>>715668698
Outside of the 2-3 sidequest breaks in Remake, I thought it generally kept its story momentum going pretty well over 40 hours.
Rebirth starts with 0 momentum and still hasn't really picked up at all. You're just exploring for the hell of it, in the original there's also a sense of just kinda scouring the world to look for Sephiroth, but it's a LOT more forgivable when you're spending 2 hours in each area instead of 10. This shit is one of the most pointless open worlds I've ever seen.