This game is such an incredibly mixed bag for me, I really like some aspects of it but others are just straight-up bad.
To start with the positives I guess...
I like most of Zack's character, I dont love him but he's pretty cool. Besides for Zack I also like some of the Sephiroth stuff, they dont really change his arc but show more of his "human" side which was nice.
The other characters that I liked are Cloud and Aerith but I feel like they could have used more screentime to flesh out their relationship with Zack. Especially Cloud, I kinda thought that this was the whole point of the game but instead they focus on other shit. What they did get was nice tho, they had some nice moments.
But story wise that's basically all I like. The writing in this game is terrible so when it comes to introducing new characters it's pretty shit. Angael's whole thing was just dumb but it's especially when talking about Genesis, I just do not like him at all. Him being the main villain, and him getting so much screentime is one of my biggest problems with this game as, even with all this screentime, they fail to make him a compelling villain. His constant quoting of Loveless is also really annoying and doesn't help with this. He literally just shows up out of nowhere only to recite some random theater lines before fucking off and never elaborating further.
It's also really strange how this game tries to retcon og FF7 as much as possible, either to force in Genesis or to just change stuff for no reason. Sure you can tell a prequel story about Zack, Cloud and Sephiroth, but the focus here is just in the wrong place.
Oh yeah as a remaster the game is cool tho, it looks a lot nicer and the gameplay is a lot better. Which does make it fun to play. Plus the CGI cutscenes are very cool and epic.... and the writing being as bad as it is does make it kinda funny
To start with the positives I guess...
I like most of Zack's character, I dont love him but he's pretty cool. Besides for Zack I also like some of the Sephiroth stuff, they dont really change his arc but show more of his "human" side which was nice.
The other characters that I liked are Cloud and Aerith but I feel like they could have used more screentime to flesh out their relationship with Zack. Especially Cloud, I kinda thought that this was the whole point of the game but instead they focus on other shit. What they did get was nice tho, they had some nice moments.
But story wise that's basically all I like. The writing in this game is terrible so when it comes to introducing new characters it's pretty shit. Angael's whole thing was just dumb but it's especially when talking about Genesis, I just do not like him at all. Him being the main villain, and him getting so much screentime is one of my biggest problems with this game as, even with all this screentime, they fail to make him a compelling villain. His constant quoting of Loveless is also really annoying and doesn't help with this. He literally just shows up out of nowhere only to recite some random theater lines before fucking off and never elaborating further.
It's also really strange how this game tries to retcon og FF7 as much as possible, either to force in Genesis or to just change stuff for no reason. Sure you can tell a prequel story about Zack, Cloud and Sephiroth, but the focus here is just in the wrong place.
Oh yeah as a remaster the game is cool tho, it looks a lot nicer and the gameplay is a lot better. Which does make it fun to play. Plus the CGI cutscenes are very cool and epic.... and the writing being as bad as it is does make it kinda funny