What Does the FF7 Rebirth Game Over Screen Mean? (Retry Options, Explained)

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There are a wide variety of difficulty and accessibility options available to players in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, ensuring that the dreaded Game Over screen should be a rare sight for most players. However, when up against enemies with instant death moves or Sephiroth's hard-hitting Heartless Angel attack, there's a chance that players may find their party incapacitated, at which, point, they'll need to decide whether they want to retry.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: What to Do After Completing the Main Story

Those wondering what to do after finishing the main story need worry not, as there is plenty of FF7 Rebirth post-game content for players to enjoy.

Usually, players will be presented with three options here: Retry from Last Battle, Retry from Checkpoint, or Return to Title Screen; all of which are fairly easy to understand. However, if the battle in which players are beaten is part of a series of battles like the one at the end of Chapter 14, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth presents players with a poorly worded secondary screen that has the potential to set them back quite a bit if they accidentally choose the wrong option.

Should You Choose Retry from Before Current Battle, Retry from this Battle, or Retry from Before Battle?

If players want to return to the most recent point as possible, they should choose the "Retry from Before Current Battle" option. Upon doing so, they'll be returned to the beginning of the phase of the battle in which their party was wiped out. "Retry from This Battle" will lead to them returning to the first phase of the battle, while "Retry from Before Battle" will put them at a point before the battle has even started, allowing them to make changes to their Materia and equipment if needed. This may all seem fairly straightforward to some players, but given how similar "Retry from Before Current Battle," "Retry from This Battle," and "Retry from Before Battle" all are and the fact that choosing the wrong option can cost players almost an hour of their playthrough at certain points in the story, it's easy to see why some may want to confirm what each option does before making their choice.

Retry from Before Current Battle: Retry from the phase of the battle in which the party was incapacitated.
Retry from This Battle: Retry from the first phase of the battle.
Retry from Before Battle: Return to the point just before the battle began.