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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending Doesn’t Earn The Benefit Of The Doubt
29.3.2024
I’ve had more than a month to consider Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s ending, and it’s not often that my feelings about something get worse with each passing day. Yet, here I am, thinking about how Square Enix has chosen to cap off the middle section of its planned Remake trilogy, and I’m even more...
FF7 Rebirth's Platinum Trophy Is Currently Impossible To Get If You Bought It Digitally
28.3.2024
Players trying to complete everything in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are running into a roadblock at the very end of the game after the recent 1.020 patch broke one of the very last side quests. And until it’s patched by Square Enix, only those who own the game physically can complete the quest,...
How To Unlock (And Win) FF7 Rebirth’s Crunch-Off Mini-Game
27.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII has been incorporating exercise mini-games ever since the original 1997 release challenged Cloud to pull off some competitive squats. Those returned in 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, with pull-ups tossed in for good measure. Rebirth keeps things going by also introducing a...
FF7 Rebirth’s Yuffie Actor Was Too Good At Fake Vomiting, Had To ‘Tone It Down’
27.3.2024
The actor who provided the English voice of Yuffie in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth says that while recording her lines, she was asked to pretend that she was puking from motion sickness. Apparently, her fake vomiting was too accurate and gross because Square Enix had to tell her to pull back. Read more
FF7 Rebirth: How To Learn Enemy Attacks With Enemy Skill Materia
27.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth pits you against countless enemies, many of which have abilities your characters can deploy against them and other enemies via the Enemy Skill materia. Found in the original 1997 FF7 release, Enemy Skill works a little differently in 2024. You’ll need to complete a series...
Fighting FF7's Sephiroth Is Way Harder In Kingdom Hearts
26.3.2024
I was out with friends recently and the age-old topic of games that pushed us to the point where controllers were thrown came up during a conversation about Smash pro Riddles doing that very thing at a big tournament last year. The usual suspects were discussed over drinks: FromSoft games like Dark...
FF7 Rebirth: WTF Is The Stat-Swapping Materia Good For?
26.3.2024
Most of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s magical orbs, known as materia, are rather self-explanatory. Many give you access to a new attack spell, others heal or revive you, others buff your party, and many more debuff your opponents. But there’s a three materia orbs that might initially seem to...
PC May Not Be The Last Stop For Final Fantasy XVI
26.3.2024
As the one-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XVI’s release approaches, the game seems to be approaching the end of support. The Rising Tide, the second and final piece of DLC for the game, releases in April, and the PC port is in the final stages of optimization. The assumption would be that after...
FF7 Rebirth’s Best Materia For Debuffing Your Enemies
25.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will throw a ton of enemies at you. Luckily, you’ll have a wide variety of healing spells, magic attacks, unique abilities, and weapon skills at your disposal. And while you can also buff your party, you can debuff your enemies too, making them more susceptible to your...
FF7 Rebirth’s Best Materia To Give Your Characters New Abilities
25.3.2024
Characters in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth have access to a ton of abilities, many of which come from learning unique weapon skills. Others come from materia, particularly the yellow orbs referred to as “Command” materia. Equip one of these, and bam! You’ve got yourself anew ability.Read more
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Finally Has A Release Date
25.3.2024
The release date of Dawntrail, the next expansion for the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, has finally been revealed. Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida dropped the info during a panel at PAX East. The “summer vacation” expansion, as Yoshida has described it, will release close...
Stardew Valley, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, And More Essential Tips Of The Week
23.3.2024
The long-awaited Stardew Valley 1.6 update is here and many of us are still working through Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, so there are plenty of tips to go around this week. Stardew Valley’s massive update has added plenty of new features to the cozy sim, so if you’re looking to maximize your time...
Final Fantasy XVI’s Final DLC Gets A Release Date
22.3.2024
The last major piece of content for 2023’s Final Fantasy XVI now has a release date. The Rising Tide, the second of two planned post-release DLCs, is coming to PlayStation 5 on April 18. It will cost $19.99, or players can purchase the $24.99 Expansion Pass to gain access to both The Rising Tide...
FF7 Rebirth’s Best Materia For Dealing Magic Damage
22.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth grants its characters a wide array of abilities and powers. While each character can learn a number of offensive attacks through weapons and their Folio skill trees, materia is central to the game. These magical orbs that grant you abilities and powers offer a number...
FF7 Rebirth’s New Patch: Your Guide To The New Features
21.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth arrived on February 29, 2024, and it’s been a pretty great time ever since. Today, March 21, 2024, sees Rebirth get a new patch, packing some features you should try and some fixes to character abilities, including new options that’ll make certain mini-games much easier...
The Best Loveless Choices In FF7 Rebirth
20.3.2024
Since the original Final Fantasy VII, released 27 years ago (...), the fictional play Loveless has been a part of the background lore of FF7’s universe. It played a role in the spin-off prequel Crisis Core and its in full focus during FF7 Rebirth’s play sequence at the Gold Saucer in Chapter...
How To Complete ‘Stuck In A Rut’ In FF7 Rebirth
19.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has no shortage of side-quests to complete. Finishing these will both raise your relationship level with certain party members and get you some Party EXP to unlock more parts of your Folios and other handy resources. “Stuck in a Rut” is one of those very quests, though...
How To Romance Tifa In FF7 Rebirth
19.3.2024
Like the original 1997 RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lets you go on a nice little date with all but one member of the party (sorry, Cait Sith). And while Rebirth has an easier-to-understand relationship system than the original game, it can still be a little confusing. That makes picking...
Playing Final Fantasy XIV On Xbox Sounds Like A Pain In The Ass
19.3.2024
Despite being out for over a decade, the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has yet to come to Xbox consoles. But that is changing in a matter of days, with the official launch of the Xbox Series X|S version set for Thursday, March 21. Fans have been waiting a long time, but now that...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's Gongaga Region Sucks
19.3.2024
I’m making my way through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and mostly enjoying my time in its big open worlds, even if I do miss the more linear and guided feel of FF7 Remake’s Midgar. But about 45 hours into my playthrough I reached Gongaga, a maze-like jungle region filled with mushrooms and giant...