I loved Remake and wasn't sure if i liked Rebirth (as much) after playing it for the first few hours. Now i'm 21 hours in and i love this game just as much as Remake, if not more. I just had to get used to some game-play and mechanic changes the team made. I've even been doing most the side quest, but i personally choose to skip the ones that feel very uninteresting to me. If your'e not sure about picking this game up due the "filler". Just know its totally fine to skip the side quest in between the main story, don't feel like your'e missing out. The side quest exist just to spend more time with the characters.

I loved Remake and wasn't sure if i liked Rebirth (as much) after playing it for the first few hours. Now i'm 21 hours in and i love this game just as much as Remake, if not more. I just had to get used to some game-play and mechanic changes the team made. I've even been doing most the side quest, but i personally choose to skip the ones that feel very uninteresting to me. If your'e not sure about picking this game up due the "filler". Just know its totally fine to skip the side quest in between the main story, don't feel like your'e missing out. The side quest exist just to spend more time with the characters.