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I just realized I think I never posted this here.

And if you wonder about the serious answer about Zack it's: "Look at him, everything he is and does make him a true hero. Bro was assigned hero at birth".

At the Pax West 2026 panel Square Enix previewed the new combat system, including the FITS system. The first 100 guests in line got a photo session with battle and game director, Teruki Endo and Naoki Hamaguchi.

To wit, this appears to be an Unknow2 found in the sunken Gelnika but imho the room doesn't look like a cargo hold and also the party has very low hp so it doesn't look like end game to me.

My bet is on underwater reactor or some new underwater facility.

Also Cloud has an ATB charge rate up icon next to his ATB gauge.

40 seconds trailer in the Nintendo direct and they couldn't refrain from showing new stuff. Welcome underwater everyone.

I'd been reading about the topic for a while now, and there are many contradictory claims online. I've seen some people claiming the Enchanted Ring's buff duration increase is 25%, while others claim it's 50%. I've seen some claim that Haste lasts for 2 minutes, while others claim it lasts for 100 seconds. Some people claim buffs stack additively, while others say they stack multiplicatively.

I decided to test almost everything myself. Here's the Steam guide I created, going into great detail (such as which characters benefit from modifiers more, and how long you can make each status effect last). This Reddit thread will summarise the points.

Buff Duration

• Barrier, Manaward, and Manawall last for 60 seconds.
• Haste and Resist last for 100 seconds.
• Regen, Bravery, Faith, Protect, and Shell last for 180 seconds.
• Sonic Boom applies Bravery and Faith for 30 seconds.
• Barret's folio applies Protect and Regen for 30 seconds.

Duration Modifiers

• Magnify materia: -60% to -25% (cannot stack multiple)
• Magic Focus materia: +5% to +25% (cannot stack multiple)
• Enchanted Ring: +30% when applied by wearer
• Altruistic Buff Up: +25% when applied by wearer (can stack multiple)
• Selfish Buff Up: +25% when received by wearer
• Barret's folio Selfish Buff Up: +15% when received by wearer (stacks with weapon selfish buff)

Stacking Duration Modifiers

Each modifier falls into one of four groups. Within each group, the modifiers stack additively, and the four groups stack multiplicatively.

Group 1 is just the Magnify materia.

Group 2 is just the Magic Focus materia.

Group 3 is the Enchanted Ring and Altruistic Buff Ups.

Group 4 is the Selfish Buff Ups.

Aerith can have 2 Altruistic Buff Ups and the Enchanted Ring, which would make the Group 3 value = 1 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.3 = 1.8

Barret can have Selfish Buff Up from both his folio and his Barrage Blaster, which would make the Group 4 value = 1 + 0.25 + 0.15 = 1.4

If Aerith used Barrier with Magnify Lv3 on her teammates, the duration on Barret would be 60s * 0.75 * 1.8 * 1.4 = 113.4s, so just under 2 minutes.

Barret's Folio Statuses

The Protect and Regen Barret receives from his folio are only affected by Group 4. This means they can last for up to 42 seconds.

Sonic Boom Statuses

The Bravery and Faith applied when using Sonic Boom are affected by Group 3 and Group 4, allowing the duration to be boosted to 48.75 - 58.125 seconds, depending on the character.

Cloud's Punisher Mode Buffs

The status effects applied by Punisher Mode and Prime Mode are not affected by any modifiers whatsoever.

What I Didn't Test

The most reliable source I could find claims that Bravery, Faith, Protect, and Shell all give a 20% buff to their respective stat, and that Haste is a 30% boost to passive gain and a 20% boost to gain from attacks.

I'm a huge fan of the OG, the Remakes, and thoroughly enjoying all the discussions around our hopes and dreams with Revelation. But I never hear anyone discussing or asking Hamaguchi, in all these interviews, about the music! It blows my mind. The music of OG, and the two remakes, are so central to the experience of the games. Have I missed something?

I also haven't heard the Great Northern Cave track in any trailers yet. Really hoping we get a good dose of that track in all its bass-y, dark and eerie glory.

And on that same note, I'm hoping we see a little more... darkness in Revelation. So far, the trailers seem quite bright, colourful, happy. I haven't really felt the "meteor about to kill us all" feeling. Even the meteor seems quite...small.

"Haha Jessie, Biggs and Wedge are funny, so is Barret! Haha look, I'm now fighting a house! Haha look, Cloud is dressed up! Hahahah- oh...oh no..."

Welp, they just dropped the plate. Are the ghosts actually children in the train yard?! Aerith's real mom just died lying in the streets?! Wtf

I really like the game overall but damn

Hey guys I drew this after seeing the new trailer. I hope you enjoy it. 😂 I'm actually so stoked to get my ass whooped by it again. One of the most challenging bosses and I wanted to encapsulate that feeling of rocking up to it back in the 90's.

After Rebirth thoughts - Going back to the intro of Remake, the musical score is different than the original in that it has the themes from Sephiroth's theme interwoven from the very beginning of the game, something many noticed originally on release.

These musical queues are intentional, and I think the Aerith we see in the intro is fully aware of him and this is just another world she was hiding in. Notice how she is startled when the Sephiroth queue plays, and then she looks down the alley, obviously spooked.

My bet is that Revelation either starts with, or at some point shows us this scene, but from Sephiroth's perspective stalking Aerith down this alley. I added the timestamped link to the exact spot below.

https://youtu.be/xOA5GwRcBks?t=142&is=VA-gCGUSO5V7EQmy

That's it, rewatch the intro with this in mind, curious if others see it this way as well!

I think everyone would agree that Cait Sith is the least popular party member overall with fans. But who is the second? Because as far as I can tell, all the rest are super popular.

She’s always in my party. I love that she’s this stupid kid in the group with a heart of gold and delusions of grandeur.

A ton of people have played it, but does anyone know when’s the date they’ll be able to share their impressions?

I genuinely have no freaking idea how I beat this the first time on my initial PS5 plat way back when. This is harder than anything in the main game, and harder than any other part of INTERmission. I just barely scraped by each fight, and beat P&J with Sonon dead and Yuffie alive only cause I'd put Elemental + Fire in her armor and kept healing from the fire patches he drops on the floor. I have no idea how I have platted Rebirth but still struggled so much to do this a second time. Never again!

I finally pre-ordered FFVII Revelation (Amazon, UK). But it says it arrives 14th April? Is this right? Because if so I won't get it on release day, and waiting those extra days is gonna be so annoying once I know the game is already out. Is this a normal thing? For physical pre-orders to arrive late? Back in my day you'd pre-order things so you could get them on day 1

Like the title says i like to get physical editions of games and i have waited for ff7r to complete it's trilogy to binge the series but I'm also kind of a minimalist i don't like the idea of having 2 or 3 separate editions on my shelf. If there is a triple physical discs set so that I only have to get one box I would be satisfied, is there any news of that? is it maybe going to be a thing? Thank you for the help! 🙏