After having played the game and a decent number of chapters in Hard, there is one element to the game the stands out above any other for me; the quality of the boss fights.
While you can brute force your way through a lot of the game, there are several boss fights that make you change your tactics, use different Materia and utilise all of your characters unique abilities. I don't mind admitting that I died multiple times on Normal mode, having to switch up my combat style, only to find the boss was actually relatively easy one I exploited the right weakness.
I also loved that they forced you to use the whole party. I would never have thought that I would be neglecting Cloud for Aerith or Barret! And Tifa's combat has so many levels. And I had to use the Assess materia, who knew that would be a thing!
So Era, what are your favourite bosses and why?
P.S. I am aware there are no end game bosses on the list. There are just too many great bosses to list!
While you can brute force your way through a lot of the game, there are several boss fights that make you change your tactics, use different Materia and utilise all of your characters unique abilities. I don't mind admitting that I died multiple times on Normal mode, having to switch up my combat style, only to find the boss was actually relatively easy one I exploited the right weakness.
I also loved that they forced you to use the whole party. I would never have thought that I would be neglecting Cloud for Aerith or Barret! And Tifa's combat has so many levels. And I had to use the Assess materia, who knew that would be a thing!
So Era, what are your favourite bosses and why?
P.S. I am aware there are no end game bosses on the list. There are just too many great bosses to list!