puttin this in The Atelier since it’s my own writing
Reading this it makes it feel like it’s the most bewildering thing. Just these bits of incredible shit surrounded by absolute shit.
Seeing the varied reaction to this game has been fascinating. I’m generally on the side of “grump about minigames” so I expect I’ll have mixed feelings about it whenever I play it. I didn’t like Chadley whenever he popped up in Remake so I expect the marked increase in Chadley appearances isn’t going to help matters.
Kind of amazing to me how many people want a stretched out podcast game instead of a tight experience.
I finished the game last night and pretty much agree with everything here and the linked Polygon article. The highs are great but there’s so much bloat and busywork in it. The game could have been half as long as it is.
It’s a neat remake/sequel to FF7 still, it’s just got a bunch of incredibly mid to bad open world cruft stuck to it and too many minigames. I think that polygon article said it best: “Worth your time, but not as much as it asks you for”.