In our Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC Review, we take a closer look at the PC version of one of the best games of the past year.
We reviewed the PlayStation 5 version of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth last year and mentioned that it could be the best game of the year. A year has passed and we have played a lot of great games, we have new GOTY candidates, and just when I thought I had left Rebirth behind, I suddenly had the chance to play the PC version early and found myself in Grasslands again! Let’s see together what the PC version has to offer and is it worth playing again even if you have finished it once.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review / PC
I have previously talked about both the story and the content in my PS5 version review. To summarize briefly, after Remake, our heroes reach a new area, are surrounded by Shinra soldiers and leave the city thanks to the Avalanche organization and come to Grasslands. After that, it is about escaping Shinra and following the black-robed men, stopping the old hero Sephirot and Shinra from completely destroying the planet with separate plans, while also meeting old and new members of our team and discovering inconsistencies in Cloud’s past.
The main story is handled fluently for both those who know the series and those who play it for the first time. I especially see comments from long-time fans of the series saying “To understand this game, you should first play the original game and Crisis Core, then watch the movie and play these” but I can’t say I agree with them. Yes, if you follow it this way, more things make sense but I don’t see it as a must. Still, at least play Crisis Core, it’s a great game and we even reviewed it.
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I had praised the open world and activities of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth during my review. I won’t write the same things again. But I can mention one part that surprised me, even after 1 year, it still makes me sit down and play from the beginning. I thought of playing the beginning parts on easy difficulty so that it would go by faster, but the fights ending too fast prevented me from enjoying the updated combat system enough. So I increased the difficulty and although I tried to get through some boring tasks quickly (like the chocobo hide and seek), I generally enjoyed the world a lot. I wasn’t expecting to play the same game from beginning to end just because it offered better graphics and performance.
Throughout our adventure, we explore areas like Junon, Costa Del Sol, Gongaga, have fun at the Gold Saucer, and play cards at Shinra-8. There are so many things to do, and even the producers said, “I think we put a little too many mini games for the players, we can reduce them in the next one.” It’s a game full of content, you can spend long hours just in the first area, and the number of things to do increases as new members are added. If it weren’t for the stealth missions, I would give full marks to the side activities, but there you have it, that’s it.
How is the PC version?
The PS5 version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth looked great, but it still had visually annoying issues such as poorly-looking textures that loaded slowly, lighting problems. It also had various issues in both Performance and Display modes, especially FPS loss in Performance mode. It was said that these issues were improved with the patches that came later and the Pro update, and it received a lot of praise for how good it was on Pro consoles. So is the PC version better than the Pro update? Yes.
First of all, the game’s graphics settings are grouped under three options as Low – Medium – High, but there is a large graphics options menu for those who want to make their own settings. From here, you can adjust the lighting, the shadows shown, and even how many characters in the background will be visible from how far away. There is also DLSS and VRR support. When you open all the settings and play in high resolution, DLSS is also a big help.
If we look at the published system requirements of the game, you can play at 30 fps at 1080p resolution at the lowest settings on a computer with at least an AMD Radeon RX 6600 – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card, an AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel i3-8100 processor, at least 16 GB of memory and 155 GB of SSD space. Again, for those who want to get 60 fps at medium settings at 1080p resolution, the processor and graphics card requirements increase a little more. For those who want to play at 60 fps at 4K resolution at ultra settings, an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or i7-10700 processor and an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card are recommended. Regardless of your system, if you are using a monitor that supports 4K, it is also recommended that you use a graphics card with at least 12 GB of GPU memory.
I tried the game on a system between recommended and Ultra with 4K resolution locked at 60 fps and I did not experience any fps drops with DLSS. However, since I knew the game looked better and could be better, I played the game at 2K resolution, with all settings high and DLSS enabled, without dropping below 100 fps. I was also able to play the game with a laptop with a 4060 graphics card, at 1080p resolution locked at 90 fps without any problems even in crowded places. Loading times are short, there are no problems with late-loading textures, and the frame rate manages to stay constant. It has a very good performance in general.
My biggest complaint about the game is that some objects go crazy because of the physics engine and do it very loudly. While running in the mine, I hit a pile of iron, you’d think it was falling on my head. In later levels, various objects (chairs, doors, etc.) collide with an invisible object like this and shake in a meaningless, noisy way, and you can’t stop them. The best thing to do is to quickly move away from that area and never go too close to the object again.
In conclusion
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth PC version takes one of last year’s most powerful games and brings it to PC users with better graphics, better performance, and almost no bugs. We have a great game on our hands that is capable of replaying itself with pleasure, even if you’ve played it before on PS5.
PC version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Steam It is possible to purchase it for $39 with a special discount on exit. Epic Store The game is also on sale via and can be purchased from here for 1,680 TL with an exit discount. With the current exchange rate, we can say that the Steam version is more affordable.