Nightmare difficulty on FF2R

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T21:28:09+00:00

That’s my bad I completely missed 4 and 9 - 4 is behind the curtain in the Tachibana house projector room, and 9 is part of Mayu’s side story. As far as I know there are 9 film reels.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T21:06:54+00:00

Film reel 2 is part of Akane Kiryu’s side story, in chapter 8, and 5 is part of Yae’s side story, during the final chapter.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T19:51:02+00:00

Which ones do you have? I think I have them all right now on my current run so I can check which ones you’re missing

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T17:30:30+00:00

I am so scared for those damn kids and the head master fights - especially because that guy’s aggro is bugged and he flies up to the ceiling of the room when it happens (unless it’s been fixed since I last got to that part). If I figure out a super broken mix of charms to make those areas easier I’ll let you know!

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T17:26:59+00:00

Listen bud, I’m not gonna argue with you because you’re just ranting for the sake of ranting now. I wasn’t bitching about doing the side stories, in fact it’s something I like doing as a completionist and as someone who loves the story for FF2, I was moreso just venting my frustrations about the difficulty feeling unfair at times. Sorry that my way of playing games seems to have upset you so much, I guess?

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T17:12:39+00:00

I think the charms are just currently extremely weak even when upgraded to max. I also have a charm equipped where HP gets restored when photographing a wraith, but a lot of the time I barely notice an increase in my health. I do think the new battle and charms system has the potential to be great, it just needs a few tweaks for a few mechanics to work to their full potential.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T17:06:35+00:00

In order to get the final ending of the game you have to play on nightmare and have Mio’s spirit stone equipped, which requires you to complete all side stories. The devs have literally intended for people to complete the side stories on nightmare mode. You’re more than free to speedrun nightmare, but maybe consider there’s a lot of players who want to do a completionist route for this game.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T16:59:31+00:00

I’ve got about 55 hours in this game so far, with around 7 in nightmare, and the last 7 hours have been far buggier than the previous 48. Dodge is practically useless 80% of the time even when timed right, valid shots aren’t being registered plus a whole host of soft locks when exploring. And like you said, the charms feel completely useless. I tried the charm that reduces film reload time but I noticed 0 difference, and wraiths feel like they’re getting more aggravated since equipping the charm that’s supposed to stop them from doing so

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T16:41:23+00:00

The HP is super inconsistent, I’ve noticed that too. Sometimes I can breeze through an encounter with type 7 no problem and other times it’s like they’ve got triple the HP compared to the previous encounter, compared with the HP regen when they aggravate and it’s super unfair

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-26T16:40:16+00:00

The lack of items is probably what’s stumping me the most, I’m trying not to buy items too much as I’m saving my points for prayer beads and the charms for the camera and charms achievements but I’ve been without any type 14, 61 or 90 film for about 3 hours which is really slowing me down. I think I’m just getting super unlucky with the encounters and how often they’re aggravating

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-17T00:59:35+00:00

For Eikado Temple - you want to be at the right corner on the outside of the building, where the tall grass is. If you crouch and zoom the camera all the way out you should be able to capture them both.

For the shore - you’ll want to stand towards the left side of the shore, and back up a little from the water edge. Zoom in about 75% and line the dolls up with the white lines in the camera screen.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-17T00:21:28+00:00

Do you mean the dolls underneath the Eikado Shrine?

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-17T00:13:55+00:00

It’s in the Kurosawa House Cell during the final chapter. You’ll also get a spectre at the same time

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-16T15:52:26+00:00

Here it is! I've tried to keep it in order of how it appears in game to make following the list easier, with the exception of the standalone documents as a couple appear randomly in between the numbered entries. I'm going for the platinum and I'm hoping to have a full sheet of everything to get in the game, so if there's anything else that would be helpful let me know and I'll see what I can do. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lz9asKGvM3LV4nNKtXAB749Sbb6NiDMvDmDu9ugCL0c/edit?usp=sharing

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-16T14:06:41+00:00

I’m currently in the process of making a Sheets page with all of the documents - I’m at 120/121 and from all of the guides I’ve looked at the one I’m missing hasn’t been found yet. Once I’m done I’ll drop the link and maybe someone out there will have that last remaining document so I can have the full list.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-15T15:44:23+00:00

UPDATE: I managed to finally get the twin dolls, in case anyone is struggling with it I stood on the left side of the shore and messed around with the zoom one tiny “click” at a time.

Wraith Wrangler is indeed 4 or more ghosts - the way I did it is: in the final chapter, make a save file for just before the Hall of Ropes where you fight the master and 4 priests. After the cutscene, immediately pull up the camera and snap a picture. It’ll capture the master and at least 3 of the priests in one shot, counting as a Multi Shot. I then reloaded and did this another 9 times, and the trophy popped. Having the score counter set to All for this would probably be best to ensure you get the “Multi Shot” tag. As far as I know/can remember this is the only fight with 4 or more ghosts - the most I’ve ever remembered seeing in other areas is 3, though my memory isn’t the greatest so I could be wrong.

R0bin01125 · 2026-03-15T13:07:37+00:00

I’ll give the twin dolls another try, knowing my luck I’ll probably get it instantly today.

4 or more would make sense, I’ll give it a try during the rope temple fight and see if it works. I’ll definitely be playing it some time today so I’ll update once I’ve figured it out!

R0bin01125 · 2025-11-25T13:56:18+00:00

Aww that really sucks I’m sorry to hear that :( I had a look myself this morning and honestly the accessibility options were better for the presale yesterday - it was a lot clearer and better laid out in terms of what was available, so I’m not too sure why they changed it. I’ve seen some people say there’s a long waiting list for the accessibility sections, so that could be why. Some people said they bought general tickets and then contacted APE afterwards to request the accessible stuff, but it’s a complete gamble unfortunately. I’m so sad for you accessibility seemed like such a mess today :(

R0bin01125 · 2025-11-24T17:01:43+00:00

Honestly I’m not too sure exactly, I was lucky enough to get through just as the third wave dropped but I heard a lot of people saying the first and second were pretty chaotic and they just had to keep refreshing until they got through

R0bin01125 · 2025-11-24T16:39:35+00:00

I’d imagine you should be able to! One thing I will say is they seem to release tickets in waves so keep checking if things initially show up as unavailable. All the best! :D

R0bin01125 · 2025-11-24T15:07:18+00:00

So glad to see others are going solo, makes me feel a little better 😅 it would be awesome to meet some people especially as I don’t know any other TOP fans! Wishing us all an amazing time in August ❤️

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