10 New Game Plus Features We Should've Started With

10. Materials Auto-Collection - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

If any further proof was needed that Square Enix laughed at the thought of respecting players' time throughout the awesome-but-woefully-padded Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, here it is.

While exploring the game's semi-open world, you'll need to hold down the triangle button in order to individually hoover up useful items strewn throughout the environment.

In 2024 it seems maddening that any video game with so much Stuff to grab wouldn't simply let players auto-collect them by running in their general vicinity, and yet, ever a game to turn even the most basic interaction into a Senate hearing, in Rebirth of course you have to press a button to do it.

It's fine at first but becomes a tiresome interaction long before game's end, ensuring an already overcooked RPG is even longer than it needs to be.

And to add insult to injury, players who continue exploring the game world after beating the story will find an option in the Settings > Extra Settings menu allowing them to turn on "Materials Auto-Collection."

Now any materials you run past will be instantly teleported into your inventory, as the gods of gaming convenience intended. 

But why in all that's holy would Square Enix not simply make this the default option and spare us all a ton of cumulative time spent hammering triangle? Baffling.