Recent reviews by max

A truly awesome VR game - one of those sequels that turns it up to 11. You can tell that Polyarc was finding their VR footing with the first game, but with this one they planted their feet and knocked it out of the park. The new items & mechanics are a delight and the story takes things to the next level. Great music from Jason Graves. Wonderful sound design like the first game. Animations and gameplay feel smoother compared to the first game.

In conclusion, they cooked.

Great game. A smart, well-executed combo of shmup gameplay and 2D Zelda-like design that is fun and filled with charm right up to the end. One of the few non-Nintendo games that's got Nintendo levels of polish and surprises. I only wish there was no apostrophe in the name - seriously, what's that doing there?

Great game. Please add a way to toggle/disable the halftone filter! And thank you for adding cloud saves :)

Amazing. lol. lmao, even.

Great demo. This game is full of heart and Keita Takahashi' signature style.
A few minor bugs here and there (camera clipping through a bus, dog walks kinda slow/glitchy, some weird panning on a dialogue line, etc.) but that doesn't change the fact that this is great!
(I am also not a fan of the dotted halftone shader that covers the entire game and I wish there was a way to turn that off...)

Enjoying it so far.

While I understand that many players want Square Enix include ultrawide support with the game, which is valid, for now there's this: https://github.com/Lyall/FF7RebirthFix
Lyall makes awesome QoL and ultrawide support mods for many JRPGs and other games.

Also, from what I understand this game is "playable" on Steam Deck after tweaking but given the blurriness, performance compromises, and high battery drain, "Verified" seems a bit disingenuous.

This is definitely getting my nomination for the 2025 "Best Game You Suck At" Steam Award.

Oh, it's peak... it's peak fr...
(I have a lot more hours on console, also the optimization on this PC port is awesome)

Okay now this is epic

They are cooking with this.

This is like how I remember it except much more beautifully realized with high polycount, fancier textures, vfx, animations, etc. The gameplay holds up well, too!

A few things are a bit rough around the edges like some sound effects cutting out or camera cutting too soon before a fade to black once or twice. I also found it weird that on an Xbox controller, the buttons to enter/cancel jumping into a projector are Y for enter or X for cancel. It would be more intuitive if it was A to enter or B to cancel. These are minor, minor nitpicks though.