[No Spoilers-FFVII: Rebirth] No specific event to spoil, I just think Chadley (FFVII Remake & Rebirth) is a pompous little shit.

I always thought he looked like a Pokemon trainer that wandered into the wrong game.

Not sure how hot this take is, but ever since FFX I have found the FF series leaning heavily into the J part of JRPG

So we get epic characters with world ending powers doing trope-y anime poses and gestures, or get childish priorities and I find it negatively affecting immersion (for me anyhow).

The last "new" final fantasy I've played is 13, and some of 13II (as well as rebirth, which I still loved) so I'm not exactly caught up on current FF universes either.

FF1-9 all felt more neutral in that they were people acting to save the world and helping people along the way, whereas more modern final fantasy games seem to have this sweetie goofy cotton candy innocence elements that really clash with underlying story/universe. Like I'm watching elementary school Anime mashed into an adult FF universe.

I'd love for the FF7 remake series to shift to a much darker, gritty, adult tone (chocobos can still be happy tho, love those guys)

The worst is when he gets all passive aggressive and is like, "I know you're busy saving the world and all, but you're actually being kind of selfish by not stopping everything you're doing and gathering this data for me.

I fucking hate this kid.

#MaiisbetterthanChadley

Yeah dude, I know you

but can you cool the fuck down for a few minutes and stop nagging me while I save this town from literal monsters that are devastating their economy? Oh, I can? Thank you so much Chadley.

Fuck that kid

I could do without the vast majority of new characters they added in remake who all (every single damn one of them) decided to leave Midgar and through some magic coincidence show up in rebirth. But chief among them is Chadley (and Mai or whatever his female version is called). I get they needed a mechanic for trials but would it have killed them to add a fourth rest stop item that's a VR booth? (Or replace the SP one, make it so there's a reason to use the shops in the towns more than once.) He's really unneeded for the Intel stuff, they could have solved that with the Mobile PHS and dialogue from your party members.

Square can't not enix.

Oh thank god, I thought I was crazy for hating him. I wish I could just turn off his ability to interrupt me while I’m doing things. It always feels like he takes forever to say everything!

That being said, is the protorelic side quest worth the Chadley of it all? I did the first two or three and they were kind of fun but the cactuar one in the… Corel region? Is where I stopped. I think I’m nearing the end of the game, so if it’s worth doing I should pause and go back for them all.