Final Fantasy VII: Reunion - Zack vs Sephiroth Full Fight Comparison (Original vs Remastered) [4k] 

Always appreciated how Zack blocks most of Sephiroth's Octaslash. Shows that while Zack's not *as* strong as Sephiroth he's at least able to keep up with him

Zack fighting Sephiroth in the catwalk gives me empire strikes back vibes

4:05 I’m sorry but I’m not seeing enough people talk about how absolutely menacing the “traitor” and “you will pay” is from George. Dude sounds like a monster in the best way

Cody Christian is the PERFECT voice for cloud

The Original in terms of VA put lots of emotions into it fit to every character's, personality compared to the Reunion/Remake version. On the other hand, the combat system of the Remake Version puts a lot of improvement than to the original.

Imagine the overhauled graphics with the original voice acting for the fight. I'd honestly like to see a mod or in game option for something like that.

13:54 “You were stronger.. smarter.. you’re better.. YOU WERE BETTER”

I always laugh when it says conflict resolved, meaning the opponent is dead.

I love how no matter his mood, Sephiroth sounds so annoyed and done with everyone

The way Zack stuck the landing in the original was cooler in my opinion

This scene is not that bad compared to a lot of the other flat or off putting scenes with the new VA. But man does the original just blow it out of the water delivery wise

I remember my first battle with him years ago. I thought I was supposed to fall off the bridge.

Just wanna point out that Cloud lifts up an entire Sephiroth using the sword thats through his gut, and this is BEFORE he was pumped full of Mako

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Sometimes I regret playing Reunion on Hard Mode, this fight is such a difficulty spike. Even with HP Up++ maxed out, most of Sephiroth's moves in this fight are one hit kills

To give the remake credit, they got out of their way to voice clips that were originally silent, i appreciate that

İ just beat the remaster and i still can't get used to the new VA of Zack.

16:33 Okay as much as I don’t like Zack’s new voice actor, I’ll admit when he says “Brace Yourself!” before Octaslash Lv.5, it legitimately sounds exactly like Rick Gomez. Like to the point where I thought they used an unused voice clip from the original or something.

i kinda hate that in reunion sephiroth doesn't have his eyes glow like they do in some parts of the cutscenes in this fight. also when sephiroth stares at zack and does an evil smile , yeah the new model looks better but his expressions is much less evil looking. in og crisis core his facial expression is pretty much " oh i'm gonna enjoy tearing you apart "

can u do a side side comparison?

Similar to FFX remaster they should have given us the option to use the original soundtrack. It's so much better

A lot of people hating on the remaster. The graphics were amazing, the VA was decent (true we didn't get everyone back but they did well), and the music was even better. They took a lot of the original music and mixed it with some of the newer stuff. Yes this soundtrack sounds amazing and you hear the original one winged angel however the newer version is much more dramatic as well as ominous. The choir and orchestra is very dark, showing a kind of desent into the villain we know and love. So nag at it all you like however they did well and if they redid Dirge like this I would also play it.

I always hated this fight. It makes no sense canonically. Yes, Zack is strong and very, very skilled. But in the original game Zack runs into the room where Sephiroth is and then three seconds later he flies out of the room, hits the ceiling and the pipes and then lands backwards on one of the pods. He just gets decimated by Sephiroth in a matter of seconds because Sephiroth wanted him out of the way so he could have his reunion. I know in this game he's the hero, but don't change what was originally portrayed for the sake of building up the protagonist. Zack isn't supposed to be a match for Sephiroth, in fact, it makes Sephiroth look weak here. "YOU DEFEATED SEPHIROTH" ...It just takes the danger out of the situation entirely and makes him as an antagonist not seem as dangerous as he is. When Cloud stabbed Sephiroth, it was an act of desperation. A last ditch effort to stop him. Also, Sephiroth going back into the room to stab Cloud is ridiculous. In the original, Cloud and Zack were ants to Sephiroth. Even after being stabbed he had a single focus which was getting Jenova out of there. He didn't care about anything else. These knats kept getting in his way though. It comes to a head when Zack tells Cloud to finish him off and Cloud runs after him and gets stabbed and then he throws Sephiroth over the side. When they portray Sephiroth as being petty enough to go back to the Jenova room to finish off Cloud, it elevates Cloud's presence which wasn't the point of the original scene. It was to show how a regular nobody finished off the great Sephiroth.

So only in hard mode does he summon those crystal things in reunion?

let's keep in mind that at this point in the timeline, Cloud wasn't infused with Jenova Cells or inherited Zack's memories/skills yet, so the fact he was able to stand up to Sephiroth is all the more impressive.

Where did you get a new version of this Zack mods? (as in Remake/Rebirth version)

They really made it look amazing, beat it on my switch then my series x lol

Orginal: "Cloud....Finish Sephiroth off...off" Rebirth: "Cloud....finish Sephiroth...off" Lol could they really not change it too "cloud...finish....Sephiroth"

Ii honestly prefer the PSP version so much more, don't really care for the new graphics I loved the art style of the original

I honestly fell that they kept some cutscenes from the original game, if they can upgrade the summons why not the cutscenes.

13:49 You were stronger, smarter....better! YOU WERE BETTER AAAAAAAAAHHHHH

something abour 'remaster' is kind of empty. is it switch version only that feel like this?

I love this game, played it for a PSP.

Does anybody feel, Remaster sephiroth fight feel lot easier than psp or it just me lol, probably because of new gameplay system

too much censorship in this game, even jenova's face is covered.

I wonder why they omitted her face on reunion, i was expecting to see it. That, and the loss of Sephiroth’s lines during his Octaslash kinda sucked. But still, overall, i loves the game, made combat way more enjoyable and less interrupted, as well as tedious.

bro did an reverse attack

The only thing better the original had than the Remaster version was...... The VA.

Did the helmet on jenova is a censor ?

The glass breaking part looks better in the original imo

Excited to revisit this scene again in Rebirth but not as Zack 😉

Apart of me thinks its pointless but another part of me wonders what would have happened if sephiroth revive jenova

I’m finna be playing this in Japanese

same

so what was enix reason for the black smoke instead of using blood?

Sephiroth does only 5 hit on his Octaslash. When it should have been 8 slashes. As the name is literally caleed "OCTA"-slash meaning Eight slash. Kinda hoped they fixed it in the remake. Or at least say Octaslash v5 or something. 😑

Sephiroth must have somehow glued to that sword cause no way he was holding that sword with one hand and not letting go

Zack’s new VA completely kills all emotion for me. He’s so bad.

Does anyone know why they removed Jenova’s head?

Yeah yeah the voices are different, some good some bad- But why'd they change 'Controlling the Iron Beast' Tho? The original was perfect guys, you didn't have to!

wtf the art direction when they're in Jenova's room is a bit steampunk cyberpunk, but when Zack falls the room suddenly becomes hi scifi. Hahahaha.

as soon as i saw heartless angel. OH CRAP HES DEAD

Zack fighting Sephiroth: High jump = dead in one hit

why didn't sephiroth let go the damn sword before being thrown away like that

Why did they change Jenova's head in the remake? I knew I remembered seeing a woman's face in the original Crisis Core.

Goofy animation when cloud throw the sword with him

did anyone max out dark blizzaga and just spammed it without taking damage after getting it. i did it for half the game and defeated sephiroth w like 8 hits and took no damage

Crisis Core Reunion, Nier Replicant v1.22 is what REmasters should look like but instead we get GTA Trilogy.

VA and the soundtrack from the first phase of the fight just aren’t hitting like before 😔

bro these new voice actors 💀

I fought and beat him by spamming Hell Firaga doesnt take long lmao

PSP graphics is so ahead of time

I had Zack way overpowered by the time the battle occurred. No sweat taking down Sephiroth.

To this day I will never get over how badly this was jacked up in terms of voicing for Reunion. Some lines sound nice, then the others are from awkward to “HOW DO YOU FCK UP THIS BAD?”

God the old combat looked so slow also the fact dodging and attacking didn’t have their own buttons looks confusing lol

I don’t care what anybody says, Sephiroth’s new voice actor absolutely murdered Newbern’s depiction in this entire scene. Hoechlin comes off as a more natural voice, as opposed to trying too hard to being too anime. Hoechlin also comes off as more eerie, creepy, and menacing. Which is fitting for him initially losing his mind at this moment. I also think that his delivery is much better than Newbern’s in this entire sequence. HOWEVER, I love Newbern, and I think his portrayal in Advent Children is on an entirely different level!! I know I’ll get hate for this, but to be honest. After coming back after almost a decade to replaying this game, and then hearing Newbern’s portrayal in Crisis Core after hearing Hoechlin’s…..I couldn’t even get through Newbern’s. I think people that say otherwise are just too nostalgia stricken and they’re just being blinded and petty always complaining about the new voice actors. I think a lot of people overlook too that Newbern got some BEAST ASS FREGGIN lines in Advent Children. While Hoechlin has been very very limited by his lines in Remake. Just my opinion…..people will hate on it, but after seeing Hoechlin’s portrayal in this with having pretty weak dialogue. I have no doubts whatsoever that he’s going to absolutely kill it in Rebirth. I can’t wait.

Озвучка оригинала была лучше. Особенно озвучка Сеферота

There wasn't even blood in the original. Why'd Square feel the need to add that ugly, off-putting smoke filter to censor something that wasn't even there to begin with?

A lil change of dialogue but everything else is same

22:59 Sephiroth: ah Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii *Fall to death*

…am I crazy? Or does Zacks voice sound like Robin from teen titans?

[SPOILERS FROM FF7 Remake] . . . . . . . . I Wonder if the black smoke that was in Sephiroth's and Cloud's wounds were supposed to be Destiny stopping them from dying

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I hope this entire scene gets remade in the remake properly with better directing ahit doesn't hold up at all

Did they just change jenova??

Expecting the new voices to be exactly the same is crazy. They did a good job with the new actors. Cloud's great. Sephiroth sounds a bit softer than the OG, but it's overall the same. Zach is the most controversial since he lacks that big brother energy and the VA has trouble sounding upset, making him sound like a whiny kid during the dramatic moments. But for most of the game it didn't bother me since he did capture Zach's character as an energetic optimist, and Reunion has him do the last stand speech in the voice direction it was meant to have.

Though I see what they was going for… sorry, but it’s just not topping the original voice actors. Just doesn’t have the same impact…

why didnt sephi let go of his katana

Everyone's complaining that the new voice actors are terrible, I'm complaining that the story is the same.

JENOVA literally had a face, now she just looks like a zombied version of Robocop

still dont understand why sephiroth was holding the sword when cloud was holding it lol

i prefer the original japanese voice cast.

OMG, what did they do to Sephiroth's hair? it looks like a mop. where they this lazy to correctly render it? this is just sad

I'm not much of a nostalgia goggle kinda guy so, I guess I'm just not seeing it. The remake sounds perfectly fine. Zack sounds annoying regardless lol...I mean it's like legit damn near the same. If anything the old one sounds more corny

ff7 cc reunion featuring zack the hedghehog

Man both Zack and Sephirots' new voice actors are just horrible. Why did they replace them in the first place?

I really wish for sephiroth to be 10 times stronger in this fight

Censorship thanks to the Ethics Department. Ratings are pointless now when companies are internally censoring their games in order to globalize. In 2007, CCFF7 was Cero B (12+) in Japan and the overseas version was T for Teen. The scenes were uncensored and we got naked Jenova with nipple plus a fine looking Tifa. CCFF7R is Cero C (15+) in Japan and still Teen overseas. Now black smoke is added when stabbed, Jenova body hidden, head is altered, and Tifa has black piece of clothing blocking her cleavage when its the same outfit in FF7R proving that she's being targeted.

why does sephiroth only do five slashes for his octaslash fuckin Zack does eight why does seph only do five 😭

They change jenova?

Original had way lower resolution. You are using emulator

In terms of the combat, Reunion absolutely DOMINATES. But if we had a choice to use the original and new voices, then that would've been amazing. Granted, I honestly don't mind the new voice for Zack and I've grown to love Cloud, Tifa, and Sepiroth's voices due to Remake.

Ok, as someone who has played both the games, i actually perfer sephiroths remade voice because before he becomes evil, his voice is lighter but than once he really becomes evil you can hear it in his voice, to me the original sephiroth obviously has emotion but his voice and tone stay the same throughout the original, the remaster VA does a better job IMO

FFVII -LAST ORDER is better XD

ITS NOT A Remastered IT IS A REMAKE

The original voice actors are much better, and not gonna lie... Sephiroth looks a bit ugly in the remastered version.

Gosh, as a voiceactor myself I just have to get it Out; the voiceacting of the newer Version sucks ass in this scene. Aside from the stiffness and Lack of emotions they even geht the most Basic techniques a voice actor has to learn wrong. No Sense for tonality or which words to emphasize when. And yes there are Rules for that. Voice acting is Part Art and Part technique. Especially "Zack" makes me cringe in both Matters. What a shame.

Geez! I think I could’ve done better job voice acting for zack than this guy did!

hahahhaha remake give your money

Ugh the VA is so terrible. Clouuud finish Sepheeeroth oooofff