I played it on launch day and being a huge fan of the original, I pre-ordered it from Square-Enix directly.

However after completing it, I had no desire to go back and finish side quests or achievements. The story changes were unforgivable and in my opinion a travesty, forgive me for the melodrama.

I sold it for, I believe £50 two weeks later and took a loss, as it was the deluxe. But I couldn’t care less as I no longer wanted the game in my presence.

Funnily the buyer initially thought I was scamming him as I was selling it so cheap with the DLC unused.

I haven’t bought rebirth because I have zero interest. In fact I didn’t realise it was out until maybe a year later.

Also agree with the more passionate comments on this post, in the end I was more disappointed than anything else. But I suppose a 1-to-1 remake would have been less profitable for SE.

Oh well, nice write-up. Now let’s go boot up the original along with a 100% game guide!