One word: cringe

Hella cringe. Seriously, tell me I'm not the only one that wanted to poke their eyes out most times. I just couldn't help but be like "Goddammit, stop it stop it stop it stop it STOP IT STOP IT!!!"

Some parts I see were really awesome, like the more development on Midgar and its citizens. Was a bit bothered by it at first due to not being used to it, but quickly grew to love it, the NPCs, the places, the development it had. They really did justice to Midgar, one of my least favorite places of my least favorite game, that isn't even worth the name Final Fantasy personally. However, just like Square was drunk while making the original game, they were also drunk while making this one. Jessie was bad, definitely didn't became better. On the other hand, Biggs and Wedge were given justice and looked great. Aerith keeps flirting with people after 5 seconds of meeting them. She started dating Zack 5 seconds after meeting each other in Crisis Core, and she just goes for the same with anyone else, basically. Namely Cloud and Tifa. Cloud and Aerith still have an awful chemistry. I can't look at it and not be bothered by it. Seriously, I just can't. If you ship them, whatever, I definitely don't. Honestly, pretty much whenever Aerith was on the scene it was cringe and awful. I couldn't stand it. She was always like "You see, I've read the script of the game, I know what's gonna happen and I don't like it.". Well, I DON'T LIKE THAT EITHEIR! In the original game she was already an awful character, but still had some development for me to not be like "Please erase her. Why even bother create this?", like a certain someone. In the Remake, however, DO please erase her. I can't stand her. They made her even WORSE, and that's quite the feat, considering she was awful already. Congratulations, Square, you just keep on doing your main characters dirty like that and see how far that goes. Still not the biggest fan of Tifa, but personally she is a little better, but just a little. Her relation with Barret is one of my favorites, like a father and teenager daughter, despite being just a really strong friendship. I don't ship it, but I can see them raising Marlene alongside each other, no romance involved (let's value platonic relationships please). Tifa and Cloud....... It's a little better, but it's still weird. Square definitely wants you to know that Tifa is his main love interest, and in that point they made it a bit more obvious and better, but then you add Aerith and everything goes downhill. Heck, even Tifa and Aerith have more chemistry, and I personally don't ship that eitheir. Sephiroth appearing already, even if it's illusions and hallucinations from Cloud, most times, just......... No. No no no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!! Worst. Decision. Ever. And that ending, reflecting Advent Children more than anything, that crazy, absurdly exagerated fight. Goodness, I never watched Advent Children, can't really think I'd like it (the fact I don't even have an interest in films already gives it -1 point), and while I've seen gifs of it, know the main bullshit that's happening there, just...... Don't. The "foreshadowing" that's constantly happening, and while I say foreshadowing half of it probably won't even happen, makes it a bit cool in terms of development, of Cloud's torment and stuff, and yet...... Anyway, changing back. When will Sephiroth give a break to being gay? I mean, don't get me wrong, but personally, he's overdoing it too much. Everyone already knows, no need to spill it on our faces every cursed time you appear, Nothing. Other characters, many side characters, managed to be better than the MAIN MAIN TEAM of the game (saved for Barret, because while sometimes he looked cringe and I just couldn't stand it, his development got really really good); Square really has a power, uh. Leslie, Wymer, Marle, the Beck's band, Oates, the other kids, honestly, pretty much every random citizen, they all are far better than Cloud, Tifa and Aerith. Far FAR better. Cloud got completely ruined. Square transformed him into a lady's charmer, with the girls all over him and shit, and goddammit, don't. Let him be a closed homosexual/bi-curious or just really bad with love, but don't make it even worse than what it already was, man. And surprise surprise, I hate Kyrie and I don't even know her original story. Great start to meet a character.

Sections of the game....... I just watched cutsecenes, of course, but got quite the look of things. Rescuing Aerith: prefer none, but if I had to choose definitely the original (because it's far shorter). Wall Market: can't even decide. It was drastically changed, it's also the cringiest part of the game, I can't not be bothered by it, and yet I don't know if I prefer the original or the new version. Whatever, I guess. Shinra Building: definitely the original. It was also drastically changed, and while new puzzles were added, many were taken away (inclusive my favorite, the one where you complete Midgar). Reactor stuff: not sure. Got slightly better, can't tell if that's good or not.

The bosses appearing at different times from their original appearance bothered me, not sure if I prefer Motorball being fought while on the bike or not. New bosses, some were cool, others not really. Really liked Roche. Annoying character, yes, but not as bad as people made him seem, not on the cutscenes at least. A big show off, which does bother me a little, but for the type of character he is, he is well made. You know, like Hojo and Don Corneo. President Shinra got worse, surprisingly. I didn't like the change in his death, in you actually seeing Sephiroth stab him. Ruined it all. I didn't like the fact some knew Sephiroth was in fact there. Palmer knowing it's fine, because he does too in the original, but Hojo knowing...... Bothers me.....

Man, it's so bad, both the original and the Remake, that I can't even say I'm on the Whispers side. After all, they're trying to make sure the original story happens, and yet they also go and destroy everything because they can. I know logic is pretty weird in games, but goddammit, I thought the game was trying to add a little more logic into the original story (hence why the drastic changes at some points). But whatever, it's not like I can do anything.

I'ma stay on Shinra's side. At least they have awesome characters, and by that I mean the Turks and Reeve. Speaking of which, of the ENTIRE Remake, they are still the only good thing, alongside Yuffie's DLC, that I had watched times ago.

It's hard for me to even get my thoughts on this straight because everything just wants to come out at the same time and the words escape. But you got the idea, my opinion and position on it. A waste of time it's what this Remake is in the end.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying it's going far more downhill that what it was aiming for for sure. 11 hours of my life, torturing myself watching it all. Now I wished Revenant Wings was longer.

I can only hope Cid and Vincent will be given amazing development like they always had and not be absolutely awful.

As for Crisis Core Reunion...... Oh Genesis, tell me they didn't ruin you too........

Hate on me all you want, I have all the right to express myself, whether it be something you like to hear or not. I don't force you to agree with me, I don't force you to disagree with me, I don't force you to even understand. I just feel better letting these feelings and thoughts out in the open.