After all, fuck these award shows and their absolute fakery.
https://thegameawards.com/nominees/game-of-the-year
-Balatro
-Astro Bot
-Black Myth: Wukong
-Metaphor: ReFantazio
-Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
-Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Is it just me, or are they actually learning? Veilguard getting completely snubbed? By these ass lickers?
I saw a bit of it, was turned off and did not feel the urge to try the other one. Story's still following the original, no?
I didn't finish Remake (so I didn't touch Rebirth), but from where I got (I think like 1/3) its the same story with extra details to fill in and justify being a full priced game that only covers a small part of the original story.
The Time Janny thing comes in towards the end and adds a meta level that's all new, but the story otherwise seems to be the same skeleton with just some details expanded as far as I could tell.
But given that, and the otherwise massive changes , its closer to "two different adaptations of the same work" that someone attempting to accurately remake an outdated title. Which at minimum I think qualifies it as closer to "new game" than something like SH2 or even RE4 remakes did.
The story is slightly different both on the macro level and small interactions.
If you liked the first it's close enough that it doesn't feel like the story has been distorted beyond recognition, but enough different that it doesn't get boring.