How hard is hard?

[xxdmcgee2288xx]

Its.. well... hard (LOL)

is the best response I've seen.

It is hard. And that's coming from a souls junkie and a man, who as a boy, was turned into an avid competitionist type gamer with the original back in '97. Like certain fights have certain set boundaries for who you play as and what tactics you try to beat a certain hard boss.. hell house, for example, you have to main aerith and basically spam pray and buffs and limit breaks with Got accessory to have efficient success with relative ease.. I've seen countless of other examples where I couldn't really just cloud main and I had to switch it up.. It's really enjoyable this way. I dreaded the VR challenge to get Got acc.. but I did this before my hard playthrough.. after I had completed my normal playthrough.. Gotta say, I am certainly pleasantly surprised at how hard the game is on hard..

[MatThaRiPP3R84]

it's ok but gives me a serious headache.

Edited July 30, 2020 by MatThaRiPP3R84

[HeroFangGhetz]

Just beat it a while ago and the difficulty isn't a lie. You can't just button mash your way to victory. With MP and Item restrictions you have to play more strict than normally. 

[xDevilizer]

There is nothing hard about that hard difficulty.

[Kazeh54]

I loved hard. I died more in Normal due to not knowing what was ahead, and not having super strong stuff.

In my hard playthrough I died 4 times. This isn't me boasting of my skills. It's showing that if you have a good build, you can make this game a breeze.

2 Deaths were to that Damn dog in the side mission with Tifa. Hated that thing. The other 2 were to Hell House.

This was my build: (= is used for Linked slots)

CLOUD
-Twin Stinger
-Chain Bangle
-Gotterdammerung (Before this I was using Champion Belt)

*Mignify=Time (for bosses)/ Fire (for human mobs)* 
*Revival    *Prayer   *Healing
*HP Absorption=Deadly Dodge* (This makes healing on cloud insanely easy)
*MP Up     *HP Up
*****

TIFA
-Purple Pain
-Cog Bangle
-Champion Belt

*Lightning=Elemental*
*Revival    *Ice   *Barrier    *Healing
*HP Up     *HP Up    *MP Up
******

BARRET
-Big Bertha
-Cog Bangle
-Champion Belt

*Healing=Auto Cure*
*Steadfast Block    *Lightning   *Prayer
*Revival   *Barrier    *MP Up   *HP Up
*****
AERITH
-Reinforced Staff
-Rune Armlet
-Spectral Cogwheel

*Lightning=Elemental*
*Healing    *Ice    *Revival   *Magic Up
*Prayer   *MP Up   *HP Up

 

Only difficult thing about Hard was not being able to use Items and Benches only filling up HP.

Never hit a box when you have max MP.....it can refill your MP to max.

[RoastedPeanut]

MP was a concern for me going into hard mode, but it didn't end up being an issue. The lowest my MP got was 5 for Aerith after the Hell House fight, but it didn't matter. Knowing what's ahead and when chapters end, not to mention the boxes, all but made MP replenishment a non issue.