Easily one of the most impactful and beautiful storytelling games I’ve ever played. It’s so unfortunate that the games biggest flaws are very apparent in its open world design, and how players go about exploring the open world. But even with these flaws to me it’s a flawed masterpiece of storytelling. I was in full on tears over a small side character and antagonist, and the end at the altar of the ancients had me in full on tears just staring there even though I knew it was coming. The emotional connection I had formed with the party across my 100+ hour adventure was amazing to experience. This is what a FF remake should be, expanding on the original title to make these connections even more impactful. Overall Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a flawed masterpiece, in my opinion, that I was beyond lucky to experience.