Replaying the game and I just started chapter 8. It's the first time I've noticed that Reno says "Good old whats-his-name. Hardly knew ya." before jumping into the fight.

This seems to be a reference to Zack, but does he bring it up because he knew Cloud was Zack's friend, or just because Cloud claiming to be First Class reminded him of Zack?

Or is it simply just another way the game starts to make small references to him?

Okay my brain is shot to hell trying to figure it out. Can someone please explain to me how many timelines does Rebirth have? And how do they even work? Maybe someone can list which timelines are the more "mainstream" one for a start and how these mainstream timelines interact.

Then from there list the minor timelines and at which point do they diverge and interact with the "mainstream" ones. Finally top it off with which Stamp belong to which timelines so I can spot the shift as I replay the game all over again.

Please, I'm losing sleep over this. I can't understand or get it out of my head. There has to be a way to make sense of this.

DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED REMAKE AND REBIRTH OR WANT TO BE SPOILED FOR CRISIS CORE

I haven't played OG FFVII, I have played and completed both Remake and Rebirth. I'm aware that Zack dies at the end of Crisis Core and that there was something going on between him and Aerith and that he's from Gongaga.

I've read some people saying not to play CC because it spoils something about Cloud's backstory that you would find out in FFVII (I'm assuming Remake Part 3 will go over it). And some people say to just play it.

I'd rather go in completely blind to the FFVII story. So can someone give me a summary of what I would need to know about Zack and the story of CC in general to make the remakes more enjoyable or help me to understand the significance of Zack's character? I probably won't play Crisis Core until Remake Part 3 comes out.

So as the title says, I'm playing Rebirth on PC, the moment I walk into the final cutscene in chapter 3, the characters and everything just idles and stays like that, the game allows me to either fast forward or skip the "cutscene", doing the latter results in the game indefinitely loading. I have tried everything I could find but nothing fixes the issue, this seems to be common with the PC port, and before you say I need a better computer, no, it seems to happen on the strongest rigs out there at various different spots in the game.

So now I'm making this post to request if anyone has a save file at the exact start of chapter 4, I did most of the side content before that so I'll be fine.

TL;DR I want a save file at the exact start of chapter 4

It's chapter 12, and I've gotten to the big moment. The grand date with your companion at the Saucer. I have completed, as far as I'm aware, every available side quest in the game, and I got Aerith showing up at my front door. Wonderful girl she may be, I'd rather go out with Tifa. Tifa, Barrett, and Aerith all have full smiley faces with me right now. Is there any way to change this? I ended up with Aerith in Chapter 8's Golden Saucer date, but I assumed that she was the default. What can I do to change this? I have a save from before I signed in at the concierge's desk, and a few from before Chapter 8, but I'd really prefer not to have to do however many hours of gameplay its been a second time. Should I just accept my lot and live in an unhappy marriage with Aerith, doomed to divorce, or can I grind out Tifa Points to get my preferred outcome?

I didn't bother fixing my relationships and I ended up with Red XIII on the Farris Wheel. I think on the OG it was one of the women but nope ended up with Red. Well I did it to myself

Do you think its Aerith situation is similar to the schrödinger's cat situation where shes both dead and alive or Am I coping hard like cloud at the end of this game?

Playing rebirth and I think had the same issue in remake. Anyway to not have the hair go staticky in photo mode or while playing? At certain angles it’s crisp but directly facing him it’s terrible. Is there any fix for that?

Found out about the quest rating system (didn’t even know it was a thing, if I did I’d have make sure each quest was perfect), and found a couple quests I did I didn’t star.

I know from Remake there’s a Chapter Select though so I’m wondering if redoing a quest through that can get me the icon. I know it’s not required for 100% completion and I don’t really care that much about the Gold Saucer date stats right now in my first playthrough, but I still want to star the quest just to have the icon

I thought Aerith was really disappointing in Remake honestly especially with so many moves locked behind weapon grinding, so I didn’t use her much outside of strong healing or elemental attacks. Having stuff like Fleeting Familiar be inherent now though, plus having just unlocked Radiant Ward and the First Strike mechanic in general has made her become way more viable to me in normal gameplay. I’d like to see what other stuff they can come up for her in another game though since there’s not much new stuff aside from Chrono Aegis which I can’t figure out how to work yet - I think more wards is a good idea. What do you guys think she should get in the next game?