Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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Detailed description: 0:00 - Game Load 0:11 - Nibelheim The party resumes near Chadley in the Residential Area of Nibelheim. The main scenario "The Keystone's Whereabouts" is in progress. The party examines the Community Noticeboard outside the Town Hall in the Water Tower Square (1:01). They sign up for the new job, "Lament of the Damned". Sounds fun. The client is the Unnerved Supervisor at Nibelheim's Town Hall. In the Town Hall, the party talks to the Supervisor (1:46). Nibel Region Quest 3: "Lament of the Damned" begins. Cloud asks all the available questions. Now, the party must return to Shinra Manor and investigate rumors of a wailing woman. The party leaves the Town Hall. They exit town northeast through the Mt. Nibel Gate. 5:39 - Nibel Region The party heads northwest to Shinra Manor. 5:55 - Shinra Manor The party goes through the Front Gate to the Courtyard. As they take the door to the Entrance Hall, a cutscene with Barret and Vincent takes place (6:15). The party must now investigate the manor's lower levels. Barret takes Tifa's Wind Materia and Lightning Materia. Cloud replaces the Magic Efficiency Materia linked to his Healing Materia with an orb of Magnify Materia. He swaps his Magnify Materia with Barret's, which is maxed. The party heads southwest to the Living Room. They call the elevator. The party takes the elevator down to the Mako Research Facility (9:47). An event takes place as they descend. 10:02 - Mako Research Facility The party arrives in the Vault on the Mako Research Facility - Section S level. They exit northeast to Classified Equipment Storage. As the party approaches Vincent by the northeastern elevator, an event takes place (10:51). He gives them the Security Card key item, which grants access to the lower levels. The party takes the elevator downstairs (11:29). More dialogue takes place as they descend. The party alights in the Connecting Passage on the Mako Research Facility - Section X level. They follow the corridor northeast. There is dialogue on the way (13:19). Vincent explains that the party must complete challenges in the Combat Simulator to proceed. They find a Moogle Medal in one of the crates along the way. The party reaches the Mako Research Combat Simulator room (13:44). After saving, they examine the pedestal in the simulator room (14:09). An event with a holographic Hojo takes place. Lovely. 14:55 - Shinra Combat Simulator - Preliminary Trials To proceed with the quest, the party must complete the Preliminary Trials in the Shinra Combat Simulator. First up, they undertake "Preliminary Trial: Aerial Specimens" (15:05). They choose a lineup of Cloud, Yuffie, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles four Scrutineyes. The condition is to defeat all enemies within the time limit of 1:30.00. Not too hard, despite the Scrutineyes' high evasiveness. The Scrutineyes are weak to lightning. The party defeats the enemies within the time limit (15:51). For clearing "Preliminary Trial: Aerial Specimens", they earn a Giga-Potion. Next, the party undertakes "Preliminary Trial: Ruthless Specimens" (16:26). The requirement is to complete "Preliminary Trial: Aerial Specimens". They choose a lineup of Cloud, Aerith, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles three Amalgams and an Adjudicator. The condition is to defeat all enemies within the time limit of 1:30.00. The Adjudicator is weak to lightning, the Amalgams to fire. The party defeats the enemies within the time limit (17:55). For clearing "Preliminary Trial: Ruthless Specimens", they earn a Dry Ether. The party leaves the simulator. 18:38 - Mako Research Facility The party saves. Then, they boot up Hojo's simulator again. 19:04 - Shinra Combat Simulator - Preliminary Trials The party undertakes the third trial, "Preliminary Trial: Comparable Specimens". The requirement is to complete "Preliminary Trial: Ruthless Specimens". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Yuffie, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles two Necrotic Entities and a Yin & Yang. The conditions are to (1) defeat all enemies within the time limit of 2:30.00 and (2) stagger enemies three times. Condition 2 is clearly the trickier. The Necrotic Entities can be pressured by hitting them with powerful offensive abilities while they are casting a spell, by evading their Onslaught ability, or by attacking them during Subastral Fury. The Yin & Yang is weak to fire. It can be pressured by incapacitating one of its heads, though the remaining head will go berserk afterwards. The party defeats the enemies and satisfies all the conditions (22:08). For clearing "Preliminary Trial: Comparable Specimens", they earn a Mist Mega-Potion. Finally, the party undertakes "Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens" (22:51). The requirement is to complete "Preliminary Trial: Comparable Specimens". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Yuffie, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles an Adjudicator and a Yin & Yang. The conditions are to (1) defeat all enemies within the time limit of 2:00.00 and (2) stagger enemies twice. I did not find staggering each enemy to be as much of a challenge this time. The party defeats the enemies and satisfies all the conditions (25:40). For clearing "Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens", they earn a Level 2 orb of Item Master Materia. They have finished all the Preliminary Trials. Joy. 26:08 - Mako Research Facility The Hojo AI speaks to the party after their success. The door leading forward opens. The party must now head north and identify the voice. As the party continues to the northern Connecting Passage, more dialogue takes place (26:58). I think I know the woman Vincent is describing. The party saves before they continue into the northern room. 28:32 - Mako Research Facility - Specimen Enclosure Another cutscene with the Hojo AI takes place as the party enters the Specimen Enclosure. Vincent, you're a prince. After the scene, the party confronts a Dranabarga (29:27). They have now registered 24 Nibel Region enemy types. The Dranabarga is weak to ice-elemental attacks but resistant to fire- and lightning-elemental attacks. Its shelled rear is impervious to physical attacks. Inflicting high damage during Subdue will pressure it. When its HP is low, its attacks inflict poison. The party defeats the Dranabarga (32:50). Since the party has registered 24 Nibel Region enemy types, the combat trial "Nibel Region Intel: Level 2" becomes available. A cutscene with Barret and Vincent follows. "Lament of the Damned" complete! Vincent rewards Cloud with "The Art of Swordplay Vol. VI", which provides 10 SP for Cloud. Cloud's relationship with Barret changes. The party earns 10 party EXP and 2,600 EXP. The tutorial "Combat Simulator Update" appears. A new line of trials has been added to the Mako Research Facility's Combat Simulator. The discovery "Hojo's Exams" begins. And finally, we have Vincent's haunting theme playing. After checking the Specimen Enclosure room, the party exits south. 35:13 - Mako Research Facility The party goes through the northern Connecting Passage to the Mako Research Combat Simulator room. After saving, they boot up the Combat Simulator (35:55). 36:04 - Shinra Combat Simulator - Evaluations The more advanced combat trials, "Evaluations", are now available. The party undertakes "Evaluation: Fusion Analysis" (36:12). The requirement is to complete "Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Yuffie, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles two Necrotic Entities and two Amalgams. The condition is to defeat all enemies within the time limit of 2:00.00. The party defeats the enemies within the time limit (38:32). For clearing "Evaluation: Fusion Analysis", they earn an Astral Remnant. Next, the party undertakes "Evaluation: Dominant Traits" (39:08). The requirement is to complete "Evaluation: Fusion Analysis". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Yuffie, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles an Adjudicator and two Yin & Yangs. The condition is to defeat all enemies within the time limit of 3:00.00. The party defeats the enemies within the time limit (43:11). For clearing "Evaluation: Dominant Traits", they earn a Turbo Ether. Halfway through the Evaluations, the party exits the simulator. 43:47 - Mako Research Facility The party saves. Then, they boot up the Combat Simulator again (43:59). 44:07 - Shinra Combat Simulator - Evaluations The party undertakes the third trial, "Evaluation: Antinomic Traits". The requirement is to complete "Evaluation: Dominant Traits". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Aerith, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles a Yin & Yang and two Adjudicators. The condition is to defeat all enemies within the time limit of 3:00.00. The party defeats the enemies within the time limit (46:56). For clearing "Evaluation: Antinomic Traits", they earn an Elixir. The party exits the simulator. 47:33 - Mako Research Facility The party goes through the southern Connecting Passage. They take the elevator upstairs (48:10). They reach the Classified Equipment Storage on the Mako Research Facility - Section S level. They rest at the rest bench. The party takes the elevator back downstairs (48:52). They reach the southern Connecting Passage on the Mako Research Facility - Section X level. The party returns to the Mako Research Combat Simulator room (50:12). After saving, they boot up the Combat Simulator one more time. The description is continued in a reply.

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Description continuation: 50:34 - Shinra Combat Simulator - Evaluations The party undertakes the last trial, "Evaluation: Forsaken Specimens". The requirement is to complete "Evaluation: Antinomic Traits". The party chooses a lineup of Cloud, Aerith, and Barret. In this trial, the party battles a Diabolic Variant, the same fiend that Cloud, Yuffie, and Tifa faced at the Nibel Mako Reactor. The conditions are to (1) defeat all enemies within the time limit of 3:00.00 and (2) stagger an enemy. The Diabolic Variant is weak to ice-elemental damage. Destroying the tentacles on its Right Arm will pressure it. After taking a certain amount of damage, it can summon a clone. It can also use Enshadow, which toxifies the battlefield. The party defeats the Diabolic Variants and satisfies the conditions (53:09). For clearing "Evaluation: Forsaken Specimens", they earn a pair of Subversion Materia Earrings. They have completed all Evaluations in the simulator. 53:37 - Mako Research Facility Since the party has completed all the Evaluations, the door to Hojo's secret laboratory opens to the west. "Hojo's Exams" complete! The party heads west to the Simulator Control Room (53:57). There are lots of crates and a few chests. The party finds Moogle Medals in a couple of the crates. A chest in the south contains an X-Potion (54:10). A chest in the west contains an Enchanted Ring (54:23). The western chest in the north contains the Plumose Rod (54:41). Aerith equips this weapon, which provides the Ray of Judgment ability. She equips the weapon skills Not-So-Fleeting Familiar, Max HP +200, and Enduring Ward. The eastern chest in the north contains a bottle of Turbo Ether (55:43). The party warps to the Shinra Manor destination. 57:02 - Shinra Manor At the Front Gate, the party rests at the rest bench. They use the Maghnata Automat (57:25). Now that they are Party Level 9, Folio Level 9 is unlocked. Party members have Level 3 Limit Breaks available, such as Cloud's Finishing Touch. The party saves. There is more side content available, such as a treasure hunt originating in Costa del Sol and more Queen's Blood matches. The party will get to those next time. Thanks for watching!

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