I was hoping that FF7 was a faithful remake, i personally never played the original and would have liked to experience it right away in high dev. The industry in general is out of ideas, and not in the sense that they can't make anything new and fresh, but more like they are afraid to be too creative to the point it might offend somebody. This is mostly true for Japanese devs who like to think outside the box.

Yeah, but FF7R is not a remake. Its just a Nomura disillusion.

I would be more interested in the remakes if they would just add more content, but keep the original content true to its nature. The main problem is that the newer generation of devs just want to put their spin on something that was a cherished classic and in return they mutilate it.

RE3 for instance might have been a shitty release that is now getting milked by release of a complete edition.
But RE2 also fell short compared to the original when it comes to story and locations, many locations were cut out, same goes for certain enemies. It would have been better, like DDDespair said, to make the new add-on DLC content and just release the original in full form instead of a butchered one.

True that Sony was at the forefront when it came to censorship, but it seems it has now taken hold in Japan and now gamer are preemptively censored. Now, all we can rely on when it comes to original content and unfiltered is the originals. Chrono cross for instance was censored with its remake and had dialogue toned down, so women won't feel offended.(Feminists) and lately another new game had the word women removed from it, so it could be appeased the woke gender-neutral people or else they'll be Rrreeeing all day again. If I recall, both Capcom and Square now has this stasi like service call Ethics department.

Yeah, people indicate that it's just a warped version of FF7 that seems to suggest it's tied to the Kingdom Hearts world.

I wouldnt say its a reboot since reboot is trying to breath life into an old IP while 7Remake is pretty contingent on the player knowing about the original game's story to understand (or the fates dont make sense).

It would be an alternative story or alt universe version of the FF7 story, hence why I dont think its a bad reboot. Its also contingent on the original story existing so I dont think the old canon will be destroyed. Thats something Im more worried about with the rumored The Last of Us remake (that is a silly idea).

It's clear they aren't very good at optimizing their games, as they should run better than they do on Switch, but their Panzer Dragoon remake ran far, far smoother in the GOG version, so I imagine the same will happen here and that any halfway decent PC will just be able to brute force through any issues.

The control issues mentioned are likely the same reason why I was hesitant about the Switch verison, gyro aiming isn't precise or intuitive enough for such a game. I curse Nintendo for not making the Switch compatible with Wii remotes.

But it actually works quite nice (with the auto aim off). The hand position is just a little bit weired, but I think with more training it will work even better. Only thing ist, we were constantly realigning the controller, because thanks to all the camera movements we always start to twist the hands more.

This might be true for the first installment, but it also implies that they can do anything after the ending. Sure, they can still play with what we remember, but this is also what's been done in reboots. Give the old fans something to strife for, while getting new people in. We'll see with the next isntallment, I guess.

Again, I am not saying it's bad, and I noticed while my wife was playing, that they tried hard to appease the old fans. But making those alterations also leads to new questions - why did they choose to let some people not die, but others etc..

But if it's alternative, than it's also kind of a reboot, or not? As long as only the new alternative universe get's fed in the future, than that's far as a reboot as it get's.

EDIT: changed a word

Oh i'm not saying it doesn't work well enough with practice, I'm sure it does, I've just personally never found gyro aiming controls natural or comfortable enough for extended periods of gameplay, especially with the ergonomics of switch controllers.

Rail shooters, and indeed any shooters with properly programmed controls played like a dream with the Wiimote's IR pointer, and I will forever miss this control method. Gyro feels like a frustrating compromise in comparison.

price???

Same price as the Switch version, I hope they mean the E-shop version.
Just google E-shop and then the game, and you'd be able to see the price for your region.