Oh, I don't think there is a harder trophy than jumping the rope I don't know how many times in a row, this game is a cakewalk compared to that one. But yeah, basically the game pushes you to play in a very different way against some of the battles, meaning if you don't have leveled up the materia needed you are going to have to grind or have a very very hard time.

I also got the platinum for Remake and I'm currently working on Rebirth — what makes you think Rebirth is easy?

Don’t think so honestly. Rebirth is over double the time, has far more minigames where some you have to play basically perfect. Plus the vr battles are way harder than remake. I still loved doing it though

I have the decks of both, believe me Remake is a joke compared to Rebirth with the VR fights, even the DLC boss is simpler

What do you mean? The boxes challenge?

Hard mode is not that hard tbh, only Chapter 18 gets frustrating because it consist in 2 long battles, you mess it up at the end of the first one and you are going to go all the way back with all the unskippable cutscenes. The really hard ones are the 3 vs top secrets and another boss you unlock by playing the dlc.

I am on a similar boat. Had to go from normal to easy mode because I was not enjoying the challenge. I am very new at playing videogames and I am a toddler mom. I had about a couple of hours each day to play and spending those two hours trying to beat a hard boss was not it. I was usually lost about 30 minutes each playthrough not knowing how to get places haha. I am on my second playthrough because I skipped through so much so I could know the end without getting spoiled. Yesterday I was getting angry about the Fort Condor game because it seemed very hard for the game to be in easy mode xD I had to have my husband explain how to play it and it got better after that.

Yeah I completed remake back in the day, tried chapter 1 on hard and got wrecked immediately. Currently replaying ps5 version of remake and doing hard mode and having a blast with it!

These games are meant to be played on Hard simply because the battle system is so in depth and complex, you can’t appreciate it until you are actually pushed to the limit of what you can do

The materia stuff was too much for me. I just slapped whatever seemed good on my characters and moved on. It didn’t negatively impact my experience at all.

Man I got myself taking some time arranging materia and the difference between the fights is out of the box.

I found it easier to just remember the pattern and I closed my eyes. It slowly speeds up to tolerate faster inputs so just start slow and gradually build it up....count it like you would count out a song like 1, 2, 3, 4. Just practice the pattern before you even start the game. Get your finger used to the motion and pattern they have to do. You got it brother!!!!

Tip I have to give is turn off the in game music. Makes it so much easier to count/keep Rhythm. Took me only a couple of tries after doing this 👍

If all you have is the battle sim stuff then not really as I followed his guides. One thing you'll find is you.canr replicate his strats but sometimes things happen so don't follow them so rigidly and if things go off program, to remember the strat and just keep going. For the battle sims, if you follow his guides, for the Zack/Cloud fight, on round 9 and 10, don't get caught out so much by attacking. The main damage comes from the magic so trying to always hit them can and will get you killed. Focus more on blocking in Prime Mode as it gives you a ton of atb, and only get Berserk status when you're ready to throw some lvl3 magic. If this doesn't make sense it will if you watch his videos.

You got it, just take your time and remember there's no timer for the fights, take it slow and keep your fundamentals in order, its actually not so bad.

Took me 120 hrs lol but I did everything but get all the Costa del sol pieces for Johnny's spot

If you just do the story on normal, ignore all side content. It's like 35 hours. If you do 100% then it's like 200+ hours.

I transformed my master walk in closet into my “man cave” this year and just started using my free time at nights to game. I get about two to three hours every other night and sometimes go into the wee hours of the morning even though I have work the next day. My wife is understanding since I always wait until my family’s needs are met first. I would say just get in there and go man. It’s totally worth it.

I had the same experience. You can still do quests for books, but without all the others stuff you can get through chapters pretty quickly.

I think this is the right way to do it. You get to relax and enjoy the story and all the wackiness in a frustration free playthrough and then you can get down to the grindstone for hardmode.

> I wanted to make sure I could focus more on having fun and soaking it all in as opposed to worrying about if I had the right materia for certain mobs and bosses.

is this not the point of dynamic mode?

You have to complete normal to unlock hard mode. Then it's a new game+ format, so you are already high level (or getting to max doesn't take long) and you have all the materia and weapons from your normal run.

Hard mode is fun and challenging, and you will already have seen the story so you don't feel compelled to rush through to the end.

I agree it's not for everyone though, some bosses are very frustrating.

Same hwew, but the hard level is where the sweet items are at.

Minigames are a huge reason why it became my new favorite game.

Legit what ive been asking for out of a new JRPG for many years. Finally delivered and it was incredible.

Varied gameplay is what i want in RPGs. And actual in game rewards for interacting with that varied gameplay. Cannot wait for part 3 and i hope they use some of these ideas in other future games.

Mid 30s here. I love the mini games. I like some more than others, but I’m so glad they were included. I don’t understand the hate, you can completely skip almost all of them. If there are a few Materia or items you want from them, you can just focus on those few. Square did a really good job with making them interesting and challenging enough, but also giving players complete freedom over how many or few we want to engage with.

I hope part 3 is just as diverse with mini games, I’d even be ok if there were more.

Steam ffviii remastered version is coming and i didn't expect to find this guide in here :) thx a lot man

Thx a lot!!! :))) this is exactly what I was looking for :) Thx mate

Just found this, you're a lifesaver dude. \m/

>https://drive.google.com/file/d/13N2h-g0rUTFyVEqTvaSYnKhnmR\_6GDyU/view

This makes me hate reddit less. Thank you!

5 years later, thanks friend

I'm sure I'd definitely enjoy FFVIII a lot more (gameplay-wise, anyway) if I had a guide to go along with it...

Not really, back then you could find them in the video game section at any store. You kind of needed them at times for FF because you’d hit a brick wall of a boss and just want to get freaking past them to find out what happens next story wise. Of course you didn’t know this when you started playing because you wanted to beat it “yourself” but then you’d hit the fucking 1-2 knockout of Red Dragon and Demons Gate in FF7 (for me) and you’d go back to the store.

Probably not. I just never wanted to spend money on them lol

At most, I would skim through one whenever I saw them on store shelves (provided they weren't wrapped in plastic), but that's about it.

Final Fantasy in general, 7 is great but 6 is my favorite

Thank you! Playing mostly what interests you makes it a pleasant journey