Slamma Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Visit the Collected Estimated Time Ratings thread. Voting Guidelines Voted time should be based on your own personal time spent working towards 100%. Do not vote based on "fastest possible run", but rather your own experience in playing the game. Voted time should be in-game time spent, from first starting game to achieving 100%. Do not vote unless you have played the game. Do not vote until you have dedicated a substantial amount of time towards the game. Vote with honesty and integrity. Edited July 29, 2023 by Viper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Krid Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Voted 76-100 as my final time was exactly 90 hours. A lot of that was idling or on Pause typing up stuff, so by following a guide from the start you can probably get it down to 60. 52 hours was my first playthrough doing absolutely everything and watching all cutscenes, then I did about 4 hours of grinding some Materia for Hard and doing the dress trophy, then the Hard playthrough was about 25-30 hours skipping everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedah Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 63 Hours. Original playthrough took 42 hours doing everything. Grinded for about 3 hours. Blasted through had mode in 18 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsoul Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Finished in 64 hours, but that included a lot of time replaying Hard Mode bosses to try and perfect each fight. Not much extra grinding is needed to reach max level if you do all the side-quests on your Normal playthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyAerith Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 91 Hours on file for me, however I took my time with the game well beyond what was needed, including maxing every single materia. I voted 51-75 hours because any normal person not obsessed with the game will get it done in about 65 to 75 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Krid Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 91 Hours on file for me, however I took my time with the game well beyond what was needed, including maxing every single materia. I voted 51-75 hours because any normal person not obsessed with the game will get it done in about 65 to 75 hours So much for "I'll never finish Hard Mode!" Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyAerith Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 So much for "I'll never finish Hard Mode!" Congrats! Yep, for the first time in a very long time I can say that I really enjoyed the hard difficulty of a game. At some point after getting slaughtered on CH8-9 Normal mode, I got gud. Having all MAX Materia helped tremendously, as well as the Gotterdammerung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsurvive Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 68 hours include around 5-8 hr spent on farming. Gotterdammerung really make hard playthrough bosses possible in one try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orthmann Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 70 hours for me but can be done in less as people already stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatplainsbear Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I’m just a bit over 76 hours. I had a guide for collectibles, but mostly enjoyed my first play through. I skipped everything I could in Hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dohko85 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 106 hours. And I missed two battle reports on chapter 9 tha I count on getting soon. Anyway I didn't skip any cinematic on my hard run to enjoy them again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Agnostic Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 75-100. You'd have to really rush to do this in under 75h, but that would be asinine. Took me about 105h, but I did practically everything blind and took my time looking in every nook and cranny on my first playthrough, getting almost everything you could get. This took about 60h. Cleanup took about 20h, which included grinding for a couple hours in Chapter 16 (279 AP per run, which was maybe 7min, not sure if there's better). Hard mode took about 20h with the Gottenburg (accessory from the superboss, which was obtained in cleanup). Keep in mind that I took my time and did more than the plat requires, such as Assessing every enemy and redoing some Hard quests for manuscripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riski3Run Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Took me for Platinum 120h38min. Great game but short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyoonZ Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 64 hours on my savefile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildo1993 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 My final time was 89h. I took my time and tried to rely as little as could on guides, so you can get it in less time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaman80 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Finished it in just about 80 hours i think it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike87 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 95 hours as thats exactly what my playing time read on my profile. What an ultimate lengthy game to play during this UK lockdown! Killed a few weeks on it indeed! If you think it's long on your first run on Classic/Easy/Normal...well when you do your second hard run you will then see just how really long the game is, so yeah for the plat you gotta have alot of time to spare but with the global coronavirus epidemic at the moment shutting the world down there is no better time than now to attempt something like this. Fantastic game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2Love Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 My time after getting the platinum was around 90 hrs. Definitely can't wait for the sequel to come! Its been a long time that I played an RGP this fun; Cheers to Square Enix team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeogred Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 79:08 here. I still took my time on hard and enjoyed many of the cutscenes again. I also did not use Gotterdammerung and wanted to truly get through it all on my own. Amazing game, probably my favorite this gen next to Nier Automata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcolwander90 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Clocked in at 78:10. Could've been a little sooner, but there were some cutscenes I wanted to watch again (like the ending) and I did one more run through of Ch9 as I wanted to save the dress trophy for last. I could've easily gotten it along the way on Hard otherwise, but chose not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake2410 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 While it did take me 112 hours to platinum, I also didn't skip any cutscenes on hard mode and also went back and got the 2 resolutions that I was missing, maxed out all my materia, and all the manuscripts you miss in chapter 9 on hard by choosing one path or another for sidequests. I voted 76 - 100 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantera Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Clocked at 94 hours. I REALLY took my time , but I enjoyed every minute of it. Waited 23 years for this game and loved it! Can't wait for part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeyCow Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 60:12 according to my timer, skipping most cutscenes on my hard playthrough. I originally intended to watch them all with japanese voices second time around, but just found myself bored going through a second time so didn't bother in the end. I wasted a few hours grinding that I didn't need to and had to do some extra playthroughs of the longer chapters because I missed stuff, so sub 55 is definitely possible if you know what you're doing. The guide is great, but my personal recommendation is to not max out the MP/HP/Magic Ups when you're grinding AP. You really won't be struggling for that extra 20% at any time during the game and that final level takes an extra few hours. Plus they'll max out during your hard playthrough anyway. Just grind until you have them level 4 & have maxed your Revival materia & Elemental (only need 1 but a maxed fire armour elemental makes Pride and Joy rather easy because Ifrit can't damage you and just heals you...). Should only take about 2 hours total using the chapter 16 method with Fire-Magnify. About 32 hours 100% first playthrough; 4 hours grinding; about 10 doing the second playthrough of chapters 3, 8, 9 as well as finishing off Colosseum & VR challenges including Pride and Joy, and 10-15 for hard playthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Joe Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 87.5 hrs for me. I played on normal difficulty on myself, spending lot of time watching every cutscene, exploring what i can and listening to NPCs etc. In Hardmode i used YT Videos (Casual Player/Benny) for a few Boss Fights. i think you can beat the game/platinum in about 50hrs if you skip everything and use guides from the start, but wouldnt recommend that ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmah200 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 My platinum time was 101 hours and 19 minutes....but, sometimes I left the game on pause for a bit and I did about 3-4 hours of grinding to max out materia. I voted 76-100 hours. I know others won't do the grinding and such, so it's totally possible to complete this within the 75-80 hour window. Some of it is skill-dependent, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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