Final Fantasy 7 Remake: The Ultimate Weapons Guide 

I love how there isn't one ultimate weapon, but every weapon with its own strengths and weaknesses. Square did a reallly great job with balancing the gameplay and its mechanics.

I feel like the only reason the "Weapon Upgrade" system got added in is because they know how much we love the buster sword. I appreciate this.

i can't bring myself to switching out the buster sword. after playing crisis core, it just feels wrong.

Since Hard mode takes away your ability to restore MP, some weapons start to shine more than others. You'll want to be able to deal with normal encounters without magic, and you'll want to find alternative ways to manage MP cost. Cloud: Hardedge is the obvious go-to. Biggest damage, pair with elemental materia to exploit weakness. Triple slash + First strike demolishes weak mobs in one second. No need to burn precious MP for anything. When going ham is not possible, Twin Stinger for big MP pool and 50% MP regen during combat so you can attack with magic instead. Also comes with reprieve which can save your skin, and nice boosts to elemental damage. Phys damage is still decent too. Tifa I juggled between 3 weapons. When Aerith is not in the party, she becomes the healer. Sonic Strikers have 20% reduction on both healing and offensive magic, and they get 50% MP combat regen AND tradeoff for more MP regen AND they give biggest speed bost so your healer gets her ATB full quickly. They offer no HP boosts, but compensate with HP up materia. Possibly my fave weapon in the game. They even come with decent physical damage on top of everything, so you can still burst with Tifa when you get a chance. If Aerith is available, Tifa swaps to pure dps role. Purple pain has nice balance between phys and mag, has big hp boost, and big improvements on crits. Downside is low MP pool, so you don't get that much benefit of the good mag attack stat. Metal Knuckles offer the biggest phys damage, so in my opinion they end up being the better option when Tifa is on pure dps duty. But both are good. Barret: Barret's duty is to be long range and deal with annoying flyers effectively and be the last man standing when others fall. So all his melee weapons are out. They are terrible. Out of the long range options, Big Bertha is the best. Biggest offense and HP Pool. Gatling Gun comes with slightly better MP pool if you want to cast more, but most of his casts at least in my playstyle are support and revival in boss battles. So the low MP pool is ok. Barret will never match the others in Mag attack or MP pool, so best to give him the spells that don't depend on Mag attack, like barriers, time magic and revival. He does good damage with Max Fury and Focused Shot, so usually you don't need him to have offensive materia. Aerith: Best healer in the game and best magic nuke. Silver staff has all the same fantastic MP boosts as Tifa's Sonic strikers, so it shines in healing and mob cleaning duty. Paired with MP absorb you can be a bit more careless in using offensive magic, since Aerith hits so hard you get back more MP than with other characters. For boss fights, Mythril Rod is solid to get that extra dps. Since with bosses you know if the chapter will end after and you don't have to worry so much about MP preservation. Mythril rod + high level Magic Up materias + Circlet + Arcane ward, target weakness elemental, big damage and stagger.

can we agree that they ****ing nailed this gear/materia system?

I love how varied each character is in this game. Can't wait to see how Red XIII, Yuffie, Cid and Vincent will play. Hell they might even make Cait Sith enjoyable to play.

Cloud: Hardedge, Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Barret: Big Bertha, Aerith: Mythril Rod

I can't help but use the Buster Sword for Cloud, and the Gatling Gun for Barret. Those ones are just too iconic for me.

When you play through the game on hard mode, you really see the combat/weapon system shine.

that was... actually informative. cheers!

Buster Sword everyday lol. When I played FF15, I much preferred using ranged weapons. However, while playing FF7 Remake, I found myself favoring Tifa and Cloud’s up close playstyles.

The combat in this game is so good. Huge, huge improvement over 15

For me going through on hard I used Twinsaber for Cloud, Big Bertha for Barett, Sonic Strikers for Tifa, Mythical Rod for Aerith. Those reprieve stats on Tifa and Cloud were a godsend at times. Though after collecting all manuscripts I went back to using the buster sword as it is the absolute solid all-rounder.

i found clouds hardedge to be utterly devastating, especially paired with the Nail-bats skill, Disorder, use that then go ham with physical attacks, very nasty with Elemental materia combos.

I’m about to finish hard mode and I’m still using their first weapons. I love this game so much

Love how you kept saying "Purple Rain" instead of the proper name being "Purple Pain". It's a classic Prince song but otherwise this video was both entertaining and informative.

You forgot that the Punisher Mode on the Nail Bat is VERY different from the usual mode. Changes the gameplay for that blade heavily. I found it to be too clunky to bother, especially as you lose Clouds amazing aoe potential with the normal Punisher attacks.

I don’t why, but Hardedge was my favorite weapon in the original, it had a cool simple design and its stats were crazy good its time.

Great vid. I'm really enjoying "Drain Tank/Wizard Cloud" using the stylish Mythril Saber with elemental infused attacks, and the very powerful (maybe even cheesy) HP absorb + enemy skill combo. Turning hard mode into a breeze.

This was actually really interesting. I hadn't really gone back to the earlier weapons after I got newer ones, just assuming the new was better than the old. Now I see they kind of support different styles of play for each character. Good stuff!

Ironically the buster sword is the most well balanced when maxed out

You did a great job again! This will be very helpful in my playthrough, since I focus a lot on weapon stats.

I'm so damn excited to see Red XIII hair combs, Yuffie shurikens, Vincent guns and Cid spears I future games!

I tend to just go with the weapons with the most materia slots. This is good to know.😎

Cloud’s counter attack skill can be followed by a second counter by using the punisher mode counter. It’s fun to land try it. Also using Barrett’s steel skin followed by life saver is great for boss fights. Edit: looks like u can do either counter first. 👍🏽

Barret with Big Bertha, Haste to fill his ATB gauge quickly, and Prayer + Magnified Barrier: "Who needs other support?"

Cloud = Hard Edge - physical Damage Dealer with 2 Luck ups and First Strike cause Triple Slash is OP AF Tifa = Sonic Strikers - Elemental physical Barret = Big Bertha - Tank Aerith = Mythril Rod - Glass Cannon

Here's every total upgraded stat/ability not hp/mp/atk/mag/def/m.def which already shows on equipment screens Buster Sword ・Punisher Mode Strong Attack Damage 5% Boost ・MP Regeneration 10% Boost ・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost Iron Blade ・Punisher Mode Counter Damage 5% Boost ・Elemental Damage 5% Boost ・Trade-Off ・Reprieve ・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding ・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP ・Physical Defense +5 with High HP ・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost w Low HP ・Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP Nail Bat ・Luck +5 ・Attack Damage 5% Boost ・Critical Hit Damage 25% Boost ・Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost ・Crippling Damage 10% Boost ・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost ・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost ・Debuff Resistance +5 ・Reprieve ・Critical Hit Rate 50% Boost with Low HP ・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP ・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP Hardedge ・Punisher Mode Strong Attack Damage 5% Boost ・Attack Damage 5% Boost ・Aerial Attack Damage 5% Boost ・Crippling Damage 10% Boost ・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost ・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost ・Buff Duration 10% Boost ・Bloodsucker ・Stagger Siphon Mythril Saber ・Elemental Materia Damage 10% Boost ・MP Regeneration 50% Boost ・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20% ・Trade-Off ・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP ・Debuff Resistance +5 Twin Stinger ・Elemental Material Damage 10% Boost ・Fire Damage 5% Boost ・Ice Damage 5% Boost ・Lightning Damage 5% Boost ・Wind Damage 5% Boost ・Buff Duration 10% Boost ・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost ・MP Regeneration 10% Boost ・Elemental Defense 5% Boost ・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20% ・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding ・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding ・Magic Defense +5 with High HP ・Reprieve

Barret with big bertha, using life saver + prayer is essentially a must on hard challenges, as he can take all the damage and heal without spending MP. Rest of the party can be composed as the situation requires.

He didn't even mention Aerith's Silver Staff, which I almost exclusively use with her. 50% MP regen boost in combat is the best out of any other, elemental spell percent increases make up some of the lacking raw magic power, and comes with healing and attack spell mp reduction.

Buster sword for Cloud when soloing and hardege with melee focussed Materia loadout when in party...feathered glove on Tifa for speed, big Bertha on Barret for tank/ support build...and reinforced rod for Aerith... those are my fav setups

Silver staff for aerith, 50% bootctomp regen, boosts to elemental damage, magic boost when mp full, tradeoff, mp cost reduction on both types, reprieve. ......hard mode, it was nice to have that weapon that geared to mp cost reduction and regen of mp. Mytthril Saber for cloud, trade-off, 50%mp regen, and attack magic reduction. Hard mode since the AI acts more defensive and really doesn't cast, I like him more magic geared. This run, I may try the nail by with luck plus now, though. I love that Tifa is fast, but I'll misjudge distance and miss occasionally with an attack or worse, her limit. I felt the same way with snow in 13, something about a fist weapon. I miss more. Sonic strikers. Healing cost down, activation 50%, 50% mp regen, boosts to elemental damage, and buff and debuff. But I do really like the feather gloves, too. Barret is Big Bertha. Trade off, self-healing boost, little more hp, and boost to his limit. I love what they did for him in the remake. Love him ranged, but it's real he can go healer if cloud and Tifa need to be solid damage. When I can pick I take aerith and barret. I prefer ranged....although th AI is always like..."ima get reeeeal close to use my rage attack ok?!" Example is the big bomber fight, yikes him back and to the side build up bars, heal ppl ect as you widdle away with him since he'll run right in and he's crazy slow.... I wouldn'ti mnd other setups; so far, for me on hard, this is what I used. Material load out is all dependent on what you're fighting and accessory. Rufus on hard props that with the right set up, it's way less painful. It was brutal until I got it right.

I have a bias for Melee Barret, his attacks has hyperarmor with a high stun rate & he becomes really good at pressuring & staggering enemies when combined with his abilities. His Steelskin is not just useful for its defensive boost, its a boon when fighting close range & casting spells as it provides hyperarmor that prevents him from getting interrupted while casting, a utility that Aerith does not have. He's really reliable that way.

It all started with Dark Souls, I always prefer physical attack over magical. Not even in Kingdom Hearts did I ever prefer magic over physical damage. Not sure if that hinders me in my Remake playthrough.

Just started using the Nailbat with a crit build. It's now my current favorite. So satisfying bonking everything's brains in.

I'm convinced that we're going to get DLC weapons in FF7R, their's an open weapon slot after all for each character.

...I love her quick bruiser playstyle and combo potential!

Do you think they patch in an additional (super) weapon for each character? There are currently 7 weapon slots of which only 6 are used so far.

Thank you! I wish the game had an easy way to compare weapon abilities & stats other than diving right into the upgrades window. :)

I see a lot of talk about hard mode builds. I would just like to share mine; it got me plat in 8 days and it's what I use for speedrunning. I'll only focus on gear that matters and why. Cloud: Weapon: twin stinger - gives Reprieve and MP Saver Accessory: Götterdamerung/Super Wristguards/Transmodulator - either focus on boosting LMT fill rate or damage. Weapon materia: (W/F/L/I mat)->"Elemental materia" Heal, Revive, prayer, monster skill. Bracelet: ATB Stagger, dodge, steadfast block (this gives LOTS of atb), atb boost. Believe it or not, self-destruct and bad breath are fantastic abilities - even on hard mode. Though you should save self-destruct for last hits. Cloud will gain large ATB for staggers, blocking, and combining with a team. Swap out atb boost with refocus for solo boss fights if you have Götye Notes: everyone on cloud for having good stats. However, dps he puts out is reduced when you consider: ATB charge rate Combo speed Stagger fill rate In comparison to other char's. Play around with tifa's "chi trap" and then tell me who the best character is. Tifa Weapon: either purple pain or mythril, for mana, reprieve, etc. Accessory: transmod (best for her) Weapon mats: Parry (amazing on her), steadfast block, ATB Stagger, ATB Assist, Revive, heal. Bracelet: pray, hp up, atb boost Alternatively you can increase mp and use metal knuckles, I prefer this though. Chi trap staggers quickly and burns through hp, use two at a time to fill allies atb and perpetually pour on pain. Barret: Weapon: sadly the best one is his LMG - Rprieve and some other bonuses. But bertha gives better damage. Mostly flavour here. Accessory: transmod ONLY if the isn't there. Mp up, mp up, hp up, hp up, pray, revive Steadfast block, skill master, refocus, whatever else you like. (THUNDAGA for me) Barrett earns atb passively and I try to keep his atb full if risk high, so he can rev or pray. For the rate he earns atb, he's about as good as clou, but with virtually no atk endframes and more options to reach bosses/enemies. Aerith: Weapon: Guard Stick Accessory: cog bangle , I think, the one that converts mana to lmt. Or götter'done for like bladefish. Materia: Magnify->barrier/heal (for summons and tpk bosses use barrier, but you want both), elemental+whatever, pray revive Mp up, hp up, hp up, refocus Give Aerith the opposite element of cloud, just in cas, or lightning / fire because of tracking. She fills atb pretty fast but is very fragile. Best limit in the game. Pride and joy: Use team ATB or Aerith Tifa Barrett. Tifa builds atb for rangers, draws agro, and expediates stagger. Makes the fight a no-brainer. ***note: certain builds may perform best for certain bosses (e.g. more spells for hellhouse), but this is the build i found to perform best for a no-swapout speed run. Happy plating!

hard Mode: Cloud: Twin Stinger (After switching couple weapon for defeating Hell House, this sword comes in handy. And beat Sephiroth first try) Tifa: Sonic Strikers (Damage Dealer Slightly Healer, reduce mp cost) Barret: Light Machine Gun (If Aerith was out, He's the prayer and healer) Aerith: Silver Staff (Balance Attack and Healing) That's for me

Nail bat is incredible when you lean exclusively on Luck boosts. You can chunk max damage on a staggered enemy.

i just started playing the game for the first time. this whole system is confusing at first, but im starting to get the hang of it. im only on chapter 9 with 13 hours in. im having fun mixing up the weapons, gear, materia, and upgrades despite my confusion. thanks for this guide! i didnt realize how deep this weapon system was lol

Im very impressed by the quality content. Thanks for the time in putting this together. Subbed.

Leader Tifa with Metal Knuckles + mastered First Strike materia + Windwhistle Scarf accessory + immediate Starshower spam = steamroll through every regular encounter. Simulation battles require a bit more strategy for sure, but there's nothing like cleaning house almost immediately every time you get into a regular battle

I like what they did making all weapons viable and useful in their own way but I also like going on side-quests to get each characters ultimate weapons in preparation for the final dungeon

Most people main the Buster Sword because they think it's right, but I say it's not because it brings wear, tear and rust.

On hard mode, you don’t replenish MP at benches anymore, which makes the Mythril Saber for Cloud & the Silver Staff for Aerith very useful for casting cures and spells (they both boost MP regen by 50%, which makes a big difference; you don’t want to run out of MP on a boss fight!) Feathered gloves make Tifa amazing as a team buffer, and are perfect for Prayer materia. Barret has some really good options for DPS or as a support tank, so it depends, but Big Bertha is always a good choice..!

Weapon and Materia guides for the combat simulator would be really helpful!

This is so informative. As someone who only starting hard mode now (in 2021), this is exactly the analysis I needed for the endgame.

My current load out. Cloud: Mithril Saber Tifa: Swift Strikers Barret: Big Bertha Aerith: Mithril Staff Basically Cloud & Tifa are used to unleash constant raw elemental damage based on the area in question. Barret its a pure damage sponge with healing & utility thrown in. Aerith is used as a mixed caster healing & firing of damage spells as needed.

Wow we finished the ff7r and now playing hard mode and never used this stuff thank you for showing me this😁😁😁😁😁😁

Every move we did in the orig game that gave a brief camera movement... this game gave us a small story of it!

During my first play through i stuck with the buster cause I love it's design the most, though as i go hard I'll likely end up with something that'll give me a good materia boost since I use them like crazy.

I am still surprised that this channel hasn't started a walkthrough playlist for all the Final Fantasy games.

For Cloud, I will never switch out the buster sword. Zack Fair is my favorite final fantasy character. The sword has way too much history.

This was the best / simplified gear system I’ve seen in an RPG in, well, forever. Fewer choices = better gameplay. But - and maybe it’s because I suck - but it nearly my 20ish years of playing Final Fantasy, I’ve yet to see an argument for not making characters as strong physically and defensively as possible. Aside from the fun factor and a few annoying battles I never go too heavy into the magic route. I’ve found that there are usually accessories and equipment that takes care of magic defense and simply making every character able to aggressively heal and deal the most HP usually satisfies the main storyline battle requirements. Anyone else feel this way? Magic is fun but support Materia + healing + physical damage to opponent seems to be more efficient. Hard mode in this game breaks that model though and party designation starts to become more important.

I've been using materia slots as my final factor in my setups. I'm still doing trophy cleanup, so the more active slots I'm using, the more Materia I can max out at once. I figure the more bonuses the better for when I start Hard mode.

I'm using Silver Staff for Aerith and Purple Pain for Tifa. Silver Staff seems to be a great option for conserving MP which is important in hard mode, and I tend to switch Cloud's weapon often. When he's fighting alone I lean towards physical attack with Hardedge and when he's with other I tend to lean more towards magical and support weapons like Iron Blade. Good video!

Best Weapon for Aerith to be THE Healer is silver staff, since you get reduced mp cost for healing magic, increased mp regen +50% and survive leathal hits tho. It's my personal favorite since i mostly use Aerith to heal and buff defensive capabilities 💜

Great video. I was looking for something like this so I could compare all weapons side by side and what has the best skills.

Hardedge is my shit... and when I discovered that I had to use "Steal" to get Areath's weapon... I was so mad... cause I didn't have that materia XD

I found the iron blade to be my go to the counter attack when guarding made it super easy to beat anyone what physically attacks you with triple slash aswell guna have another play through and try the rest of the weapons out now

This was excellent information.. thank you. Subscribed!!!

Thanks for the advice you guys! I'm really enjoying this game! :)

I love how Aerith is the strongest magic user but when she’s captured by Shinra Cloud becomes my Fighting Mage and he’s freaking great at it. 😁👍

Please do a video on finding the summons. I completely missed a few of them on my first play. Love the videos so far, very informative 👍😃

I made my Tifa build a Red Mage w/ Sonic Strikers; Magnify Heal with the 20% off heal spells (And Auto Cure if Aerith’s not around), offensive spells with MP and Magic Up, Deadly Dodge and her standard melee attacks. It’s not a be all end all OP build, but it’s one that worked very well when I played. Makes her a well rounded unit, like a true Red Mage.

By end game weapons dont really matter and can be used for aesthetics. 90% of your setup can be made with materia combinations. With the exception of reprieve of course, but that is only useful in countering bahamuts mega flare.

Really late to the party, but playing on PC. I might seriously buy PS5 for the next installment. Nail bat build: As base stats don't go up... 2 refocus materia (boost attk and stg), supernatural wrist guards, 2 luck up materia, 2 HP up, elemental + enemy weakness, parry materia, bahamut materia, for attack up. I try to leave cloud around 2k HP and max HP as close to 9999 as high as possible to increase damage and crit rate. I use long press punisher for frenzy. Cast Manawall/barrier by party member to decrease damage dealt to cloud and stay in punisher mode and move around with parry dodges. The slow punisher move will pressure and put enemies off balance. This WRECKS enemies and is so much fun to compare damage output to Hardedge.

3:22 see that vacant slot in the weapons list? i bet there will be a 7th weapon coming as a DLC, since the game alludes to number 7 anyway.

feathered glove has the highest speed stats

My final HM choices: Cloud: Hardedge just puts in work unless a magic boss like Hell House pops up then Mythril Saber (Hardedge still has decent magic with cloud's base stats) Tifa: Feathered Gloves as its very all rounder, maybe trade for Metal Knuckles here and there for physical Barett: LMG. With the def, heal cost reduction, and reprieve, it makes it worth. (pains me to say goodbye to big bertha's dps, but LMG utility is godsend in HM) Aerith: Silver Staff, aerith has pretty decent magic dmg and is range so you really shouldnt have to guard much (crossed Mythril Rod and Reenforced Staff for me) and with MP being hard to refill, SS 50% mp regen is a tempting choice

Barret with big bertha is insane, can output a ton of healing without even requiring MP

buster sword is the most balanced personal favorite of mine, mythril is the best if you going straight caster cloud is the second best caster, and hardedge is the best for pure melee.

Thank you! Got back into the game super late and this helped a lot 🙏

Got the platinum today thanks to Gotterdammerung 😊

Im trying to remember what "trade off" does? I prefer the feather gloves, not much attack decrease but speed, speed, speed. Aerith, the choice is easy, but I love the silver(?) scepter for the physical attack.

I wonder how they'll change the characters actual ultimate weapons.

I beat the game on normal using the buster sword and I do t regret a thing,in fact I'm going for hard right now with just the Buster Sword lol

For Cloud I needed using the buster Sword more because it's balanced between magic and strength

Thanks for the final stat chart for weapons!

Hardedge, Metal Knuckles all the way. The damage dump on staggered enemies is real.

Barret with big bertha and lifesaver skill is the best if you want to make him an indestructable tank

Platinumed this today and I feel exhausted!

My current setup looks like this.. Cloud: twinblade or hardegde..hardegde for random encounters and twinblade for bossfights (it has a ability which protect you from dying in a fight for one time) Tifa: metal knuckles barret: big bertha aerith: mythril rod

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Shouldn't have glossed over the Silver Staff. It has the most MP regeneration and cost reduction among all weapons in the game, making it not just the best but arguably the only viable choice for endgame content, especially when you consider how lacking the Mithril and Reinforced rods are on that front.

I'm going full hp and mp no damage on all my weapons.

Cloud: Buster Sword, but only after Level 6's additional materia slots. Twin Stinger before that. Tifa: Leather Gloves. Not sure why, they just feel the most well-rounded and comfortable to me. Barret: Big Bertha because obviously. Plus, Maximum Fury is probably the most fun ability to use. Aerith: Mythril Rod for bosses, Reinforced Staff for anything else. One exception: I used the Silver Staff for the Top Secrets for its MP cost reduction.

I like to use barret to soak damage and heal, aerith to pressure with magic and help heal when barret struggles, then use barret and tifa when pressured to stagger then tifa brings the pain! Can’t get enough of chaining her abilities so much fun

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

I just went with the weapons that offers the most materia slots in the beginning.

I use Big Bertha for Barret Wallace because long range and that maximum Fury attack gives me a great tactical advantage in Don corneo challenge.

Me personally I’m a bit traditional but I tend to go with Cloud: Buster Sword, all around with cure and MP moves and that sweet physical DPS Tifa: Leather Gloves/Sonic Strikers, just try to be fast and furious, while at least being able to take a few hits since Tifa do be weak at times Aerith: Reinforced Staff/ Guard Saff, keep it simple keep it clean, try to keep her far back from physical attacks as possible Barrett: Big Bertha/ Gattling Gun. Yeah you know the drill already big guy needs to tank shots fire back and have a tad bit of support/ Spells Overall. I keep everything to the original weapons with some swap outs for bigger parts in between just to maximize everything. I just like the overall balance of the main weapons and the stats it provides 🤝

MP regeneration is very key on hardmode so i went with twin stinger on cloud and silver staff with aerith since they have the best magic stats. I tried to keep cloud balanced giving him some spells but not too many. EKG cannon is the only viable choice for barret in my opinion because i think his role should be a tanky support/magic caster. originally i went full attack with tifa with the metal knuckles on normal mode but once i got to hard mode i switched to the feathered gloves to help balance out her magic a bit while still being more attack focused. the atb boost and the speed on it also makes her absolutely DESTROY staggered enemies more so than she already does because she gets atb so fast

I used the bat. There's something about slapping foes around with such a crude weapon that speaks to my soul 😂

Thanks for the video it was very informative you earned a sub dude keep up the great work!!

It would've been nice, if the game made all those stats quicker to access, for example with some sort of pop up screen when you are equipping weapons. Same with materia: you always have to switch in between menus and for me it's the biggest design flaw, it's annoying.

I do love that you get new weapons, they are fun to use and all that. But I just love the fact that I can use the Buster Sword. I remember playing FF7 and always thinking that any weapon I got never really looked better than the Buster Sword. So to find out that I could just use it for the entire game was such an awesome surprise to me. I truly love the way they have done weapons in the game so that you can play around with some cool new weapons and get new skills and then have the option to just swap back to the original weapons. Replaying the game on Hard now and I will be using all the standard weapons, except for perhaps Aerish as her weapon does not show in cinematics anyways.