits about Wall Street! No gym squatting, no Honey Bee, no annoying that Materia Shopkeeper, all gone!

Jokes aside, the story is heavily abridged which is okay I guess but newcomers would miss out all those side fun stuff. I wish they had it in the game but make it available at the side. Let the people decide whether or not they want to see it. Then again this is probably a tactic like: you want to know more, play the main game.

I’ve read other reviews with people saying the combat is watered down or bad. This is how the original game was with some additions to the system. I like how fully customizable you can get just like old FFVII. I can turn characters into Magic, Physical, or Support types; while there are some limitations per character, it’s there.

Transmog is already in the game too. Devs know players, like me, love that Buster Sword.

I hope they add my favorite female character Cissnei from Crisis Core. Cheers FFVII fans for more fun to be had.

I have no doubt that I would enjoy enough elements of this game to get past the GACHA format; if I could actually play it. The game crashes so often and takes so long to load that it literally makes the experience insufferable and I can’t even get past the portion that extends the game. I’ve deleted the game and redownloaded it twice already and haven’t experienced any notable improvement. I’ve cleared space on the device I play it on (iPad) and limited use of the device to this game and audiobooks; I also make sure nothing runs in the background. It’s so deflating I’ve given up on the game and don’t even try anymore, this being before I’ve gotten to experience the new elements of the story. I think it unacceptable the game was several months late, had an anticipated high download expectancy, and yet still has the amount of issues it does. Such a shame for what could’ve been a good project.

Gameplay is fun. However the whole game being a gatcha (they even reward gatcha tickets) expect the standard gameplay loops. Battle passes. Paid boosts to earn more quicker, multiple daily check ins, and generous freebies but currently doesn’t feel like they are releasing things with a roadmap in mind but quarter by quarter. There’s a lot of story to tell, characters to release, and materia to gain but after twenty years will they be able to drip feed the same stories and keep us engaged for the type of gatcha model this is built around? Time will tell. Right now the pacing is right about 2-3 years.

Compensation both in how they distribute and how the decide to offer it is wildly varied. Sometimes they will lock you out of your account all weekend with a one sentence apology. The other side is you will spend $300 on a typo banner and get all your crystals back for double pulls. Isn’t very equitable. This and the way competitive events are modeled, I can’t give this five stars no matter how much fun and nostalgia this gives.

Love everything about it! From the artwork, content, storyline, gear progression, character development, co-op, dungeons, the grindy-bits, materia, and even the stamina system! I can appreciate having stamina because otherwise I might never get any work done and just be plugged in trying to explore the new story developments, or trying to expand the power of summons, exploring the wallpapers and gamer icons and titles I can earn… Excellent game. I am deeply looking forward to the expansions that extend the storyline and go a bit more in depth on our characters! Highly suggest throwing a few dollars at some of the packs to get weapons and absolutely the season pass! I do wish there was a better way to get character weapon shards though… only summon and event farming for now..

I was honestly in love with this game and I was playing non stop and finally feeling confident in my team being g a paying player. Tonight though I was playing pvp when the game glitched with no option to leave the lobby. Myself and 2 others were stuck in the lobby. Even resetting the ap didn’t work so I went online to see the advice was to reinstall but of course it wasn’t clear that you had to link your account so I lost my save data and I’m devastated. If I could get a refund on the money I spent I’m willing to play again and change my review but this set me back emotionally and financially. Please let me in ow if you can at least see the investment I made into your game that ultimately had an error.

Love the game and only one complaint, recently they raised level cap to 55, been playing since game first came out, just hate that a lot of the in game thing to advanced or pay to get, and also, wished all the game play exp points woulda got counted to new level cap, now gotta play a ton more to get up to 55, and all the pay players are jumping ahead, but I understand they have to pay for development somewhere, but come on, make it super hard to advance and beat hard bosses without having to spend money! I’ve been a die hard final fantasy player since it first came out on ps1! But now it’s just play and hope to advance, making people spend money for materials to advance everything

this game is awesome! ff7 mobile games have always been very fun and well made in my opinion. I enjoy the battles, they provide a good challenge and the game isn’t solely P2W; you can definitely get through it as a F2P player. it does require copious amounts of grinding, but that’s a given for a game like this. I don’t have anything bad to say about the gameplay as of now, and the game is still new, so things will change.
there’s only one thing i’m concerned about- I played the first soldier and saw how quickly its service was removed, and I do worry that the same thing will happen to EC. thinking positively, I really look forward to before crisis becoming localized!

Honestly this would be 4 or even 5 if this wasn’t a mobile game. I wish square would just stop trying to make mobile happen. I get that there are gacha weirdos that need to hear things go bling bling so they can get their casino experience fix, but it is such a turn off. It’s genuinely difficult for me to invest myself into this game. I have to remind myself it’s even on my phone, and I’ve personally played every mainline title, spin-off, and even loose cross over spin offs. I love Final Fantasy. I was raised on it. But man - just port this thing to the switch. Even if you have to use gacha mechanics, just having this on a console would allow people like me to enjoy it so much more.

Final Fantasy deserves more than being iPhone toilet-time games.

As a long time FF7 fan, I waited with great anticipation for this game. I was super excited straight from the announcement. I was a little peeved that it was a gatcha game at first but I still continued to play and enjoy it but as time went by, more and more issues arose. It’s nearly impossible to get 5 star materia infact it’s ridiculously rare, the draws are predatory, and it also became very clear that only certain characters got weapons and outfits, while others were either constantly neglected (like Barret and Red XII) but even with the characters that did receive gear, some got way better designs. Characters like Aerith and Zack got way better designs than any of the other characters. Cloud, Tifa and others got low quality lazy designs. Aerith got two princess dresses and more pulls than almost any other character, and the duel heroine that she shares equal importance with, Tifa was given a raggedy top for her first outfit, with holes in her top. Then was completely neglected for a Nibelheim themed event, in favor for Aerith who had no ties to that location as wasn’t even in the story event. It shows a fundamental disregard for the story and characters and as a fan of both, I don’t appreciate it. Therefore I will be deleting FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS and no longer spending any money on it.

I don’t usually play mobile games or “gacha” games whatever that means so that probably colors my review a bit. I find myself playing every few days or so when I have some time to kill and it seems like every time I login, I need to either update FINALFANTASYVIIEVERCRISIS before playing or I need to download content. In either case by the time the game is ready to played I don’t have much time to play it. All the pop ups and rewards, special unlocks, purchases- they are quite annoying, perhaps the gacha part. I just want to play through the story. Which by the way, it feels like while they seem to be hitting the big story beats they are dragging out inconsequential moments that are good for short 3-5 minute battles or missions. For what it’s worth the graphics are awesome in the battles- the levels and characters are pretty closely recreated to original- just wish there was more level exploration rather than so many “fight this guy”. The battles are significantly dumbed down for original so they arn’t quite as fun. Overall 3/5, will continue to play but not an ideal way to catch up on the games FF7 story IMO

Last night when I got home, my wife was starting a load of laundry and offered to get the clothes I was wearing. I always take a shower after work so I thought why not. I took my keys, wallet, and ear buds out of my pockets before stripping down and handing her the clothes. After my shower I reached for my phone to check a work email. It wasn’t on the bathroom counter? That’s strange. I specifically remember not taking it out of my pants pocket so I could have it in the bathroom for after my shower. Oh no. Panic.

My wife tried apologizing because she usually checks the pockets of everything a second time before putting it in the washer. “Why are you sorry?” I asked. “You watched me take stuff out of my pockets. Obviously you thought I got everything. I’m the one who left it in there.”

So now I’m digging, arms deep in water, through wet clothes trying to find a likely exploded iPhone. My fingers make contact. I pull it out, dry it off, and turn it off for a few minutes. She calls the Apple Store. They tell me that likely it’ll turn back on, but to charge it so it’ll heat up and evaporate any residual water. I immediately know what to do. I launch Ever Crisis, put the settings to Ultra, and play for an hour. The phone got so hot, I could have cooked an egg on it.

5/5 For saving my phone. Bonus points for Final Fantasy 7 nostalgia. 10/10 would do again.

I’ve been a FFVII super fan since I was a kid. I’ve waited for remake for years. And when I heard that there would be a mobile version of a number of games that would be a fun take, I waited eagerly. What I got was a gacha game with endless grindy events you play over and over and over and over for weeks for some little irrelevant side story.

Honestly the game is simple. I haven’t had to buy anything. The devs have showered premium currency and so many stamina bottles I don’t think it’s possible to run out. But the game is NOT fun. The materia system is stupid. The equipment and power system is bad. They entice you to spend by putting in outfits and weapons and photos and reward progress but that’s NOT what Final Fantasy VII ever was and as a fan I’m insulted that’s what this game turned out to be.

I’m so disappointed. I hope someone has fun with the game. But I’m not. So I’m done. I’ll get Rebirth when it comes out. Or play the classic on steam. But this isn’t it.

Great game but it’s definitely pay to play as you progress. The features draws, even the ones you pay for are so much worse than ticket draws. Featured draws supposedly have a higher chance for 4 and 5 star weapons but the passed 11 draws only gave me an x1 block and all 3 star weapons and none of them are the weapons I selected that I need. Ticket draws always give me at least 2 4 star and 1 5 star but I never actually get that from paid draws. It’s not worth it at all to pay for draws. The soldier pass that’s supposed to give you 4x rewards from battles only actually gives you the 4x every 5 battles not every battle like you pay for. Trying to provide feedback never works either it won’t allow me to copy the email to actually send to support and report anything. Every time I increase characters in levels my actual damage done goes down even if I increase my attack level. I don’t know what you guys are doing to the stats in this game but it’s not what you advertise. Otherwise it’s good to get started and maybe play occasionally. Provide what you advertise and I’ll actually put money into it again because the game is just getting worse to the point I don’t really wanna play anymore. Update 10 minutes later. I just did a 4 star guaranteed draw and every weapon was 3 stars. Honestly please don’t waste your money it won’t help you in any way.

OK, so let's get this out-of-the-way real quick. The mechanics are just weird, even for a gacha game. Unnecessarily grindy, no manual targeting , and no autopilot between missions. Gotta get those fixed to keep the troops happy.

The gacha isn't exactly the most forgiving thing, as you need to make a bunch of pulls to even come close to getting new outfits for your characters.

But for all its faults, this game is exactly what the FF VII universe would have looked like if we had the proper technology at the time to experience the full story. So, even if this game fails as so many others have in recent years, and it will, the best thing to do would be to make this a complete game that folks can pay for. It's already been tried: Collection of SaGa, the FFX box set, and maybe a few others I can't think of at the moment. it boils down to that if you don't have the time or the money to invest in the 3-D remake pieces, this could well be your best shot at experiencing a classic RPG that is as relatable today as it was more than 25 years ago. The issues it addresses are still big even here in the 2020s. But most importantly, there's enough material in here to replace the buggy original still being sold on mobile. Call it FF7 2D Remaster.

If you enjoy playing with your favorite characters, any way you want, please support this game and make it happen.

I loved the idea at first. All of the Final Fantasy VII universe meeting in one place. I’ve played since day 1. It started out fun because there were storylines to the events, but now it is just becoming a time devouring grinding nightmare. The current FFIX crossover event doesn’t really offer much of a storyline at all. Just grind grind grind eat all your time. Haha! I would suggest adding an idle-collecting method to run along events for those who want to get special items but don’t have the time to grind for hours. I’m afraid if there isn’t any other types of things to do, like maybe an arena or Chocobo racing, this game is going to get old fast. I’m almost ready to stop playing. Not necessarily a pay-to-play, but draws usually end before you get enough crystals to get enough stamps to get special items like costumes. So I would suggest only getting free draws and holding onto your crystals until you see a costume you really really like.

I didn’t expect I’d spend as much time as I did with this but I did. If you’re a fan of FF7 this game is a pretty nice delight to get into. I wouldn’t say its pay to win at all (so far) and there’s a pass but mostly it’s extra rewards and a wallpaper for your Home Screen in game. Otherwise the game is a lot of fun and nostalgia-filled but also new at the same time using remake graphics for battles and more mobile friendly interface for battles but still keeping mostly true to the original.

I really enjoy the revamped overlook world as well too. What can I say? You should play it, also the characters aren’t gacha it’s just their gear, which to me is a nice change for once.