ANOTHER HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN 'EMERALD WEAPON/RUBY WEAPON' BOOST JUST UTTERLY COLLAPSED BECAUSE ALL YOU HAD TO BASICALLY DO IS FOLLOW A RIGID RIGID STRATEGY!
REVIEWED THIS SOME-TIME AFTER AND DAMN THERE WERE 2 MOMENTS WHERE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT- WAS LIKE (DAMN!) I REMEMBER ONE OF THEM WAS NOT MAKING THE FINISH-MOVE WITH A CHARACTER TO GET BONUS POINTS
ALSO, PLAYED AND COMPLETED P4 (NOT P4A) FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS FINAL P5R PLAYTHROUGH AND LET ME TELL YOU: SHITTY-ASS OVERRATEDASS GAME I WOULD GIVE IT A 6.5 - 7.0- SO IF THERE'S ONE BATTLE TO DO AGAIN IT WOULD BE WITH THE P4 CHARACTER BUT 1-ON-1 REMOVING THE OTHER 3 ALLIES AND BEAT THE SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIET OUTTA HIM!!!!
SECOND AND FINAL PLAYTHROUGH OF P5R- RELUCTANTLY DID THIS PLAYTHROUGH BECAUSE IT IS INDEED A VERY VERY LONG GAME AND CAN GET FATIGUE-INDUCING-
HOWEVER, TO MAKE THINGS 'NEW/DIFFERENT':
- MERCILESS MODE (ACTUALLY MUCH EASIER THAN EXPECTED BC OF CARRIED-BENEFITS FROM PRIOR PLAYTHROUGH)
- THE ORIGINAL (JPN) LANGUAGE, BUT BUT, SMARTLY TO AVOID GETTING FATIGUE IN THE MID-LONG TERM, FASTFORWARDED MOST CUTSCENES/DIALOGUES (I'M NATURALLY AN ANIMAL WILDLIFE EXPERT WHICH AVOIDS WHAT I'M SORRY BUT WHAT MOST PPL IN SOCIETY DO: 'MOUTH FLAP TALK, TALK, TALK ......... TALK TALK ............................ TALK.............. (SNORE) TALK, TALK.......... TALK......... TALK.........) THAT'S NOT MY THING BUT I MUST SAY THAT IF THERE'S ONE GAME THAT CAN PULL-OFF A LOT OF TALKING IN ~151 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY IT'S P5R!), GIVEN ~151 HOURS ALREADY PLAYED THROUGH
- SECRET ULTIMATE (OPTIONAL) BOSS BATTLES THAT CAN ONLY BE UNLOCKED IN NG+ (J&C / LAVENZA) ARE COMPLETED AS WELL AS THE DLC SPECIAL BATTLES
- PLATINUM TROPHY UNLOCKED (MISSED TROPHIES FROM FIRST PLAYTHROUGH)

9.3/10 FINAL! (FF7R TOOK GOTY 2020)