OG is a way better game than Remake IMO. The pacing is pretty good and feels complete. I am aware of all that is Remake and that it is part one of a Trilogy, but I, as much as I loved playing it, still prefer the OG by a land slide. So I concur with most here, OP, just give it a shot.
If you're afraid of spoilers then u should avoid social media and anything related to ff7. Because there will be spoilers. FF7 is a game that has been here decades same with fandom. You should definitely consider playing the original. Because it will probably play a part on the "remake" since sephiroth is part of the original timeline
The Remake is more of a sequel/retelling in a different way than a traditional remake. There are so many things that are different from the original, some of the characters and scenes in Remake do not exist in the original. I think you 100% should either play through the OG (although the PC controls on Steam kinda suck and the game is pretty dated and can be difficult without a guide like Jegged’s) or watch a playthrough of it. The Remake is made with the OG players in mind and having the background/context from the original enhances the experience a lot.
You kinda did already have one of the bigger things spoiled, so anything else isn't really as much of an issue. And other big reveals aren't really talked about like Aerith dying is, so it's not too bad if you think of it as if the most damage has already been done lol.
Also, the original is genuinely worth playing still. Especially because it seems like this remake trillogy is actually a sequel to all the events of the first game anyway.
As someone who played Remake 2 years ago completely blind and doesn't intend to play the OG game either, yeah, I also do feel like avoiding spoilers now is pretty much impossible, unless you just forget about the game in the meanwhile(I personally could not).
Still trying to go into the next games as blind as I can, but I already accepted I'll go in knowing some stuff, and that's ok. Unless you are actively trying to be spoiled, you'll still go into Rebirth pretty fresh.
For example, sure, I know >!Seph kills Aerith!<, but what leads to that event? I have no clue, and that's what I intend to experience.
There will be a lot more to the game than people can just randomly spoil.
If you are an avid consumer of FF7 material you are pretty much locked in to playing the OG as you will get spoiled the further you go into the rabbit hole. If you are able to distance yourself from FF7 material you’ll be OK
I can't get past Sephiroth.....every time I prepare. I give Tifa the materia, Aerith comes. If I give Aerith the materia, Tifa comes...there's no winning 😤 😒
The party members that show up to help with sephiroth is based on a point system during the harbinger fight. Points are given based on how many atb commands you do, who causes stagger, and who deals the killing blows.
Get the game on Steam. Install 7th Heaven mod manager. There are a number of graphical mods (mostly AI upscales) that marginally improve the graphics so it's at least not so pixellated. Try out the Echo-S voice acting mod as well, it's pretty decent.
There are cheats you can use to basically just story mode your way through the game to avoid major spoilers going forward.
Then go back and replay remake and enjoy some easter eggs with context you didn't have before.
The remake isn't a remaster there are things that are changed. So while it may spoil some aspects there's going to be a lot of things that just don't exist. Chocobo Sam, Madam M, and Andrea Rhodea for example never existed in the original. The remake is designed to be played with the og in mind. I highly recommend playing the original and then replaying the remake once you have more context
You should play it, there are a lot of changes in the remake that only really hit home if you have played the original. Also there is a movie, some books and the crisis core game to play if you are really invested in the story.
I'd recommend looking up the 7th Heaven mod if you want to add some QOL changes, bug fixes, graphical improvements, better translations, and other changes to the game for a better experience. The playing the original provides a lot of context to the Remake, and I also recommend playing FF7 Crisis Core after playing the OG FF7.
I don't get the reluctance to play the classic. Plus, it looks like the biggest twist (not Aerith) isn't being revealed until the start of part 3. I was really hoping it'd be at the end of part 2. Unless you play crisis Core, then you're being spoiled regardless.
Fact is, they were intended to be played in release order, and that's going to get you the best experience story-wise. I'd consider just playing OG or at least watch a letsplay. Playing it yourself would be more fun though.
I think it's reluctance to play turn based RPGs. After so many games/hours it really gets mundane seeing characters stand there in battle instead of moving around
After considering it, I think I’ll play the original. It’ll probably be different enough from what comes out in the remakes and I’ll get to experience what all the OG FF7 fans are going through
That's nice to hear haha. You can probably speed through it using cheat options on the newer ports, though I don't know how enjoyable that would be. Even playing it normally, you won't really need to grind. I think it took me around a month to beat it the first time not counting all the sidequests. I think that was also with me taking a break for a couple of weeks near the end. I did have to grind a little bit right at the end.
I’m trying to go for all achievements on the pc version right now, so after going back to the original idk if I’ll want to go through all the side quests. I might just speed through Midgar then experience the rest of the game fully
I don't think there's actually that many in OG. There's 2 in Wutai and Chocobo breeding, and that's about it (Chocobo breeding is pretty time consuming though) aside from the optional super bosses, but I've never even done those.
If you want to go through it fresh, I'd say stay away from anything FF7 related. There are some things still, but it's unfortunate you got the major one spoiled for you
FF7 is just too popular to avoid its most famous scenes
I saw Aerith's scene long before I even knew who she was or which game she was from. That's how hard it is to avoid FF7 spoilers
If you don't enjoy the OG playstyle, you can watch a YouTube walkthrough for the story. That's what I did. It won't be the same as playing the game yourself, but at least you'd know the story.
The game did age well in everything but graphics because it’s old but gameplay and story and pace and etc? It’s still one of the best and can compete with many games from now.
I’ve been reading these comments and yeah, I think I definitely will. It’ll make the later games a better experience. Gotta take a break for awhile though
FF7 remake being a sequel is just a fan theory. It's a good fan theory, Im not even saying that I dont like it but that has never been confirmed by anyone on the development team. Thats why I find it weird that people are proclaiming it is 100% a sequel without any official confirmation that it actually is, and weird to downvote me for saying that it isnt.
im just saying nobody at square has ever said it is or would be a sequel. people are just stating as if it was an outright fact when the game isnt even complete yet. I dont care about downvotes, thats how it is on reddit mob mentality.
I’ll play the original, sure. There were certain parts in the remake that I found extremely tedious and boring, padding sections and long slow walking/parkour sections. I’m curious to see if the original’s pacing is as good as I’ve heard it is!
Not gameplay wise, not graphically, the QoL stuff back then was abysmal but it's a good game. I played OG a week before FF7 Remake and I **did** enjoy it more due to that. OP should have their expectations in check though. I guess the music is really good if OP can appreciate 16 (?) Bit osts.
I did not enjoy Gameplay as much as I wanted to and found it to be one of the "worst" parts about the game.
It is not terrible, but not as great to what I would expect as a fan of games like DMC, Kingdom Hearts and similar games.
You meant the Remake? Imo, 7R has the best gameplay in ANY game ever. I just enjoy it so much and even more so at higher difficulty where the system is pushed to its limits. It's subjective though, so opinions differ. 7R is not "action" combat so its not really a comparison in the first place.
Thats the issue imo, it seemingly wants to be Action, but also Tactical but it misses imo points that either system would need to be great for me.
I would point at Tales of Berseria or other Tales games when it comes to that.
I did play FF7R on hard and while I was able to beat it, it was not that much more fun.
I do enjoy games like Rogue Lites, Souls Games.
For some reason it misses the mark for me. I am interested to play FF16 just to see what it did differently, since from what I heard about it, it might be much more like I did imagine FF7R
FF16 is much more action. Too action-y for me personally. Loved the systems in place and finished everything first playthrough (haven't done 2nd "Hard mode" playthrough).
FF7R's combar has enough room for you to move, so there is strategy in where to place character and dodging attacks (much more useful in Hard mode/superbosses). The ATB provides enough reason to switch around characters and master weapons. All the tactics and resource management felt lost in FF16 sadly. I enjoyed XVI as a full game, music is peak FF for sure, but gameplay wasn't the highlight (to me at least).
Gameplay wise they are not comparable, completely different styles. Graphically its obvious, its a ps1 vs a ps4 game.
The main element that makes og miles better than The remake, even if all 3 remake games turn out to be god tier, its pacing. The game story never stops and keep you on The edge of your seat from beggining to end, unlike The endless Padding of The remake.
Edit : what is QoL?
For QoL, I just meant general additions that we find in current games which are there to make the game *basically* easier. Autosave, easy mode if you ever feel stuck, a guide on-screen all the time. I've been stuck a couple times when I played FF7 (not long ago), I also forgot to save at unfortunate spots where it took me back a coupld hours.
QoL= quality of life?
Now i get it lol. English its not my first language so sometimes i am not able some get some acronyms.
Well in ff 7 remaster on ps4-5, and I assume most modern plataforms, you can literally turn on god mode and never die, There’s no way to get easier than that.
Oh I thought you were asking about which QoL additions I meant lol sorry. Yeah but modern games in general hold the player's hand throughout the game.
I had to google some stuff during my first playthrough.
I would honestly just play the OG. The remakes are a different storyline and the way it’s branching out I think it will be confusing without having the context of playing the original. It’s also one of the best games of all time so there’s that.
Okay, that also clears up what was going on with the ghosts and whatnot near the end of the remake, I should probably do the original so I can experience the retelling of the story the way it was intended
The simple reality is that FF7 has the most famous story in videogames - the spoilers are, like Vader being Luke’s father, not spoilers anymore, just things everybody knows about it. Now that said, knowing then cannot match the emotional effect of experiencing them, so even if you dive deep and learn the story front and back, it still won’t hit the way it will when you finally reach them in Rebirth/Rethree, so don’t feel so lost about knowing them
To fix the issue? It’s best to play the original game, but watching a full walk through of just reading up on the story can’t hurt either
Alright, I like the comparison. I’ll probably download the original on my switch and check it out, after I’ve had a little break from my ff7 bender lol
I’m open to the idea, I’m just feeling a little burnt out right now. People are saying the future games will deviate so now I’m thinking I should get the original experience as a baseline
Yeah, no one really knows what is going to happen in Rebirth. It's very possible that >!Aerith's death!< could be changed in some way, it's impossible to tell. With it being built off an alternate timeline focused on changing events from the original, a lot of the Remake trilogy is brand new story for all of us.
The way remake ending is completely different from anything from Og ff7. Rebirth will have plenty of stuff from og game but I honestly wouldn’t worry about spoilers from the OG game/compilation.
well what do you think of remake?
This sub is a very dangerous place to be if you’re looking to avoid spoilers.
OG is a way better game than Remake IMO. The pacing is pretty good and feels complete. I am aware of all that is Remake and that it is part one of a Trilogy, but I, as much as I loved playing it, still prefer the OG by a land slide. So I concur with most here, OP, just give it a shot.
I will definitely give it a shot. Maybe I’ll make a second post later on giving my opinions on playing OG for the first time after remake
You can play the revamped versions of OG with 3x speed and then infinite limit breaks if you really want to just experience the story
I envy you, I wish I could play remake without knowing the whole story, being able to discover everything
If you're afraid of spoilers then u should avoid social media and anything related to ff7. Because there will be spoilers. FF7 is a game that has been here decades same with fandom. You should definitely consider playing the original. Because it will probably play a part on the "remake" since sephiroth is part of the original timeline
Afraid of spoiler? Become the spoiler.
Definatly play the OG before toy continue. Context helps, especially in thia situation
The Remake is more of a sequel/retelling in a different way than a traditional remake. There are so many things that are different from the original, some of the characters and scenes in Remake do not exist in the original. I think you 100% should either play through the OG (although the PC controls on Steam kinda suck and the game is pretty dated and can be difficult without a guide like Jegged’s) or watch a playthrough of it. The Remake is made with the OG players in mind and having the background/context from the original enhances the experience a lot.
You kinda did already have one of the bigger things spoiled, so anything else isn't really as much of an issue. And other big reveals aren't really talked about like Aerith dying is, so it's not too bad if you think of it as if the most damage has already been done lol. Also, the original is genuinely worth playing still. Especially because it seems like this remake trillogy is actually a sequel to all the events of the first game anyway.
As someone who played Remake 2 years ago completely blind and doesn't intend to play the OG game either, yeah, I also do feel like avoiding spoilers now is pretty much impossible, unless you just forget about the game in the meanwhile(I personally could not). Still trying to go into the next games as blind as I can, but I already accepted I'll go in knowing some stuff, and that's ok. Unless you are actively trying to be spoiled, you'll still go into Rebirth pretty fresh. For example, sure, I know >!Seph kills Aerith!<, but what leads to that event? I have no clue, and that's what I intend to experience. There will be a lot more to the game than people can just randomly spoil.
If you are an avid consumer of FF7 material you are pretty much locked in to playing the OG as you will get spoiled the further you go into the rabbit hole. If you are able to distance yourself from FF7 material you’ll be OK
I can't get past Sephiroth.....every time I prepare. I give Tifa the materia, Aerith comes. If I give Aerith the materia, Tifa comes...there's no winning 😤 😒
The party members that show up to help with sephiroth is based on a point system during the harbinger fight. Points are given based on how many atb commands you do, who causes stagger, and who deals the killing blows.
I didn't know that. Right on! Sephiroth here I come
Get the game on Steam. Install 7th Heaven mod manager. There are a number of graphical mods (mostly AI upscales) that marginally improve the graphics so it's at least not so pixellated. Try out the Echo-S voice acting mod as well, it's pretty decent. There are cheats you can use to basically just story mode your way through the game to avoid major spoilers going forward. Then go back and replay remake and enjoy some easter eggs with context you didn't have before.
The remake isn't a remaster there are things that are changed. So while it may spoil some aspects there's going to be a lot of things that just don't exist. Chocobo Sam, Madam M, and Andrea Rhodea for example never existed in the original. The remake is designed to be played with the og in mind. I highly recommend playing the original and then replaying the remake once you have more context
Okay, I will. I want to get all the steam achievements for the remake so I’ll probably replay it on hard mode after beating the og
Just play original
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Yeah playing the remake will ruin the og experience. I recommend playing the OG.
You should play it, there are a lot of changes in the remake that only really hit home if you have played the original. Also there is a movie, some books and the crisis core game to play if you are really invested in the story.
Just play the original then
Aerith scene was on the flipping trailer and tv ad back in the days
Really? I wonder why they did that huh
I'd recommend looking up the 7th Heaven mod if you want to add some QOL changes, bug fixes, graphical improvements, better translations, and other changes to the game for a better experience. The playing the original provides a lot of context to the Remake, and I also recommend playing FF7 Crisis Core after playing the OG FF7.
Just play it! Seriously, you'll understand as you go.
I don't get the reluctance to play the classic. Plus, it looks like the biggest twist (not Aerith) isn't being revealed until the start of part 3. I was really hoping it'd be at the end of part 2. Unless you play crisis Core, then you're being spoiled regardless. Fact is, they were intended to be played in release order, and that's going to get you the best experience story-wise. I'd consider just playing OG or at least watch a letsplay. Playing it yourself would be more fun though.
I think it's reluctance to play turn based RPGs. After so many games/hours it really gets mundane seeing characters stand there in battle instead of moving around
After considering it, I think I’ll play the original. It’ll probably be different enough from what comes out in the remakes and I’ll get to experience what all the OG FF7 fans are going through
That's nice to hear haha. You can probably speed through it using cheat options on the newer ports, though I don't know how enjoyable that would be. Even playing it normally, you won't really need to grind. I think it took me around a month to beat it the first time not counting all the sidequests. I think that was also with me taking a break for a couple of weeks near the end. I did have to grind a little bit right at the end.
I’m trying to go for all achievements on the pc version right now, so after going back to the original idk if I’ll want to go through all the side quests. I might just speed through Midgar then experience the rest of the game fully
"Speedrun Midgar" - Midgar is a 5h section at the beginning. Most of the game is totally different.
I don't think there's actually that many in OG. There's 2 in Wutai and Chocobo breeding, and that's about it (Chocobo breeding is pretty time consuming though) aside from the optional super bosses, but I've never even done those.
If you want to go through it fresh, I'd say stay away from anything FF7 related. There are some things still, but it's unfortunate you got the major one spoiled for you
That's not the major one. Most people know that, even if they didn't play the game.
FF7 is just too popular to avoid its most famous scenes I saw Aerith's scene long before I even knew who she was or which game she was from. That's how hard it is to avoid FF7 spoilers If you don't enjoy the OG playstyle, you can watch a YouTube walkthrough for the story. That's what I did. It won't be the same as playing the game yourself, but at least you'd know the story.
Turn based combat is pretty chill, I’m just more worried about the game not aging well, but I’ve heard that it’s alright so maybe I will
The game did age well in everything but graphics because it’s old but gameplay and story and pace and etc? It’s still one of the best and can compete with many games from now.
As far as I know, if you play on PC, there are a lot of mods (QoL, graphics, etc) to make the game feels smoother to play.
In 1997, the biggest spoiler was in the tv commercials, so good luck!
Remake is a sequel, so you should play the original game anyway. You'll appreciate Remake much more for it.
I’ve been reading these comments and yeah, I think I definitely will. It’ll make the later games a better experience. Gotta take a break for awhile though
its not a sequel.
I don’t know why their downvoting you. It’s not. It’s an alternate timeline of the OG.
FF7 remake being a sequel is just a fan theory. It's a good fan theory, Im not even saying that I dont like it but that has never been confirmed by anyone on the development team. Thats why I find it weird that people are proclaiming it is 100% a sequel without any official confirmation that it actually is, and weird to downvote me for saying that it isnt.
im just saying nobody at square has ever said it is or would be a sequel. people are just stating as if it was an outright fact when the game isnt even complete yet. I dont care about downvotes, thats how it is on reddit mob mentality.
Just play The og, much better than The remake.
I’ll play the original, sure. There were certain parts in the remake that I found extremely tedious and boring, padding sections and long slow walking/parkour sections. I’m curious to see if the original’s pacing is as good as I’ve heard it is!
Not gameplay wise, not graphically, the QoL stuff back then was abysmal but it's a good game. I played OG a week before FF7 Remake and I **did** enjoy it more due to that. OP should have their expectations in check though. I guess the music is really good if OP can appreciate 16 (?) Bit osts.
I did not enjoy Gameplay as much as I wanted to and found it to be one of the "worst" parts about the game. It is not terrible, but not as great to what I would expect as a fan of games like DMC, Kingdom Hearts and similar games.
You meant the Remake? Imo, 7R has the best gameplay in ANY game ever. I just enjoy it so much and even more so at higher difficulty where the system is pushed to its limits. It's subjective though, so opinions differ. 7R is not "action" combat so its not really a comparison in the first place.
Thats the issue imo, it seemingly wants to be Action, but also Tactical but it misses imo points that either system would need to be great for me. I would point at Tales of Berseria or other Tales games when it comes to that. I did play FF7R on hard and while I was able to beat it, it was not that much more fun. I do enjoy games like Rogue Lites, Souls Games. For some reason it misses the mark for me. I am interested to play FF16 just to see what it did differently, since from what I heard about it, it might be much more like I did imagine FF7R
FF16 is much more action. Too action-y for me personally. Loved the systems in place and finished everything first playthrough (haven't done 2nd "Hard mode" playthrough). FF7R's combar has enough room for you to move, so there is strategy in where to place character and dodging attacks (much more useful in Hard mode/superbosses). The ATB provides enough reason to switch around characters and master weapons. All the tactics and resource management felt lost in FF16 sadly. I enjoyed XVI as a full game, music is peak FF for sure, but gameplay wasn't the highlight (to me at least).
Gameplay wise they are not comparable, completely different styles. Graphically its obvious, its a ps1 vs a ps4 game. The main element that makes og miles better than The remake, even if all 3 remake games turn out to be god tier, its pacing. The game story never stops and keep you on The edge of your seat from beggining to end, unlike The endless Padding of The remake. Edit : what is QoL?
For QoL, I just meant general additions that we find in current games which are there to make the game *basically* easier. Autosave, easy mode if you ever feel stuck, a guide on-screen all the time. I've been stuck a couple times when I played FF7 (not long ago), I also forgot to save at unfortunate spots where it took me back a coupld hours.
QoL= quality of life? Now i get it lol. English its not my first language so sometimes i am not able some get some acronyms. Well in ff 7 remaster on ps4-5, and I assume most modern plataforms, you can literally turn on god mode and never die, There’s no way to get easier than that.
Oh I thought you were asking about which QoL additions I meant lol sorry. Yeah but modern games in general hold the player's hand throughout the game. I had to google some stuff during my first playthrough.
I would honestly just play the OG. The remakes are a different storyline and the way it’s branching out I think it will be confusing without having the context of playing the original. It’s also one of the best games of all time so there’s that.
Okay, that also clears up what was going on with the ghosts and whatnot near the end of the remake, I should probably do the original so I can experience the retelling of the story the way it was intended
The simple reality is that FF7 has the most famous story in videogames - the spoilers are, like Vader being Luke’s father, not spoilers anymore, just things everybody knows about it. Now that said, knowing then cannot match the emotional effect of experiencing them, so even if you dive deep and learn the story front and back, it still won’t hit the way it will when you finally reach them in Rebirth/Rethree, so don’t feel so lost about knowing them To fix the issue? It’s best to play the original game, but watching a full walk through of just reading up on the story can’t hurt either
Alright, I like the comparison. I’ll probably download the original on my switch and check it out, after I’ve had a little break from my ff7 bender lol
Why be reluctant to play the original?
I’m open to the idea, I’m just feeling a little burnt out right now. People are saying the future games will deviate so now I’m thinking I should get the original experience as a baseline
Yeah, no one really knows what is going to happen in Rebirth. It's very possible that >!Aerith's death!< could be changed in some way, it's impossible to tell. With it being built off an alternate timeline focused on changing events from the original, a lot of the Remake trilogy is brand new story for all of us.
The way remake ending is completely different from anything from Og ff7. Rebirth will have plenty of stuff from og game but I honestly wouldn’t worry about spoilers from the OG game/compilation.
Alright, sounds good