Partway through Rebirth, pausing to play OG (which version) ?
I was new to the series, finished Remake on PS5 Pro and had a blast ! Didn't do Intermission.
I'm now 40 hours into Rebirth and only just started chapter 7 (leaving Costa Del Sol). It's great but taking forever ! I'm a bit of a completionist, but the Chadley quests are getting repetitive tbh. I don't have unlimited time to play. So my curiosity for OG is resurfacing as it's supposed to be a tighter story...
I had briefly tried it a few times but couldn't go past the dated graphics. I'm mid-40s but didn't play it in 1997, and in my opinion this era of 3D models has not aged very well (I love the 2D backgrounds though). Don't hate on me, but I think the Remake games are probably everything the OG developers would have dreamed of making the first time if they could, from a technical PoV but also in terms of taking more time to flesh out the characters and cutscenes (not so sure about gameplay : some parts are too grindy compared to OG)
Last night I gave OG another chance on Switch and ended up playing ~3 hours ! I couldn't believe how far I went compared to Remake : to the train graveyard basically. The sector 6 tunnel took like 5 minutes, same for the sewers (perfect, they were unnecessarily long chapters in Remake) ! Wall Market was over in like 30 minutes (disappointing, too short IMO).
I'm here for the story, so the QoL improvements + boosters on Switch are a godsend.I don't love the blurry pixel art though, and the boosters icons on the side are a bit distracting.
I also have the 2013/2026 Steam/GOG versions so I'm wondering if I should start again with some light graphics mods ? A complete overhaul makes no sense to me, there's Remake for that. It must still feel OG. Which ones would you go for ?
Also I've read that 7th Heaven/FFNx actually always use the 2013 engine and disable the 2026 QoL/boosters. Does it have mods with equivalent features ? Otherwise that would be a dealbreaker to me.