https://wccftech.com/final-fantasy-vii-remake-is-great-but-its-held-back-by-the-same-sins-of-ffxiii/

Lately, I have been completely enraptured by Final Fantasy VII Remake. To be clear, I never finished the original. I never owned a PlayStation when I was younger, and years later a version of the original PC port given to me by a friend wiped my save data after 15 hours of play, totally destroying my motivation to continue. Given how much I already love the world and characters of Final Fantasy VII Remake, it's clear giving up so early was a mistake. Final Fantasy VII is heralded as a video gaming masterpiece, after all, and the remake is sure to set benchmarks of its own with breathtaking visuals, an excellent combat system, and a production that seemingly spares no expense on making every hour of the remake feel as cinematic as possible.

But fans of the original - and those like me who are familiar with how this game opens - will know this remake comes with a major caveat. That being, of course, that this is only a small portion of the total story of Final Fantasy VII. In the original, this portion would take mere hours to play through, but in the remake, it is the entire game and has been stretched out for that length.