Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Switch Frame Rate & Resolution Detailed

As someone who has not played the original FF7 and knows nothing about the story, should I play this game before playing the original? Is this a sequel or prequel or side story?

I'm fine with this, portability ftw. Good on SE for bringing this to Switch.

@abbyhitter you should play ff7 before playing this one, it's a preqiel but it will spoil a lot of ff7 story

720p and 30fps, even in handheld mode, is good enough for me.

I'll wait for reviews but I'm definitely looking forward to this. I never played the original so this will be like a whole new game. Bring it on

Hope this is a good port I’m really looking forward to this as that I have played ff7 and remake It looks like a fun add to gameplay and graphics for the original crisis core. I do like how this is coming to the switch just out of the blue but I’m not complaining.

@JJtheTexan I'll throw it out there that playing the remake first is going to lead to a lot of confusion for a new player. Original -> Crisis Core -> Advent Children -> Remake would be the ideal order for someone who wants to get all the story beats.

Still hoping that there'll be a demo, I might ask for this for Christmas, but I wanna know if I should go for Switch or PS4. I still have the original on PSP, so it's not a huge deal if I decide to get it later though.

120 fps is "silky smooth"? Don't tell me that even the glorified 60 is no longer worthy of the epithet among the kids.😅

I'm more curious if the port bundles the Japanese voices so I don't have to feel torn between playing the legit purchase and the undubbed dead man's chest on this front like it was with Valkyria Chronicles 2.😅 Then again, Square Enix's Switch releases seem to have a good track record here.

@ReaperMelia from the spoilers I've overheard, it sounds like Remake may be going for a progressively alternate take on the familiar events, and said familiarity would certainly benefit from beating the original first. In fact, between these alleged "what if" flavours and the reputedly somewhat FFXIII-inspired battle system, I'm more curious about FFVIIR than I initially was.

@Jeaz yhea, they basically confirmed there's some Nomura time line equipment hopping going on in the remake. So the infamous spoilers may not be so sure this time!

@Jeaz Remake already hinted at a bigger role for Zack going forward, so I think this is mostly to familiarize audiences with him ahead of Rebirth's launch.

@nhSnork I won't go into any details to avoid spoilers, but VIIR absolutely has differences from the original storyline and it kind of assumes players are at least familiar with the events of the original game as well as the anthology that followed. The next two games seem to be making even bigger changes as well, so it's definitely best to play it after the other entries.

@nhSnork you're welcome to try out my 1440p/165hz monitor that doesn't cost too much these days to see the difference between 30/60/120/144/165 fps. Though not everybody seems to see the difference when reading comments online.
60 fps being 'silky smooth' was 5-10 years ago. Only at Nintendo 60 fps still is the current pinnacle of smoothness. Curious when we actually will hit a wall where higher fps doesn't matter anymore.

But back on topic: this makes me doubt what version to get, Switch or PC. Might wait till releaseday to hear if the 30fps on Switch is actually stable (and how well the PC version is optimized to squeeze out every frame I can get XD).

Sephiroth looks so nice in the picture. Since Final Fantasy 7 Remake is propably a fan fiction sequel I would not mind if he becomes friendly at the end. Let us go full happy end.

A game to be played in handheld mode, same as the original. As long as it looks and plays well that way, I'm in (probably wait for a sale, though, depends on how good is DQ Treasures). I was planning on playing it only in handheld, anyway.

@Omedru 120hz is probably that wall for the majority of people. Anything higher, and you would have to be an esports player to really feel any actual difference.

@TopazLink PS4 is still 30fps, same as Switch 👍🏼

@Ear_wiG I'm more wondering if it's a consistent 30fps, as well as if it looks worse in a way that might bother me. Oh, and what the loading times are like too, I've been burned before on Switch ports that have annoyingly long loading times.

The original on PSP was 30fps also so the Switch version is running more closer to the original than the rest.

30fps is to be expected, however I don't feel like 1080p docked should be impossible...

720p 30fps is just disappointing and outdated

I can't see the difference between 30 or 60fps, let alone 120. There is so much more to it then just framerate to make a game respond or look good.

While 30fps isn't unplayable, it's hard to go back after you get used to 60 being standard. If the Switch version were 1080p 30fps or 720p 60fps, I would get it there. But I think I'll get the Xbox version instead.

@deadmaker
Im hoping with "switch 2" (if it exists, i hope it will happen) that more games will move towards targeting 60fps considering the improvements in mobile chipsets over the years.

for this game im hoping its at least a smooth 30 (though previews did seem positive) but yeah, 60fps definitely makes games feel much better (its why i feel like F zero X still holds up well compared to some of the more graphically advanced N64 games)

@Jeaz

I think the answer to that is: Remake isn't a remake, it's a stealth sequel. Playing the original is required to really understand what's going on. The existence of the original is embedded into the new game's story.

So it's not a straight re-telling. And if the end of Remake is anything to go by, we have no idea what we're going to find in Rebirth.

In this context, and given the glimpses we see of Zack in Ramake, it's fair to say he'll play an important role in Rebirth. Crisis Core — which I haven't played yet — then serves as backstory for the character. The fact the character designs match up with Remake is an obvious wink in this direction.

@Mgalens I really hope 60fps will be the standard in the future. I like it even in videos! 😂

@Tober you dont see it. You feel it. Plus you need an actual display that can support the frame rate. So if you are you wont be noticing anything if your using a 60hz display.

@deadmaker just play on PC. 60 fps has been the standard for years. Its even starting to be outdated since the cost of 120hz monitors are starting to go down.

@Tober I can see the difference clear as day. Since I got a PS5 and Performance mode I will never go back. 30 fps is choppy, slow and unplayable.

@diwdiws I don't have a good PC for gaming. Also when I said standard I meant that nothing should be lower than 60fps anymore. I recently played Dragon Quest XI on Game Pass and even though the game isn't graphically demanding, it still ran at 30fps. It was kind of shocking at first, but after a while we end up get used to it.

Imagine the Switch version ends up being the PSP version

All these years later and I'm still not interested in ff. Guess it's just not for but I almost want to be excited by it because everyone else seems to be

When Square-Enix wants to, they make a Nintendo console port very, very well. When Square-Enix doesn't want to, they just don't do it at all. I'd reckon if they ever decided they, they could port over Final Fantasy VII Remake if they wanted to.

@abbyhitter this game imo was terrible. Type 0 was substantially better when it came to the 2 psp games.. I'd say skip. The storyline of ff7 is all over there place any more. This is a prequel to the original ff7 but there's tons of plot holes. And with the remake this game doesn't even follow it at all...
My suggestion is play final fantasy 7 the original one first come if you decide that you like it and you want to know more about the story then play this. There's not much that goes on in this game other than fight zone and fight zone.

As a big Final Fantasy fan, I've long wanted to play Crisis Core since I never had a PSP. Happy it's coming to Switch, but I'll likely get around to playing it on a more powerful console to get the maximum experience.

At this point, Squeenix really just needs to announce the FF Pixel Remasters for Switch asap.

Also secretly hoping for Square Enix Remasters/Remakes or New Entries of:

• Threads of Fate
• Vagrant Story
• Brave Fencer Musashi 1 & 2
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Xenogears
• Bahamut Lagoon
• Valkyrie Profile
• Ehrgeiz

... Wun can only hope.

I played most, if not all, AAA 3rd party games on xbox, while nintendo switch for nintendo exclusive and metroidvania games.

The game runs at 720p/30fps at Switch compared to 4k/60-120fps on PC/PS5 but still Switch offers the best gameplay experience! Its still a handheld game after all, and the best PSP game for many people.

Alrighty then, Sweet!! The switch will get a Final Fantasy remake of some sort. (Don't argue the remake vs. Remaster thing with me.) And I'm still holding out on a port of FFVIIR for switch so I don't have to buy a PS4/ PS5 to buy it.

@TopazLink I’m in the same boat as you. It will definitely be an upgrade from my PSP copy, but is portability more important that the higher resolution and frame rate. Honestly, I’ll probably get the Switch version because this game was designed as a portable playable in short bursts.

the only ffvii game worth playing is the original game from 1997.

nothing else has been any good at all.
it's amazing, actually.