phinn wrote on Feb 5, 2025, 14:57:
Watched some of this game stream and it was like nonstop conversations with boring npcs and carrying sacks into a pantry. Like wtf is this? Hope it's actually a good game and I just got 15 min of the intro or something but not buying after seeing that. At least the FF7 Rebirth cutscenes are funny or interesting and I can 1.5x them.
Yeah, what you were watching was the intro, right before the main part of the game begins. The beginning of the game is very slow, which is partly due to many flashbacks/references to the first game, and a bunch of tutorials. In the end the intro felt really drawn out.
However, I wouldn't judge the entire game by the intro. It's after the intro where the fun really begins because that's when you are given freedom to go and do whatever you want. I can't speak for the quality of the main storyline, but I doubt it's as boring as parts of the intro, given how well the game was reviewed.