Most frustrating moment you've had in FFVII

[VeloZer0]

The path between the Sector 5 Slums and Wall Market, just before the playground. Playing the game on PC in 1998 I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get through it. There's this pole that's actually a bridge, but the thing looks like it's jutting vertically into the air so I had no idea I had to run across it. Seriously, like two hours. Cloud and Aeris were stacked by the end of it, though. I actually almost even stopped playing out of frustration, but I found the atmosphere and characters so engaging that I couldn't put it down.

Oh man I forgot about that. Exact same story here.

Other than that. I was playing once on my Laptop->S-Video->TV a few years ago and blowing through at fairly low levels. After clearing Wutai I went up the Pagoda with Yuffie who I had never used. All went well until Goda, who heals himself. I was keeping track and I was doing approximately the same damage he was healing. I spent over an hour fighting him, burned through all of my ethers and elixers and was just about ready to throw my controller at the TV. He FINALLY died and right as the post-fight cutscene was playing the game crashed.....
I just got up very slowly and silently and went to bed because I didn't trust myself to do anything without flipping out.

[The Space Pope]

Trying to figure out what the Tissue item did.

Besides the obvious.

[Masamunemaster]

Trying to figure out what the Tissue item did.

Besides the obvious.

This and those dang 1/64 soldiers always made me think there was sort of hidden thing they do....like 999999999 damage or something lol

but yea....demon wall...over and over

[silentenigma]

the prerendered treasure chest in kalm still frustrates me to this day.

[razorrozar7]

I haven't gotten very far into VII yet... but those bloody chocobos, right before Mithral Mines, absolutely REFUSED to stay in the fights, no matter how many greens I gave them.

Me: A chocobo! (Focuses attacks on one enemy while feeding Mimett Greens to chocobo.)
...
(About the time that enemy falls...)
Chocobo: Wark!!! (Runs away.)
Me: Son of a goomba.

(Process repeats approximately 15 times.)
Me: SCREW THIS!

And I'm not even going to TALK about Chocobuckle.

[Carl the Llama]

I haven't gotten very far into VII yet... but those bloody chocobos, right before Mithral Mines, absolutely REFUSED to stay in the fights, no matter how many greens I gave them.

Me: A chocobo! (Focuses attacks on one enemy while feeding Mimett Greens to chocobo.)
...
(About the time that enemy falls...)
Chocobo: Wark!!! (Runs away.)
Me: Son of a goomba.

(Process repeats approximately 15 times.)
Me: SCREW THIS!

And I'm not even going to TALK about Chocobuckle.

You need to feed it Gyshal Greens the Mimett greens is one of the chocobo's favorite items to eat so it will take very little time for it to gobble it up, Gyshal Greens on the other hand is its least favorite item and thus will take longer to eat it. (like how you will always push brussle sprouts to the corner of the plate just to avoid eating them until its unavoidable lol).

Also I would recommend putting the greens at the very top of the item list just so you dont have to look for it.

P.s. if you cant be bothered to hunt for a chocobo to carry you across there is a way to avoid the Midgar Zolom by running across the marsh until it is very near you, save game and reload, it will be far away from you again, rinse and repeat.

[razorrozar7]

I haven't gotten very far into VII yet... but those bloody chocobos, right before Mithral Mines, absolutely REFUSED to stay in the fights, no matter how many greens I gave them.

Me: A chocobo! (Focuses attacks on one enemy while feeding Mimett Greens to chocobo.)
...
(About the time that enemy falls...)
Chocobo: Wark!!! (Runs away.)
Me: Son of a goomba.

(Process repeats approximately 15 times.)
Me: SCREW THIS!

And I'm not even going to TALK about Chocobuckle.

You need to feed it Gyshal Greens the Mimett greens is one of the chocobo's favorite items to eat so it will take very little time for it to gobble it up, Gyshal Greens on the other hand is its least favorite item and thus will take longer to eat it. (like how you will always push brussle sprouts to the corner of the plate just to avoid eating them until its unavoidable lol).

Also I would recommend putting the greens at the very top of the item list just so you dont have to look for it.

P.s. if you cant be bothered to hunt for a chocobo to carry you across there is a way to avoid the Midgar Zolom by running across the marsh until it is very near you, save game and reload, it will be far away from you again, rinse and repeat.

I did end up doing the greens-at-top-of-list... the strategy I finally used also included preparing two Limit Breaks so the accompanying enemies would die in one turn.

Also, replace 'brussels sprouts' with 'asparagus.'

[MJN SEIFER]

Frickin' Rapps!

The only thing that anoyed me about Rapps is that I really felt like I should have somehow been able to use Aero3, but I can't.

Also, I still have yet to see Aero and Aero2 - I genuinly think they had a Materia planned, but changed their minds, but kept Aero3, but never bothered to change the name.

[VeloZer0]

I did end up doing the greens-at-top-of-list... the strategy I finally used also included preparing two Limit Breaks so the accompanying enemies would die in one turn.

Just what I was going to recommend to you. I tried two or three times using greens on my first playthrough and it never worked. After I thought of using Limit Breaks I have done so every playthrough since.

[Carl the Llama]

I did end up doing the greens-at-top-of-list... the strategy I finally used also included preparing two Limit Breaks so the accompanying enemies would die in one turn.

Just what I was going to recommend to you. I tried two or three times using greens on my first playthrough and it never worked. After I thought of using Limit Breaks I have done so every playthrough since.

Seems a complete waste of a limit break if you ask me but your choice lol.

[VeloZer0]

Not ripping out my hair trying to catch a stupid chocobo is a good investment if you ask me
With Fury the Lv1 Limit Breaks come really fast as well. Takes a battle or two only.

[|-THE redmage-|]

The most frustrating moments for me would have to be the Kalm flashback whenever i play through a new file, attempting to beat Ruby Weapon (I still haven't beaten him yet), and attempting to breed a gold chocobo, I eventually found that you can give certain items (I don't remember which) to a guy in Kalm and get the chocobo with little effort needed

Yeah, ironically for you, you need to beat Ruby Weapon to get the item to give to the guy in Kalm for the chocobo.

Yeah, I got to thinking about that after I wrote it, i must've beaten him at some point

[razorrozar7]

Not ripping out my hair trying to catch a stupid chocobo is a good investment if you ask me
With Fury the Lv1 Limit Breaks come really fast as well. Takes a battle or two only.

And you have to grind at some point anyway. ^_^

[Stecloud]

It was very annoying when I got trapped in the Northern Cave because of a glitch that occurs if you put the save point in a certain place. All my friends were off fighting Ultima Weapon, and I was stuck down below stupidly under-levelled.

[razorrozar7]

I've read about that... fortunately soon enough to avoid getting caught by it myself.