Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Players Are All Bullying Chadley

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has ditched its predecessor's more structured layout, opting for a beautiful open world that really lets you soak in the beauty of the planet. To ensure players don't get lost and are able to experience everything Rebirth's open world has to offer, Square Enix thought it would be best to give players a helpful guide in the form of knowledge hunter and slightly irritating computer whizz-kid Chadley.

You'd be forgiven if you don't remember Chadley from Final Fantasy 7 Remake, having played a minor role as a person to get Materia from and guardian of the game's combat simulator. He plays a much, much larger role in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth though, riding the coattails of Cloud and the gang as he almost forces you to undertake World research on his behalf.

Unfortunately, due to him spending so much more time with players, those who weren't a particular fan of his personality and quirks have been having a pretty rough time. Thanks to him chiming in regularly during your open world exploration, with sometimes kind of pointless dialogue or seemingly forced congratulations, he's drawn the ire of almost every player out there, and is now being relentlessly bullied on social media as a result.

You've already got players wanting to clock Chadley in the jaw, mostly down to his new bossy attitude. One of the more egregious examples of him being a little passive-aggressive is if players stop completing World Intel objectives for him, as he'll tell Cloud that he's noticed progress has "stalled", but is confident you'll get back to it. We're trying to save the world, Chadley, sorry that we don't have time to scan some crystals for you.

It's the same story on Twitter too, with countless people calling Chadley names, taking little jibes at him, and making it their mission to completely destroy him at a Queen's Blood tournament. It also doesn't help that Chadley thought it was a good idea to create a female version of himself called Mai, who is also catching