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This video was a BIG help thank you! I didn't know the combat simulator was available in the demo. You got a new sub from me sir!

Where I struggle is with multiple enemies where you're fighting someone and two or three enemies attack you in the back and know you down. Or you block once and then get hit by someone else.

This helped a lot. I replayed the demo and it went a lot easier than the first play thru

Actually, for someone who generally play most game at hard, the normal mode of this game is quite difficult actually, at some points even very much so, to the limit of feeling unfair and unreasonable.. That being mostly boss fights and "forced" sections of combat. For that reason, as I did for Remake, I would recommend that some players play this game on easy instead, to best enjoy the world, the story and the characters, without getting annoyed about some aspects of the combat, because at some points it can be very frustrating. I did however play the whole game on normal mode, which I consider as a hard mode and not normal at all. To me it was fun and good, but it really forced me to make the best out of builds, and redirect more of my focus towards the combat of the game. But it's way harder than it should be, so that's why I would recommend many people to rather play this game on easy, to avoid the frustration and get the best out of the game. Easy is probably not too easy, it wasn't in the first game (Remake), the combat worked very well on easy without getting in the way of the game experience. In any case, the game experience in this game is even more important than in the first game. But well, for me, matching that with overly difficult combat was quite ok, but then again, I'm used to hard mode combat, not normal or easy.

Dude thank you I needed this

Remake got hard for me to master because I was not good at making builds and just didn't know how too that well. I got decent at build crafting but not great. Recently started following a 100% run and man it made everything so much smoother and clean. Rebirth demo at first (Junon) was very hard for me however I went through again and calmed down and took it slow and it made sense. I am so excited! This is an amazing video!

Its the perfect level of challenge, i did my first playthrough on dynamic difficultly and it was fun. Cait Sith was the only character i had a bit of difficulty getting used to, but after a while it wasnt too bad.

I think it’s great. I love the fact that the synergy system forces you to use everybody if you want to use synergies.

Man if the combat system is complex that just makes it so much more satisfying when it does finally click in place. I’m excited even more now

the difficulty spikes are a problem for me

Thanks for this amazing tutorial, subscribed!

You forgot a VERY important tip about Cloud which is that in Punisher mode if you charge the square attack you'll do a short combo that gives Cloud the Berserk buff for 10 seconds which increases his damage by 30% but also makes you take 30% more damage. It's one of his most important skills and especially useful when enemies are staggered. This was also true in the Remake.

Good one!

I really loved the combat in the demo

Thank you.

Idk if it's just dynamic mode, but I find it pretty easy. The only tricky thing do far is getting all 3 unique monster criteria in one shot

The screen shake option only applies outside of battle - it says so right in the menu.

When I played the Final Fantasy 7 remake I thought it was overwhelming It was the combat system where you need to pause and pull up menus to complete certain things. It was unusual and pretty much not sitting right with what I was used to when playing games.

Some bosses do have cheap @ss attacks (instant dwath or HP 1 status) that make their fights absurdly difficult. Its about experimenting and keep fighting until you find a weakness.

Use Barratt as a tank. Seriously - Steelskin and use him to drag aggro if you're struggling. That annoying Fonadu bird? Tank it hard with Barratt then use Arieth to lay a ward > run away> use wind > teleport to her ward. Additional: Arieth's R1 allows an ally to cover you. Her teleport has a slight delay so R1 might be preferred in situations.

hey, is there a way to force both AI characters to focus on one enemy? there is a fight that requires you to kill one high tier enemy first before killing two minor enemies. but the AI REFUSES to attack the big enemy even if i use skills that should make them sync attack em (like Yuffies synergy attack)

took awhile for me to click with remake combat system, but this one is leagues ahead in complicity and I'm having a hard time on normal at bosses like titan or some flying mini bosses. So I ended up switching to easy..

Honestly I'd prefer if Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth had these type of difficulty, compared to remake, the combat definitely feels more engaging because you never know if the enemies could actually high diff you. The spike in difficulty could also be the result of 2 things. 1) We are thrown into the deep end of the story. The Junon area is after the midgar serpent, The Kalm region, Gold Saucer, etc. So we're playing the game equivalent about 15-20 hours in. 2) The FF7Rebirth's new dynamic difficulty feature. The dynamic difficulty scales bosses to your current level so you'll always have a challenge. Added with the fact that we're playing a demo that is 15-20 with materias and new mechanic we're not used to, surely many will find the enemies hard to beat. Don't worry though, the story starts with Nibelheim flashback so we have room to adapt to the game. One more important thing is that the performance mode in the official release of the game is 100x better than the performance mode in the demo. Gameranx made a before you buy video on FF7 rebirth. Gameranx has early access to the game. In 1:19, 1 minute and 19 seconds in the video, he says and I quote from him, "The game runs buttery smooth on performance mode on PS5, it looks fantastic overall. DO NOT let the demo visuals fool you, the actual game looks way better."

Getting into and staying in the air for combat is unnecessarily difficult. Why not a simple jump button? I keep hitting dodge button and then square. Is that wrong?

Turn free targeting on and turn lock on target switch to the d pad. You’ll thank me later. Now you move around much easier

I don't think getting the combos and understanding the characters is what makes it tough, it's the cheap way the enemies choose aggro and how little they are effected by your attacks, and how important your atb charges are, but how difficult it is charge them when you need them the most. Really like remake, aside from new skills.

Thank you for this clear and sympathetic tutorial for those of us who grew up with turn-based FF and are feeling a tad overwhelmed by the increasingly complex and chaotic gameplay of this remake trilogy 😅

Something feels off with rebirth combat system compared to remake. Not sure whats that but it seems more chaotic to me and on top of that they made it more complex with those synergy attacks. Will need to play remake again to compare as the last time I played it was a year ago. So far I'm few hours into the game but I know I had more fun with remake's combat system and was able to finish the game on hard mode.

I like the fact that Aerith got more damage attacks. As someone who is only getting to know FF, really looking forward to the Rebirth. Thanks for the thorough explanation of the combat, it looks like a possible headache for some xd

How often should I be switching between characters. Like should I use one ability and switch or should I stick to using one character in party until they get overwhelmed?

Try Rulers of the Outer Worlds. You need MORE than darksouls blocking. Way more.

Yeah it was kinda difficult to get used to but that's not a bad thing

The combat isn’t too hard for me but I don’t know what’s going on half the time.

Combat in the Rebirth demo didn't seem hard at all, but that's coming from someone who loves action games. Resources like this should get everyone ready for Rebirth, which already looks amazing.

I hate that red13 has basically no block animation. Also why no basic jump button L2 and R2 do nothing

aerith already damage monster in FF7Remake. arcane ward is available there and ATB ward. imagine 3 character all use firaga in that circle and each add synergy materia to it too. that was equal to 6 firaga + 12 fire. more than enough to melt the boss. thats "tri disaster" paradigm in FF13 setting, if 2 character we call it "dual casting", if one character we call it "blaster"

I love a hard game, especially RPGs. I dont wanna button bash, I wanna learn, build n smash.

I only struggle to avoid certain attacks when im airborne. Tifa looks the easiest with her stagger move since it has i-frames and unlike clouds stagger move can use tifa’s while airborne

Anakin, Maul, Han Solo, BD-1

The difficulty spike is because they revamped the combat system entirely and attempted to lean indy the action game difficulty and style without giving us the action game system to deal with these issues. They want you to block but actively punish you for blocking (the fact that quite literallyevery enemy has unblockable attacks). They didn't increase your speed but even the introductory enemies are multitudes faster and more aggressive... the game design is poor and there's a reason it isn't doing as good in sales as expected and why it didn't shake up the scene when it arrived like remake did

I can't speak for Rebirth yet but a large part of the problem with 7R's combat comes down to the ATB mechanic. You lose the majority of your functionality if you don't have an ATB segment, so if you use a skill and then get destroyed by an enemy, you're wandering almost dead with no way to heal. I can't think of any other game that doesn't let you just use items when you need to; usually the limitation is how many you can use or carry in one battle, which is much, much more sensible and fair.

"is it too hard?" Yes, fighting in remake was one of, if not the, most fun I've ever had fighting in a game. I have not enjoyed a single fight in the new demos. I feel like a weak ragdoll being thrown around by a bajjilion attacks just desperately using abilities until until the enemies die while in remake I was dodging attacks and purposefully choosing and chaining abilities. I absolute hate the combat now.

Honestly I found it hard but also found it as a good thing pretty much beat every fight except the summon first try and in the real game you are going to be able to upgrade gear , weapons , levels and get better at the combat overall so I think it’s just fine

Coming from putting myself through pain with multiple souls games this is nothing to me this type of combat system 😂

The internet: "Final Fantasy 16 is too easy, need more depth!!!!." Also the internet: "Its too hard zomg please reduce difficulty. I can't even clear the Junon demo!" Gamers have to the single worst clientele in the world. I don't know why anyone in their right mind subject themselves to it.

the demo throws a lot at you in Junon as these aren't the character levels/materia/loadouts you're going to start with

I love the combat system in this game, but one thing FF16 and 13 does better than Remake (and the Rebirth demo) is when I died, 9/10 times its because I did something stupid or was under leveled. In Remake (which I platinumed and got the Gotterdamarung so I'm not terrible at the game) a lot of times, me dying was because the game decided to screw me over and not because I made I made a mistake. Attacks that one shot your party, getting hit by random shit off screen, random enemy aggro, and dumb party member AI were things that frustrated me about 7 Remake. I was getting a sense of that in this demo. When I fought Phoenix every time it decided to fly around the map at low altitude, It would scoop one of my party members with it. This is just a demo though, and some of the problems I have may be gone in the full game as we level up and get more Materia. For those having a tough time, put the game on easy then ramp it up when you feel comfortable. It makes learning the game's mechanics less frustrating. When the full game comes out, I'm considering playing on easy then once I max out my gear and beat the game, I'll put it on hard.

Great vid, but Aerith was never a heal bot lol she was a nuclear bomb when built for it

Will you play in Quality or Performance mode ?

You should use bonus rounds when not using Maximum Furry. When you're about to run out of rounds use it again and reload. When you add that with overcharge he does really good damage. Aerith's new teleport ability can be used to dodge all attacks, you can also use it to teleport to the enemy and blast them with Sorcerous Storm.

I loved the combat in Remake and beat it on Hard Mode and got the Platinum, but the combat in Rebirth feels super cheap and annoying. I feel like every encounter has some particular way they want you to do it and nothing else will work. I also feel like there are way too many attacks littering the field so I am constantly being interrupted or taking damage to the point that I can never get into flow. In Remake I could bounce between characters to deal with being overwhelmed, but that doesn't seem to work in this game. I also sucks trying to use things like Aerith's wards in conjunction with magic attacks as she build ATB too slow and is constantly pressured making it too hard to use her enough to get ATB and unleash any actual attacks. The combat just isnt nearly as fun and way more punishing. Really don't enjoy it this time around.

Aerith looks so much better this game. I really did not vibe with her old attacks

Wish I knew how to make Cloud aerial attack when i was fighting terror of the deep. Had to spend ten minites having Barret spraying the boss while i controled Cloud running around trying not to die. I am surprised they didn't give that to Tifa as well, I always found she was pretty good anti-air in remake. (Not to mention she jumps in the air kicking an angry bird in the face in the flashback with little trouble.)

*rolls eyes in kingdom hearts*

You didn’t mention Tifa has many synergy abilities at 0 ATB cost that launches her into the air, once she’s up there she can pretty much stay indefinitely as long as there are enemies to combo and dodge to

If you’re bad at combat in ff7 remake, you’re going to have a heard time in rebirth lmao Ngl I started getting used of the new fighting mechanics during the junon demo and so far it’s great I’m used to it

The new combat system is so different from the remake. It needs some time to master it.

Cloud should always be in punisher mode, only dodge if necessary.

I wish they explained the Arial combat better and I was confused about synergy skills versus the other synergy abilities. Other than that I’m loving it, but I play all the souls games and love something more difficult.

Ngl i lost to the boss demo first try

i dont think its hard , im just AWFUL at the game! it will take me a while to get used to this new system , theres so much to do in battle now that its overwhelming!!

Looks trivial. How hard would it be to do a no-damage run?

Read and practice are your friends. I swear journalists these days ;).

I want to suffer. We basically have fight game mechanics here. Let me face diago.

Absolutely not. I've already soloed full might phoenix with cloud and tifa. People nowadays just complain about the slightest show if struggle.

I swear on everything in life that I quit the demo after trying to beat that water dragon boss fight. That was ridiculous. The combat was brutal. Even the fiends i was fighting move way quicker than me. I don't know if the final game is os like this. I really hope its not. That was ridiculous

I just don't like having to constantly switch between characters it gets tiresome real quick

The combat in Rebirth for an overwhelming majority of the game is intuitive enough and forgiving of mistakes and has plenty of opportunities to learn how to utilize the new synergy mechanics. Completing all of the intel and side quests will also go a long way to ensure that the player can easily match the next set if challenges that they have to face. Where all of that ceases to apply are some of the Brutal Challenges and Legendary Bouts which can only (currently) be defeated by utilizing exploits that seem as though they were overlooked, or by becoming ridiculously good at spamming Perfect Block timing or dodging the enemies for upwards of an hour or more per challenge. I've not tried a Hard Mode playthrough yet, but I already defeated the classified enemy intel for Genji Gloves with ease, and stockpiling cushions is simple enough to get the remaining manuscripts. I have no complaints with the overall difficulty of the game or the game itself, but some of these endgame challenges are too broken for a large portion of the playerbase and that's where the Zack and Sephiroth content is at. But what's the ppint of playing as them in one off challenges when those challenges are nore frustrating than fun? Overly difficult mini games that deviate for too long from the main game (especially the mandatory Queen's Blood matches foe story progression) aren't good ideas either really. In part 3 I hope that there are less minigame requirements for the best gear and abilities, and endgame content that has fun and replayability in mind more than difficulty that becomes frustratingly obnoxious.

Great video. Gauge is pronounced "gage" though. the "u" is silent. And Assess is pronounced "uh-sess".

Aerith was a healbot? Lmao xd

I really don't see the point of Red being in a party outside of very niche boss fights, or trash that never goes in the air. In the demo he was useless for most of the fights, because he can't do shit as soon as an enemy goes up in the air. Every single other party member can hit both ground and air except him.

Yeah it's hard. You now need two atb charges to just use spells. While u take aoe damage. It's bs, still the same turn based crap. Meaning now u have to decide between healing, using a spell or your special. Alot of cheap damage too. On top of that you can only get three party members and you level up longer. This game like others is artificial difficulty.

You need to re_record misspoken text lines. Not just correct them by putting in a lazy text overblend, if you want to have a bigger channel. Use this criticism to improve on the quality.

Anyone still not know how to build up the synergy abilities? 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

No its not too hard. It’s a deep system that rewards intelligent gameplay. Get GUD

I'm of the opposite opinion: it's too easy. But I played through the first game and its DLC 4 times. Twice on PS4 on Normal and Hard modes, and then twice again on PS5 on Normal and Hard, both main game and Yuffie”s DLC. Going through this demo once was too easy. All optional monsters on the map were dispatched of and all boxes ticked. It's a shame that I'll have to play through Normal difficulty before I can unlock Hard. Personally, I would have chose Hard straight out of the gates.

It is hard for people like my wife for instance! Just because some are a pro like myself doesn't mean the rest of the gamers are. This game is ment for everyone so it shouldn't be this way especially some of those very irritating puzzles from the last one we couldn't even do them because of coordination reasons having some slight disability that has made it close to impossible for us both .

It’s not hard I just wish AI used skills on there own sometimes instead of me having to order them around should give the option atleast

Easy answer it’s not too hard

Final Fantasy seven remake combat was such a freaking slog and chore for me. I platinum the game just because it is Final Fantasy. I have beat every game in the series and it’s my favorite series beyond measure but I went back to play remake to get ready for rebirth and good Lord, I put it down after just a couple of fights because I absolutely hate the combat. feel like I spent most battles with a depleted ETB gauge slowly jogging around the battlefield, chasing enemies that move way too damn fast in hopes to land a couple of blows so I can do a move that actually deals a little bit of damage rinse and repeat. It was annoying as hell for me.

It's not if you learn how to use the characters and the game mechanics.

It's not hard you just have to level up

Ok question. For someone who completely despise the combat in FF 7 remake . Is there a chance I would bare to finish the game without smashing my head on the controller? I really don't want to waste 70 bucks on a garbage ass combat system.

Bruh! No! Its FINAL FANTASY YOU HAVE TO GRIND! Its challenging! Its suppose to be!! Easy mode has been turned on for years!

Not hard. Fun and challenging. The way I like it.

The fact that people are really saying this is too hard despite the fact that the game gives you a quick run down of each character when you switch to them is just sad, people literally just don't read

learning by doing, todays gamers are so lazy

People just gotta stop whining and git gud.

THERES NO SYMBOL

The combat is good and absoulutly bad at the same time i dont know how to explain it. Stunlocks in this game are crazy. You get one hit and after that u are open for 20 other hits and you can do nothing against it. Dodge is a absoulute mess in this game. Some attacks from the enemies have such a weird hitbox of their attacks its crazy you get hit sometimes from attacks 20 meter away from you. For example the grab attack from the big Scorpion enemy. Hard Mode feels completely unbalanced to me. I do the solo "missions" from chadley in Hard Mode atm. I just need that one from Caith Sith now and this shit is absoulute garbage imo. Enemies have way to much HP my fingers hurts after 2 3 attemps. Caith Sith plays like the biggest trash and the last enemy is the fucking Mindflayer, he is only shockable with synchro attacks. Ye lets do some synchro attacks when u alone. This is just so bad omfg. Then i idk why they nerfed the HP+ Materia so hard. 30%+ is just a joke. I get 7000 Hp with some Characters and u get one shot by so many things idk. I love FromSoftware games got Platin in Sekiro and Bloodborne but FF7 Rebirth feels in some ways way more harder then this games because its just unbalanced and unfair in some ways.

Its not hard at all its definitely more fun though

Soft

Theres an easy mode for those people...

git gud and practice wtf?

The only want to make the game tolerable is to play on classic easy. I like good action combat but the combat is absolutely horrendous in this game

Nice video but still very complicated while you swap players and looking at the bars and going through a million abilities and spells they have, you just get you ass kicked. I was hyped for the game but after some demo fight, delete demo and forget about it lol. Very frustrating combat system. Dark souls much easier!!

The combat system is quite literally some of the worst I have ever experienced, Nothing feel like it matters. Whatever skill you use, whatever weapon or accessory. Everything just feels miniscule and pointless besides simply letting cloud have at it with triple slash

I think people are too used to hand holding. I wish more people making decisions in games would respect the players' intelligence like FF7 does.

Never liked it. Why just not keep it simple like they did in FF 16 when you can do every spell or whatever in literally under a second. Here you meed to find the damn spell or whatever first haha like why