One of the most anticipated RPG releases of the year, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth delivers everything it promised and more. After sinking dozens of hours into the game, here’s an honest review from a longtime fan of the series.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a testament to why remakes should always involve the people who worked on the source material. Rebirth perfectly captures the “open world” experience people felt when they first left Midgar in the original game. There’s a lot to do and a lot to see.

The devs were also bold enough to add more to Rebirth than what Final Fantasy 7 had. However, since Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original and now the producer of the remake trilogy, was involved, they were able to make the additions in such a way that they further added to the existing lore.

As an avid user of Final Fantasy 7 and the compilations, I can say with certainty that each discovery further completes the world they've been building for the past ten years.