Is there a good 100% walkthrough guide online? There is one on Gamefaqs, but it's still a work in progress

I did a crazy run beating the entire hard mode in one day but I had just finished normal mode so no Genji Gloves and boosted stategies and some key materia were not max level.

I spent hours and hours in the last couple of fights and was able to reach the last battle with Aerith. But my build for Aerith was too bad and I ended kinda soft locked.

I restarted the whole fight to redo the builds to make Aerith stronger and some other battles on the way that I struggled a lot easier, but then fights I didn't struggle got difficult (due to the rearranging of materia), but I knew that by passing them, I'd be able able to reach Sephiroth and beat him with my new build.

On the last fight I had to play almost perfectly and got lucky with one attack leaving Aerith with 37hp and I was able to heal her.

Sephiroth started his last attack and I was able to send a firaga with Cloud, stun him and cast Transcendence for the win.

Honestly, this was one of the toughest boss runs I ever did. I don't like to compare games, but I'm comparing only my personal experience, to me this was way harder than dlc Radhan on Elden Ring, because I had to make a complete team build and balance it, besides needing to dodge, parry and do on point decision making through out the entire chapter (I love Enden Ring too, and it was pretty hard too, but there I got used to the move set and was able to beat it).

If you'd like to, I can send my build and what was my strategy. This was so rewarding I just wanted to share my experience =D

I was never able to play the OG game as a kid, we couldn't afford a console at the time. My first FF was FF8, and since then i've played just about every single one, including FF14. Flash forward to now, I still don't have a console to play the new FF7 😅(this time by choice), but I did wait patiently till Rebirth was released on PC to play both at the same time.

I managed to complete Remake on the same day of the release for Rebirth and hopped over to it immediately, and wow, what a HUGE upgrade it was in nearly every way. It was so good that I pushed for the 100% in terms of steam achievements, and loved it every step of the way. I do think Remake did better in some aspects (a more tight story), but I heard someone describe Rebirth as basically a long vacation and i'd agree with that. You can take your time to enjoy whatever you fancy, whether that be the combat, minigames, story, or just exploring the beautiful world with an awesome soundtrack. It's not all roses though, there were some negatives, but it's easy to look past these when you consider the game as a whole. I thought i'd write a little something to share my thoughts about the game.

Story: I must admit that I did play Crisis Core and watched Advent children (both ~20 years ago), (CC/part 3 spoiler) >!but I somehow still managed to miss the big twist in the intro till much later!<... In any case, the whole flashback to Nibel was absolutely brilliant, the pacing was perfect and seeing/playing Sephiroth when he was still a good guy made it all the more tragic to see what he becomes. The Junon section was the next highlight, especially being buddy buddy with the 7th Infantry and showing off Cloud's soldier roots (anyone else tear up when they saluted us goodbye?). Gongaga, Nibel, Gold Saucer were all great but they really went all out for the final 2 chapters. I've mentioned before on this sub that I knew what was going to happen but not exactly when or where, so the entire time through the Temple of Ancients was the most tense experience I ever had in gaming. In the end, I loved how ambiguous everything was, I see that as a form of content by itself as it spurs on us as players to discuss and theorize about the game long after it's over.

Characters: Some of our party members that I thought were assholes/annoying at first (Barrett, Yuffie) really grew on me over time, I ended up really enjoying the little dynamics within our group and their dialogue between each other in the final fight shows how far they've come and was beautiful to see. Things like:

Barret/Red

"Good to go Nanaki?" - "Yeah! Let's get this show on the road"

Yuffie/Cloud

"You gotta admit, it's been awesome having me on the team, right?" - "Hasn't been boring" - "You can say that again"

Combat: I can't praise this enough, in my opinion the combat in this game is the pinnacle of JRPGs. They somehow managed to combine everything good about other FF games (and synergy skills/abilities from Chrono trigger) all into one game. Some of the encounter design also felt reminiscent of MMO raids from FF14 e.g. Moving to stand in specific spots for encounters like Phoenix, Odin or Alexander, and I hope they lean into that aspect more for the final part. The final multi part fight in particular was absolute cinema, everything about it was perfect even down to the music increasing in tempo with every phase of Jenova Lifeclinger. The fact that they made us play with all of these combinations of our party was brilliant (also the cutscene where the gang all team up and blast the boss down to the ground reminded me of the Bahamut scene in Advent Children). I don't know how they're going to top this fight for part 3 but something tells me they just might.

VR Brutal and Legendary Challenges: I thought the difficulty here was pretty spot on, but could do with less 10 round battles, 5 rounds is a nice sweet spot. I did find it a little odd that the Brutal challenges were harder than the Legendary ones. The early challenges were not difficult but the difficulty quickly ramps up with Hellions and Seventh Seal, and Rulers of the Outer World was by far the hardest challenge in the whole game, I spent 8-10 hours over a weekend before finally beating it without a guide. I think that prepared me very well for the Legendary challenges though which felt more like a 'victory lap'. With the Götterdämmerung (I googled how to spell that) equipped I finished all of the Legendary challenges in 1-3 tries, including To be a hero (1 try) and Bonds of Friendship (3 tries). I absolutely love Zack so I thoroughly enjoyed getting to play him again, I found him to be just as strong if not stronger than Sephiroth, and I hope we get to play him more in Part 3 in the Lifestream or otherwise. For anyone attempting these, make sure you level up your materia and get to level 8 at least for weapon upgrades.

Minigames: These varied greatly in terms of enjoyment, on one hand you've got Queen's Blood with a whole spooky secondary subplot and absurdly fun gameplay leaving me desperately fiending for more, and on the other hand you've got... mushroom picking? Thankfully the minigames that were less fun were also kept quite short like the G-bike and starfox type game. My top 3 would have to be QB, Fort Condor, and the Piano minigame. A special shout out to Glide de Chocobo, this one can go die in a fire just purely for the final challenge, i'm not ashamed to say that I used a tip online to circle back near the final part, I hope I never see this challenge again. Also I might get crucified for this but I didn't particularly enjoy Chocobo Racing, it wasn't bad nor was it good, but doing 20 maps ended up feeling like a slog to get through for the 100%. Other less fun minigames had the saving grace of being short-lived. For some more controversial takes, I enjoyed 3D Brawler , this was a nice challenge of reactions and pattern recognition, but it would probably have been more fun as an actual brawler where you could attack without having to wait for an opening. Pirate's Rampage and Desert Rush were also quite fun, the former is especially fun when swapping to a mouse from a controller, and neither of these overstayed their welcome. Overall, I don't know what part 3 has in store for us but i'm hoping we get more minigames on the level of Queen's Blood and Fort Condor.

Some negatives:

• I think I spent 20+ hours where the only plot point was "follow these guys in black robes". I'm not sure if that's how it was in the OG, but I thought I was missing something.
• I REALLY hope they get rid of "forced to be slow" sections that purely exist to pad out the time for part 3. Things like vacuuming up mako or slowly pushing a mine cart around. I didn't enjoy that in Remake (especially crawling through a vent slowly) so I was hoping they got rid of these in Rebirth.

Random notes:

• One thing I loved was all the minor detail they put into the game. Things like walking around in your Haunted Hotel bedroom and interacting with all the haunted props (If anyone hasn't done that yet, I highly recommend it). It's little things like that that shows all the love the devs put into this game.
• Overall, i'm going to think about this game for a long time, it's rare for a 150 hour single player story game to keep being entertaining for the whole way through, but this one managed to do it.
• If you've made it this far, thanks for reading, and see you when part 3 releases.

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Hey all, what would you recommend as the best Final Fantasy 7 walkthrough (original game)? I’m planning another play through, it’s been at least 10 years since I last played it and I’d like a guide which ensures I don’t miss anything! Thanks in advance :)

Finally! After 11 months I completed the ultimate final fantasy challenge. Wanted to share my experience here. You might be surprised what sections are the most difficult to no damage.  

Restrictions: No damage, no Gotterdammerung, no Genji Gloves and no HP MP swap Materia and no skipping cutscenes. I'm also only allowed to use Elemental in armour slot for one battle only (not a boss fight) and I'm not aloud to use Magnify for every enemy group fight or spam Stop on everything I can.

You can find the full video here Part 1 https://youtu.be/n91wAnKo8Z4?si=p0cQU27pME4ReH6I Part 2 https://youtu.be/Ee_BXdWh6R0?si=W9Viu_3-5mScQUb9

Had to be split into 2 parts because of the Youtube 12 hour limit for certain creators. The strategies and builds are solid and work every time regardless of RNG.

Here's a list of what the most difficult battles are and an explanation on how I overcome them. Alot of these needed precise targeting, movement, positioning and of course a decent build and strategy.

Chapter 4 Shinra soldiers. (Battle 1) Triple Slash and direct Cloud towards the right bottom corner of the screen with Disorder and use Triple Slash again. Activate Punisher Mode and finish of the last soldier with a uppercut slash.

(Battle 3) Before entering the fight run towards the left side of the screen and position Cloud on a specific tile on the floor, use Magnify Fira 2 times and then use Disorder and finish of the last Trooper with a Triple Slash.  

(Battle 4) Run towards a specific tile on the floor until the target system appears. Use Firebolt on the Soldier that's standing on the left side of the balcony, then attack the one on the right with another Firebolt ability. Hold down the attack button then activate Punisher Mode once you connect to the Sweeper. Cast Stop and build ATB, then use Disorder 2 times and Braver when in the air. Activate Punisher Mode and hold the attack button to gain Berserk, cast Thundera and keep attacking, making sure to press triangle on the final blow. Launch Cloud towards the next Sweeper and take it out, leaving the 2 Soldiers up on the final balcony to last.

Chapter 5 Unfair RNG (Battle 3) After parting with Aerith and Red XIII and you take out the 2 Scrutineye enemies on the ship. You find Tifa fighting 2 Experimental Varghidpolis by herself. There's a good chance asoon as you start this fight, Tifa will already be in the middle of being damaged outside of your control.

Chapter 6 (Battle before Grasptropod) This one is more forgiving than the last RNG moment because you actually have visual this time around. It's still tricky because both of your allies are already in battle before you, meaning either of them can be damaged the moment you join the fight.

Chapter 9 (Battle 1) Heading towards the Gongaga reactor with the girls, you're met with a group of Shinra Soldiers. Enter the battle from the far left but not beyond the helicopter otherwise it will block your spell casts. Use Magnify Fire on the enemies that hold guns and use Blindside on the soldier that's on the far left. Finish of the rest with another spell cast.

(Helicopters before Scarlet) Obviously not a battle but I still consider it a fail if I take damage here because the bullets deplete your health bar. I have to wait in the middle on the first lot of steps until the helicopter stops shooting and then I run back down them towards the nearest cover. Making sure Tifa runs past the cover before hiding behind it. (The AI will take damage if you don't do this) Wait again until it's clear and run all the way up without stopping to reach the ladder. Climb the ladder but wait at the very top until the last helicopter stops shooting and then make a run for it onto the zip line.

Chapter 10 Cave of the GI. Target the closest enemies first no matter what.

Chapter 11 duplicators. I wasn't going to include this fight because it's pretty easy now but it gave me a hard time to begin with. Cast Magnify Aero once, press triangle 2 times to pressure and then cast Magnify Stop. Hold the attack button down until ATB is just over 1 full ATB segment and then use ATB Boost and Mindblast. Let's Ride, Moogle Kaboom, then attack until you have enough ATB to use Dodge 'n' Dive which will finish of both enemies.

Chapter 11 (Battle 1) This is probably the worst! Surrounded by goons on every side and RNG plays a heavy part here as well. 3 enemies have guns and the rest have flamethrowers and melee weapons. The ones holding the guns are the biggest threat and can shoot you the moment the battle starts. I noticed that front, back and right side row always attack first, so I focus on them first using Magnify Fira with Cloud firstly, targeting the front and Cait Sith uses Fira on the back row. Saving Aerith with Swift cast Magnify Fira on the goons to the right. This fight is extremely difficult to no damage and I get lucky sometimes when the AI perfect block once or twice. (This is the only fight I've allowed myself to use Elemental in armour slot)

Chapter 13 (The battle before you fight Reno and Rude) If you jump off the ledge normally, Cloud will be stuck frozen for awhile. Just press the dodge button asoon as you land to get around this.

Chapter 14 (The final boss gauntlet) Jenova is my favourite boss fight and it went smoothly! The final boss gauntlet had me in pure utter terror! I could barely hold the controller because I was shaking lol

My total play time for Rebirth is 1771 hours and I enjoyed every moment! Can't wait for part 3! This game is my favourite! Wow This surpassed my high expectations by miles. Amazing work 👏

What is the best, most complete FF6 walkthrough out there?

I’ve played the game blind several times. I want to go for a 100% run now.

I started playing FF VII recently and I'm looking for a 100% walkthrough of the game, I just couldn't find it, so I wanted to know if there's anyone who can help me

Note: I'm Brazilian, so it would be good to be in PT-BR and in pdf, I'm playing on my cell phone with a PS1 emulator and there's no space in the cell's memory:

Looking to replay the game and want to try to do a 100% run. Any recommendations?