Final Fantasy 7's PS4 Port Includes Cheats For Scrubs

Despite all the negativity below me, I loved this article.

I am not a scrub. As of this writing, I'm 46 years old. I am a man with a life and a family. I don't have the hours & hours that would be needed to play a remake of FF7 that did not have such benefits. I applaud Square-Enix for their decision to allow the remake of FF7 to have these benefits. If you consider yourself a purist and don't want to be tempted to use these benefits, I'd suggest you find an original disc. Play it on an emulator or buy yourself a second-hand console.

The person who write this damn article needs to seriously STFU and die. He obviously hates the damn game and should not be reviewing it.,what a fucking dick he is. Aerith was the best character in the game.

Also calling people names such as scrub isn't professional at all. I'm shocked this shit gets listed like this. This guy is a total joke and should be fired. I guess there is no control management over at Gamespot and they don't give a shit what is put out. This is just beyond pathetic and this should not happen at professional work place.

so im a scrub because i simply want to relive the story and not spend 40 hours of game play just on random battles. im at the end of the game and have just passed 20 hours in game. 10 of those are just the game sitting in the menu while i was away. these modes are for player that want to enjoy the game again and not enjoy the grind. im a huge FF buff but i dont have the time to play this game traditional

lol, I approve of this title.

As much as I dislike cheating and exploits I'm actually happy about this because I'll feel original like back in the days. when I would see kids and markers getting the cheats of gamestop cheat books Lol. aww those were real game days no dlc bs just cheats and hard gaming to unlock extra content.

Disclosure: GameSpot doesn't endorse cheating, unlike IGN.

Well, isn't that special? If you don't like cheats, turn them off. If you don't like the "very easy" mode, turn it off. It puzzles me how myopic the internalized, narcissistic geek can become, so often more concerned about how OTHERS are playing the game rather than just enjoying the game in whatever way makes it fun and relevant to THEM. I always play a game through first on easy. Let's me get a sense of the game, the scope, the dynamic, then I go and play whatever insane level they have and have a blast. It's just a playing style. Perhaps Gamespot should worry a whole lot less about how others play the game (and the amount of difficulty/frustration they encounter) and a whole lot more about the QUALITY of the game, because some of the reviews given here often feel somewhat like..... insider trading.

I've played this game about 10 times in 15 years. I think for my 15th time, eliminating random battles is a god scent and can make me be able to re-live this game that I haven't played in 7 years that much more enjoyable. I played it for the challenge already many times. I'm just now playing it again to re-freshen my self up for the remake.

I read and imagine Rick's voice from Rick and Morty... for some reason, it sounds perfect!

Eh, I didn't find the game too challenging but....if you're skipping all the encounters...do you get the XP from them as well? How the hell are you going to level up? I mean...what good would refilling health and limit breaks do if you are dead in one hit? Unless you can revive yourself too lol. I don't know, I never had a problem with random encounters. I mean, I did get that ass beat when I was like....yoo what's this red thing in the desert....yeah fun times. And....hey what's this green thing under the sea.....You....are..not prepared.

I'm eating a ham and cheese baguette whilst drinking Vimto, reading a story about a Final Fantasy 7 remake... Does it seem like I'm ready for "Microsoft to accelerate my servers" with an awkward picture of a hand connected to a city? Can we get more videogame orientated adverts and news on GAMEspot please?

Challenge is still there if you want it. Just don't use the cheat. I think it's great for someone that wants to go through and only experience the story.

Personally I'd like to see more games with "story-only" (or close to it) options. If that's all you want, then have at it. If not, just pick a higher difficulty.

Scrubs type up spoilers before giving warnings. Just saying.

"As discovered by IGN, there are three cheats in total."

HA! Discovered? No, the game tells you about them when you boot it up. They're on the control scheme screen. Square didn't even try to hide them. IGN merely added them to a wiki. Jason from Kotaku was live streaming and showing off the cheats this past weekend before IGN even updated their wiki.

The 3 cheats just to recap are:

Disable random encounters, Run 3x as fast and Refill Health and Limit Break meters.

The 1st one I think is fine, it slows down the game too much with them on ALL the time, disabling it lets you level up when YOU want to (just reenable it) and prevents you from being overleveled when fighting bosses.

The 2nd one is run 3x as fast and again I think it is fine as this game is really long and playing it should just be a nice nostalgia trip rather a grind from the past, speed the game up just a bit is fine.

The 3rd is the only one I don't agree with, it just removes any challenge at all the game has, sure I said the previous 2 are fine but they are for saving time, this one is for the game to actually be a game and it just handing you a completed challenge with no effort is pointless. I'd say try not to use this one for the game sake but the other 2 like I said are time savers.

Now, I've never played FF7 all the way through (and if the total cost of the remake's "episodes" tallies out to more than $60 I never will) so this article doesn't particularly apply to me, but the guy who wrote it is legitimately a dick. Why would someone so whiny who clearly doesn't like the topic be forced to write the article on it? This was awful. Why should an article on a video game site detailing cheats from a video game be about insulting the reader? It's kind of disgusting really. This site has always been my go-to destination for gaming news and I'd like it to stay that way, but if you feel so strongly against the cheats then why bother to make the article at all? It's unnecessary and serves no purpose aside from belittling players. That's not news nor entertainment. I'm genuinely disappointed right now.

I love the humor in this article. Gamespot, pls, more of this. I like this relaxed style of writing.

Cheating in a single player game? Suit yourself. Cheating in a multiplayer game? Go ahead and die.

Atleast they're not charging extra for it.

Wow nice attitude you have there asshole. I can't believe you were actually hired to write for this site. and the new cheats can be turned on and off at will. the thing that makes these little cheat tools great is that they werent changes shoved down our throats as new game mechanics shoved into the game. they can be turned n and off at will and anyone who wants to use them all the time or a little bit, can and those that dont want to, dont have to turn them on.

Those random encounters are what help to level your characters early on. There's also an item later in the game that allows players to flee unwanted, undesired battles.

A lot of snark in this article....

"If you've played this game before this will definitely save you time and help you get to the bit where the annoying healing girl gets shanked, which is the best bit."

Wow, what kind of foolish remark is that? Why are you even writing about this game if you do not like it?

How about allowing gameshark. I could equip everyone with the worst armors to make it harder.

Well that was a pointless spoiler alert slipped in nonchalantly.

Wow. Terrible article. Terrible negativity. Not sure how you have a job writing this smut.

Does the R3 thing help you level Limit breaks...because lolz Finishing Touch :P

Getting pretty comfortable now, aren't we, new GameSpot editors? Jesus Christ.