Fuck you Square for ruining the future of remakes.
Haha, what if it was different?
EDIT (BONUS THOUGHTS AS OF 08/03/2024):This game only covers Midgar and is unnecessary overexposure for this area. Its not an interesting place. The game is not fun to replay in my opinion, and is only good once for the story - it's far too cinematic and stop and go for repeat playthroughs.
Ultimately there are only a few plot points I think are necessary to remember for playing the second entry, and even then it's not a big deal. You could just skip it.
That said what you do have is an emotional and intriguing story, with fun combat that is confusingly a blend between action and JRPG, so much so that it could barely be called an action game (you just hold square.) - which is strange because its just invasive enough to make you wish you were playing one or the other, but at the same time you can't really imagine it working in any other way.
A lot of the disappointment for me comes from the fact that the game ends right as the plot starts to get interesting. If Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is Metal Gear Solid V, then Final Fantasy VII: Remake is it's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. The only distinction to make is that MGSGZ is like 2 hours long and this is actually a full game, just its a full game created around a tiny percent of an actual full games plot, so it gets no satisfying conclusion.
Haha, what if it was different?
EDIT (BONUS THOUGHTS AS OF 08/03/2024):This game only covers Midgar and is unnecessary overexposure for this area. Its not an interesting place. The game is not fun to replay in my opinion, and is only good once for the story - it's far too cinematic and stop and go for repeat playthroughs.
Ultimately there are only a few plot points I think are necessary to remember for playing the second entry, and even then it's not a big deal. You could just skip it.
That said what you do have is an emotional and intriguing story, with fun combat that is confusingly a blend between action and JRPG, so much so that it could barely be called an action game (you just hold square.) - which is strange because its just invasive enough to make you wish you were playing one or the other, but at the same time you can't really imagine it working in any other way.
A lot of the disappointment for me comes from the fact that the game ends right as the plot starts to get interesting. If Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is Metal Gear Solid V, then Final Fantasy VII: Remake is it's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. The only distinction to make is that MGSGZ is like 2 hours long and this is actually a full game, just its a full game created around a tiny percent of an actual full games plot, so it gets no satisfying conclusion.