okay i played through hard mode to (finally!) get the platinum trophy so i decided to just watch all the cutscenes again to make it a proper replay and....... yeah this game fucking rules. i GET why some people don't click with it (especially people who really liked the og) but maaaan no game has ever made me as giddy and excited as this. the rhythm game minigame and the stuff around it alone makes this a 5 star experience (i have some THOUGHTS on cloud's gender that i will wait until i replay the original to share), but basically every character is expanded on in such interesting ways that i love how much time we spend with them. also really appreciated the gameplay more on hard difficulty surprisingly!! i did the pride and joy simulation thing before starting on hard so that definitely helped, but its very satisfying to jump around the characters doing different stuff... in my original playthrough i basically only played as tifa during combat and got really frustrated when she wasn't in the party lol. i should be finally buying a ps5 soon, and rebirth is 100% the main reason why