On the flipside I enjoyed some of the more subtle nods to the original.

Like in the OG when you come out of Reactor 1 into Sector 8, Wedge is running around for a few seconds with his butt on fire. In the remake that doesn't happen, but later on he gets a "flesh-wound" from a hound and escaping from the Shinra Warehouse and Biggs and Jessie joke about his ass being a "little singed."

I have a couple more of those which I'll throw into my "thoughts" post I'm still thinking about.