So I Platinum'd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth... 

I agree. I'm not particularly a fan of looking for guides but sometimes I look then up and modify them to fit my personal playstyle.

Absolutely. I put time into getting all the tools that make the efficient strategies work so I earned the right to be cheap. After all, the Chadley challenges are cheap af

Even the cheese strats still take skill to pull off

Agreed. Even if you have guides, you still have to execute.

Safety Bit is one way. The other is the Karmic Cowl which also gives a bunch of defense.

I just used the projectile shield aerith has and spammed firaga

I'm curious what your perspective on the story as a first time fan, because it can be pretty meta at times Also be honest, did the end make you tear up? If yes nothing wrong with that I'll admit now I definitely did as a long time fan, but is it as impactful for new fans? Anyways that's all just had some questions I was curious about, glad you enjoyed it!

@@justhaku9240my first was remake, second was 16! Then I purchased og on ios and played all the way till the end of remake ( like 5hours 😂😂😂) Now to your question. I felt a bit underwhelmed when that scene happens ( of course I like 99.9% knew about it) and I felt a bit robbed like they didn't allow me to grieve in some weird way. Edit: i mean it all happened so quickly and was very confusing at the beginning! Tbh the ending dawned on me like 2 days later and for some reason no promises to keep got stuck in my head. I liked the ending and felt it like 2 days later!

@@robertoarbizu thanks for the answer! And yeah im not looking at the ff7 reddit daily but im deep enough in the community to be listening to some podcasts and a lot of people feel the exact same in the "didint allow us to grieve" even in those exact words, like they didint let the emotional moments breath it was tragic, into confusing into a boss fight with 10 stages into more confusion it didint give much time to let it sink in or look back. And yeah im 2 week since finishing and still thinking about it I get it How was 16? A lot of people didint like it purely because it isn't trying to be an RPG but im guessing as a new time fan you don't have the expection of it adhering to tradition you enjoyed it a lot more? Personal I fkin love that game flaws and all its beautiful, cant wait for the dlc in a week!

@@justhaku9240 yeah honestly the 2 hours of bosses after the scene! + not really knowing wtf was going Im still avoiding reviews or podcasts cause some just go into whats coming next and I have no clue! But it took me literally 48hours and doing that chapter again to actually process it. Now 16! I loved the combat, the cutscenes were freaking fantastic! Boss battles were as epic as could get. BUT I LOVED HAVING A PLAYABLE PARTY IN REMAKE. And during the demo (10/10) i got the idea that I was gonna use joshua again! Sorry for the ramble BUT my complaint is not having a playable party! Hated that cause I saw cid, jill and joshua's beautiful combat animations, they had combos and skills! And the whole time I was like I WANT to use them! And THOSE moments would've hit a lot harder! Still a strong 8 tho

@@robertoarbizu yep 100% with you there that woulda been awesome, maybe even see some more perspective and play some of Jill and Joshua's time alone before they reunite that woulda been beautiful, unfortunate missed opportunity

its hard but there are guides on youtube that will make it easier but its still difficult

Harder because of the more action combat nature. Execution will be inherently more difficult than with tb combat

Its not as hard as people make it out to be. Some materia comboes are legit broken. If you struggle just look up a guide. I used a quake strat that literally obliterated the first 4 or so brutal challenges first try. Dont get me started on yuffies brumal form and how OP it is. What you unlock for the last brutal challenge will trivialize the rest of hard mode. FF7R so far is easy to me even on hard bc of 1 simple thing. And thats being able to open a command menu to slow down time. So overall, id rate ff7rebirth's platinum difficulty as a 5/10.

Bruma wont work on bonds of friendship

@@Centrioless but aeroga/prime/faith does :)

Doesnt he wake up if you hit him?

Wish I thought that way 150hrs ago. But I've put it away for now, might want to go back later. I hope.

Yeah, I regret saying he wasn't good. I think at the time I still needed to learn how to play as him well. After eventually finishing the challenge I changed my mind and think he is good but is harder to learn than the other characters

High Braver demolishes Sephiroth even on Hard Mode.

some parts of the game are absolute dogshit

hard disagree. I'm casual at gaming and barely struggled on any of the mini games. thanks for the internet i guess for other ppls strats. the internet made all the vr challenges trivial. you can do almost everything in easy mode. get the gotterdammrung and make hard mode trivial. its def not a hard plat by any means, just time consuming for some if you take your time. also, the fact you can slow down time in the commands menu to plan a strat out freely is kinda op. but it went well for the style of the game.

Same here a 2nd play through doesn’t sound fun and seeing the Vr fights yeah I’m good

Instant Death immunity makes Chef's Knife do 0 damage. So long as you have two characters that are instant death immune, that round is pretty easy.

Use controller assist and get that person to control one stick and you the other, makes it a breeze.

piano was easy. we didnt need the star thank goodness

Yes I believe that was the last patch for that

You can do it! (Maybe you've done it already, but still!)

you only have to beat the game on hard just the story. and thoss end game vr missions. you can play the rest on easy

Dawg the brutal challenges and legendary challenges are locked in hard mode... And you have to play a second playthrough on hard mode anyways lol.

All the builds I used I got from the PSNProfiles guide

You still have to play everything on hard to get the platinum trophy...

I don't agree with your assessment. The story is awesome. The world is fully realized and exploring it was fun. The mini games, however, are complete dogshit, along with the VR challenges. Just playing the game first run without much side content is at least 8.5 out of 10, maybe 9.0 for nostalgia

but im rewieving it as a whole, dont care if its optional i didnt have a good time with it and felt very padded to me

@@diegobrando5800 Optional content is that... optional. Optional means you literally don't have to do it, so of course it's padded. I still do not agree with your assessment

im not trying to change your opinion, just shared my experience with the game as someone who does everything as soon as it becomes available i didnt like it, but im glad a lot of people seem to love it

@@diegobrando5800 sounds like you didn’t grow up with FF7 the way I did. 5/10 is way too low. Story is not mid. It’s complex and has great world building and character development. Nothing is wrong with the controls because it’s balanced based on the character archetype and how they should move. And why would the now standard open world system adopted by most publishers be a bad thing? There’s objectively nothing wrong with that either. Your gripe with optional content I can agree with but holistically the game does not deserve a 5/10 just because you didn’t enjoy side content that is not required to do

Isn’t prime mode a weapon ability

@@Bazskua It replaces punisher mode after you use it yes