Finished up the main game after 100 hours, probably 20 of those were spent AFK taking care of my newborn.
I loved just about everything with Rebirth. Thought it was an improvement over Remake which is an excellent title in its own right. I connected more to the characters and story even though it was so much larger in scale.
Combat was excellent, the boss fights were epic. (Jesus Christ at the last one lol). The main missions were almost always interesting and the side missions held my interest far more than they usually do in games of this size.
They hit Gold Saucer absolutely perfectly imo. I loved doing all the different events and seeing it realized in a modern remake was everything I’d hoped for.
Queen’s Blood was so addicting to the point that I was looking forward to my next set of players more than I was the next mission. I hope it gets a standalone title. I haven’t had that much fun with a card game since Gwent.
A near perfect entry that’s really only held back by some repetitive side missions (looking at you Chadley) and a really sub par area in Gongaga. Not really major.
Can’t wait to see how they wrap this up. Going to be a long wait until the next one.
Side note, I think this game is always going to hold a special place for me as I was spending a lot of time with my daughter while playing it. It became our little routine for her to come sleep on my legs while mom got some rest. She spent a good half of it with me I’d say and I really looked forward to those.
