A sensitive remaster of the PSP prequel that's recontextualised in the wake of Remake, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion makes for some enjoyable fan service. Our review:
And plenty of fans have been gained over the two and a half decades since Final Fantasy 7 released on the PlayStation. It means that now, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion has a fair bit of heavy lifting to do, as a 2022 remaster of a 2007 prequel to a 1997 game that received a celebrated Remake in 2020. It's for fans of the original PSP game looking for an update. It's for fans of the original JRPG looking for an expanded story.
It's pure fan service, but in the process it takes a flashback from the original and weaves it into a new story: introducing new characters, reintroducing old ones, and trying to make sense of some nonsense about cloning, weird experiments, and a theatre production. While initially intriguing and full of dramatic irony, it's all a bit unnecessary. Zack's story didn't need telling in this detail, and the additional characters here bring little to the overall Final Fantasy 7 saga.
With use, materia levels up to increase potency. Then it can be fused together to form new ones - two maxed out Fire spells fuse to form the stronger Fira, and so on. This adds to Zack's flexibility, but it also soon results in too many materia and not enough game to make use of them, since Crisis Core's runtime is only around 15 hours. Despite customisation, Zack is the only playable character, which can become repetitive.
The PSP hangover continues with the hundreds of extra side missions, accessible at save points. These are tiny, bite-sized missions that require navigating simple labyrinths of repeated assets - environments, enemies, and bosses. They soon become tiresome, but are necessary for levelling up and collecting strong materia.
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