What are your favorite moves, visually, in the game?

[furOrange]

Some of the moves are so gorgeous slowing down, mine are definitely Tifa's Starshower because it's so badass. Second favorite is perhaps Aerith's Lucious Shield, probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but the falling petals remind me of Final Fantasy 8 opening sequence some how.

Captured here together:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1279429768581169158

Would love to hear your thoughts.

 

[Odysseus]

I think these moves are pretty sick

Spoiler

But really though, I think Tifa's star shower is pretty cool, Barrett's maximum anger is gratifying in a very primal sort of way (he shoot real good) and if I can include limit breaks, ascension makes me feel all fuzzy inside.

 

[Myst Knight]

I actually like the brutish simplicity of Cloud's Braver, especially since you can use it much more frequently here than in OG FFVII. It's always satisfying when I can squash a foe using this move.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Every limit break is a work of CGI beauty and I can't believe I'm still getting wow'd at them in 2020.

I'm impressed, didn't think seeing Cross-Slash, Somersault, Dolphin Blow, etc would still look so fucking good.

Spoiler: Special mention from the final battle

Sephiroth when he performs Octoslash is so fucking badass it hurts. The wind chime sound effect when he takes his stance, the close up, his dialogue, and then just... The carnage. The move is appropriately dramatic in reference to it's lethality. Loved it.

 

[Tetsujin]

Rufus' moves were rad enough that I think there should be a Rufus Mode in the game

 

[furOrange]

yeah Rufus moves remind me of Devil May Cry.

 

[Ite]

Great topic! Combat is the thing in this game I love without any controversy, hesitation, or cynicism. Love love love.

Cloud: My favorite moves of Cloud's are just his basic attacks, particularly the penultimate swing of his full Operator Mode combo (the one where the heavy sword makes him 180 before throwing his whole weight into it).

Barret: Nothing beats Overcharge for me. Boom-boom-boom-boom----BOOOM!

Tifa: I love Rise and Fall. There's something so graceful about it. It actually took me a long time to realize that Tifa's triangle moves increase the Stagger %, because I was so focused on building them up and lettin' er rip. Omnistrike is also pretty.... striking As with overcharge, the play between pause and action, tableau and movement, is mesmerizing. Having Tifa shoulder-check an entire mob of enemies to death is lmao. The sound samples of Tifa's moves are also all great - I particularly love the machine-gun pop of Overpower.

Aeris: I honestly didn't really use Aeris that much. I didn't like her flower spells nor the tinkerbell, nor her triangle ability. I found them useful in Hard Mode, but I didn't use them once in Normal and am still not a fan. I mostly used her as a mage/thief, so I guess my favorite move of hers is Steal. The way she grabs objects out of the air is pretty cool. I like her basic attacks as well.

 

[kathy202]

Saw this on one random day, never knew they looked so smooth.

Spoiler: Reno church fight

https://janefair.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F622730087766392832

 

[Rydeen]

Rufus' moves were rad enough that I think there should be a Rufus Mode in the game

Good thing he came prepared.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Had to turn my game on just to record this so I could share it. The Fira blast (via Magnify) is what actually kills the Helitrooper here, but by having it hit the Cripshay first, it ends up looking like the rising sword slash is what does it (and what causes the explosion).

I recorded a couple of takes:

 

[Mayo Master]

Starshower.
Ok, not a very original pick - overall I find Tifa's moveset to be the most spectacular, especially when being able to quickly combo between different moves (say Overpower - Rise&Fall - Starshower, for instance).
That being said, for visually appealing moves, I'd like to mention:
- Cloud's Blade Burst
- Barret's "Overrun" when using a melee weapon is getting comical-badass when you use it against a huge boss (say, Abzu or Type-0 Behemot) as you charge against them and topple them over!
- I really like Aerith's Sorcerous Storm. The explosion of sparks and lightning from it is amazing, there's so much energy unleashed.

 

[Saven]

Starshower is so satisfying to watch, especially when you connect it with all enemies correctly.

 

[Mayo Master]

Starshower is so satisfying to watch, especially when you connect it with all enemies correctly.

Oh, yes. I had an amazing one when fighting the horde of unknown entities during the Failed Experiment boss fight. Having a group of 6-8 enemies dropping dead at the end of the Starshower was so badass.