/vr/ - Retro Games

No one lives in the slums because they want to.

Probably a normie answer but I've played through ff7 about 40 times (accurate number, not hyperbole)

Also comfy in its own way

>>3893985
Best example, coming through.

Seriously, Midgar felt MASSIVE the first time you play through it. In retrospect though it's only like 10 screens plus reactors and shinra building.

>start new game, first time playing FF7
>lots of text to spam through, oh well, maybe the story will be interesting
>spam O, win every battle
>get to a shop, notice they sell grenades.
>fuck it, buy a bunch of grenades.
>spam grenades at every enemy and boss for the next 8 hours
>they all die really fast, never have to use any healing items or spells in combat.
>buy more grenades
>story is badly written and uninteresting so i spam through it to get to the next boring ass fight
>literally spam O the video game.

is there any reason i should keep playing or does it stay this bad?

>>1979309
I can relate to the boring part, the characters really turn into jack of all trades, although, like this guy said >>1979357, you do have some liberty.

But what really sells this for me is the setting they tried to pull on FFVII, which explains this jack of all trades system. It's a artificial era, there's no "natural" magic in the world anymore. Everything (from black/white magic to summons) is fabricated, extracted from the life stream and turned into materia. This kills the class system we see in previous final fantasies, anyone can cast magic, summon or deal some serious physical damage. This artificiality is notable on the cities too, it's like the world turned into a dumpster, take a look at midgar.

Of course, in terms of gameplay, I find jack-of-all trades boring. But I do like the flavor part of it.

still love the slums