Steam FF7 requires a Square Enix account?

[Techim]

Never played FF7 before, but I did watched Advent Children.
Then I heard the E3 FF7 remake announcement.
Since Steam summer sale is still ongoing, though I'd check out the original.
Then I noticed small disclaimer on the store page mentioning Square Enix account...

How does that work?
Is it something like Uplay?
Do I have to be always online to play this through Steam?

[LilG]

You basically authenticate yourself with SE by making an account. You can save your games on their servers, use the character booster.
Once you've made an account thats it, a 1 time thing & you don't even need to be online to play this game.
Just ignore the whiners who make a big deal out of spending a few mins of their time making an account to play a game, it really is simple. Just make sure you link your Steam & SE accounts together.

[VGRoulette]

@LilG you say its simple, but its not so simple when Square Enix refuse's to send the verification email thus we can't even load the game cause we can't verify the account to begin with! I've made 2 different account with different email providers and both never got the verification email maybe if they told us which providers worked then it would save us some time. This never should have had any online mumbo jumbo added anyways cause its rightfully a solo game.

[LilG]

@Videogameroulette.

It is simple, its just SE complicates it. Make sure you've linked your steam & SE accounts together & use email address like gmail thats how I got my verification email.

I've already given the reason why you need to make an account, its SE's game its upto them if they want to make DRM with it, we just have to put up with it, no use complaining about it not needing one, SE aren't likely to change their ways.

[Techim]

Does FF7 and FF8 have the Steam regional lockout thing?
Eg every other Final Fantasy game on Steam (13, 3, 4, etc) has a disclaimer telling me

Notice: This version of the game will only be playable in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and India.

There's no such disclaimer for FF7 & 8, even checking with Steamdb doesn't list a lockout...
I'm in Russia right now for studies, but I'll be going back to my home country permanently by mid 2016, hence the reason I shouldn't buy the other Final Fantasy games here..

[Sliferskypher]

help me please
i linked my SE and steam acc with the same email address - gmail but i didnt receive a conf e-mail.
2 hours of trying and 7€ for nothing... this cant be real

[Hellzicke]

Originally posted by LilG:

Just ignore the whiners who make a big deal out of spending a few mins of their time making an account to play a game, it really is simple.

A few mins? I lol'd. Pretty much every SE game I bought requires me to spend half a day fighting through a jungle of account registration forms, email processes that doesnt work, error codes and zero support. Tbh, their system is a total nightmare.

[LilG]

Originally posted by Hellzicke:

Originally posted by LilG:

Just ignore the whiners who make a big deal out of spending a few mins of their time making an account to play a game, it really is simple.

A few mins? I lol'd. Pretty much every SE game I bought requires me to spend half a day fighting through a jungle of account registration forms, email processes that doesnt work, error codes and zero support. Tbh, their system is a total nightmare.

The only games from SE that took longer were when I made an account for XI & XIV , that was a nightmare & yeah I agree their system needs an improvement because it feels like jumping through hoops.

[bloodiedathame]

I've linked my Steam account to Square Enix but get stuck in registration loop trying to start the game. What a farce. Refund requested.

[eROCK]

im having same problem. i click on the link on the email and it just takes me to their website. doesnt confirm anything

[OpsEnderX]

Originally posted by Pervis Williams:

im having same problem. i click on the link on the email and it just takes me to their website. doesnt confirm anything

Glad to know years later and this neverending loop of not sending confirmation email yet saying email isn't confirmed has prevented me from playing this game for months now. Shout out to SE for making arbitrary login requirements for an offline game, currently on hold on a one hour call with SE support and they are dumbfounded on how to get me access to the game I paid for...

[Pure Mind Games]

Just use 7th Heaven.

[xtwinxthornx]

Originally posted by Pure Mind Games:

Just use 7th Heaven.

i keep seeing this, it is wrong.
the game must be run once with steam before 7th heaven will recognize it.