Chapter 8 may be the most boring chapter off alltime for FF if you didnt play 16

[NYGiantsYankees]

It dragged so long, so many flashbacks to 16

[Krypto]

Flashbacks to a game that came out years later. Makes sense.

[arthur]

Brace yourself for chapter 9, most tedious chapter in the game in my opinion.

[Krypto]

You mean most awesome chapter in the game.

[arthur]

Originally posted by Krypto:

You mean most awesome chapter in the game.

Sure, if you really like giant robot hands.

[Krypto]

Originally posted by arthur:

Originally posted by Krypto:

You mean most awesome chapter in the game.

Sure, if you really like giant robot hands.

The accounts for maybe 5 minutes across the whole chapter, and you get a magnify materia out of it, which is well worth the effort.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

I did feel it dragged on a little long with the side quests. I only like to do half of them on repeat playthrough.

[Fahrenheit]

Originally posted by arthur:

Originally posted by Krypto:

You mean most awesome chapter in the game.

Sure, if you really like giant robot hands.

Guess I'm not the only one that hates this dumb puzzle. Cloud can jump miles high in cutscenes, but has to maneuver some mechanical arms to drop some ladders down... to climb up

[Steel]

I'm not gonna say the slow puzzle parts like this are riveting gameplay, at the end of the day the meat of this game in terms of gameplay is the combat, particularly in boss fights, everything else is vibes and world building and character stuff.

At the same time if the game was nothing but a boss rush of fight after fight, even though that would technically be "more good gameplay", it wouldn't feel like the complete package it is now. Maybe you'd miss the boring parts if they didn't exist? Idk I'm just rambling.

[Danlol]

dude read my mind lol. this chapter walking has been soooooooo boring.

[arthur]

Originally posted by Steel:

I'm not gonna say the slow puzzle parts like this are riveting gameplay, at the end of the day the meat of this game in terms of gameplay is the combat, particularly in boss fights, everything else is vibes and world building and character stuff.

At the same time if the game was nothing but a boss rush of fight after fight, even though that would technically be "more good gameplay", it wouldn't feel like the complete package it is now. Maybe you'd miss the boring parts if they didn't exist? Idk I'm just rambling.

I don't disagree, the game would be a slog to get through if it was just combat after combat after combat non-stop. The walking parts are important for pacing.

But the tunnel at the beginning of chapter 9 is too much for me, the game would be better if that section was nixed.

[XenoBrain]

If we're complaining about chapters then most of 17 (The Drum) is the one I would want cut from the game. While I'm glad to have level design requiring slightly more involved navigation than "press forward", it's a repetitive environment where the combat is a slog coming at exactly the wrong moment in the story and killing the pacing.

I'm pretty positive about Chapter 8 myself. Sidequests were generally decent, was nice to breath a little and wander about. But maybe it's mainly because I love hearing the "Hollow Skies" music track so much

[colt]

Well if you didn't like that chapter then i have no idea on how you will finish the game. It was a good chapter IMO. However, chapters 6, 9, 14 and 17 all dragged on far too long.

[Derivat949]

Originally posted by Fahrenheit:

Originally posted by arthur:

Sure, if you really like giant robot hands.

Guess I'm not the only one that hates this dumb puzzle. Cloud can jump miles high in cutscenes, but has to maneuver some mechanical arms to drop some ladders down... to climb up

Lol I was just thinking the same thing while playing that chapter yesterday. The ludonarrative dissonance hit hard

[NYGiantsYankees]

Originally posted by arthur:

Brace yourself for chapter 9, most tedious chapter in the game in my opinion.

i didnt mind 9 much...

[NYGiantsYankees]

Originally posted by colt:

Well if you didn't like that chapter then i have no idea on how you will finish the game. It was a good chapter IMO. However, chapters 6, 9, 14 and 17 all dragged on far too long.

i finished the game 5 times, 8 is TERRIBLE in everyway, boring, boring, boring