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man nurse posted:Let’s be honest, this remake is pretty much all hallways like FF 13 was, truncated with the occasional hub where you get side quests to go back through said hallways. Hell even the main game makes you repeat a couple of them! This is literally every Final Fantasy. Openness is an illusion in pretty much every game. Like FF6 isn't really any different, except you can wander around on the overworld map and fight random battles I guess. Obviously World of Ruin works a bit different but you're still just functionally going through hallways until you get to a boss fight and story bits, none of these games are Morrowind, they are all pretty linear.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:That's good, I really didn't care for 15 and I got some real 15 vibes from the demo. Ah yeah. The combat is kind of like 15's, but evolved and inproved to be good. You get a lot of build freedom from about half way.
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Apr 12, 2020 04:43
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man nurse posted:Alright I know everyone's high on this game right now and it's good but real quick? I have to nitpick something. Square said they had a patch in the hopper for the shoddy textures but at this rate most people will be done with the game before it’s released lol
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Apr 12, 2020 04:46
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yo I just did the honeybee inn and this game loving owns also I'm gay now
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1stGear posted:yo I just did the honeybee inn and this game loving owns also I'm gay now same
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Apr 12, 2020 04:56
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The texture thing seems to be a loading issue - if I turn away from a blurry sign and turn back it's usually fixed.
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Apr 12, 2020 04:56
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zakharov posted:The texture thing seems to be a loading issue - if I turn away from a blurry sign and turn back it's usually fixed. Yeah it's UE4 failing to load the relevant textures. I'll be interested to see this game running on PS5.
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Apr 12, 2020 04:58
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Specifically it's an unreal engine 4 texture streaming issue
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Apr 12, 2020 04:58
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For the next game, weapon/armor/materia multiple loadout, please
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Apr 12, 2020 05:08
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Oh weird, going into the kid's hideout in the slums glitched out a bit and I had to rebuild my PS4's database.
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To clarify I’m not talking about 3D model textures failing to load in, though that’s certainly noticeable. I mean the static backgrounds of certain scenes, like for instance when you’re traipsing around the rafters to get to reactor 5. They look awful and there’s no reason they should since they’re essentially just a prerendered image. Why are they so low quality in this game, lol
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Apr 12, 2020 05:21
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man nurse posted:To clarify I’m not talking about 3D model textures failing to load in, though that’s certainly noticeable. I mean the static backgrounds of certain scenes, like for instance when you’re traipsing around the rafters to get to reactor 5. They look awful and there’s no reason they should since they’re essentially just a prerendered image. Why are they so low quality in this game, lol Some of them look like the original and I'm often like "is this a fuckup or a choice"
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Apr 12, 2020 05:22
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DrNutt posted:This is literally every Final Fantasy. Openness is an illusion in pretty much every game. Like FF6 isn't really any different, except you can wander around on the overworld map and fight random battles I guess. Obviously World of Ruin works a bit different but you're still just functionally going through hallways until you get to a boss fight and story bits, none of these games are Morrowind, they are all pretty linear. FF6 is perhaps not the best example what with the three-way split in the middle of the WoB but yeah. Perhaps the next installments will be a bit less linear but that's just what the initial 7 source material was like. Also god drat that chapter 9 boss fight against Hell House was some white knuckle poo poo. Even though it really shouldn't have been because once you figure it out it's pretty straightforward but I dunno I'm just profoundly stupid I guess. Don't know why I had so much trouble. Something I've come to appreciate in fights like that is that you actually want to run your ATB bar as close to full as possible, not as close to empty as possible. When an emergency happens and you need ATB you're going to need it right the gently caress now. I stand by my earlier FFXIII comparison: if you lose control of a fight it will tailspin on you fast. I think my one regret at this point is not having enough faith in this game (which, given S-E's recent track record, I could probably be forgiven for) and not going into it completely dark. The last few trailers really ruin what would have been a few nice moments if I'd run into them organically. e: oh yeah the stuff below you when you're under the plate looks like dogshit. What happened there? So much of this game looks beautiful but that beauty just makes all the half-assed parts stand out that much more.
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1stGear posted:yo I just did the honeybee inn and this game loving owns also I'm gay now I just did this sequence and I am not exaggerating when I say it's greatest thing in the game so far. There were a million ways for SE to gently caress it all up but no they just absolutely nailed it.
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Apr 12, 2020 05:37
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I love how this single thing has absolutely murdered the used market for PS4s, can't find the fuckers for anything under MSRP now. Maybe I'll be able to get one by time they actually put out the last episode in 2035
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Apr 12, 2020 05:51
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Did you use the Barrier materia spells?
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Apr 12, 2020 05:52
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Oh man these floating eyes that are only weak to wind and immune to everything else but move constantly so it never lands can go gently caress themselves.
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Final Fantasy 7 is one of my least favorite ones (old enough to have played 1 at release and was playing simultaneous other RPGs with stuff like animated cutscenes and voice acting when FF7 came out, so neither the gameplay nor the plot/characters impressed me), and I'm so confused that I'm enjoying this game so much. Honeybee was just embarrassing in the original, but I absolutely love it in here. Also, the fights are a LITTLE too long with too much damage sink, even with staggering, but I do like that they actually have SOME challenge to them, unlike FF12-15, where you figure out how to fight and can just sleepwalk through every single one or brute force with healing items that can be used at any time (hello 15!).
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Apr 12, 2020 06:07
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man nurse posted:Let’s be honest, this remake is pretty much all hallways like FF 13 was, truncated with the occasional hub where you get side quests to go back through said hallways. Hell even the main game makes you repeat a couple of them! Midgar was always hallways.
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Sapozhnik posted:I think my one regret at this point is not having enough faith in this game (which, given S-E's recent track record, I could probably be forgiven for) and not going into it completely dark. The last few trailers really ruin what would have been a few nice moments if I'd run into them organically. This is what I did and I’m loving gobsmacked at this game sometimes.
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Wow, getting killed by the poison bugs in Sector 5 more than anything else in this game combined. I'm just rolling along, then they put everyone to sleep and I might as well put the controller down, there's nothing I can do.
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DeathChicken posted:Wow, getting killed by the poison bugs in Sector 5 more than anything else in this game combined. I'm just rolling along, then they put everyone to sleep and I might as well put the controller down, there's nothing I can do. Yeah, that part sucked. Everything except the combat is perfect, the battles are kinda jank sometimes.
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Apr 12, 2020 06:25
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I have put five and a half hours into this game and somehow am only still on Chapter 4, I blame my need to do every sidequest and minigame as soon as the game shows them to me. But, in my defense, the combat is so loving good. This game is way better than it had to be, I'm impressed as hell.
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I'm pacing myself so that I'm completing stuff a couple of chapters ahead of what Maximilian Dood is releasing on YT (since I can't watch his livestreams on Twitch due to timezone differences), and it's really nice to see the game through the eyes of someone who deeply loved the original and is enjoying the gently caress out of the remake. Chapter 3 just came out on his channel, FYI.
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Elephant Ambush posted:Shiva strats? I can get her to about 25% hp then she obliterates me. Have Aerith use the ability that drops a rune at her feet so you can doublecast your (ideally level 2) fire spells to quickly stagger her. Cloud should have Fire equipped too, though his punisher mode attacks and Focused Thrust can pump out a bunch of stagger too once she's pressured. Kill the frost familiars she summons (they're kinda hard to see) because they negate magic damage it seems like. At 25% health she does Diamond Dust, which you can't dodge or block, so make sure you're at above 50% health because it does around 1k damage if you have no ice resistance at all. If you have the elemental materia and a twin-linked materia armor, that cuts down on damage a ton. I don't think there's any other resist gear at that point minus the accessory from the Butterfinger DLC lol. Resist is probably more important on Cloud since Aerith can hang back and heal up easier. DrNutt posted:This is literally every Final Fantasy. Openness is an illusion in pretty much every game. Like FF6 isn't really any different, except you can wander around on the overworld map and fight random battles I guess. Obviously World of Ruin works a bit different but you're still just functionally going through hallways until you get to a boss fight and story bits, none of these games are Morrowind, they are all pretty linear. I think one thing the FF games typically are good at is making the open world feel like an opportunity to get one over on the game by letting you do some carefully controlled sequence breaking. Like in the original FF7, it was neat to be able to take the Bronco and go find some slightly-better-than-usual equipment a bit early - it wasn't really a big deal but it made you feel clever for navigating your way through all the environmental obstacles to get there. Midgar is just incredibly linear compared to the rest of the game, but you're typically not in it long enough to really notice or care. Grizzled Patriarch fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Apr 12, 2020 |
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CapnAndy posted:I have put five and a half hours into this game and somehow am only still on Chapter 4, I blame my need to do every sidequest and minigame as soon as the game shows them to me. But, in my defense, the combat is so loving good. This game is way better than it had to be, I'm impressed as hell. "i need you to kill this dog" "sure, no prob" "no listen, you need to be careful. this is an angry dog. outrageously, unbelievably angry" "pfft, i've dealt with a lot of angry dogs in my-"  "oh god oh gently caress"
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There, killed the stupid bugs largely through Punisher counter cheese. And running away like a sissy whenever anyone was sleeped, hoping they didn't get the second person Shiva oddly was very easy. Just pelted her from afar with Aerith, Prayed when needed, eventually sprung Ifrit and she died
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dudeness posted:Oh man these floating eyes that are only weak to wind and immune to everything else but move constantly so it never lands can go gently caress themselves. Yeah a few enemies are stupidly resistant to everything but one element and if you don't have it you're stick whittling them down for a long time. The parts where you have just two party members are kind of lame as a result, because between elemental magic and cure you don't have a ton of leftover slots, and you NEED those elements. Hell House would be a dreadful fight if you only had one or two elements, for example.
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Sapozhnik posted:FF6 is perhaps not the best example what with the three-way split in the middle of the WoB but yeah. Perhaps the next installments will be a bit less linear but that's just what the initial 7 source material was like. The non-linearity even there is just an illusion, you're playing the same story regardless not one thing changes based on which one you play first or last. Also re: hell house I thought it was neat at first but the fight itself was complete garbage and worse than any fight in the game up to that point. Assess was completely worthless and once I had gotten the health down to a quarter and disabled both arms it was just constantly in God House Mode and I could do no loving damage. Took me like 45 minutes and was super unintuitive.
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DrNutt posted:The non-linearity even there is just an illusion, you're playing the same story regardless not one thing changes based on which one you play first or last. You did it wrong.
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JBP posted:You did it wrong. Okay cool, I did it wrong because it was completely unintuitive after the first phase.
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DrNutt posted:Okay cool, I did it wrong because it was completely unintuitive after the first phase. Most of the bosses have periods where you wait with full ATB and then use your spells during the relevant window of opportunity for a shatter.
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JBP posted:Most of the bosses have periods where you wait with full ATB and then use your spells during the relevant window of opportunity for a shatter.  Okay it was super annoying unlike any of the bosses up to that point don't know what else to tell ya.
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I really wonder if the sequel(s) will be available on the PS4 or not. Being able to not have to work around the system's limitations would be a major benefit whereas the linearity in this game is less of a big deal so I get why they could release it.
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Oxxidation posted:"i need you to kill this dog" Also it was semi-annoying dealing with the drakes because yes, great, wind vulnerability sounds wonderful you haven't made any wind materia available yet you friggin' game, but at least so far it seems like any spell + Focused Thrust will get most dudes 90% of the way to staggered.
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Momomo posted:They had like 23 years to come up with a last name for Jessie and they went with Rasberry. thanks for the ‘za,mrs. R!
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CapnAndy posted:Yeah, that dog did not gently caress around. You can get wind materia from Chadley before you go in.
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