Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Remake Part 2)

However i am quite easy to please generally with things of that mature. Just cannot handle frame chopiness.

I actually found it unbearably blurry in performance mode. It was like my eyes weren’t focusing or something

I moved mine from Auto to 1080p and it seemed to help.

The opening FMV was really choppy for me at first and turning off VRR helped. The game definitely seems to not like it. If so it’s the first incompatibility I’ve noticed with that setting

Still haven’t downloaded it yet, 2 days later. I switched off low power rest mode at the very start assuming that it wiukd download stuff in rest mode like it claimed, but no. I’ve now found the option to switch off going to rest mode entirely so fingers crossed that’s enough. Modern consoles are fucking bullshit, why can’t I just put the disc in and play it

Don't make me tap the [old man yells at cloud] sign

The Junon area has been a bit of a step up in difficulty for me. Thought I was pretty good but it's kicking my arse even on normal.

That doesn't even make sense, why would it come on two discs??

Without wanting to sound like an Xbot fanny, I bloody love how they let you queue any game up for download via the app, then when the disc arrives in the post you can just pop it and play without any installation needed.

10 hrs to get all the world Intel in the Grasslands. I have been thoroughly enjoying this even when I wouldnt in other games. But the world and characters plus the added budget thrown at it to be able to have different scenarios, with different gameplay with new music, voice acting etc means it doesn't feel as repetitive and so far the rewards seem worth it. Although I hope that's the last time we see Becks Badasses, like a comedy sketch that goes on far too long everytime.

One thing I'm not using is synergy skills. I just seem to forget and they don't seem overly effective other than some practicalities like getting Tifa launched into airborne enemies. Plus they don't contribute to the synergy abilities which are actually the big flashy highly damaging practical attacks. Will try and focus on it. But so far so good, just a big comfy RPG

One thing that really helped me was paying attention to what my various abilities actually do. Despite playing remake twice, I only just learned that the various "Focused" moves (Focused Thrust, Focused Shot etc.) are really good at building up stagger, especially when the enemy is pressured. EDIT: I put the focused moves for each character on the same shortcut, so I always quickly know what to press when the situation arises.

Also, analyse everything. And remember that you can use the touchpad to read the analysis if it's an enemy type you have already scanned. Unlike remake, characters have access to various elemental abilities that you can use.

Don't forget synergy skills! They might seem useless at first glance but they don't use any ATB, and also a lot of them can really fill a hole in your offence, e.g. Bullet Batter and it's equivalents make Cloud team with ranged allies and deflect stuff off his sword so that he's can do ranged damage.

Costa del Sol area story spoiler:

It's on its way to being an absolute 10/10 banger for me.

This is the best that Final Fantasy has been for decades

My head is spinning with the amount of shit going on, of which I understand about 50 per cent at this point. It’s fantastic.