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Gaming Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (PS5)

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Side quests in remake were crap. It may just be a FF thing though.
Yeah they'll probably be the same level of quality. Either "go here, kill thing, get reward" or "find x things, get reward". No need for them tbh.

Don't think I've ever played a FF game with side quests like that.
 

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Streamers/Youtubers seem to be hitting 90+ hours on the game and that's just doing a normal playthrough without even touching hard mode yet. :eek::drool:
I haven't watched it, don't want to spoil stuff for myself, but surely hitting 90+ hours on an almost 100% playthrough (as the title seems to indicate) of a Final Fantasy game isn't that exceptional? There have definitely been several where I exceeded that.
 

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I haven't watched it, don't want to spoil stuff for myself, but surely hitting 90+ hours on an almost 100% playthrough (as the title seems to indicate) of a Final Fantasy game isn't that exceptional? There have definitely been several where I exceeded that.
You're right, but then I remember that this is just a part of one game rather than a stand alone title.
 

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Im in two minds for this one. I bought a PS4 just to play the first one, so was well hyped for it, but I never fell in love with the combat system and the game as a whole felt bloated and slow going. The second one looks more open and covers some of my favourite parts of the original game, but I also read that there's even more bloat than the first? Im sure its good, but I may wait til its on sale/PS+ rather than grabbing it now.
 

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Im in two minds for this one. I bought a PS4 just to play the first one, so was well hyped for it, but I never fell in love with the combat system and the game as a whole felt bloated and slow going. The second one looks more open and covers some of my favourite parts of the original game, but I also read that there's even more bloat than the first? Im sure its good, but I may wait til its on sale/PS+ rather than grabbing it now.
How did you feel about the ending of Remake? if you were ok with it then it probably might be worth buying as you know you're getting more of the same weirdness. I didn't like the combat too much in the demo and I know i sound like a misery guts but i can't do any more of that theory crafting or "join us again in 4 years time to see what's really happening" business. I'm too cynical now :lol:
 

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Apparently my Amazon order has been dispatched and is arriving tomorrow. Get in if true.
 

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I pre-ordered today. I got halfway through remake, all the reviews of rebirth are saying it improves greatly on remake's weak points. Hard to ignore the review scores for this, feels like a must play.

I'm having a blast on Helldivers at the moment so will probably start at the weekend.
 

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Apparently my Amazon order has been dispatched and is arriving tomorrow. Get in if true.
Oof. Nice. I've only been lucky enough to get an early release once, also from Amazon. They sent my GTA 5 copy a week early. :lol:
 

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Oof. Nice. I've only been lucky enough to get an early release once, also from Amazon. They sent my GTA 5 copy a week early. :lol:
Kind of wasted on me because I'm currently recompleting part 1 now in anticipation of being fully tuned in to part 2. I've just reached the shinra building so got another 6 hours or so of gaming to go. Got a busy day of work so I doubt I'll have it completed by the time I go to bed.
 

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I'm playing fire emblem three houses at the moment but if I post about it in the general gaming thread nobody will respond so are you okay if I hang out with you guys instead?
I liked Three houses a lot actually. Even if the anime trope romance crap cringes my nuts off.
 

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Looks like the trophy list has been revealed. From the looks of things it seems it's gonna take a while to get that platinum!
 

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Are you sure you want to read this? You start off as Zack. It's very cool.
 

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Looks like the trophy list has been revealed. From the looks of things it seems it's gonna take a while to get that platinum!
PowerPyx is saying 150/200 hours. That's insane. At least nothing is missable.
 

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Looks like the trophy list has been revealed. From the looks of things it seems it's gonna take a while to get that platinum!
Yeah, I stand no chance :lol: I still haven't beaten Weiss or Pride and Joy 0.5 in INTERmission, and apparently the combat trophies in this game are even tougher. And that is not getting into the piano trophy - not played the demo but my coordination is shite.
 

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I'm not getting it tomorrow, earliest i'll be getting it is Monday or Tuesday. Seller says it's distributiom problems but I think it's revenge because when I bought it from them the price was a fair bit lower than it is now.
 

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Ordered the deluxe version from Amazon which is allegedly arriving tomorrow but I have started the demo today and am absolutely loving it.
 

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I actually found FFVII Remake a bit of a slog, but I'm all in for this. From what I've seen so far it looks delightful.
 

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Enjoying it so far. Graphics are a bit underwhelming for a ps5 exclusive though.
 

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After i turned not to get audio from the controller i wanted to try it out, but it wont turn back on despite turning it on in settings and reloading the game. Anyone with a similar issue?
 

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Finally got a PS5 at Christmas for this basically. I've been playing Cyberpunk since then which I literally just finished with this week so some great timing.

Have a free evening after work so very excited to get into this. I loved remake when I played it a few years back.
 

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Finally got a PS5 at Christmas for this basically. I've been playing Cyberpunk since then which I literally just finished with this week so some great timing.

Have a free evening after work so very excited to get into this. I loved remake when I played it a few years back.
:drool:
 

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The card game is awesome. I'm kind of in awe how well they've done this so far.
 

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A little tip, don’t skip the opening cutscene thinking it’s all going to start in the same place as the demo did, or you’ll start the game very confused.