Even moreso than Remake, Rebirth is a passionate retelling that takes full advantage of its modern cinematic approach to breathe new life into the original story but not without a few awkward infantilizations and, especially in the final act, needlessly contrived twists that exist solely for insipid fanservice and complexity's sake. Exploration is too streamlined to be enjoyable in itself, but an exhilaratingly dense combat system, along with a staggering amount of minigames, activities and challenges to experience, makes it one of the most incredibly diversified, layered JRPGs.