It's freaking awesome. While I haven't been able to finish it, none of the time that I have been playing this game feels wasted. While the roads are a bit confusing and the side story a bit boring, it brought out the character's personality very well, such as when
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Cloud wanted to help the children for free but can't pull his face down to do it, he decided to tell them he's doing a discount for just 3 gils. That part was ridiculously cute.
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The battle system brought me to tears. As someone who is horrible with live action, the half-stop motion pause does not only give you time to think, but also very cool in style and creative. Weapon cores system also max out the freedom of what each character does and thire role in battle. The ablity ot switch between characters also make various tactics avliable, such as using Cloud, whose hp is the highest to attract fire while the long range users like Aerith and Barret to attack.
Storyline is also a master piece. While at first it seems to be just a simple remake, the apperence of the Whispers has shown us that this is an entirely new world and a twist of the original story. I personally think this is an awesome change and very intresting. Can't wait for part two to come out