Rayn

I really don't want to spend a lot of time dissing the game, nor you, but there are a few things I want to make clear.

I know I've been spending time on what I didn't like personally but that's mostly down to what people seemed to want to find out about. With that said, now that I've finished the main story, there's certainly a lot to like about the game. As a remake I'm not very fond of it but as an isolated FF7 themed game it mostly works fine. There are some areas that are so beautifully crafted that I spent ages just looking at stuff like textures and props. In the original game the proportions were all over the place but now everything is to scale and it simply looks stunning. I'd love an animated series that simply tells stories about what goes on in this city, it's just so big and believable. The best bits in this game are among the best bits in any video game ever but it just doesn't add up as a coherent whole to me. It's like being served my favourite dish only to find out the chef has added spices that really doesn't mix well with what I thought I ordered.

And this is why I initially did this via PMs. Sorry guys, I'm out.

You basically talk in the open about the stuff I spoilered.

You should spoiler that @grindmouse

It's great that you find the changes exciting and I don't think I'd care so much about the changes myself if it hadn't been for the fact that the game is called FF7 Remake. If they'd subtitled it A FF7 Reimagening, I would've been totally fine with it but we were promised FF7 to be remade with new technology and this is certainly not what they've done. This is basically but if people are fine with that, and this is the way remakes should be handled in the future I'll stick with the originals. RE2 and RE3 have been remade in a great way, imo, that's the kind of treatment I kinda expected Squeenix to give to FF7.

Only if you play for 15-20 minutes daily on average.

FWIW

Here's a bit of what I sent to carlospie in a PM: Remember, this is MY opinion and even if I am disappointed with it, there's bound to be some people out there that doesn't mind the changes. Sadly, they've made the entire game pointless to me

Yes. And that made me think it was a proper remake.

Check your PM

I got this early and been playing this a lot today. It's far too early for me to give the game a verdict but to be honest, once I got past the smoke and mirrors I'm actually not feeling this game at all. I wont spoil anything for anyone, but FF7 was my favourite game of all times since its release and all the way until Breath of the Wild was released. I was certain this remake would retake the throne but now I'm quite sure it wont. From what I've seen so far, I'll be surprised if this scores over 85% on meta. Among purists/fans of the original, I'm afraid it will struggle to score above the 75% mark

Gates are open to all friends, feel free to come join us in the lovely sunset!

They are only 300 and 400 bells, respectively, so it's not as if the extra 12.5% Flick gives you would've made a lot of difference.

On my way!. Will bring Cosmos.