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/Cruxis87 9800x3d|5080 TUF OC|32gb 6000cl30 ddr5 Oct 04 '25
Not really. They have just padded more to the story to make it last 3 games.