FF7 Remake vs. FF7 Rebirth

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KamikazePotato
03/15/2024
08:07 PM
#1
Yes, I'm aware that most people aren't even finished with Rebirth yet. Doesn't matter. Give me your kneejerk reactionary takes.
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andylt
03/15/2024
08:08 PM
#2
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Pirateking2000
03/15/2024
08:10 PM
#3
Remake flows better but I prefer Rebirth just for the amount of stupid fun moments and mini games. Just seeing the gang hang out and get involved in goofy stuff is great.
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ctesjbuvf
03/15/2024
08:13 PM
#4
I don't agree Remake flows better. Sure, if you walk around doing all the side content but Remake has more filler story content as I see it.

I'm not finished with Rebirth yet so can't at story wise but up to chapter 9 it's been a blast.
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Zigzagoon
03/15/2024
08:19 PM
#5
Easily Rebirth, and I loved Remake
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red13n
03/15/2024
08:35 PM
#6
Rebirth makes Remake look mediocre.
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KamikazePotato
03/15/2024
09:03 PM
#7
Poll is going differently than expected considering what the playthrough topics are like...
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azuarc
03/15/2024
09:05 PM
#8
I haven't played Rebirth but I have played Remake, so, uh...none of those poll options?
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Zigzagoon
03/15/2024
09:07 PM
#9
KamikazePotato posted...
Poll is going differently than expected considering what the playthrough topics are like...

There's a couple very loud people that like to spam their complaints.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/15/2024
09:08 PM
#10
Definitely Remake.

About half of Rebirth is bad, lots of awful filler content. However, Rebirth does have some really, high highs that I loved a lot, the middle is really good.

At the end of the day I beat Remake 3 times, twice in a row, and did everything. I completely skipped almost all the side content in Rebirth for the back half of the game and I will never play it again. By the end of it it felt like I was fulfilling an obligation, that it was a game In had to beat just because.
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KamikazePotato
03/15/2024
09:09 PM
#11
Zigzagoon posted...
There's a couple very loud people that like to spam their complaints.
Yeah that tracks.
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GANON1025
03/15/2024
09:46 PM
#12
So far, Rebirth has completely exceeded my expectations.
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MacArrowny
03/15/2024
11:21 PM
#13
Remake's filler is so much worse than Rebirth's.
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Ifrit
03/15/2024
11:25 PM
#14
So far, Rebirth. Remake was great, but I really enjoy exploring Rebirth's world so much more.
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CassandraCain
03/16/2024
01:46 AM
#15
KamikazePotato posted...
Poll is going differently than expected considering what the playthrough topics are like...

No one has said anything about hating Rebirth though, the complaints come from a place of love I believe.

It could be much closer to a perfect game if some aspects were a little more polished.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/16/2024
01:49 AM
#16
I spend most of my time bitching about the game but it's still like a solid B for me.
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MartinFF7
03/16/2024
02:55 AM
#17
Disc 1 outside Midgar was my favourite part of original game and Rebirth exceeded the hype I had for it

red13n posted...
Rebirth makes Remake look mediocre.

this too, maybe "mediocre" is too harsh but I replayed Remake and Intermission right before Rebirth released and yeah. going to be hard to ever replay that when the superior Rebirth is right there (though I'm sure I will in 3-4 years before Part 3 releases)
Zylothewolf
03/16/2024
08:09 AM
#18
Pirateking2000 posted...
Remake flows better but I prefer Rebirth just for the amount of stupid fun moments and mini games. Just seeing the gang hang out and get involved in goofy stuff is great.

This. Im 19 hours in and it feels like Ive done stuff in the main story that would take like 90 minutes in the original.
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foolm0r0n
03/16/2024
09:23 AM
#19
CassandraCain posted...
No one has said anything about hating Rebirth though, the complaints come from a place of love I believe.

It could be much closer to a perfect game if some aspects were a little more polished.
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And of course, no gamer has ever changed their tune about a newly released game after the initial hype period cooled.
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BK_Sheikah00
03/16/2024
12:59 PM
#20
You'll also find more to bitch about when your priority is to not miss being a part of the unicorn overlord discourse. It's very different experience where you're instead taking the time to take everything in.
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shane15
03/16/2024
01:07 PM
#21
I haven't played either but Rebirth looks a hell of a lot more fun than being stuck in Midgar for a full game.
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Leonhart4
03/16/2024
01:29 PM
#22
It's great that foolmo thinks it's everyone else's fault that people don't enjoy talking about video games with him
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Waluigi1
03/16/2024
02:11 PM
#23
I voted Remake but I think it'll change by the time I'm through with Rebirth. It's just taking forever to get through it...
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Metal_DK
03/16/2024
02:18 PM
#24
I lean remake but i enjoyed both
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LightningStrikes
03/16/2024
02:19 PM
#25
Remake definitely has the worse filler problem of the two, both in terms of side content and the main game.

KamikazePotato posted...
Poll is going differently than expected considering what the playthrough topics are like...

Personally Ive been avoiding that topic until I finish the game. As others have said it is much easier to complain and thats what gets discussion and engagement. When there was the FFXVI topic last year I posted a lengthy writeup full of criticisms, but thats still like, a solid 7-7.5/10 game.
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Waluigi1
03/16/2024
02:21 PM
#26
I've never understood the filler complaints about remake. I never once thought, huh this feels like unnecessary filler. And to say so confidently that Remake has so much worse filler than Rebirth feels crazy even when I'm only like 1/3 of the way through Rebirth and it's just constantly throwing filler at me like crazy. Both filler mini games and just filling time with how goddamn slow everything in the game is.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/16/2024
02:22 PM
#27
I liked all of the Remake content except the Ghosts Junkyard stuff. I could've gone without that.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/16/2024
02:23 PM
#28
LightningStrikes posted...
When there was the FFXVI topic last year I posted a lengthy writeup full of criticisms, but thats still like, a solid 7-7.5/10 game.

This is literally identical to my post in the Rebirth Spoilers topic right down to the score lol.
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MacArrowny
03/16/2024
02:28 PM
#29
Waluigi1 posted...
I've never understood the filler complaints about remake. I never once thought, huh this feels like unnecessary filler.
Everything with the Whispers sucks and adds nothing to the game.

As for slow parts, the trek to the reactor where you have to turn the lights on and off in Remake is slower than anything in Rebirth!
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LightningStrikes
03/16/2024
02:32 PM
#30
I guess at the end of the day what feels fillery is going to be subjective, I am also somebody whose favourite part of OG FFVII is post Midgar up to the Northern Crater, so Im going to be more amenable to what Rebirth expands on. There hasnt been anything so far where Im thinking okay, wrap it up like at a few points in Remake but I can see that going the other way for someone else.

What I will say about Rebirth is, it definitely does a much better job of handling its side content than XVI. Both in terms of the quality of the content and keeping it to the side. Rebirth seems pretty tailored for people who want to mainline it as well as those who want to explore, while XVI not only very visibly surfaces every side quest it puts major story and character beats behind them. Also XVIs exploration is not good and I like Rebirths a good amount.
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foolm0r0n
03/16/2024
02:58 PM
#31
Leonhart4 posted...
It's great that foolmo thinks it's everyone else's fault that people don't enjoy talking about video games with him
They don't need to enjoy it, as long as I continue to get paid to do it I'm happy
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foolm0r0n
03/16/2024
03:00 PM
#32
MacArrowny posted...
As for slow parts, the trek to the reactor where you have to turn the lights on and off in Remake is slower than anything in Rebirth!
You literally had to vacuum the floor in the opening section of Rebirth. Three times.
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Waluigi1
03/16/2024
03:22 PM
#33
foolm0r0n posted...
You literally had to vacuum the floor in the opening section of Rebirth. Three times. While Seph watches.
And it's was awful like what a terrible way to start the game.
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CassandraCain
03/16/2024
03:23 PM
#34
foolm0r0n posted...
You literally had to vacuum the floor in the opening section of Rebirth. Three times. While Seph watches.

Then you have to walk slooooowly through a burning village, then even more slowly press the shoulder buttons while Sephiroth just stands there with guns pointed at him.

The amount of time Rebirth wastes on stupid shit is honestly kinda ridiculous. As much as I love the game, it still suffers from busywork and generic open world nonsense.
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MacArrowny
03/16/2024
05:49 PM
#35
Floor vacuuming is bad yeah. But it doesn't take that long. Thankfully all the bad slow parts of Rebirth have been relatively brief.

The buggy is the longest lasting sucky thing I've encountered as of yet.
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LightningStrikes
03/16/2024
06:15 PM
#36
I like the buggy. Sending it driving off of cliffs is great.
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MacArrowny
03/16/2024
06:16 PM
#37
It's alright, but the chocobo is way more nimble. I wish summoning/getting into it was faster too.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/16/2024
06:20 PM
#38
Sometimes it won't let you teleport to buggy, and I'm like, OK.

And then the reason I can't teleport to buggy is that's one of the specialized buggy parking zones.

So because it an actual buggy parking space I have to teleport on foot and then get into the buggy instead.

Like.....what?
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LightningStrikes
03/16/2024
06:21 PM
#39
Oh yeah that is an issue, and you cant see where you left it on the map. I love driving around in it though, it feels surprisingly good. It could have been like the Mako (no relation) from Mass Effect for instance!
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MacArrowny
03/16/2024
08:56 PM
#40
Yeah the buggy feels fine when you're actually driving it
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Kotetsu534
03/16/2024
09:18 PM
#41
I've been moaning about some of Rebirth's misteps but it's one of the best games Square's ever made. Remake was pretty decent.
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