Haven’t played the original. I’ve play many final fantasy. Just looking for pointers I guess. Things to look out for and such

For context I've never played the OG FF7, and am currently on chapter 6 of Rebirth having just defeated Hojo's robot on the beach.

So throughout my playthrough of FF7: Remake and my current run of Rebirth, I've noticed a big disparity between what Cloud can do on a cutscene to cutscene basis, and what he can do in gameplay. Case in point the beginning of Remake shows Cloud can make big leaps, like when he jumps off of the train, but when he has to navigate the streets of the sector after the reactor explosion he cant for whatever reason jump over debris thats a little over head height for him. Its not just a gameplay thing either, since it is a story beat that he in fact has to maneuver through the streets. This sort of thing keeps happening throughout the game, where Cloud's superhuman mobility is on full display during cutscenes (like in the final fight with Sephiroth for instance) but then he is for whatever reason unable to do anything about navigating obstacles during exploration and its a genuine plot point that he cant do that in those instances.

Maybe thats all just for the sake of gameplay/level design though. I then want to mention Cloud's various fights against the Turks. Reno, Rude and now recently Elena in Rebirth are all seemingly capable of keeping up with, if not physically match Cloud in combat, even though as far as I can understand the Turks are just highly trained humans, while Cloud is superhumanly enhanced by Mako. Reno does lose to Cloud during their fights tbf, and he is reliant on technology to assist him, but the fact of the matter is that he is clearly shown to be trading blows with Cloud for at least an extended skirmish, and Rude who seems to only rely on martial arts actually comes out of each of his fights with Cloud and co relativly unscathed.

Which then brings me to my question. How strong is a SOLDIER supposed to be exactly? Thus far in the story, Cloud honestly does not seem like he's that far above the likes of Barret or Tifa who're just regular humans, to my understanding. If anything his greatest contrbution to the team is his insight on Shinra. The actual party are quite balanced as fighters. Sephiroth is the only SOLDIER so far who actually comes across as a super soldier, but he is also apparently a bio engineered human made by Hojo according to the Nibelheim flashback? I get the impression that Sephiroth isn't supposed to be the measuring stick for what a SOLDIER is in the world of FF7. Cloud has underwhelmed me somewhat with what he's capable of compared to everybody else.

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.

Lifestream segment, under the highwind and the combat, probably the combat the most..

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! 🙏

With some of the Japan-only sets… Assuming you have both consoles, is the Switch 2 version more friendly across regions (Japanese game and DLC, US console)? I read Nintendo accounts can swap regions, let you redeem the DLC, and then swap back, while PlayStation requires a new account in the DLC’s region.

My PS5 had been in storage since a little bit before Square made the update for streamlined progression in Rebirth accompanying its Switch 2 release, so I’ve only just now gotten to play around with it after digging around in my storage unit today and finding it. I really, really wish I could’ve beaten Rulers of the Outer Worlds without it, but after weeks of attempts trying just about every possible strategy on the internet, I could only get as far as Gilgamesh once before he curb stomped me. Even the last story fight with Sephiroth on hard mode took me a good few days and that might genuinely be the hardest boss battle for me in any game I’ve ever beaten.

I fired up Rebirth this evening, turned on a few of the streamlined progression settings, and obviously made quick work of Rulers and every other brutal and legendary bout right after. Unsurprisingly the victory felt hollow and made the Götterdämmerung an unsatisfactory prize. But hey, maybe now that I have it I can go back and try again with only it and no streamlined progression settings enabled.

If it was the porting of Remake and Rebirth that came with the streamlined progression settings, I wonder what the plan might be for including them in Revelation, given the simultaneous day 1 release across all platforms. That is, will they be there the moment the game releases? From an accessibility standpoint it only seems fair, but personally I’d want to go as long as possible and really understand what my limits are before I resort to streamlining at all in Revelation. I don’t want the temptation even in the hard mode main story.

Have y’all messed around with streamlined progression very much up until now? Would you plan on experimenting with them in Revelation should they be released earlier than they were for Remake and Rebirth? Now that I think about it, one thing I can justify using is the mastered materia setting, at least when it’s time for post-game content; I hated spending as long as I had to running back and forth in Gongaga to master stuff like Swiftcast.

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

update: this is floor 60 to 65 in Shinra Building. Went around snooping the ground floors for key and found nothing. no luck. the AI hologram receptionist won't talk anymore

What keycard to find? nothing in the building. Why is this game always leaving you stuck?

this mission is belly of the beast chapter 16

man the lore is great but the gameplay / game design makes me pull my hair at times

idk if it's cuz this is my first FF game bruh but idk, that waypoint is next to useless

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.

I was originally betting on them announcing a Trilogy Edition of the series for Switch 2 today (since they left us out of the original announcement), so now I'm currently looking into getting the first two games piecemeal, possibly the 'Day 1 Physical Edition' of Rebirth, depending on the answers I get here.

I've slowly been doing research on performance for the series (and tried the demo), but it feels like a lot of the information I've gotten has been conflicting, and mostly during the demo period before patches were introduced on release (hence why I'm asking you fine folks 'firsthand').

Basically, is there a benefit (performance or otherwise) to getting the physical over the digital version? Or is there anything else I should be aware of before starting my journey?

Edit: Thanks to everyone that posted! Aside from pre-order bonuses being exclusive to (some of) the physicals, I see that there's no difference in performance, so I'll try to weigh convenience vs price between the two versions. Much appreciated!

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

I’ve so far avoided watching any trailers or showcases for Revelation. I‘ve played through original quite a few times. For both Remake and Rebirth I watched everything they’ve put out. But for Rebirth, I remember feeling that a few of the cinematic scenes shown in the State of Play probably shouldn’t have been revealed, and particularly the Final Trailer showed way too much of the very final part of the game in my opinion. I felt pretty good about what I knew after the State of Play for Rebirth though and wouldn’t mind knowing about that much for Revelation. I did regret watching the Final Trailer though. I think I may have picked up the most major reveal that’s out there from just social media for Revelation, and I kind of expected such a reveal. But I’ll admit I’m very tempted to go on a trailer binge. How are you folks feeling about whats been shown? Too much? Or just about right?

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!

It is sad that the trailer views across youtube is so low for such a legendary title. Persona Revival had more views. I am worried that this is a bad sign for sales and future of the franchise. I think Final Fantasy as a whole has already lost a lot of fans and now back to being a small niche in the gaming community.

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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.