I've never been as heartbroken by a video game the way I was by this. I love Final Fantasy, I love FF7, I love Remake and I loved this for a time. It starts off so well. The combat is fantastic, I love spending more time with the characters and seeing them interact more but this game is too big for its britches.
There are 8 open-world areas that are all essentially the same. The environments are different but every activity is the same, the amount of every activity is the same. And you're not rewarded for exploring either, there are no interesting landmarks or places to discover, you go to Ubisoft towers to fill your map with checklist items. And it's that 8 times! It's all optional but it's indicative of the game's main problem, meandering excess. There's too much here and too much of it is just meandering. When the story is good it is GOOD but so much of it is just meandering to keep you in the areas longer. So much of it is just of so little consequence and you just want things to happen, it's nice to get more time with the characters but after a certain point the bubble bursts and you just want it to move on. There's simply too much game here and not enough to justify it. Remake is the first part of a story stretched into a full 30-hour game but it feels like a full 30 complete story. This is the middle part of a story stretched into a full 80-hour game and it feels like a middle section stretched out beyond what it can justify.
When I first played Remake I ended it feeling excited. Excited for the future, excited over the game I just played. When I finished this I felt deflated and despondent. I just wanted it to end. I'm so sad.
There are 8 open-world areas that are all essentially the same. The environments are different but every activity is the same, the amount of every activity is the same. And you're not rewarded for exploring either, there are no interesting landmarks or places to discover, you go to Ubisoft towers to fill your map with checklist items. And it's that 8 times! It's all optional but it's indicative of the game's main problem, meandering excess. There's too much here and too much of it is just meandering. When the story is good it is GOOD but so much of it is just meandering to keep you in the areas longer. So much of it is just of so little consequence and you just want things to happen, it's nice to get more time with the characters but after a certain point the bubble bursts and you just want it to move on. There's simply too much game here and not enough to justify it. Remake is the first part of a story stretched into a full 30-hour game but it feels like a full 30 complete story. This is the middle part of a story stretched into a full 80-hour game and it feels like a middle section stretched out beyond what it can justify.
When I first played Remake I ended it feeling excited. Excited for the future, excited over the game I just played. When I finished this I felt deflated and despondent. I just wanted it to end. I'm so sad.