It is, it's a bit bloated like ppp are saying. It's funny I wanted more side quests and openness in remake, I wanted a bit less of it in rebirth. It's just impossible to have an open world not feel empty if you don't fill it with tasks, but I think they could have made the subtasks a bit more engaging if they leaned further into the character relationships - the best side quests gave you some more depth to your teammates, and I feel they could have done more of that without taxing the lore more heavily. As with remake, the character details and relationships are by far the best element, and bravo again to this team for meeting the challenge of expanding and improving on what was already the main draw of the original - the feeling that you know these weirdos, that you're on the team with them. And yes of course I cried.