Perfect Play-through

[Marshall Banana]

The GameFAQs guide for a "perfect game" is kind of insane, so I only skimmed through it. Collecting 99 of every item is not what I had in mind!

Anyway, I want to attempt this. My list:

1. Yuffie and Vincent acquired
2. Max stats and levels (excluding Aerith, because she isn't a permanent character)
3. All side quests completed
4. All items and equipment acquired
5. All Limit Breaks acquired (including Aerith's)
6. All Materia acquired
7. All magic spells and abilities acquired
8. All Enemy Skills acquired (and on each Enemy Skill Materia)
9. All optional bosses defeated
10. Date with Barret
11. Breed a Gold Chocobo

I feel like I'm forgetting something, so fill me in, if I am. The only game in which I've done everything possible is Kingdom Hearts, I think.

[ANGRYWOLF]

I just didn't try for the date with Barrett.
I'm not of that persuasion, although I'm not prejudiced.I didn't like the concept.

I thought you could try to date Yuffie as well. Although I used her I didn't like her as a person so I didn't try to date her either.

Good luck.

[Rantz]

Are you going for one set of Master Materia or more?

[Dignified Pauper]

Um, the date barret quest is the only requirement for a perfect play-through

[ANGRYWOLF]

just according to that guide.

shrugs...

[Raistlin]

Why the Cait Sith requirement? It seems an arbitrary non-accomplishment. The game is not so difficult that using any particular character gives you a significant disadvantage.

That being said, #2 should keep you busy. And #5 too, at least on the first disc. Good luck!

[Marshall Banana]

Why the Cait Sith requirement? It seems an arbitrary non-accomplishment. The game is not so difficult that using any particular character gives you a significant disadvantage.

Just because he's my favorite.

Are you going for one set of Master Materia or more?

I don't remember much about them, but I do remember that they come up late in the game (I think).

[Wolf Kanno]

I never tried the date with Barret, I should do that when I do another playthrough a few years down the road. The only requirement I have yet to accomplish to me disdain is acquire every item because the Speed Coaster is a pain in the ass to do without Turbo Fire and acquiring a gaming peripheral to acquire a single item doesn't work for me.

[Raistlin]

I don't remember much about them, but I do remember that they come up late in the game (I think).

Well, you are given a full set of master materia for defeating Emerald Weapon, but you can also obtain a master materia for mastering all of the materia of one kind (e.g., a master magic materia for having all magic materia mastered) - a potentially unlimited supply, if, y'know, you don't have a life. I had one playthrough many years ago where I tried to master everything for a second set (got the first from Emmy) but got distracted. KotR is a pain in the ass.

[Marshall Banana]

Sounds painful!

[VeloZer0]

Doesn't say much about mastering materia. Depending on how truly insane you want to be it could be:
1 mastered materia of each,
3 of each, one for each party member
8 of each, one for ever playable character
16 of each, so you could fill a character up completely of each
48 of each, so you could fill your party up with each
128 of each, so you could fill up every possible slot with a single type. (I don't know if there is a limit on your inventory)

My point is that from what I've seen people who are interested in 100% complete games always think of something more ridiculous that would be required to consider it 100%.

[Raistlin]

Sounds painful!

Yeah, seriously. I started hating Magic Pots, especially when they wouldn't show up.

[Rad Bromance]

No FFVII file is truly perfect until you've made Chocobuckle do 9999 damage.

[Dignified Pauper]

No FFVII file is truly perfect until you've made Chocobuckle do 9999 damage.

true story.

[Raistlin]

And here I thought WK's facetious suggestion of getting Chocobuckle up to 2222 in order to easily get Lucky 7777's was ridiculous. I wonder how long 9999 would take. I'd probably shoot myself first.