Aerith's Tempest against a boss: lock-on reticle over the party HUD

About this game

Developer: Square Enix · Publisher: Square Enix · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

The same HUD under a boss, half a second of trailer later and a different fight entirely: Aerith mid-Tempest, petals everywhere, a huge red boss filling the top of the frame, and the interface refusing to raise its voice. Targeting is a single cyan bracket reticle pinned to the boss's body; the bottom-left shortcuts now read E Tempest / F Attack because the corner always belongs to the character being controlled; the bottom-right ledger has rotated its detail to Aerith (HP 1831/1831, MP 26, ATB and Limit labelled), Cloud and Tifa compressed to name, HP and MP above her. That rotation is the system: three characters share one small corner, and full detail follows whoever is active. Frame at about 0:15 in the ESRB_EN trailer video (Steam), a pipeline scene-change survivor (candidates/v0_0017.png at 14.54s).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

minimal-hud status-row action-list

Components

Parts on screen.

Menu List Vitals bar Crosshair

Screen inventory

• centre, the lock-on reticle, a small cyan bracket-and-cross mark floating on the boss's body, the only targeting furniture the game needs: who is locked is shown on the enemy, not in a panel
• bottom-left, the shortcut list has updated to the acting character: E Tempest, F Attack, Commands Menu, Aerith's ability name replaces Cloud's Punisher Mode, so the corner always describes whoever you are controlling right now
• bottom-right, the party ledger again, Cloud 1881/2233 MP 37, Tifa 1763/2010 MP 31, Aerith HP 1831/1831 MP 26 with ATB and Limit labelled under the active character (Aerith), full HP after the fight's turn order has rotated
• pink petal effects from the Tempest ability fill the mid-ground around Aerith and her staff, and the boss looms red and huge above her, spectacle everywhere except the corners, where the type stays small, cyan and calm

Top 3 colors

#040828 27%#111d50 21%#7577af 15%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Square Enix, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade screenshot: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade - ESRB_EN trailer video (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-21. verified 2026-10-21: pipeline scene-change frame (candidates/v0_0017.png, 14.54s) inspected visually at full resolution (1920x1080 native) and confirmed as a genuine, settled, fully legible battle frame, the lock-on reticle, Tempest/Attack shortcuts and all three party stat blocks are sharp; petal effects are the ability's own, not a transition overlay

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