Aware I'm monologuing, I've just read a lot of opinions lately and I'm forming my thoughts
I'm warming to the game, save the tone and pacing not matching up, and what they did to my boy Red 🥲
Yknow I think I'll look back on Rebirth a lot more fondly once the trilogy is finished and I can see the vision
I enjoyed playing it a lot but I have like zero trust in the writers at this point. Think it'll be easier once I fully understand what I'm looking at
I loved Remake and immediately replayed the game on hardmode and did all the side content. I didn't get that feelin with Rebirth, but maybe bc the game was bigger and it took me several months.
I thought the exploration was very good and fun
The overall plot doesn't bother me as much as the lazy content of Midgar characters being everywhere and the turks training thing.
I'm sad I won't be able to play as my girl Aerith though 😭 let me hyperbeam my enemies
Rude and Reno haven't left my brain, my dumb AU isn't dead
I'm just up to part 2 of a chapter I hate, it's going to be super obvious as to where I pick it up after 2 years and motor through to GET IT DONE
In other, positive news, I'm still writing and each of my pics shall be getting an update in the next couple weeks
(I also wrote more of my Rude/Reno space AU, but its not ready yet)
Genuinely I left bc being online was just reading hate on my faves because people like a different ship
Or dogging on my fave games because they like a different one
Glad that's all still on 🙃😂
It was tough though, as an FF7 lore nerd, to get on board with Re-series swerving everything I thought they were going to be doing when they announced (remaking the series/plot with all the extra details from the side games/content).
I've said goodbye to that now, but yknow
Rebirth was FUN. But the silly tone was not my bag at all, and the pacing gave me whiplash.
Some characters felt off to me. There were some continuity issues.
I'm still gonna play the next one because it's fun and I'm curious 🤷♀️
@RudeThighs I'll never be out - this game has set up permanent shop in my brain since the 90s, and I still love reading and writing fic... but lmao holy shit its a stressful scroll
(Hope you're good btw 🥰)