Never seen this shot of Cloud before. That's cool!

Cloud, what dat mouth do? Surely didn't exist on the PS1's graphics most of the time, that's for sure.

I love how now you can just find out all that information just by going to the wiki

Still have mine! And the Brady Games version. Pristine condition.

this right here was the best FFVII guide, way better than the Brady one

There are 14 (permanent) playable characters.

About halfway through the game, a pretty major event happens that changes everything you've known up until this point. You'll know it when it happens. After said event, you'll be playing as Celes and your party has disbanded and you'll to rerecruit them. Technically there are only 2 specific characters that you HAVE to recruit in order to beat the game, and the game gives both of them to you. Everyone else you need to find, and sometimes even when you do find them, there a trick to getting them to rejoin you.

There's 2 characters in the second half that you can recruit that you've never seen before, and their locations take a little work getting to (its possible that you actually have seen one of them in the background of a certain town if you've been paying attention to that).

There's 2 others that you've already met, but depending on actions you've taken BEFORE this major event, they may never join you after the event happens. On top of that, 1 of these encounters is completely optional. So be thorough when exploring the world before moving on to this major event. Just remember that when given a option to choose friends or treasure, choose friends, and when given the option to run or wait, wait.

Terra, Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Celes (in one of the split scenarios), Shadow, Cyan, Gau (all three in another one of the split scenarios), Setzer, Mog, Strago, Relm, Umaro, Gogo

Don't follow a guide, character recruitment plays a major role in the game through the very end. Maybe if you run out of places to explore and all that appears to be left is the final tower, look some stuff up.

There is only one permanently missable character. If the game explicitly asks if you want to wait for Shadow, wait for Shadow.

There's one charater that absolutely will require spoilers to tell you how to recruit them. No way around that. And additional hoops to actually recruit him if you're able.

A large chunk require you to just visit every location and/or progress the main story

This is tricky because the very existence of the last two characters is kind of a spoiler in itself, and keeping two other characters that could be lost forever is also sort of a spoiler. I’ll try to keep it vague for you so you can still enjoy your first playthrough:

1. There are 14 characters in FFVI, plus a couple “cameo” characters you only get temporarily (ie. Biggs and Wedge in the very beginning). You get 10 of them guaranteed by just playing the game.

2. There is a loner assassin type character that you can temporarily recruit when you see him, sometimes for a fee. He can potentially be a permanent member later in the game.

3. You can get another character by exploring Narshe after you’ve progressed through the game a decent amount. Make sure to explore all the shops and storehouses in Narshe, see what happens, and remember the power of friendship is more valuable than any shiny object!

4. When you’re given a choice to wait in a stressful environment, wait. Stick around and see what happens.

5. One of the characters mentioned above has a surprisingly obedient friend. If you explore Narshe’s caves and ice fields much later in the game you’ll have a violent first impression, but bring the right character along and see what happens afterward.

6. Much, much later in the game you might find a triangle-shaped island with a curious enemy that really likes to vacuum stuff. Makes you wonder what happens if it vacuums your party…

7. Much later in the game you will have to re-recruit all the characters. Basically they all split up and you have to find them again. The game drops very heavy hints for the first three or four, and after that it’s up to you to either talk to NPCs and pay attention to what they say or ask the internet for more clues. It’s a much better experience to figure it out yourself with the clues the game provides, but if you get stuck come back here and we can nudge you in the right direction without giving it all away.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197341-final-fantasy-vii/faqs/45703 - Absolute Steve

Very comprehensive 100% guide.

Just go to GameFaqs site and check out FF7 OG guide

https://jegged.com/Games/Final-Fantasy-VII/

https://www.cavesofnarshe.com/ff7/walkthrough.php

I’m hoping the green guy in the top left isn’t to strong because it’d be nice for my girl to at least reach round 2 before getting crushed

DANG IT I JUST NOTICED I WAS TOO LATE
Hopefully there'll be another one later so I can pit my goat John Library against all the weaklings here

https://preview.redd.it/e65ekyq870pf1.jpeg?width=291&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=254fc4df1ba9645c2640e81b6892b97838eba791

LET'S GO MY BLORBO GOT IN!

What are most of the right ones from

Baldi is gonna sweep 100%

Have you checked gamefaqs.com? When I was a kid I’d go there for walkthroughs and I remember there were specialized guides.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=186442320

I vouch for the Absolute Steve guide:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197343-final-fantasy-viii/faqs/51741

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But the Bover_87 are great, too.

https://jegged.com/Games/Final-Fantasy-VIII/Walkthrough/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLawwJPcwj4dfkoamDyRGOHUVo7cZ9xG1M

I did my platinum with this guide - 100% recommend it, one week no issues, and I was a complete ff8 newbie.

Missables guides on gamefaqs. Gamefaqs is still the reigning champion of guides for old school to mid-aughts RPGs

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197343-final-fantasy-viii/faqs/72431/introduction

This one by bover_87 is hands down the best one. They're very detailed without giving away spoilers to the story.

https://jegged.com/Games/Final-Fantasy-VIII/

Jegged guides are great and pause to mention what other side quests and things to do become available as they happen. Well worded, paced and images available where required.

Think the FF8 one has some missing addition bits/side quest info but all round it's the best

Most of the guides, if not all, on the FF wiki are good. I've been using those for a while now when playing a title, either 1st, or in a long time, to remind myself of certain things/cant miss stuff

I don't know which guide you had originally but Amazon has some used ones starting at 20 bucks

Theres probably a ton on gamefaqs

I used this one in my recent play through, good at keeping you aware of the implications of your actions: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197343-final-fantasy-viii/faqs/72431

Edit: sorry no pics, I usually have the guide open on my phone while playing on PC.

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

This game has 50 trophies: 38 bronze, 9 silver, 2 gold, and a platinum.
They are easy (3/10) and take 30 - 40 hours to complete.

Price: $19.99
OpenCritic: 72 / 100 (based on 74 reviews)

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I have that strategy guide too! :3

Best strategy guide ever

I still got mine. Purchased it back in 1998 and still use it despite not really having a need having played the game so much.

Mine is falling apart, but I still got it!!

One of the only guides I have. It's riddled with misprints and omissions though, the more you read through it. It doesn't tell you where to get W-Magic, or even mention it in the Materia list. Same with many obscure equipment like Behemoth Comb. Enemy Skills are incomplete as well, which I realized during my last playthrough are one of the most fun parts of the game.