Final Fantasy VII

dazftw

Has anyone here ever like played it and stopped half way thru for some other reason or another? Then done it again 2 or 3 times never completing it?

Im about to start my 3rd attempt at it maybe tonight if im not doing anything else! This time... (like all my other times) im going to complete it.. Last time I reformatted and forgot the save files was right pissed off lol >.<!

Anyway has this happened to anyone on here?

Its on the pc aswell btw..

DonkeyStyle \o/

Yeah once with FF7, but only after I'd already completed it.
It can be hard to come back to after a long break.
The worst for me was FF8... restarted that game twice and still never completed it... I think I still have my save at the last boss who kicked my arse over a yawn-inducing fifty billion hour battle which I couldn't be bothered sitting through again.

grimloch

VII definitely has a couple of "fuck this" moments alright. I can't remember how many times I stopped playing VIII before finishing it some 3 years after I bought it.

ec18

Never actually finished it.....have gotten to the third disc and beaten the last jenova thingy but never even went to fight sephiroth

Atomic Pineapple

got to the last disk before my sister went to play it and wiped my save, got thick and threw my ps out the window, was hoping for a re issue to get to play it again

o1s1n

Can't say I've done this no. Played it from start to finish when it first came out. A month or two later I missed the game so much that I did it all over again.

Definitely one worth sticking till the end.

SeantheMan

Ahh lads what are yis like...playin it and not finishin it

Suggest you send your save files to your email addy each week as an attachment..in case something REALLY went wrong you'd always have them way into the future:rolleyes:

FF8 i played twice through, ff7 only once even though i liked ff7 better....there were some things i couldnt face doing again :eek: (Stupid Turks up in Wu-Tai or wherever it was, having to defeat the weapons again, making a gold chocobo to get KOTR etc)

Mkl

Temple of ancients is where i usually quit

Mark Hamill

SeantheMan wrote:

Ahh lads what are yis like...playin it and not finishin it

Suggest you send your save files to your email addy each week as an attachment..in case something REALLY went wrong you'd always have them way into the future:rolleyes:

FF8 i played twice through, ff7 only once even though i liked ff7 better....there were some things i couldnt face doing again :eek: (Stupid Turks up in Wu-Tai or wherever it was, having to defeat the weapons again, making a gold chocobo to get KOTR etc)

I've played FF7 through 4 times, each time with less than 100 hours game time. My last time (the only save I kept) is my most complete but I still forgot (as I have always forgotten in each playthrough) to get the "cursed ring" in Mideel

dazftw

Started it tonight lol... Just after finishing up in barrets bar going to get back on the train...

Anima

I started playing it again for the PC. Its handy playing the PC version because theres programs that can alter your characters attributes and what items/materia/equipment you have. You don't have to waste time fighting much at all. Everyone dies in one hit

ec18

Anima wrote:

I started playing it again for the PC. Its handy playing the PC version because theres programs that can alter your characters attributes and what items/materia/equipment you have. You don't have to waste time fighting much at all. Everyone dies in one hit

kinda cheating

Br4tPr1nc3

ive never once completed it.
ive played it tonnes...i probably know the game backwards...i know the ending, ive seen all of it n all that,
but never actually completed it...always put it down at some point.
dunno why.
although i know the reason for the first time i done it.
i was about to egt a gold chocobo,and for some reason decided to fight ruby weapon for the heck of it....i lost and when i re-loaded it said the file was corrupt....so didnt restart the game for a long time.

Ishmael

Just started Playing again there about 10 days ago or so.

Just about to go and Kill Hojo!

A quick question, wheres the best place to go to level up your materia.
I have mastered most of the magic materia but most of the summons are still on level 1 or 2. It'll take ages even with the triple or double AP weapons.

I tried the Gilenka airplane but don't seem to get a whole lot of AP for those fights.

Oh and, ive stopped playing it numerous times but mostly cause i keep forgetting that i need a patch for it.

Ryo Hazuki

Mkl wrote:

Temple of ancients is where i usually quit

Bloody confusing at times & that ****er demon gate doesent help..

friend and foe

been quite a while since i've played it but as far as i remember the easiest place to level up materioa is the forests around the temple of the ancients... should get into fights with 3 or 4 little green guys (i think* who won't pose any threat, the fight won't last long and you get approx 20AP per enemy.

by far the best place as the fights are so short it shouldn't take long to master up

Ishmael

friend and foe wrote:

been quite a while since i've played it but as far as i remember the easiest place to level up materioa is the forests around the temple of the ancients... should get into fights with 3 or 4 little green guys (i think* who won't pose any threat, the fight won't last long and you get approx 20AP per enemy.

by far the best place as the fights are so short it shouldn't take long to master up

Actually, just found it online a couple of days ago, best place is the northern cave on disc 3.

If you go into the yellowish place, i think its left and then up when you get the choices. The magic pots and those orange ball things give 2000AP+ and with triple AP weapons i actually mastered most of the materia in the space of 5-10 hours of play.

Just managed to kill Emerald weapon for the first time ever last night. Had a crack at Ruby Weapon but the Game crashed.

carbonkid

Anima wrote:

I started playing it again for the PC. Its handy playing the PC version because theres programs that can alter your characters attributes and what items/materia/equipment you have. You don't have to waste time fighting much at all. Everyone dies in one hit

Just started playing the PC version myself, found a copy on ebay...but as cool as the game is do you find the number pad controls kinda annoying? Doesnt really feel right only using my right hand to play the game. Thinking about holding off and buying a cheap PS2...like the idea of having a controller i can use in both my hands.

RetroRainbow

I started playing it again recently, and I got frustrated at the silliest point.
I was just after meeting Elena etc, when she said they said something to tell at the docks.
I couldn't find the docks, and gave up.
I'm awful, I know.

Retr0gamer

If you get stuck then use www.gamefaqs.com

Thought that would be common knowledge by now.

RetroRainbow

I do use that, but I was quite cozy where I was at the time, and couldn't be bothered to turn on the computer, heh.

nix

Ishmael wrote:

Just started Playing again there about 10 days ago or so.

Just about to go and Kill Hojo!

A quick question, wheres the best place to go to level up your materia.
I have mastered most of the magic materia but most of the summons are still on level 1 or 2. It'll take ages even with the triple or double AP weapons.

I tried the Gilenka airplane but don't seem to get a whole lot of AP for those fights.

Oh and, ive stopped playing it numerous times but mostly cause i keep forgetting that i need a patch for it.

EDIT: just realised you only want good ap, so just read the part in bold.

Do the elixor bug on those turtles on some beach to get loads of elixors (cant remember details, try gamefaqs)

When you have 99 elixors go to the northern crater and find the magic pot doods, there in the swamp type area. You cant kill the magic pot by fighting but throw him an elixir when he asks for one and you leave the battle a winner and get crazy xp. Also theres these lil red bouncing ball things that spawn in the same area, kill these and you get a crazy amount of Ap.

Cravez

I restarted FFVII twice, mainly when i got to parts where i was too weak to fight and defeat a certain boss. So i replayed the game and trained the characters up a bit better and while doing so got better equipment,materia etc than the first or second time round because i had already experienced how the game works etc. Then the bosses were easy

funky penguin

Ryo Hazuki wrote:

Bloody confusing at times & that ****er demon gate doesent help..

Mmmm, I always considered him to be the toughest boss in the game (bar the optional ones).

nix

funky penguin wrote:

Mmmm, I always considered him to be the toughest boss in the game (bar the optional ones).

Aye i made the noob mistake of going into that place with only one save file and unprepared, needless to say i had to restart the game as a result ;(

abelard

nix wrote:

Aye i made the noob mistake of going into that place with only one save file and unprepared, needless to say i had to restart the game as a result ;(

A couple of hours of solid levelling up sorted me out in that situation on my first ever play through. Still sucked though

funky penguin

Secong play through, I had meteor rain when I reached him. He fell like the proverbial Demon Gate who got smacked in the face with a **** load of meteors! ^_^

I remember my brother (around the same time) had finishing touch before leaving Midgar.... 0_0 Couldn't believe the hours he was putting in.

Sephiroth_dude

that boss in temple of the ancients is a ****er alrite,took me over a yr to kill him :mad: :mad: did'nt bother restarting,could'nt have been arsed being honest :rolleyes:

kawaii

funky penguin wrote:

Mmmm, I always considered him to be the toughest boss in the game (bar the optional ones).

He got me the first time but he's nothing compared to the one in FF4. I got crucified before I got Leviathan.

kawaii

Ishmael wrote:

A quick question, wheres the best place to go to level up your materia.
I have mastered most of the magic materia but most of the summons are still on level 1 or 2. It'll take ages even with the triple or double AP weapons.

I tried the Gilenka airplane but don't seem to get a whole lot of AP for those fights.

The best place to go before disc three is the forest around mideel. You can fight three or four headhunters there and you get something like 420 for a battle with 4 (multiply by three for x3 weapons and that's 1260 AP per battle).

Also, for cash you can fight Sandworms around there on the beaches for 5000 a head. I just stick to the master all materia trick though...

ShaneU

Temple of ancients was brilliant, Ive finished ff7 twice by the way, and 8,9 and 10 once

carbonkid

Im on disc 3 right now and im trying to defeat Ultimate Weapon for clouds final blade...after finding it at Cosmo Canyon i fight it but it runs away before its dead...does anyone know if it gets closer to death after every battle and where it heads of to after?

airetam_storm

does anyone know if it gets closer to death after every battle and where it heads of to after?

After cumulatively taking 100,000 or so off him he flies off to the ancient forest close to cosmo canyon to die

And the boss that sticks out the most in my memory as being tough (excluding the two optional weapons) is the Lost Number, he had that lost blow attack that ment instant death and he used it alot!

carbonkid

Im looking for this ancient forest somewhere around the hills near Cosmo Canyon but i cant find the entrance...think its ment to open up a path to this forest when i defeat him but i dont think i have because he just flew off

ec18

carbonkid wrote:

Im looking for this ancient forest somewhere around the hills near Cosmo Canyon but i cant find the entrance...think its ment to open up a path to this forest when i defeat him but i dont think i have because he just flew off

When you kill him he falls and breaks the cliff near cosmo canyon.....He flies on a fixed path best to find out that (i can't remember off hand) And fly to those locations....till you meet him

make sure you have on person on 99% hp before you kill him...at the end he uses a really really powerful attack

Clouds last blade is the buisness...especially with slash-all :D

Aout of curiosity is there a trick to mastering materia or just need loads and loads and loads of AP

Sephiroth_dude

ec18 wrote:

Aout of curiosity is there a trick to mastering materia or just need loads and loads and loads of AP

just keep leveling up thats the only way as far as i know anyway

carbonkid

ec18 wrote:

When you kill him he falls and breaks the cliff near cosmo canyon.....He flies on a fixed path best to find out that (i can't remember off hand) And fly to those locations....till you meet him

Yea i started noticing a fixed path and ive attacked Ultimate Weapon about 3 times now and he keeps flying off after about 2 rounds...i just keep it up and at some stage ill defeat him?

carbonkid

Yea that did the trick...shame clouds most powerful weapons are so stupid looking compared to like the buster sword which was so well designed

ec18

carbonkid wrote:

Yea that did the trick...shame clouds most powerful weapons are so stupid looking compared to like the buster sword which was so well designed

Well you only really saw the buster sword in advent children.....cool thing about the ultimate weapon is that it changes glow with clouds health

Sephiroth_dude

man i love ff7 so much

KilbarrackBlows

ff7 was the best game ever.
Ive been trying to find it for the pc but its never in any store's these days
i tried a ps1 emulator to but meh havent a clue how to set it up

Sephiroth_dude

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

i tried a ps1 emulator to but meh havent a clue how to set it up

yera there tricky auld yolks to use alright

funky penguin

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

ff7 was the best game ever.
Ive been trying to find it for the pc but its never in any store's these days
i tried a ps1 emulator to but meh havent a clue how to set it up

You'll have to get that online mate.

Sephiroth_dude

funky penguin wrote:

You'll have to get that online mate.

indeed,try amazon id say or ebay.

ec18

Anyone ever heard of/done "moulding" Mastered materia into one super materia....apparently theres one for each type (Summon, Magic etc)

carbonkid

ec18 wrote:

Well you only really saw the buster sword in advent children.....cool thing about the ultimate weapon is that it changes glow with clouds health

Nah man its the first weapon cloud starts off with in the game...my opinion still stands his later weapons could of been alot better designed!

carbonkid

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

ff7 was the best game ever.
Ive been trying to find it for the pc but its never in any store's these days
i tried a ps1 emulator to but meh havent a clue how to set it up

I got mine on ebay.ie...just checked and theres still lots of copies available. Ok few things about it if you do buy the pc version. The port over to pc isnt the best work square have ever done. The res is pretty bad specially for the FMVs. The controls are done with the numberpad so youll have to change them (which you can) to the usual WASD directions and whatever other keys are easiest for you...that or get a pc controller like the one for a PS. If you have a PS id recommend getting that version just cause FMVs are such ****ty quailty on the PC version.

ec18

carbonkid wrote:

Nah man its the first weapon cloud starts off with in the game...my opinion still stands his later weapons could of been alot better designed!

i know but not exactly fantasic detail on the ps some of the later ones did look pretty weird alright

ShaneU

ec18 wrote:

Anyone ever heard of/done "moulding" Mastered materia into one super materia....apparently theres one for each type (Summon, Magic etc)

yeah once you've mastered all green materia you can condense it into one materia that has all magic. you do it in cosmo canyon. you can also do it with yellow and red materia

passive

The trick to demon gate was to throw Aeris's weapons at him :cool:.

NeoSlicerZ

Hmm, always destroyed demon gate... Can't remember why but think it was something to do with the barrier E.Skill.