The gameplay is great, the characters are great like in Remake part 1, but the game completely falls apart at the back half when the story becomes even more of a mess than part 1. The game once again has a bloated, far too long final dungeon and a complete mess of a reinterpretation of the events at the Forgotten Capital. Even the final boss of the game is too long.
I will never not be irritated at this "remake" series being a bloated and bad sequel to the original game. Seriously, play the original FFVII. Oh well.