Sephiroth took off the training gloves for Cloud this time goddamn. Honestly a part of me wishes for a Sephiroth super boss. Although that doesn’t make sense within FF7 itself since he’s the final one.
@@joaocbcneto o - oh okay. If you say so. *Looks at Cloud* HP = Critical, bleeding out Limit = Max Eyes = Upset and blood shot *Looks at joacbcneto* .....Not worried......at all...I guess.
Nico: Okay, hard mode done and got a new pc, shoulsnt have been that long, what did I miss? Penguins: Nico it's been seven years, the ff7 trilogy is already finished, you have to forgive yourself
Actually, when a platinum is THIS tough, you usually see it’s completion rating under 1%. Even down around .5%. The fact that it’s up to 1.8% shows just how much the people who played this game actually love it.
Especially with the video showcases of people doing the brutal challenges either with solos or specific team comps! It shows just how fun this is can be even afterwards and the myriad of strategies anyone can use. Absolutely love a hard mode that still allows diverse methods.
@@Penguinjohn4796 Honestly I loved it! I’ve only ever platinumed 3 games before, and 95% of Rebirth’s was a lot of fun. It’s just the other 5% that gets extremely difficult and annoying! But I wouldn’t say it’s dampened my experience!
It is the final battle of the third game. Sephiroth starts to transform into his final form. Feeling hungry, you leave to preheat the oven and prepare a meal. Sephiroth's monologue about the meteor, stars, and reunion is a podcast you listen to while baking. By the time your food is prepared, the cutscene is just barely finishing. But you can still eat your meal before it gets cold. Each of Sephiroth's big attacks are actually two minute cutscenes with limited control of your characters, so you can still take a bite without missing anything. When you finish this phase of the fight, you actually spent more time eating than holding the controller. Then Sephiroth says "I am finished warming up" and quickly kills you.
Oh my god, you go SO lucky against Odin in Bonds of Friendship! Both times he used Spatial Distortion, he left both you and Zack on the non-fuc*ed side of the wall. Beating him first try you got there? He’s the main reason people finally give up.
This probably wasn’t intentional, but the fire sparks on the thumbnail makes it look like the Black Materia is on Cloud’s Buster Sword. That was probably just a coincidence, but something I found to be funny and ironic.
Nico, I know many of us were seriously debating whether to discourage you from trying to platinum this game like you did Remake. Because, as you’ve now learned, they really are two different beasts. But then we pulled on our fingerless gloves and held our tongues as we waited for the lightning bolts of hubris to strike. But well done, mate. Well done.
As your talking about the 2 min cut sense mid fight I also recall you missed out on the Riku cut sense back in the PS2 kingdom hearts so basically You still have felt our pain I have never felt closer to you XD
I'm not sure it would be a great stream since it would very repetitive and Nico just being miserable for hours on end, although the chat interaction might help lift him up
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to beat Hard Mode Nico! This LP was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to see what Part 3 has in store for us! Hopefully next time, the Hard Mode dials it back a bit and/or you take your time with it on stream or off screen! Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to see what the next two LPs are!
I remember when Nico saying at the start of Rebirth the combat system was a little easy, and then seeing comments snickering that he will change his tune once he gets to hard mode. Happy to see they were proven right.
I do hope you do the postgame for Part 3 when it comes out, but take your time with that one. Like in your spare time between recording sessions for other LPs after finishing that game, you work on that Hard Mode and then when you feel like there’s something you want to show off, you record it
Nico: Phew! Finally I'm all done! Hope the penguins didn't mind the wait! *cut to the SS LP Discord on fire and everyone is screaming* Nico: Yuuuuuup! Every is just fine
That was a great final part and cool fights and rewards in it. ;-) Wow, these fights are really difficult, but I am glad that you beat it and got the price and complete Johnny´s trophy collection. The reward in his treasure chest was a nice surprise and it is cool that you can play "One Winged Angel" on the piano now. It sounds fantastic. ^^ Thank you for your awesome Let´s Play of this amazing game. It was a lot of fun, twists, surprises, secrets, emotions, etc. and I enjoyed all of it. ^_^ This is the game of the year and I am really looking forward to part 3 of this wonderful game and I am curious how it continues and will end. Thanks again for playing this as Let´s Play and here are some recommendations for your next Let´s Plays and hopefully you can play some of these for your next LPs, too: Process of Elimination, Spirit Hunter: NG, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Sakura Wars, Zanki Zero, The Caligula Effect: Overdose, Disgaea series, Star Ocean series, Persona Q/Q2/3 Portable/Tactica, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, World's End Club, Our World is Ended, Soul Hackers 2, Witch's Heart, Rune Factory series, Stray, Danganronpa Another 1+2, Mato Anomalies, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II and Granblue Fantasy Relink.
Nico: this was worth it. Thank you so much for this video, even though it took 75 hours of pain. I knew I wouldn't be able to go through hard mode myself because I do not have the time, energy, or most importantly, the willpower and skill to get through it. I tried doing Remake's hard mode and got walled by the damn junkyard dog. I know other's have probably already done videos showing what content is in hard mode (and honestly the Johnny scene and OWA sheet music, while very cute, wouldn't be worth doing for me), but seeing you in particular grind through it is a treat because I know how much you love this game, even with some faults like how hard mode and some of the challenge fights were done. Take a well deserved rest, and we'll see you when you are ready for the next LP.
So Nico, there is a bright side to this coming out later than expected. The official English release for the Tsukihime Remake (A Piece of Blue Glass Moon) has released after 3 years of staying in Japan. It is a remake and rewriting of the two most popular Tsukihime Routes, and comes out to about 40 hours. It is written by the original writer of Fate Stay Night, Kinoko Nasu and is considered by some to be even better. I think TsukiRemake would be a Fantastic way to dip your toes into the Type Moon Visual Novel space, without dedicating yourself to the 100 hour behemoth of Fate Stay Night (which would also be a fantastic LP.) (Sidenote: Tsukihime is not in the same universe as Fate, though it does have alot of similarites. I can get into specifics if you play it lol.)
It really makes you think, how many hard modes in games are actually difficult? Not enough I say. This game hard mode is one of the few that gets actually harder and harder as it goes on no matter how much you level up.
I wish the hard mode on this game was actually difficult. It’s only the VR missions that seem to be challenging. The fact that there are players out there doing no materia, single character, no damage runs in this game is silly. I guess that makes it cool that there is a skill component to it, but still…it’s really just the challenges that are hard. I’d love to actually find the main bosses difficult. I think the only one I found tough was that stone golem thing you face with Barret and Red.
I used guide for plenty of the fights at the end (mostly the crazy Chadley fights). You don't realize at first how important MP and HP absorb are until you're hitting for crazy damage with genji glove and have infinite HP and MP because of it. Shit was brutal.
I know I already pretty much said this in another comment maybe in the "finale" video, but I'll say it here, too. I loved this LP. I love this game. You have my mad respect for going through Hard Mode and Platinum-ing this game, but even if you didn't, this entire journey was an absolute FEAST. I can't stop thinking about this game, and I'm even going through and re-watching your Remake playthrough. Playing OG as well. I dunno how I'm gonna temper my excitement for Part 3, ughhh here's to another 4 years of playing the waiting game. But anyway, much love!! Good luck setting up your new PC, I know how tedious that can be. But I'm sure it's gonna be awesome!!
Okay, I know this is a late comment and might not get seen but I need to comment this while my goldfish memory isn't playing up. Thank you so much for doing this series and many others. I don't have a Playstation 5, or an Xbox, and not much is on these consoles to incentive me to buy them. So, you doing all these videos and making them more accessible is absolutely wonderful. But what draws me to watch all these videos isn't the content of them, it is you. I rediscovered you after going through my subscriptions and making my way through all that content I was interested in watching. I saw your Paranormasight playthrough/playlist and thought to myself 'Sure, let's start there.' My goodness, I missed your videos. The silly sense of humour, the care for the videogames you have, how you make genres I'm not interested in playing like horror and action tolerable as well as fun to watch, and the Completionism that you do. I'm so happy I've refound you and I've been keeping up to date with your stuff ever since. Keep it up, Nico! And if you ever need a break, take it. I personally think you need it after the hell that is FF7 Rebirth and She Who Shall Not Be Named (I mean Elisabeth).
Fun fact, I love action games. I platninum'd DMC5 and that is a pretty notoriously hard one. I managed to beat hard mode pretty simply similarly all the way up until the last chapter gauntlet where I handled them on the second try. Zacks final challenge fucking brutalized me simply because Zack is not Clouds equal, he's mega nerfed until I learned that High braver is actually the only good thing he has, and goddamn the damage. I beat VR sephiroth & the last duo mission with Zack after about 20 attempts, I kept count for the final Zack. At that point i got the trophy for all the missions, but technically I had not done the final 2 training missions for cloud & Zack so i decided to knock them out before going to claim Johnny's reward. Tell me why when loading up Sephiroths after finishing Zack's, my game super bugged out and I was stuck in an endless VR void as sephiroth where he could only walk forward and was forced to close the game. The game does not autosave after VR missions, so despite having the trophy I was UNABLE claim Johnny's reward UNTIL I DID IT AGAIN AHAHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Edit: I also did not bother maxing Materia because i hate monotonous grinding & would much ratther slam my head into a wall, I felt so much pain so maybe for Part 3 I'll try it.
1:08 That thumbnail seems to be a perfect description. Congratulations though!!! This game sucks you in like a black hole It’s been a blast seeing your FF7 Remake and Rebirth videos! At least you have a few years before the final one arrives
Now that Rebirth is done (and hot damn I'm sure you are glad that Hard mode is finished), imma drop my suggestion for one of the next two LPs. Tsukihime finally got an English release this past week, and considering your jump into the Nasuverse a few months back with Fate/Samurai Remnant, I think it would be a great way to jump into the VN side of the franchise. It's very standalone and doesn't require any pre-existing knowledge of anything Fate or Nasuverse related to enjoy it, so I think it would make for a great time to go through. It's also not as long as Fate/stay night, so maybe it would be a better option to ease into the VNs.
Was worth it Nico. This game is amazing and can't wait for part 3. I also look forward to whatever you decide to play next. Lol you fought well.....I can't even beat Remake's hard mode and this looks nightmarish lol so you can always say you did it lol
...Well, good job suffering through hard mode, Nico. Since this is technically a new finale, and it's been a bit since the proper story finale for the game, I'll just restate my recommendations for the next LPs: Trails in the Sky, it would be a good time to jump on it with the newest entry coming out this week. To The Moon minisodes, A Bird Story and Finding Paradise, would always be nice to see a return to it, especially since it seems like the series is ending this year.
after reading the trophy list for remake and rebirth and experiencing a bit of what the full task required i knew these were plats i'd have no drive or desire to torture myself for. actually seeing it in motion and hearing everything you've said about it is like yea. absolutely not worth it to me. i've got some hard plats and completions in the past, for me beating Lingering Will in KH2, Yozora and the Pro Code Merit Trophy from KH3 were the ones i'm very proud of myself to have gotten. and i'm satisfied with that but seriously nico, amazing that you've got the plat for both these games
You're crazy for doing it around 215 hours!!! I started trying hard mode last week and I'm clocking in 220 hours without my materia maxed out since I'm still replaying everything to get all the conversations and stuff. Hard Mode is a beast.
Now that we have the rare opportunity of two new LPs at once, I wanted to share some suggestions I think would be a lot of fun! Starting Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga would be fun and it’s a good time given a brand new game was announced recently! Super Paper Mario would be fun as well. Tsukihime Remake just came out and it’s a VN from the Type-Moon Devs who did FSN if you wanted to get a taste of how FSN will be. Jojo Part 4 or returning to HxH would be fun too, though you might hold off on Reaction Abridges until you need something timed for a Day 1 LP like Metaphor. Yakuza 5 would be a lot of fun, though probably not right away given we just finished two long LPs. No matter what you decide to do, I’m sure it will be a fun time! Keep up the great work Nico and I’m looking forward to the next brand new Let’s Plays!
Recommendations for a new LP! Mario and Luigi Paper Mario Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess... Or Link's Awakening Witch of the Holy Night Fate Stay/Night Higurashi Umineko Or you could go back to Hunter x Hunter or Jojo, if you're really stuck.
HE LIVES!!! But in all seriousness I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. I may have not enjoyed the game but we all have our own tastes and far be it from me to rain on anyone’s parade. Im still gunning for either Super Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, or Twilight Princess for the next let’s play. Either way congrats on the Platinum trophy and hope everyone here has a lovely day.
Because of my insane addiction to this game at launch and my undeniable hunger to get the platinum done, i got the platinum before the brummal form strat came out 😩😩 the many of hours of pain this strat would have saved me just hurts to know in hindsight 😅 welcome to the club tho bro the pain is worth the satisfaction garnered at the end of the gauntlet 🏆
I do agree loadouts would be so nice for this game. Because it is annoying to respecing a character back and forth in a build. Definitely needs to be added into the next instalment.
Finally finished the Chadley challenges yesterday. The gdamn piano's the only thing I've been avoiding. Hard Mode's gonna feel like a treat once that's done I used a guide for damn near every challenge and I don't feel any type of way about it. If you put a shit ton of time into this thing to get the equipment you need to make those builds work you deserve a helping hand. It's not like they make them tons easier, it still might take a couple hours🤷🏻♂️
Hello, Nico! We all know you love JRPG’s, so can we hope for a let’s play of Trails series? I don’t know whether it was recommended by anyone, but these games swiftly gain popularity in the West, and for a good reason - they’re great! On July 5th a new Trails arc comes out - Trails through Daybreak, which will be a great new entry in the series. I think you’ll have a good time with it
I overall really enjoyed my time platinuming the game. I knocked out the fights gradually over multiple weeks while playing other games. Really was actually pretty pleasant. One really small thing that i want corrected in addition to adding materia loadouts. Let the player change their materia IN the combat simulator. This is such a tiny thing, but the amount of times that you need to make micro adjustments in between fights really annoyed me and made the process of dying and retrying more obnoxious than it needed to be
So some suggestions for games Yakuza 5 Shin megami tensei 5/vengeance ( know it will probably not be played right now since you just finished reload) Legend of zelda twilight princess Fire emblem 3 houses New route (more specifically the black eagles)
In all seriousness, finishing a gauntlet of fights in one go and if you fail - start from beginning, is an absolute evil. This should not be a thing in this day and age, especially with how unforgiving hard mode is. You can even lock all equipment and materia until you finish and if you back out, then you have to start from beginning, but for the love of all good in the world, let people continue from exact round you failed.
this might be a weird sugestion for a let's play... but i think the mario and luigi RPGs (superstar saga to be precise) would be a good idea, now that he did play Mario RPG it would be perfect to see the other series of RPGs (and my personal favority out of the 3)
![[FULL] RETROSPECTIVE : Final Fantasy Tactics](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RUBmYqs1jZ0/mqdefault.jpg)
This might've been a mistake...
you've got that right
Well, Nico's going to need therapy.
Hopefully you recover well and chill next week with some casual/ less stressful Yakuza 5!
We tried to warn you, Nico…we tried..
Sure was.
Its okay Nico, he can't hurt you anymore.
well until part 3, but you know, thats yeeeears to wait on.
Just in time for the ps7
4 years, hopefully.
Just wait and see. It's gonna come out in a few months, just to make Nico go mad.
Dont worry, he will be ready by then
Sephiroth beat nico's ass for a whole week straight, brutal.
He did it in Kingdom Hearts, he can do it again.
And in the next game, I wager it will be a whole month.
Sephiroth took off the training gloves for Cloud this time goddamn.
Honestly a part of me wishes for a Sephiroth super boss. Although that doesn’t make sense within FF7 itself since he’s the final one.
@@ryannewman3589 Supernova time!
If Nico had had an orb of black materia on him, he'd definitely have given it to Sephiroth by this point
Ngl was kind of worried about the radio silence but it seems Nico was just being tortured alive by Sephiroth.
Same, I was afraid something happened to Bernie there for a sec or something else catastrophic.
Being tortured alive is also a big worry. At least sounds like it's worrisome...
@@fabul0u519 nah it's fiiiine, just ask Cloud he's doing fine.
@@joaocbcneto o - oh okay. If you say so.
*Looks at Cloud*
HP = Critical, bleeding out
Limit = Max
Eyes = Upset and blood shot
*Looks at joacbcneto*
.....Not worried......at all...I guess.
Nico: Okay, hard mode done and got a new pc, shoulsnt have been that long, what did I miss?
Penguins: Nico it's been seven years, the ff7 trilogy is already finished, you have to forgive yourself
Sephiroth was going weeeeeeeeeii
Actually, when a platinum is THIS tough, you usually see it’s completion rating under 1%. Even down around .5%. The fact that it’s up to 1.8% shows just how much the people who played this game actually love it.
Especially with the video showcases of people doing the brutal challenges either with solos or specific team comps! It shows just how fun this is can be even afterwards and the myriad of strategies anyone can use. Absolutely love a hard mode that still allows diverse methods.
@Jay-ch5xu that's what she said
Part of the 1.8% right here 🙌🏼
@@fearlesscheshirecat1411how was the experience
@@Penguinjohn4796 Honestly I loved it! I’ve only ever platinumed 3 games before, and 95% of Rebirth’s was a lot of fun. It’s just the other 5% that gets extremely difficult and annoying!
But I wouldn’t say it’s dampened my experience!
It is the final battle of the third game. Sephiroth starts to transform into his final form. Feeling hungry, you leave to preheat the oven and prepare a meal. Sephiroth's monologue about the meteor, stars, and reunion is a podcast you listen to while baking. By the time your food is prepared, the cutscene is just barely finishing. But you can still eat your meal before it gets cold. Each of Sephiroth's big attacks are actually two minute cutscenes with limited control of your characters, so you can still take a bite without missing anything. When you finish this phase of the fight, you actually spent more time eating than holding the controller. Then Sephiroth says "I am finished warming up" and quickly kills you.
Last video, “I don’t have to do the Gilgamesh Summon Battles THANK GOD”
Gilgamesh, “and I took that personally”
I said pretty much the same thing on the Gilgamesh episode. “Oh, game’s too easy for you? HOLD MY BEER.”
Sephiroth has beaten Nico so many times that Nico had to go to Quadratum and get Sora to beat Sephiroth for him…..
He even did it on the first try to.
*sonic blade spam*
“And now Aerith’s fucking dead.”
Basically this games endgame/postgame experience in a nutshell
Yessss!!! Optinoob deserves the recognition! I’m so glad you gave him a shoutout!
Oh my god, you go SO lucky against Odin in Bonds of Friendship! Both times he used Spatial Distortion, he left both you and Zack on the non-fuc*ed side of the wall. Beating him first try you got there? He’s the main reason people finally give up.
FF7 Rebirth Hard Mode is even harder than Shadow Of The Erdtree
This probably wasn’t intentional, but the fire sparks on the thumbnail makes it look like the Black Materia is on Cloud’s Buster Sword. That was probably just a coincidence, but something I found to be funny and ironic.
Me: Wow, Nico hasn't uploaded in a few days I wonder what's-
*This video shows up in my notifications*
Me: ... Ooooooh
Sephiroth being knocked away by the aeroga was priceless.
Nico, I know many of us were seriously debating whether to discourage you from trying to platinum this game like you did Remake. Because, as you’ve now learned, they really are two different beasts. But then we pulled on our fingerless gloves and held our tongues as we waited for the lightning bolts of hubris to strike.
But well done, mate. Well done.
It took Rebirth Hardmode to finally give Nico the 'Not Clayton' experience
As your talking about the 2 min cut sense mid fight I also recall you missed out on the Riku cut sense back in the PS2 kingdom hearts so basically You still have felt our pain I have never felt closer to you XD
Can't believe Sephiroth is final boss of the piano
HE’S ALIVE! Can’t wait to go through this again in 4 years lmao (but srsly tho, maybe a stream would be better next time? Just a thought!)
I'm not sure it would be a great stream since it would very repetitive and Nico just being miserable for hours on end, although the chat interaction might help lift him up
Gotong ot havebto agree with this one. Maybe in oart 3 if the hard mode is the same as this one but yeah it would be immensely repetitive @AlexT7916
1:25:10 what a roller coaster of emotions that 10 seconds was
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to beat Hard Mode Nico! This LP was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to see what Part 3 has in store for us! Hopefully next time, the Hard Mode dials it back a bit and/or you take your time with it on stream or off screen! Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to see what the next two LPs are!
How fitting, ending with the despair theme song lol
I remember when Nico saying at the start of Rebirth the combat system was a little easy, and then seeing comments snickering that he will change his tune once he gets to hard mode. Happy to see they were proven right.
I do hope you do the postgame for Part 3 when it comes out, but take your time with that one. Like in your spare time between recording sessions for other LPs after finishing that game, you work on that Hard Mode and then when you feel like there’s something you want to show off, you record it
Sephiroth put nico through the pain of ps2 kh1 vs riku everlasting darkness ptsd with unskippable cutscenes 😂 FEEL OUR PAIN NICO!!!!
Also nico has a 4k ready pc and the next playthrough is.. tales of symphonia on the gamecube(or vesperia) 😂... plz 😅
@@kingant100sadly he's said on stream before that he tried tales of vesperia and he found it boring
I love that the Thumbnail has the Sephiroth Advent Children Stab Move to Cloud Lol
Nico: Phew! Finally I'm all done! Hope the penguins didn't mind the wait!
*cut to the SS LP Discord on fire and everyone is screaming*
Nico: Yuuuuuup! Every is just fine
That was a great final part and cool fights and rewards in it. ;-)
Wow, these fights are really difficult, but I am glad that you beat it and got the price and complete Johnny´s trophy collection. The reward in his treasure chest was a nice surprise and it is cool that you can play "One Winged Angel" on the piano now. It sounds fantastic. ^^
Thank you for your awesome Let´s Play of this amazing game. It was a lot of fun, twists, surprises, secrets, emotions, etc. and I enjoyed all of it. ^_^
This is the game of the year and I am really looking forward to part 3 of this wonderful game and I am curious how it continues and will end.
Thanks again for playing this as Let´s Play and here are some recommendations for your next Let´s Plays and hopefully you can play some of these for your next LPs, too:
Process of Elimination, Spirit Hunter: NG, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Sakura Wars, Zanki Zero, The Caligula Effect: Overdose, Disgaea series, Star Ocean series, Persona Q/Q2/3 Portable/Tactica, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, World's End Club, Our World is Ended, Soul Hackers 2, Witch's Heart, Rune Factory series, Stray, Danganronpa Another 1+2, Mato Anomalies, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II and Granblue Fantasy Relink.
Nico: this was worth it. Thank you so much for this video, even though it took 75 hours of pain. I knew I wouldn't be able to go through hard mode myself because I do not have the time, energy, or most importantly, the willpower and skill to get through it. I tried doing Remake's hard mode and got walled by the damn junkyard dog. I know other's have probably already done videos showing what content is in hard mode (and honestly the Johnny scene and OWA sheet music, while very cute, wouldn't be worth doing for me), but seeing you in particular grind through it is a treat because I know how much you love this game, even with some faults like how hard mode and some of the challenge fights were done. Take a well deserved rest, and we'll see you when you are ready for the next LP.
A Sunday upload? Am I in the Lifestream?
So Nico, there is a bright side to this coming out later than expected.
The official English release for the Tsukihime Remake (A Piece of Blue Glass Moon) has released after 3 years of staying in Japan.
It is a remake and rewriting of the two most popular Tsukihime Routes, and comes out to about 40 hours. It is written by the original writer of Fate Stay Night, Kinoko Nasu and is considered by some to be even better.
I think TsukiRemake would be a Fantastic way to dip your toes into the Type Moon Visual Novel space, without dedicating yourself to the 100 hour behemoth of Fate Stay Night (which would also be a fantastic LP.)
(Sidenote: Tsukihime is not in the same universe as Fate, though it does have alot of similarites. I can get into specifics if you play it lol.)
It really makes you think, how many hard modes in games are actually difficult? Not enough I say. This game hard mode is one of the few that gets actually harder and harder as it goes on no matter how much you level up.
I wish the hard mode on this game was actually difficult. It’s only the VR missions that seem to be challenging.
The fact that there are players out there doing no materia, single character, no damage runs in this game is silly.
I guess that makes it cool that there is a skill component to it, but still…it’s really just the challenges that are hard.
I’d love to actually find the main bosses difficult. I think the only one I found tough was that stone golem thing you face with Barret and Red.
*One Winged Angel Intensifies* The Week of Waiting since the last upload is worth it at the end... We would never suspect a Sunday Upload
I used guide for plenty of the fights at the end (mostly the crazy Chadley fights). You don't realize at first how important MP and HP absorb are until you're hitting for crazy damage with genji glove and have infinite HP and MP because of it. Shit was brutal.
i love how yuffie is an infinite atb producing perpetual machine lmao, we finally cracked the code
and now we know what won't be in the next game lol
Well done Nico! Ff7's hard mode is something I could personally never do. So thanks for sacrificing your sanity for our entertainment.
Nico managed to survive the hell that is Rebirth's hard mode... I'm so proud of him. :')
I know I already pretty much said this in another comment maybe in the "finale" video, but I'll say it here, too. I loved this LP. I love this game. You have my mad respect for going through Hard Mode and Platinum-ing this game, but even if you didn't, this entire journey was an absolute FEAST. I can't stop thinking about this game, and I'm even going through and re-watching your Remake playthrough. Playing OG as well. I dunno how I'm gonna temper my excitement for Part 3, ughhh here's to another 4 years of playing the waiting game. But anyway, much love!! Good luck setting up your new PC, I know how tedious that can be. But I'm sure it's gonna be awesome!!
Okay, I know this is a late comment and might not get seen but I need to comment this while my goldfish memory isn't playing up.
Thank you so much for doing this series and many others. I don't have a Playstation 5, or an Xbox, and not much is on these consoles to incentive me to buy them. So, you doing all these videos and making them more accessible is absolutely wonderful.
But what draws me to watch all these videos isn't the content of them, it is you. I rediscovered you after going through my subscriptions and making my way through all that content I was interested in watching. I saw your Paranormasight playthrough/playlist and thought to myself 'Sure, let's start there.'
My goodness, I missed your videos. The silly sense of humour, the care for the videogames you have, how you make genres I'm not interested in playing like horror and action tolerable as well as fun to watch, and the Completionism that you do. I'm so happy I've refound you and I've been keeping up to date with your stuff ever since.
Keep it up, Nico! And if you ever need a break, take it. I personally think you need it after the hell that is FF7 Rebirth and She Who Shall Not Be Named (I mean Elisabeth).
Fun fact, I love action games. I platninum'd DMC5 and that is a pretty notoriously hard one.
I managed to beat hard mode pretty simply similarly all the way up until the last chapter gauntlet where I handled them on the second try.
Zacks final challenge fucking brutalized me simply because Zack is not Clouds equal, he's mega nerfed until I learned that High braver is actually the only good thing he has, and goddamn the damage.
I beat VR sephiroth & the last duo mission with Zack after about 20 attempts, I kept count for the final Zack. At that point i got the trophy for all the missions, but technically I had not done the final 2 training missions for cloud & Zack so i decided to knock them out before going to claim Johnny's reward.
Tell me why when loading up Sephiroths after finishing Zack's, my game super bugged out and I was stuck in an endless VR void as sephiroth where he could only walk forward and was forced to close the game.
The game does not autosave after VR missions, so despite having the trophy I was UNABLE claim Johnny's reward UNTIL I DID IT AGAIN AHAHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Edit: I also did not bother maxing Materia because i hate monotonous grinding & would much ratther slam my head into a wall, I felt so much pain so maybe for Part 3 I'll try it.
Congrats on the Platinum! Optinoob saved my ass with the combat sims as well.
1:08 That thumbnail seems to be a perfect description. Congratulations though!!! This game sucks you in like a black hole
It’s been a blast seeing your FF7 Remake and Rebirth videos! At least you have a few years before the final one arrives
Now that Rebirth is done (and hot damn I'm sure you are glad that Hard mode is finished), imma drop my suggestion for one of the next two LPs. Tsukihime finally got an English release this past week, and considering your jump into the Nasuverse a few months back with Fate/Samurai Remnant, I think it would be a great way to jump into the VN side of the franchise. It's very standalone and doesn't require any pre-existing knowledge of anything Fate or Nasuverse related to enjoy it, so I think it would make for a great time to go through. It's also not as long as Fate/stay night, so maybe it would be a better option to ease into the VNs.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
*Takes notes for when I tackle these challenges myself* You are a brave solider Nico I salute you!
Was worth it Nico. This game is amazing and can't wait for part 3. I also look forward to whatever you decide to play next. Lol you fought well.....I can't even beat Remake's hard mode and this looks nightmarish lol so you can always say you did it lol
In That build from guide, Yuffie is like cheerleader.
Now get Tifa’s bond back up by giving the bird the right food.
Thank you Nico!! Much appreciated for your hard work. I definitely couldn't complete hard mode! I will miss this LP and Persona 3 Reload.
I salute your dedication 🫡
...Well, good job suffering through hard mode, Nico.
Since this is technically a new finale, and it's been a bit since the proper story finale for the game, I'll just restate my recommendations for the next LPs: Trails in the Sky, it would be a good time to jump on it with the newest entry coming out this week. To The Moon minisodes, A Bird Story and Finding Paradise, would always be nice to see a return to it, especially since it seems like the series is ending this year.
after reading the trophy list for remake and rebirth and experiencing a bit of what the full task required i knew these were plats i'd have no drive or desire to torture myself for. actually seeing it in motion and hearing everything you've said about it is like yea. absolutely not worth it to me.
i've got some hard plats and completions in the past, for me beating Lingering Will in KH2, Yozora and the Pro Code Merit Trophy from KH3 were the ones i'm very proud of myself to have gotten. and i'm satisfied with that but seriously nico, amazing that you've got the plat for both these games
You're crazy for doing it around 215 hours!!! I started trying hard mode last week and I'm clocking in 220 hours without my materia maxed out since I'm still replaying everything to get all the conversations and stuff. Hard Mode is a beast.
Now that we have the rare opportunity of two new LPs at once, I wanted to share some suggestions I think would be a lot of fun! Starting Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga would be fun and it’s a good time given a brand new game was announced recently! Super Paper Mario would be fun as well. Tsukihime Remake just came out and it’s a VN from the Type-Moon Devs who did FSN if you wanted to get a taste of how FSN will be. Jojo Part 4 or returning to HxH would be fun too, though you might hold off on Reaction Abridges until you need something timed for a Day 1 LP like Metaphor. Yakuza 5 would be a lot of fun, though probably not right away given we just finished two long LPs. No matter what you decide to do, I’m sure it will be a fun time! Keep up the great work Nico and I’m looking forward to the next brand new Let’s Plays!
LET'S GO! It was a tough challenge but you did it! Good job Nico! Hopefully you will be able to take a break with the next lps challenge wise!
Nico was burring his kitchen down with this platinum he was cooking up
A Nico video on a Sunday 😮
Recommendations for a new LP!
Mario and Luigi
Paper Mario
Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess... Or Link's Awakening
Witch of the Holy Night
Fate Stay/Night
Higurashi
Umineko
Or you could go back to Hunter x Hunter or Jojo, if you're really stuck.
Hopefully his next game will be Yakuza 5. Kiryu has been waiting for him
I was hoping the last enemy was Weiss again, that'd be funny as hell
Part 4 jojo and professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright is super good! You’d love the puzzles and the plot so much.
HE LIVES!!! But in all seriousness I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. I may have not enjoyed the game but we all have our own tastes and far be it from me to rain on anyone’s parade. Im still gunning for either Super Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, or Twilight Princess for the next let’s play. Either way congrats on the Platinum trophy and hope everyone here has a lovely day.
This video is the definition of someone bleeding for their art.
A SUNDAY VIDEO? YEEEEEEE BOY
I recommend game called Planescape Torment, nice rpg that i was gifted under christmass tree.
Yeah, I can definitely see why it took a week for this video to come out. Congrats on beating hard mode Nico. :)
So Nico, what would you do
Attempt at beating Elizabeth again, or play Rebirth at hard mode again?
I wonder... What if while yuffie doing that move .. and you cast doppelganger will it getting more faster?
I must be new to jrpgs fr fr cause it took me 275 hours to get the platinum and I still wanna keep playing.
Because of my insane addiction to this game at launch and my undeniable hunger to get the platinum done, i got the platinum before the brummal form strat came out 😩😩 the many of hours of pain this strat would have saved me just hurts to know in hindsight 😅 welcome to the club tho bro the pain is worth the satisfaction garnered at the end of the gauntlet 🏆
And then it turns out that the final challenge of the combat simulator was Elizabeth who followed you from persona 3.
After Bonds of Friendship me and Zack are no longer friends.
A piece of music?
A literal piece of sheet?!
God am I glad I didn't bothet to open that chest.
The fact that you’ve become desensitized to dying in this is definitely a sign of: Yep, this is Dark Souls level difficulty.
I do agree loadouts would be so nice for this game. Because it is annoying to respecing a character back and forth in a build. Definitely needs to be added into the next instalment.
Nico is we warned you about Red Dragon in hard mode after you beat it before.
Sephiroth needed to give you one last middle finger with that song of his.
Finally finished the Chadley challenges yesterday. The gdamn piano's the only thing I've been avoiding. Hard Mode's gonna feel like a treat once that's done
I used a guide for damn near every challenge and I don't feel any type of way about it. If you put a shit ton of time into this thing to get the equipment you need to make those builds work you deserve a helping hand. It's not like they make them tons easier, it still might take a couple hours🤷🏻♂️
Woohoo Nico upload!!
Hello, Nico! We all know you love JRPG’s, so can we hope for a let’s play of Trails series? I don’t know whether it was recommended by anyone, but these games swiftly gain popularity in the West, and for a good reason - they’re great! On July 5th a new Trails arc comes out - Trails through Daybreak, which will be a great new entry in the series. I think you’ll have a good time with it
Psh! Five extra hours?? I don’t know you any more, NICO! Harrumph!
Nah, great play through, Nico. Can tell you put blood sweat and tears into this.
I starred all the piano pieces on my channel
I overall really enjoyed my time platinuming the game. I knocked out the fights gradually over multiple weeks while playing other games. Really was actually pretty pleasant.
One really small thing that i want corrected in addition to adding materia loadouts. Let the player change their materia IN the combat simulator. This is such a tiny thing, but the amount of times that you need to make micro adjustments in between fights really annoyed me and made the process of dying and retrying more obnoxious than it needed to be
You finally did it Nico, you unlocked the true final boss...
....The PS5 Controller
I see so Sephiroth take Nico away for an entire week to give him an ass whooping
😢 reminds me of the good old kingdom hearts 2 post game videos. So beautiful, so enraging, so entertaining. 👹
LAWL! YOU LIVED! Congrats. XD
Here's hoping for Spirit Hunter: NG to be one of Nico's next LPs.
Man what an intense game, wonder what next Bizare adventure will bring us? I hope its a good experiece 4 you
So some suggestions for games
Yakuza 5
Shin megami tensei 5/vengeance ( know it will probably not be played right now since you just finished reload)
Legend of zelda twilight princess
Fire emblem 3 houses New route (more specifically the black eagles)
"early enough to see the porn bots" gang rise up
We got multilingual porn bots this time
TH-cam really needs a “bot” option when reporting comments.
Also for Red Dragon just use the Optinoob method.
I expect an equal amount of effort be put into like a dragon 7 when that comes around
I got nothing to say except bravo, my dude.
In all seriousness, finishing a gauntlet of fights in one go and if you fail - start from beginning, is an absolute evil. This should not be a thing in this day and age, especially with how unforgiving hard mode is. You can even lock all equipment and materia until you finish and if you back out, then you have to start from beginning, but for the love of all good in the world, let people continue from exact round you failed.
I had completely repressed the fact that I still have Hard Mode to get through until I saw this video.
this might be a weird sugestion for a let's play... but i think the mario and luigi RPGs (superstar saga to be precise) would be a good idea, now that he did play Mario RPG it would be perfect to see the other series of RPGs (and my personal favority out of the 3)
For once a notification that I see and immediately click on
huh, why's rufus up the stairs at Johnny's Inn?
It's a cardboard cutout of him. I don't remember how you can unlock it though.