FFVII REMAKE CONFIRMED

Rydeen

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Castiel Strife said:
I’m on chapter 14, but I’m avoiding any spoilers. Guys, PLEASE be smarter than me. Save your game! Often. I grinded 6 levels from level 29 to 35 and there was a power blip. I lost all that progress because I was grinding at the coliseum... Apparently it doesn’t auto-save there.

So PLEASE manual save often. I’m absolutely gutted right now... I don’t know what to think. I’m back at level 29... :/
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That blows. I'm really glad old habits die hard for me in games. :P
 
LicoriceAllsorts

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That's a hard blow, Castiel Strife.
I miss the squeaky-plink noise when I select my save slot and save. I do wish they'd found a way to include that. It took me a while to figure out how to save because the highlighting looks the wrong way round to me - I think the thing that IS highlighted isn't, and the thing that isn't, is. So I was loading instead of saving.
 
Rydeen

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Is anyone else feeling a super frustrating conflict between the insatiable need to finish the game and know everything as soon as possible but also wanting to not rush through and savor the game? And the conflicting need to step away from the game to attend to IRL matters and self care but, again, to play through it and know everything as soon as possible? I'm on Chapter 10 and I feel like it's taking too long. But then when it's over I'll feel sad. It's so frustrating.
 
Shademp

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I am definitely feeling some of those conflicts. The main reason I haven't finished the game already though is the stamina required. Being home all the time is giving me a ton of neck- and shoulder pains. It's also standard fair when I play new games that I easily get headaches. Add onto that I just find each chapter to be emotionally exhausting, so I am forced to give myself breathers.

I should go take a walk to refresh myself but I'm experiencing that illusory comfort from being holed up, like I was a cat who found a comfy box.
 
Kratos

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Ryvius said:
Is anyone else feeling a super frustrating conflict between the insatiable need to finish the game and know everything as soon as possible but also wanting to not rush through and savor the game? And the conflicting need to step away from the game to attend to IRL matters and self care but, again, to play through it and know everything as soon as possible? I'm on Chapter 10 and I feel like it's taking too long. But then when it's over I'll feel sad. It's so frustrating.
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I spoiled myself on the REALLY big stuff before release, which has actually helped me feel like I don't really need to rush it, since I can already join in on the Big Conversations (if a bit more passively).

I am kinda feeling some time pressure because my planned gaming time of 6 hours per day isn't really panning out, though, and I'm worried about finishing before our spring break is over and I need to go back to doing the teacher thing.
 
Rydeen

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Kratos said:
I spoiled myself on the REALLY big stuff before release, which has actually helped me feel like I don't really need to rush it, since I can already join in on the Big Conversations (if a bit more passively).

I am kinda feeling some time pressure because my planned gaming time of 6 hours per day isn't really panning out, though, and I'm worried about finishing before our spring break is over and I need to go back to doing the teacher thing.
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Ironically, I almost wonder if I would get greater enjoyment if I did spoil it. But I think I'm gonna err on the side of caution and not do that. I'm already annoyed for the things I was spoiled on. It's really a double edged sword. I only gave myself 3 hours today because I kinda completely messed up my IRL rhythm from going nuts on Fri-Sat-Sun. Hopefully this pressure keg will be released by the end of the week. :P I kinda had a feeling this was gonna be a bit of a neurotic experience given that I've waited for it for half my life, probably worsened by the loss of my grandma on Thursday. I'm in a really bizarre headspace right now.

Waiting for the next one is gonna suck, especially if it is another 3 years down the road, but it sounds like
this new ending
is giving people a lot to talk about at least. And it will definitely give birth to a lot of fanfiction. I'm also concerned that the Covid-induced recession is going to mess with the quality of future installments. The entertainment industry and quality therein took years to recover from 2008 imho. But I like to think that the level of power this holds over people's hearts will allow SE to feel safe in sinking a lot of money into it.
 
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Wol

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Ryvius said:
Is anyone else feeling a super frustrating conflict between the insatiable need to finish the game and know everything as soon as possible but also wanting to not rush through and savor the game? And the conflicting need to step away from the game to attend to IRL matters and self care but, again, to play through it and know everything as soon as possible? I'm on Chapter 10 and I feel like it's taking too long. But then when it's over I'll feel sad. It's so frustrating.
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take a deep breath, enjoy the eternal present... its cliche but it works.

anxiety fucking sucks I know.
 
oty

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Is it that though? I think they meant FFXV's first week. I mean, the news I saw only counted physical, so for FFVIIR, in it's first week, to sell half of FFXV's first week physical sales during a pandemic is pretty insane.
 
Cannon_Fodder

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Ryvius said:
Why so low? Covid perhaps?
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If I remember right, Tokyo declared a state of emergency the Monday or Tuesday before the game came out. Not sure how much of an impact that had on actual game stores closing though, as I've seen some people in Japan commenting on how not much has changed even with a state of emergency.

I think the comforting thing is that it sold very similarly to FFXV, during a pandemic. Despite opinions on XV, it did sell quite well.
 
Smoothie King

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Cannon_Fodder said:
If I remember right, Tokyo declared a state of emergency the Monday or Tuesday before the game came out. Not sure how much of an impact that had on actual game stores closing though, as I've seen some people in Japan commenting on how not much has changed even with a state of emergency.

I think the comforting thing is that it sold very similarly to FFXV, during a pandemic. Despite opinions on XV, it did sell quite well.
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Also have to keep in mind XV had an extra three days worth of sales that counted towards that number. I think the early data indicates FFVII Remake has sold at a much higher volume, pound for pound, than XV at this point.
 
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