Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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Red was one of my faves. It's nice seeing all the chars getting more personality and moments. Of course, being fully voiced helps a lot. I like Remake/Rebirth Aerith a lot more, way less "perfect". Tifa being scared of ghosts while Aerith was excited, and Chairith were great moments.

I am almost ready to move on to Mt. Corel.

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For all the fanart I saw of Tifa's white/black bikini, I like the shirt/shorts option better. She looks cool. I wish one of Aerith's options wasn't so pink, lol. I actually went with Cloud's more covered outfit, if only for the loud Chocobo shirt. I love Barrett's outfit, naturally. I wish Red kept the lei, at least. Oh well. Johnny's metallic teal swimwear is actually really cool. Too bad it's Johnny wearing it. XD

I'm terrible at the Costa del Sol minigames. Had to look up solutions for the higher level Card Carnival puzzles.
The chocobo barding here will likely be my favorite. I also like how the baby chocobos are slightly different b/t regions. And, the petting animation changed a bit!
The distance thing on the world map was bugging me, figured out how to keep the minimap up permanently. Much better.

Yuffie

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I actually like playing her. Throw the shuriken, hold down the square button, repeat until she gets one ATB bar full. Assess the enemy, then build the bar until she can use a skill that hits their weaknesses, and/or steal. Super easy, second only to Barrett keeping his distance and blasting things.

 

[Caldwin]

I didn't even realize you could pet the baby chocobo until somewhere around Cosmo Canyon. I was mad at myself.

 

[Caldwin]

Oh yeah, forgot to reply about Yuffie. Since this is more talking about controls than story, I'm not sure it needs spoiler tags.

First time I tried using her I kept...actually I don't know what the heck I was trying to do. But once I figured her out, she became very handy.

I don't know if it's her or something I unlocked, but her ATB feels really fast compared to the others and she's versatile with melee and ranged options. I actually prefer using her over Cloud. Barret is still master of ranged. Tifa masters up close Melee. Yuffie has a great go between.

I still hate Cait Sith. I mean, as a character he's kinda meh. But in the realm of combat, he feels borderline useless.

 

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I loved Cait Sith in the original, though I don't recall him being particularly useful on combat back then, either.
Currently at the mines past Mt. Corel. I've been forgetting to learn the weapon's special skills, so now I'm cycling through the chars and spamming them. It is helping me understand how the chars work better.

Side note on the gym in Corel:

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I can't beat Jules at crunches. Having the controller actually fight you back and get tougher to button mash is crazy and makes it harder, but I love that they can do this.

 

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Gold Saucer

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I don't get the point of having a dance-off with the girls and Yuffie getting a new outfit. Maybe it'll come up later. Dio was suitably ridiculous, I actually forgot about him. Cait Sith is cute, I like the accent but he doesn't sound like a cat. Was expecting something a bit more playful/young/raspy... but it's not like Reeve is a pro actor or anything XD.
Wasn't aiming for anyone, but got Tifa for a date. Was a bit bummed that the play and ferris wheel got cut. It does feel like we're rushing the plot along and throwing additional chars in, but I get it. Would prefer this over having too many FF7 sequels (Kingdom Hearts, anyone?)

Desert Bowl

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Poor Dyne. Not important/popular enough to have his fate rewritten. I just want to hug Barrett ;_;

 

[Caldwin]

Spoiler: Gold Saucer

I just arrived at the Forgotten City. So even though I haven't gotten to the end yet, I feel safe in saying that there was no point to the dance.

It came out of nowhere with no foreshadowing. It was very weird even within the world of the game. Once it was finished it was never referred to again.

The thing is, there's a lot that's just batshit crazy about this sequence. But the thing that sticks with me is that I just can't not be taken out of the moment when it comes to perfectly synchronized improvisation.

 

[Caldwin]

So I just got to the were I can see the Forgotten City. My PS5 tells me I need to free up some space if I want to keep recording vid captures. I just made it to the Forgotten City. Of course I want to keep taking vid cap!

So my entire night was transferring vids to a thumb drive so I could delete them off the PS5. I was left with absolutely no time to actually play. I feel like I finally have the climax in sight but just got told I have to wait to finish the movie another day.

 

[Caldwin]

Well, I finished it. Credits are rolling now.

Spoiler: Major Ending Spoilers

It's a bit of a mind screw, but...

Aerith still dies. I would've been surprised is she didn't. But she seems to be pulling an Obi Wan. She helps fight Sephiroth side by side withClohd. Zack also takes part. It seems like he lives on in a parallel world. It's pretty bitter sweet.

So, yeah. I'm still watching credits, but I'm betting it'll let me go back and do sidequests like Remake did. So I'll probably do a bit of that. But I think for the most part I can go back and focus on XIV. But this was a hell of a trip.

 

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Got past Cosmo Canyon. I've been neglecting side quests b/c I want to see what happens, dammit!

 

[Caldwin]

*bites tongue until it bleeds*

I'll just say it's a hell of a trip.

 

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Finished it last weekend, now I'm trying to get all the quests/exploration done. Except for the Moogles. I want to punt them into a fire.
I just finished the Queensblood saga today, that was ffun. I think I want to save the relics for last, or I won't have much motivation for everything else.

As for the main story... I'm still processing and gathering my thoughts. Will probably be a long rant. One note, though:

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THEY BETTER CURE ROCHE DAMMIT! DON'T YOU RUIN MY GAY HIMBO!!!

 

[Shadhausen]

I found the Moogles are much easier if you skip trying to make them dizzy/carry them and just chase them to the tree house. As long as you stay close to them they won't use their attacks so all you have to worry about is avoiding the attacks from the already captured Moogles.

 

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I've tried both, but I will focus on chasing them to the tree next time.

 

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I beat the main story awhile ago, forgot to post my thoughts before. I definitely enjoyed and amd will anxiously await the next one. I was chatting elsewhere on it, just gonna copy most of the text.

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They gave me false hope, lol. All that stuff about changing fate in the first game. Then during Aerith's song it felt like she knew she was gonna die, but surely things will be different this time? Then the multiple fake outs where I couldn't tell if she was dead or not. Her coming back to help fight Sephy. Her eyes opening when Cloud calls to her. But nope, no one else can see her. MAH HEART
I'm still hoping that somehow she and Zack will join the party from alternate universes. And they better heal my fave himbo Roche. Barrett's English VA was fantastic, esp during emotional scenes.

All the jumping around w/ Zach confused me. I was chatting about it with Destron, he mentioned that there's 3 diff Zach timelines, and they all have their own Stamp variant. Did not notice that at all. When you're in the Ancient Temple, and they're talking about the enemies taking the form of loved ones... and someone posted a comparison vid b/t Aerith and Sephy doing the "slow head turn, smile" thing...
Can you imagine how devastating it would be to have to fight Aerith? Though I do want to see it. XD

Anyway, I still have Yuffie's ep from Remake and more sidequest stuff in Rebirth to complete. Highly doubt I'll be able to 100% it, though.

 

[Caldwin]

*bites tongue until it bleeds*

I'll just say it's a hell of a trip.

Well, now I forget what I was biting my tongue about. I will say that, yeah, they really played the ending like a fiddle.

Also, I absolutely love what they did with "Cries of the Planet." It was one of my favorite songs from the original OST. IMO, what they did with it here was so masterful.

 

[Destron D-69]

about Yuffie feeling like her atb is fast... that's true and on purpose... the designers have said they did that to account for her youthful hyperactive nature.