What party do you play with in VII?

grimloch

I'm just curious as to what party you went through VII with. I personally use Cloud, Barret and Cid. The only reason I used them is because of their level 4 limits because they hit a good few of the things on screen at once or hit the same thing a few times.

It's comparable to X where the only deciding factor for who would be stat maxed for me was those who had the impressive/powerful limits.

However in IX there were many more factors to consider when you're selecting a party. The unique abilities of the characters and their own personal aptitudes played a much larger role in the deciding process.

AnCapaillMor

Tried to flick around as much as possible have all my charaacters on even levels. However i did use cloub and cid alot as they're the only ones with triple growth weapons(asnd wanted to master kotr, mime etc), and also you had to have cloud 99% of the time.

Retr0gamer

In every RPG I always switch characters and use them all equally. FFVII annoyed me with it's auto level up for characters out of battle because I couldn't keep track of which characters I had used.

The Free Man

i mostly used cloud barret and tifa, and mostly used attack rather than magic. but the best save i ever had all those years ago i used cloud, cid and vincent..

Cronus333

until her death, Clod, Aeris and Yuffie. Post Aeris it was Cloud, Yufie and Vincent, with some Cait Sith for good measure

Zombienosh

Cloud, Barret and Vincent.

bluto63

the first time i played the game i used Cloud, Aeris and Vincent.

After i saw aeris die the next time i played it i felt there was no point getting her up again. I also got sick of Vincents automatic limit(which was the only reason i used him) so i changed my party to Cloud, Barret and Cid.

Anytime i play the game now i try and use all characters. Caith Sith has been the most annoying because his limits suck. I like Tifa's limits the most so i like using her but i just use anyone...

odhran

The first time I played it was Cloud, Barret and Red XIII, then I switched to Cloud, Tifa and Red XIII. Then one day I was bored so I decided to start using Yuffie too- she's actually not that bad!

Brow

I always use Cid, Cloud and Vincent for the game but when when I want to upgrade materia and stuff I usually switch Vincent for Yuffie as she has a great weapon that doubles/quadruples experience if I remember right.

Iofur

I used Cloud Tifa and Aeris...then she had to go and die on me (and we all cried...a little) so I started to use Cloud Tifa and Yuffie and RedXIII for the sheer fact he was a big cute liony wolf type thing!

Hopeless

I haven't met half the characters yet but at the moment it's Cloud, Aeries and Barret. I think I'm gonna keep Cloud and Barret anyway.
Since I already know Aeries dies I'm trying to use her as little as possible.
I never really liked the healer characters beacause they use way to much mana if I want them to heal and actually be useful in any other way in battles (ie magic).

Crucifix

Hopeless wrote:

I haven't met half the characters yet but at the moment it's Cloud, Aeries and Barret. I think I'm gonna keep Cloud and Barret anyway.
Since I already know Aeries dies I'm trying to use her as little as possible.
I never really liked the healer characters beacause they use way to much mana if I want them to heal and actually be useful in any other way in battles (ie magic).

There's a portion where you have to bring her with you, just to give a heads up.

Hopeless

Heh. I suppose there's the whole love story as well isn't there?
I'm assuming that when you pick Aeries to go with you it 'leans' in her direction, I kinda like that because I'm not too fond of Tifa.

slightlycrazy

First time thru i played as cloud, red13 and cid. But then as I played it more and more it was always Vincent,Cloud and Tifa. I've never used Cait sith as he is totally usless or yuffie as she is also useless. This is the best game ever and i'm really hoping for a remake.

DrunkMerlin

Cloud, Yuffie and usually a dead RedXIII, this was once I'd maxed out all of my stats by morphing baddies with Yuffie's Conformer into sources, I had 255 for like every stat on both of them, so it didn't much matter about having a dead doggy. Before that it was always Cloud, Yuffie and Cid.

A remake will be ****, the game is good as it is, let it be.

Hercule

Cloud, Barret and Cid

The very same - I stuck with these characters because of their limit breaks and their triple growth weapons. I tended to use a lot of summons mixed with all out attack.

Iofur

oh come on yuffie, is not useless! Her limit breaks, (especially the final one) is so bloody cool and i found it to be very effective! Cait Sith on the other hand...*cough cgouh CRAP cough cough*

Rhyme

Cloud, Tifa/Vincent and Aeris... I guess i just got attached to those characters the most, Red was useful for a long time but i never used him to any huge extent.

Creamy Goodness

cloud // cid // caith sith

Rhyme

Cremo wrote:

caith sith

\o/ Let the hatred end...

OTliddy

Cloud(duh), Yuffie, and X. If you get Yuffie early, she develops very well. She is actually quite unbalanced at the end of the game(although I did give her 1 or 2 more attribute sources). I killed one of the end Sephitorth boss's with just 2 of her physical attacks(x4 cut). She is also excellent with magic. And she is long range so recieved half damage from physical attack.

I don't pick Cait Sith because I wouldn't be able to stand looking at him for ages. Aeris pointless, lol I was crestfallen when she died first time I played it.
I don't like Cid or his limits.

That leaves Red, Barret and Vincent. Red probably the worst of these, but he is my favourite. He is a masterpiece character. Vincent has his amazing final limit. Barret is okay, but I never really liked him.

TouchingVirus

Cloud Barrett & Red for me the whole time

SeantheMan

Cloud Cid and Barret

Doesnt really matter anyways when theyre high level and you have the right Materia :rolleyes:

odhran

I kinda have to agree. It's the same in all the newer final fantasy games (apart from IX).

grimloch

Thats sort of what I was driving at, after a certain stage the characters are effectively clones with the exception of their limit breaks.

That's one of the things I prefer about having definate classes like in IX or IV. X was one of the worst perpatrators(sp) in this sense. Loads of characters with identical stats and abilities and similar enough weapons.

Retr0gamer

Thought the variety in characters in X was it's best asset. I played on low levels and didn't level up except for the last boss (don't believe in levelling up, it's an artificial way for designers to extend game time lazily, had to level up for the last boss though :mad: ). All my characters throughout the game were very different and the battles were much better, requiring strategy to beat rather than brute force.

I have to say i prefer the separate character classes. Never was a fan of the FFVII and FVIII style of customizable characters. Separate classes adds more depth to the character.

Vokes

What sort of battle system is used in FFIII? Is it Job Classes? Or just customizable ala FFVII.

Im looking forward to playing it on the DS.

Retr0gamer

It's the utterly fantastic job system used in FFV and FF Tactics (PS1 version not the *shudder* GBA atrocity). In fact FFV is a carbon copy of the FFIII system. It's a great game. Can't wait for the DS version either.

timmyotoole

Ye ff5 had the best job system. I liked ff6 as well.

A number of ye said that there was no point in leveling up aeris the second time, but when i played it the first time i never got her final limit break. So the second time round i leveled her up all the way and spent ages trying to get it, had to read the faqs, just to see it at least. That invincibility plus full heal might have been handy in some of the latter battles.

Cloud, Tifa and Barret the first time round, but second time round i just leveled up everone.

Snake Pliisken

i use cloud, yuffie cause, well i dont really know, and red because he is the most balanced and one of the strongest characters in the game.

I hate cid because he is the weakest of the strong characters and i hate what he is like to shera, cait sith because he is basicly hitler reincarnated as an s**thead, aeris cause she dies, i like her though, barrett because he is so token black guyish and tifa because she is so needy.:cool:

NeoSlicerZ

Cloud, tifa, barret.

Tifa has quite imba limit breaks... and barret... massive gun

nix

Cloud, Cid, and the most usefull character of all Cait Sith.

Battle begins
Party above appears
Emerald weapon appears
i begin to cut into him with saved limit breaks
Cait siths gets a second slots limit break about 4 mins into the battle
Cait sith reels instant death
Battle over
Expression on my 13 year old face showing extreme joy
Priceless!

Cronus333

nix wrote:

Cloud, Cid, and the most usefull character of all Cait Sith.

Battle begins
Party above appears
Emerald weapon appears
i begin to cut into him with saved limit breaks
Cait siths gets a second slots limit break about 4 mins into the battle
Cait sith reels instant death
Battle over
Expression on my 13 year old face showing extreme joy
Priceless!

I got something like that with Lady Yunalesca first time I played FFX. I hadnt trained so first move summon Yojimbo, then Zanmato. the rest is history.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Cloud/Barret/Red ... the two times I've played it through... which always left me in a tricky situation at the end when my weak chars keep getting killed with slight attacks.
Still beat him though... last time I played FF7, I rushed to the end a bit too soon, and sepheroth pulled that rediculous 15 minute summon on me (meteor?) and I was like "oh well, I'm screwed"... but remarkably cloud survived with something like 9hp... revived the others and went on to win.
That was tense

brianbowell

Cloud, Barret and Red for me, i normally level up Vincent, Cid and Tifa to around lv65 too, final boss is simple anyway once you have your main party anywhere near max stats or at level 80 even, dont even need to change groups for final boss and i beat him after taking only one attack which was reflected on him!! emerald and ruby weapon are the real challenges, w mime, kotr and 2x/4x cut are nearly essential along with near full stats

President Rufus

The last time Yuffie and Tifa.

The first time I think it was Cid and Barret.

RedXIII

Used Cloud/Red/Cait Sith first time round

Then used

Cloud/Red/Vincent but i dnt like vincent that much as his limit makes him un controllable

I have played through using Red/Cloud with Barret, Tifa & Cid as well and as far as i can remember i find the best either


Cloud/Red/Cait Sith or Cloud/Red/Barret, but thats just to my tastes

Sch!Sm

I used to try and keep every1 at similar levels the first time i played through. other than that my favourite party was cloud/vincent/red. dont know why!