Final Fantasy VII Remaster/Remake

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Were you able to start hard mode with all your materia, weapons, etc like a new game plus or is that just for chapter select?

Only on chapter 9 but already looking forward to the 2nd playthrough on hard.

Hard mode is basically every enemy and boss powered up for level 50 characters. I had skipped side quests on normal and went into Scorpion with level 35 characters, took me several loops of the 'self repair' phase to get him down and only with limit breaks lol.

But you level up fast on hard mode (exp and AP)

gimli2112 wrote: »

Had my first game over screen v Reno. Apparenlty block is R1 not L1.

Not when you get counterstance

Absolutely loving the game so far. It has surpassed any expectations I had and then some.

My only complaint would be some of the visuals feel really half baked. I'm not talking about the texture pop-in or anything like that, just environmentally the game can look terrible at times. Tifa showing Cloud to his apartment in chapter 3 really jumped out at me; no detail on the door whatsoever. At first I thought the texture would pop-in, but nope, it then pans to a further two doors that look the exact same and it becomes massively clear that that's just what the doors look like. Loads of other little moments like that as well, where you're walking through an exquisitely detailed environment which is peppered with objects that just look out of place such is the lack of polish. Its a real shame too, because the game looks great for the most part and these little elements just scream of laziness. Playing on the pro as well.

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Love the way Barrett does the victory fanfare 😆

Love it!

ShaneU wrote: »

Just finished Midgar in the original game, 4 and a half hours

By my calculations that means there's another 9 remakes coming.

Final fantasy 7 remake part 2: The Kalm before the Chocobo ranch!

ShaneU wrote: »

Just finished Midgar in the original game, 4 and a half hours

By my calculations that means there's another 9 remakes coming.

I might consider the ultimate special ultra deluxe XD edition when it's all done, discounted to the cost of one game or less. I ain't paying €600

Just beat shiva last night, did all the side stuff in chapter 8 before taking on Shiva and clearing the chapter.

yeah got her the second time

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

You can have

two party members fight those VR bosses

??????

For fcks sake!

Didn't know myself, first time i tried, i was solo and got wrecked, figured they were solo challenges until my second attempt later. Definitely wait till you have a few in the party.

Does anybody know if the passives you unlock in the weapon upgrade trees apply even when you switch away from a weapon?

I like the system overall, but it seems odd to have passive HP upgrades tied to a weapon tree unless its going to apply across the board.

applies to the weapon afaik but each one levels up with you even if you're not using it so your Iron Sword will have HP bonuses similar to your buster sword.

I'd forgotten how bummed out I got when Tifa's not in my party. Aeris is a fruit cake, she's adorable, I'm taking a week off work if anything happens to her.

Morpork wrote: »

Have been playing for 8 hours and only now discovered you can hold down the square button to do a different type of attack with cloud...

Yep, Operator mode you do an AOE attack.

Punisher its a heavy attack

I swear I rarely laugh out loud when playing video games, but Wedge has genuinely had me in stitches during chapters 3 and 4. Having him voiced by Matt Jones was a bit off putting at first as I can't separate that voice from the character of Badger in Breaking Bad, but I'm completely sold after those two chapters, great choice and brings some excellent comedic value to the character.

After being initially sceptical at SE taking the episodic approach to the remake, I'm now convinced it was absolutely the right choice with how much more fleshed out the world and narrative is. The fact that I actually give a sh*t about Biggs and Wedge in an FF game speaks volumes to how well this has been pulled off.

Chapter 9's Boss, in Wall Market, is driving me up the wall... argh!

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

A few questions for those that have completed the game.

Max level is 50? Are you max level reaching the end just by the story?
Is there places to farm so you can farm Materia levels?

Does anybody know if the level and stats carry over to the next game or will it be a default start?

This answered a lot of the questions I asked! Found most of them.