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 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changes , its closer to "two different adaptations of the same work" that someone attempting to accurately remake an outdated title.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.