Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PC/PS4) - March 3rd, 2020

[Xno Kappa]

FFT was the only game in memory where it literally forced me to restart the whole thing cuz I saved like a dumbass in one slot before the Wiegraf fight. That shit was hard, fuck all this pinky raising "wat wuz really hard" type conversations.

[Enedin]

Not this fight, but the fight after (against his demon form) fucked me up badly. The only way I could win was by running away and using an ability that boosts my STR (or something like that, don't fully remember). I did this a shitton of times, so many times that I gained like 20 levels in that fight alone, which got me the victory.

The real problem was afterwards: the monsters levels were now 20 lvls above my other characters, which made random battles very hard for some time. Until I got everyone DRG and jumped the fuck out of everything. Even the final boss fight I just went all out DRG.

But yeah, FFT was hard, and at 2 points I considered giving up. Brilliant game.

[vivbiibasjiu]

Just fired up XII IZJS again today with some super maxed out shit in PCSX2 after seeing this image in a PC Gamer article.



Game in general is amazing with an emulator because the assets were obviously rendered way higher then the PS2 was even capable of displaying.

Yeah, it's too bad all the text and menus/UI look absolutely awful and jarring since it doesn't scale

[notorious bum]

I do remember returning to a save before that fight in FFT to go level other jobs besides using a bunch of fucking Knights lol My second playthrough was infinitely more enjoyable once I took the time to steal items and play with party setups with more synergy.

Now I want to go play FFT. It's been like a decade since I last screwed with it.

[archibaldcrane]

I just started a new WoTL game the other day. PPSSPP is da bes

[Koul]

yeah, I might start up a new game of it too. Mabye even beat it for once <_>; grinding in the game should be way more tolerable with turbo speed

[Tyrath]

Yeah I started it on my Vita and I really want an emulator speed boost lol

[Krandor]

Yeah, it's too bad all the text and menus/UI look absolutely awful and jarring since it doesn't scale

With properly done post processing it's not that bad, at least to a degree that takes away from the game.

Font in the IZJS is gonna look bad no matter what you do, but it's worth it for the all around better experience (imo)

[bori]

So I'm re-playing FF7 on the PS4 HD edition - going to do something I've always wanted to do but never had the patience for before: Get all the limit breaks besides the level 4 ones for Cloud Barret before Scorpion boss. I'm already at Satellite Beam for Barret! Cloud takes longer because he needs to kill more enemies.

[Eurell]

So I'm re-playing FF7 on the PS4 HD edition - going to do something I've always wanted to do but never had the patience for before: Get all the limit breaks besides the level 4 ones for Cloud Barret before Scorpion boss. I'm already at Satellite Beam for Barret! Cloud takes longer because he needs to kill more enemies.

I did this when i was like 15. Finally continued the game and was completely bored with it until mid disc 2 or so lol.

[Tyrath]

I mean if that floats you boat. But I cant help but ask...why?

[Salodin]

I've done it before too. It is easier to do with hyper, but just having those limits makes the game such a breeze for awhile and the extra exp was enough to let you focus on the fun of the game for awhile before having to go back to grinding for a bit.

Plus, why not.

[Ardrial]

I'm replaying on PS4 as well for trophies. Missed Ramuh. I was even following a missable items guide but I just skipped over that section.

Looks like only 1 master summon materia for me

[bori]

It's more of a personal achievement kind of thing. I'm also wondering if I will be able to get Bolt 2/Ice 2 before Scorpion boss - I can't remember how much AP was needed, but I believe that will take way longer.

I don't know if any of you have seen this before, but there is one person that took a year to get level 99 before Scorpion Boss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOM8xYUTgn4

1st March 2009 : official start - 1086 XP - lvl 8
3 March 2009 : 0.69% - 18108 XP - lvl 20 - 3h34
9 March 2009 : 0.89% - 22904 XP - lvl 21 - 4h27
10 March 2009 : 1.28% - 32492 XP - lvl 24 - 6h12
14 March 2009 : 1.87% - 47007 XP - lvl 27 - 9h51
24 March 2009 : 2.13% - 53333 XP - lvl 28 - 11h11
13 May 2009 : 3.26% - 81094 XP - lvl 32 - 17h00
14 July 2009 : 7.39% - 182314 XP - lvl 42 - 38h42
31 August 2009 : 11.45% - 281915 XP - lvl 49 - 59h56
19 October 2009 : 13.90% - 341906 XP - lvl 52 - 72h23
20 October 2009 : 14.95% - 367689 XP - lvl 53 - 77h38
8 December 2009 : 19.56% - 480738 XP - lvl 58 - 100h58
9 December 2009 : 21% - 516014 XP - lvl 59 - 108h07
11 December 2009 : 21.85% - 536835 XP - lvl 60 - 112h26
12 December 2009 : 22.66% - 556623 XP - lvl 61 - 116h30
13 December 2009 : 24% - 589557 XP - lvl 62 - 123h12
14 December 2009 : 25.03% - 614736 XP - lvl 63 - 128h24
15 December 2009 : 25.92% - 636606 XP - lvl 63 - 132h56
17 December 2009 : 27.54% - 676243 XP - lvl 65 - 141h05
21 December 2009 : 31.57% - 770541 XP - lvl 68 - 161h36
23 December 2009 : 32.78% - 804691 XP - lvl 69 - 167h44
24 December 2009 : 33.45% - 821185 XP - lvl 69 - 171h06
3 January 2010 : 39.51% - 969726 XP - lvl 73 - 201h33
5 January 2010 : 41% - 1006291 XP - lvl 74 - 209h08
8 January 2010 : 43.42% - 1065667 XP - lvl 75 - 221h26
10 January 2010 : 46.33% - 1136930 XP - lvl 77 - 236h04
12 January 2010 : 47.43% - 1163898 XP - lvl 78 - 241h40
15 January 2010 : 50% - 1226971 XP - lvl 79 - 254h42
26 January 2010 : 51.22% - 1256749 XP - lvl 80 - 260h47
1er February 2010 : 57.41% - 1408626 XP - lvl 82 - 292h20
8 February 2010 : 64.04% - 1571043 XP - lvl 85 - 325h49
12 February 2010 : 67.84% - 1664411 XP - lvl 87 - 345h03
15 February 2010 : 74.76% - 1833918 XP - lvl 89 - 380h04
24 February 2010 : 86.18% - 2114003 XP - lvl 94 - 437h44
1st March 2010 : 93.33% - 2289290 XP - lvl 96 - 473h45
7 March 2010 : 100% - 2452783 XP - lvl 99 - 507h32

[TheDirtyHobo]

Cool, now I'm going to go spend a year working in a Chinese sweat shop and call it "personal achievement."

[Robertfb]

GDI, all the discussion about 7 made me start replaying it again instead of waiting for the remake.

[Tyrath]

Cool, now I'm going to go spend a year working in a Chinese sweat shop and call it "personal achievement."

lol this is basically what i was thinking.

Salodin says you can focus on the "fun of the game" yet the plan starts with grinding for hours and hours before the first boss. Wat.

[Silenka]

I recently replayed 7 (within the past 2 years) and finally did all the side stuff in it so thankfully I'm good and don't have to start a game!

Now 8 is a different story... I fucked up the first time because I ran headlong through the story without doing any grinding/sidequests and couldn't beat Ultimecia. Gotta give that game a good thorough replay sometime.

I totally understand the "do it to say I did it" thing up to a point. Getting all the stuff in the game is fine, setting an arbitrary goal to grind to level [whatever] before [random point in time] is less so... but it's a personal choice, can't begrudge how people want to waste their time. I waste mine playing XIV anyway :D

And that brings me to something that crossed my mind a few pages back when reading that each installment of VII remake will be "as much content as a full game". Well um...that's what they said about Heavensward too... I know they can't be compared too well because MMO vs single player game but this is SE we are talking about :{

[Krandor]

With properly done post processing it's not that bad, at least to a degree that takes away from the game.

Font in the IZJS is gonna look bad no matter what you do, but it's worth it for the all around better experience (imo)

Quoting to show what the UI looks like for mine atm. It's hiding some serious pixelation but it looks fine.

Spoiler: show

[Salodin]

lol this is basically what i was thinking.

Salodin says you can focus on the "fun of the game" yet the plan starts with grinding for hours and hours before the first boss. Wat.

To be fair, a lot of this can be done with automation with a turbo controller and only the occasional check for hp. The higher the level, the less frequent the checks. I originally did most of this by rubber banding joysticks and leaving attack on auto. No, you don't stare at the screen for hours on end; that's retarded.