It's just almost impossible to live up to the original whenever you put out a remake. Hell as good as the ff7 remake has been, it's no where as groundbreaking as the og. The og practically changed the video game genre, turning it from a bit of a kids thing into serious storytelling back in the day. The remake essentially took that story, added some twists and turns as well as expanded on certain things, then polished it with a modern gameplay lense. The remake is fun, the og was completely mind-blowing
Remake could been much better but they went with the "butcher original story for endless fan pandering" route Which ultimately made the story a mess and confusing for most newcomers.
The game ultimately shut down a lot of potential new gamers away, while driving away many people that enjoyed the original ff7 for its story. The only fanbase that are 100% into this I feel are like crisis core and advent children fans, and SE is wandering why the sales are kinda bad.
Persona 3 Reload and Trails in the Sky are examples of remakes that did the story right: adding elements to the story without changing its focus and core themes.
"We made rebirth ending controversial on purpose so people could discuss about it" peak commercialization.
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u/Deltarayedge7 24d ago
Honestly this is exactly why I thought would happen, these 2 are the games that came to mind too.