Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth | Gameplay | Chapter 1: Fall of a Hero | Mt Nibel

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Follow Tifa along the linear mountain path until you encounter a creature ahead. Thus begins a fight with two Insectoid Chimera, tutorialised on attacking and holding for a sweeping slash, alongside to initiate a ranged attack and/or aerial combo if you attack immediately after a dodge.
Continue along the path once the two bugs are dead, and you’ll eventually encounter two Kyuvilduns which you’ll need to defeat.
Cross over the bridge beyond and Mako deposits will be visible on the ground. As Mako jets erupt, a Velociwing swoops in and Tifa launches towards and kicks it away. Now fighting the Velociwing, you’ll learn about blocking and if you perfect block then the enemy attack is rendered ineffective.
Velociwings can fire a projectile at you, or “Charge” where it swoops down and claws you. Both of which have a decent wind-up animation so you shouldn’t have a problem preparing a perfect block, or a dodge at the very least to avoid damage. You’ll want to try and stagger it as fast as possible as it will collapse to the ground and be fully vulnerable to attacks.
After defeating the first Velociwing, you’ll find another a little further up the path alongside a Kyuvildun. The Velociwing should be your first priority (at least to stagger it), and with both defeated a cluster of Velociwings fly down and swarm the group. Fighting off all but two, Cloud agrees to take care of the final two, so prepare for yet another fight.
Cloud then offers to go ahead and clear the rest of the way to the reactor whilst the others stay behind, to which Sephiroth agrees. At the end of the cutscene, you receive the Materia tutorial in which you’ll activate the Assess Materia you earned from the prior fight. After the Materia is slotted, exit out of the menu and continue up the path ahead.
You’ll encounter 3 Insectoid Chimera as you’re tutorialised on switching between Operator and Punisher Mode. Switch to Punisher Mode for this fight as the wide sweeping attacks will likely be able to CC the Chimeras and keep them from flanking you. Beyond the Chimeras, you’ll find two Velociwings flying that you’ll need to defeat.
Having done so, you’ll find a chest on the right side of the path ahead which you can loot for 2 mixed hi-potions. Head up the steps beyond and as you reach the top Tifa will comment on the path forward being destroyed by a rockslide. As you begin to walk back down the steps towards Tifa, you can vault up onto the rocks on the right to collect an orb of Wind Materia.
Reaching the bottom of the steps and reuniting with Tifa, you’ll be tutorialised on squeezing through narrow gaps, one of which you can find immediately to the left at the base of the stairs.
Squeeze through and then follow Tifa and the others into the Shinra facility ahead. You’ll arrive at the facility after going through a tunnel and up a hill, and Sephiroth will interact with the computer terminal nearby to open the facility doors.