Final Fantasy VII Remake - 15 Essential Tips For Beginners

Are you just starting your Final Fantasy VII Remake adventure? You're in for an amazing time! Here are 15 essential tips to help you on your way! If you've already played the game please give us your own advice in the comments!

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[adamdyson]

Tapping the touch pad in battle will bring up the assess info you collected already. So you don’t need to remember the information or keep assessing them.

[CailMacDonald]

Tip: If you can hold square during a cut scene for “menu”, it will not interrupt the cut scene, It will bring up the menu/equipment screen after the scene is done just before the next battle.

[Denashi]

A simple tip, though one that'll save you a *lot* of time in the long run: If you want to save the game, just press Options > Triangle - It'll take you directly to the save menu!

[pompidoudog]

Older than 40 and this is my first Final Fantasy game. Looking forward to it.

[Mistalove]

Limit breaks and summons do not carry over from battle to battle. Use em or lose em!

[MomoSu]

here's a tips: when you press ▲ to change into punisher mode, that animation has auto-block..so you can parry blockable incoming attack immediately rather than pressing R1 (block button).

[Xylasider]

L1 for multi-use.

Need to heal up after a tough random encounter? select the cure spell or potion you want and hold L1 to cycle through your team using it more than once without having to hit X and go through the menu options again.

[ZanZerejin]

From what I have learned by playing the game, having the basic elements on each character (fire/ice/lightning) is a huge help since most of the enemies are weak to one of these. If each character can deal damage based on the enemy weakness the battles will go much smoother. Having aero materia equipped on melee fighters is also helpful to deal with a lot of the flying enemies as they tend to be weak to wind. Healing on each one is a must since anyone needs to be able to heal if you mess up or take too much damage. For leveling up the revive materia, have it connected to the AP up materia to double the amount of AP. It is transformed from a purple materia that needs you to take a certain amount of steps with it equipped.

[rulesindre]

Tip: Use Punisher mode often, it deals a ton of damage and pressures alot of enemies easily and also when you block with punisher active you parry enemies which also builds their stagger bar really fast

[Faawl]

FF-veteran here but damn, this game can get pretty tough at times. Love it!

[hamcgarry]

Just got the platinum today. Such a great game.

A good tip for hard mode is switch between character after every command or two.
This will cause the enemies to change their target, giving you valuable time to pull of a move or a spell.

[spyke]

Deadly Dodge is essential when you’re in a section alone as Cloud or anyone in the colosseum. The area of effect helps you control the flow of battle versus multiple small opponents. Just dodge into groups of enemies and scatter them to single them out.

[coltoncook]

Simple battle tip: Bring up the command menu during fights ever now then especially during boss fights. Slows down the fight gives you a chance to breath and figure something out.

[Ka-tet]

Yeah I have a habit of hoarding all my items for those imaginary battles in RPGs. 😂

[snowcat]

So helpful! I’m 6 hours in and just learning the battle system. Took the day off work so I can try out these tips!

[princessthyemis]

i like the fact that you can change characters while you're fighting, and the others will still act. That's really cool!

[saterdei]

Here's a tip for you all: while this game plays into the action RPG genre, most of your damage comes from commands and your characters can not only dodge, but also... *drumroll* block! Obviously not every hit, like that one boss we're not talking about, but blocking cuts the damage you take (duh) while ALSO boosting your ATB, so that little bit of chip damage can become an extra heal or stagger hit, compared to just dodging out of the way and counting precious seconds until the ATB is full again. Keep in mind that blocking without being hit slows down your ATB charge, so you have to block only when actually necessary. Maybe all this sounds complicated, maybe it seems to go without saying, but in any case, it's an important gameplay mechanic that you shouldn't do without.

Also elemental exploitation always pressures enemies, use it and abuse it whenever things get tough.

[idokodikay]

When using an item out of combat, hold L1 to be able to use said item multiple times without closing the window every time...

[narcspector]

This was actually EXTREMELY USEFUL, I really appreciate it guys and gals¡!¡! I have played FFs, but never 7, so Remake is my first exposure to 7, and while I'm picking up the mechanics fairly quickly, I did need to know all the tips you just shared. This game is worth the wait and money without a doubt!!

[MrNord]

Rob, Jesse IS best girl! Great tips. To anyone questioning if they should get it or not, get off the fence! Play this game! If you are judging this game based on the voice acting, I assure you, it is NOT cheesy!