Overview
- Critical reception is broadly positive, with aggregate scores reported at 81 on Metacritic and 85 on OpenCritic as of today.
- The remake adds concrete quality-of-life changes including visible field enemies, combat speed-up and battle skipping, objective markers, party hints, difficulty modifiers, and the Moonlighting system that levels two vocations at once.
- Square Enix and co-developer Hexadrive rebuilt the game from the ground up with a toy-like diorama presentation, new voice work, and modernized interfaces.
- Content is trimmed and rearranged compared with prior versions, which streamlines progression, though some reviewers say the polish can feel clinical or different in tone from the original.
- Despite streamlining, reviewers still report a substantial playtime, with main-story runs around 75 hours, and a free demo with save transfer is available ahead of the cross-platform release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch/Switch 2, and PC on Feb. 5.