FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

What a game, I don’t know how I’m supposed to move on. The FF7 player base seems to be easy to disappoint, and while the game isn’t perfect and deserves some criticism for sure, I think some of y’all will never be happy. The game is truly massive and has tons of side content, but the majority of it isn’t mandatory. A lot of side stuff was fun for me to complete, but the moment I noticed I was getting tired of side quests, I simply stopped doing them and focused on the main story. If you’re stuck on a minigame and instead of moving on, you’re torturing yourself by doing it for 5 hours straight until you’ve completely burned yourself out and hate everything, that’s a you problem. Maybe stop treating your hobby like a checklist. The problem isn’t the amount of content, it’s that some of the main story bits don’t add much to world-building or character relationships, it’s kinda just there. For example, [spoiler] Shinra Mansion and Corel Prison parts[/spoiler] seem like a lost opportunity to me. There’s nothing interesting or meaningful about [spoiler]doing a silly throwing boxes minigame or picking up greens for Piko[/spoiler]. Why not make it darker and give us an opportunity to see the disturbing reality of these places? Too much lightheartedness, and it loses its effect. However, when it’s good, it’s SO GOOD. Every character has so much personality, and the bond they share is beautiful. I was so happy to spend time with them and see them interact, the main cast feels like family at this point. The combat system is even better and more polished then in Remake, it might be one of my favourite combat systems of all time. I could never get tired of using the synergy skills and abilities, they’re so cool. The boss fights are top tier, a lot of them are a big step up from Remake in my opinion. I feel like the soundtrack is easily one of the best things about this game too, it’s so heartwarming to hear the new versions of old themes. [spoiler] Jenova Lifeclinger’s[/spoiler] music went insanely hard, I could barely focus on the fight. And so did the [spoiler] One-Winged Angel Reborn[/spoiler] theme. It was blasting in my headphones for 40 minutes straight cause the last phase of the fight took me 6ish attempts to get through, and aghh, it’s so grandiose, fitting the occasion. So if you’re considering playing Rebirth, don’t get too discouraged by certain reviews. As long as you are capable of deciding for yourself what’s worth completing and what’s not and being paitent with a huge adventure type game, you’ll be just fine.