What does hard mode do in Final Fantasy VII Remake? How do you unlock the hardest difficulty in Final Fantasy VII Remake? In this Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 guide, we're going to detail the game's unlockable hard mode and the differences that it makes.
How to unlock Final Fantasy VII Remake hard mode
Final Fantasy VII Remake's hard mode is not available from the start -- you first have to unlock it by beating all of the chapters in Final Fantasy VII Remake. You do not have to complete the game on the normal difficulty to do this; easy and classic modes work as well.
When you beat the game, you unlock both hard mode and chapter select.
What is hard mode in Final Fantasy VII Remake and how does it work?
Think of hard mode as Final Fantasy VII Remake's new game +, or at least part of it. When you go back to any of the game's chapters using chapter select, you can choose to play in hard mode instead of normal, easy, or classic.
Here's what hard mode actually does:
- Makes all enemies in the game more powerful -- they have more HP and do more damage
- Bosses have new attacks and different attack patterns
- You cannot use items in hard mode
- Resting spots only restore your HP, not your MP, in hard mode
- There are skill point boosting items that you can only unlock in hard mode
Note that you can only play hard mode with your completed game save data. You cannot start a new game and select hard mode. This is because the enemies are designed to be fought at higher levels right from the beginning.
As part of our Final Fantasy VII Remake guide you can also find out: How Long To Finish The Game?, How Many Chapters Does It Have? and information about New Game +, Chapter Select, Endgame.
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"You cannot use items in hard mode"
Man, having played the game that sounds rough. Is it just in battle or in general? I'm totally dependent on using potions out of battle to top my characters' HP off.
@Matroska I think not so much, as you carry your materia over. And if you have the right synergies with your healer you can keep everyone up with ease. For example, Curaga (Heal) + That expanse materia that jumps to all characters, magnify was it? (Basically All). Simplifies the fight massively. If the enemy is a lot, lot harder, can just plan for resistances better, and ensure everyone has the best elemental weapon setups. Replay chapters to get materia, and then just farm maxing them out. I don't imagine it's going to be an easy task, more of a chapter, by chapter completion.
I'm more concerned about the not being able to rest and restore your mp. Gonna have to farm my ass off on gil then just buy like a million ethers.
@Matroska @Grindagger You can't use items all together. Either in battle or out in hard mode. I'm max level with max materia and I still get my sh*t pushed. The only way to get MP back is by breaking boxes and hope you get an MP shard. The best healing materia to use though is Chakra Materia as it gives you health back and cures poison without using MP. Cure, Cura and Curaga all take far too long and if you get hit when you try to use it, you still lose the MP without actually using it. There is also a good all cure materia called Pray, only downside is that it uses both bars. Upside is that you get it instantly after getting Aerith.
@Senpai Thanks for the tips Can you double up on materia when you replay chapters? And does this include meeting characters for a second, 3rd time etc?
@Grindagger The materia seller in Wall City will sell you most of the useful materia and you can buy materia from vending machines. It worth going through the battle reports as well as the character will sell you the best Materia, especially when you unlock EXP up and Gil up materia. You an also get AP Boost Materia in the later chapters which is disguised as a pedometer materia.
@Senpai Ahh i'm about to complete the pedometer materia! Nice Ok cool. I'm still not quite at Shinra HQ yet, just doing the side quests beforehand. Think i'm probably a few hours away at least from the ending yet.
@Grindagger Good luck, I'm currently half way through the chapters on hard difficulty.
@Senpai Is it a real challenge? I like difficulty, but only if it's not completely insane. I finished and platinumed Sekiro, so as long as it's not more insane than that, i'm good? Also, is there a grinding opportunity somewhere near the end where you can level up stuff in preparation for the hard playthrough? I'm assuming this is necessary?
@Grindagger Yeah in wall city and the shinra hq you can do battle simulators as much as you like. Gives some good EXP and AP. However when you complete all AP and EXP gained from battle is increased on any difficulty. It's a challenge but not that difficult. I think the biggest issue is the amount of enemies they throw at you at once. They do this gauntlet style amount that would make Dark Souls cringe, so the difficulty feels more artificial than anything else.
@Senpai Ok, cool, thank very much for taking the time to answer my questions
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