I really enjoyed Remake since the original FF7 is my favourite game of all time (and I play A LOT since the 80s). They brought back my beloved party and it felt like being home again, even though chapter 18 was too much KH for me. My huge problem with Remake was, that it was "just" midgar. Starting Remake and knowing already that I wont be able to walk around freely that beautiful tragic world dissapointed me. Then Rebirth came along...
Its hard to explain what makes Rebirth so exceptional. You have better open worlds out there (CP2077, Horizon), you have better Sidequests out there (Witcher 3), but for me it didnt matter. Square created my beloved Gaia in such a beautiful and refreshing way, that I just couldnt stop playing. Most games today I just wont to get through with because they fell like work, even God of War Ragnorak or Ocarina of Time (I just replayed it). But Rebirth was like being home. Feeling happy riding chocobos, hanging around gold saucer, following the exceptional story, taking a break in cosmo canyon, working like a maniac on that platinum trophy (still didnt make chadleys challenges)... Its all amazing. Its all up to me. And the game is still goofy, funny, sad, brutal, tragic... No other game can achieve this.
Someone at youtube said, its like Star Wars - Episode V. The perfect middle piece of something epic. I couldnt agree more. After all its the biggest single game project out there. Dont miss it!
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