Current Events > Beginning FFVII (PS1) for the first time, anything I need to know?

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Quite excited for this one. Lots of praise has been given to this game and I generally don't finish JRPGs but if I manage to find it straightforward and fun then I will complete it. Is there anything important I need to know? What do you think about the game yourself?

It's a very easy game and there aren't really any truly important missables other than Alexander materia (which I never managed to get).
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don't sell the chocobo lure materia like I did the first time I played it
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Relient_K posted...

It's a very easy game.

That's good to know

I may change the battle speed to fast as an option otherwise it could become to slow for my patience
D:

aeris is a really strong character with good limit breaks and it's advised to keep her in party as much as you can

Umm... you unlock new limit breaks by using the ones you have a certain number of times and killing a certain number of enemies. The character has to land the killing blow for it to count towards the next limit.

Materia lowers your stats so don't bog down any one person with too much of it. Make use of the "exchange" feature to move it between characters when your party changes. Make note of the materia growth rate on armor/weapons. Some of it has a 0 growth rate and materia placed in its slots will never grow. All ultimate weapons have 0 materia growth btw.
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Nah I don't really recommend aeris in the party I'd say just try her out in battle a couple of times to see her animations in combat and then treat her like a rattata that you bury in your pc and never pay attention to again. I kind of like the classic cloud barret tifa setup myself.

I did use a guide though to get 2 secret characters in my party, yuffie and Vincent. I don't really think you could even get them by yourself without knowledge beforehand of how or that it was even an option.

And enjoy. I remember from the very first 5 minutes of the game I was like "what the hell is this ugly lego blocky shit that people have been conning me about???!!" because the graphics are so horrendous. But I say stick with it because you'll warm up to the game and even though pre-rendered graphics was such a stupid feature of ps1 games that makes you unsure whether an area is traversible or when the area ends/next area begins, it's still a fun game and the materia system is like a funner version of the already fun magicite system from ff 6.

Enemy Skill materia is very strong, but you need to work to make it so.
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Not much to advise on without turning this into a guide. The game has a few hidden things, bosses and quests but they aren't needed.
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Relient_K posted...

It's a very easy game and there aren't really any truly important missables other than Alexander materia (which I never managed to get).

Its very easy to miss 2 cast members...
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Always try to kill the midgar zolom on the first try.....
No, seriously dont do that
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Train Aeris as hard as you can and get her level 4 Limit Break asap. She's super good towards the end of the game if you train her throughout
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Yuffie is very hard to miss and I don't think either is permenantly missable.
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Abyssea posted...

Umm... you unlock new limit breaks by using the ones you have a certain number of times and killing a certain number of enemies. The character has to land the killing blow for it to count towards the next limit.

To be more specific, there's 4 limit levels. To unlock the second limit break on a given level, keep using the first from that level. To unlock the first limit in the next level, the character must make killing blows. Certain areas with larger groups of enemies are ripe for easy kills using Enemy Skills like Beta or All materia slotted with offensive magic.

There's only one limit break at level 4 and you'll need to find each characters limit manual scattered around the game to learn it.

Something I always found useful was to keep your party in Fury status as soon as you can buy a pile of Hypers. Fury reduces your physical and magical accuracy by 3/10, but in my opinion this is greatly outweighed by it doubling the rate your Limit Gauge fills when you take damage. I not only unlock limit breaks way, waaaay earlier than usual, but you basically spam limit breaks in every battle.

Aeris with Fury makes your party damn near unkillable since all her limits heal the party. Loading her up with Materia makes her magic damn high while the loss in total HP combined with Fury will make her Limit Gauge charge all fucking day when she gets attacked.

Bonus round: Aeris unlocks a limit break called Fury Brand that charges everyone else's limit gauge to full. Combined with Fury you'll be a limit break machine. Chews through any of the regular story bosses like nobodies fucking business.
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also, make sure you rename "Aeris" when you get her since that's a typo. Should be "Aerith." :v
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Change the menu color!
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I'm probably gonna play at some point also but I'm getting it on Steam because the character models are so terrible.

Thank you fan mods.
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Also, just make sure you explore the Shinra Manor very thoroughly.
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If you get a surprised attacked, hit the shoulder buttons that make you run, but don't run. When you do that, you will turn around and not get attacked in the back. You'll still be in the back row, though
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you can get good weapons from stealing the enemies. it almost make the shops useless.
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Chocobo racing and breeding is the only way to get knights of the round.
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DarthDemented posted...

Chocobo racing and breeding is the only way to get knights of the round.

No

You can get it by beating Ruby Weapon and getting the Master Summon.

Not the same, I know, but you still can use it
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Abyssea posted...

Also, just make sure you explore the Shinra Manor very thoroughly.

And if you find yourself cracking a safe for some reason in the manor, be very, very prepared before you begin. Like full HP/MP 'cause you're about to be curbstomped by a boss prepared.

Lost Number is very unforgiving to new players.
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Relient_K posted...

Yuffie is very hard to miss and I don't think either is permenantly missable.

She is not hard to miss...
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Zodd3224 posted...

Relient_K posted...

Yuffie is very hard to miss and I don't think either is permenantly missable.

She is not hard to miss...

Yeah, she is. Simply because you have to pick the correct options when talking to her.
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Yeah its a pretty easy and straight forward game, just kick back and enjoy the ride.
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There's two easily missed characters, one of which requires you give specific answers to her questions or else she won't join you.

If you get attacked by some ninja girl while walking through a forest on the world map, stop what you're doing, Google how to recruit Yuffie, and give her the responses needed after you win the battle, lol.

The other character is easier, just go to a specific mansion in a certain village and open a safe and get a key to open a door in the basement of the mansion (plus you get a summon, and I think a limit break from it?).
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XImperialDragon posted...

The other character is easier, just go to a specific mansion in a certain village and open a safe and get a key to open a door in the basement of the mansion (plus you get a summon, and I think a limit break from it?).

You also have to pick the correct dialogue options here as well
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Yuffie can be encountered indefinitely if you fail. I found he easily as a kid without a guide and just kept doing the encounter until I managed to figure out the correct dialogue choices.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

Zodd3224 posted...

Relient_K posted...

Yuffie is very hard to miss and I don't think either is permenantly missable.

She is not hard to miss...

Yeah, she is. Simply because you have to pick the correct options when talking to her.

I am saying it is easy to miss her
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Bad_Mojo posted...

XImperialDragon posted...

The other character is easier, just go to a specific mansion in a certain village and open a safe and get a key to open a door in the basement of the mansion (plus you get a summon, and I think a limit break from it?).

You also have to pick the correct dialogue options here as well

Oh, that completely slipped my mind.

So if you're in a forest and a ninja attacks you, or if you're in a mansion's basement, Google the proper choices if you actually want the characters lol.

I think I only remembered Yuffie's because I missed her on my very first playthrough (I didn't have Internet access at the time). I think I just got lucky with Vincent's, then? lol

Relient_K posted...

Yuffie can be encountered indefinitely if you fail. I found he easily as a kid without a guide and just kept doing the encounter until I managed to figure out the correct dialogue choices.

Actually, now that I think about it, I think this is right. I may have fought her more than once, but I gave the wrong answers each time. It was one of those mind-blowing things where a friend was talking about using Yuffie to do something and I was like, "Who the hell is Yuffie?"
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My first time through, I didn't get Yuffie until somewhere in Disk 2 >_>

iirc, she's in most of the forested areas of the overworld?
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XImperialDragon posted...

Oh, that completely slipped my mind.

So if you're in a forest and a ninja attacks you, or if you're in a mansion's basement, Google the proper choices if you actually want the characters lol.

I think I only remembered Yuffie's because I missed her on my very first playthrough (I didn't have Internet access at the time). I think I just got lucky with Vincent's, then? lol

Vincent isn't that bad, still easier to figure out than Yuffie
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Master an "All" materia and then sell it for 1.2 million. Easiest materia to master, plentiful (especially since mastering spawns a zero level duplicate), and is by far the most profitable materia to sell.
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Relient_K posted...

It's a very easy game and there aren't really any truly important missables other than Alexander materia (which I never managed to get).

Alexander isn't missable, you can go back for it, it's just a different path but the same actions.

Game is easy so just sit back and enjoy it. Explore the map when you have the capabilities to do so, going straight through the story misses a lot of content.
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xlyd posted...

Relient_K posted...

It's a very easy game.

That's good to know

I may change the battle speed to fast as an option otherwise it could become to slow for my patience
D:

Most enemies in FF7 aren't hp sponges, so battles don't take that long.

This man are sick.
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NeonOctopus posted...

My first time through, I didn't get Yuffie until somewhere in Disk 2 >_>

iirc, she's in most of the forested areas of the overworld?

Your first chance is the forests between Fort Condor and Junon. You can fuck up the things you say to her and keep re-trying, although I'm pretty sure you lose some gil every failed attempt because she's a thieving bitch.

Edit: and never use the save point after beating her. It too is a fucking trick.

Now Vincent you may want to look up when you finally find him. IIRC if you pick the wrong dialogue choices you can potentially never be able to recruit him.
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For Yuffie, essentially just pretend you're not interested in her in all the dialogue and she'll tag along. It is very possible to go through the game without ever encountering her, though. I like picking her up as early as possible, which is really early. She has a subquest in her town that can be pretty tricky on disc 1. Similarly, getting Vincent when you first arrive to where he is can be challenging. Doing it later makes it super easy.
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attack while the tail is up

long pause

and it will counter with its laser

booboy posted...

Master an "All" materia and then sell it for 1.2 million. Easiest materia to master, plentiful (especially since mastering spawns a zero level duplicate), and is by far the most profitable materia to sell.

And if you need extra gil, you're doing something wrong
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Dragon56 posted...

and it will counter with its laser

Yep. Died my first time trying to beat it because of that

Asshole kept countering me and I couldn't figure why

Dragon56 posted...

attack while the tail is up

I disagree. Solo him with Cloud, and only attack him with Limits or when his tail is up to take the damage to build the meter. Gets you to 1x2 quicker

But I only play this game solo now
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Dragon56 posted...

and it will counter with its laser

I feel like I'm the only one who didn't fall for this n00b trap >_> I always wait for dialogue to finish and I saw all of it before doing anything.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

DarthDemented posted...

Chocobo racing and breeding is the only way to get knights of the round.

No

You can get it by beating Ruby Weapon and getting the Master Summon.

Not the same, I know, but you still can use it

Hmmmmm my FFVII guide never said that...of course I already had it so maybe I didn't pay attention
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DarthDemented posted...

Hmmmmm my FFVII guide never said that...of course I already had it so maybe I didn't pay attention

Yep. Master Summon comes with every one of them

I also think you can glitch the Highwind and land there
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I feel like so much effort went into the visual of the Tail Laser that you're insulting the developers by not attacking at least once.
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