Perspective of someone who played/ing the OG after Remake

So I recently finished Remake after abandoning it for...4 years for no real reason other than taking a small break got out of hand lol. Also finished the DLC and then started looking online for changes between the original and Remake's part.

After reading some posts about how FF7R is more of a sequel than a true remake I decided to play the OG before moving to Rebirth as I never played the original.

I have to say the pacing differences are huge! After getting to the same stopping point as Remake in the OG, it took me about 6.5 hours vs closer to 50! And this may be "reverse nostalgia" glasses but I like how they took time to flesh out the world and characters in Remake's part. Sure there was a lot that could have been cut to slim it down and not hurt the game at all, but I don't see it as fake filler or padding like some online do. I like the extra content, even if some of the side quests were meh (Does Rebirth improve on that?) I also really like the combat system and challanges in FF7R, it has so much to get into and is very dynamic.

The OG's part kinda gave me whiplash with everything that happens just in the first 1-2 hours compared to Remake. The old game design is definitely showing, but I like it too! It's not bad by any means just very different. But it was cool revisiting those places in reverse order lol

Looking forward to finishing the OG before diving into Rebirth and hopefully getting a better appreciation to it. I read the OG is ~35 hours to complete so I assume either Rebirth or the 3rd part of the trilogy will have to cover aloot more ground in a single game.

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EDIT - One thing I forgot to ask is about localisation mods. I'm using mods just to refresh the look and feel and nothing to change the actual game(models, backgrounds, effects upscale. all keeping the vanilla theme)

I saw a localization mod (Shinra Archaeology Cut) that some say brings the text more inline with the original.

Is the translation in the steam version off or missing something? I did see a couple of clips online that had some different dialogue in a couple of small places that I didn't get for some reason