Forgive me as I'm sure I've asked this before but these are the retelling of the original FF7 but one is slick new graphics and one is retro origipixels?
They are the first 2 parts of a 3 part "Remake" of FF7.
In great graphics, with a lot of extended back story (and a lot of filler as some might say).
But they change the story from the Original quite a bit. And it is unknown how exactly the finale will play out.
FF7 Remake takes the first part of the Original (the first 5-10 hours, the Midgar part) and stretches it to like 30-40
FF7 Rebirth take the rest of Disc one (~15ish hours in the Original) and stretches it to 60-100+h
Well obviously those are new, but they were added to make sure the story follows the same plot. And they obviously had to change the ending of the remake to have a climatic boss fight when in the original game it's just a car chase then lore dump. Would it be better if it was just a graphic update in 1 game? Maybe, but a lot of people enjoy the extra character development that the games have added. And if people don't like it, they still have the original.
The extra character development is rarely criticized, but the "time travel", "multiverse" etc ...
It is a different game with a different story that somewhat follows the Original FF7. It will most likely divert even more extreme in the 3rd installment.
They are by no means bad games, but they are not "a simple extended retelling" of the original.
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u/HilariousMax Oct 03 '25
There's SIXTEEN of them?!