u/muby_102

Just a funny thing where if you're on elevated ground and interact with the baby chocobo, Cloud's model messes up a little after exiting the animation when he pets it.

(This is only in regards to Remake specifically, not Rebirth btw).

Idk if this is an especially hot or cold take, but I've always wanted to gush about how astounding this boss fight is personally. Airbuster is absolutely the best and most exciting boss fight in all of Remake.

Everything down to the build-up of how the Airbuster is designed specifically to kill the party, the utterly amazing music, the strategy (at least on hard mode) being especially engaging, and how everything feels like it's on the line against this thing at this part of the story. Sephiroth is a great boss fight too, but this one just hits different for me.

I love this battle so much that I dedicated an entire save slot to it so that I can replay it.

I want to say first that I'm a young fan and I played the original two years before remake released.

I really do love these games and I have enjoyed them greatly since there is so much that they do so well, I loved my first and second playthroughs of both remake and rebirth. There are parts of these games that do frustrate me such as how I think Nibelheim was done overall, some lesser story stuff, some combat issues and of course: the much bigger story changes. I was typically really adverse to them

However, as much as I do think that those bigger changes like the whispers, Zack's fate, Aeirth's fate, Sephiroth's function as a whole and the lifestream multiverse stuff is a bit over the top or clumsily done, I can seriously appreciate that the writers dared to take such a story into such a new direction even if it feels the same on the surface. They very easily could've kept things exactly the same to a T and play it safe, but they took the opportunity to be risky with such a beloved story which I'm starting to love more and more. Bare in mind, that doesn't mean every change is a great one, some are subjective, but that's just my opinion.

It feels almost like a comic book story where the character's personalities and locations are retained, but what is done with them is changed up and I can really appreciate how this is a companion piece to the original game which is still really widely available.

Which one do you think is better if you have a favourite?