the latter being what i was referring to upthread that made me interested in it
― ciderpress, Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
Game is very hornyAerith is very annoyingChadley is a little fucking weirdo and I wish I could smack him
Music is great
In the middle of a strangely sequenced bit where Cloud just sort of chills out for hours after a major catastrophe
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
no PS4/didn't play but watched the entire game online m/l start to finish on a cpl twitch streams. pretty amazing! def a surplus of drawn out parts and a little melodramatic but overall beautiful, they did really great things with all of the characters and the soundtrack is about as good as you could hope for. And after a cpl days thinking about the ending and how they remixed + restructured the game... pretttty fuckin smart!
― lumen (esby), Monday, 13 April 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
have they nailed the psychedelia of the origibal game? sooo trippy in places
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 13 April 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
It's less trippy, I think. You lose a bit by having expensive orchestras playing everything instead of cheap but extremely evocative ps1 electronic noises. Like the mako reactor music does not chill me to my core any more for example
Also lots of gaps that your imagination filled in the original game are now filled by realistic character models and voice acting
Every time I think I'm going to finish this game I get north of midnight and get attacked by 300 robots in a labyrinthine facility that didn't look like it could be that big from the outside
Reserving judgment on the ending til I see it but I am fairly up for them pruning/abridging the less iconic bits from the middle bit of the original game. I won't be disappointed if I don't get to fight for my life for eight hours while traversing the network of sewers beneath the Costa del fuckin Sol
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 23 April 2020 09:37 (four years ago) link
ILG: the gaming board where no one has time for Final Fantasy VII Remake, really
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 23 April 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
It's really good! But when are we going to get to the fuckin fireworks factory!!
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 23 April 2020 12:13 (four years ago) link
I was going to download this but I'd have to delete some games off my PS4 to make space for it and I don't actually care enough to do that
― DJP, Thursday, 23 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
I'm to the point where I've almost finished fighting my way up the stairs as the Turks are hovering in a helicopter getting ready to drop the plate. Taking my time, I guess
― mh, Thursday, 23 April 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
I won't be disappointed if I don't get to fight for my life for eight hours while traversing the network of sewers beneath the Costa del fuckin Sol
i haven't played the game, only read about it, but correct me if i'm wrong in thinking that it is more likely that you will instead have to fight for 16-24 hours in the sewers beneath the Costa del fucking Sol, with a bunch of expanded scenes and mini-bosses
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
man I have played a lot of ff7 and yet I'd completely erased that whole section from my memory. almost tempted to invest in a ps4 on lockdown but not sure it's really what i need in my life
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
At this point, Costa del Sol is probably going to be in like... part 3 or something
― mh, Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
Not a spoiler at this point, but the released remake thus far only covers Midgar, from what I've read
― mh, Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
the name 'costa del sol' is a sleeper hit for one of the wackiest real-world-appropriated name choices in all japanese video game development
and man i hope there's someone out there who's really really hyped for this and somehow hadn't learned it only covers midgar, and after their 60-hour midgar experience they're furious that the game ends there
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 24 April 2020 07:30 (four years ago) link
Woulda been me eventually
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 08:17 (four years ago) link
I’m glad the kind-of-spoiler I read is actually something that becomes clear as you’re playing, regarding the weird spectres
― mh, Friday, 24 April 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
Big fan of Cloud's mom being called Claudia
The late game bit where some toughs sic a monster on you in a junkyard with great fanfare is also good clean mischief
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 27 April 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
This game is very very pretty on ps5 and I have having a great time playing it. I think after 15 years of trying final fantasy games, it’s finally starting to click why they are so well loved
― hrep (H.P), Sunday, 13 March 2022 07:52 (two years ago) link
Initial (~8-12 hours, rmde) impressions:
This game is long! I'm still pnly bombing Shinra buildings?After reading some guides, I think I'm finally understanding the combat, but man, it's complicated and the game doesn't do much to ease you into it. (It does make me long for simple nice turn-based action.)I really don't like Barrett's voice actor. :(I guess it's been a while since I played an FF (lol I think 9 was the last one) but I've forgotten how campy it could be.
― Carnegie Felon (Leee), Saturday, 30 April 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
Pretty much everyone who played the first part of the remake said the only thing it was really missing was having constant interruptions from that weird little cunt in the sailor outfit
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:29 (two months ago) link