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Final Fantasy VII Remake Playtime Clock Pauses While Idle in the Menu

Want your played time in a game to be accurate? Final Fantasy VII Remake playtime clock has you covered, as it will pause if you are idle in the game's menus.

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thejigisup1843d ago

Excellent QoL improvement. I like being able to pause a game so I take take care of irl events without being penalized.

franwex1843d ago (Edited 1843d ago )

The timer is not a penalty. I actually think the timer should continue in the menus.

I didn’t know ff7 pauses after 3 minutes being idle. That’s cool.

I usually just hit the PS or Xbox button if I need to take a break these days too.

Darkwatchman1843d ago (Edited 1843d ago )

just backing to the menu doesn't always work. Witcher 3's in-game clock infamously kept going while on the home menu and even when your system was in sleep mode

thejigisup1843d ago

Some people see that timer as a reflection of how long they have been playing the game. When I'm idle and the game isn't actively being played that timer increases which feels like a penalty to me and I'm sure others, it's a better reflection of how much time the game has actually been played.

Teflon021843d ago

I was actually confused when I had the game running but had it in the menu while not playing since I was playing a game with friends on pc to see I was only at 2 hours when I was playing on pc for like 4 lol. I love this. Too many hours are added to the count while idle because of all kinds of reasons

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Lilrizky1843d ago

Yeah I actually appreciated this in ff7 remake since I put the game down and go for snack breaks quite a lot lol

isa_scout1843d ago

Yeah, I need those pause breaks from time to time. I hadn't died once throughout the entire 7 chapters and now Reno has kicked my butt several times.

Sirk7x1843d ago

If it's the first fight, punisher mode, block and wait for him to attack so you get the parry and lots of stagger. Magic at range.

porkChop1843d ago

More RPGs should do this. I'll often pause to go make food or a cocktail, and it pads the playtime.

BrainSyphoned1843d ago

How about a new clock for time wasted in menus.

jznrpg1843d ago

To me upgrading weapons and stuff like that is part of playing the game . It’s possible to do though I’m sure , but I’m happy just to have this

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Final Fantasy 16's PC Release Paves the Way for Another Entry

Now that Final Fantasy 16 has finally made its way to the PC, another recent and highly popular entry in the series shouldn't be too far behind.

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Final Fantasy Head Talks About The Difficulties of Remaking Final Fantasy 6

"There are many FF6 fans inside the company, and they often ask me 'When are we making 6?'"

shinoff2183676d ago

Come on already square always on about this stuff. Half the game is done the story and all is already there , I imagine they'd take a couple things out. I can't imagine these days they'd leave the dog fighting in. Not that the player bet on it or anything but it was there

CrimsonWing69676d ago

I think because it’s easier to make grand games in pixel art rather than model everything in 3D as well as the amount of espers, spells, cutscenes, animations and whatnot it’d be a huge task to remake.

FinalFantasyFanatic675d ago

I'd prefer a HD-2D remake, but we're not getting that, I probably wouldn't want a remake like FF7R.

Flawlessmic676d ago

Give me ff9 and 10 remakes first and I'll be over the moon!

Those are my 2 personal favourites, although at this rate ff16 is quickly going to eclipse them both, which I mean I knew 16 was going to be good, but game of the gen so far and fav ff ever at this rate I wasn't expecting that.

Just love to see ff back in the spot light big time and it will only continue with ff 7 rebirth

shinoff2183676d ago

10 still don't look bad , I feel that could wait but word is 2026ish for ff10 remake

Flawlessmic676d ago

it doesnt look bad at all and is still suer playable, but more ffx is always a good thing for me, i go through and play it atleast once every 2 years hahaha

FinalFantasyFanatic675d ago

FFX could just use a remaster update with higher res textures and stuff, a remake on that game would be a waste.

on_line_forever676d ago

What about vagrant story & parasite eve ?

jznrpg676d ago

Yes and Yes . Vagrant Story first though for me

FinalFantasyFanatic675d ago

DO IT! They've been re-releasing a lot of their old games though, so maybe we can get a remaster or remake of those in the future.

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Amazon Slashes Up To 67% Off On Select Games

Daily Video Game writes: "Right now, the largest retailer Amazon is offering up some pretty sweet game deals for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, featuring a bunch of popular action-adventure, RPG, shooter, and simulation games such as Ghostwire: Tokyo, Sifu, Final Fantasy VII: Remake, and more with good discounts!"

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