Honestly if they cut out most of the side missions and filler then they could of easily made the game past midgar

So where was the mandatory rat killing quest in the original FFVII?

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answer the fucking question

you don't have to that a optional side quest.

FF7R is an optional game for people who like to have an option of eating shit.

You unlocked rat killing quests after defecting Emerald weapon, duh. Also, don't you remember that time in the Lifestream when Tifa and the party attended Cloud and Sephiroth's wedding?

Just coming into this thread to say that Reno is based and I'd like him to be my husbando.

no because the sidequest were inside the already done assests

To make an overworld you a shit load of new assests

It's not even side shit or world building. It's just unnecessary padding at times like slowly going across monkey bars or crawling through vents or something that is about as blatant as it gets.

Reno and Rude were fucking jokes, but I did like the way they were enhanced by the story. Aerith's mom casually noting that Rude stopped by was neat.