Ff7 intermission2/17/2024 ![]() The biggest time-sapping culprit for me was Fort Condor. I confess, while I spent well over five hours on the DLC, you can beat it in three to four hours. He also has to put up with Yuffie’s antics more than once. Sonon is a much more down-to-earth character: level-headed, but enjoys a bit of fun on the side. Throughout the DLC, it’s lovely to see her growing relationship with Sonon and the differences between the two play out. She’s totally different from anyone else in the main cast, and seeing her shine alone gets me excited at the prospect of her joining the main cast when part two comes to light. The way she throws herself onto the save benches or athletically jumps over gaps adds to her character endearingly. She’s obsessed with materia in the same way her PS One counterpart is, but in a much more tolerable way. She’s a little hyperactive and overconfident in the way that teenagers usually are. Yuffie brings a lightness to Remake that I didn’t realise was missing. Not to say that the whole thing is a barrel of moogles, especially when Deepground shows up, but I had a smile on my face throughout my entire five-hour playthrough for reasons wholly different from the base game. It’s a small snippet of joy amidst many of the heavier events that Remake makes you play through. INTERmission takes itself a bit less seriously than Remake overall, which lends itself to its bite-sized length. But it also acts as a vehicle for our materia thief and gives her the spotlight she so sorely deserves. The story does little other than introduce characters and new tidbits into this modern-day adaptation of Midgar and the world of Final Fantasy VII. She’s joined by new character and fellow Wutai agent Sonon Kusakabe. ![]() Split into two chapters and set after Cloud falls from the Sector 5 Reactor, the story follows our favourite ninja as she infiltrates Midgar to steal top-secret materia. Yuffie’s cheery personality brings some much-needed light into the slums of Midgar. It’s Yuffie who’s the star of the show and lifts it from being good to delightful. INTERmission is simply more Remake, which is far from a bad thing. Some locations and enemies are reused from Remake too, which makes sense. ![]() The music is still absolutely fantastic, with some incredible arrangements of songs such as “Descendant of Shinobi,” “Wutai,” and more. The combat is primarily the same, and the visuals have received that same PS5-lift that Intergrade gave. In truth, there aren’t too many differences in INTERmission compared to the base game. ![]() And while the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII attempted to flesh her out, it didn’t compare to the attention her fellow optional party member, Vincent Valentine, got.īut putting a character like Yuffie front-and-centre of Episode INTERmission is what makes this DLC feels so fun and refreshing. She was just the chirpy, cheeky materia thief. In the original game, Yuffie was an optional character who didn’t have much of a backstory, and what little there is was tucked away in a sidequest. Yuffie Kisaragi may be the last character I thought would be the star of DLC for Final Fantasy VII Remake. We’ll be covering our impressions of the PS5 upgrade separately. Editor’s note: this review only covers the DLC portion of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
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