Recently I played through Yakuza 0 / Yakuza Kiwami / Silent Hill: The Short Message / Final Fantasy VII / Final Fantasy VII Remake + DLC.
To rank them from easy to hard:
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII Remake + DLC
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza 0
Every game has subtitles and every game (except the original FF7) has voice acting. Even though the FF games are fantasy, the dialogue is usually quite easy, even for beginners who would be B1 or something like that. Yakuza is much harder because of the slang, the use of outdated words/expressions and a shitload of dialect.
Yakuza 0 and Kiwami are both playable with Agent. FF and Silent Hill are not hookable, which could turn the ranking upside down, as it would be much easier to look up words than just rely on listening.
I’d generally recommend playing the FF7 OG first, so you’re familiar with the story, and then playing the remake. The knowledge from the easier OG game will make the remake game a bit easier.
