“never meant to be this long”?
I spent about countless hours in the original FF, doing all kinds of quests, grinding to lvl 99 before the final confrontation, trying to get every Materia possible, golden Chocobo breeding... the list was endless.
How can a remake be “too long”?
I mean - it is FF7, most people who buy…

And I’m in.

Right, I felt this was a critique on the genre as a whole, using the game as a backdrop. Yes, it’s been done over and over, but how it’s done is what’s important.  Does it stick the execution?

Is this a review of a videogame, or a review on the standard AAA post apocalyptic game template? It seems to me this piece focuses more on criticizing the tropes it uses than in the game itself.

I find this article available.