I will add that I played the original FF7 for hundreds of hours, and when I finally picked up the remake I was a bit disappointed, but couldn't say why. I put it down after around an hour of play. I think it was the combat. It took a lot of getting used to, having tried, but not really vibed with 12, 13 and 15 (the more open world ones). 13 in particular nearly ruined the entire series for me.
I'm glad I persisted though, because I picked it up after about a year of dormancy, and I'm playing it again now and really enjoying it. I still think the combat is clunky, and would prefer a simpler turn based system, but then I'm old, so. I'm around 15hrs into the remake.