The game is excellent easily worth the money and I would pay £50 for similar length episodes. My playtime is about 26 hours.
I was just super excited to get out of Midgar and had no idea that was it. I know I have missed stuff, chadley has two things I have not completed. But I thought I had a whole game to level up my materia and collect all the weapons.
Its massive disappointment that's all. I want the rest of it, It came as a shock.
I'm torn with your take. On one hand, it's been such a big part of the journey towards getting the game, and it's been hugely criticized since it was announced that it was to be episodic rather than a 1:1 of the original. So the fact you've missed that is both surprising and impressive.
I mean, it says it on the back of the game/online.
With that being said, I'm very interested in the people who will experience it like you have, and then be shocked when it comes about that it's not the original story. SE didn't include the episode number in the title, most likely due to the fact they don't know, and also the drop in sales. For some people, yourself in included, they're going to feel either short changed or perhaps lied to.