Agree about the arm, though I think one of the producers confirmed he was supposed to look sick. Btw, confirmed it's using UE4 https://www.unrealengine.com/news/final-fantasy-vii-remake-built-with-ue4
People are making assumptions nothing more. "oh they are going to cut the story down" why? Who said that? Maybe they are really going with the "1 disc 1 episode system". Content that was in episode 1 is not gone in Episode 2 (if the prior episodes are mandatory) But every episode can just add new stuff while towns stay…