FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE = ASS - The Rageaholic
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I didn't mind the remake.
The combat system was good and the setting and locations were well done and definitely aligned with the original.
Things I didn't enjoy were the changes to the story, the watchers of fate or whatever they are calling them are a needless retarded story trope that detracts from the story and I hope they abandon them and just say they were Jenova cells fucking with everyone's mind for the next parts. The other thing that is an issue is that this game was short on story. They have padded it out with some sidequests but they didn't really add much. The battle arena is also just padding and will be replaced by the Gold saucers battle square IMO for the sequels.
All of my issues with the game stem entirely from the changes to the story beats. It ruins the pacing of the story and makes the story needlessly complicated and messy. The original had a good story that was complex enough without becoming convoluted. This one was convoluted and ridiculous, the whole time travel, fighting personifications of fate etc. crap is just wank. A massive fight with Jenova spawn (even have the Jenova spawn imitate Sephiroth for your Sephiroth jollies) but make it clear after you defeat it that it was only a weak offshoot of Jenova and a shadow of Sephiroth not anything that parallels the real power and strength of the two.
I'm still looking forward to the next releases but I hope now that the core mechanics are ironed out they add more story and move the prime storyline at a faster pace but I think we are going to be disappointed there. My biggest concerns is that they will abandon the project before they finish it as well as decide they will try and "fix" the story more.
My wife played it (we're both big classic FF fans) and absolutely hated how on-rails it was.
You also can't really grind for XP until you've beaten the game, which kind of defeats the purpose of grinding for XP.
Thats true but I replayed the first game before playing it and that part of the game was very much like that it didnt really open up until after you get the tiny bronco and can start properly exploring.
There is a little bit before that with being able to go to Fort condor and missing Gongaga but there isnt really a chance to go off the path much or side content until later.