I’ve decided to give FF7 Remake another go, this time the PS5 version. I played it on release before so it was a shock seeing textures actually load and Cloud’s door not look like an odd blurry mess. Remains to be seen whether that one NPC’s lip sync will be fixed yet too. I’m still a bit mixed about the combat, it’s an odd middle ground that makes me want to just play Kingdom Hearts instead. The story’s a car crash but I’m trying to ignore it this time round and focus on the positives. I’m still rolling my eyes whenever the stupid ghosts turn up.
Blasting through my NG++ run of Lies of P and it's too much damn fun. At this point it's weirdly relaxing for me to just sit down after work and play this for an hour. Just about to hit the third to last boss (if you include the "secret" one) and I'll probably have cleared all trophies by Tuesday or Wednesday.
Cannot recommend the game enough. Even to people who don't like FromSoft games, coming from someone who seriously dislikes Dark Souls and Elden Ring..
..but loves demon's souls and bloodborne, I can't tell you what I don't enjoy about Er or DS combat. I 100%'ed Elden Ring because..i don't know, but something about the game feel always put me off dark souls and I assume that's strange for someone who's played DeS up to NG+5 or 6 🤡
@Dom_31 Seriously though, how good is Lies of P right? I had low-ish expectations, expecting another 'FromSoftware knockoff' game..... which it actually turned out to be, but in the best possible way. It seems to play like a FromSoft 'greatest hits' and take elements from all of their games, whilst adding new mechanics of its own (I like mixing/matching the weapons and handles for instance).
It is no slouch either, I managed to 100% it the other week... scummed the endings so only needed 2 playthroughs. NG+ started out a breeze, and then descended into a living nightmare! Nameless Puppet didn't test me too much in NG+, but the boss before (Simon?) was horrendous!!
Really excited what the devs do next, DLC and/or sequel? Rumoured to be Wizard of Oz themed, sounds so good.
On a separate note, that is really interesting DeS is your favorite From game - as it falls as the bottom of my pile! Granted, I only played the remake on PS5, but my ranking would go:
Sekiro>Elden Ring>Bloodborne>DS3>DS>DS2>DeS
Lies of P is now absolutely my favorite 3D non-From game, with Salt&Sanctuary being my best 2D Souls-game (non-From).
@nessisonett I absolutely love the combat in FF7R. Pretty much the perfect way to have action combat in a game while also allowing for a controllable party and menu-based commands.
The fate ghosts are stupid, and I fear deeply for the plot of FF7 Rebirth, but the game was 95% all I could have wanted from a remake of the game's Midgar arc.
@Ralizah The combat just needs a few more actiony elements. Timed attacks maybe, to dissuade mashing square. Blocking’s sort of insanely overpowered too, the way that you can switch between attacking and blocking within a couple of frames. The more I get into the story, the more that it frustrates me that they had to go down the sequel route. That entire chapter with Jessie obviously wasn’t in the original but is great because it fleshes out characters and the city and Shinra as an actual corporation rather than shady baddies. It’s pretty much exactly what I would have wanted them to add in order to bulk up the game. Part of me wonders if they just insisted on having Sephiroth as the final boss of each part and created a convoluted way to make that happen.
@nessisonett It’s insane how fast the PS5 version of FF7R loads. It was one of the first games I played on my PS5 and I thought all games were going to load that fast, and unfortunately it’s not the case. It’s so quick.
I was one who liked the gameplay too, but was more lukewarm on the story.
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@nessisonett As I say every time, I quite enjoyed the combat on FF7R on normal difficulty but in hard mode it shines. MP is extremely limited so it makes you have to use special abilities and other materia more cleverly. Plus, it really makes you use the whole party and not just Cloud with the others occasionally.
@Thrillho Tifa’s pretty powerful but I have found Cloud to just be the most useful to control so far. Barret seems to mainly be a magic user like he usually was for me in the original.
@nessisonett You have to learn to utilise every character for hard mode and also find clever materia combos as well. Using magic on characters like Barret becomes almost impossible so Aerith becomes especially crucial with her abilities to regain MP and also double magic usage.
Still playing DeS. Working on my build before diving into the game properly. Got Vit & Mag up to 50, End up to 25, now just need to level Int up to 18 before I can start acquiring the items for my Curse Weapon build. Got the DBS already, now just need the spell and a couple of health-drain mitigating items, after leveling Int up to 18 of course.
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@Th3solution@colonelkilgore@Jimmer-jammer Planning to start Lotf as a side-piece once on Friday to mitigate the wearing nature of soul farming on a mass scale, before going back to DeS properly once the farm is over. I'll be sure to let you know my impressions of Lotf if you want, once I've started it.
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