I think there was an interview back then with a squeenix exec or game director that they always final fantasy aimed for teens. which is fine, but most of the FF7 fans that have played it back then and looking forward for the remake are adults now. they shouldn't be restrained to keep it for only teens or like explore the dark stuff in the original FF7 that just glanced over.
I think its the overall thing to blame here is the moralwashing or like making the protagonists always have a squeaky clean image. they must be always paragon of virtue and have a spotless moral. like shonen jump back then have heroes that are willing to kill like Kenshiro and Jojo, now shonen jump makes their heroes not kill their enemies, resulting in talk no jutsu memes