Final Fantasy VII Remake overall succeeds in its goal of translating the 1997 classic into a modern video game. My favorite thing about this title is how it manages to be a technical showcase for last-gen hardware. Yet, it mainly achieves this through use of simple tricks a lot of early 3D titles would use to compensate for lack of processing power. The use of panoramas for huge vistas, and seamless transitions in and out of pre-rendered cutscenes, for example. While a good third of the game honestly felt like padding, in my opinion, the important part is that it manages to do essential plot beats from the source material justice.