Went back and did hard mode + got the platinum finally before Rebirth released. Still really awesome, the parts I didn’t like much for the most part weren’t as bad (besides Sector 6 slums, fuck that) and the parts I did really like are still phenomenal. Also hard mode itself is really fucking fun, really takes the combat to a whole other level imo despite being fairly simple changes.

Time to play Yuffie dlc finally!