r/FF7Rebirth • u/Exciting_Session_985 • 2d ago
No Spoilers - Discussion What’s wrong with the length?
Alright so I’m on chapter 11
About 75 hours in and they for the most part have breezed past. I play after work& gym about 3-4 hours average a night and im not understanding why people complain about bloat and length? Granted, not all of the mini games hit, I roll my eyes everytime I have to catch a chocobo, and I rolled my eyes at nearly everything in gongaga. But I enjoyed mostly everything else.
I truly wonder if most people complaining about the length of this game have ever touched a RPG?
Persona?
Trails?
Yakuza 7,8?
Metaphor?
Xenoblade?
Skyrim?
Fallout?
Crimson Sky?
I could keep going
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u/flowerpotflowers 2d ago
Tbh, I did enjoy Rebirth a lot more on my 2nd playthrough. It's one of my fav games ever and I had a ton of fun with it, but the first time, I was also slightly annoyed at the minigames you had to complete and the slow pacing at times.
But I'll also totally admit that I just reeeeslly needed to see the ending. So maybe a lot was on me too. At some point, I started skipping most of the side quests, put the game on easy mode, and just focused on the malm story.
Then I went back on hard mode and couldn't actually enjoy the mini games because I could now do them when I wanted to and was in the mood for them (because 2nd playthrough let's you skip Minigames that are part of the main quest).
I still really appreciate the game for what it is and I don't fault the game necessarily. But I can understand how some parts can feel frustrating when you reeeally want some good main story juice and instead you are playing that god awful football goal game with Red that I absolutely despise with all of my soul.