Serious FFVII glitch
September 19, 2010 9:23 AM Subscribe
I think I hit a serious glitch in Final Fantasy VII that would require me to restart from the very beginning. Help!
I'm playing Final Fantasy VII via my PS3. I think I've hit a serious glitch that would require me to restart my game from the very beginning.
I'm currently in Shinra HQ. I rescued Aeris, was captured and imprisoned, and then broke out after one of the test creatures attacked the guards. I investigated, and got up to Floor 68.
According to the walkthroughs I'm reading, I man I talked to was supposed to give me the keycard to the 68th floor. Instead, he only gave me some potions, and then he ran away. Without this keycard I am trapped on 67/68, because I cannot work the elevators.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any sort of hack to be able to fix this? Help!
I'm playing Final Fantasy VII via my PS3. I think I've hit a serious glitch that would require me to restart my game from the very beginning.
I'm currently in Shinra HQ. I rescued Aeris, was captured and imprisoned, and then broke out after one of the test creatures attacked the guards. I investigated, and got up to Floor 68.
According to the walkthroughs I'm reading, I man I talked to was supposed to give me the keycard to the 68th floor. Instead, he only gave me some potions, and then he ran away. Without this keycard I am trapped on 67/68, because I cannot work the elevators.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any sort of hack to be able to fix this? Help!
(there are stairs as i recall...aren't they permanently open now? no keycard required? hmmm mysterious! follow the blood trail...)
posted by 3FLryan at 9:37 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by 3FLryan at 9:37 AM on September 19, 2010
Can you go down the stairs and get on the elevator on floor 66?
posted by pecanpies at 9:37 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by pecanpies at 9:37 AM on September 19, 2010
Response by poster: I can't get through the door to use the stairs down to 66 because I don't have the keycard for 67/68.
posted by prunes at 9:47 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by prunes at 9:47 AM on September 19, 2010
Response by poster: At least that's the only reason I can discern. For whatever reason, all the enemies are dead but the stairs are still blocked off.
posted by prunes at 10:00 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by prunes at 10:00 AM on September 19, 2010
Have you tried repeatedly talking to him? According to some of these guides, you have to do it a couple times before he gives you the keycard.
(Man, it's been a long time but I'm glad people are still playing FFVII)
posted by yaymukund at 10:01 AM on September 19, 2010
(Man, it's been a long time but I'm glad people are still playing FFVII)
posted by yaymukund at 10:01 AM on September 19, 2010
Response by poster: He's not there anymore. If I recall, after I talked to him he ran off.
That's why I'm wondering whether there might exist any sort of cheat/hack that would allow me access to the stairs. I'm pretty sure the game glitched.
posted by prunes at 10:02 AM on September 19, 2010
That's why I'm wondering whether there might exist any sort of cheat/hack that would allow me access to the stairs. I'm pretty sure the game glitched.
posted by prunes at 10:02 AM on September 19, 2010
According to this page (scroll down or search for "keycard"), it looks like you're out of luck :(
posted by yaymukund at 10:07 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by yaymukund at 10:07 AM on September 19, 2010
I think you're fucked. I haven't played FFVII in a couple of years so please refresh my memory here - why do you have to restart the game? Isn't there a save point you can start from instead? I think I may need to play this again.
posted by iconomy at 10:11 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by iconomy at 10:11 AM on September 19, 2010
Response by poster: I saved after my game glitched up.
posted by prunes at 10:15 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by prunes at 10:15 AM on September 19, 2010
If all else fails you could try to dig up a virtual memory card save game to load. For example, GameFAQs has a non-cheating save at Gongaga. It's a bit further than Shinra HQ, but it's still on Disc 1.
posted by jedicus at 10:17 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by jedicus at 10:17 AM on September 19, 2010
That blows. I remember playing a ps1 game on my ps2 for days without saving, leaving the machine on b/c I didn't have a ps1 memory card that would allow me to save, only to have the power go out about a week into a game, losing all my progress. I never went back. Good luck finding a virtual memory card to load.
posted by slide at 10:47 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by slide at 10:47 AM on September 19, 2010
I am so sorry this happened to you. :( I encountered a glitch much later in the game and then had to play my brother's save which was three hours further than mine, and never got to play some of the biggest and most important plot points in the game. Ever since then, I have always used an absurd number of save slots per game that I'm playing.
posted by quirks at 11:19 AM on September 19, 2010
posted by quirks at 11:19 AM on September 19, 2010
Response by poster: Turns out it wasn't a glitch. Oops! On 68F, a hallway that I thought was blocked off to me in fact needed to be accessed from the first floor instead of from the mezzanine level. The stairs on 67F weren't intended to be accessed at all. Boy is my face red.
posted by prunes at 7:48 AM on September 20, 2010
posted by prunes at 7:48 AM on September 20, 2010
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posted by 3FLryan at 9:35 AM on September 19, 2010