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Final Fantasy VII Remake 4K Gameplay - Full Demo Walkthrough
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You can, but holding is a path of least resistance, so that's the default way to go for most people, and they don't give much incentive for presses unless I recalled wrongly.
They really thought about making character switching feel integral to the game.
Boss fight also took a little while to go down. It was easy, but they were able to show off how a player might intuitively know to switch to Barret, then back to Cloud. It flows well and the combination of menus and real time action feels most like a natural evolution of the original ATB gameplay than an action game at it's core. If you feel like you get something out of picking lighting out of a menu to attack a weakpoint, well, you can do that.
I wasn't really sure about how to dodge the laser attack.
I think the game is going to get some flack for some of the flashier parts of the Battle that cut to mini cutscenes that take camera control away from you (and off of your characters). It is very, very over the top, but I'm personally fine with it.
Boss fight also took a little while to go down. It was easy, but they were able to show off how a player might intuitively know to switch to Barret, then back to Cloud. It flows well and the combination of menus and real time action feels most like a natural evolution of the original ATB gameplay than an action game at it's core. If you feel like you get something out of picking lighting out of a menu to attack a weakpoint, well, you can do that.
I wasn't really sure about how to dodge the laser attack.
I think the game is going to get some flack for some of the flashier parts of the Battle that cut to mini cutscenes that take camera control away from you (and off of your characters). It is very, very over the top, but I'm personally fine with it.
If it's Pro footage, it seems logical it would be CBr, probably to 4k/1800p. For a 30fps game, seems like a safe bet. Kinda tough to tell from the footage. I am sure some better analysis will appear soon.
Pretty sure I read multiple time that it's only launch exclusive for the PS4, meaning that it will eventually come out on other platforms. How long will it take though? That we still don't know
Exactly. The battle system reminds me of the very first FFXIII trailer from E3.
Plus it's the same producer.
I opened the Eurogamer video and was fully ready to watch, but when I heard the first four notes of the mako reactor theme I closed the video. I'm just fucking ready. I'm so ready. I don't need to see any more, I just want the game at this point. This is going to be a long 6 months.
You can hold buttons to lock in and automatically attack things.
Its not passive like XV was tho. While XV felt messy all the decisions I made in the VIIR demo felt pretty deliberate, even auto attack.
Yeah and I like how they bake in the idea you must switch characters by how the ATB charges faster for the main character. Also that you can still issue ATB commands to the "off" character. Its such a well design system
If there's one game that really didn't need to shift away from synths and machinery to the standard epic orchestrated soundtrack, it's FF7.
It was hard to tell how good the game looked, because the TVs seemed to have their sharpness turned to 5000 percent, so Cloud's hair just looked like a blurry mess.
Having the character attack on their own, but also be given commands felt great. I don't think Barret randomly used lightning either, even when Cloud told "him" to, so it must have been a hint to the player. It was only a snapshot, but it felt like a perfect synthesis.
Having the character attack on their own, but also be given commands felt great. I don't think Barret randomly used lightning either, even when Cloud told "him" to, so it must have been a hint to the player. It was only a snapshot, but it felt like a perfect synthesis.
Thanks for that! Shame there was no other videos without commentary.
Looks really nice, honestly I'm taking it more as a new game now.
They play and feel nothing alike.
And thankfully it doesn't seem that 7R is anything like these two. It stands on it's own.
I'm a bit torn regarding the music. I feel some tunes are way too orchestrated for my tastes, compared to how... industrial the felt the original, I guess?
Like, it's really fucking great, but I miss the mood the original music had. But I mean, I'm sure we're going to have a shitton of renditions with the same themes and all than songs in the original (like, the Scorpion Guard battle music is a mix between the reactor song and the boss music).
The trailer felt weird with regards to dialogue, but what I'm seeing in the game per se actually sounds quite good (even though my first playthought will be in Japanese).
Like, it's really fucking great, but I miss the mood the original music had. But I mean, I'm sure we're going to have a shitton of renditions with the same themes and all than songs in the original (like, the Scorpion Guard battle music is a mix between the reactor song and the boss music).
The trailer felt weird with regards to dialogue, but what I'm seeing in the game per se actually sounds quite good (even though my first playthought will be in Japanese).
They're remixing the sounds to sound more orchestrated, which personally I'm really not a fan of. I generally prefer music to sound more video gamey, more simple in composition and catchy, rather than sounding grandiose and movie soundtrack like with bunch of instruments involved. Maybe it's old man yelling at cloud thing. I hope they give us option to use the original soundtrack or the new version.
Goddamn, just seeing that first battle shows me that the combat system has the potential to be MUCH more enjoyable than FF XV (and I'm a fan of that game).
Yeah only thing i don't like is the remix of the soundtrack. I don't know, it's too... orchestrates? Too epic? I really love the instruments and sounds of the original, they capture the cyberpunk atmosphere better, as well as those crazy prog rock grooves. Hope some are still in, or maybe even the possibility to switch between versions.
Everything else is p e r f e c t.
Everything else is p e r f e c t.
No, I totally get you and agree.
Like, the reactor song sounds great in the remake (the Prelude sounds perfect btw), but there's a lack of a punch when certain "harsher" sounds (if that makes sense) are missing and are instead replaced by the piano. There's also a slightly slower pace in it, which kind of reduces the urgency and tension of the original. I miss the hammering noises.
I also admit I have insane nostalgia googles with the PSX FFs, although I'm loving about everything shown so far (except for the Keepers of Fate), so I don't think it's that. Still, I feel bad complaining about this, as the music is amazing in the remake so far, but yeah...
EDIT: regular battles in the reactor have very interesting music, essentially adapting some Bombing Mission soundtrack themes. We're seeing that quite a bit, so I don't know if that's going to be mostly for the reactor or found across the entire game. I really, really like that, although I also hope we get some tracks that are essentially like the original.
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Oh that is much better. The other videos have way too much talking, it just gets annoying.
It looks interesting but I'm still kinda worried about the battle system. I kinda want it to be less of an action game, but I imagine I'm in the minority when it comes to remakes (I'm a "fixed cameras" kinda guy when it comes to REmakes, for reference).
I hope you can just hold the attack button to do autocombos to fill up ATB instead of having to press it. The Eurogamer clip shows the player seemingly mashing square when playing as Barrett and it just does a three shot combo. It looks to be such a short burst it would be less annoying to just hold the button.
I hope you can just hold the attack button to do autocombos to fill up ATB instead of having to press it. The Eurogamer clip shows the player seemingly mashing square when playing as Barrett and it just does a three shot combo. It looks to be such a short burst it would be less annoying to just hold the button.
You can hold the button as Barret (you can see that in other demo playthroughs), but you have to mash it as Cloud, I believe.
Wish there was an English video without any commentary (no, the thread mark videos don't count :< ...)
Please square release this demo on the PSN. 6 months is too long with just passively watching rather than being involved
Please square release this demo on the PSN. 6 months is too long with just passively watching rather than being involved
So they'll never get through the game then. Midgar is 3 hours out of 50-60+. Unless they just skip open maps etc and just hit major story beats.
Im still unsure how this game will pan out.
How many chapters/episodes? How long until they finish between each one? What about cross-gen since this will Carry over to PS5? Is there a whole team working on this or just a few people making each chapter?
How many chapters/episodes? How long until they finish between each one? What about cross-gen since this will Carry over to PS5? Is there a whole team working on this or just a few people making each chapter?
We aren't getting answers to those questions any time soon.
They probably won't mention "Part 2" until at least a year from now. The only thing they have said about it is that they are not working on it.
It seems like there's free camera movement while in Tactical Mode? I could have sworn some people who played the demo said there wasn't (even though in the presentation they had this spinning camera).
I feel like the hype for this is going to be over the rainbows pretty soon. It looks really damn sweet.
Very cool, but I think an all black background, maybe with a more minimalistic logo or graphic somewhere highlighting one of the more relevant aspects of the chapter would make more sense...
Can't wait to watch these videos :)
I think you guys having issues with the combat are nuts. Looks like a perfect blend of two systems. Still can't believe the FF7 Remake is the game I am most hyped about right now
I haven't been watching long game play videos but man, I can't believe this is real. It's so weird that it's a real playable thing.
But I will already do that with the PSone version, the one I already play on my PSPGo and even the current (and terrible) PS4 version!
This is sad š¢
