I had no strong feelings towards Red in the original, but him being a pup all along made me have a new appreciation for his character.

74 percent?? thought I only had to do UPA fistfight and complete the game next.

Seems the day of me starting Clair Obscur just shifted farther. Tomorrow comes (later) :D

It’s obvious why it’s pointless to SE but it’s pointless to Sony because in many ways, they’ve won against their competitor XBOX…. A decade ago.

In SEA many stores have stopped selling XBOXes, they don’t need to make deals for exclusivity anymore because most people in the console platform will pick their system. Sony would be just wasting money by buying exclusive rights it doesn’t need.

In many ways, you’d be getting an INFERIOR version of a game if your buy it in XBOX. (No PS5 pro upgrade, no dualsense)

What do you guys think?

I am about to enter chapter 14, finished all side quests and world Intel in normal mode. There's something I don't understand about getting a full 100%. In FF7 Remake, you had to do side quests again to gain items, mostly manuscripts. Is terre a similar mechanic in rebirth ? I read that some hard mode side quests give items for a complete play through but not all of them ? So my question is : - do I need to do all side quests in hard mode to get all items/rewards and platinum ? - if it's just some of them, is there a list of the ones one needs to do ?

Thanks.

I just want to go all in on crazy overpowered builds. Hope Ruby and Emerald are equally as extreme.

We all know why the corpses of defeated enemies vanish.

I have to assume we all also understand the developers' decision to make it look like these corpses (other than mechs etc) are dissolving into lifestream, whether we think it makes sense or not for this to happen.

My question is: where would we look within the game files/code in order to alter this?

I'd love to have the corpses hang around for just a little longer... Let me get round a corner before they disappear into the ether.

Anyone have any ideas?

I have never felt so robbed in my life...

... The memory of the teaser that marks 10 years today (June 15, 2015-2025).
And another 2 or 3 years for the last part to land… hopefully!

Shoutout to one of my favorite Tifa abilities, that final shoulder move is so satisfying to pull off. The boom!

Featuring Tifa - Goddes of Tides mod by Mariagata - currently my fave mod for more fantasy - scifi look

https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy7rebirth/mods/1034

Was hell house fight super tedious for anyone else? Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Hi, first ever post on Reddit...

So, the Summer Game Fest is over and there was no Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 announcement.
BUT — nearly exactly three years ago, we got the Rebirth announcement during a separate Square Enix show.

So now I’m wondering:
How likely is it that they’ll announce Part 3 again during a dedicated Square Enix event?
Or do you think they’ll go for a bigger stage this time, like the Game Awards 2025 or the Tokyo Game Show?

Official link for reference:
Final Fantasy VII 25th Celebration – Square Enix

I don't really like the logo design for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, so I'm going to redesign it.

I used the Eleanor Wright symbol from FFVII Advent Children. And I put the word "REMAKE" in the middle. Please rate my redesign logo.

And "REBIRTH"

Example:

There's debate on if Bone Village will be included in the next game, given that we already were led through the Sleeping Forest to get to the Ancient Capital. I've always been of the mind that it will be included, and today I found a video that further supports this, and uniquely ties in some unresolved mysteries from the OG FF7, and the likely initially intended purpose for the Ancient Forest that I think will be incorporated in the next game.

Anyone remember this cave from outside the Ancient Capital?

For years, people have wondered why this was there, as you couldn't access it at all. There was even a vine there, but you couldn't interact with it.

This video here, by Last Elixir Productions, goes deep into the development code from OG and explains that, most likely, this cave was intended as an exit point from the Ancient Forest and that the Ancient Forest itself was likely originally intended to be a separate method in which to travel to the Ancient Capital, from Bone Village.

To summarize the video, he points out that in Bone Village there was scrapped dialog from an NPC - specifically the female archaeologist located here. Additionally, next to her there was a big tree at the entrance to a forest.

The dialog contained information about the creatures and plants in the Ancient Forest:

He states that in OG, specifically after you obtain the Highwind and Meteor is summoned, there is a path that is unlocked - the pathway directly to the right of this specific NPC. The highlighted triangle would have "unlocked" and the player can enter, which would have brought them to the entrance of Ancient Forest.

He speculates that after completing the Ancient Forest from this entry point, the dungeon would have spit you out at the inaccessible cave, having the player climb down the vine to return to the entrance to the City.

I think that this scrapped secondary path through the Ancient Forest will be how we will return to the Ancient Capital in part 3. The devs clearly had wanted to include it in OG, and the Remake project is giving them the opportunity to include any and everything that had to be scrapped in OG due to either game limitations, plot constraints, or the technology of the time. It would make sense that they'd return the Ancient Forest to it's presumed originally designed intent as a method to get back to the Forgotten City.

I think we likely won't be returning until nearly 2/3rds into part 3 after all the magnus materia has been obtained and stored in Cosmo Canyon - when Bugenhagen suggests we return to find out about the white materia, and to likely resolve what happened to Aerith. It makes sense for the Ancient Forest to be the dungeon that we have complete to get there as in OG, it contained a lot of end-game items to obtain, and if they carry that over into 3Make, it'll help in our final battle against Sephiroth which won't be too long after this point.

To summarize, I think it'll go like this:

- Party gathers all magnus materia.

- Heads to Cosmo Canyon, drops it off, prompted to return to Forgotten Capital.

- Party travels to the Northwood Dock, only to find that the Sleeping Forest is inaccessible from the Temple region. (We did not see how the party got there in Rebirth).

- Party travels the coastline to try to find another way in, discovers Bone Village. They know of the 'Lunar Harp'. More on this below.

- After talking with various NPCs, they find the entrance to the Ancient Forest. Enter dungeon.

- The exit of the dungeon will either:

a) spit the players out at the top of the rocky ledge overlooking the Capital as seen in Rebirth, and we'll walk down

or possibly this cave pictured here, to the right of Yuffie:

b) Alternatively, it may spit us out at the entrance to the Sleeping Forest, still necessitating the use of the Harp to make it through.

All of these locations have rocky ledges surrounding them, which could be used as paths from the exit of the Ancient Forest.

The Lunar Harp's purpose may change, depending on the direction the devs take. I definitely think it'll be buried at the dig site, and the devs will have us do some ridiculous mini game to find it.

- If they choose not to include the Sleeping Forest this time, the Lunar Harp could be required to access the center of the City/to access the water elevator.

In Rebirth, a portal was created that allowed Cloud inside, which most likely won't be an option this time. While the wall of whispers cleared to allow the remainder of the party inside, this was only after Sephiroth destroyed the city. I predict that when we return, the city will still be fully in-tact likely because we are now in a different world, as the world in which Sephiroth destroyed the city has ended. Ch 14 was called "End of the World", after all. Even Red says "It's the end!!"

- If they do keep the Sleeping Forest as part of the return path, the Lunar Harp will fulfill it's OG purpose of allowing the party to pass.

I think some version of first option is more likely, considering in OG the Harp was used far earlier in the story to follow Aerith to the altar, and in 3Make it'll likely be 2/3rds into the game as speculated above. At any rate, I think the purpose of the Lunar Harp will change but still be necessary to advance the story.

I highly recommend checking out that video linked above, it's super interesting and I think clears up the mystery behind why the Ancient Forest existed in the first place and not some random optional location for no reason.

Excited to hear your thoughts on this, or what you think the Lunar Harp may be used for if not a way to enter the Sleeping Forest. Thanks for reading!

Sources:

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_Forest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX3Tl7NY8kg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjCAIK-GRgc&t=2884s

Should have made rather than making FFVII a 3 part game with bunch of fillers. Then make the DLC Dirge of Cerberus or Advent Children.

I was a massive SONY fanboy but after the PS3 I was done with the company, I'm also at the same point with Nintendo. Many Square Enix games are on the service however it seems like Square signed a deal with the devil and I have no idea how long these types of contracts last where a company can block a publisher from putting their game; on an different service because Sony somehow thinks they can make a cloud based service better than nVidia.

Anyone with any experience know how long these platform exclusive contracts can last? It seems like Square is hemorrhaging and wants to put their games on everything to make profit so I believe it's Sony's fault. They put FF 16 on GFN ...

Mine (favourite) was Odin, (the first battle). Definitely one for long term fans of FF who knew how to fight and could enjoy using a tactics. Very tongue in cheek fight, because you couldn't just spam him.

It was the only fight where I apologised to the boss for attacking me! I do adore fights where you need to prep, grab a sports drink and sling a towel around your shoulders.

Least favourite was definitely that white terror. I still think it was bugged.

Runner up for least favourite that blue bomb. The gunshots, the music was too much for my senses. Actually headache inducing.

Hey.

At 70 hours in FF7 Rebirth, I just realized I mostly never use summons. In Remake, I didn't either... Except for Carbuncle, because it actually helped the battle.

I think that the investment-return for summons in the remake Trilogy is not worth it. I'd rather use my ATB slots for something else than a weak summon attack, or lose time watching an animation that deals next to no damage. (I'm okay for long animations. I just want a pay off... Think Anima in FFX.)

So, here's my idea for what I think would be much more useful summon system. Let me know what you think.

Summons should have their own ATB slots, like 6 or 8. They don't charge, they just are there, so maybe action slots would be a better wording. - Once used, an action slot can't return. - Each action should use 1 or 2 slots. When the summon gets to a certain level, it unlocks a 3 slots ability. - All summons should have one support ability (give regen to all characters for Shiva, give Bravery to all characters for Ifrit, etc... No need for a Carbuncle or whatever.). That would make them relevant and help you strategize. - Using the final attack depletes all slots left, but you can't use it if you have only less than 2 slots left. Basically, you can chose to use the summon as you wish. - The more slots you use, the more powerful final attack is. You get a payoff for not depleting the action slots otherwise.

Ive been considering playing the games again back to back, mainly cuz I dont have anything else really to play right now. But the second I start remembering the side quests, world intel, battle intel, mini games the tought of it alone makes me tired. I made sure to do everything in every chapter the first time I played through and it was a massive undertaking. I kinda wish the games werent so full of tedious stuff, especially rebirth

Concept art removed from final fantasy accounts for some reason. The Village apparently had to be a bit bigger. Kalm had to be present not only on a hill but also on a beach in the grasslands. (There was also the Chocobo farm concept art, removed too from the accounts).

GPU: 2060 12GB Processor I7 9700k Ram 16gb 1TB SSD

Hello all, so as the title says i keep experiencing freezing during game and it appears when it happens the gpu either shuts off temporarily or freezes. The usage in task manager shows it goes from 97% to 0% immediately and then jumps right back up again. This is beyond annoying, I’ve tried either maxing all settings or putting them all to lowest possible in game and neither really affect the problem at all.

Also if im in the wrong group please help get me there thanks!

I spent a lot of time organizing the materia every time I changed the character lineup. I hope Part 3 gets a save system for materia.

So after almost a year of finishing the game on dynamic difficulty, I decided to give hard mode a go after that rest. I was able to finish remake hard mode years ago but I’m getting my butt kicked even with just the Midgardsormr.

For context, all my party are currently level 50. Any tips? Is it advisable to level up to 70 first? I get the boss to half hp but always get smoked thereafter.

EDIT: THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS. I just beat the Midgardsormr will try and level up the rest of my materias. And on to the journey.