The Final Fantasy VII Remake combat system is an interesting blend of the Active Time Battle system used in the original game and the real-time combat system used in modern Final Fantasy games. It strikes a great balance between traditional fans of the game and a more modern approach to combat.
The original game also incorporated status effects that cause certain conditions on the characters, some of which were good in certain situations. For example, if your characters were afflicted with the Sadness status, your character would take longer to fill their limit meter, but in return, they would see a buff that reduced all damage taken, magical or physical by 30%.
There were also combat specific effects. For example, Confusion caused the affected character to spin aimlessly and hit a random target until they took damage to remove the effect, while Poison dealt damage over time until the end. battle, it dissipated or it was removed with an item.
These types of effects are coming back to Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the one you'll want to watch out for is Stagger. This effect renders the enemy unable to function for a short time, leaving them vulnerable to additional damage. This is a very useful effect for pushing back an advantage.
To defeat an enemy, you must first fill up a pressure bar below the enemy's health meter. As the name suggests, this increases as the player puts pressure on the enemy from attacks. As you hit them the bar increases, with more powerful strikes causing higher pressure levels, while hitting them with spells they are weak at, like hitting the Shock Tropper with the Fire spell, getting will reveal a big jerk of pressure.
Once the bar is full, the enemy will fail and fall to the ground, stopping their attacks and leaving themselves open. Go all over the enemy for huge damage.
It's at this point that, if you're using Cloud and only using the default operator stance, triggering Punisher's stance is a great idea, as his attacks will become slower but punch more. important, allowing additional damage. The special abilities of other characters, such as Barret's overload, as well as spells, will also provide great synergy in taking down the enemy while they are staggered.
