FF7R is a Reimagining/Reboot, not a remake. They changed about every aspect of the story and mechanics. Xenoblade DE took the frame of Xenoblade and rebuilt it. New geometry. New engine. New character models. QoL improvements and another 10-hour story mode. They remade the original game on the old frame and added to it. In the 1940s the White House was gutted of every room, wall, and floor. The building was an empty husk and the interior was rebuilt. Only the outer shell remained the same. So That's what happened with Xenoblade. It's the age-old question how many planks are replaced on a boat before it becomes a new boat and stops being the original?
Maybe we can change the definition to a remodel. When you remodel a room you keep the studs and floor, just the frame of the room but redo everything else. Trials of Mana is a remake. It's more or less the same game in 3D. FF7R tho. The Lost in Space show on Netflix. It's not a remake even tho the core elements are there. Robinsons. Jupiter 2. Robot. Everything else is reimagined into a reboot. Same with FF7R.
Also, FFR is not the most famous "remake". Super Mario All-Stars. Resident Evil 2002.
If you think because they added the title "remake" makes it a remake well guess what. 7th gen HD remasters were often called remakes on the box even tho they were not. The problem is the industry is fucked up with all definitions. DMC HD collection. Remaster. Trials of Mana. Remake. FF7R. Reimagining. Xenoblade DE. Remodel.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
