Youve nailed one of the 2 reasons ive hated it, the other one being that the villain characters are unexplained, the monitor, helicopter and motorcycle guys for example (if Rebirth has a boat guy ill die of laughter) game acts like i am supposed to know them, but it feels like theyve just materialized (no pun intended) out of nowhere.
Yeah, exactly, this is another reason, but I guess we can put these 2 reasons in the writing overall.
Look, I like Sephiroth even if he too behaves a bit like the rest of them -- and I know the whole story of OG VII and how it ends and understand some decisions that they've taken story wise, they don't want to spoil everything because they decided to split it in 3 parts -- but yeah, even so, give some little backstory to this character, or don't introduce him this early.
Spot on with how some of those guys are presented, this is what I like about XVII, there are a ton of characters and locations, factions, politics etc. but it's nicely done, there's that active lore stuff if you pause, it has much better world building.
Can anyone chime in if Rebirth is the same? I know that the Chadley character is there unfortunately, but is it better in this regard otherwise? Really hope i wont go back to hating FF after having such a great time with 16.
I think it's the same, from the stuff I watched on YT, couldn't help myself and the conversations are like in Remake and the romance -- if you can even call whatever VII has a romance -- it's like early high-school level, I mean I like some cringy, awkward stuff as the next guy, but this is whatever it is.
Even so, don't know what it is, I like FF VII, I like some characters, I kind of like the combat, although had some problems understanding it, can't say that I fully do or what exactly wants me to do sometimes, I like the world and the general idea behind it, also already said it, the music, lol, it's a weird feeling with this game.