FF7 Rebirth on PC (Destiny)
by marmot 1333 
, Tuesday, April 01, 2025, 15:30 (10 days ago)
I finally got FF7 Rebirth on PC and started playing it a few weeks ago. I think I'm 100 hours in and I'm on the last chapter (Found & talked to Dio but no further. Did a lot of the side quests first). This game is huge.
Cody, I just watched your second trailer and thought you did a great job, but the thread was locked so I couldn't respond there.
This game is incredible. I haven't been playing games at all for a few years but this one really sucked me in. I am excited to see how this chapter ends (To my knowledge, I remain unspoiled).
Hope everyone in DBO Forums land is doing well.
I wish I loved this game.
I loved Remake and Intermission so much. I love parts of Rebirth. The story (at least so far) is really compelling. I love the writing and the characters and the tone and vibes so much. It's all so ridiculous but so earnest it just works. The combat is fun. The mini games are all great (especially playing the piano).
The open world sucks all the life out of the game. I got to Gongaga and just called it quits. It's so absolutely annoying and adds nothing of value to the rest of the game. It's just a chore. Cody keeps telling me to get back to playing it, but just thinking about spending another second in that god forsaken open world makes me want to pull my hair out. It's a shame the one blemish on the game is so annoying that it might genuinely prevent me from completing a pretty incredible experience otherwise.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, April 02, 2025, 07:45 (9 days ago) @ cheapLEY
Skip all the open world shit.
Just mainline the story and story side quests. All the open world bullshit is OPTIONAL. Thank goodness, because it’s the only blemish on this game. This is definitely a time where 100%ing is a bad idea.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by marmot 1333 , Thursday, April 03, 2025, 16:26 (8 days ago) @ cheapLEY
I wish I loved this game.
I loved Remake and Intermission so much. I love parts of Rebirth. The story (at least so far) is really compelling. I love the writing and the characters and the tone and vibes so much. It's all so ridiculous but so earnest it just works. The combat is fun. The mini games are all great (especially playing the piano).
The open world sucks all the life out of the game. I got to Gongaga and just called it quits. It's so absolutely annoying and adds nothing of value to the rest of the game. It's just a chore. Cody keeps telling me to get back to playing it, but just thinking about spending another second in that god forsaken open world makes me want to pull my hair out. It's a shame the one blemish on the game is so annoying that it might genuinely prevent me from completing a pretty incredible experience otherwise.
I agree with Cody. The open world stuff is optional. I chose to do most of it because I enjoy the game world.
The one thing that is worth doing in the open-world is the protorelic stuff. Sometimes the quests part is a chore but the story/cinematic parts are quite interesting and well done. I found myself getting invested in that storyline.
Some of the other random side quests have interesting story components too, but you don't really know before you start them. As far as the intel challenges and all that, I imagine you can skip them and have a game that you enjoy more.
I think most of the minigames are pretty good. I dislike the piano challenges for the music. For a freeplay interactive piano in a video game, it's great. But I find the control scheme incredibly frustrating when trying to do the challenges.
I may have enjoyed the combat more in Remake. The consensus seems to be that this one is faster but it makes the slow characters harder to use. From watching videos, I thought the synergy abilities were going to be a much larger part of combat than they are.
I agree with Cody. The open world stuff is optional. I chose to do most of it because I enjoy the game world.
The one thing that is worth doing in the open-world is the protorelic stuff. Sometimes the quests part is a chore but the story/cinematic parts are quite interesting and well done. I found myself getting invested in that storyline.
Some of the other random side quests have interesting story components too, but you don't really know before you start them. As far as the intel challenges and all that, I imagine you can skip them and have a game that you enjoy more.
So I actually enjoy most of the activities in the open world. It’s literally the world itself I hate. Just moving through it sucks. Having to watch my chocobo spend 10 seconds slowly climbing a wall every 30 feet is maybe the stupidest thing ever put into a video game. And there’s just tiny little ledges everywhere so you have to watch Cloud do his little animation. It’s just annoying in a way that makes me irrationally frustrated.
I think most of the minigames are pretty good. I dislike the piano challenges for the music. For a freeplay interactive piano in a video game, it's great. But I find the control scheme incredibly frustrating when trying to do the challenges.
I may have enjoyed the combat more in Remake. The consensus seems to be that this one is faster but it makes the slow characters harder to use. From watching videos, I thought the synergy abilities were going to be a much larger part of combat than they are.
They can be, I guess. I use synergy abilities constantly.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, April 03, 2025, 22:38 (7 days ago) @ marmot 1333
edited by Cody Miller, Thursday, April 03, 2025, 22:42
I thought the synergy abilities were going to be a much larger part of combat than they are.
Woah woah.
The “extend stagger” ones may not do much, but being able to get INFINITE MP and THREE ATB BARS is so sick. You’ll probably use them more on hard mode for these unique effects.
Synergy SKILLS are likewise sick. I constantly used counter fire, spellbound blast, and power cleave. They’ll build ATB for both characters at the same time.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by marmot 1333 , Saturday, April 05, 2025, 21:44 (6 days ago) @ Cody Miller
I thought the synergy abilities were going to be a much larger part of combat than they are.
Woah woah.The “extend stagger” ones may not do much, but being able to get INFINITE MP and THREE ATB BARS is so sick. You’ll probably use them more on hard mode for these unique effects.
Synergy SKILLS are likewise sick. I constantly used counter fire, spellbound blast, and power cleave. They’ll build ATB for both characters at the same time.
I'll reply to both of you here. What I meant was, a lot of the fights are so short that the synergy abilities don't even charge up. I only recently learned/realized the skills charge ATB and I need to take advantage of that more.
I also recently used the infinite mana one for the first time with aerith+barrett and that was an eye opener. Up until then I mostly used the "extend stagger" it was unclear to me how much it was helping.
Cody--what characters do you like using in combat? What's your "main squad"? I want to use aerith more but she is so slow and gets interrupted so easily.
You have to make a point to get all of Aerith’s staffs and unlock their abilities, because her wards are what make her great. Radiant Ward straight up makes her invincible while casting magic. She also has one that makes ATB fill faster, and one that lets her double cast spells. They can all be stacked on top of one another. She’s a powerhouse.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 12:39 (1 day, 22 hours, 17 min. ago) @ cheapLEY
edited by Cody Miller, Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 12:43
You have to make a point to get all of Aerith’s staffs and unlock their abilities, because her wards are what make her great. Radiant Ward straight up makes her invincible while casting magic. She also has one that makes ATB fill faster, and one that lets her double cast spells. They can all be stacked on top of one another. She’s a powerhouse.
With Doppelganger, Yuffie in an Arcane ward gets to cast FOUR spells at once.
Using Brumal Form in an ATB ward can be spammed for insane ATB refill.
Yuffie / Aerith is one of the most bonkers broken pairs in the game.
You can also use Aerith's Fury Brand limit plus limit siphon for infinite limit breaks. When someone gets a limit break, have Aerith Siphon it, cast Fury Brand, use one of the limit breaks, Have Aerith Siphon the other one, use Fury Brand and repeat.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, April 06, 2025, 06:57 (5 days ago) @ marmot 1333
Cody--what characters do you like using in combat? What's your "main squad"? I want to use aerith more but she is so slow and gets interrupted so easily.
When Aerith is in a radiant ward, her spellcasting cannot be interrupted.
Cloud/Aerith/Tifa is a combo that will get you through basically everything as a good all rounder group. Sometimes I'd roll with Cloud/Barret/Yuffie. Yuffie is probably the best character in the game.
RedXIII is kinda only good situationally, and Cait Sith while actually quite good is just so weird for me I never got the hang of him.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, April 02, 2025, 07:42 (9 days ago) @ marmot 1333
edited by Cody Miller, Wednesday, April 02, 2025, 07:51
I think I'm 100 hours in and I'm on the last chapter (Found & talked to Dio but no further. Did a lot of the side quests first). This game is huge.
That’s not the last chapter at all.
I’m glad you liked the new trailer, but I feel like it misrepresents the game. It’s clearly a light hearted rom com.
FF7 Rebirth on PC
by marmot 1333 , Thursday, April 03, 2025, 16:20 (8 days ago) @ Cody Miller
That’s not the last chapter at all.
Oh, wow. I am not sure why I thought this was the last chapter.
I’m glad you liked the new trailer, but I feel like it misrepresents the game. It’s clearly a light hearted rom com.
Yeah, I saw this one when you first posted it--really good as well.