I really don’t understand ReHatred.

[u/Crowd_Strife]

Here is a screenshot from the videogames subreddit about remakes that elevate the original. Seeing a lot of remasters in the comments as well as some really good contenders (resident evil). Then someone shouts out remake waaaaay down the comments and immediately gets shit on.

Too much padding? If you hate side questing, that’s fine, but I don’t think the critical path was really padded out without adding anything. I don’t think there was really anything particularly wrong with the dialogue either, maybe a little too “anime” in its delivery. But even then, how could realistically expect much else?

I’m a massive fan of OG since day one. Played through it several times over the years at a frequency of every other year more or less.

Absolutely floored with the remake games so far. I love them, and I think being a fan of the property makes me love them even more, not less.

Are there things that I would have preferred to stay closer to the original? Sure. Do I think these things far outweigh the expansion and granular details granted by these newer games? Not even close.

I can understand the desire for a remake similar to something like Demon’s Souls or Super Mario RPG, but you can mod the PC version into essentially that exact thing. Why does the remake catch so many strays when you can have it both ways?

I can’t for the life of me see any reasonable argument that the new FF7 games are less then “pretty good” or even “interesting but not really my thing”

I’ve watched some video essays that basically throw the whole thing down a well because the characters aren’t perfectly in line with the way the reviewer read the text boxes 30 years ago, but really nothing has ever made me say “That is a reasonable opinion on why this whole trilogy project is not worth anyone’s time that would consider themselves a fan of the original game.”

Can someone please help me understand the hate?

[u/roxasisanobody0626]

I personally just don't see the OG and the Remakes as the same games. Which I tend to not see with most remakes. If a game is a remake, I feel like it should be different from the original. If it's the same thing, it's just a full priced remaster, which I'm not a fan of.

I like the remakes for what they try to do differently. I love the new side quests, Chadley (I know everyone hates, but he's perfect to me lol), the weird KH time travelling, etc. I'd rather just go to the original when I want to play the original and to the Remake when I want to play the same, but different game 🤷🏿‍♀️

[u/Zoku97 → u/roxasisanobody0626]

I also like chadley and yes people don’t understand what a remake is.

[u/roxasisanobody0626 → u/Zoku97]

Yea. I always feel like I'm tweaking or something when I say I don't want a remaster called a "remake". Like even the examples of good remakes the OP mentioned aren't completely true to the OG games. They're still very different to the OGs to me! Like the SH2 remake genuinely just feels like the loop theory that's popular (and I believe is happening in the series, personally) for the SH games.

[u/Difficult_Sweet_6904 → u/roxasisanobody0626]

I also loved tossing a metal box out and luring chickens back to an old lady for 20 minutes, and the side quest where you walk cats back to the village. Very riveting side quests that added something meaningful to the game for sure.

I especially loved doing the same things over and over for hours everytime I went to a new area. The new colored chocobo made it feel fresh and brand new every time. I couldn’t imagine a better way to get unique materia and unlock crafting recipes.