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Final Fantasy VII [Switch + XB1] |OT| USENET Gone Wild
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Does the game take up the whole screen in Handheld mode?
That's my deciding factor. I hate those two side bars and a picture being stretched.
That's my deciding factor. I hate those two side bars and a picture being stretched.
Hard pass if this has the same sound bug as IX. Really regret paying full price on the Switch port there; something I never thought I'd say about one of my favorite games ever.
Yea I just pre-ordered it, I expected to be a bit more knowing SE pricing, and considering FFIX was a bit more.
Well the game is 4:3, so you're going to have ether side bars or a stretched picture. In this case, you get black side bars.
FF7 on PS1 (or via emulation and/or PS1 Classics on Vita/PS3) looks excellent. This port looks awful with its uprezzed models on top of poorly scaled low-res backdrops, cheesy-looking modernized font that approximates the original, etc.
And the music bug is major. Maybe not everyone will notice it, but once you do it's awful.
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I'm excited to get this on my Switch.
Last time I played was on the original PS1
99:99 hours
All characters including aeris were leveled to 99 with every final weapon and even the 2 bosses defeated.
Mastered near every materia.
Only thing I didn't do was complete that one materia summon that can collect special attacks from each enemy. Not sure what that one was called.
I hope I can power through the game again on the switch. Going to be fun times although I don't think spending time in the equip menu will be the same as it was before when I had time for that.
Last time I played was on the original PS1
99:99 hours
All characters including aeris were leveled to 99 with every final weapon and even the 2 bosses defeated.
Mastered near every materia.
Only thing I didn't do was complete that one materia summon that can collect special attacks from each enemy. Not sure what that one was called.
I hope I can power through the game again on the switch. Going to be fun times although I don't think spending time in the equip menu will be the same as it was before when I had time for that.
Now the AI background upscaling has made such a remarkable improvement in this game these ports are seeming kinda pointless.
If you want to play something that resembles 13 more, go with 7 first. If you want to go in the completely opposite direction, then 9.
I don't believe the console versions have the same character booster that Steam had. That was an out-of-game thing that would actually edit your save file. On consoles, you just have the three cheats (no encounters, refill all health and limit breaks , and 3x game speed)
Second favorite for me — after the game your avatar is from. lol
The recent rerelease of IX also had a 9999 damage output option. Is that not going to be in VII?
BOTW has been the only game in a while to question my #1 spot which belongs to FF7. In the end I ended up ranking it #2. FF7 is so important to me. It was the first RPG I played and the cast of characters is my favorite in any game.
The music bug from the PS4 version was more than the world map music starting over after every battle. There is a key scene late in the game (one might call it the most important scene of the whole game) in which the wrong music plays, very much diminishing the scene's impact.
Haha...alt.games.final-fantasy was the first messageboard I got into back in the day.
I'm almost tempted to dig through and see if I can find some of my old posts. It was a weird community, but I loved it dearly for several years.
I'm almost tempted to dig through and see if I can find some of my old posts. It was a weird community, but I loved it dearly for several years.
Attack while its tail is up
It's gonna counter attack with its laser.
Best thing you can do while you progress throughout the game is to make sure you can find or purchase 2 or 3x growth accessories and weapons. The actual weapon stats don't mean much to be frank. The growth for your materia is much more important. Also, you can rack up millions of gil by selling mastered all materia but you won't be doing that for a while.
The scene in Cloud's subconscious where it is revealed that he was the soldier alongside Zack and Sephiroth in Nibelheim, and that he's the one who killed Sephiroth. The music that plays during the revelation is the standard mako reactor track.
You won't really need tips, it's one of the easier JRPGs out there. One thing to note, everyone can do everything. You want a Cloud who can steal, cast cure, summon Bahamut, and use Blue Magic? That's fine! So don't get too hung up on your party, go for who you like.
Field music restarts after every battle. In practice, you'll only listing to the first 12 seconds over and over again. Unsuferable after a short while and unaceptable from Square.
Not planning to get it myself, but definitely want to see impressions from people diving in for the first time.
Random protip: Once you get Manipulate and an Enemy Skill Materia, use Manipulate on the Plug enemies (They're little snail thingies found on beach/coast areas) and have one of them use Mighty Guard on the party to learn it as an Enemy Skill. Watch as an already pretty easy game becomes even easier.
It's honestly pretty amazing how effective Enemy Skills/Blue Magic is in VII.
Random protip: Once you get Manipulate and an Enemy Skill Materia, use Manipulate on the Plug enemies (They're little snail thingies found on beach/coast areas) and have one of them use Mighty Guard on the party to learn it as an Enemy Skill. Watch as an already pretty easy game becomes even easier.
It's honestly pretty amazing how effective Enemy Skills/Blue Magic is in VII.
I totally get that! It's the same for me. I was 10 and I was not ready for how much it would change my life.
Really excited for this. It's the 5th time I've bought the game because I owned it twice on PS1 because I made the mistake of lending it to a friend who didn't look after games. My favourite Final Fantasy game is 8 but 7 is important to me because there was a lot of hype around 7 and if I hadn't played it to see what the fuss was about I probably would never have played 8 at all. Luckily 7 is one of the games I never get tired of playing :)
I was 10 also. My schoolmate brought it over and I had no idea what it was. We played it and I thought it was pretty cool, but I didn't really get into it for a couple months. He left it at my house and never asked for it back. So many memories around that game. One of my favorites was when my dad took the memory card out of the slot because I was playing too much. The game was still going so I played for a good few days without shutting the playstation off. The crazy part of that experience was discovering the sunken plane for the first time and having no idea what I was getting myself into. I remember almost dying and losing hours and hours of progress.