Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Pt. 2 Rebirth

[BetoJR]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Red dead redemption 2 did the same thing. That should give us a good idea how huge the game is.

100GB install size. Imagine having that requirement with only the factory 500GB HDs...

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by BetoJR

100GB install size. Imagine having that requirement with only the factory 500GB HDs...

Yeah, imagine that... haha...

[MeoTwister5]

The final trailer.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

The final trailer.

Looks like we’re getting a lot more than just the Midgar arc of the story.

7 days and counting........

[Twi]

I have no idea what the extra stuff is, but it looks amazing. Even Rufus is getting in on the action.

[Kanon]

Spoiler for Final trailer:

I can't believe Barett dies instead of Aerith this time!

[Twi]

Gotta protect the Waifus.

[n0m@n]

Just finished finishing the game. That was....fun? So many vanilla.
Took 42 hours to clear the game and complete all the side quest. Approximately over 3 days to complete it.
Couldnt have done it in normal times but looks like one good thing came from this whole social distancing due to coronavirus.
I did hear there were people who finished the game much faster by not completing the side quest.

[Twi]

Did you get an early copy?

[n0m@n]

Yeah, I sure did. More like Australia and Europe received the game earlier than rest of the world due to SE being concerned about possible delay in those countries because of the pandemic. So Australia released the game since 1st April in most stores instead of 10th April.

[Kanon]

42 hours sounds good. How "open" is the game? That's been one of the major concern.

Unless I'm really lucky, I'm probably going to get my copy a week late with deliveries only being made three days a week now over here.

[Wandering Soul]

So how's everyone getting their copy? I usually prefer physical copies, but with most deliveries delayed or unavailable and not wanting to go out if I don't need to, I'll probably just settle for a digital copy.

[n0m@n]

Originally Posted by Kanon

42 hours sounds good. How "open" is the game? That's been one of the major concern.

Unless I'm really lucky, I'm probably going to get my copy a week late with deliveries only being made three days a week now over here.

The game is pretty linear. Not as linear as say FF13.

Spoiler for chapters:

There are 18 chapters in the game. Out of that, there are 3 chapters where you can do side quests and fully explore those areas.

So you can't go back to do the side quests if you have advanced forward to the next chapter. Though it seems like there are 2 hidden side-quest which is not on the menu list. Or maybe it's an error and the Day 1 patch will fix or add those side quest.

I don't want to spoil the content but there are several scenes and additional footage/BATTLES which was different from original. There are also some changes too. Especially the last part of the game.

Also the trophy lists don't appear properly like my other games possibly to prevent other users from seeing the trophy lists before the release date. Though I could still check the trophies offline which is stored on my PS4.

[Twi]

Original FF7 was linear until you got out of Midgard and got the airship, right?

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Twi

Original FF7 was linear until you got out of Midgard and got the airship, right?

Correct.

It was pretty much expected that part one was still going to have a degree of lineararity (if there is such a word ) since we are still limited to one city after all.
Plus, the far superior graphics and speed result in heavier data usage than the SD graphics of the original; I suspect that even when we get to the open world in the following parts, the much more data and memory-intensive graphics will limit the Remake games from reaching the wide-open world of the original.

Can you even imagine the world map displayed in the Remakes as widely and interactively as it was in the original? FFXV tried something that, but couldn’t reach it as well as the less data-intense FFVII. There’s a reason the world map has phased out of most RPGs as the graphics and data sizes got bigger and bigger.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by n0m@n

The game is pretty linear. Not as linear as say FF13.

Spoiler for chapters:

There are 18 chapters in the game. Out of that, there are 3 chapters where you can do side quests and fully explore those areas.

So you can't go back to do the side quests if you have advanced forward to the next chapter. Though it seems like there are 2 hidden side-quest which is not on the menu list. Or maybe it's an error and the Day 1 patch will fix or add those side quest.

I don't want to spoil the content but there are several scenes and additional footage/BATTLES which was different from original. There are also some changes too. Especially the last part of the game.

Also the trophy lists don't appear properly like my other games possibly to prevent other users from seeing the trophy lists before the release date. Though I could still check the trophies offline which is stored on my PS4.

How big are the areas you are talking about? And what happens after you finish the game? Free roam like in FFXV (and a shit ton of other games)? New game plus?

[n0m@n]

Originally Posted by Kanon

How big are the areas you are talking about? And what happens after you finish the game? Free roam like in FFXV (and a shit ton of other games)? New game plus?

I won't say the areas are small but for a 100GB game the area isn't big as you expect. The New Game plus....

Spoiler for after clearing:

It's a bit different from previous games.
You could use your save data and choose to play any chapter from before. So you don't have to start from chapter 1 to retrieve any items you missed. You can also leave the current chapter you are on and start a totally different chapter. Also the hard-mode is unlocked.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by n0m@n

I won't say the areas are small but for a 100GB game the area isn't big as you expect. The New Game plus....

Spoiler for after clearing:

It's a bit different from previous games.
You could use your save data and choose to play any chapter from before. So you don't have to start from chapter 1 to retrieve any items you missed. You can also leave the current chapter you are on and start a totally different chapter. Also the hard-mode is unlocked.

Cool, thanks.

Spoiler for Game stuff:

Won't have to worry too much about missing stuff if you can choose to replay any chapter.

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Can you even imagine the world map displayed in the Remakes as widely and interactively as it was in the original? FFXV tried something that, but couldn’t reach it as well as the less data-intense FFVII. There’s a reason the world map has phased out of most RPGs as the graphics and data sizes got bigger and bigger.

There are tricks around this that FFXV didn't do.

For example, the entire world does not necessarily have to be loaded all at once. Smaller locales can be loaded in the background once you come to a certain proximity to it.

It's not a good idea to use FFXV as the standard for anything, considering even character switching was implemented haphazardly and was easily improved upon in FF7R.

[Twi]

Question, with spoilers from the original:

Spoiler for Question:

Do the members of Avalanche still die when the plate falls?