Starting FFVII with my kids

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Sounds like a great time! Did your son like the house monster? Surely the best random encounter in Midgar there is.

They thought the house monster was super funny. It was also a lot harder than I remember. Ton of HP. Easily the coolest monster in Midgar.

Also what did they make of the whole Don Corneo thing? That's pretty seedy stuff right there! I was a kid when I played it too so I'm trying to remember what I thought of it, and I think I just thought he was some classic mustachioed villain who kidnapped women just 'cause.

Since I gave him a pretty silly voice and his intentions are pretty vague in the text, they didn't think he was anything more than a cartoonish villain that liked to take people.

What's your Red XIII voice going to be?

Good question. I'll need to figure that out soon, and Rufus who will probably just sound like his dad but more evil. I always imagined Red XIII to have a deep voice though he's supposed to be a teenager for his species. Rude will probably sound like Ving Rhames.

Oh man, I love this, and can't wait to see more updates. Good choice too; it teaches kids about caring for our planet and fighting the man. o7

Yeah, and they are definitely 100% team AVALANCHE. Like Barret-got to blow up all the reactors because it's draining the planet's energy-level.

Are you planning on doing the entire game? Like sidequests and stuff?

We'll see how far we get, but the no encounters/3X speed button makes it easy enough to get some of those done. Yuffie/Vincent are a given, and I'm sure they'll want to do the Gold Saucer games. I think they'd be into the chocobo colors but the breeding is kind of tedious. I know they'd love KotR though.

Wait wtf where are these settings

If you are playing on a PS4, click the left control stick button down to enter 3X speed. Click the right stick button down to automatically fill your limit bar (super cheating but good to unlock those later limits at least). Click both down to turn off random encounters. That last one is fantastic when you are trying to backtrack!