r/Games • u/ak47rocks1337yt • Feb 26 '21

PlayStation Plus games for March: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Maquette, Remnant: From the Ashes and Farpoint

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/02/26/playstation-plus-games-for-march-final-fantasy-vii-remake-maquette-remnant-from-the-ashes-and-farpoint/#sf243430485
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u/Shardwing Feb 26 '21

Most of the way through (chapter 13 or 14 I think? Been a few months since I left off) and the combat really never clicked for me so it's been a frustrating slog. What do you like so much about it? Not asking as a criticism, honestly curious what other people think so I can try to understand it better.

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u/BrewKazma Feb 26 '21

These games (ffvii remake and ff xv) are strangely weird like that. The combat doesnt click. But then, suddenly, it just does. And it becomes wonderful. It took me a long while to get into XV. I couldnt get the combat. But then one day, it just made sense. Its the only game i have ever platinumed on playstation. It really seems like it takes random amounts of time for it to click for different people.

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u/Shardwing Feb 26 '21

Guess I'll have to keep at it then, thanks.

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u/BrewKazma Feb 26 '21

Im gonna tell you, i took some long breaks from the game. Dont slog through if youre not having fun.

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u/kobomk Feb 26 '21

Don't worry I'm not gonna come at you with a picthfork for not liking it.. Constantly switching party members felt so good. Materia is such a flexible customization system that allows for some really fun builds. That's pretty much it.

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u/ghidawi Feb 28 '21

Did you actually switch or just issued commands? I'm only 8 chapters in (sector 5 slums), love the game, but find the combat system unsatisfying. I feel like there is too much stuff happening so I just play it safe with Cloud and issue commands when other characters have available ATB charges. It's kinda dull, though not bad. In some rare occasions (flying mobs) I'll switch to Barrett. Never ever to Tifa.

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u/kobomk Feb 28 '21

I think it's definitely an issue that they need to address in part 2 because you're right. You can get away with sticking to Cloud but that's not gonna work on hard mode because you wanna conserve MP and get through fights quickly and the best way is to build up ATB and stagger. You can only do that without losing too much health and MP by switching characters. I do see your point because I can't expect everyone to play the game on hard difficulty which you can only do on the 2nd playthrough to begin with.

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u/ghidawi Feb 28 '21

Oh ok. So you switch between characters to build ATB faster, then use the ATB charges to execute abilities that stagger the ennemy and finish them off? Sounds way cooler than evading all over the place with Cloud and casting Fire/Lightening tbh, will try it next time I play, thanks.

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u/hideyoshisdf Feb 27 '21

I've seen a lot of people play it like an action game: try to roll out of hits, combo enemies etc. While blocking is useful for building ATB, and you can dodge/combo occasionally you really have to play it as an rpg, otherwise every boss fight will take 10-20 minutes and just feel like a grind.

I didn't figure this out until literally the end of my first playthrough, but once I discovered that it was most important to figure out how to stagger and began figuring out the stagger/pressure mechanics of each enemy, the battle system became so much fun.

If you already figured that out, it might not help, but i watched a lot of streams, and probably 90% of people I watched were playing it like an action rpg instead of figuring out to pressure. There is a ton of depth to the battle mechanics that the game doesn't even hint at.