I grew up playing Final Fantasy VII. I probably played it around 10-12 years old and again on ios a few years ago.
WOW! What a classic.
I decided to play the remake on my Steam Deck just ot revisit the game and see areas of the game reimagined.
They did a great job in this aspect, but overall I feel that the game has not been fun.
So far, it is just walking from place to place while having the occasional battle. 99% of the time you can mindlessly mash a button to find the battle.
The few boss battles that come up can be interesting and this is where you start to learn the mechanics as they are not needed up until this point.
But, there are many sections that are long for the sake of being long. Like making you walk slowly in certain situations, like walking up to 7th Heaven, or making you hold a button to interact with something when 99% of things just require you to press the button once.
My biggest disappointment in the game is that the gear I unlocked and leveled up, do not carry over to the next game. Once I learned this, I stopped caring. They really should have let you bring over your characters.
Anyway, I am near the end game now and will probably finish it since there is not much left, but I will not be playing other iterations of this game. I might just watch a speed-run or a “let’s play” to see the different areas.
It’s funny to see this opinion as I loved Remake and hated Rebirth (quit after about 10 hours). I never played the originals, so my perspective is different, but Remake was nice and streamlined but I felt like Rebirth, in contrast, was a bloated open world slog.
I thought the soundtrack for both games were excellent though.
If it makes any difference, I don’t have major compulsions/FOMO to do open world content. I even regret doing as much of the Enemy Skill farming as I did. So it felt well and truly optional to me. I set most of it aside.