Same thing happened to me. REALLY enjoyed my second playthrough. I destroyed the scorpion when I figured out how to make the best of Barret and Cloud's strengths.
Also, this:
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FF7 remake demo is out now on PSN!
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Same thing happened to me. REALLY enjoyed my second playthrough. I destroyed the scorpion when I figured out how to make the best of Barret and Cloud's strengths.
Also, this:
I think I have used potions out of combat. Anyone correct me if I am wrong.
I could use potions outside of combat but not from the menu, just pressed X in game and used a potion.
Haven't played the demo yet, watched the GB video and Brad is definitely using potions out of combat.
Tried out the demo.
Did some mindnumbing buttonmashing for 15 minutes and then the game crashed.
Did some mindnumbing buttonmashing for 15 minutes and then the game crashed.
Because barret starts out as an extremist. He's psyching himself up by justifying his terrorism.
That's typical S-E sound design since like KH1. It peaked in XIII and I hated it with passion. It's better than in that game but yeah it's annoying as fuck.
Ah thank ye, I was trying to access it through the main menu through Inventory
I swore to not pre-order from Square Enix anymore, but this plays and looks so damn good that I'm convinced they're on the right track. You got me Square. I'll even buy some Butterfingers to give to my nephew.
Hopefully remaking 7 will remind them of what made Final Fantasy a household name to begin with.
Hopefully remaking 7 will remind them of what made Final Fantasy a household name to begin with.
This entirely, the one other thing I wish was a better targeting system
During the Escape when you fight the Shock Troopers and the Turrets out of reach, I switched to Barrett and he kept targeting the Shock Troopers instead of the guns.
I don't speak japanese but I never hear those kind of sounds in movies. Maybe anime? Still really weird. Hopefully less painful if I play the japanese version.
Barrets monologue was pretty weird as well with the posing. More of a writing problem than acting tough.
I'm amazed by the scope and graphics but the things that demands more than a huge budget are not really up to snuff. Hopefully it picks up along the way.
It's not as bad as I thought it would be, I even enjoyed it during smaller encounters but the fight against the scorpion really exposed it for how overly convoluted it is. The thing that's weird is, the ATB system is still pretty much the meat and potatoes of the combat. That part is good, but the action heavy bits (which basically amounts to just mashing square anyways, you know the part that everyone hates about those terrible atb/tb jrpgs) where it wants you to dodge and guard and switch characters etc. It's just a nightmare.
It's more management and why? Oh so I can feel like I have more control over my character and we get more spectacle now. It's basically an illusion of action for people who complain about characters standing in a row and attacking each other and there is no pay off or added depth rather it just adds an extra layer of character management.
Now you have to focus on dodging attacks, blocking attacks, using other characters abilities, but making sure they can use them first because you also have to keep track of everyone's atb meters. All of which is done while the game expects you to monitor the enemy and what attacks they will do next. It only exacerbates game play while adding nothing meaningful. It's just frustration, and it all get lost in a mess of graphics. Like electrical explosions, numbers bouncing around, characters screaming at each other. It's just a mess of action.
An exercise not in challenge but one's ability to try and see through all the special effects and what not to find and properly use the ATB system. Just cut through the bullshit and it's practically the same game but that's the thing, there is a layer of bullshit on top of something that already works and it's frustrating really that they gave into the people who want special effects and to feel like they are in control all the time because it only served to make the game worse.
It's more management and why? Oh so I can feel like I have more control over my character and we get more spectacle now. It's basically an illusion of action for people who complain about characters standing in a row and attacking each other and there is no pay off or added depth rather it just adds an extra layer of character management.
Now you have to focus on dodging attacks, blocking attacks, using other characters abilities, but making sure they can use them first because you also have to keep track of everyone's atb meters. All of which is done while the game expects you to monitor the enemy and what attacks they will do next. It only exacerbates game play while adding nothing meaningful. It's just frustration, and it all get lost in a mess of graphics. Like electrical explosions, numbers bouncing around, characters screaming at each other. It's just a mess of action.
An exercise not in challenge but one's ability to try and see through all the special effects and what not to find and properly use the ATB system. Just cut through the bullshit and it's practically the same game but that's the thing, there is a layer of bullshit on top of something that already works and it's frustrating really that they gave into the people who want special effects and to feel like they are in control all the time because it only served to make the game worse.
Barret's elevator monologue being a big blowhard cringefest is likely purposeful, given later revelations about him.
Cloud acknowledging it as such is the clear signal that it's not an accident.
Cloud acknowledging it as such is the clear signal that it's not an accident.
I havent played the remake demo yet, but I always felt that he was Mr. T in the original game--to the point where that's what I named him when I was in middle school. His mannerisms and speech patterns were definitely "Mr. T inspired." (The concept of blackness in media and how poorly games expressed it being a big part of this, but not something I feel competent to discuss, sorry.)ultima786
They made him into Mr. T. He never was Mr. T.
Gita Jackson over at Kotaku covered this better than I could.
Fans Are Concerned About Barret's Voice In The Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Yesterday a new teaser for the Final Fantasy VII remake dropped, and players got to see and hear more of the characters as they will appear in the new game. For the most part, the reaction is positive. In the case of Barret Wallace, the reaction has been mixed.kotaku.com
They basically forced in a stereotype that was never there.
Yeah, me neither but then tried in real time and it worked every time so I kinda forgot about it but it's still strange. I asume is just for the demo or the intro (I remember you get introduced to more stuff when you reach the hideout in og).
did you unlock anything after the demo? A theme, or items for the full game?
I died once in the demo, but it was because I made a mistake on the escape and tried to run through the shock troopers to get past, but then they all ganged up on me and I had a shitty moment. On refresh, I killed them pretty easily by taking the first one out and then moving to the others.
thanks buddy, i'm gonna try the demo by myself in a couple of hours.
FUCKING LOOOOOOOOVED IT.
This demo gave me life. I just loved going to each new area and looking around.
Combat will take a little getting used to to get really good at it. Scorpion boss kicked my ass, but that was because I was fumbling with the controls a bit.
But obviously this is massive day 1 purchase. Gonna try for the deluxe version.
This demo gave me life. I just loved going to each new area and looking around.
Combat will take a little getting used to to get really good at it. Scorpion boss kicked my ass, but that was because I was fumbling with the controls a bit.
But obviously this is massive day 1 purchase. Gonna try for the deluxe version.
Spent some time practicing the scorpion boss, this is where I'm at now. Didn't get to use limit break, I suppose it's based off how much damage you take? I don't know yet.
The combat is real good. Problem I have tho is having to switch members to move them out of AOE. They can block but not dodge, sadly
The combat is real good. Problem I have tho is having to switch members to move them out of AOE. They can block but not dodge, sadly
So is combat like FFXV where you just hold a button and the guy does all the crazy moves or do you tap now?
Looks and sounds pretty much like I thought years ago when I first played VII.
The combat is absolutely horrible though and framerate on ps4 is pretty bad. It will require some serious sale and pc or enhanced console version for me to get it.
The combat is absolutely horrible though and framerate on ps4 is pretty bad. It will require some serious sale and pc or enhanced console version for me to get it.
You have a combo for holding and a combo for tapping.
Eh. XV had combos for different combos for directional inputs and a variety of weapons you could switch between mid combo.
Oh right, that was quote cool.
I loved how combat looked in terms of animations in XV but disliked how easy it was by just holding down that button. Let me tap, I enjoy that a lot more, feels like I'm still actually doing something, you know.
Here's some short impressions
Battle system was a little overwhelming on my first playthrough but when I went back again this morning I felt way more comfortable and enjoyed the hell out of it. I do believe their needs to be less clutter when it comes to damage numbers and everything else flying on the screen when an enemy is going to attack because its hard to really know whats going to happen ahead of time to dodge or block so I hope they can put more emphasis on the enemies next move or something.
Graphics were great for what this demo is which from what I've heard is an old e3 build from last year? a little soft and slightly on the blurry side so it definitely needs that finishing polish which I'm sure it will get. I didn't notice any issues that ffxv had or kh3 with frame pacing which is a plus for sure or dropped frames.
Musically theirs not much to say since it was such a short demo but from the title music to the rest of the demo the nostalgia kicked in full throttle and enjoyed every second of it as it set the scenes.
Voice acting honestly didn't bother me nor did I ever feel like it took me out of the space of what was going on so I don't have much to say. I feel like its more of the same from any recent final fantasy game to be honest. I don't expect naughty dog levels of VA or anything like that but from what I've heard in my eyes its totally serviceable. I'll have to wait and see more character interactions and just more of the game in general but so far its not the best but far from the worst.
My main issue is the camera system. I set in battle, out of battle to 3 which helped a lot and I believe is the furthest out you can go. The default was at 1 (which seemed way too claustrophobic to me). They need to add a 4 or 5 to that and I think it would be much much better.
other then that I know its an early build so we'll see what changes next month but I'm happy so far.
Battle system was a little overwhelming on my first playthrough but when I went back again this morning I felt way more comfortable and enjoyed the hell out of it. I do believe their needs to be less clutter when it comes to damage numbers and everything else flying on the screen when an enemy is going to attack because its hard to really know whats going to happen ahead of time to dodge or block so I hope they can put more emphasis on the enemies next move or something.
Graphics were great for what this demo is which from what I've heard is an old e3 build from last year? a little soft and slightly on the blurry side so it definitely needs that finishing polish which I'm sure it will get. I didn't notice any issues that ffxv had or kh3 with frame pacing which is a plus for sure or dropped frames.
Musically theirs not much to say since it was such a short demo but from the title music to the rest of the demo the nostalgia kicked in full throttle and enjoyed every second of it as it set the scenes.
Voice acting honestly didn't bother me nor did I ever feel like it took me out of the space of what was going on so I don't have much to say. I feel like its more of the same from any recent final fantasy game to be honest. I don't expect naughty dog levels of VA or anything like that but from what I've heard in my eyes its totally serviceable. I'll have to wait and see more character interactions and just more of the game in general but so far its not the best but far from the worst.
My main issue is the camera system. I set in battle, out of battle to 3 which helped a lot and I believe is the furthest out you can go. The default was at 1 (which seemed way too claustrophobic to me). They need to add a 4 or 5 to that and I think it would be much much better.
other then that I know its an early build so we'll see what changes next month but I'm happy so far.
Oh wow. I couldn't find an answer so I basically assumed it would, like so many other RPG demos from the past few years.
Kind of disappointed.
Sad and surprising to hear after everyone gushed and raved over how the battle mechanics felt in the E3 demo.
About to boot it up and try for myself
Yeah, for better or worse, this is...kind of exactly what I thought Barrett would look and sound like with more technical fidelity, even way back in 1997. The way he behaves and acts in this demo isn't a stretch at all imo. This is Barrett.
Had goosebumps on the title screen and watching the opening. Then a couple of moments throughout. And this is just in mainly industrial dark areas and the reactor. It's going to blow my mind throughout Midgar and the Shinra tower.