Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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Detailed description: 0:00 - Game Load 0:10 - Temple of the Ancients - Pillar of Parting Cloud's group resumes in the Pillar of Parting area on the Hall of Life - Second Tier level. Cloud's scenario "Divergent Paths" is in progress. Tifa takes Yuffie's Auto-Cast Materia and links it to her Healing Materia. She swaps her Comet Materia and AP Up Materia to Aerith in exchange for the latter's Lightning and Wind Materia and Elemental Materia linked on her armor. She passes her Lightning Materia to Yuffie. When they are ready to go, the party heads northwest. 1:54 - Temple of the Ancients - Corridor of Currents As the party enters the Corridor of Currents, they encounter a swarm of Berserker Bees. These berserk bugs are weak to wind. The party goes north to a ring-shaped hallway. They continue north through the next door (3:45). An event with some Special Forces Operators takes place. Such a pity. After the event, the party steps forward. They encounter a Type G Slug-Ray and a couple of Riot Troopers. An event takes place as the party reaches the northern part of the corridor (6:20). Pretty blustery here, eh? In the west of the northern part of the corridor, a chest contains a Járngreipr (6:31). Tifa equips the Járngreipr, which provides the True Strike ability. She equips the following weapon skills: Critical Hit Rate +5%, Utterly Unbridled Strength, and Weapon Ability Damage +5%. The party descends the northern stairway. As they go down, an event takes place (8:29). Wonderful. After the event, the party climbs onto the vines on the west wall and goes south. When they reach the southern wall, they descend to the lower level. 9:36 - Temple of the Ancients - Wall of Denial After descending the vines, the party alights on a ledge in the Wall of Denial area on the Hall of Life - First Tier level. They go southwest and follow the outer wall east and north. Then, they sidle northwest across a narrow bridge. The party continues north to the Corridor of Crucibles. 10:59 - Temple of the Ancients - Corridor of Crucibles Just as the party reaches the next open area, they encounter a swarm of Berserker Bees and a couple of Cthonilizards. Cloud's Time Materia levels up. After the battle, the party goes to the southwestern part of the Corridor of Crucibles. They encounter another swarm of Berserker Bees and a couple of Blight Frogs. A chest in the southwest of the Corridor of Crucibles contains a chunk of Cosmotite Ore (15:11). The party returns east and begins following the corridor north. Dialogue takes place (15:53). the party must watch out for periodic gusts in this area and proceed when the next gust is calm. At the second gust, the party turns west and takes the western passage. They find another crate with a large ball in the middle (16:56). They push it northeast ahead of them to the third gust, which shows no sign of stopping. This allows them to go north past the third gust (17:32). This starts and concludes Cloud's sub-scenario "Lifestorm". Cloud passes his Luck Up Materia to Tifa and equips an orb of Wind Materia. In the northern open space of the Corridor of Crucibles, the party encounters an Ancient Dragon and another swarm of Berserker Bees. These bees can buzz off. In the northwest, the party climbs a vine wall (21:31). It takes them up to the Pillar of Exile area. 21:37 - Temple of the Ancients - Pillar of Exile The party checks the tower's exterior. To the west, they encounter a couple of Ancient Dragons. A chest in the west contains an Astral Remnant (24:18). After saving, the party enters the tower at the Pillar of Exile (25:08). They encounter a Type G Slug-Ray and a Special Forces Operator. The party takes the eastern door from the tower and goes around a circular corridor. As they continue east to the next outside area, an event takes place (26:39). They must rush east across the crumbling walkway. An event takes place when the party reaches the next tower to the east (27:04). In the east of the next circular corridor, a chest contains 2 Giga-Potions (27:36). As the party exits north from the circular corridor, an event takes place (27:51). Cloud's sub-scenario "Ambush" begins. The party must get the drop on some nearby Shinra troopers. After going northwest, the party enters the next room (28:40). They approach Special Forces Operators for an event. After the event, the party battles three 2-C SOLDIER Operators (29:02). A cutscene takes place after the battle (30:07). Uh, Cloud? Not cool. The party also runs into a couple of troublemakers. They cause even more trouble. "Ambush" and "Divergent Paths" complete. 32:00 - Temple of the Ancients - Font of Life With an interesting transition, we cut to Aerith, Yuffie, and Red XIII in the Font of Life area on the Hall of Life - Third Tier level several hours prior. After the scene, we gain control of Aerith's group (33:10). Aerith's scenario "Keep Trying" begins. Red XIII takes Cloud's Fire and Ice Materia. Aerith trades the Comet Materia and AP Up Materia to Tifa for the latter's Lightning and Wind Materia and Elemental Materia. Aerith equips Cloud's Ribbon and trades the Speed Demon Keychain to him. A convenient rest area is near the group. At the Vending Machine, they buy 2 on-sale Mega-Potions for 200 gil apiece. They rest at the rest bench. Yuffie takes Cloud's Assess Materia. After saving, the party goes north through the door (37:22). An event takes place at the Font of Life. The tutorial "Harnessing the Lifestream" appears. Aerith can gather fragments of the Lifestream floating around the temple and channel that energy into Vessels of Life to stabilize parts of the temple. The sub-scenario "Vessel of Life" begins. Aerith steps on the red altar north of the pool (39:47). The tutorial "Vessels of Life" appears. Aerith targets a Vessel of Life to the west with the R stick. Then, as the player spins the L stick, she channels Lifestream fragments into the vessel. An event takes place when the Vessel of Life is full (40:16). A path leading northwest is restored. "Vessel of Life" complete. The party continues northwest to the Mercy's Altar area. 40:52 - Temple of the Ancients - Mercy's Altar The party follows the path northwest and north to the main area of Mercy's Altar. In the east, Aerith prays to gather Lifestream fragments (42:25). In the southeastern room, the party encounters a Blight Frog and a Panthera Protector (43:28). The tutorial "Blessings of the Lifestream" appears. Depending on how many Lifestream fragments Aerith has absorbed, she will begin combat with various beneficial status effects: Faith, Regen, and Manawall. The Panthera Protector is weak to lightning-elemental damage. Look out for its ring of fire. After the battle, Aerith prays to gather the fiends' Lifestream fragments. In the southwest room, the tutorial "Absorbing the Lifestream" appears. After breaking crystals in this room, Aerith prays to absorb the Lifestream fragments that they leave behind, as well. The party finds Mercy's Altar in the north of the area (46:42). The discovery "Mercy's Vessels" begins. Aerith channels Lifestream fragments into a Vessel of Life to the west, restoring a route to the west. She also channels into a Vessel of Life to the east, restoring a structure in that direction. "Mercy's Vessels" complete. Aerith goes east and finds the newly restored Joy's Ascent. A chest in the southwest of Joy's Ascent contains a bottle of Hi-Ether (48:18). There is also a chest in the northeast, but it seems inaccessible at the moment. I gather that Aerith will have to do some more "reconstruction" before she can reach it. The party goes west and finds the newly restored Sorrow's Descent (51:00). There is some dialogue when they get here. The party goes down the stairs in Sorrow's Descent (51:50). 52:08 - Temple of the Ancients - Order's Altar The party reaches the Order's Altar area on the Hall of Life - Second Tier level. Under the stairway, Aerith breaks a crystal and gathers its Lifestream fragment. A chest in the southwest contains a Gambanteinn (52:43). This new staff provides the Noble Sacrifice ability for Aerith. However, she has yet to master Ray of Judgment from the Plumose Rod, so she does not equip the Gambanteinn yet. To the north, the party encounters an Ancient Dragon. Aerith absorbs its Lifestream fragment after the battle. On the dais in the northeast, Aerith breaks some crystals and absorbs their Lifestream fragments. At the altar, there are already Lifestream fragments in the eastern Vessel of Life. Aerith gathers them. As the party steps on the altar, the discovery "Order's Vessels" begins (56:16). Aerith collects the Lifestream fragments from the western Vessel of Life. Afterwards, she tries filling the Order's Altar's Vessels of Life (57:10). She tries the southeastern vessel first, but she does not have enough fragments to fill it. So, she collects the fragments again. Afterwards, Aerith fills the southwestern Vessel of Life at Order's Altar (57:52). This one, she does have enough fragments for. A new area is restored to the southwest. Aerith tries the western and eastern Vessels of Life. However, she does not have enough fragments for those, either. So, she collects the Lifestream fragments again for later use. The party saves. Next time, they will continue exploring the Hall of Life and restoring pathways in the area. Thanks for watching!

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