Anybody replaying FF7 again?

April 23, 2008, 10:14 AM

In this recent wave of Crisis Core euphoria, I'm willing to gamble it's not just me that's decided to pick up FF7 again.

Well I hope it's not anyway, otherwise I'll feel pretty lonely.

Actually, the other reason why I'm playing again is also because it's the 10th anniversary of FF7 still, and coincidentally the last time I properly played the game was that whole decade ago.

So I'm kinda intrigued in how my older self will interpret the game, compared to the younger barely teen me who wouldn't have appreciated the subtler or deeper nuances of the game, and was more obsessed about Tifa's chest and whether Aeris and Cloud did it in the Gold Saucer gondola.

It's been worth it so far though, because I discovered something completely new to me in this new playthrough that I had never found out before. It's pretty inconsequential and has no bearing on the story, but: At the slum church where you first meet Aeris for the second time after crashing through the roof, you can run around inside there while you wait for her to sort her flowers out. If you run outside and behind the open church door and press the action button, a text box will come up of somebody saying "I'll give you two a moment". I found this really cool, because that's obviously Reno talking to you, even though you can't see him yet. Then when you go back and talk to Aeris at the flower bed area, Reno officially walks into the church with the Shinra guards as back-up.

So even playing again for only 2 hours so far has already been worth it.

April 23, 2008, 10:20 AM

Holy mother of god, not even I knew that

Well I know what I'm doing later now...

I've not long ago finished FFVII (gave each character 'jobs' it was quite interesting) again so I have no real urge to play it again as such. When I finally get around to getting CC I'm sure I'll return to it once more however.

April 23, 2008, 10:39 AM

The great thing about it is that you'll only have to play for an hour to do it.

And yeah, I'm totally going to "job" everybody up. I did the same thing off the bat with FF12 to make using the different characters more interesting.

April 23, 2008, 10:55 AM

I actually was going to replay it on my PC for a nostalgic feeling, but I'm really not too tolerant of the ATB battle system after playing action RPGs like Dirge of Cerberus, Tales of Symphonia, and Tales of the Abyss. I just like, HAVE to be able to move during battle.

The ATB gets on my nerves too much to bother with it. D=

April 23, 2008, 11:00 AM

It doesn't bother me, I used to play this game all the time but have neglected it fotr a couple of years

I wanna replay it but Im still battling thru KH2 and I wanna see what all the fuss is about on FFVI.....then there's IX to replay....THEN I'l get onto it....but saying that Crisis Core will have hit our shores by then sO i EXPECT i'L GET ONTO IT AFTER i BEAT THAT

Ugh I have caps lock issues

April 23, 2008, 11:21 AM

The great thing about FF7 is that you can replay it over and over and over again. I've played through it many times. I have had fun with it every single time. It always brings back awesome memories of playing it back when I was younger. I may just relplay it during the summer (when I have nothing better to do)

I have yet to get Crisis Core yet. I'm planning on getting it soon though.

April 23, 2008, 1:33 PM

I tried replaying it a few months ago, and I got up to Wutai before I stopped. I think I did that the time before that one too; after beating it a couple times, I just tend to lose interest after passing Nibelheim.

April 23, 2008, 3:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legion

It's been worth it so far though, because I discovered something completely new to me in this new playthrough that I had never found out before. It's pretty inconsequential and has no bearing on the story, but: At the slum church where you first meet Aeris for the second time after crashing through the roof, you can run around inside there while you wait for her to sort her flowers out. If you run outside and behind the open church door and press the action button, a text box will come up of somebody saying "I'll give you two a moment". I found this really cool, because that's obviously Reno talking to you, even though you can't see him yet. Then when you go back and talk to Aeris at the flower bed area, Reno officially walks into the church with the Shinra guards as back-up.

That's a nifty little extra touch to throw in, I has no idea that was even in the game.

Anyhoo, I just finished VII about two weeks ago. I was in the middle of Persona 3, but everyone was getting Crisis Core left and right and I had a horrible urge to play VII. Evil game made me play it

April 24, 2008, 3:08 PM

I played FFVII Multiple times and I didn't get bored, while when I play KH and KH2 I get bored too quick maybe it's becoz of those uncool disney character. D:

April 24, 2008, 7:59 PM

I'm on my 7th playthrough (only been playing it for a year

) and I'm still not bored with it, but I love how you get different dialogue by having different characters in your party. This time I'm gonna wince and play with Cait Sith since I always ignore him usually. He's not as bad as I thought so far, but there's a long way to go so I might kick him out if I get annoyed