I finished this the other day so it's time to babble and flail excitedly.

First off I looove how they handled the characters.

I'm so glad they went back they went back to the sassy and cute version of Aerith from the og game.

I always felt like her characterization got flattened to just 'nice' in the intervening years.

And Tifa is just brilliant in Remake. I never really liked her that much before since she didn't seem to have much going on except being thirsty for Cloud. But now she's a lot more engaging as a character.

Barret is delightful too. I like how devoted he is to the cause and how completely adorable he is with Marlene.

Also the Turks. The Turks are fantastic. I can't wait to see more of them in later installments.

And I really don't know how they managed to make Hojo so much more gross and awful than the original considering he was already pretty gross and awful.

Also the Shinra museum was an amazing touch.

I loved all the executive holograms.

Especially Palmer.

Also the bit with Mayor Domino. Amazing.

And I know the ending is a bit controversial, but I liked it a lot.

I think it's a clever way for them to introduce changes into the later plot. It felt a little Shin Megami Tensei to me tbh.

And I love the idea that the whispers are just a tongue in cheek jab at the purist fans who don't want them to change anything.

I am wondering why some people can see the whispers and others can't.

its weird, it seems to be contagious. cloud gets it from aerith and spreads it to avalanche, and then people like rufus SEEM to catch it after fighting them? While people like tseng who never come into direct contact don't?