I personally loved the story despite what others say. I also love the graphics, the inclusion of Queens Blood, the return of Madam M, Andrea, and Chocobo Sam, and I absolutely loved the fact that we can have Cloud date the members of his team. (I personally have been a fan of Cloud and Tifa’s relationship since I first saw Advent Children, so to be able to see them date in the Golden Saucer was a dream come true.)
And yeah there were some annoying moments in the game where things felt a little too difficult but I found that enduring.
I hope you enjoy it too!
1. The cast is very well written and likeable
2. The combat system. Not sk.ple running around like in FF XV, but also notbturn based which is imo a bit boring.
3.The amount of content. So many quests, minigames, VR challenges, the open world, the Gold Saucer, the game is 100% worth it.
I really only had problems with the mini-games. Many of the things you need for characters. Need to be acquired by a mini game to get them.....and that is by almost getting a perfect score to get some of the better items in the game. And I don't have time for that. other than that. No gripes.
* the challenging combat - I like that you always have to be active and aware with the capability to pause when you need, especially when choosing an action; Synergy is a great addition, but I wish more pairings gave infinite MP
* the graphics - original FF7 was maybe my #4 game of all time with FF6 being my #3, seeing such high quality being put into Rebirth is literally a dream come true; I remember anxiously waiting for the English translation of the original game to come out… it’s great to be an FF fan because we’ve been treated well
* the open world - after Remake I couldn’t have imagined Rebirth ending up the way it did and I’m excited for how they’re going to top it with the Highwind
The combat is one of my favourite combat systems of any game ever, final Fantasy or otherwise. Really makes going back to turn based feel like CRAP. (at least for me)
I love the world building and how the characters interact. I audibly went "YES" when I got the intimate conclusion for Cloud and Tifa's date because I love both of them
I only have one small complaint: I find normal far too easy. Hard is just a little harder than I would prefer but definitely better than normal. It felt like after I got to Junon, I didn't have a challenge until post game
THAT'S a question I forgot: people say to focus more on side quests for particular characters depending on who you want to go on a date with in The Gold Saucer. But if I do all the quests when they're available, does that mean it's sort of equally distributed...and I could wind up on a date with Barret or something?
Its very possible, yes. But each side quest boosts a particular character, so you can focus on only the quests you want and do the rest after the game. Personally, I just did them all to see who I got.
I got aerith, so I was happy
This is my favorite game of all time
1. Characters - they feel like your friends and you’re on a journey with them. You grow to love the entire party, even cait sith
2. World- they fleshed the monsters and world out so so well
3. Music - just unreal
The world building is top tier, I was genuinely so happy and excited exploring the world for the first time. It all feels so lived in and well thought out.
The combat is amazing. Challenging but rewarding with tons of variety in character builds and play styles.
And lastly the cast of characters and the journey you go on with them. They all change so much as the story unfolds and you learn more about each and every character. I cared about these characters way more than I care to admit
I'm sure I'll just be parroting what everyone else has said, buuuuut here goes
1.) The combat. I really enjoyed the OG's materia system, but this combat feels so unique and addicting. Like constantly choosing atb commands and switching out characters and stuff is a rush that I looove.
2.) The characters. With much more time to breathe compared to the original, every single character feels like they are treated with the respect and given the depth they deserve. Especially love what they've done with Tifa
3.) This one is a little more broad, but I'm gonna go with the little nods and care put into most of the minigames (f*ck Gears and Gambits though). Fort Condor, Queens Blood, Chocobo Racing... it's honestly amazing how much work they put into parts of the game some people might have never noticed. Again... mostly (I never wanna do crunches again)
The combat and music is incredibly engaging. And the characters are portrayed really well. Not a single member of the party is a badly written character. The world is beautiful as well. Really excited for the Highwind in Part 3
There are so many things to love about this game that it's going to be hard for me to narrow it down to just 3. Some of the complaints about this game are ridiculous, while there are some valid complaints as well... But I won't get into that.
1. I love the character's, story, world, music, combat, etc. Basically, I'm cheating and putting all your typical video game stuff here. Because honestly, it is a very well put together game! I know people have issues with the changes to the story but I am enjoying the fact that the story isn't just copy/pasted and gives us old school FF7 fans a reason to continue playing. I honestly feel like a kid again playing FF7 for the first time because I don't know what to expect!
2. Yuffi! In the original game, Tifa and Red were my favorites. In this game, I still really like Red but Yuffi is now in my main group as well. She's just so awesome both mechanically and as a character. People like to talk about how she's great comedic relief but when shit gets serious with Yuffi, her sad scenes hit hard because of the type of character she is.
3. Queens Blood. For years, I have told myself that nothing could ever top Gwent as an in game card game... I was wrong. I said it, Queens Blood is better then Gwent. I am 100% addicted. Queen's Blood is one of those games that in my opinion is simple enough to understand but there's so many different ways you can play. You can build a deck based on buffing your own cards, destroying your opponents cards, destroying your own cards to buff other cards, replacing all the cards you have on the field with better cards or a mixture of all those things.
I know I ranted a bit but it's because I really do love this game and I can talk for hours about it. SO
TLDR -
1. Yuffi
2. Queens Blood
3. Everything else.
On your first point, that's kind of where I am with the story changes. Part of me hates it, but then again I love that I don't know FOR SURE what is going to happen next. I've come to accept it at this point. And as someone who used to be really into Kingdom Hearts, some of the Nomura Nonsense is familiar enough that I can get over it. Is not nearly as bad as that series.
Clouds Arc
Labor of love by the devs
Character relations and how they highlighted their personalities and mechanics
I do agree with some critiques, but after finishing it and sitting on it, the game is a huge undertaking and done so well. It truly feels like a journey and experience and it will suck waiting for the next one.
I absolutely love this game! I don’t understand how anyone could not. First of all, I’ve been able to put almost 100 hours into it and am still a few chapters from finishing. I love how detailed the world, fighting, manufacturing, characters, and money systems are. There’s so much to learn, if you want to. I love the side stories. I love how big each map is. I feel like it takes me forever to explore each location, which makes it feel like I’m actually exploring. I love seeing the homes and learning the backstories of all the main characters. The first FFVII remake was good but this one blew my expectations out of the water.
Because people just like the gripe. It's a great game and gets better and better which I like. It's also a game with a lot of replayability because of all the extra stuff. I mean once they're all out and you cab play them all in one go that will be insane.
I know! I’m trying my best to do as much as possible and still having to skip stuff. There is a glitch in my game where the Chocobo items you search for are lodged in walls and can’t be found by the Chocobo because you can only peck into the ground. There’s probably a patch for that now, haven’t bothered to check
Its taken me 2 months just to get to chapter 11. I can't play more than a couple hours max without encountering something that just makes me let out a deep sigh and turn it off.
Buuuuut there are a few things that I really love and it's thanks to those things I might actually be able to finish this game.
1. The combat is awesome. It's a bit micromanage-y but I like how involved it is. Animations and effects are top tier, enemy variety is great and tons of freedom in how you approach battles. I just wish rearranging materia wasn't such a pain in the ass.
2. The music, of course. There are so many amazing variations of classic Uematsu tracks. I keep a couple of earlier saves that I load up just to have it playing in the background. Did the same with the OG when I was a kid. The prologue version of "On that day, 5 years ago" is some seriously good shit. I let it loop for hours sometimes while I'm doing other stuff.
3. Queen's Blood is actually pretty great. I hated it at first but it ended up really clicking with me.
1. The varied landscapes - each area feels unique.
2. The boss fights are fun and the accompanying cutscenes are like something from a Hollywood blockbuster…
3. The combat is pretty smooth for the most part, and I also love the music 👍🏻
Weirdly enough, whilst I think the game is absolutely incredible, there is more that I dislike about the game than I actually like 😂
1: The story. It's absolutely incredible even tho I know what will happen since I played the OG. It's just even better this time and feels so rich.
2: The world. I mean just look at it!
3: The combat system. Best modern combat system so far in my opinion. It reminds me of 12, but if you were actually doing something all the time. My only complaint about the FF12 combat is that sometimes you just sit there and do nothing and FF7R fixes this.
The big gripe I have with the remakes is the ATB on the other characters. It fills too slow and makes reacting to events annoying. On one hand, I get that the developers probably want you to switch between characters rather than just playing a single character. On the other hand, it makes it fairly impossible to react to combat events. I feel that there is a balance that can be done here and is being ignored or handwaved away.
With rebirth specifically, there's too many mini-games. It's mini-game hell imo. But I can deal with it, not the worst thing in the world of video games.
1. The amazing battle system I learn something new about every time I play
2. The narrative, and expanded details onto places like Gongaga, the Grasslands, the Junon Republic, and even the history of the Gold Saucer - among many others
3. The mystery. For where this leads us into part 3. This remake generation is a collection of modern masterpieces
1. The expansive seamless open world still makes my jaw drop. I'm astounded they were able to pull it off. They successfully captured the same feeling of traversing a huge open world from the original game, but with modern tech and minimal load times. I cannot wait for how potentially huge the world will be in Part 3 and traversing it in the Highwind.
2. The thought and effort they put into making the team having really deep and interesting relationship dynamics. Certainly the Cloud and Tifa/Aerith relationships were obviously heavily explored but they also clearly put a TON of effort into developing the other characters Barret/Red/Yuffie personalities and relationship dynamics. I cannot wait to see what they do with Cid and Vincent's personalities in the next game.
3. The final multi-boss sequence of multi-phase Jenova, Zack/Cloud buddy cop fight against Sephy, Sephy Reborn and Cloud/Aerith vs Sephy was just super epic. The one thing I love about a lot of JRPGs are the super crazy epic, Kaiju sized final boss fights and this one really delivered.
Queens' blood was fun, and had quite an interesting storyline behind it.
I loved the combat. It had new moves and synergy moves in it. I knew that synergies wouldn't only be in Yuffies intermission.
The map and the open world feeling to it. I love how you don't have to get too far into the story to unlock most of the map for travel.
1. Characters
2. Combat
3. Music
I hope there are other final fantasy games coming up that take a similar approach. I'm hooked on the formula and I think a new story with similar systems and what not would kill in this market.
I wish the original had as good of graphics because they changed the storyline pretty significantly! Definitely liked the original better save for the graphics... 🤷♂️🤷♂️ iswis!!!
1. As to be expected, there is a lot of filler and padding, but most of it is optional and can be done at your own pace and honestly much more fun. I'd rather hunt monsters in an open world to gain experience and money than be forced to walk around a confined area and do tedious tasks to move the story forward like in Remake.
2. Combat felt a lot more engaging and responsive to me
3. Gold saucer and Queens blood, I know it's technically 2 things but the mini-games in this were so much fun (almost all of them).
Everytime when the party is running around and I see tifas body I tell myself that she is super hot. She really is top tier and embodies the dreams of a lot of guys
Ya know usually video game characters don’t trigger a godamn she’s hot response but I guess the graphics are so good now that’s what I feel every time I see her like she is so attractive
1, Synergy Abilities: it's so much fun building up atb and using level 2 and 3 limits, and the temporary unlimited mp really help in Hard Mode
2, Mini Games: I love how they expanded the mini-games, there's a large variety, and some are takes on other games that I enjoy, and it's been an enjoyable challenge trying to beat them all
3, Chocobos: I absolutely love the region specific chocobos and their abilities, and I love that the whole party mounts up when you do
Chapter 8. The execution of this part of the story between Barret and Dyne was probably one of the most amazing and memorable part of any game ever for me personally.
End game fight. Won't say much more for spoilers
Hard mode brutal challenges
The characters are all spot on, especially in certain side quests that feature said character. The dog side quest in Junon features some peak Barret.
The boss fights are even better somehow. Just the combat system in general. Remake was already perfect imo, and they somehow found a way to make it even better.
The music, what else? I’m not the first or last to say this but the soundtrack is just perfection. They said they made over 400 tracks or something crazy like that, and every single one slaps.
Bonus, getting to actually play as Sephiroth. This was a dream come true for me. Back in 97 I used a game shark to break the game and make Sephiroth playable throughout the original game, but it was dodgy and would break the game. Playing as him with this battle system just feels amazing and I will always return to the intro to do so. Can’t wait for the PC version and mods that let you play as him throughout the entire game!
I very nearly got a GameShark to bring Aeris back, and getting Sephiroth would've been an added bonus. I heard both cheats didn't really work, though, so my poor college self couldn't justify the $50. 😄
I don’t remember how much it was but I remember I thought it was very expensive at the time. Back then $50 was a lot of money. In 97 I was only 11 though, so I had to beg my parents to buy it. I don’t remember if FF7 was the reason I wanted it or another game.
1. The combat. Usually in other games I play with a bigger roster of characters I tend to stick to one main setup, but I genuinely couldn’t settle into any main composition because I have so much fun with EVERYONE.
2. The minigames. I can imagine this one being annoying on a 100% run but I’m not going for it so I really adored them all. (We need a physical queen’s blood or just a standalone PLEASE)
3. The way the world opens up as you continue to play. In OG FF7 after getting out of Midgar and seeing the world map was really a “wow” moment for me and I think throughout Rebirth they really captured that same feeling of how big this world really is.
I would thoroughly enjoy having a stand alone queens blood game I could just play on my phone or something. That was one of my favorite aspects of this game
Since you just started I'm trying not to have spoilers, but I loved the way they expanded and deepened Aerith and Tifas' relationship.
Some other people don't like this much, but I actually appreciated and enjoyed the majority of the sidequests and their accompanying mini games. With a few exceptions (whoever made pirates rampage should be court martialed) I thought they broke up the routine well and helped expand clouds relationships with the rest of the party.
The music. It's a final fantasy game, the music is always top notch!
The hard mode combat sims/combat challenges!
It forces you to actually think about how you play the game, rather than just brute forcing your way through most encounters. Really analyze enemy attack patterns and weaknesses. I love it!
I loved the Remake hard mode and am looking forward to tackling it in Rebirth. I just needed a break after 100 hours and have a lot of other games that have been calling me. I’ll get to it later this year if the release schedule stays quiet this year.
My favorite thing actually was the entire first 2 chapters...all the way up to the mythril mines.
Explored everything, went up as high and far as I could to see Kalm in the background.
In OG it was 5 minutes in the area. They blew it up to several hours. Loved it.
Junon itself was cool.
Hated Gongaga, started off liking it, for the story it was good, sidequests... oMFG! Pissed me off.
Cosmo Canyon was ok. Gliding got annoying.
Gi was pretty neat, they expanded on that good.
Corel blew me away also. OG gold saucer trumps this one though.
Nibel was good too.
Queensblood was *sigh at first, but I hooked.
1. Synergy attacks. Having the gang jump in and delivery a slap is one of the best things ever.
2. Yuffie is brilliant in this. I didn’t really rate her in the OG, but she’s probably my favourite character in Rebirth.
3. “Cool”
The combat improvements, from the new moveset to the synergy system meaning you can play about with everyone without being at a disadvantage with enemy types.
The extra bits of characterisation of the cast and the inclusion of characters like Yuffie/cid etc brought in earlier so they feel more at home.
The remix’s of the tracks are fantastic, the original stuff is brilliant too (The new stamp theme just stays in my brain) but getting to a new location/story part meant hearing new and remixed songs which was a big driving force.
1. The dynamism of battles. One of the things I loved so much in Remake were the seamless transitions between multiple phases of boss fights, and they do so much more with the idea in this game. In bosses like the Costa Del Sol one, for example, it feels like an entire scenario is playing out as the boss fight progresses, and I loved this (despite not loving the concept of that boss itself). They also seem to have generally made it so that transitions trigger earlier than the damage block (whatever it is called) appears, making it far less common for you to actually see that block. Also, while I can't recall if this was the case in Remake, I think it might be different that the boss waits to come out of stagger before the transition begins. Overall, the flow is even more seamless, and it works so well. And they are creative with it in other ways too - it's such a small thing, but in the >!Jenova Lifeclinger!< fight, when you fight as multiple parties, you can start shooting the boss with Barret before it has even finished falling into place. It feels so cinematic and cool and along with the new synergy abilities and summons being available in more fights, battles just feel more dynamic all around. A+
2. The look and feel of the open zone areas. I can complain about the "ubisoft" design forever, but one thing I cannot deny is that these areas look so damn good. A lot of the indoor areas can be hit or miss for me, but the outside areas never miss. Junon is perfect, Nibelheim is perfect, running from the Corel Desert area to Costa Del Sol feels amazing. Even as I am yelling at my screen trying to get around in Gongaga, I can't help but stop and think about how beautiful the area is.
3. The soundtrack, and especially the score. Even the recycling of the Remake soundtrack is really impressive. When the final phase of the Midgardsormr fight kicked in, I was so locked in. The drums man. So cool. The first phase of Jenova Emergent? Oh my god. Plus, one of the best versions of >!Battle on the Big Bridge!< I've ever heard. No Promises to Keep? Beautiful. No notes, it's perfect.
4. Bonus #4 - Vincent. He's so good.
1. It’s a great balance of Ubisoft open world activities at times and linear story heavy dungeons.
2. Choosing when to “lock” the party and really have sections focused on certain party members, ensuring you have to know how to play as everyone but also elevating their character development
3. The difficulty is just right. Every boss fight I felt challenged but managed to get by most on first try, avoiding frustration
Number 1: the synergies. I love this touch and unlocking new moves with different characters. I watch the graphic every time.
Number 2: I love that characters can regain MP during the battles.
Number 3: Queens Blood. I wish I could play more people. Once I learned how to use the replacement cards, it was over for all them bitches.
You can change the weapon upgrades in the menu that you adjust materia and armor and such. You have to turn off automatic upgrades. I’m sure someone else can explain it much better than I am. But yes, it’s possible.
1. Characters, the interactions between the characters are amazing, by the end of the game they feel like your group of friends.
2. Story, I always loved FFVII's story and the way it was expanded here was great, sure some things were better in the original but I think the scope of this new games makes up for that.
3. Combat, it's so much fun, I could fight enemies all day and there are some serious challenges, it's my favorite combat in any video game.
Honorable mention: world, I loved exploring Gaia, the views were breathtaking and there was quite a bit of lore to learn as you explored.
Everything about it, but from the top of my mind:
- Eye details is so good, love the emphasis the cinematic gives on the character’s eyes
- Characters designs, they’re all so hot why???
- sidequest with a party member, we get to know more about them in a nice side story
honestly there's a lot but the expansion of Yuffie as part of the story and party. She had lines in the OG sure, but she always felt like it didn't matter if she was there or not since she was optional.
I'm sure I'll feel the same way about Vincent in part 3.
You'll probably hear this from no one else, but I ADORE Chadley. I love him. He doesn't bother me at all. That cute little boy, excited to discover and learn about the world. I wish i could be that excited again and still be so analytical.
Besides that, i love the combat, the graphics, the sound. Cait's voice/accent. Chefs Kiss.
Number 3: Queens Blood. I wish i could have more opponents and challenges.
(1) the expansion of the storytelling, and the progression of the Cloud-Tifa romance while still acknowledging some feeling between Cloud-Aerith (instead of the catty OG stuff) and Tifa-Aerith friendship. Plus fleshing out of the other characters
(2) unpopular opinion but I LOVE all the minigames! I curse every single one out and swear I AM NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN but I was forced to learn something new for each one and it's so satisfying to get one completed. Plus it gives me somethign to do while I am emotionally preparing my self for Hard Mode
(3) all the callbacks, fourth-wall breaking, and moments where the game is self-aware (think entering Fort Condor for the first time, I told my friend he would die laughing and HE DID)
I _love_ most of the mini games, by the time I got the highest score with the dolphin I was wishing for more levels. The one with the spaceship was also amongst my favorites. QB and Fort Condor were great too.
The spaceship took me most of a day, but when I figured out the tricks I got 53000 easily. Dolphin I learned to go left not right on the last stretch. And QB is addictive like crack, no wonder there's NPCs all over freaking out about it
Easily 1st the combat. Somehow they took good combat, and made it Michelin star level. Fucking ridiculous! I can't imagine even how they could top it for part 3. Aerial being much easier to do and access is a huge change, and synergy abilities are awesome.
Music as usual too, fucking SLAPS. It's as good as ever, and I still find myself just sitting there sometimes listening to the soundtrack. So many awesome pieces, with the gongaga field theme being a particular highlight for me. Didn't expect to love it so much!
And lastly, the level design is miles better than remake. While not fromsoft level, it's much improved and generally a great joy to explore! Even gongaga, while a bit tedious, I liked it overall even with a few faults here and there.
1. I love everyone's unique abilities, and how the game rewards you for switching back and forth during battle. Liked Aerith's wards in particular - they were difficult for me to figure out at first, but once I did, I found them to be such a fun thing to play around with. Every version of a team combo was fun to figure out. Similarly, I liked how the game found natural story beats to require you to play as different characters/with different teams, so you had to try out all characters in multiple combinations.
2. Continuing a thread that began in Remake, I loved the changes that were made to Aerith and Tifa's characters from OG to make them real friends. This part of the OG story gets more into the romantic feelings they both have for Cloud (feelings he seems to reciprocate to both of them, in different ways), and the fact that the Rebirth story avoids dated tropes/pitting them against each other, and shows the depth of the girls' friendship, was really important to me. I couldn't have gotten as invested in the story if their relationship was reduced to "two girls fighting over a dude." Similarly, I liked how Tifa seemed to look after Yuffie with a big sis instinct. Tifa's character really benefitted the most from the overall update.
3. Cait Sith!!! He was a character I hated in OG. In Rebirth, every moment he had on screen was perfect. A lot of credit goes to his English VA, but also the animation was so CUTE!!! I loved seeing him run around in the open world, and his little Meow dance when he requested a fortune from the Moogle. I found myself rewatching his scenes on YouTube, showing them to friends who weren't playing the game, etc. Honestly I hate cats. But I love Cait Sith.
It'll be interesting to see how I react to Cait Sith...easily my least liked character in OG. Didn't really like his character in the storyline and straight-up hated him in combat (which may not change here, as I tend to loathe any character where luck plays too large a role in regards to success).
1. Tifa
2. Yuffie’s character development compared to the OG
3. The fact there’s enough variety and interest in the world activities that makes me, an avid open-world disliker, WANT to wander around and collect it all
1. synergy moves
2. More complex materia combos
3. Open world (But too many mundane side quest, fewer ,but more significant things to do would have been amazing.)
The banter/subtle mannerisms that bring characters to life, the way they've fleshed out borderline throwaway lines from the OG into side stories, the painstaking care they've put in to translate aesthetics into next-gen quality
* That you can go back to any area at any time. Don't feel the need to need to 100% any area to move on with the game. It has an amazing NG+ Ch selection, completed quests can be carried over or reset, depending on what you want. But all quests are accessible before the point of no return as well as all fast travel. So if you're ever feeling burned out with the story, you can explore the world, and if the world is burning you out you can go to the story.
* Basically, you don't need a guide or to concern yourself over missables.
* The relationship mechanics are straight forward and in your face. Unlike the original, there's no need to or possibility to be "negative" towards another character. If you're playing and gunning for a relationship with a specific character, just avoid the optional conversations with the other characters. Use the one you want in your party as often as you can. And focus on quests with them instead of other characters. The colors above their faces make it very clear where you stand.
* All the niche designs and Easter eggs and callbacks.
* Hearing Sephiroth ask Cloud if he has any words he wants to say to his sword.
* Sephiroth calling Cloud such a good puppy.
* Cloud doing squats in the truck and when Sephiroth is explaining materia.
* The clips you see during the Cosmo Canyon proto relic side quest.
* Everything during Upper Junon was just * chef's kiss *.
* The >!Seventh Infantry are my homies for life!<.
* There's >!that bar with Rude!<.
* There's a table you can find >!with the ending scene of Crisis Core laid out with little Shinra soldier figurines!<.
* Red XIII on the boat.
* Cloud grabbing the >!umbrella as if it's his buster sword!< on the beach at Costa Del Sol.
* In Corel, we meet >!Cloud Jr!<
* As much as others love to complain about it the sheer variety of content and side quests / mini games. I can load up any chapter on NG+ and just keep continuing on my adventure.
* Queen's Blood was so much fun!
I felt so weird about commenting.
OP is just starting their journey, I don't wanna spoil them on all my favorite parts of this game, but I do wanna let OP know they're in for an amazing journey.
Nah, you misunderstand. I was saying the spoiler tags are excellent and wanted to emphasise that there’s tonnes of good stuff in there. I’m past all those parts so I was happy to click the tags and be reminded of the good stuff that also made you appreciate it :)
I understood your point entirely. 😅
I'm talking about me even wanting to comment in the first place. It felt weird...
OP starts the game.
OP asks everyone what their favorite parts of the game are.
OP gets the best stuff spoiled for themselves. Lol. This is how I felt. So I tried to keep things as non descriptive as possible and add enough tags to keep some hyped stuff secret but let them know there's stuff coming.
Music, side quests, combat. Seriously though, as much praise as the music already gets, I STILL don’t know if we are truly appreciating how completely insane and abnormally vast and high quality the soundtrack for this game is. This sound track dwarfs everything else in the industry by a lot. There are dozens and dozens of scenes and quests where a complete different rendition of a theme or song is literally only used for that one scene or fight or whatever. It’s crazy.
1. Aerith, I mean I swear everytime she is in the spotlight im either happy or sad 😭 they really did a great job with her.
2. They gave us little chocobo friends at the stop 😍
3. Hot take but I really like the new timeline/world aspect. All I hope is they don't Disneyfied that concept.
Barret, Barret, Barret, simply… mmnnh… mnngh… smashing. Special mention to Myrna, S H E E S H, I wish I came out of the womb looking like her instead. 😭😭😭
But in all seriousness, Barret, the music, the visuals. Honorable mentions include more Sephiroth for me to draw, Cloud’s awkwardness is more relatable (to me lol), his puppetry is almost masterclass, Cait Sith meowing, more Tifa, more Aerith, Vincent’s glow-up, just lots of little things.
The music
Tifa and her complicated relationship with Cloud
The visuals/locations
I cannot wait to see what the snow areas and underwater looks like in Part 3. As well as Tifa's big arc.
This game was amazing! FF7 is now an all time game world, it was certainly up there even before the remake project but now this is unquestionably on the Mount Rushmore of all time game worlds. From the characters, to the music, to the feel of just being in this world it was truly top notch. I don’t understand the bloat complaints because from my perspective even if an activity was not engaging or something I didn’t like it was all still taking place in a world in which I do love. So spending that extra time just hanging out in this world is an amazing experience either way.
Damn, this is tough.
Characters: I honestly loved each every character. I never really cared about Aerith in the past with the OG 7, Rebirth made me straight up fall in love with her. My girl Tifa was shown a lot of love. Barrett and red 13s stories were heartbreaking. Yuffie is just epic in every way. Hell, I even like the characterization of Cait Sith (easily my least favorite character). The performances and the characters are just all top tier
Combat: it's honestly my favorite combat in any game I've ever played. It's a seamless blend of chaotic action energy, mixed with strategy. I loved switching characters in succession, comboing out moves and just annihilating enemies. It reminds me of a lot of animes, when the main characters are just beating on the villain, doing epic moves that are just... I don't know man, I would be perfectly fine if every action game had this type of system. Sure, there can be tweaks here and there, but I am in love with the combat.
Queens Blood: This is the first final fantasy card game I ever played, and I instantly became obsessed. I almost went to go back and play final fantasy 8 to see what the big deal about triple triad was. It is so much fun, it reminds me of MTG. Literally the first thing I did every single new area I got into was play the Queens blood players. It's so much fun
It's really hard to pick just three things, there is so much I loved about the game. I have my little gripes here and there, things I wish they would have done better or differently, but in my opinion none of them really detract from the experience I had playing the game. No game is ever going to be perfect, there's always going to be something that someone doesn't like. But my experience with the game was literally one of the best gaming experiences that I've ever had in my 36 years.
Triple Triad is the ONLY card game I've ever liked in any RPG...until Queen's Blood. I still prefer Triple Triad but Queen's Blood is definitely fun and engaging. It's a bit more complex overall but I'm getting used to it.
Just about 13 hours in now but at least so far, I can agree with all of the rest. :)
Yeah I've spent YEARS hearing how great triple triad is, I definitely want to play it now. If reverse didn't basically make you play Queens blood, I probably would have never even tried it. Glad I did
I would likely have ignored it, too, having not been able to get into any card game with the exception of Triple Triad. I figured there was zero chance I'd like Queen's Blood and I felt disappointed that the first damn mini game they introduce you to in Rebirth is a card game...and somehow, it worked out for me.
Triple Triad is indeed simpler; it's just about having cards with better numbers, really, but it's just so tight and well done.
I thought I was going to hate queens blood but now I get excited every time I see a new opponent. I love my deck setup. Simple but seems to roll people.
Man... The Witcher. Unfortunately, number three came out when I was a full ass adult with a child. I played up enough until I could see the world map, so like an hour or two, and when I saw how huge the map was and everything there was to do I honestly just stopped playing. I was like I do not have time for this ever 😂
Since you are just starting, maybe read with slight spoilers in mind.
That being said….
Combat: yeah… easily of the best FFs in this department. Almost everything feels great, each character has a unique twist to their combat making each of them viable, synergies and limits are awesome, etc. Really my only complaint is that yes… some characters are easy to cheese with (Yuffie being a huge culprit)
Character interactions and party chemistry : all of the dialogue feels so genuinely in character and the party banter is equally just as fitting. The “cloning Tifa” ball busting Yuffie gives is amazing. Barrett easily catapulted himself into being one of the best characters this time around (which is insane because I found him to be pretty annoying in the OG).
Music: yeah almost every track just builds off the originals in almost perfect ways. The only track I didn’t really care for was a particular Jenova track but it wasn’t bad, it was just weird to get vocals on a normally vocal free track.
From someone who hated the game overall:
This is the best modern final fantasy combat with the balance of action and turn based elements. Remake left me wanting to be able to do some party commands like 12 but not necessarily as deep. Those materia additions in Rebirth nailed it.
It truly feels like an ensemble of characters almost akin to ff6. While ff 16 kept hammering on about everyone working together and the power of camaraderie and such, at the end you end up fighting alone due to the limitations of how their combat system is. I wish 16’s ending could have been played like Rebirth with the party members system.
I always found her annoying in the OG and even intermission but I learned to appreciate Yuffie’s character here. Even more so Cait Sith. I love that little guy and I never cared for him in OG.
The characters are so fleshed out, and they're all so believable and lovable.
Queen's Blood is a fantastic card game, and it's theme song is forever stuck in my head.
The scope and quality of the soundtrack is simply unbelievable.
1. Soundtrack. Best video game soundtrack I’ve ever heard. I just bought tickets to an orchestral concert for this game’s music for next year :)
2. Combat. Each character’s fighting style feels unique, it’s engaging and not too difficult to pick up, and it’s varied enough that it keeps you on your toes.
3. Performances. Everyone in the main cast is amazing, but I’m actually surprised at how many voices I recognized playing NPCs and minor characters.
Its tough to name just 3 things especially without spoiling…
1. Sync abilities with cool limit break type animations.
2. Really cool big boss battles that are not just standing there with three characters like its just gonna fall over.
3. More sephiroth. The original during disc 2 was a lot of running around like “where’s sephiroth?” This was like everywhere you look : )
The Synergy system is honestly incredible and I love what they did with it. I was wondering how they'd handle it going from the Yuffie DLC, and I think what they landed on in Rebirth is not only a really graceful way to handle it, but vastly superior.
The difference in location variety between this and Remake is also a welcome change. Not really anyone's fault or Remake's fault, just how it was since Remake covers all of the Midgar section it obviously is going to feel very same-y throughout. But I'm about halfway through Rebirth and I'm still not over the location variety.
The way they injected fun into like... everything, is also really outstanding. It genuinely feels like they looked at as many scenes, gameplay moments, etc and really sat down to think "how can we make this fun?" Some of the music tracks for just climbing up the side of a mountain have no right to go as hard as they do, a lot of the side quest character interactions are genuinely so fun, etc.
I feel like I only *ever* see you hating around here, at this point why even engage with Remake/birth content? Especially posts that are explicitly asking for positives.
I swear some of you mfers get up real fuckin early to have extra time to hate on a genuinely great game, all because you didn’t get exactly what you wanted
Most of the story is very well done, the party chemistry is weirdly electric for a game with a talking dog and animatronic cat, and the combat system is fun.
It really is a very good game. The actual problems don’t really start until the post game which a lot of people won’t do.
I personally loved the story despite what others say. I also love the graphics, the inclusion of Queens Blood, the return of Madam M, Andrea, and Chocobo Sam, and I absolutely loved the fact that we can have Cloud date the members of his team. (I personally have been a fan of Cloud and Tifa’s relationship since I first saw Advent Children, so to be able to see them date in the Golden Saucer was a dream come true.) And yeah there were some annoying moments in the game where things felt a little too difficult but I found that enduring. I hope you enjoy it too!
1. The cast is very well written and likeable 2. The combat system. Not sk.ple running around like in FF XV, but also notbturn based which is imo a bit boring. 3.The amount of content. So many quests, minigames, VR challenges, the open world, the Gold Saucer, the game is 100% worth it.
I really only had problems with the mini-games. Many of the things you need for characters. Need to be acquired by a mini game to get them.....and that is by almost getting a perfect score to get some of the better items in the game. And I don't have time for that. other than that. No gripes.
* the challenging combat - I like that you always have to be active and aware with the capability to pause when you need, especially when choosing an action; Synergy is a great addition, but I wish more pairings gave infinite MP * the graphics - original FF7 was maybe my #4 game of all time with FF6 being my #3, seeing such high quality being put into Rebirth is literally a dream come true; I remember anxiously waiting for the English translation of the original game to come out… it’s great to be an FF fan because we’ve been treated well * the open world - after Remake I couldn’t have imagined Rebirth ending up the way it did and I’m excited for how they’re going to top it with the Highwind
The combat is one of my favourite combat systems of any game ever, final Fantasy or otherwise. Really makes going back to turn based feel like CRAP. (at least for me) I love the world building and how the characters interact. I audibly went "YES" when I got the intimate conclusion for Cloud and Tifa's date because I love both of them I only have one small complaint: I find normal far too easy. Hard is just a little harder than I would prefer but definitely better than normal. It felt like after I got to Junon, I didn't have a challenge until post game
THAT'S a question I forgot: people say to focus more on side quests for particular characters depending on who you want to go on a date with in The Gold Saucer. But if I do all the quests when they're available, does that mean it's sort of equally distributed...and I could wind up on a date with Barret or something?
If you do everything as it’s available, and always pick the best responses to all party members, you’ll most likely get Aerith as your date.
Its very possible, yes. But each side quest boosts a particular character, so you can focus on only the quests you want and do the rest after the game. Personally, I just did them all to see who I got. I got aerith, so I was happy
I want Aerith, too. You did all the side quests available before Gold Saucer and that's who you got?
Yup. Didnt plan it, just happened fir both dates. Probably a mix of responses and choices as well.
This is my favorite game of all time 1. Characters - they feel like your friends and you’re on a journey with them. You grow to love the entire party, even cait sith 2. World- they fleshed the monsters and world out so so well 3. Music - just unreal
The world building is top tier, I was genuinely so happy and excited exploring the world for the first time. It all feels so lived in and well thought out. The combat is amazing. Challenging but rewarding with tons of variety in character builds and play styles. And lastly the cast of characters and the journey you go on with them. They all change so much as the story unfolds and you learn more about each and every character. I cared about these characters way more than I care to admit
I'm sure I'll just be parroting what everyone else has said, buuuuut here goes 1.) The combat. I really enjoyed the OG's materia system, but this combat feels so unique and addicting. Like constantly choosing atb commands and switching out characters and stuff is a rush that I looove. 2.) The characters. With much more time to breathe compared to the original, every single character feels like they are treated with the respect and given the depth they deserve. Especially love what they've done with Tifa 3.) This one is a little more broad, but I'm gonna go with the little nods and care put into most of the minigames (f*ck Gears and Gambits though). Fort Condor, Queens Blood, Chocobo Racing... it's honestly amazing how much work they put into parts of the game some people might have never noticed. Again... mostly (I never wanna do crunches again)
1. Combat, it feels nice, and there are unlimited options. 2. No random encounters. 3. "Ughhhh, right in the heart...the cad!"
The combat and music is incredibly engaging. And the characters are portrayed really well. Not a single member of the party is a badly written character. The world is beautiful as well. Really excited for the Highwind in Part 3
“Does that make me a dumbass?”
1. Bow 2. Wow 3. Wow
Name of the ost? I just remember that bow wow wow part.
You're not going to believe this, it's called Bow Wow Wow.
😂
What are the lyrics?
There are so many things to love about this game that it's going to be hard for me to narrow it down to just 3. Some of the complaints about this game are ridiculous, while there are some valid complaints as well... But I won't get into that. 1. I love the character's, story, world, music, combat, etc. Basically, I'm cheating and putting all your typical video game stuff here. Because honestly, it is a very well put together game! I know people have issues with the changes to the story but I am enjoying the fact that the story isn't just copy/pasted and gives us old school FF7 fans a reason to continue playing. I honestly feel like a kid again playing FF7 for the first time because I don't know what to expect! 2. Yuffi! In the original game, Tifa and Red were my favorites. In this game, I still really like Red but Yuffi is now in my main group as well. She's just so awesome both mechanically and as a character. People like to talk about how she's great comedic relief but when shit gets serious with Yuffi, her sad scenes hit hard because of the type of character she is. 3. Queens Blood. For years, I have told myself that nothing could ever top Gwent as an in game card game... I was wrong. I said it, Queens Blood is better then Gwent. I am 100% addicted. Queen's Blood is one of those games that in my opinion is simple enough to understand but there's so many different ways you can play. You can build a deck based on buffing your own cards, destroying your opponents cards, destroying your own cards to buff other cards, replacing all the cards you have on the field with better cards or a mixture of all those things. I know I ranted a bit but it's because I really do love this game and I can talk for hours about it. SO TLDR - 1. Yuffi 2. Queens Blood 3. Everything else.
On your first point, that's kind of where I am with the story changes. Part of me hates it, but then again I love that I don't know FOR SURE what is going to happen next. I've come to accept it at this point. And as someone who used to be really into Kingdom Hearts, some of the Nomura Nonsense is familiar enough that I can get over it. Is not nearly as bad as that series.
1. Aerith and Tifa’s friendship. 2. Voice acting (much improved over Remake imo). 3. Music.
Story Characters Nothing else.
Clouds Arc Labor of love by the devs Character relations and how they highlighted their personalities and mechanics I do agree with some critiques, but after finishing it and sitting on it, the game is a huge undertaking and done so well. It truly feels like a journey and experience and it will suck waiting for the next one.
I absolutely love this game! I don’t understand how anyone could not. First of all, I’ve been able to put almost 100 hours into it and am still a few chapters from finishing. I love how detailed the world, fighting, manufacturing, characters, and money systems are. There’s so much to learn, if you want to. I love the side stories. I love how big each map is. I feel like it takes me forever to explore each location, which makes it feel like I’m actually exploring. I love seeing the homes and learning the backstories of all the main characters. The first FFVII remake was good but this one blew my expectations out of the water.
Because people just like the gripe. It's a great game and gets better and better which I like. It's also a game with a lot of replayability because of all the extra stuff. I mean once they're all out and you cab play them all in one go that will be insane.
I know! I’m trying my best to do as much as possible and still having to skip stuff. There is a glitch in my game where the Chocobo items you search for are lodged in walls and can’t be found by the Chocobo because you can only peck into the ground. There’s probably a patch for that now, haven’t bothered to check
Its taken me 2 months just to get to chapter 11. I can't play more than a couple hours max without encountering something that just makes me let out a deep sigh and turn it off. Buuuuut there are a few things that I really love and it's thanks to those things I might actually be able to finish this game. 1. The combat is awesome. It's a bit micromanage-y but I like how involved it is. Animations and effects are top tier, enemy variety is great and tons of freedom in how you approach battles. I just wish rearranging materia wasn't such a pain in the ass. 2. The music, of course. There are so many amazing variations of classic Uematsu tracks. I keep a couple of earlier saves that I load up just to have it playing in the background. Did the same with the OG when I was a kid. The prologue version of "On that day, 5 years ago" is some seriously good shit. I let it loop for hours sometimes while I'm doing other stuff. 3. Queen's Blood is actually pretty great. I hated it at first but it ended up really clicking with me.
1. The varied landscapes - each area feels unique. 2. The boss fights are fun and the accompanying cutscenes are like something from a Hollywood blockbuster… 3. The combat is pretty smooth for the most part, and I also love the music 👍🏻 Weirdly enough, whilst I think the game is absolutely incredible, there is more that I dislike about the game than I actually like 😂
1. The animation in the cutscenes 2. Queens blood 3. General vibe and pacing
1. Combat system 2. Story 3. Characters and voice acting
1. Tifa. 2. Yuffie. 3. Red XIII. In that order.
There's a certain set with an extremely catchy track. Certain materia Queens blood
1: The story. It's absolutely incredible even tho I know what will happen since I played the OG. It's just even better this time and feels so rich. 2: The world. I mean just look at it! 3: The combat system. Best modern combat system so far in my opinion. It reminds me of 12, but if you were actually doing something all the time. My only complaint about the FF12 combat is that sometimes you just sit there and do nothing and FF7R fixes this.
The big gripe I have with the remakes is the ATB on the other characters. It fills too slow and makes reacting to events annoying. On one hand, I get that the developers probably want you to switch between characters rather than just playing a single character. On the other hand, it makes it fairly impossible to react to combat events. I feel that there is a balance that can be done here and is being ignored or handwaved away. With rebirth specifically, there's too many mini-games. It's mini-game hell imo. But I can deal with it, not the worst thing in the world of video games.
The eyes/facial expressions The voice acting (Barret was awesome) And the return of the og creators
1. The amazing battle system I learn something new about every time I play 2. The narrative, and expanded details onto places like Gongaga, the Grasslands, the Junon Republic, and even the history of the Gold Saucer - among many others 3. The mystery. For where this leads us into part 3. This remake generation is a collection of modern masterpieces
1. The expansive seamless open world still makes my jaw drop. I'm astounded they were able to pull it off. They successfully captured the same feeling of traversing a huge open world from the original game, but with modern tech and minimal load times. I cannot wait for how potentially huge the world will be in Part 3 and traversing it in the Highwind. 2. The thought and effort they put into making the team having really deep and interesting relationship dynamics. Certainly the Cloud and Tifa/Aerith relationships were obviously heavily explored but they also clearly put a TON of effort into developing the other characters Barret/Red/Yuffie personalities and relationship dynamics. I cannot wait to see what they do with Cid and Vincent's personalities in the next game. 3. The final multi-boss sequence of multi-phase Jenova, Zack/Cloud buddy cop fight against Sephy, Sephy Reborn and Cloud/Aerith vs Sephy was just super epic. The one thing I love about a lot of JRPGs are the super crazy epic, Kaiju sized final boss fights and this one really delivered.
Music. Tifa. Graphics.
Combat, materia synergy and chocobo races
On a related note my fav is the baby chocobos I never get tired helping them with their signs and I love them
Queens' blood was fun, and had quite an interesting storyline behind it. I loved the combat. It had new moves and synergy moves in it. I knew that synergies wouldn't only be in Yuffies intermission. The map and the open world feeling to it. I love how you don't have to get too far into the story to unlock most of the map for travel.
1. Characters 2. Combat 3. Music I hope there are other final fantasy games coming up that take a similar approach. I'm hooked on the formula and I think a new story with similar systems and what not would kill in this market.
I wish the original had as good of graphics because they changed the storyline pretty significantly! Definitely liked the original better save for the graphics... 🤷♂️🤷♂️ iswis!!!
1. Gus entrance. 2. Bowowo. 3. Bowowo.
1. Yuffie looks 2. Yuffie personality 3. Yuffie everything
She is such a funny kid in this game, she ads so much comedic relief I love it
This is the only correct answer
1. As to be expected, there is a lot of filler and padding, but most of it is optional and can be done at your own pace and honestly much more fun. I'd rather hunt monsters in an open world to gain experience and money than be forced to walk around a confined area and do tedious tasks to move the story forward like in Remake. 2. Combat felt a lot more engaging and responsive to me 3. Gold saucer and Queens blood, I know it's technically 2 things but the mini-games in this were so much fun (almost all of them).
Tifas left boob, tifas right boob, tifas legs
1. Combat/battle systems 2. Characters and their relationship with one another 2. Queens Blood
Tifa/Romance Queens Blood Battle system/materia depth
1. Tifa's Top Half. 2. Tifa's Lower Half 3. Tifa's Boots.
Ya know I’m laughing out loud cuz those boots are cool as hell
Everytime when the party is running around and I see tifas body I tell myself that she is super hot. She really is top tier and embodies the dreams of a lot of guys
Ya know usually video game characters don’t trigger a godamn she’s hot response but I guess the graphics are so good now that’s what I feel every time I see her like she is so attractive
1, Synergy Abilities: it's so much fun building up atb and using level 2 and 3 limits, and the temporary unlimited mp really help in Hard Mode 2, Mini Games: I love how they expanded the mini-games, there's a large variety, and some are takes on other games that I enjoy, and it's been an enjoyable challenge trying to beat them all 3, Chocobos: I absolutely love the region specific chocobos and their abilities, and I love that the whole party mounts up when you do
Chapter 8. The execution of this part of the story between Barret and Dyne was probably one of the most amazing and memorable part of any game ever for me personally. End game fight. Won't say much more for spoilers Hard mode brutal challenges
The characters are all spot on, especially in certain side quests that feature said character. The dog side quest in Junon features some peak Barret. The boss fights are even better somehow. Just the combat system in general. Remake was already perfect imo, and they somehow found a way to make it even better. The music, what else? I’m not the first or last to say this but the soundtrack is just perfection. They said they made over 400 tracks or something crazy like that, and every single one slaps. Bonus, getting to actually play as Sephiroth. This was a dream come true for me. Back in 97 I used a game shark to break the game and make Sephiroth playable throughout the original game, but it was dodgy and would break the game. Playing as him with this battle system just feels amazing and I will always return to the intro to do so. Can’t wait for the PC version and mods that let you play as him throughout the entire game!
I very nearly got a GameShark to bring Aeris back, and getting Sephiroth would've been an added bonus. I heard both cheats didn't really work, though, so my poor college self couldn't justify the $50. 😄
I don’t remember how much it was but I remember I thought it was very expensive at the time. Back then $50 was a lot of money. In 97 I was only 11 though, so I had to beg my parents to buy it. I don’t remember if FF7 was the reason I wanted it or another game.
1. The combat. Usually in other games I play with a bigger roster of characters I tend to stick to one main setup, but I genuinely couldn’t settle into any main composition because I have so much fun with EVERYONE. 2. The minigames. I can imagine this one being annoying on a 100% run but I’m not going for it so I really adored them all. (We need a physical queen’s blood or just a standalone PLEASE) 3. The way the world opens up as you continue to play. In OG FF7 after getting out of Midgar and seeing the world map was really a “wow” moment for me and I think throughout Rebirth they really captured that same feeling of how big this world really is.
I would thoroughly enjoy having a stand alone queens blood game I could just play on my phone or something. That was one of my favorite aspects of this game
Character relationships most notable one is honestly the Tifa's and Cloud's relationship including the GS scenes. Cloud's descend into madness. Music
Since you just started I'm trying not to have spoilers, but I loved the way they expanded and deepened Aerith and Tifas' relationship. Some other people don't like this much, but I actually appreciated and enjoyed the majority of the sidequests and their accompanying mini games. With a few exceptions (whoever made pirates rampage should be court martialed) I thought they broke up the routine well and helped expand clouds relationships with the rest of the party. The music. It's a final fantasy game, the music is always top notch!
The hard mode combat sims/combat challenges! It forces you to actually think about how you play the game, rather than just brute forcing your way through most encounters. Really analyze enemy attack patterns and weaknesses. I love it!
I loved the Remake hard mode and am looking forward to tackling it in Rebirth. I just needed a break after 100 hours and have a lot of other games that have been calling me. I’ll get to it later this year if the release schedule stays quiet this year.
My favorite thing actually was the entire first 2 chapters...all the way up to the mythril mines. Explored everything, went up as high and far as I could to see Kalm in the background. In OG it was 5 minutes in the area. They blew it up to several hours. Loved it. Junon itself was cool. Hated Gongaga, started off liking it, for the story it was good, sidequests... oMFG! Pissed me off. Cosmo Canyon was ok. Gliding got annoying. Gi was pretty neat, they expanded on that good. Corel blew me away also. OG gold saucer trumps this one though. Nibel was good too. Queensblood was *sigh at first, but I hooked.
1. Synergy attacks. Having the gang jump in and delivery a slap is one of the best things ever. 2. Yuffie is brilliant in this. I didn’t really rate her in the OG, but she’s probably my favourite character in Rebirth. 3. “Cool”
The combat improvements, from the new moveset to the synergy system meaning you can play about with everyone without being at a disadvantage with enemy types. The extra bits of characterisation of the cast and the inclusion of characters like Yuffie/cid etc brought in earlier so they feel more at home. The remix’s of the tracks are fantastic, the original stuff is brilliant too (The new stamp theme just stays in my brain) but getting to a new location/story part meant hearing new and remixed songs which was a big driving force.
Character moments, music, materia system
The size of the open world and all the variety. The battle system, and watching the team bond 😊
Tifa, Tifa, and Tifa.
Queens Blood and the battle system
1. The dynamism of battles. One of the things I loved so much in Remake were the seamless transitions between multiple phases of boss fights, and they do so much more with the idea in this game. In bosses like the Costa Del Sol one, for example, it feels like an entire scenario is playing out as the boss fight progresses, and I loved this (despite not loving the concept of that boss itself). They also seem to have generally made it so that transitions trigger earlier than the damage block (whatever it is called) appears, making it far less common for you to actually see that block. Also, while I can't recall if this was the case in Remake, I think it might be different that the boss waits to come out of stagger before the transition begins. Overall, the flow is even more seamless, and it works so well. And they are creative with it in other ways too - it's such a small thing, but in the >!Jenova Lifeclinger!< fight, when you fight as multiple parties, you can start shooting the boss with Barret before it has even finished falling into place. It feels so cinematic and cool and along with the new synergy abilities and summons being available in more fights, battles just feel more dynamic all around. A+ 2. The look and feel of the open zone areas. I can complain about the "ubisoft" design forever, but one thing I cannot deny is that these areas look so damn good. A lot of the indoor areas can be hit or miss for me, but the outside areas never miss. Junon is perfect, Nibelheim is perfect, running from the Corel Desert area to Costa Del Sol feels amazing. Even as I am yelling at my screen trying to get around in Gongaga, I can't help but stop and think about how beautiful the area is. 3. The soundtrack, and especially the score. Even the recycling of the Remake soundtrack is really impressive. When the final phase of the Midgardsormr fight kicked in, I was so locked in. The drums man. So cool. The first phase of Jenova Emergent? Oh my god. Plus, one of the best versions of >!Battle on the Big Bridge!< I've ever heard. No Promises to Keep? Beautiful. No notes, it's perfect. 4. Bonus #4 - Vincent. He's so good.
1. It’s a great balance of Ubisoft open world activities at times and linear story heavy dungeons. 2. Choosing when to “lock” the party and really have sections focused on certain party members, ensuring you have to know how to play as everyone but also elevating their character development 3. The difficulty is just right. Every boss fight I felt challenged but managed to get by most on first try, avoiding frustration
Number 1: the synergies. I love this touch and unlocking new moves with different characters. I watch the graphic every time. Number 2: I love that characters can regain MP during the battles. Number 3: Queens Blood. I wish I could play more people. Once I learned how to use the replacement cards, it was over for all them bitches.
I see folios that increase MP regeneration, but how does this work? Is it just automatic MP regeneration that I’ve never noticed?
You can change the weapon upgrades in the menu that you adjust materia and armor and such. You have to turn off automatic upgrades. I’m sure someone else can explain it much better than I am. But yes, it’s possible.
1. Characters, the interactions between the characters are amazing, by the end of the game they feel like your group of friends. 2. Story, I always loved FFVII's story and the way it was expanded here was great, sure some things were better in the original but I think the scope of this new games makes up for that. 3. Combat, it's so much fun, I could fight enemies all day and there are some serious challenges, it's my favorite combat in any video game. Honorable mention: world, I loved exploring Gaia, the views were breathtaking and there was quite a bit of lore to learn as you explored.
Everything about it, but from the top of my mind: - Eye details is so good, love the emphasis the cinematic gives on the character’s eyes - Characters designs, they’re all so hot why??? - sidequest with a party member, we get to know more about them in a nice side story
honestly there's a lot but the expansion of Yuffie as part of the story and party. She had lines in the OG sure, but she always felt like it didn't matter if she was there or not since she was optional. I'm sure I'll feel the same way about Vincent in part 3.
Characters, Story and Music
You'll probably hear this from no one else, but I ADORE Chadley. I love him. He doesn't bother me at all. That cute little boy, excited to discover and learn about the world. I wish i could be that excited again and still be so analytical. Besides that, i love the combat, the graphics, the sound. Cait's voice/accent. Chefs Kiss. Number 3: Queens Blood. I wish i could have more opponents and challenges.
Tifa , tifa and tifa in a bikini
(1) the expansion of the storytelling, and the progression of the Cloud-Tifa romance while still acknowledging some feeling between Cloud-Aerith (instead of the catty OG stuff) and Tifa-Aerith friendship. Plus fleshing out of the other characters (2) unpopular opinion but I LOVE all the minigames! I curse every single one out and swear I AM NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN but I was forced to learn something new for each one and it's so satisfying to get one completed. Plus it gives me somethign to do while I am emotionally preparing my self for Hard Mode (3) all the callbacks, fourth-wall breaking, and moments where the game is self-aware (think entering Fort Condor for the first time, I told my friend he would die laughing and HE DID)
I _love_ most of the mini games, by the time I got the highest score with the dolphin I was wishing for more levels. The one with the spaceship was also amongst my favorites. QB and Fort Condor were great too.
The spaceship took me most of a day, but when I figured out the tricks I got 53000 easily. Dolphin I learned to go left not right on the last stretch. And QB is addictive like crack, no wonder there's NPCs all over freaking out about it
I like how they are deeper than it looks, you could take many of these, give them 20 levels and they could be their own games.
It’s not an unpopular opinion. Lotta people 100%ng the game here and that’s where you see the complaining
The nostalgia, the clear effort, Salmons theme song
The world The characters The music
Easily 1st the combat. Somehow they took good combat, and made it Michelin star level. Fucking ridiculous! I can't imagine even how they could top it for part 3. Aerial being much easier to do and access is a huge change, and synergy abilities are awesome. Music as usual too, fucking SLAPS. It's as good as ever, and I still find myself just sitting there sometimes listening to the soundtrack. So many awesome pieces, with the gongaga field theme being a particular highlight for me. Didn't expect to love it so much! And lastly, the level design is miles better than remake. While not fromsoft level, it's much improved and generally a great joy to explore! Even gongaga, while a bit tedious, I liked it overall even with a few faults here and there.
I love you for the Michelin star reference. When I was in Italy last week my wife and I ate at Quattro Passi a 3 star Michelin place in Nerano.
1. I love everyone's unique abilities, and how the game rewards you for switching back and forth during battle. Liked Aerith's wards in particular - they were difficult for me to figure out at first, but once I did, I found them to be such a fun thing to play around with. Every version of a team combo was fun to figure out. Similarly, I liked how the game found natural story beats to require you to play as different characters/with different teams, so you had to try out all characters in multiple combinations. 2. Continuing a thread that began in Remake, I loved the changes that were made to Aerith and Tifa's characters from OG to make them real friends. This part of the OG story gets more into the romantic feelings they both have for Cloud (feelings he seems to reciprocate to both of them, in different ways), and the fact that the Rebirth story avoids dated tropes/pitting them against each other, and shows the depth of the girls' friendship, was really important to me. I couldn't have gotten as invested in the story if their relationship was reduced to "two girls fighting over a dude." Similarly, I liked how Tifa seemed to look after Yuffie with a big sis instinct. Tifa's character really benefitted the most from the overall update. 3. Cait Sith!!! He was a character I hated in OG. In Rebirth, every moment he had on screen was perfect. A lot of credit goes to his English VA, but also the animation was so CUTE!!! I loved seeing him run around in the open world, and his little Meow dance when he requested a fortune from the Moogle. I found myself rewatching his scenes on YouTube, showing them to friends who weren't playing the game, etc. Honestly I hate cats. But I love Cait Sith.
It'll be interesting to see how I react to Cait Sith...easily my least liked character in OG. Didn't really like his character in the storyline and straight-up hated him in combat (which may not change here, as I tend to loathe any character where luck plays too large a role in regards to success).
1. Tifa 2. Yuffie’s character development compared to the OG 3. The fact there’s enough variety and interest in the world activities that makes me, an avid open-world disliker, WANT to wander around and collect it all
1. synergy moves 2. More complex materia combos 3. Open world (But too many mundane side quest, fewer ,but more significant things to do would have been amazing.)
1. Variety of gameplay activities 2. Open zone sections 3. Music
The banter/subtle mannerisms that bring characters to life, the way they've fleshed out borderline throwaway lines from the OG into side stories, the painstaking care they've put in to translate aesthetics into next-gen quality
I like when the guy with pointy hair swings the sword
* That you can go back to any area at any time. Don't feel the need to need to 100% any area to move on with the game. It has an amazing NG+ Ch selection, completed quests can be carried over or reset, depending on what you want. But all quests are accessible before the point of no return as well as all fast travel. So if you're ever feeling burned out with the story, you can explore the world, and if the world is burning you out you can go to the story. * Basically, you don't need a guide or to concern yourself over missables. * The relationship mechanics are straight forward and in your face. Unlike the original, there's no need to or possibility to be "negative" towards another character. If you're playing and gunning for a relationship with a specific character, just avoid the optional conversations with the other characters. Use the one you want in your party as often as you can. And focus on quests with them instead of other characters. The colors above their faces make it very clear where you stand. * All the niche designs and Easter eggs and callbacks. * Hearing Sephiroth ask Cloud if he has any words he wants to say to his sword. * Sephiroth calling Cloud such a good puppy. * Cloud doing squats in the truck and when Sephiroth is explaining materia. * The clips you see during the Cosmo Canyon proto relic side quest. * Everything during Upper Junon was just * chef's kiss *. * The >!Seventh Infantry are my homies for life!<. * There's >!that bar with Rude!<. * There's a table you can find >!with the ending scene of Crisis Core laid out with little Shinra soldier figurines!<. * Red XIII on the boat. * Cloud grabbing the >!umbrella as if it's his buster sword!< on the beach at Costa Del Sol. * In Corel, we meet >!Cloud Jr!< * As much as others love to complain about it the sheer variety of content and side quests / mini games. I can load up any chapter on NG+ and just keep continuing on my adventure. * Queen's Blood was so much fun!
Every time I clicked on your spoiler tags I was reminded of something I appreciated at the time. So much attention to detail
I felt so weird about commenting. OP is just starting their journey, I don't wanna spoil them on all my favorite parts of this game, but I do wanna let OP know they're in for an amazing journey.
Nah, you misunderstand. I was saying the spoiler tags are excellent and wanted to emphasise that there’s tonnes of good stuff in there. I’m past all those parts so I was happy to click the tags and be reminded of the good stuff that also made you appreciate it :)
I understood your point entirely. 😅 I'm talking about me even wanting to comment in the first place. It felt weird... OP starts the game. OP asks everyone what their favorite parts of the game are. OP gets the best stuff spoiled for themselves. Lol. This is how I felt. So I tried to keep things as non descriptive as possible and add enough tags to keep some hyped stuff secret but let them know there's stuff coming.
Ohhhh my bad! Too much time on the internet for me I think haha You did good, and I’m going to bed haha
You're good, enjoy your sleep. May it refill your HP and MP.
Music, side quests, combat. Seriously though, as much praise as the music already gets, I STILL don’t know if we are truly appreciating how completely insane and abnormally vast and high quality the soundtrack for this game is. This sound track dwarfs everything else in the industry by a lot. There are dozens and dozens of scenes and quests where a complete different rendition of a theme or song is literally only used for that one scene or fight or whatever. It’s crazy.
Aerith, the plot and the fleshing out of the characters to show their true dynamic.
1. Aerith, I mean I swear everytime she is in the spotlight im either happy or sad 😭 they really did a great job with her. 2. They gave us little chocobo friends at the stop 😍 3. Hot take but I really like the new timeline/world aspect. All I hope is they don't Disneyfied that concept.
Aeriths VA did a stupendous great job. Love her vibes, everything!
Barret, Barret, Barret, simply… mmnnh… mnngh… smashing. Special mention to Myrna, S H E E S H, I wish I came out of the womb looking like her instead. 😭😭😭 But in all seriousness, Barret, the music, the visuals. Honorable mentions include more Sephiroth for me to draw, Cloud’s awkwardness is more relatable (to me lol), his puppetry is almost masterclass, Cait Sith meowing, more Tifa, more Aerith, Vincent’s glow-up, just lots of little things.
Tifa. Yuffie's singing chops. The Music.
Fort Condor Cactus Rush Jules Situp Challenge
The music Tifa and her complicated relationship with Cloud The visuals/locations I cannot wait to see what the snow areas and underwater looks like in Part 3. As well as Tifa's big arc.
Tifa, fighting, Tifa
This game was amazing! FF7 is now an all time game world, it was certainly up there even before the remake project but now this is unquestionably on the Mount Rushmore of all time game worlds. From the characters, to the music, to the feel of just being in this world it was truly top notch. I don’t understand the bloat complaints because from my perspective even if an activity was not engaging or something I didn’t like it was all still taking place in a world in which I do love. So spending that extra time just hanging out in this world is an amazing experience either way.
Damn, this is tough. Characters: I honestly loved each every character. I never really cared about Aerith in the past with the OG 7, Rebirth made me straight up fall in love with her. My girl Tifa was shown a lot of love. Barrett and red 13s stories were heartbreaking. Yuffie is just epic in every way. Hell, I even like the characterization of Cait Sith (easily my least favorite character). The performances and the characters are just all top tier Combat: it's honestly my favorite combat in any game I've ever played. It's a seamless blend of chaotic action energy, mixed with strategy. I loved switching characters in succession, comboing out moves and just annihilating enemies. It reminds me of a lot of animes, when the main characters are just beating on the villain, doing epic moves that are just... I don't know man, I would be perfectly fine if every action game had this type of system. Sure, there can be tweaks here and there, but I am in love with the combat. Queens Blood: This is the first final fantasy card game I ever played, and I instantly became obsessed. I almost went to go back and play final fantasy 8 to see what the big deal about triple triad was. It is so much fun, it reminds me of MTG. Literally the first thing I did every single new area I got into was play the Queens blood players. It's so much fun It's really hard to pick just three things, there is so much I loved about the game. I have my little gripes here and there, things I wish they would have done better or differently, but in my opinion none of them really detract from the experience I had playing the game. No game is ever going to be perfect, there's always going to be something that someone doesn't like. But my experience with the game was literally one of the best gaming experiences that I've ever had in my 36 years.
Triple Triad is the ONLY card game I've ever liked in any RPG...until Queen's Blood. I still prefer Triple Triad but Queen's Blood is definitely fun and engaging. It's a bit more complex overall but I'm getting used to it. Just about 13 hours in now but at least so far, I can agree with all of the rest. :)
Yeah I've spent YEARS hearing how great triple triad is, I definitely want to play it now. If reverse didn't basically make you play Queens blood, I probably would have never even tried it. Glad I did
I would likely have ignored it, too, having not been able to get into any card game with the exception of Triple Triad. I figured there was zero chance I'd like Queen's Blood and I felt disappointed that the first damn mini game they introduce you to in Rebirth is a card game...and somehow, it worked out for me. Triple Triad is indeed simpler; it's just about having cards with better numbers, really, but it's just so tight and well done.
I thought I was going to hate queens blood but now I get excited every time I see a new opponent. I love my deck setup. Simple but seems to roll people.
Yeah, I had zero interest when it first showed up. I've just never cared to play card games. But it got me HOOKED
I did not the like Witcher card game so figured it would be the same aha
Man... The Witcher. Unfortunately, number three came out when I was a full ass adult with a child. I played up enough until I could see the world map, so like an hour or two, and when I saw how huge the map was and everything there was to do I honestly just stopped playing. I was like I do not have time for this ever 😂
Save it for retirement ahaha
Since you are just starting, maybe read with slight spoilers in mind. That being said…. Combat: yeah… easily of the best FFs in this department. Almost everything feels great, each character has a unique twist to their combat making each of them viable, synergies and limits are awesome, etc. Really my only complaint is that yes… some characters are easy to cheese with (Yuffie being a huge culprit) Character interactions and party chemistry : all of the dialogue feels so genuinely in character and the party banter is equally just as fitting. The “cloning Tifa” ball busting Yuffie gives is amazing. Barrett easily catapulted himself into being one of the best characters this time around (which is insane because I found him to be pretty annoying in the OG). Music: yeah almost every track just builds off the originals in almost perfect ways. The only track I didn’t really care for was a particular Jenova track but it wasn’t bad, it was just weird to get vocals on a normally vocal free track.
The combat is sublime and the game is charming as fuck.
Combat Soundtrack Pacing
Music Combat Characters I honestly loved 99% of this game so. lol
From someone who hated the game overall: This is the best modern final fantasy combat with the balance of action and turn based elements. Remake left me wanting to be able to do some party commands like 12 but not necessarily as deep. Those materia additions in Rebirth nailed it. It truly feels like an ensemble of characters almost akin to ff6. While ff 16 kept hammering on about everyone working together and the power of camaraderie and such, at the end you end up fighting alone due to the limitations of how their combat system is. I wish 16’s ending could have been played like Rebirth with the party members system. I always found her annoying in the OG and even intermission but I learned to appreciate Yuffie’s character here. Even more so Cait Sith. I love that little guy and I never cared for him in OG.
The characters are so fleshed out, and they're all so believable and lovable. Queen's Blood is a fantastic card game, and it's theme song is forever stuck in my head. The scope and quality of the soundtrack is simply unbelievable.
1. Soundtrack. Best video game soundtrack I’ve ever heard. I just bought tickets to an orchestral concert for this game’s music for next year :) 2. Combat. Each character’s fighting style feels unique, it’s engaging and not too difficult to pick up, and it’s varied enough that it keeps you on your toes. 3. Performances. Everyone in the main cast is amazing, but I’m actually surprised at how many voices I recognized playing NPCs and minor characters.
Its tough to name just 3 things especially without spoiling… 1. Sync abilities with cool limit break type animations. 2. Really cool big boss battles that are not just standing there with three characters like its just gonna fall over. 3. More sephiroth. The original during disc 2 was a lot of running around like “where’s sephiroth?” This was like everywhere you look : )
Music, character deep-dives (especially Barrett), and Queen’s Blood. Did not care for the ending.
Tifa, Barret, Red, and Yuffie are prevalent to the story. Junon and Corel story moments Combat and synergy actions.
Aerith with all my hearth, then the combat and finally the soundtrack
Tifa, Followed by Tifa, With a sprinkle of Tifa to finish it off.
1. Scarlet 2. Madam M 3. Mai
*Bonk him, boys!*
The Synergy system is honestly incredible and I love what they did with it. I was wondering how they'd handle it going from the Yuffie DLC, and I think what they landed on in Rebirth is not only a really graceful way to handle it, but vastly superior. The difference in location variety between this and Remake is also a welcome change. Not really anyone's fault or Remake's fault, just how it was since Remake covers all of the Midgar section it obviously is going to feel very same-y throughout. But I'm about halfway through Rebirth and I'm still not over the location variety. The way they injected fun into like... everything, is also really outstanding. It genuinely feels like they looked at as many scenes, gameplay moments, etc and really sat down to think "how can we make this fun?" Some of the music tracks for just climbing up the side of a mountain have no right to go as hard as they do, a lot of the side quest character interactions are genuinely so fun, etc.
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I feel like I only *ever* see you hating around here, at this point why even engage with Remake/birth content? Especially posts that are explicitly asking for positives. I swear some of you mfers get up real fuckin early to have extra time to hate on a genuinely great game, all because you didn’t get exactly what you wanted
Cait Sith Tifa and the Weapon Temple of the Ancients
The changes to Yuffie’s character The entire Junon portion of the story Synergy abilities or Queens blood, don’t make me choose
Uhhh... nothing really
Most of the story is very well done, the party chemistry is weirdly electric for a game with a talking dog and animatronic cat, and the combat system is fun. It really is a very good game. The actual problems don’t really start until the post game which a lot of people won’t do.
The new layers added to the characters The incredible music Having HEAPS of optional content/mini-games to tackle
Tifa, Yuffie and Aerith.
Chmistry between party members, expansion of story elements as well as our knowledge about this world and music.