Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s annoying final boss retry menu has been fixed, so no one has to waste their time like I did

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has received a small patch fixing the menu for the final boss’ death screen, and I am overwhelmed with joy and jealousy.

Slight spoilers ahead for the final boss of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

It’s a bit of a staple for a Final Fantasy game to have a multi-phase final boss fight, each with their own unique attack patterns and annoyances. That’s all well and good, and with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth I didn’t have all that much trouble. Except, on the very last phase of the final boss, even though I was maybe two hits away from winning, it got me with a one-hit-KO move. After that point, I was met with a retry menu that was worded so confusingly, I ended up having to do every single phase again.

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