Final Fantasy 7
It appears as though the speedrunning community has claimedFinal Fantasy 7 Remake ’s demo as their next challenge . Released in much the same way as the original demonstration for the 1997 version ofFinal Fantasy VII(down to the exact mission ) before this month , the new remastered reading of Square ’s popular JRPG has been a strike with new and returning player likewise , even with the game ’s changes to the authoritative Active Time Battle system .
participant have been enjoying pretty much every aspect ofFinal Fantasy 7all over again , admit all the game ’s manyreferences toStar Warsand the occasionally - offbeat but not - quite - dread dialog . It ’s no surprisal players have adopt theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeas much as they have , since such an labor is something fans of the series have been asking about for years . The characters ofFinal Fantasy 7have remained iconic symbol of the enfranchisement , evidenced byFF7’sCloud being add up toSuper Smash Bros. 3DS / Wii U.
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Now , however , it appear fans are showing off their love forFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein a different room . According to a recent report byKotaku , multiple speedrunners have already attempted to perfect their run through theFF7 Remakedemo " as if it were a standalone biz . “Currently , the ready finishing time is reportedly just under thirteen and a half minutes ( 13:22 ) and is held by a speedrunner who choke by Ffamran . curb out the TV of Ffamran’sFinal Fantasy 7 Remakedemo speedrun below viaYouTube :
address toKotaku , another speedrunner known as desa3579 ( who previously hold the record forFinal Fantasy 7 Remakedemo speedruns at 13:25 before being beaten by another competition named SwiftShadow and Ffamran ) enjoin that the biotic community is " thinking of new strategies day by day for every encounter , starting from the troopers at the start all the manner to the honcho of the demonstration . “When ask about what the hard part of speedrunning theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakedemois , desa2579 had an solvent which will storm no one who has play through the demonstration themselves . " Definitely the second phase of the Scorpion Sentinel conflict , " the speedrunner said . " We have a very small window of time to get free of the barrier it make up . "
Not every plot is perfect for speedrunning , and there are some arguments inside the community as to what exactly consider as " finishing " the biz . Large , overt reality plot like those inThe Legend of Zeldaseries have been a bastion for speedrunners in the past , but certain exploits and glitches which get the player to hop-skip directly to the end cinematic are thought by some to be cheating , not speedrunning . Such inconsistency have yet to be ascertain in theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakedemo , however , and its linear nature and naturally short length make it the perfect challenge for speedrunners search to embrace some of their innerFinal Fantasy 7nostalgiaover and over again .
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