Loooooooove FF7R, think it's my #14 all time, and FF7 is back at #21 or so.
I think the only thing I prefer about OG FF7 is the music. Orchestral-style stuff just doesn't hit the same, I like punchy catchy stuff.
But man, all the new stuff is just SOO good. Cloud and Barret went from meh to awesome, Tifa and Aeris went from cool to insanely-cool, I love Biggs/Wedge/Jessie so much, everything is super pretty, the combat is non-stop interesting throughout, the materia is fascinating, and all the new areas blew my mind (the shinra museum, the new honeybee inn, all of chapter 4, etc).
Loved the ghosts, I think that stuff is ingenious. I'm into corny symbolism stuff though.
Yes all this except the music part. I'm just such a sucker for orchestrated stuff.
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