I finished a very enjoyable playthrough from start to VI thanks to Pixel Remasters, and I bought VII-IX on Switch to keep it going. I'm on the first arc in Kalm after leaving Midgard and I am finding it a struggle to get through. This game moves so slow, the story is not at all interesting so far, combat is entirely monotonous, the characters are flat, the controls are clunky, and the cut scenes are excruciatingly long and pointless.

I do not want to play through it for completeness sake, but I also don't want to give up too early.

I feel like I should be enjoying it by now, right? Is there some point in the story where it really takes off? If so, how close am I?

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

After Kalm the game story really kicks into high gear. Stick it out at least until you hit Costa Del Sol after Junon. If you don't like the game at that point, its just not your cup of tea.

But, I have to say, out of all the final fantasy games I've played, this one has always been my favorite. The story just gets more and more complex as you go. Its got a lot of layers. But, if thats not what you're looking for, thats okay. Not liking the combat is problematic. Maybe try the active timer instead of the wait timer if you haven't already?

Hopefully, you stick it out proper. I really think there's a lot this game has to offer.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok thanks! I'll stick it out until Costa Del Sol.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You should report back here once you get to Costa Del Sol! Im really curious if you will keep playing the game, or if you had to put it down.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

I will try to remember

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm done... I got tripped up by the Midgar Zolom. By sheer chance, I walked across the marsh and made it to the other side on foot. I was eventually able to defeat one, but I had to look up a strat online to kill it with poison so it wouldn't use it's Blown Away and Beta attacks.

Some of the back-story with Sephiroth in Nibelheim is cool, it just feels like pulling teeth to move it along. I'm so bored of walking from one location to another and back again ad nauseum, with nothing to do but click the A button to trigger cut scenes.

Maybe I'll come back to it someday, but I got to give it a pass for now.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Haha, you weren't supposed to fight the Zolom. You're supposed to get a chocobo and run across the marshmallows. There's a farm right next to the marsh who will give you a chocobo lure. Too bad, I can see how thats frustrating.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware. I was just experimenting and was surprised when I made it across the first try without one.

I was out farming gold since I didn't have enough for the chocobo lure and thought what the hell let's go check out this marsh and see how tough this snake is. The real mistake was saving over my recent slot on the other side of the marsh, next to the mine entrance.

I ended up playing more last night anyway and did the first battle at Mount Condor, which honestly was the most fun I've had since starting it.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Omg, the Condor fights are so fun! That mini game is handsdown one of my favorite things about the game! It actually is a story driver at some point later in the game, so you have to come back eventually and do it again.