In the boss fight when it's shooting a barrage of missiles the dodge feels pretty useless.
I like that you can parry in punisher mode when attacking at the same time as the enemy, reminds me of bloodborne.
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In the boss fight when it's shooting a barrage of missiles the dodge feels pretty useless.
I like that you can parry in punisher mode when attacking at the same time as the enemy, reminds me of bloodborne.
I think the barrage of missiles is just unavoidable AOE
TBH I'm thinking of it in FFXIV terms so I see the missile barrage and think 'time to mitigate damage'. I think this is why Barret has 'steelskin', maybe you are supposed to use it when targetted by '99 missiles' or whatever the attack is called.
I like this though, it's not just an action game. There's decision making and skill selections to make just like a turn based game and you can stop the game whenever you want.
Just seeing the material in the slots is enough for me.This is probably my favourite shot I've taken so far, so much detail on Cloud's model and the Buster Sword.
Is it actually possible to avoid all attacks in this demo? I've tried everything and I can't Dodge the bullet fire but I feel like that's intended, right? I pretty much have guard up whenever I'm not doing anything and that mitigates some of the damage at least.
Looking forward to trying iwas so glad when they showed control of the whole team and how switching appeared to flow and the pause/slo-mo for commands was such a huge surprise.
Can't wait to get to try it for myself later and see it in hdr. Damn it work day lol.
Still crazy to me how insanely well they've recreated everything.
Invincibility frames. Pretty much any game worth it's salt with a dodge mechanic has them during at least a portion of the dodge.
Just like in classic FF games, you're gonna get hit no matter what. Plan your attacks, use your heals, etc.
So what's the consensus on the demo? Fun?
Will someone who never played the original enjoy this or will I miss too many details by having not played it before?
Will someone who never played the original enjoy this or will I miss too many details by having not played it before?
As someone who never played the original, I did enjoy this very much. I know about all the major plot twists and events of this story by now, but I have only been told about them in passing, and I do not know how we get there, and the story is all about the journey, not the destination, right?
Love the slow down during command input, if they hadn't done that I would loathe this battle system much like I loathe Kingdom Hearts', because I can't press 25 buttons to get to the command I want while also paying attention to the battle, I just can't.
First impressions story/ character wise: Jessie clearly has the hots for Cloud, but who can blame her. That little off hand convo at the beginning was amazing lol. Barret needs to calm down, this is a stealth mission and the people with him ought to know why they're doing what they're doing already anyways, so... Wth? Love Cloud sassing him tho. Don't love Cloud being mean to Wedge (I think that was his name). :(
Other than that I am still bummed this is just the Midgar portion of the game. I don't mind the story being extended and all, but we all know Square and if they say they will do the other parts faster than this they mean 4 years each instead of 5. And I really lose touch with a story when the gaps get too long. But alas, nothing we can do about it.
Love the slow down during command input, if they hadn't done that I would loathe this battle system much like I loathe Kingdom Hearts', because I can't press 25 buttons to get to the command I want while also paying attention to the battle, I just can't.
First impressions story/ character wise: Jessie clearly has the hots for Cloud, but who can blame her. That little off hand convo at the beginning was amazing lol. Barret needs to calm down, this is a stealth mission and the people with him ought to know why they're doing what they're doing already anyways, so... Wth? Love Cloud sassing him tho. Don't love Cloud being mean to Wedge (I think that was his name). :(
Other than that I am still bummed this is just the Midgar portion of the game. I don't mind the story being extended and all, but we all know Square and if they say they will do the other parts faster than this they mean 4 years each instead of 5. And I really lose touch with a story when the gaps get too long. But alas, nothing we can do about it.
There's somethings that may go over your head and some foreboding to future events that you won't be aware of at all.
But it's just a demo and I'm sure SE is aware this will be many people's first exposure to FF7 so I wouldn't be too bothered by it.
And yes. It's crazy fun.
Anyone else having problems logging into psn. Getting error NP-40831-6 on my PS4 and can't do anything on the app as the first button I push pops up error C-82E100C8.
Yeah the more I see of it being closer to FFXIV and other cooldown based game in premise the more happy I am about the possible payoffs later in the system with materia and stuff.
The big thing that has my attention is if we get some of the cooler materia combos in crisis core that will help vary up gameplay more. The mashing square I could do without but unfortunately the "classic" mode is apparently tied to difficulty (huge swing and a miss for me personally) so that means I can't just manage my team I have to mash and move.
I'm just curious as to why they'd try to make an action combat game where you have to switch to move characters out of AOE but then try to program an auto play version of the game at the same time. Like why the characters wouldn't prioritize mitigation over damage when it's just chip damage/auto attack equivalents in the first place is odd, especially with (so far) no appearance of like a gambit system or something to control them without spending time in the menus. This also doesn't take into account gating off damage with things like Barret's range making you have to play with a character you may not like at all.
Games like FFXIV and Xenoblade are geared around taking damage in specific places and managing your resources to mitigate and or recover from said damage, but FF7's relience on ATB even if they can speed it up later means there is a possibility that you can be screwed without another option if you simply use a skill too soon before a bad phase of the fight. Not sure how that'll play out but it's definitely got me curious.
I had a surprisingly good time with this demo. I was kinda iffy on picking this up because I didn't love FF7 and there are just so many good games coming out soon. The battle system pushed me over the edge, though: the presentation and fluidity of fights is great, and the action is fast 98% of the time, and slow and tactical 2% of the time, which is a reasonable mix I feel for modern FF games. The funny thing is, despite not loving FF7 it's connected to a lot of my childhood in various ways (I remember renting a PS1 back in the day to play it!), and I was sort of having weird emotions while I played the demo. Just a lot coming back to me and I didn't expect it.
Dodge is for getting out of the way of the telegraphed AOE attacks. You're not going to be dodging individual small scale attacks like in Dark Souls.
Demo wasn't bad:
I'm not really ultra-hyped for the game, but I thought it was an ok demo.
- Graphics are good. Better than I expected even.
- It's been...a really long time since I've played a faster-paced game at 30FPS, but the game doesn't look or feel as responsive as I'd like.
- Camera is too slow even at max speed. Maybe it's an optimization thing.
- It's definitely padded out a little from the original Bombing set piece, but aside from the lame part with the lasers it felt "logical".
- Wasn't that difficult to me, it reminded me a lot of FFXIII actually where it constantly felt like I was going to die but never actually did, lol. Never had to use a Phoenix Down.
- Music is ok, think I just like the compositions themselves more than I actually like these arrangements though.
- I wish there was a "Classic Normal" instead of it being bound to Easy mode (or rather, instead of it kinda being positioned as an even easier mode than Easy). Pressing/holding the attack button to build ATB just isn't really that engaging or fun to me and it would be nice to automate it with the option to override it on occasion, but switching between characters, choosing commands, the triangle commands, timing various commands, etc. is a lot of fun. Binding it to Easy mode cuts down on a lot of strategy and challenge though.
I'm not really ultra-hyped for the game, but I thought it was an ok demo.
It definitely didn't look bad by any stretch, but it was just really subtle. I have the same set you do, so it may just be something with how I have the TV configured. The HDR is definitely outstanding!
Oh there is? I'll have to check it out again after a while. Thanks.
Absolutely loved it.
Probably the best looking game of the generation so far imo and it doesn't drop a frame on the Pro that I noticed.
Great job Square!
Probably the best looking game of the generation so far imo and it doesn't drop a frame on the Pro that I noticed.
Great job Square!
I actually thought that as soon as I posted it. Haha.
Also, do you happen to be the artist formerly known as BioCrimson??
I liked it well enough
Tieing magic to the ATB feels a bit weird when mp is also a resource, why not just keep them both seperate. I guess its to stop constant magic spamming maybe?
Gameplay kind of reminds me of KH3/recent square in general. It alternates somewhere between awesome and frustrating. The dodging/block against the scorpion just felt random to me. Could have been me being crap but i felt i coudn't avoid damage some times.
The best part is the presentation and characters for sure. Its great to have Cloud instead of shit moppy KH/Advent Children Cloud.
Tieing magic to the ATB feels a bit weird when mp is also a resource, why not just keep them both seperate. I guess its to stop constant magic spamming maybe?
Gameplay kind of reminds me of KH3/recent square in general. It alternates somewhere between awesome and frustrating. The dodging/block against the scorpion just felt random to me. Could have been me being crap but i felt i coudn't avoid damage some times.
The best part is the presentation and characters for sure. Its great to have Cloud instead of shit moppy KH/Advent Children Cloud.
Finished my playthrough. Had a blast with it! Though the Scorpion boss was pretty tough. It pretty much forces you to git gud with dodging, blocking, and swapping between characters.
I found the banter to be great, but I suppose that's up to personal preference.
I'll probably give it a few more goes over the next month, just for practice.
I found the banter to be great, but I suppose that's up to personal preference.
I'll probably give it a few more goes over the next month, just for practice.
Oh wow.
Like, I'm legitimately impressed. It is just so much fun to play, the battle system is really doing it for me, especially once I figured that actions were based on ATB, giving it a real twist on the action side of things.
Graphically? It's outstanding, just a beautiful game that really brings to life characters and locations you know with a new twist.
I still maintain the intro, when the music kicks in as the logo appears, will never, ever get old for me, in any variation of the game.
This is going to be a treat. I can tell.
Like, I'm legitimately impressed. It is just so much fun to play, the battle system is really doing it for me, especially once I figured that actions were based on ATB, giving it a real twist on the action side of things.
Graphically? It's outstanding, just a beautiful game that really brings to life characters and locations you know with a new twist.
I still maintain the intro, when the music kicks in as the logo appears, will never, ever get old for me, in any variation of the game.
This is going to be a treat. I can tell.
Yes, and you already can in the demo. Just set your system language to Japanese and the voices will be in Japanese with English text. You won't need to do that in the full game, fortunately.
I had fun. Having shortcuts makes me think of KH, but when you start to get to grips with everything this feels like a new and different thing. Im interested in how the gameplay will expand as the game progresses.
Ok awesome. I did just try to set it through the PS4 and it worked but the side comments weren't translated. Just the scripted scenes.
Just still kicking around arguing about stupid shit on the internet, haha!
For the record everyone, there are scenes not in the demo that will be present in the full game.
There's a flashback scene with
about her.
There's a flashback scene with
Young Tifa when Jessie asks
