XP News

Final Fantasy VII Remake Has a Pretty Awful Glitch

I’ve been enjoying my play through of Final Fantasy VII Remake so far. Yesterday, however, I encountered a pretty nasty glitch in the game that, had I not been manually saving my progress on a somewhat regular basis, would have wiped out a massive chunk of my almost twenty hours of gameplay.

The glitch appears in Chapter 11 – Haunted, during the Ghoul fight. I was nearly about to finish it off, when the Ghoul grabbed Aerith, and the game abruptly shifted to a cutscene with Tifa and Marlene in Seventh Heaven. The video below (I recorded two separate clips) shows what happened when the cutscene was over.

The glitch still shows the health left on the Ghoul, though I’m no longer able to fight it. Also, the environment starts breaking up, and the characters can’t move any further than that confined space. The video ends because I received an error message on my PS4.

It’s no use continuing the game from an autosave either, because the autosave simply loads the glitch. The only solution that worked for me was loading a manual save…from about an hour and a half before Chapter 11.

This glitch doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem, but I still think it’s important to bring awareness to it, especially since the game is so long and players are putting in countless hours.

I still plan to fully review the game upon completion, and this glitch, while pretty awful, hasn’t impacted my enjoyment of the game. Final Fantasy VII Remake is currently available on PlayStation 4.

Tori is originally from Rapture but now she lives in Chicago. She enjoys open world RPGs, a good narrative-driven game, and is probably the only person still watching The Walking Dead.

Tori Morrow

Tori is originally from Rapture but now she lives in Chicago. She enjoys open world RPGs, a good narrative-driven game, and is probably the only person still watching The Walking Dead.

Share
Published by
Tori Morrow

Recent Posts

Call of Duty: Vanguard Officially Announced

After many rumors and leaks, Call of Duty: Vanguard has been officially announced and will…

3 years ago

Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy Reportedly In Development

While Grand Theft Auto 6 is still years away from being released, it appears as…

3 years ago

Life is Strange: Remastered Collection Delayed To Early 2022

For anyone who was looking forward to returning to Arcadia Bay next month (or visiting…

3 years ago

Horizon Forbidden West Reportedly Delayed to 2022

For anyone that was looking forward to continuing Aloy's journey this year, it looks like…

3 years ago

New Animal Crossing: New Horizons Content In The Works

If you’re a fan of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you might have been wondering what…

3 years ago

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Kazuya Impressions

At the end of June, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate got a new fighter in the…

3 years ago