Sephiroth has become Pyramid Head. Always ending up in places he doesn't belong. I waited since 06 for this remake and the flying scrotum goblins always made me question wtf was going on in the trailers and while playing. It wasn't until I made it to the final stage that I realized this isn't a remake, a reboot or even a remaining. It's a sequel that they expect every new player to be on board with and not confused whatsoever that only a Kingdom Hearts veteran could be prepared for. Cyberpunk wasn't the game that made me question Sony's refund policy, this game was. Unfortunately you'd only find out the b.s 39 hours in so only a GOG policy could have saved my money.

One of the problems that the FF7 "Remake" had was that they wanted to do the same things Hideo Kojima did with Metal Gear Solid 2. So instead of a "Remake" we got a "Sequel". Not only that the people are using the excuse that the original game had 3 discs, the reason for that was each "Disc" was 700 MB so limited space. Now with the Final Fantasy 7 "Remake" taking place over 3 games, that's essentially Xenosaga all over again.

Episode one was truly poor. Not surprised. No talent left for writng anymore it seems. Why on earth did they not stay faithful to the original. it was perfect

This 'game' is fooked.

Ty for this never get tired of hearing these complaints as they echo my concerns 100%

If they were honest about what it was from the start, I don’t think anyone would mind.

This whole thing has "cynical cash grab" written all over it.

8 was a solid game. They tried something new with gameplay, and I can appreciate it. I actually like the junction system.

This was simply amazing. I've watched a few other deep dives into why this game ruined the story, but this was very enjoyable. I bought Rebirth thinking things would get better....and it doesn't. I hope you do a review of Rebirth like this, but would understand if you won't. I guess playing the original is just how I will have to enjoy this story.

I just don't know why they couldn't also do a real full on remake too.

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Tetsuya Nomura is the Zack Snyder of gaming

7:28 "Originally you didn't get a real hint at Sephiroth until the Shin-Ra building, never seeing him in person until the ship, before then it was just a flashback and his sword. Sephiroth is really possible now, so they would show him before his debut."

Did you with a straight face just refer to FF7 as "best of all time material" and FF9 as "convoluted"? That is wild. I prefer the story of 7 but 7 It's far more convoluted than 9