I remember coming away with a bad impression of this years ago on the PSP. A few hours into this version I thought I’d been wrong. While it’s clearly not coming in with a strong story, it at least felt like fun. There was just a little bit of romantic subtext suggested, enough to grab onto for a functioning fudanshi, but that soon got lost by the wayside. It just gets BAD, but it doesn’t want to commit enough when it could’ve gone full out. The idea of fleshing out Zack as a character and especially the whole Nibelheim story turns out feeling totally hollow, as much of the game just aims for fanservice and fleshing out minor details that were better left redundant. It could be possible to say something interesting or at least show more respect if you really must keep milking the franchise, but not in these hands.