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Upon completion , the satisfaction that you feel, the sheer euphoria of it outweights any frustration i might´ve felt, and that´s the point of this game. Getting over it, may it be insurmountable obstacles here or in real life.
That with enough practice , if you push through it in certain ways and with the right mindset you can do it. The game´s narrator and the soundtrack that he plays reinforce these ideias. It´s a game with a simple and clear objective and i think it suceeds in that ordeal more than it fails.
Another thing i like is how after beating it , it becomes way easier and if you keep doing it, it becomes shockingly simple to beat. For the negatives , the orange section and some parts afterwards felt super annoying since i felt like i needed to align the hammer pixel perfect, even thought after doing it once or twice , it became quite simple.
It´s not a game for everyone but for anyone in the right mindset and state of mind, you can indeed conquer it.
For anyone who did, you beat the game and rose above the mountain and for that all i have to say is, i´m glad you did or i´m glad you came.

It´s a good game overall. At first i wasn´t that big of a fan but it grew on me, the pixel art and music are really good , the combat is simple but intuitive and it has a lot of twists.
Halfway it transitions into a metroidvania, with a lot of backtracking ( that enphasize the problems with traversal, since the fast travel is restrictive) but i did enjoy it overall.
The writting really added to the game and the twist, they are honestly a part of why i enjoyed it as much as i do. Especially when 4th wall breaking humor can be a little too intrusive sometimes.

I´m just disappointed, this had so much potential. And then they decided the time travelling , spoiler inducing parts was the best way to go about "changing" or "expanding" the source material. The combat is awesome, the music is awesome, the cutscenes are awesome and the characters are incredible as well. They nail everything, and then they decide to add unnecessary fluff, just to padd the game. The game constantly fights itself, between padded crap and fun scenarios from the original. Not to say the new stuff is completely bad, but the ones that are good additions are few, and the other fun additions add nothing to the plot. Don´t even get me started on the finale, they just go off the rails and decide to do the most random stuff possible. That being said, i hope rebirth is better even with some changes to the overall plot.

Edit:
Replaying the game, i still feel a lot of the same issues.
I really respect the ideia and the questioning of what should a sequel or a remake be? or what defines a remake ? or even questions about free will , by the characters, but was this the best way to go about and if so , why final fantasy 7? Clearly that was not the intention of the original director, and if you are going to change the product of the original then at least do it with your own work .
But it´s fine, since the original still exists even though dated i guess, good game overall even though it draggs a lot and it isn´t a remake , more so a reimagining of final fantasy 7 and from the title screen that´s not what i wanted or expected .
All things considered i can be sad about what it could´ve been or enjoy it for what is it while complementing the original, but i still feel disappointment.