PS+ March Games - Final Fantasy VII: Remake, Farpoint (VR), & Remnant from the Ashes for PS4, Maquette for PS5 [No PS5 upgrade for FF7]
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Same. FF7R is great. I absolutely did not expect it to be as cinematic as it is. Also loving the combat system, such a great mix of melee and magic.
You gotta get out of the ARPG mindset. Can't play it like Kingdom Hearts and co. It's a genius evolution of the ATB system.
It's probably the most accomplished and impressive combat in any JRPG ever made. It's extremely good.
It takes some mastering.
My website didn't even update to this month's plus games still on feb
The website is designed to fuck with people
See it through! It's absolutely worth it for a variety of reasons, and will only improve your experience with the remake.
Currently playing Remnant about 5hrs in
damn what an fun game so far. my first time hearing of it. The art and environments are pulling me in.
Its like Division meets Darksiders
damn what an fun game so far. my first time hearing of it. The art and environments are pulling me in.
Its like Division meets Darksiders
It’s probably already been said, but it’s fantastic once it all falls into place. First impressions are that it‘s slightly chaotic but you’ll get the measure it pretty quickly.
Yeah I'm hoping the quality keeps up. Enjoying it a lot so far despite some of the annoying clichés that I'd expect from an anime lol
For people playing FF7R and finding it “slow and sluggish”, please stick with it. It’s one of the best RPG combat systems I’ve ever experienced (if not “the”). It’s a brilliant balance between action, strategy, and team management — anything but slow, sluggish, or boring when you get the hang of it (and unlock a few moves/materia).
Get really comfortable with using shortcuts, they make the combat so much more fluid and immediate. And as others have said, switch characters often. I tended to “main” a character for a time, but still constantly switched to others to charge their ATB, use abilities, and exploit weaknesses.
There are some things about managing your team that can feel frustrating (their ATB charges so slow, they literally never use abilities unless you command it, the player character draws like 75% of the aggro basically always), but it’s all meant to encourage you not to play it like a character action game. It’s fast-paced action no doubt, but layered on top of thoughtful, team-based strategy.
Although, I mean, in simple fodder battles, you’re not really gonna need to swap or strategize — you can clean up shop in 60 seconds without entering the action menu. But that’s the equivalent of jamming Attack to get through a weak random encounter in the original.
Get really comfortable with using shortcuts, they make the combat so much more fluid and immediate. And as others have said, switch characters often. I tended to “main” a character for a time, but still constantly switched to others to charge their ATB, use abilities, and exploit weaknesses.
There are some things about managing your team that can feel frustrating (their ATB charges so slow, they literally never use abilities unless you command it, the player character draws like 75% of the aggro basically always), but it’s all meant to encourage you not to play it like a character action game. It’s fast-paced action no doubt, but layered on top of thoughtful, team-based strategy.
Although, I mean, in simple fodder battles, you’re not really gonna need to swap or strategize — you can clean up shop in 60 seconds without entering the action menu. But that’s the equivalent of jamming Attack to get through a weak random encounter in the original.
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Gorefist, eh? I hated that fucker but not as much as the little infected guys. I was finally on-track to nailing him (use the room with the columns, and just focus on the little guys when you hear them start screaming) but I discovered that the SMG is obtainable in Ward 13 as soon as you start the game. I went back and got it, upgraded, and man, Gorefist went down after a couple of attempts.Played remnant and about to drop the game. Got to a boss or whatever that thing is and can’t figure out how to beat this mf.
It keeps sending out these lil monsters and chasing me and I can’t hurt em. What is this crap?
Most definitely. I got it from gamepass and played it solo from beginning to end with all optional stuff.
Absolutely, especially when you spend more time with Aerith, she's really funny (playing in japanese, don't know if the english VA nailed her as well).
I think the dialogue can be very hit or miss at times, sometimes I'm cringing, others I'm laughing. But overall it's definitely a good time.
Side-quests are quite basic in terms of plot, and some of them are just fetch quests gameplay wise, but others have new types of enemies to fight and usually the rewards are pretty decent.
Also the combat keeps getting better and better the more you play.
Seeking confirmation: If I redeem the free PS Plus version of VII, and then later purchase the PS4 version, will I be able to get the PS5 upgrade free?
You would with a physical copy. With digital you'll be locked out from buying the base PS4 version unless they decide to treat it as a unique version since it won't let you upgrade to the PS5 version. You can buy other digital editions though.
And upgrading from the PSS+ standard version to the Deluxe version doesn't change that, does it?
I’m still not able to buy rise of the tomb raider in europe that was given for plus a time ago :/
I ended buying it on xbox because this nonsense licensing... Fix this asap sony!!
has anyone been able to buy without desuscribing plus (speaking with sony I guess)?
Very worth it. However, there are couple bosses that are designed for two or more players.
One of the final bosses, I struggled with my friend for 2 hours straight. Only beat it once another player joined.
On my second playthrough now; Rerolled campaign. This game, man.
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Cool, thanks, I’m sure that has been asked a thousand times it would be helpful to have that information in the OP.
So how many millions of dollars went into FFVII production, just to be such a mess in the audio department?
teammates speak but I can’t hear them (or even myself for that matter) but I can hear a dozen npcs screaming their lungs out at the same time while I’m walking past them, making absolutely no sense of any conversation they’re having.
Sound effects are very metallic and irritating most of the time too, the explosions I’ve heard so far are the kind that have no low end to them, just screeching noises.
I wonder how an AAA game can be released like this with no one pointing out “eh that kinda sounds like shit”.
Music is beautiful though, that’s for sure
teammates speak but I can’t hear them (or even myself for that matter) but I can hear a dozen npcs screaming their lungs out at the same time while I’m walking past them, making absolutely no sense of any conversation they’re having.
Sound effects are very metallic and irritating most of the time too, the explosions I’ve heard so far are the kind that have no low end to them, just screeching noises.
I wonder how an AAA game can be released like this with no one pointing out “eh that kinda sounds like shit”.
Music is beautiful though, that’s for sure
Finished the campaign for Remnant and did a few runs in Adventure mode with a friend. Had a blast although I didn't find the rewards from the boss fights that great personally. Mostly stuck with the same weapons and armor for most of the game except for a few fights. Bosses were challenging and fun. Some do spawn an army of mobs with them which made the fights annoying. Probably will playthrough the campaign again to spawn some new bosses and upgrade my gear fully.
I've been playing it solo on normal for the first couple hours and I can see why it's a more coop thing. Enemies can just be relentless and while it hasn't been too overly difficult yet it's still kind of a slog to go through which I assume gets alleviated by having a team with you.
Purposely giving next gen users a worse version of the game seems so dumb. Why would you want people the play an inferior version?
Because you probably don't know anything yet...
The combat is actually one of the best parts of the game. We're all blessed that they knocked it out of the park because now we have a strong meat and bones combat system that will be the base for every game going forward. They absolutely killed it. Whether you want to play it more like a light-ARPG or revamped turn based ATB style game, it blows every other FF game out of the water... especially FFXV...
Played Maquette for all of ten minutes before getting motion sick and having to lie down. Playing around with the FOV didn't help. Does anyone have any tips for the motion sick to play the game?
Nice...
Looks like I have a convince a group of people to play this with me. It's the kind of TPS co-op game that I never knew that I needed... on PS. I enjoyed playing Gears of War back co-op back in the day and I may enjoy this more because of the whole challenge and loot element.
The game suffers from heavy stutter and I almost never get motion sick and it still bothered me. Not much can be done unless they patch it.
Same here. It's interesting but it could use some balance and polish in the early parts of the game.
Yeah, you're talking about Gorefist.Played remnant and about to drop the game. Got to a boss or whatever that thing is and can’t figure out how to beat this mf.
It keeps sending out these lil monsters and chasing me and I can’t hurt em
That fight has two pretty simple tricks to it:
When Gorefist charges at you with his sword run at him and dodge roll forward. The timing is really generous, you'll go right through unharmed.
Gorefist will glow and summon the exploding mushroom things. Don't even bother stopping to shoot or melee them. They make a really distinct noise right before they explode. When you hear it, dodge roll away and you'll avoid all damage.
Do both of those consistently, and keep plinking at the boss with whatever gun you have and he'll go down. The fight never gets any harder so you just have to be consistent with your dodges and you'll win.
Gorefist will glow and summon the exploding mushroom things. Don't even bother stopping to shoot or melee them. They make a really distinct noise right before they explode. When you hear it, dodge roll away and you'll avoid all damage.
Do both of those consistently, and keep plinking at the boss with whatever gun you have and he'll go down. The fight never gets any harder so you just have to be consistent with your dodges and you'll win.
Makes me feel better to know that it isn’t just me. I get very bad motion sickness from games, and had no idea that stutter could contribute to it.
That seems weird. Integrade is PS5 only. I can't imagine that they stopped selling the game to PS4 owners.
I hope I can get into it. I'm still stuck in the "turn based RPGs are more fun" mindset, and hoping FFVII Remake can change my mind on that.
Remnant has been a surprising amount of fun. On normal difficulty it's the perfect turn off your brain coop game you can have a few beers and zone out with some buddies online.
On the higher difficulties it's a legitimately challenging experience.
Me and my buddies just got to
last night.
On the higher difficulties it's a legitimately challenging experience.
Me and my buddies just got to
Rhom
Redeeming the PS+ version of FF7R gives you only the PS4 version and it locks you out of purchasing the base digital version which would be both PS4 and PS5. You can however buy a different digital edition still whether that be the Deluxe Edition of FF7R or the Integrade version which has the DLC bundled with it. You can also buy a physical disc which will give you both the PS4 and PS5 version too.
Man, Remnant is driving me insane. I made it to what I assume is supposed to be the first boss, but my weapons do utterly trivial damage to him and every time I hit him he spawns a bunch of demon pus bag enemies to swarm me and blow up in my face, causing me to die instantly. And if I run away from him for more than a few seconds, all the damage I did to him fucking regenerates.
I really don't understand how this game is supposed to be fun. Did I somehow go the wrong way and wind up somewhere I'm not supposed to be yet?
I really don't understand how this game is supposed to be fun. Did I somehow go the wrong way and wind up somewhere I'm not supposed to be yet?
Due to this giveaway, the resale value of FF7 Disc version is going to be in the toilet in a couple months. Probably best to just buy a used copy for cheap and use that to get a cheap upgrade.