I have so much to say about this game that I could probably sit here for hours writing stuff down and it wouldn't be enough.
Let me just start with this: what an improvement. Aside from some occasional problems with lighting, I don't think there's a single aspect of Remake that wasn't greatly enhanced in Rebirth. It honestly surpassed my expectations.
Remake is a very good game, but one I at times had trouble staying engaged with due to padded out segments. This time, I couldn't put the fucking game down. It was just incredibly enthralling from start to finish, even when I was struggling with some silly minigame.
The minigames are apparently a point of contention, but I can safely say I loved them for the most part. Queen's Blood is of course the star of the show, and I need it to be its own separate thing, but almost all of the other ones are high-quality or at least inoffensive as well. The few that genuinely annoyed me were optional.
Speaking of, there is so much optional content. Like, I could have finished this game in 40 hours probably, but I couldn't stop myself from doing every little thing the devs threw at me. I went for the Platinum trophy, which is something that I absolutely did not want to do for the first part, and even though I lost my sanity on a few Chadley combat challenges and an entire second playthrough was a bit much, I still pushed through, because the core game was just that much fun. 168 hours is a lot and it certainly felt like a lot. Still, I don't regret any part of it.
Rebirth stumbles in a few aspects of game design, like overworld movement, some of the optional challenges being way overtuned, and some irritating enemy design, but overall? I like Final Fantasy VII, I like the Remake - but I LOVE this game, and it's shot up Cloud's party as one of my favorites in all JRPGs. This is truly a masterpiece and one I genuinely can't imagine being topped by the third part.
Let me just start with this: what an improvement. Aside from some occasional problems with lighting, I don't think there's a single aspect of Remake that wasn't greatly enhanced in Rebirth. It honestly surpassed my expectations.
Remake is a very good game, but one I at times had trouble staying engaged with due to padded out segments. This time, I couldn't put the fucking game down. It was just incredibly enthralling from start to finish, even when I was struggling with some silly minigame.
The minigames are apparently a point of contention, but I can safely say I loved them for the most part. Queen's Blood is of course the star of the show, and I need it to be its own separate thing, but almost all of the other ones are high-quality or at least inoffensive as well. The few that genuinely annoyed me were optional.
Speaking of, there is so much optional content. Like, I could have finished this game in 40 hours probably, but I couldn't stop myself from doing every little thing the devs threw at me. I went for the Platinum trophy, which is something that I absolutely did not want to do for the first part, and even though I lost my sanity on a few Chadley combat challenges and an entire second playthrough was a bit much, I still pushed through, because the core game was just that much fun. 168 hours is a lot and it certainly felt like a lot. Still, I don't regret any part of it.
Rebirth stumbles in a few aspects of game design, like overworld movement, some of the optional challenges being way overtuned, and some irritating enemy design, but overall? I like Final Fantasy VII, I like the Remake - but I LOVE this game, and it's shot up Cloud's party as one of my favorites in all JRPGs. This is truly a masterpiece and one I genuinely can't imagine being topped by the third part.