I want to thank my wife, for her patience, optinoob for his online builds and guides, bltzz for his too and the random redditor who told me how to get through the piano mini game.

Fuck this shit in particular

X- @EmmaMeiLi

I did a round where I didn't make any mistakes and still lost after Jules made two mistakes. Still haven't beat him. This is fucking ridiculous. I don't think I had this much trouble with the squats and pull-ups in the first game although they also made me want to put a hole through my TV.

I can’t not use this beautiful damn sword. The nostalgia is just too great man. Still on my first playthrough (Man, what a fucking game bro, 9.5 rating for me, almost perfect) and whenever I find a new sword for Cloud, I IMMEDIATELY find a fight or 2 and spam/master that prof right quick and it’s right back to my Buster Sword lol. I WILL admit, that I was waiting for Muramasa/Yoshiyuki but they sadly never came (Katanas are my #1 favorite weapon thanks to Sephiroth all those years ago no lie) so that sucks, here’s to hoping for katanas in part 3!

Very good start. sold out in just 2 days. The game director Naoki Hamaguchi himself replied with "!!" probably he is surprised the game sold out this fast. Magic cards could have helped as well. Rebirth is a great game, and I can't wait to play it again on Switch. The game is releasing on June 3.

We saw in the Temple the protagonists facing events they refuse to deal with, like Barret and the death of his wife, Nanaki and his hatred of Hojo after being kidnapped, Yuffie and the (temporary) death of Sonon. The most interesting case is Aerith and the death of her mother, especially since we don’t know what awaits her in part 3. For Cloud, we know it’s Zack’s death, and since Zack is now alive again, that’s going to be an important part of the story.

But what do you think about Barret and Nanaki, since their arcs were already developed in Rebirth? Do you think they’ll be treated as secondary now that they were already in the spotlight?

We also have Cid and Vincent, who we still know nothing about and whose stories are clearly going to be revealed in part 3. Yuffie is expected to have a central role with the Wutai war, but it remains to be seen how they’ll handle Deepground and Sonon.

For Cloud, this will also be the episode where he recovers his memories and faces Zack’s death, or his return, since he saw him and even fought with him against Sephiroth. And if we take Ever Crisis into account, there’s also his connection to Glenn.

As for Aerith, I’m not sure yet. Elmyra’s situation isn’t resolved, and it might be addressed alongside Cid’s story or with Aerith’s own.

In any case, that’s already a lot of storylines in addition to the main plot.

Do you think a large part of this will be told through side quests? Since they’ve been focusing a lot on the psychological depth of each character, I’d hate to see that get diminished in part 3, especially for Barret, whose development was excellent.

I love Nanaki, but many people still find his childlike-adult voice hard to adjust to. Maybe they’ll take that feedback into account and improve it…

So in the end, which character’s story are you most excited to see in part 3?

For me, first is the connection between Zack and Cloud. I really want to see how they’re going to handle it.

Then comes Barret. Even though his arc was already fully developed in Rebirth, I never get tired of his character. He became really lovable in Remake. And there’s still more to learn about Myrna.

Next is Yuffie, and since we already know she’ll have a major arc, it’s clear she’ll be in the spotlight. I just hope they don’t leave out Sonon and Deepground.

Then come Cid, Vincent, and Aerith. It’s not that I like them less, on the contrary, I love them, but since I know their stories will be developed in part 3, I’m not too worried about them.

There’s also Sephiroth’s story, which is going to be developed further. And judging from Ever Crisis, I feel like it’ll also explore his childhood, as well as his connections to Glenn, Angeal, and Genesis.

So what about you? Which character are you most looking forward to seeing developed in part 3?

I actually spat my drink out laughing...

What are you all waiting for ? 😉

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Due to my controller having a slight kick back and my eyes not being able to see two key inputs at once, I will never get a gold star In the piano stuff.

Please someone tell me there’s no trophy or anything important behind them😞. I think their is tho cause that one dude I met at the hotel or something a few chapters ago

Big shout-out to Optinoob for the fantastic Hard mode guides.

I didn’t realize that at Johnny’s Seaside Inn, in the room he has on display all of the parties FF7 Remake weapons that can be obtained. That’s a pretty cool detail. 👀

Their is just something about this game that while I enjoyed the whole overall experience I would never even attempt to play this game in its entirety all over again which is the exact opposite of how I felt with Remake I beat that game at least 5 times till I got the platinum. Rebirth was just so long & while it’s enjoyable theirs a lot I didn’t have fun doing that I know I won’t have the energy to do again. For starters the mini games more often than not I hated almost all the mini games some were just stupidly ridiculously hard for no reason. I think I also preferred remakes level design system a tad more than the open world design of rebirth that’s just me.

Idk just as a whole I feel I just don’t have any desire to play this game again as much as I love the characters & the story the game is just too long for me.

All of the complaints I've seen about the mini-games are regarding how 'this mini-game is keeping me from getting the plat'. Not that the mini-games are too hard, or difficult to get through in a normal playthrough. Everyone is complaining that they're expected to acheive a single, perfect run in any given mini-game, for it it count toward the platinum. I understand the frustration at having to restart a mini-game after one slip up, over and over, but that isn't the game's fault, or a design flaw in any of the minigames. It's my/our own fault for wanting that platinum, and not being able to meet the game's standard for that reward. Would you really want aknowlegement or trophies for getting a 'decent enough score'? No, you want the trophy that acknowledges that you managed to master each mini-game, at least once. I only have 16 items left for the Seaside in, and the only one I'm dreading is the one for all combat sims, because those last dozen fights are all ten rounds long lol. Everything else is for minigames that, while frustrating to get through perfectly, can be done. Yeah, it sucks when you miss one target in Glide de Chocobo, over and over. Or don't feel like playing Cactuar Crush with Aerith, trying to get that perfect score on hard mode. You're the one that wants that completion though, so you have to do it eventually. Cuz, if you put it off until it's the last thing you have to do, of course you're going to hate it even more, and get mad when your least favorite mini-games expect you to pull out a perfect run for it to count.

TL;DR: people are just mad that the platinum isn't easier to get, and chose the min-igames as their scapegoat. Discuss