FF7 Rebirth's Smallest Details Make Its Characters So Much Better
is first and foremost a character-oriented experience, and when the game is operating at its best, it drives that concept home in the most minute of ways. Grand spectacle might be one of 's biggest selling points, with a giant world, electrifying boss encounters, and cinematic presentation supporting the case to embrace the updated material. None of that would work without the small details that bring it to life, however, and some of those are what make the game stand out in a market crowded with huge adventures.
In traditional JRPG fashion, is very much an ensemble story, juggling a stacked roster of party members across the twists and turns of a 14-chapter narrative. Although protagonist Cloud Strife is at the center of all the biggest events, the way he interacts with them isn't the only response that matters, and it would be all too easy for the game to lose authenticity by letting other characters just sit idly by. largely solved this problem with constant party chatter, but although that isn't quite as omnipresent across 's longer runtime, it finds its own fixes.
FF7 Rebirth is an exceptional return to the world of Gaia that leans heavily into its star-studded memorable cast and a classic-but-reimagined story,
A Reddit post from YaBoyKumar provided a particularly great springboard for people to share some of their favorite minor details, and the one that they kick off the thread with is one of the best examples of the passion found throughout the game. When running around in, Cloud is usually closely followed by whoever else is currently in the active party. Anyone sitting out combat encounters lags slightly behind, which is a nice enough detail in and of itself.
When the party reaches Nibelheim, however, Tifa is actually capable of breaking this basic rule. Returning to her hometown forces Tifa to confront some significant trauma from her past, and although Cloud's perspective on the events is different, he's the only one with something of a shared
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