The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Platinum Trophy RUINED Me

To what lengths will a gamer need to go to in order to claim the almighty Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Platinum Trophy... PAINFUL LENGTHS, PURE PAINFUL LENGTHS.
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[@aaronperez7829]

I'm pretty sure in one timeline Sephiroth was able to cast Meteor and destroy the world, cause cloud and the gang was busy trying to finish the mini games and challenges.

[@Monty2289]

Congrats therese are like number 20/80 of the most difficult challenges in this game

[@mr.k1611]

Too busy doing mundane tasks even while on the main quest. Unfortunate.

[@m1982dh]

😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻

[@SephirothsWife7]

😂😂

[@xavesaugust]

Nah, but the grandma cooking the chicken afterwards was a jaw dropper

[@DJ_SquallYT]

the game over screen music after they ate it had me ded lol💀

[@zeromagnum2811]

that was the most satisfying part of that quest. lol

[@AMKVII]

Nice pay-off to an otherwise horrendous side quest

[@stormandfury998]

@@AMKVII The chicken quest has to be one of the most annoying escort quests I've ever done. The NPC asks you to find 3 chickens.. I nearly died when when you head to the 3rd location and your characters run half way across the map then also relieved it ended in a fight. There was no way I was going to reel that that bird across the zone like that. (Also hated Red XIII commenting every time I failed to keep the bird's attention.)

[@rainsmajesty]

It felt just after all that chicken made me endure

[@Mordak1989]

I remember finishing Party Animal sidequest and being relieved... only for Sephiroth brawler to come in and say, "Shall I give you despair?"

[@ErikStrife]

I raged for days because of party animal.. it was a nightmare.... but once I was able to FINALLY do it when Sephiroth came he didn't even touch me 😅😅 finished him first try, was very easy..

[@nickstockwell9148]

I did the pause method. Keep pausing to read what the guy is gonna do. I hate mini games but party animal was a bit easier than tier 3 of most mini games.

[@BatDad-qu4fo]

@@nickstockwell9148 That's what I did too and it was way easier using that method. I'm not planning to bother with platinum though cause Fort Condor can F right off...

[@thehater6189]

Dont give up and dont move on. I thought sephiroth was overall easier than party animal guy

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

I got nearly everything in party animal done until encountering the g-bike bug, then i uninstalled the game, reinstalled without the update, and had to do it all over again from the autosave at the beginning.... only to give up on the sephiroth brawler. i'm sure i could've gotten it with more time, but i was just fed up at that point.

[@hikikomorphi]

As soon as I got the last Johnny trophy and unlocked the platinum, I turned the game off. Literally 205 hours and about 100 of it was suffering. 10/10 game would not recommend anyone goes for the plat.

[@carnivalcadaver69]

I just wish I didn't even try. I gave up. The chadley trophy is the last I need and I just fucking gave up because it's so incredibly unreasonable

[@timonikkinen9578]

@@carnivalcadaver69 Exactly. Too heavy focus on minigames, sidecontent and compulsory filler content (box throwing, walking simulators, and having to switch materias 1-by-1 because awful characters like Cait Sith want to fight etc) made me give this game a lower score. The ending could've been my saving grace but even that was a letdown. 7/10.

[@mockmansini]

​@@carnivalcadaver69the Charley stuff is actually the easiest😂....fuck them minigames man

[@kensuke0]

@@mockmansiniNah, the mini games are annoying but doable. Playing like ten consecutive rounds with enemies on steroids is fucking unreasonable as hell.

[@mrsneedleton3254]

Yup, my suggestion for everyone is play the story, play all the sidequests, complete all the open world activities, go for minigames as long as you're having fun, and then forget about legendary VRs and Hard Mode, I quit the game yesterday, literally only one thing missing, Zack's VR mission, but it's just too much, If i were on PC I would probably find some way to save in-between rounds via cheats or something, because it's just straight up torture

[@NoctLightCloud]

the gold saucer action figure Dio fight, the Tifa gym challenge, and the piano challenge💀

[@487trentos]

Oh man, that piano challenge is some top tier BS. 4 songs were easy, 1 took a second (maybe 3rd) try, and the last 1 took too goddamn long!

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@487trentos NONE of the songs is easy💀😭🤌

[@xStanyyx]

Piano is A rank needed so its one of the easiest most of the other minigames you need max rank and they are way harder

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@xStanyyx I saw comments saying that some struggled with Fort Condor and Queens Blood while I as a tabletop-person breezed through that. But rhythm games with an analogue stick and paralel button input demands are a weakness of mine💀

[@kurimiaisukurimu]

I swear am I the only one that loves the Piano game? Let The Battles Begin and One Winged Angel each took me a little less than half an hour to perfect. Every other song took me 5 or less tries to perfect.

[@mrHowlll]

After 106 hours I beat FF7 Rebirth today. Glad I am NOT doing the platinum.

[@kevinburke1325]

I am at 180 hours and almost have platinum trophy.

[@PrincessNine]

Unlike everyone else I wasn't going for the plat. But I sure as hell did everything to perfection. So hearing people mad due to the plat I'm like....the shit being hard is the real problem

[@megakoni1]

this game seems like such a drag compared to remake part 1. Just the ubisoft open world stuff already ruined this for me, i am not excited to play this, unlike in part 1.

[@kevinburke1325]

@megakoni1 yeah, the game is draining for sure. I finished the can't stop won't stop sidequest but am dreading doing it on hard mode to get the manuscript. I will probably be way over 200 hours by the time I platinum this game. It is ridiculous and no exploration really just destroys the fun of the game. Like they did not need to add the brutal and legendary combat either. It's getting very ridiculous.

[@maccelicco]

186 hours and got platinum today

[@kurimiaisukurimu]

The Chocobo Glide was far and beyond the worst of the minigames. You straight up have to use a cheese method to not have to be literal PIXEL PERFECT.

[@salutcava9841]

I didn't know about that method took me like 2h but it was doable still bs though

[@GMD3N]

It's easy. Just turn back to get more air time

[@chanmarr8118]

Bit of a learning curve but as V.II said, you have to go back and get more air. I had to look it up because I couldn’t figure that out.

[@c.j.echave]

Wasn't that hard at all.

[@JustrazJD]

done it from 5th time... just get as much air time as you want with the propelers.

[@knightofanguish7399]

I really appreciate acknowledgment despite how wonderful this game is. it's exhausting to platinum this game.

[@Truephoria]

I love how everyone that actually did the Ultimate Party Animal questline ended up pretty much learning about pause buffering during the Brawler BS. 😭😭🤣

[@Starcat5]

I haven't even gotten that far. UPA G-Bike Glitch + Digital Version = Swearing Donald The latest patch fixed it, but I am currently leveling up my party and Materia. Also, Shiva already left mental scars, and she only had TWO attacks that looked alike. Middle Manager and Sephy are going to break me, aren't they.

[@zZiL341yRj736]

Even with that bullshit still took me an hour to beat Sephiroth. It’s their damn hand movements, they all looks identical with slight alterations!

[@lucystoole4355]

Yeah the uppercut is easy to spot but the other two have a difference of like a few inches that they pull their hands back

[@httrtaylor21]

There is a guide with pics of the pre-punch looks of each one

[@thenashor5472]

I didn't know about the pause thing and did all the battles without it (it took me 4 hours to finish life is a pain😢)

[@tedevelynmosby6944]

I got literally bullied for voicing my complaints about all these absurd mini games it’s nice to see I’m not the only one

[@EmperorandDeath]

Yeah, the git gud people are fucking annoying

[@lakkuh]

Yeah, same. Most of these suck ass and are totally not needed. Card game, chocobo racing, Red XIII football and piano were the ones I loved. The whole god damn corel cactuar one can go f**k itself with gym, pirate ship shooting and 3D brawler. At NG+ I just quit at the cactuar minigame. Aerith one just sucks. It's the only minigame I haven't completed. I love the game but the crap forced minigames ruined my mood many times.

[@oggoodboi7517]

@@lakkuh If you ever do try it again, a piece of advice is to at least be near level 50, and use Transcendence whenever you can against big cactuars, and also, trying to run up to a lot of small cactuar clusters is reccomended and then immediately use sorcerous storm, as it can kill a lot of them quickly.

[@justinbelton6489]

​@@lakkuhwussie.

[@albelvalentine8983]

Don’t do em

[@DJ_SquallYT]

General consensus is if you are just playing the game and don't care about achievements... you'll have a good time.. Playing the completionist route will lead you to complete every possible nook and cranny of the game... I'm just thankful I don't have to hear the song from Frog Jump EVER again lol

[@urekmazino5125]

kero kero, kero kero.. i spent 3-4 hours stuck at 119 secs on that bs minigame. i knew i didnt have to finish it but my gamer pride wouldnt let me lose to a bunch of spinning columns

[@MrJIsBack]

Why did you have to type that... now it's stuck back in my head again

[@rubberchicken1717]

I just regret doing my first play through as if I was going to get the plat on a second play through. I would have still done all of the side quests but I probably wouldn't have bothered with a good chunk of the side content. I really enjoyed this game but would have been perfectly happy cutting 20 hours off my first play through if I had realized I would not ever be going for plat.

[@Redribbo]

kero kero kero kero kero sorry kero

[@user-bn3ut9jv7e]

No. First playthrough...as soon as they made me climb up ladders...I put the game down.

[@DoxycDreamer]

KH4’s Olympus Coliseum is coming back with a vengeance after that Combat Simulator.

[@kuzanmaine-_-205]

NO PLEASE😂😂😂

[@GamesofFuturesPast]

I didn't think anyone understood me until I watched this. This platinum was a real ball buster. When I was watching tutorials on how to do the chocobo glide mini game I found myself thinking "why the hell am I still doing this, this is NOT fun." But I do be gamin though.

[@Styles_Breez]

Yea I'm a crazy ocd completionist.. & keep thinking.. "why am I doing this if I'm not truly enjoying it??" Yet a few hours later, I'm again considering going for it (still on 1st playthrough).

[@GamesofFuturesPast]

@@Styles_Breez thus is the cycle. We do be gamin

[@RocktoberPR]

Same reaction. Why am I bothering with these stupid Chadley challenges? But then I just feel an urge to complete everything.

[@Redribbo]

it may not be fun but for me it was the addiction to the game. i have never put so many hours into a game ever in a week! i cleared the game on sunday after it came out on wednesday, i spent 12 hours a day and then after sunday i kept on going and going deluding myself into thinking there were weapon fights of some sort.

[@AQUANAUT18]

Holy shit that picture of Cloud grinning is pure nightmare fuel

[@ronreed4050]

Boo

[@AQUANAUT18]

@@ronreed4050 its somehow even more horrifying in pfp form 😂

[@vesperview]

I wrestled with this, but ultimately decided not to Platinum the game. It’s absolutely not worth it.

[@GoldChocobo77]

I wish I made this decision 😭 now I invested too much and cant stop wont stop

[@487trentos]

I had the same thought about Chadley becoming a super boss at the end of part 3. Probably some Chadley/monster fusion, similar to Almighty Shinra in FFX-2.

[@cici39177]

He is so Shinra coated. I see that mad genius behind his eyes.

[@justachaoticperson1906]

@@cici39177 Plus Hojo has Chadley's body and his brothers (?) corpses/bodies. Chadley will probably have a sad ending like Roche (I still miss him)

[@Redribbo]

pisses me off that they left us at the cliffhanger there. xD

[@UnVelius]

Lmfao I'm only in the intro and I'm already dying laughing with that Homer part

[@Mew_Stor]

Yeah it’s also more funny for me because I have a few hours before this video started with hit&run with archievements hehe

[@Erikthedood]

This is the type of content we are all here for. Loved your dip into FF content with the Rebirth stuff! Keep up the good food, bro!

[@TheGamersJoint]

Thank you!! I definitely plan on doing more of this style of content 💪🏻

[@NiktrickSpade]

This platinum trophy hunt was horrendous, I initially thought it wasn't going to be too bad, a similar experience like Remake + a lot of mini games, so I really enjoyed completing all of the mini game challenges (cept for Brawler Sephiroth), only to reach the brutal + legendary challenges and curse the skies for embarking on this journey. Eventually though, once you beat the VR, Hard Mode is a lot easier, it also makes you appreciate all the mechanics the game forces you to learn.

[@cirederfsamot2730]

I feel the only really shitty part of it is the need to redo side quests in hard mode for the platinum. I LOVED the game, I did everything there was to do on my first run, then did all the hard mode challenges THEN a Hard mode run, but that last run was a story run for the challenge of the story bosses, there was no way I'd replay ALL the sidequests, as fun as they were. Might have been more motivated if I had waited a month or two between my normal run and my hard run.^^

[@satanbakesale]

⁠@@cirederfsamot2730huh? You don’t need to redo side stuff at all for hard mode

[@cirederfsamot2730]

​@@satanbakesale for the platinum, you do. Doing them in hard mode gives you manuscripts that give you the missing folios points needed to complete said Folios, and there is a Trophy attached to unlockings all weapon skills + all folios. If you simply play the story in hard mode without doing sidequests, you end up with a few nodes you can't unlock on each characters; which happened to me and made me decide NOT to do the Platinum for this sole reason ^^. Aside from this trophy, I was only missing the 300% stagger damage, and that one would have been easy with Tifa (unbridled strenght/true strike) and Cait Sith (Moogle Knuckle) against a Summon or a rare/elite monster in hard mode, but seeing the folio requirements made me quit instantly XD

[@Bourne93]

​@@cirederfsamot2730 I had that trophy at beggining of hard mode, just reset the skill tree and learn limit level 3 and some of the elemental abilities for each character (sorry 4 bad english 😅)

[@cirederfsamot2730]

@@Bourne93 oh damn ! It's not ALL the nodes, only the ability ones ? Well thanks for the info, I guess I'll go back to it then !

[@AlexRN]

I'm legit blown away that you beat the game TWICE (once in hard mode) and did all those extra bits for the Platinum and you did it all in under 150 hours? HOW!? I just beat the game for the first time with around a 95% completion and it took me 130 hours! Just once, in normal! Were you speedrunning the game? I was expecting you to tell us it took you at LEAST 200 hours. HOW!?

[@lucacervo98]

Replaying it in hard mode is faster because you can use fast travel and warp directly where you need to go. So it's because of this and overpowered materia setups. Bossfights will take some time to beat though. And swapping materia for every bossfight was soooo boring. I wish they will add materia loadouts in the next game. So you can save them and reuse them quickly

[@joelman1989]

That is what I’m saying! I’m at 140 and I haven’t even beaten the main quest. I’m on chapter 13.

[@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw]

@@joelman1989 It took me almost 600 hours to finish up with this game(my last wish being to finish all the Chadley missions which I did). Granted, I've held myself back by not finishing some of the minigames that would unlock more battle progression(most notably I'm still missing party level 10, but also stuff like a first Ribbon is sort of relevant), but generally this game has a lot of stuff to do and it's wild that so many people are getting so much done so fast. I suspect that they may be not saving progress after failing in Chadley simulator, which is tripping up the time tracking and that kind of thing could be happening. Where they don't feel like they need to save their progress, so they don't save it and they come back loading up a save that didn't record the time from failing. Even if that's not the case, some of these players might have way more experience playing ARPGs. The perfect blocking for example is very difficult but is helping many players to clear all the combat challenges so much faster, and it's a mechanic that's seemingly in a lot of ARPGs nowadays. I barely did it at all but I had to get pretty good at it for the Virtual Sephiroth(still not as good as others, but good enough to beat him). I'm fine with not being at 100 percent completion, but I would have felt weird moving onto a new ARPG if I didn't finish all the regular combat challenges.

[@joelman1989]

@@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw it’s a play style thing to. Along with everything you said. Some people just take things slower. Like I’m the type to look through every corner, talk to some NPCs. Mess around with my materia builds for 20 minutes. Others just like to get things done. Move swiftly through the story and complete only what’s necessary even if that includes everything necessary for a platinum. Especially when playing games is your job I imagine you develop the ability to move through games quickly.

[@RAMBOLOGY]

200 plus hours and i finally got the Plat. Things of note I hate. Chadley, cait sith, gears and gambits hard mode, fort condor hard mode, chocobo flying and racing, sephiroth 3d brawler, tifa crunch challenge, ultimate party animal, shooting minigames, swan song, Queens blood fighting the blood queen, kid G hard mode challenges mostly with aerith, coliseum bouts on hard(I found out later you can do the coliseum on easy mode and it still counts and get the rewards.), piano challenges and legendary and brutal vr challenges. (Looking at you Bonds of friendship and rulers of the outer world). I probably missed a few more, but im finally done.

[@romo_lampkin]

Those specific two combat challenges are bonkers.

[@lynneboller517]

Dude it’s the fact that you’ll beat a mini game or side quest… then they make you beat it again. So much repetition ! Oh and all of the stupid combat simulations!!! 10 rounds each?? Eff you! I have 87/88 treasures and I’ll never get that last one because my patience is tapped

[@lynneboller517]

Thanks for validating my feelings btw 😅

[@SchnookieC]

The chicken quest is meant to be shit, thats the joke, it sucks which is why when you get to the last one and most players are understandably pissed, the minigame stops after a second of making you think you're gonna have to do it and then you get to kill the annoying chicken for your troubles, top tier side quest for making fun of bad side quests

[@devon9374]

Facts hahaha

[@Flavoredwithlies]

Bro, I was freaking out the whole way to the last chicken. "These ma F****s gonna make me go this fucking far."

[@grendal4397]

I don't think they should make a bad side quest on purpose. Because my time was still wasted, and the "joke" was not worth the agony required.

[@chanmarr8118]

I was legit about to give up on that last one but it didn’t make sense that I had to lead them ALL THE WAY BACK to village. I was cursing up a storm like there better be a damn fight 😂

[@trevorp.5897]

I agree, the Chicken Quest is the greatest shit, in the history of Videogames. 🤢🤮

[@mike.fig1]

"100% every mini game..." - and for that reason, I'm out.

[@oscarbarahona8496]

Same

[@Athetos861]

I'm torturing myself with it now. Almost done. Almost.

[@inthesparklingsky]

I hated all mini games with the only exception of the card game. The chocobo races were also quiet fun. The others were really exhausting. 😅

[@skysetblue9578]

Could you please tell me what I was doing wrong in chocobo I had to get another person to help me and nobody could figure out how to play it well wtf

[@GirlsForGaming.]

the moment i saw that gym again with the challenge prompt i knew it was going take some years off my life.. i loved the combat challenges BUT the mini games....

[@RocktoberPR]

Lmao same. Remake flashbacks of squats and pull ups.

[@m1982dh]

Same thoughts but when i go to stupid chadly i am stuck in a hell

[@jonezy_34]

I SWEAR TO GOD THIS VIDEO SCREAMS EVERY EMOTION IVE HAS ABOUT THE PLATINUM, THE MINI GAMES, AND THE FREAKING THIRD CHOCOBO FLIGHT😭😭😭

[@clarencedemaree1787]

You're a better man than me. I tried for the Plat as well. Got to the Chadley combat trials and attempted the solo Cloud fight. 18 minutes in and lost on the final round and I was done. Deleted immediately after. Story mode on hard nearly broke me but that loss was the last straw.

[@MrGamer07100]

I recently just beat Rulers of the Outer Worlds after several days of practice grinding. Maxing out vital powerful materia makes a world of difference. You need all the help you can get. Thankfully I find the perfect guide to help me through it that made everything much less frustrating. I realize some of these most difficult challenges varies depending on how well you are equipped with material, and what kind of skill strategy you have for these battles. Furthering your point how it ultimately comes down to what materia you equipped. As for Sephiroth’s Shadowy Chains, I just full heal the party with magnify barrier to help me through that. And it helps like crazy.

[@Soniman001]

I stun lock Sephiroth with constant fireagas with Aerith on arcane ward and Yuffie providing ATB with burmal form + ATB ward

[@MrGamer07100]

@@Soniman001 That’s exactly what I did actually. If you can keep using firaga at Sephiroth in time, (like you said stun locked) he’ll keep bouncing about giving you enough time to take him out at ease. Lol

[@robbyt-low4937]

I felt this entire video in my soul. Just got my platinum trophy after 156 hours and the Chocobo flying, Cactuar crush on hard, Legends of the Outer Worlds (2x summons each round, followed by a super boss, then the final boss with a new gimmick is ridiculous), Bonds of Friendship, and the GOD DAMN RED DRAGON on hard mode were the worst parts of my Platinum journey.

[@Kon_Karne]

Honestly the worst thing for me was that tifa sit up mini game that was so boring and annoying for no reason I never want to see that ever again, who ever at square thought that that was fun needs to be fired immediately

[@thegroove6694]

they key to enjoying that minigame was to make sure she was in her beachwear

[@RocktoberPR]

Agreed and hate that they brought this minigame back. WHO ASKED FOR THIS CRAP?

[@arion151]

I loved that challenge. Easy tip was literally to watch Tifa's boob jiggle. Everytime they jiggle then you hit the next button. hahaha.

[@Nix_Abyss]

My man spits facts fuck whoever made the platinum and who ever made those god awful vr brutal and legendary fights

[@Soniman001]

Mad because bad

[@shanehughes3167]

​@@Soniman001he games bosses literally cheat in hard mode.. but go ahead and be that guy..

[@Soniman001]

@@shanehughes3167 thanks I will

[@louiechudley5616]

Getting the Plat in this game just isn't worth it. I beat the game on normal difficulty, and by the 110th hour, I was more than ready to eject that disc.

[@phrofile3613]

I mean if you enjoy and love the game you'd try to platinum it anyway

[@louiechudley5616]

@@phrofile3613 yeah I didn't enjoy and love the whole game. I would say I felt that way about the story and the core experience. But all that open world bloat and mini game after mini game. No thanks, just not fun imo.

[@WMNova_XVI]

I was surprised you didn't mention Tifa's ultimate gym challenge. The hardest thing of that minigame is that your triggers basically become more difficult to push. Is like you're dealing with pushing a rock but you have to do that like 50 TIMES IN A RUN

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

Turn off the haptics, makes it a lot easier. Still annoying though

[@_Shinasu]

That 1 winged angel song was spot on 😅

[@trontium5]

I finally sacked up decided to get the platinum for Rebirth last week. The combat challenges have tested my patience and love of FFVII to a worrying degree. Your reaction to Outer Worlds got me good.😂 I felt seen. Excellent video chum. ❤

[@treesnip5667]

Square patched in an easy toggle for Gears and Gambits and Fort Condor a few weeks back. Playing those minigames on hard mode with the toggle on and makes it a ton easier and you still get the rewards for Johnny.

[@RocktoberPR]

I did that too. There's no reason for anyone to bust their balls playing those minigames on hard mode when the reward is the same.

[@Kronman590]

Can they patch in a fkn retry button on chadleys vr challenges..........

[@quinnarmstrong5090]

I gave up simply 100% ing the game. Once I got to Gilgamesh Island, I was just so tired and wanted it to be over. Compare that to my absolute joy about 60 hours in. It is NOT worth doing everything in this game. It just makes you feel bad.

[@Mr6one8_]

Smart man. Chasing 100% is insanity.

[@kwedl]

I really hope Part 3 doesn't go for quantity over quality again. Once i got to chapter 13 and unlocked gilgamesh i took an almost 2 week break, because the game was just a slog at this point. In the end i only got the platinum because of great guides and listening to podcasts while doing the post game. But it felt more like a job than actually playing a game. I doubt i will even start hard mode in part 3.

[@AccursedBlade]

Loving the consistent uploads

[@bhak0047]

Chadley has given me PTSD two games in a row

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

After finishing all of his damn simulator, I legit had a PTSD-like reaction when passing by him and hearing his little background music.

[@Darisuke]

They was a recent update that fixed the Ultimate Party Animal sidequest glitch, so people have to start the quest over, but the G-bike is no longer glitched.

[@TARawson28]

Rebirth was probably my favorite game to platinum. Would love to see a secret data Sephiroth fight in KH4

[@1Hollowgoku]

I’m so glad your posting regularly again but NO I will not even attempt to platinum this I play game to be happy and for escapism not misery😂

[@SableWind]

THANK YOU for acknowledging that Bonds of Friendship is so goddamn hard. I hear everyone talking about Rulers of the Outer Worlds, which I think I beat in 4 attempts with a pretty simple build. Tough but absolutely achievable. I had to use the same Aeroga build with Cloud, and its still a goddamn nightmare to take down Odin. Dont even know how many attempts I did, I cant remember the last time I spent so much time on a boss.

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

Simple build please

[@SableWind]

@@s1ber1anstorm41 it's been a couple weeks since I beat RotOW, but from what I recall I used the basic build I'd been using throughout hard mode. Writing/reading is lengthy here, but execution is simple imo. Cloud is the ATB man with the Sleek Saber, Yuffie high magic focused, Barret the survivor man. I'll try to remember specifics, but it was just an all-rounder build. It's not as fast as builds I've seen online ("RoTOW in 10 minutes!"), but it has high survivability and lets you actually learn the fights and survive mechanics that would ruin your run compared to these KZbin builds. So for specifics, as far as I remember: Cloud had Sleek Saber & First Strike, Skill Master, ATB Assist, ...there might be another? Steadfast block? Can't remember offhand, but ALL purple ATB boosting materia! ATB & phys attack weapon skills. Have Transference Module as the accessory for frequent LBs. Enemy Skill for Plasma Discharge (all that ATB boosting will have this proc'ing constantly) & Sonic Boom. Reraise+magic efficiency for any fights that could go sketchy (usually Odin & Bahamut); if Yuffie or Barret die, consider using Reraise on whoever is left since Cloud does not have a Revive. Cloud's MP should ONLY be used on Reraise, infrequently and only as needed. Try to use Cloud as much as possible, between ATB assist, transference module, and plasma discharge, it's just wildly beneficial for his uptime to be maxed out. Make sure he has armlet/defensive fire&ice materia+elemental, it'll let you slide through phoenix/kujata and make him your main during Sephiroth phase 2. Chakra, Pray, HP Up, Strength Up, and Precision Defense (you WILL need this for Sephiroth phase 1, unless you are just a natural parry god). If that's more materia than you can fit, sacrifice Pray first because Cloud will also have Soothing Wind from Enemy Skill. I was not super discerning for Barret, the whole idea is that he can be the last one standing to cast Arise or swap to take some heat off Cloud/Yuffie, and to increase stagger meters as much as possible. He should have a maxed HP Up, Vitality Up, Spirit Up, Precision Defense, Steadfast Block, Chakra, Pray, and Revive. He should have room for Cleansing if needed for Gilgamesh's frog, but I personally never found it necessary to use. ATB Boost(? The L1+R1 use yellow materia, idr the name) is also very helpful in a pinch for an emergency Arise or Pray. Use his highest physical attack weapon, and the accessory is up to you, it's not a make it break decision. Unless you are healing/Raising, All ATB should be spent on increasing stagger in all fights: Bonus Round, Turbulent Spirit followed by maxed Focused Shots. I only had 2 leveled elemental materia at the time; if you have 3, you can do fire+elemental (defensive) and get rid of the Spirit Up. Finally, Yuffie. HP Up, Magic Up, First Strike, Precision Defense, Healing+All, Barrier+All, Revive, (defensive)fire+elemental (at least 2 star/"immunity" level), ATB Boost, Auto Unique Ability, Chakra, possibly haste+magnify but at this point its just personal preference. Yuffie has low health and defense, so the Auto Unique Ability will keep her throwing star spinning and keep her out of melee as much as possible. Her main purpose is to be your clutch healer if an individual Chakra or a Prayer from Barret won't suffice. Magic Barrier will be helpful for Barret during the Kujata/Phoenix fight if he does not have fire+elemental, Barrier will be critical for the Sephiroth fight. Otherwise, Yuffie should be using her elemental abilities to assist with staggering & damaging enemies. First Strike helps with getting a quick elemental affinity, Barrier, or Haste right off the top of the fight. Try to have her "ATB ready" - keep one ATB in the barrel as much as possible for sudden heals or a quick Brumal Form or Blindside when needed. Use her highest magic damage weapon, and I think I gave her the space ranger metal of honor, idr. Again, not make or break. With all this, you should have a good enough kit to feel your way through most fights. You'll have survivability, which is the one thing most of these guides don't focus on, because they are more focused on a particular build that has to be executed perfectly. Reraise is your friend if you are struggling with some fights, but the idea is to learn the mechanics so this skill becomes a safeguard for mistakes or for deliberate planning, not something to have active on all 3 characters at all times. I think the only fight I deliberately used this for was for Odin, it was just easier to plan around the Zantetsuken and have Barret & Yuffie Reraise and individually rez Cloud to finish out the fight. Sephiroth is tough, but manageable. Do your best to perfect block the physical chains, but I didn't even try to block the magic chains. Just have your party topped up before Omnislash, and make sure Yuffie uses a Barrier+All prior to Omnislash. Omnislash isn't that scary when it's dropping your party to half health instead of nuking them completely. Another note about the chains - he can't catch you in them if you use a limit break or synergy attack. Save LBs and synergies to use as DEFENSIVES during Sephiroth phase 1, particularly for magic chains. The goal is to be aggressive as possible during this whole fight. Once he gets to phase 2, he stops using chains conpletely and uses strong magic instead, always fire phase first, followed by ice. You NEED to kill him by the time Ice phase ends, because the damage is crazy. Yuffie will be fine from fire elemental, and Cloud will be fine because of fire/ice elemental. Have Yuffie use Magic Barrier for Barret during the fire phase, and Magic Barrier+All for Ice phase. Otherwise, nuke the ever loving crap out of him before he murders you all with lightning. I consistently was getting to Sephiroth in my first few attempts (and that was with only 1 fire/ice+elemental), but kept dying due to chains and Omnislash once I got to Sephiroth. Blocking the chains is tough, but the first attempt where I committed to using Barrier and LB/synergy defensively, I got to phase 2 and beat him first try. The perfect block route is possible, but it's painful to have to reset because you made one mistake. Have Barrier up ahead of time and save yourself some heartache.

[@art2norrman872]

I decided to give up on the platinum. It made me angry to the point where I started to dislike the game. I loved everything about FF7 Rebirth except the Platinum grind. Screw the hard mode minigames

[@kwedl]

The whole post game content and platinum is a prime example or "ain't nobody got time for that" Whenever you think you are done there is just more and more repetive content which you have already done, but now "harder" or gimmick enemy/boss combinations. And it still baffles me that there are no materia loadouts with the amount of times you need to swap around materia. I was really hoping for a platinum like FFX or KH2 etc. which have actual unique post/endgame content.

[@mgbrad5018]

I went in with the intention to platinum the game but after those mini games and johnny challenges "Nah I'm good on this one"

[@RabbitTeaPot]

The only reason fort condor wasn’t on my “omg why??” List is unlike some of the others (stage 3 of that bloody Chocobo course for example) is it’s absolutely NOT skill based, so you can literally just follow a tutorial and you’re golden.

[@kvmehaus]

You just gonna keep dropping good videos like every day dude??? Wtf bro you said 2024 was the year form kingdom hearts but damn homie, you keep coming out with these good ass videos

[@dannyfromtheville3613]

Queen's Blood and chocobo racing were the only enjoyable ones. Everything else is nothing short of anger-inducing!! I avoided the piano the entire first playthrough but I dove into it and somehow blasted through it. I'm not gonna question it, it's DONE!

[@surajshergill7777]

I'm so close! Finally got Zack's bout done and Sephiroth's too! The worst trophy I was dreading (Piano) wasn't even the worst one lol. Also, FUCK JULES!! FUCK THAT CRUNCHES MINIGAME!! That 7 Star Hotel trophy was hell. I am no longer friends with Zack after his stupid Legendary Bout. On chapter 13 of hard mode as we speak! Finally, I can see the end in sight! Also, 148 hours dude?! Kudos! I just hit 193 hours!

[@davidordaz5251]

Hated the chocobo flying and the crunch mini game was BS

[@surajshergill7777]

@@davidordaz5251 Chocobo flying wasn't that bad for me actually. My hardest minigames were definitely Cactuar Crush Hard Mode because of Aerith and Crunches. I kid you not I spent 5 real hours doing the crunches cuz I did Rank 1 to Rank 3. Fucking hated that with a motherfucking passion!

[@davidordaz5251]

@@surajshergill7777wow that sucks honestly

[@surajshergill7777]

@@davidordaz5251it was hell man. But it's over. I'm on chapter 13 of hard mode, two more chapters to go and I'll have my platinum!

[@RocktoberPR]

I hate that they brought that bullshit Jules minigame back, who asked for that? And they make it harder ON TOP OF IT.

[@engrmeow945]

bruh , everything you said is on point. Some mini games were more challenging that I forgot to enjoy playing.

[@carnivalcadaver69]

I just fucking gave up. I have almost 200 hours in and I just gave up on the chadley bullshit. It's way too much to ask of anyone, and it's just straight bullshit

[@devon9374]

Bro, look up the Aerith and Cait Sith Brutal and Lengardy solos, it'll make you feel stupid 🤣🤣🤣 Also, never give up

[@Incog2k6]

I recommend looking up Optinoob's guides. I'm not the most-skilled gamer myself anymore (pushing my late 30s), so can't perfect block or dodge, and sometimes, my ATB commands take too long, but Optinoob has perfect Materia setups AND strats, which will get ANYONE through those challenges. Yes, a lot of RNG is still involved, but his guides raise your chances immensely. You can do it.

[@Trignama1]

By the end of Chapter 12 I was so burned out on the mini game challenges I quit playing for a month. They went COMPLETELY overboard with it IMO.

[@3xhollow]

Just did the plat last day, i'm not playing this shit ever again. That Sephiroth bs spamming shadowy chains all the time was ridiculous

[@56Tyskie]

Lmao so true

[@josiah9084]

How did you do it???

[@gemini8612]

@@josiah9084manawall on all party members and spam firaga on sephiroth with arcane ward. When he changes, spam blizzaga.

[@AemiliaStardust]

This made me laugh 😂thanks for this video⭐️⭐️I can sooo relate even if I haven’t got the platinum yet 😂

[@Riccio94]

The necklace is called Götterdämmerung. This is a German word, ''Götter'' is the plural of ''Gott'' and means gods and ''Dämmerung'' means twillight. in English you would call it Ragnarok. Japanese people and the Japanese language are often fascinated by the German language and often use it in anime or games. In Final Fantasy X the secret boss fight is called ''Richter'', in English it means judge. Or in the anime ''Frieren'' in which all characters and places have normal German words as names. The character names are like ''Frieren'' (freezing), ''Stark'' (strong), ''Böse'' (evil), ''Falsch'' (wrong) & ''Lügner'' (liar). As a German it is very easy to indicate who are the bad guys if you hear the name ''Mr. Evil''.

[@pinkchichan]

I've already put in 120 hours into my 1st playthrough, planning to start going back through it again, but you just gave me PTSD over the mini games I completely forgot about D:

[@NoxxyTK]

finished this a few days ago at 178 hours, props bro this was very brutal

[@cheffrey9628]

If Chadley ends up being a super boss they better name him Giga Chadley

[@2011supergamer]

Hope you're looking forward to fighting Ruby and Emerald Weapon at the same time and that not even being the final challenge in part 3

[@StephenOwen]

My uncles dad works at square and he says the final challenge is going to be fighting six mini sephiroths at once

[@noben97]

For anyone wondering: „Götterdämmerung“ is german and basically translates to „God‘s dawn“ :)

[@js-ro5jk]

I'm still on my first playthru 105 hours in at Ch 12, but I am ready to suffer in NG+

[@phlowtey]

For the piano challenge, I had my daughter control the left joystick while I controlled the right one. I am taking my jolly time because I enjoy playing it, but I'm at 250hrs and am on track to be around 300 for the Platinum.

[@JuliaSin]

Thank you for your sacrifice! ❤❤❤

[@cs8712]

215 hours, 5 HM chapters left, legend/brutal challenges, and the UPA manuscript left...

[@benmorrow1701]

Yes to all of this. So glad to know i’m not alone on this. It’s like squenix heard the stereotypes of dark souls games and hadn’t played them and set out to make a game as rage inducing as absolutely possible. I don’t need that ish in my life at all. I love dark souls games. Those challenges are ALL reasonably overcome with knowledge, and feel so good to complete. These in Rebirth make me so angry I was NOT happy even after overcoming some of them; so angry I was upset that someone even considered to make them. Like what type of sadist does this to people, least of all og ff7 enjoyers. The story was great in rebirth - loved that and the humor, but omg screw the difficulty. Grats to all u super twitchers with the time and patience to get through this and still keep ur spouses/partners.

[@noobandfriends2420]

2:39 I beat course #3 by using the last vertical fans to make sure I had the correct timing. You can fly out, get a few rings and then come back to get to the right height if you didn't get perfect timing at the beginning of the mini game. There's no timer and you can go backwards to get rings you missed.

[@noobandfriends2420]

Which the video's creator literally explains a minute later. My comment still stands.

[@toysouldier1]

Honestly, the glide de chocobo wasn't that bad. At least there's a strategy for it that makes it easier. But my God, that FUCKING piano mini game with that one song "two legs, nothing to it", that is straight up unreasonable. It seriously makes me question whether or not Square even intended for the platinum trophy to be unlockable.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

My problem with the chocobo minigame is that simply allowing you to use the right stick to move the camera would have fixed 90% of it. There's simply no reason why the right stick is the same as the left, it's some of the most baffling design fumbles I've seen in a game. You're forced to do it blind about 50% of the time for no reason.

[@csillaszarnya2319]

I have a friend who is a pianist. I had him do it for me, since I couldn't do it. Even he struggled with it on lvl 1 note speed, and could only make the A rank when he took it up to note speed level 2.

[@SlashingShadow]

For Glide de Chocobo, I actually struggled way more with course no. 2... 3 took me about 10 minutes (no u-turn), and 2 took me like 40 minutes. Glad you mentioned UPA & the Chicken quests. Absolutely the two low points. The chicken one shouldn't exist, and theres zero reason UPA doesn’t retroactively use your previous high scores.

[@lokephoenix1039]

I agree, I had way more trouble with the second one than the third

[@RealCFZ]

After getting Platinum on Rebirth, I hate Chadley more.

[@BiscuitDude01]

This game made me break my controller. All because of those mini-games. Sit-ups, Chocobo flying, the piano…and I haven’t even finished the main game yet.

[@davidordaz5251]

Will not do a platinum nor hard mode already went through the mini games once not doing them again for a silly platinum trophy

[@Kiddo_williams]

They asking for way too much to do for a platinum, not worth the struggle or pain.

[@Vengeful_Yogurt]

When Remake came out I got the Platinum and thought "yes, I will do that again for the PC and PS5 versions". Now, I generally preferred Rebirth but after getting the platinum over the weekend I am convinced there is no way in hell I am putting myself through that ordeal again.

[@flygtamer32]

Preach brother, PREACH!

[@LeonardoDaVinci_1452]

I almost have this Platinum. I just have to finish up all of Johnny’s challenges (I have 80/88) and hard mode. Really it’s the mini games that really break the game. Most of them are just unfair or not that well thought out. Honestly this Platinum kind of reminds me of Birth by Sleeps Platinum where it’s just asking way to much to be considered fair. Except instead of having to 100% the game 3 times + critical mode for all campaigns. You have 20+ mini games you have to master and a challenge mode that you MUST master + hard mode.

[@TheRiujinjakka]

I'm grateful that square enix is going out of business, it means all the curses I send come through somehow. I really hate vr missions

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

I think the biggest contender for worst trophy is all stars on all minigames. And i would definitely think its the piano is why

[@evanvongustav8814]

Also, on top of only needing A Rank, not ⭐ Rank, you don't have to do "Let the Battles Begin" or "One-Winged Angel" AT ALL, you ONLY have to do "On Our Way", "Tifa's Theme", "Barret's Theme", "Two Legs? Nothin' To It", and "Aerith's Theme"

[@darkwraith_demon774]

Good video, you didn't even mention the sit up challenge in the mini games.😅

[@kurimiaisukurimu]

As bad as some of the minigames are, I found this Platinum way better than Remake. Harder for sure, but I'd prefer that over the sheer tedium of having to play Chapter 8 over and over to get all dresses ans optional conversations with all the party members.

[@RocktoberPR]

That was torturous, I'm glad there's no costume trophy this time around.

[@SixThreeBC]

Finally got it yesterday, after 168 freaking hours. The last thing I had to do even after all the legendary and brutals was the damn box toss with cait sith 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dshawnperalta1]

My big problem with the final side quest is that all of the gold saucer games with needing to beat the Shinra employees high score, I already had beat all of them and had to spend time getting those same high scores. I wish they had it set up where after talking to the employee at the gold saucer game, the game would recognize you already beat the score and skip it

[@seazkol6152]

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[@MasterL9]

Got my Platinum today with a total play time of 205 hours. Most agonizing parts for me were Bonds of Friendship and Rufus on hard mode. And I was using video guides! So yeah, definitely avoid Platinum unless you're really dedicated to getting it. Oh, and nice video!

[@chanley6908]

Ughhh the third chocobo flight

[@giantmonkeybutt8581]

The chicken side quest is a troll side quest lol I actually loved it cus it was very self aware and the ending was hilarious 😂

[@iZZPainiZZ]

Got the platinum. Took me over 293 hrs 😅😅😅😅

[@CodyCoonrod]

Regardless of the overall quality of each mini-game, they’re generally fun at lower difficulties which is the most important thing. But I love that we’ve returned to an era where 100%Ing and FF game is actually really hard, requires skill, and a lot of community sharing. FF rebirth is probably the best FF game ever made

[@andre_1994]

I FINALLY GOT THE PLATINUM TROPHY!!!!! CHADLEY, YOU CAN GO TO HHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! 🔥🖕🏻🔥🖕🏻🔥🖕🏻🔥🖕🏻🔥

[@TheGamersJoint]

@@andre_1994 AYOOOOOOO LEEEEEETS GOOOOOOOO

[@andre_1994]

@@TheGamersJoint DAMN, KYLE… I D-O B-E G-A-M-I-N-G!!!!! 🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@theandroidsoldier000]

The hardest minigames for are 3D brawler and bird hopping through rings in cosmo canyon. My advice for hard mode is to do all chadley side quests to get the best materias in the game (don't forget to beat gilgamesh). After that, hard mode is walk in the park (mastering enemy attack pattern, parry and perfect block helps immensely).

[@klncrtr]

No one wants to admit that it isn't just an overtune issue: FFVII Rebirth has janky carry over from remake. Enemies with the wrong coding moment can stunlock you to death. In addition to that, enemy's AI will break, and punish you for doing too much damage and retroactively slam mechanics together: Kujata and Alexander come to mind. How many runs did Zack just. . . Not have his fucking opening ATB bar? How many times did the opening enemy aggro someone other than your controlled character? How many times were you input-read by enemy AI and punished, even when using max level swiftcast? Like, FFVII cannot have enemies operating in ARPG logic when player characters feel like RPGA

[@cullbe]

Yup, I agree with you about the side quest and Chadley's challenges. It took me around 380 hours to platinum FF7 Rebirth, However, I did enjoy the chicken sidequest, just for the sheer stupidity of it.

[@RayinAlwaysAngry]

In my opinion this game is very mid. Its easily a 5 or a 6. Its a super glorified mobile game. The open world is beautiful but as empty as Anthem was. The receptiveness of every zone with chadley objectives screams rushed. The bloated hp values on enemies feels like padding. The minigames are mostly miss fires because they dont even give good rewards for the effort it takes to get rank 3. The piano mini game is by far 1 of the worst since its a rhythm game but barely asks you to jam to it since both of your eye balls have to hyper focus on 2 seperate QTE circles. The AI is worse than in 15, noctis his boyband group actively attack and hit weak spots if needed. Here all members are on the field but if the backline party isnt ranged they just wander around in circles. Its an action RPG but enemies dont react to your attacks most of the time and counter when they feel like it causing many situations of unavoidable damage taken. Cool stuff happens but its far and few in between. The whole game feels like a naruto filler arc. Easily 5-6 out of 10.

[@MrVentus91]

Thanks for this video. Best of luck to all involved in trying to platinum this game. Y'all be safe

[@yam7913]

That pause method with sephiroth saved my monitor...

[@buzzdb66]

I didn't think any of the mini games were too hard. I beat everything possible on my normal mode playthrough, all I need to do now is run through hard mode and do any hard mode specific VR challenges to get the platinum. My normal mode playthrough took me 160 hours though, I don't understand how people are beating the normal game, hard mode and platinuming in way less time than that, I guess I'm just slow.

[@stsscodok9889]

For the piano trophy, i ran the right analog stick and had my wife run the left. It was easy that way and my wife is a sucker for a trophy so she was super happy she got to help.

[@TheHiveGuardian]

Final Fantasy 7 rebirth is one of my favorite games I've played in so long... And it is one of the most unfun experiences of my life trying to platinum

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

Man, my first playthrough took me almost as long as your entire platinum journey! I beat it a few days ago, now I'm working on grinding to get ready for hard mode. I did the first two chapters, and Midgarsormr took me 8 tries to finally beat. Maybe I'm just really bad at this game haha.

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

However, the 3d brawler stuff wasn't that bad for me. The tells are pretty similar, but as long as you don't panic and input too early, you can learn the different swings. Middle Manager's Left stick Down was the absolute hardest tell in the mini game, I swear he's punching with his other arm until the last moment!

[@ghostwaterjones5187]

“Like trying to cook without fire” Air fryer: 🤖🎶

[@ryankelly9032]

I was planning on getting the platinum for this, but I have no interest in suffering through the horrible mini games beyond what is required for the mani quest.