Lookie what I\'m playing

I just got out of the Shinra Mansion and defeated Lost Number.I also recruited Vincent.

I check faqs in order to get the secret characters like Yuffie and Vincent because I want to get the most out of the game on my first playthrough.If I didn\'t check the faqs I would have never gotten the 2 characters.


I must say that FF VII is turning out to be one of the best RPG\'s I\'ve ever played.I\'m only on the first disc but I love the story.The whole Sephiroth,reunion,Jenova storyline really grips me by the throat and the characters are lovely.



The strange thing is:I used to really dislike turn-based fighting.I always was more of a Zelda,Secret Of Mana gamer(still am).

But Chrono Trigger got me into turn-based and you have to think alot more about how you fight + you have to plan strategies on how to defeat a certain enemy.

After that I played FF-X and FF-X 2 and now I\'m playing FF VII.


All hail Squaresoft!!

[GmanJoe]

Glad you like it. It\'s very fun, even for me and it\'s my 2nd time playing this through.

grrrr, fucking installed it again
played a few hours last night, all coming back

just gonna fly thru it with the IGN guide
beat the game when it first came out with yuffie and  vincent, but never beat any of the *weapons.  

forgot im also a level-up whore.  cloud was level 12 before fighting airbuster.  beat him in a single level break

There are times when i just want to level up but i like a challenge.

I was in the middle of FFVII about half a year or so ago and i want to play it again but i dont know if i want to start off in the middle or go back to the beginning.

[Bobs_Hardware]

The best place in the game to level up is on the island of Mideel. And in the crater. Actually, if you want to level your materia up, go to the crater, there\'s a couple of creatures there that give you a LOT of AP or whatever. They\'re like little pots, or something.

And wtf? Never use a guide on your first time through the game. If you want to get the most out of the game your first time through, there\'s no point in playing it a second time. Plus, if you can kill the final boss in a single hit, it\'s just stupid.

And Apocalypse? That\'s the sword that has 3x AP or whatever in it\'s materia slots? Sounds nice, but it only has 2 slots, doesn\'t it? Waste of time, just use a regular sword to level up. Unless you only want to level up a couple of them..

Now I too am being extremely tempted to start it back up..

^^^

3 slots....I can\'t believe I remember that.

[Paul2]

even i can\'t believe i remember a lot of the secrets without using the strategy guide.  I never have a strategy guide except my used to be friend let me borrow his book on my first time playing the game back in 1998/1999.

After using the strategy guide book for the first time through the game, and some great tips from my friends, I couldn\'t believe I remember a lot of secrets on this game than any Final Fantasy series for that matter without using the book later on after i beat the game the first time around

About Apocalypse having only 3 slots, that\'s no problem since other characters can equip a weapon that double or triple the APs too.  its not like you have only one characters playing the game.  You have 3 characters on screen.

And I believe some armor can also double and triple the APs too.  That means there are enough room to equip our favorite materias to level them up fast.

I agree that inside the crater is a great place to level up our APs such as the beating Gold Pots and the 3 orange lookalike enemies inside the crater.  Killing them level up our materias very fast such as knight of the round, phoenix, mime, etc.

The Gold Pot need elixir, I remember back then, I throw a megalixer to a couple of Gold Pots, and try to hit them.  Damn, I got 0 pt for the damage on them.  They wanted elixir and megaelixir won\'t work...weird but cool nonetheless.  If elixirs ever run out, I can use W-Item and increased them up to 99.....

Sorry for this long messy post, just feels like sharing.

[GmanJoe]

I finally got a Gold Chocobo! I had to feed my first two Chocs with the expensive ass Sylis Greens, get them to level up their speed and stamina...then race them to Class S, Mate them twice for one blue and one green offspring, feed both sylkis greens, race them to S Class, mate them for a black choc and then capture a wonderful Choc from snowy north, feed both and race both to S class...mate them....GOLD CHOCOBO!

WHOOOT! cost me a ton of money and time....the racing was fun too! I just got Knights of the Round. Need to get the quadra and mime matera now. Hmmm....I know those are in caves too. But where?

I can\'t believe how much I\'m enjoying this game!

I was thinking:Even though the graphics are prehistoric to me(I\'ve played FF-X) I\'m so loving this game.

So imagine how people must have liked it when it first came out because then the graphics were wonderfull.So then you had the whole package:Graphics,story,characters,gameplay .


I can see how this was a reason to buy a PS 1 in those days.


The only time I don\'t like it is when I don\'t know where to go.Because when I have a set destination I know the random battles are for a reason(to get me closer to the destination)But when I don\'t know where to go the battles annoy the hell out of me because they serve no purpose(other then leveling up)


I also love how some quests are not manditory and they tie in with characters that aren\'t manditory either.For example:I have Yuffie in my party and she\'s great.I\'m thinking of doing the Wutai sidequest soon to get some cool items and learn more about her.



One question:I just entered Gold Saucer for the second time(I have to get the Keystone).

Do I really need to buy a special pass wich will allow me free entrance for 30.000 Gil?
I mean a normal pass is 3000 Gil.
So let\'s say that I have to enter GS 3 times in the main storyline and that I go back there 3 times just for the mini-games.Then I\'m better of NOT buying the special pass.

So unless I need to enter GS 10 times in the main storyline(wich would be lame) I don\'t see the advantage of a lifelong pass.


Cheers!

[GmanJoe]

I bought the 30,000 gil pass. Mainly coz I needed to to race my different chocobos there. Granted, I could have made less than 10 trips but I had to make my Chocobos Class S before breeding. It evened out for me in the end.

Yep. Back then, this was THE game to get. And Sony advertized the hell out of it. I saw a commercial for FF7 between rounds in a televised BOXING MATCH!

Theres one cave thats not marked on the map all the way at the top and to the right somewhere. It\'s in like a crater thing, don\'t know whats in it though.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by cloud345
Theres one cave thats not marked on the map all the way at the top and to the right somewhere. It\'s in like a crater thing, don\'t know whats in it though.

That\'s where the knights of the round materia is

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Cerberus
That\'s where the knights of the round materia is

Yep. I know where that is, ironically, coz it\'s the only one not on the map! The other caves will be exploited when I get home. Oooooh....dirty talk!

[GmanJoe]

Oh yeah...in order for me to get the Gold Chocobo, I had a steal a nut from a goblin! BWAHAHAHAH! eheh...nevermind. It was funnier when I first read it.

How does the map work in this game?

Because I see a blue dot(tiny bronco),a red dot(buggy) but I never see where I need to go.