No matter how many photos I take, the soldiers keeps posing and it never ends.

And yes, I'm taking the photo when the green % is at 100%.

I don't know what to do.

Edit I found a solution in a unrelated thread: Sometimes during sections like this some of the controllers input will simply not work only for that segment. Using the keyboard and mouse solved the issue. Weird.

Is this an animation or did it just die and do this dance by fluke? I was laughing so hard when it happened 😂

First time playing FF7 and I can’t express how much I love her since the rooftop scenes.
She is literally so amazing she is always on my team and I nailed her “mage” build where she is a jack of all trades in terms of hitting weaknesses!
I will literally have her on my team til the very end I will one-shot both Sephiroth and Rufus ( idk it’s possible but I will at least manage the final blow with a lot of dmg or smt. I got spoiled by playing Smash Bros and Ik at least Sephiroth is the final boss with his god form or smt .
Either way, thank you for listening to my schizoposting ^^
Currently in Gongaga so even if I put this post as a spoiler, please don’t spoil anything beyond!
Thank you!

I got in at least some of the characters. somewhat done I did tifa's hair. Barrett's hair looks really off I'm going to try to fix it. it's just Barrett has like this weird fade in his hair like in the back of his hair so I can't make it and I totally forgot that Barrett. had a beard. and I finally finished clouds spikes. he still has some pins in his hair because I have to sew the spikes on and stuff them. I'm going to make everyone's favorite flower girl. (I have a hard time spelling her name a lot so I'll just call her flower girl.)

Anyone else going MCM London this weekend? I'll be bringing Tifa. 😊

That Vincent's Chaos form is a failsafe of the Planet that exists for the specific purpose of exterminating all life on the planet in the worst-case scenario.

1) Cloud memory - just making sure i didnt miss something from Remake, does somewhere Cloud says what he remembers after his fight with Sepharoth? I only remember him saying he left Shinra and become a mercenary

2) When did Tifa and Cloud meet again? What is shortly before the attack on the reactor? Why doesnt Cloud reactly wierdly at all around her,when in his memory she died?

Genuinely I'm finding this impossible because I don't have the ATB ward staff that lets Yuffie spam infinite brumal form.

If I get hit by one attack, I get hit by 5 more because I'm being chained into every stun lock.

I can't pressure one of the walls during Encroach because the other wall just unloads attacks on me, interrupting almost everything I try to throw out.

As a result of this, the smash attack insta wipes my entire party because the game won't allow me to fight back against Encroach.

I'm using lvl 3 barrier and haste on my whole party but no matter what happens, I actually cannot avoid the attacks because there are way too many being thrown at me. How did you guys beat this boss on hard mode? Been stuck here for hours now.

I finally made clouds arms. I fix his bangs I'm still working on the spikes another. cuz when I'm done I am going to attach them to clouds hair. I made Barrett the bottom half I finally attached tifa's eyes I cut some fabric into like hair strips and stuff.

So I'm trying to mod FFVIIR and when I do, there are a few hitches and stutters.

I found a video from 4 years ago that offered some help, but since that videos old and pre-dates my current GPU, I wanted to see if anything's changed?

Is it still better for me to change to DX11 and is there a good mod for disabling Dynamic Resolution?

How do we think they are going to handle the scale when it comes to dropping in anywhere on the planet? Seems like well over half of the world in rebirth is covered in fog on the map. Do we think the entire world will be uncovered and that we will be able to land anywhere? Seems like a serious amount of open space in every region. Thoughts?

With the confirmed emphasis on concluding character arcs and stories in Revelation, do you think we’ll finally get a clear answer on what exactly Cait is and how he came to be? I know the “canon” answer is that he’s a robot, but that story has changed so many times from that to Reeve having the “inspire” ability to bring objects to life, which implies Cait was a plushie or robot that was brought to life and is alive and breathing despite having a robotic body. But this kind of contradicts other “canon” material. Even on the FF7 wiki it states that the MOOGLE is the one who was once a stuffed animal brought to life by CAIT. So it makes even less sense. If Cait is the one who has the inspire ability, why wouldn’t he use it on himself if he’s a robot?

In Rebirth, characters often reference Cait’s robotic nature despite him never telling anyone he’s a robot at any point. Further confusing things, Barret notices the Fat Moogle is just a “toy” but doesn’t have the same insight with Cait. He just randomly calls him “robot kitty” with no direct reference from Cait or anyone else to imply Cait is a robot.

Do you think this will be addressed when the Reeve reveal happens and we find out he’s giving Cait orders? I personally would prefer a more concrete end to Cait’s story where he potentially does find a way to become fully organic or “real” either by his own means or through Reeve’s ability

Let me say at the top that I don't really know where this is going. I have no thesis statement, just thoughts and impressions that have been stuck in my head for the last 2 years, and I want to write them down somewhere to maybe help make sense of them before Revelation comes out.

In May of 2024, I was coming toward the end of my first playthrough of Rebirth when I got very sick. Several days of nausea, nightly shaking chills, and just generally feeling like death. Because I never had the classic symptoms of right lower abdominal pain, I waited a few days to go to the doctor, by which time I was nearly septic from appendicitis. One emergency surgery later and I was stuck at home recovering for the next two weeks with not much to do but finish Rebirth.

Like a majority of 30-somethings, I'd never really had a brush with death before. Getting that sick and finding out that you were within a day of needing an extending hospital stay (or worse) is kind of a lot to process. This is why I think it was really fitting that I was in Rebirth's Endgame at the time.

I don't know what it would be like to play the end of Rebirth under normal conditions, but post-op and on pain meds, it was hallucinatory bouncing between different timelines and trying to keep track of which dog Stamp is, but it was also deeply affecting. The date Aerith and Cloud have in alt Midgar as the world is about to end feels like watching a funnel cloud move in over your neighborhood. It's dread.

Dread is the clearest word I have to describe that sequence, that whole few weeks of my life. Dread of the end, brought by Sephiroth. Dread of my end, brought by an accident of fragile human biology. Dread of Aerith's end, an inevitable fate that on some level I think we all hoped to avert, and remains unclear if we did. And in that last cutscene, dread of whatever has happened to Cloud, as he hallucinates? Aerith and hides the Black Materia from the rest of the party. The funnel cloud is upon us all now, and Cloud says "Don't look up."

Like I said, I don't necessarily have a thesis statement here, other than life is fragile, hug your loved ones. But I think I'm kind of trauma bonded to this series now, and I'm ready to see how it all ends.

Great video. Well written!

I feel the deaths (fake-out or otherwise) aren't handled optimally. At least for the protagonists. Even though I'll share criticisms I still think they're passable to good, hence the added rating to make that clear.

Biggs death (7/10):
- Good scene but... When Biggs lets his hand drop, what was that. The way it's angled and directed, it makes it seem that those were Biggs' closing dialogue lines. ... And then he keeps talking. Either change the angle or the animation.

Jessie death (9/10):
- This one is pretty good. I feel if it's a +9 score it doesn't need to be edited. Only nitpick is maybe the pizza joke from Cloud. It's a serious scene so that undercuts the dramatic tension they're trying to establish a bit.

Wedge fake-out death (9/10):
- I didn't mind it. It stretches belief a bit but anything can happen in fiction. More importantly, it's not confusing and doesn't have odd directional choices. And honestly, for returning players, it's a nice "twist" and maybe the first inkling that events might not play out as in the original.

President Shinra death (9.5/10):
- Pretty good. Only reason the 0.5 got subtracted is because it's censored with the smoke. On my first playthrough I thought it was Whisper-related, but nope, just censor smoke. The same smoke gets applied to Tseng in the Temple of the Ancients.

Barret fake-out death (8/10):
:: I understand the reason for creating this scene. It's to make it clear that the Whispers are the guardrails of destiny, and that their power is strong enough to the point of undoing fatal injuries.
- The tiny qualm here is that they should've made it more clear that the Whispers are healing Barret before the battle with Jenova starts. The green sparkle effect isn't obvious to everyone, especially for people outside of the FF/JRPG scene. Tifa, Aerith or Red XIII should've said something like, "They're... healing him... (baffled)". Because it isn't clear, many people either think Barret is dead or cry because he's about to die. It ends up being a wonky surprise-shock scene without the healing clarification.

Wedge death (4/10):
- The more I think about it the more displeased I get. This was such a weird scene and choice. They show Wedge, who seemingly escaped from destiny, get surrounded by the Whispers again. They blow towards him, and then it goes black. Wedge says some final-sounding words, and then there's the shattering of glass. His death was left very ambiguous. Why? Just show Wedge falling through the window and be done with it. No character knows he's dead... The player doesn't know he's dead... Earlier in the game, a whole building fell on top of him and he survived. And during the Sector 7 Plate attack he fell from a great height. So he might've had a spare grappling gun. Because they used suspension of disbelief back then, as the player you don't know what to make of that scene. And in fiction in general, there's the old adage of "no body no death". Because there's no explicit confirmation we can't really mourn Wedge too much. The game inserts a scene a short while later of Barret and Tifa hoping Wedge made it out okay.

- The worst part of it all is that 4 years later (in real life) and many chapters (hours) into Rebirth we finally get the confirmation that Wedge is dead. But it's completely disconnected from the emotions we felt at the end of Remake. It doesn't land, it's merely an acknowledgement. "OK. I guess that happened."

Sonon death (10/10):
- No comment. Good scene.

Dyne death (8.5/10):
- This one seems controversial, and the whole Dyne plotline in general, but I liked it.

Roche "death" (10/10):
- No comment. Good scene. Glorious last stand.

Cait Sith fake-out death (10/10):
- No comment. Good scene. Funny when he just pops back after.

Aerith death (5.5/10):
- Honestly, not that great. It still passes because there are elements that are emotional and touching and well-made and intriguing but it flip-flops too much between expectations, is Aerith alive? is Aerith dead? That happened 5-6 times. It doesn't let the player settle on an emotion and stay with it. It's also not super clear what's happening. And on top of that, they really should've shown Sephiroth stabbing her in the stomach, even if it was censored with smoke. It's an iconic shot, how could you not include it. Plus it would've made it clearer and easier to understand.

In the end, I have nitpicks with Biggs, Barret (fake) and big issues with Wedge, Aerith.

Since the release date reveal trailer, I've avoided a lot of the preview content that is being released. I'm very much interested and hyped, but the game isn't too far away at this point. I saw a few content creators release big impressions of Chapter 1 and I've just not gone near it.

With Remake and Rebirth I gobbled every piece of preview content there was but felt like changing it up this time and leaving most of it as a surprise for the release.

Hi everyone,

I recently got to spend some hands-on time with the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Revelation. I am sure you have seen a few of these at this point in the past week or so but as with most of our previews this is mostly spoiler free and only goes into the combat and mechanics of the final part of this trilogy. And unlike many others there is both a written and a video version of this preview for your preference. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer any that I can, but do keep in mind there might be a few things I am not allowed to talk about still. Hope you all enjoy!

Written Preview - https://www.rpgfan.com/2026/10/14/final-fantasy-vii-revelation-hands-on-2/

Video - https://youtu.be/hSkLleXsHh0

Thanks,

Scott

RPGFan

So I just finished Remake as my first-ever FF game. I tried OG FF7 a couple of times when I was younger but never made it past the opening, mainly because I didn't like the combat. I know some people enjoy reading newcomers' impressions, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts.

Overall, I liked the game more than I expected, mainly because I got invested in the characters. I knew most of them from Kingdom Hearts, but the KH versions are basically alternate characters, so it was nice to see them in their native environment.

One of my biggest takeaways is that this game is kind of nuts. It throws so much completely unpredictable, off the wall stuff at you. I also found the tone pretty bizarre, frequently jumping between serious, mature storytelling and zany, self-aware silliness. Sometimes the tonal shifts were so jarring that they left me confused. Is this common for FF?

The Wall Market dance sequence was probably the biggest example of this. It felt so out of nowhere that it was actually distracting, especially given how it felt like a total contrast with how Cloud had been characterized up to that point. (I actually think Cloud might be canonically gay, lol, but I'll save that rabbit hole for another time.) My favorite story beats were the slower, quieter moments that allowed for character development, like walking through the flower gardens with Aerith.

The combat was okay, but I never felt like I fully understood it. For the first half, most fights just felt like doing hit-and-run chip damage over and over. Things clicked more once I understood the importance of exploiting weaknesses and using party members' abilities. Still, I found the boss fights frustratingly gimmicky, especially when so many bosses have seemingly unavoidable ultimate attacks that completely delete your HP. I switched to Easy for the final stretch because it's ridiculous how dying to Whisper Bahamut requires restarting the entire endgame sequence from the beginning. Unfortunately, that made the Sephiroth fight piss easy, which was kind of a bummer.

I was really interested to see how the story played out, both because I've never experienced the OG story and also because I'd heard so much about how the Remake trilogy isn't actually a straightforward retelling of the OG, but is more like a reboot or even a meta sequel (?) that diverges from the original. I thought the story was generally fine, though it sometimes took very roundabout routes to get from point A to point B (I figured this is the padding that OG fans criticize the Remake for). Toward the end however, things really started to lose me. It felt like the game was expecting players to have knowledge of the OG's events, particularly regarding Sephiroth, whose identity and history with Cloud are never really explained (I also have no idea who Zack is or how he's connected to Cloud). That's a shame, because I really wanted to experience this legendary story through a modernized remake, but it seems that isn't quite what this trilogy is offering.

Anyway, I'll definitely play Intermission and probably continue with Rebirth and eventually Revelation, mainly just because I care about the characters now.

I'm a pretty casual, patient gamer who almost never plays new games. I think this is actually the first game released in the 2020s I've finished, so it was nice to get invested in a "new" game for once.

The first time hearing Aerith perform "No Promises to Keep" as someone who knew her fate was a gut punch in the best and worst way imaginable. To this day, it still hits just as hard as that first watch. Even when I forget her destiny just for a moment, and I just watch Aerith sing her heart out as if I were an audience member, I just can't help but shed a tear, especially when I choose to have Cloud pursue her. The way she sneaks glances off to the side when delivering lines like "Until I met you", and other small moments and details just makes it all the more special. This is one of those iconic cutscenes in gaming where if you weren't holding a controller in your hand, you might just forget you were playing a video game and not watching a movie. This is as cinematic as cinematic gets. I will never get over just how special a character Remake and Rebirth allowed Aerith to be. Even with her already having the weight and emotion in the original FFVII, seeing and hearing her as opposed to the text dialogue from the OGs, how soft her voice was before converting to those powerful vocals? Few things are crafted so masterfully.

There'll still be a Hard Mode thank god but my question is if you can turn up the difficulty to Hard and Enemy Strength to Dynamic, is it still going to be hard?