I noticed just last night that during the Red's trial quest, a good chunk of it is making you find and collect little totems to place on altars... It's a LITERAL fetch quest while playing as the dog. 🤣🤣🤣
I’m surprised he didn’t sin the four men who had Sephiroth at gunpoint and none of them shoot while he very slowly slices at each one then stands for dramatic effect
That was the "suicide by Sephiroth" sin. I can buy them being too scared to shoot, but maybe at least have *one* of them try. It could have communicated he's faster than a bullet.
Awful scene and Who told Squnix that the whole slow walking slow crawling thing is an effective video game addition. This game did so many thinsg that simply pissed me off.
@@Joseph-nx5gv It's tolerable the first time through, but I was bored going through it in NG+. If they contribute nothing to gameplay, those segments should be skippable.
The real story (I believe) Cloud was inside his moms house when Sephiroth was running amok and kills his mom in front of him before throwing Cloud outside (you hear his mom's voice but don't see her talking.) Sephiroth taunts Cloud in Remake by saying the same words Cloud's mom says so Cloud and Sephiroth are present for it. This, Zack and Aerith are a pattern of Cloud erasing memories of people dying in front of him. Cloud limping around is him coming up with a crappy excuse for why it took so long to get back to town. It could have been handled better. I think if all 3 parts were already out, people would be more willing to roll with the confusion, but waiting 3 more years for answers is rough.
The biggest sin of FF7 is that the plot moves forward by the fact that nobody wants to talk up about things specially Cloud. Tifa at the ending even asks him to let her know if he has weird thoughts
It’s a sign of lazy writing. They would rather break the canon lore than do the work of writing within it. Nobody wants the compilation trash or a multiverse nonsense. We asked for a remake of FF7, not the Kingdom Hearts version of FF7.
@kjh4496 It's a reimagining of the original game, so technically it is the canon lore. Also, there is no multiverse. My understanding is that all of that stuff happens within the lifestream somehow.
@@HorusDeathtouch so its like a multiverse but not a multiverse? how convenient! You should work for the marketing department of square enix or become a politician for the Democrats!
A multiverse is the writing equivalent of playing a video game in "sandbox" mode: the author has unlimited power to spawn in/spawn out whatever they feel like at any time and any place with no warning and no cost or consequences. It's literally a dream-come-true for any writer who feels like they've been written into an corner and need a way out. Unfortunately, that is precisely the reason why us audiences hate the multiverse trope: if there are no rules dictating what is or is not possible in a story; if the writer can just change anything and everything they feel like with no warning, why should we care what happens? How are we supposed to believe that anything is at stake when everything is arbitrary?
thats anime in general for you. Power scaling is always wack. If you watch alot of anime you will notice that the main characters are perceived as godly with insane ability during battle scenes. Yet outside of battles they with contradictory be weak. Look how in final fantasy 15 the main character is able to stop a giant arm swiping at him single handedly. Yet earlier in the game they struggle as a group to push a car.
"Does no one work at this mako reactor? It's completely empty, and the only way to reach it is by a treacherous mountain pass and rope bridge." Just wait till you get a look at how the Empire does things in Star Wars. No handrailings inside the Death Star, right next to the laser beam that is capable of blowing up planets? That's a big Health and Safety no-no.
1:05:00 I was so pissed when I opened the door and it was Red 13. I actually reloaded to do more side quests, but I changed my mind and just went on a date with the dog.
17:38 its bizzarre people still think the CPR Is Like Kissing joke is still a thing. It just rings childish and kind of dumb, esp when a drowning person is a sputtering mucusy mess.
5:05 nope, funny enough, I saw a video recently on Twitter where the caption said, "the father's genes didn't even try," the daughter looked exactly like her mother
Cloud looks exactly like his mother too... although to be fair we don't know what Cloud's father looked like. In Remake, Hojo remarks that Aerith is "the spitting image" of her mother, Ifalna. Sephiroth also looks 100% like Lucrecia (his surrogate mother) and nothing like his father, Hojo. However, he shares some physical characteristics with Vincent, which supports the theory that Vincent is actually Sephiroth's real father.
There's a big reason Viceroy Surruf never shows up... He doesn't exist. His name is basically Rufus' name remixed. I think he's just some sort of mind game Lodbrock is pulling.
At first I thought Surruf would be Sephiroth (Surruf > Seraph > Sephiroth). I was kind of right with Glen really being a vision by Sephiroth. But that still doesn't explain why Glenn in the broadcast acted like Surruf would show up or what the other people in the room were thinking. Was Sephiroth just messing with Rufus?
Brian, Tifa's dad, didn't took his daughter up to the reactor to hide. He told her to take shelter just outside Nibelheim where there weren't plants and fire couldn't spread, than ran to the reactor to talk (????) to Sephiroth. Tifa followed her dad by herself. From Traces of two pasts novel.
During chapter 1, the characters said Tifa and her dad went there hide. But then in Nibelheim, the conversation with Tifa in her house has her say Brian actually did go to fight Sephiroth after being fed up with Shinra. He probably told Tifa he was going to "talk" to him to not worry her.
@@chrisdaughen5257 Rebirth did some retcons in comparison to TotP ... first of all Tifa's scar : In the novel it is said it went from under her neck to below her breasts, slightly diagonally toward the right breast, not counting the fact it has been erased with plastic surgery (artifical skin grafts), anyway it should be a long, vertical scar ; in Rebirth is a short horizontal cut along her diaphragm, under her chest, and it is still visible. I can imagine even with plastic surgery and after being fully healed Tifa'ld have some sign of the scar, but they utterly changed the place of the cut on her body ; maybe they were worried they'ld have had Tifa lift her top too much ?
@@nagaifan001 The player is always shown Tifa's back when she shows it to Cloud. The devs already thought it was too high. I think the writers initially wanted Tifa to have a bigger cut from Sephiroth, but neither her model nor profile pic suggest it in the PS1. Plus her getting artificial skin grafts seem a little too convenient, when it appears Tifa's surgery was an urgent rush job. So they settled for something small enough that it could be hidden by her shirt. Of course in ReBirth, it made it look like Tifa got really lucky and merely got grazed by Masamune despite getting slashed point-blank by a 10-foot-long sword.
@@chrisdaughen5257 You are right that Tifa needed emergency treatment, in fact it wasn't Dr. Sheiran in Corel who applied the skin grafts ; it was Dr. Oranye in Midgar slums sect. 8. In the PS1 era there wasn't the tech to show her scar anyway, but this is what happens when the devs want to go deeper in details ; they have to explain a lot of things that doesn't make much sense when players begins asking questions from a logical perspective. Her scar should be visible when Tifa has the Shining Spirit beach wear in Costa del Sol, IF it was the one described in the novel.
Let us not forget. To prove she is real, she shows her scar to Cloud. But the second time should have made anyone stop and think: "Didn't she removed the scar in Corel?" Which would explain, why Cloud attacked her in Chapter 9.
On a separate note, I find weird the video didn't sinned the apparent plot hole of Cissnei living in Gongaga. There is a sort of a plot hole in Cissnei story in Rebirth. She claims she has been living for almost a year in Gongaga, but that statement contraticts everything that we know in FF7 OG and specially Crisis Core about the timeline of events from the moment Zack and Cloud escape from Shinra Manor to the moment that Zack is killed and the events of FF7 (OG, Remake and Rebirth). In Rebirth, Cissnei mentions that she has been living in Gongaga for almost a year and it is implied that she has been inactive from the Turks for at least several months, but in Crisis Core she was active in the Turks while Zack and Cloud escaped from Shinra Manor and she even actually found them and was also actively looking for Zack in the Midgar area during his last stand against the Shinra Army. The events of the bombing of mako reactor No.1 take place about a week after Zack's death, even just taking into account just Remake and Rebirth times, the whole events in Remake take place in around 5 to 7 days (From bombing mission all the way to final battle with Sephiroth). The events in Rebirth from start to the point of reaching Gongaga, while not explicitly said, would not be more than a week and a half, maybe two weeks at most. So, since Zack's death to the point the main party reaches Gongaga, a little over a month have passed, and yet Cissnei has been living in Gongaga for almost a year and apparently hasn't left the village. Also of mention, she was able to see the whispers, something only the main party and Rufus are able to do, because even Scarlet and the Shinra Troops she had with her weren't able to see them, though they did feel the efects, but Cissnei was able to see the whispers, she described them to the main party, which they seem to simply dismiss. Now, this is actually a minor plot hole, which could be explained in at least 2 possible ways without convoluting too much the plot
42:57 Extra Sin: In Remake, Tifa was shown to be able to drive a mini Pickup Van, but can’t figure out how to drive a Buggy. I don’t care if it is a Smart or a 4x4, if you can drive one, you can drive the other.
I love the dodging in this game, though. It makes me feel like a pretty ballerina twirling around the battlefield, launching energy waves at my enemies from afar😂
Revive Aerith guide, the game!! Perfect. Part 3 better have us collecting all the soldier figurines, Turtle Paradise posters, submarine side mission and killing Ruby and Emerald weapons with no materia.
Aerith was writing the song in the ghost hotel lobby just before you go up to sleep before the second date. There's a cutscene and I don't think it's missable.
The real way to revive Aerith: 1. make the original game successful and profitable. 2. demand a remake. 3. create a culture where consequences are bad and stockholders demand the game appeal to everyone. 4. profit?
Nice meme but I dont see how a console-exclusive, jRPG made in 3 separate parts "appeals to everyone". Cause when fans say that its them being mad a brown person or an easy mode is thrown into a game. When execs use the word it means "fuck we sank too much money into this game and if its niche at all there's no way to make the profit we want now"
I thought he was splitting hairs with that one and groaned the entire time he was sinning it. I came for crits about the plot, not stupid shit like that
You probably shouldn't be watching an EWW if you're looking solely for plot critiques. At least half of an EWW's repertoire is nitpicking, because it is, or was, funny.
Multiversing an already complex story in a Final Fantasy game. I understand the complexity of the Doctor from Doctor Who's ENTIRE TIMELINE (books and audiodramas included) better than this idea.
The reason why sephiroth was such a great villian in the original game was because he was a fallen hero. A good guy that realized he was nothing more than an experiment by Shinra. Who was then manipulated by Jenova at his lowest point to help her destroy the planet. It's a fantastic villain arch. But in this remake, he's just an emotionless evil guy doing evil things for the sake of being evil. Writing standards have truly hit rock bottom these days. It's as if children writing fan fiction have becoming the lead writers to some of the most profitable franchises in media history. It's sad and pathetic.
I just finished this game, FINALLY. Only took me six months and 128 hours of playtime! Seeing stuff from the beginning of the game feels like 100 years ago.
This was an overall good video. From 55:38-56:10 that is a really good point, the Original FF7 never really explained this especially in this amount of detail, so I agree SE did this much better in the Remake Trillogy.
This game’s story is ALOT worse than remake’s, which is a shame because I wanted to like it so bad. But it’s so shitty, i have a whole laundry list of issues with either stupid writing, nonsensical character choices, and just messy plot. But I’ll spare myself and not type that
@@TheDapperDragon to me the cliff actually happened in Gongaga. Everything before I was fine with (besides ch 6 I thought that was a colossal waste of time, they somehow forgot to make the beach section fun) but in Gongaga, it started off well enough and the reactor bosses were fun. But that chapter ending was so braindead, rushed and didn’t make any damn sense from many angles. And it’s a true shame, this game could’ve been amazing if they just had better writing but they continuously fumbled to make the characters look like morons and ch 14 was definitely the worst pound for pound
@@jlit5215 Gongaga at least had some cool moments, like Clouds full possession, but yeah, I can see it falling over there as well. But Cosmo Canyon has a special place in my heart. So the unbridled three hour fuck you to the canyon, Red, and everyone who likes them.
@@TheDapperDragon yeah the canyon was a slog, first mistake was too many NPCs it felt like a cult. And Bugenhagen was characterized weirdly, his wisdom was useless. And some other moments were kinda hamfisted. The trial section also lasted way too long. Also one thing that really damaged the Seto reveal was Red’s voice change, I just couldn’t take him seriously with that made it hard to immerse myself Only thing I really liked is the new Gi lore like Dartigan mentions. I like how it explains why the black materia exists because it never made sense why the Cetra would even make it. And I also like the retroactive explanation of why Sephiroth/Jenova never dies. But that was the only thing that was done well to me, along with the Gi designs they were really cool
10:50 “I’m stuck in a maze and every step is taking me further from the path. Every time the whispers touch me, I lose something. A part of myself.” She knew they were taking her memories.
Thank you! Finally! Someone who also realizes how much they changed Cid's character. We all know why they changed him though. It's for the same reason why Dyne wasn't allowed to kill himself in this game. Because in 2024, we can't have a hero that's also mentally (and quite possibly physically) abusive to his assistant/girlfriend/wife. His anger at her and at shinra for ruining his dreams of getting to space. And then his eventual realization that she was correct all along when he finally does go up to space was the entire character arch of Cid. Now, he has no arch. He is just another bland, cheerleader for the group that is always hopefully and optimistic of the future. It's so annoying.
Some of these inconsistencies actually have an explanation but many of them don't. I think this video really shows that when you write a story with so many random things happening, the viewer's trust in the writer gets low and he won't even get the rare instancies where it is actually well written.
I liked the idea of altering timelines they began in the first one. But timeline and multiverse stories can quickly turn into madness if you are not careful.
28:21 I think this scene was to show that Red has a close bond with Aerith, and when he thought something was wrong, he switched his voice to intimidate a potential foe
Not going to lie... It was a Hot Take at the time but I warned all my friends that the series was going to become a hot mess of a hot mess when we first saw the Whispers in Remake. The OG while a great game was a Hot Mess in plot. Started a simple environmental conflict with fantasy elements and themes but grows very convoluted (and thanks to story cuts and etc) messy around the climax leading into the finale. Remake was teased as a retelling that'd streamline and clean up plot while also giving everyone a deeper look into the lore and world... But then...Nomura was allowed to go full Nomura... And now we got whatever the unholy distorted fuck Rebirth turned into... I literally lost interest in the Remake series after the ending. I consider Part 3 and just go... "Should I?" Cause I'm getting Kingdom Hearts 3 deja vu vibes... Which is sad.... All they needed to do was clean up the plot which would inherently expand upon it... But instead they decided to go full Nomura, overbloat it, and try to make a multiverse to justify their mobile Gacha game's existence and possible justify a litany of sequels/prequels/spin offs to milk the FF7 universe dry as a husk.
What I'm still questioning even from the OG game is.....we have multiple ways to revive dead characters. Phoenix Downs, Phoenix drafts, FUCKING REVIVE MATERIA, YET EVERYONE lets her bleed out and die....like what?
Yeah. It kinda becomes a problem for real, impactful character deaths when in your lore there are items that can not only heal, but bring people back to life. Your comment reminds me of the Red 13 segment where his dad is stone and I’m sitting there like “But there’s literally an item that cures petrification (maiden’s kiss)”.
As far as we know, phoenix down's just reawaken people. It's been ages since I looked at the status effect, but isn't it called "KO", not "DEAD"? KO meaning knocked out.
It's also similar to the Evangelion Rebuild movies, where it's implied that the rebuild movies take place as a looping timeline after the events of End of Evangelion, where Shinji was given the power of a god to choose whether or not if everybody should continue as a collective consciousness or become separate individuals again. Apparently, he chose to reset the world & separate everyone's souls again. There are clues that hint toward this like the ocean being red as blood from the very beginning when that's not supposed to happen until 3rd Impact. This is why I jokingly refer to these remakes as the FF7 'Rebuild' series, or; FF7 1.0: You can (Not) remake FF7 2.0: This will (Not) make sense FF7 3.0: You will (Not) like how this ends
While taversing the area around costa del sol and the desert yuffie actually comments on making clones of the party. Cloud says no to making more if him but when yuffie mentions tifa....he gets oddly quiet and Yuffie calls him a perv
I just finished this game about two days ago (I know, I’m slow), and was so confused by the ending I had to look up a video to explain what had happened. I am a Kingdom Hearts fan. If your game is made in such a way that even I cannot tell whether or not someone is alive or dead, then you have failed as a storyteller. An incredible game otherwise. Also, I’m calling it now, Part 3 will be called Final Fantasy 7 Reunion.
Nomura wanted Rebirth to be called Reunion, but it was already used for Crisis Core remaster, so Rebirth was used insteand, and since Reunion was already used, part 3 would be called something else. While Rebuild, Relive and others have been used, after some thought and due to the OST list, some have begin to believe that the last part would be called Return or Returned.
@@rottengalaxy The original FF7 was basic storytelling. This poorly written remake trilogy is amateurish fan fiction that ignores the rules of basic storytelling. You can't blame the critics for the writing team's inability to write a good story.
I’m sure Rufus performed an analyst that they’re after Sephiroth since they aren’t attacking Shinra atm, didn’t commit a terrorist attack on Junon, and their monitoring proves that they’re following the Black Robes, and their camera footage at the President’s Executive suite shows Cloud following Sephiroth and then the whole party discussing chasing after him. Not Shirna. It’s an obvious conclusion. Reading Cloud’s file included his S cell experimentation by Hojo. Thus, enlightening.
Can they just make FF7 like how Capcom did the RE series. That’s all we wanted. A remake, not a modern take on a classic game. No imagination in these installments. All hand holding 😢
Can you imagine the amount of money Square Enix would make off of this Remake trilogy if they did a faithful adaptation of the OG? Not even a 1:1 Remake. Just a faithful adaptation like the Resident Evil games you mentioned. The RE remakes, especially 2 and 4, were exceptional and the sales proved it.
I think the deal with the alternate universes is the more non-canon events that make them up, the more unstable and likely they are to collapse in on each other. The timeline where you play as Zach is a collapsing one, as noted by the sky rift, and is a mess made up of a timeline where Zach survived his last stand, a timeline where Cloud teamed up with Sephiroth at the end of Remake (that's why he's missing at the start), and one where Biggs survived for some reason. So by that logic, even if there is a timeline where Aerith didn't die, it's probably not permanent as the sky rift will probably destroy it. Dart is totally justified hating Sephiroth's ambiguous new goals. Aside from making Wutai a more active military force, events have largely played out the same. Even when he sees Cloud with a restored White Materia, he's not bothered. The only moment he could possibly start changing things is when Cloud gives his body the Black Materia (Really worried Part 3 is going to be a rush job). I could understand him being aware of his future failures would make him change his plans, but him somehow becoming aware of the multiverse and whatever the "true" Black Materia was is too out of nowhere . Especially when his new goal is to make people "feel bad" for eternity. Sephiroth's malice was originally born from him inheriting Jenova's blind desire for destruction, so it's weird how his goal is so much more psychological.
Cloud: Why is he laughing? Aerith: Because he knows, this isn't over yet. Me: Well...this is actually over for me with Rebirth, because I have completely lost my sanity there. F*ck it. Hand over those pills, Yuffie.
@@linkbluu321 it's a very simple multiverse concept. There a multiple universe each with difference from the main one. These differences can be major or minor. See it's not hard to understand at all
@@neilstone927 That I understand, the problem is them introducing so many timelines that you lose track of which one is which. Plus all the ambiguous shit of the ending.
This is absolutely brilliant. I just finished the game, and felt massively let down and confused by it all. This video has made sense of the nonsense, the game drove me crazy.
Nah, Aerith is definitely dead. Its Cloud who is unable to accept her death, believing she's still alive, when in actuality he can only see her spirit. This is why no one else but him can see her (and why Red could sense her for thst brief moment).
I mean yes, it was confirmed by Nomura in the Ultimania. The “issue” here, is that he worked on the video way after the Ultimania dropped so… Yeah a lot of Sins don’t “fit” anymore.
She’s definitely dead in this timeline, yes. Cloud deflected the hit and saved her in another though. That was the obvious take away and I’m pretty sure it was confirmed by Nomura. Also, I love how every other game gets shit on by the gaming community for including lore in outside sources that cost more money yet SE get a complete pass for their ultimania’s. The Hypocrisy is fantastic!
@@ItsSVO I kind of admire all of you guys for completey falling for all that fake complexity. Maybe i'm too lucid to enjoy life and games in general after all... oh wait, i still enjoyed the the OG. What's wrong, then ?
@@souetrejeremy what fake complexity? OG 7 was a pretty complex story with conflicted characters that had depth. Theres aspects of rebirth I enjoyed but the story is extremely poor by literary standards. I play FF games for the story and characters above all else so if that’s missing the mark then the great combat or vistas don’t really save it for me.
I'm pretty sure the last 10 minutes of this video is what having a seizure would feel like... that, or the game's final descent into incomprehensible nonsense actually gave me a seizure.
They might as well have just called this game kingdoms hearts 4. What an absolute shit show of a narrative. If you need me I’ll be playing the original PS1 version that doesn’t make me want to hit my head into a brick wall.
The game was fun but it's when they started to mess up with the story just to milk the game. Any of the afterthought games made after FFVII is just a money printing scheme and their story cannot be taken seriously.
I'm not a Remake/Rebirth hater because it is a good game. But after playing through it twice I can wholeheartedly say that I found it to be far less fun that the OG. They nerfed or completely removed most of my favorite aspects of the game. The changes to the story and locations of towns and events were largely unnecessary and confusing even if it was in a multiverse. The forced party swaps and forced slow walks behind supporting characters while they had conversations that could and should have been shippable stationary conversations or cut scenes. And the vehicle/chocobo riding mechanics were absolutely infuriating far too often. It's worth a play, but besides the visuals the OG beats the new ones without a doubt
I never understood Glenn, Matt and Lucia purpose in the game at all. I know that they died off-screen, and their name was mentioned, but Glenn absolutely none. And with ever crisis square is so focused on gatcha events that the story mode for all 3 modes aren't even done.
Cait is "controlled" by Revee. However, for my head canon, I believe Cait is AI programmed. It's not as though Reeve has to be sitting at a terminal inputting Cait's every move. Plus we have Chadley, who has free will. So this is not sin worthy in my opinion.
If you watch closely in Advent children, barret had a hand that transformed into his gun, something they also could have done for both games but, i can understand it's more of a personal option and, after everything went down he had a reason to have a hand and the gun transformation.
So this might knock off some sins but it's explained in one of the novels or ultimanias or whatever that Cait Sith is an AI Robot. Reeve uses Cait as a spy rather then controlling him directly which he can do. Cait was designed by Reeve to be a mascot and Spy for Shinra, accent and all. So that explains why Cait Sith needs help locating things and such. This was poorly explained in the original game and confused a lot of people.
To piggy back off jlev, if I have to do homework to understand the plot, and the assignment isn't in the immediate predecessor of the same medium, that's writer's problem, not a viewer's problem. It's one of the biggest problems with the MCU in phase 4.
In all honesty, that doesn't knock off some sins, that should add sins with an exponential curve for every time it happens. I get wanting to make a big whole thing for one of the biggest games the company has made, but it gets pretty annoying to do, especially when they don't release them outside of Japan. Especially when making a plot intentionally convoluted. I say this also as a fan of the .hack franchise, but at least the two things that were intertwined (The games and Liminality) were shipped together in the game cases.
@@pretends2know Besides if we're not willing to let Balan Wonderworld get away with that shit why should we let this trilogy off the hook for the same crime? Oh wait I know why, cause it's FF7 that absolves it of all criticism right gaming community? Oy vey..... Hearing people actually defend this game's terrible writing only deepens my lack of faith and trust in humanity T _ T
that beginning roasting of the entire game was perfect the censoring and sanitizing of FF7 is just depressing, so much neutered cause : (LONG POST) - can't have Cid be Cid, that's too mean - gotta have many male characters be sexual towards every girl cause that's wrong! but we'll keep adding it into the game - can't have blood so every serious moment is missing cause camera obscures it - Nibelheim weakened by "cinematic" approach which is dumb and drags everything out - none of the original themes hit anymore cause of the new themes on fate/destiny/fan theory crafting - none of the betrayals hit cause the characters are absolved of every wrong doing every time - Cid being softer - Barrets plot to make him not a terrorist that is amoral - Dyne not going with suicide and dying pointlessly cause can't have that anymore - Cait Sith betrayal so watered down, in Original he kidnaps marlene to stay in the party now its nothing, he did literally nothing and is forgiven instantly - doubling down on flamboyance gayness cause sexualization fine if gay but girls its always portrayed as creepy - remaking it this way for the sake of greed and unsustainable business design around $200+ mil to produce these games, nickle and diming for bloated world design - 10 phase final boss fight - censorship
hmm...vincent not hearing the noises in the manison when sephiroth was inside? you would think he'd be like...who is that making those loud crazy laughs down the hallway?
49:11 uhhh maybe being bested by Cloud three times already in combat? He seems eager to prove himself to a 1st class SOLDIER. Does everything have to be explicitly explained?
I thought you could dodge in remake but you needed materia to do damage as you dodge. Like Cloud harmlessly dodging and Cloud “accidentally” hitting the enemy with his sword while dodging.
From a corporate perspective. Shinra would have Sephiroth request a guide because by accepting their guide it deepens the trust with the town folk, it maintains a friendly relationship so they’ll continue accepting Shinra in their lives (equivalent to Gongaga), and maybe Shinra wants Sephiroth to work on his diplomatic skills for future positions within the company.
I don't think that's fair to Red. It means you don't use him in boss fights. Maybe people don't like it but he's useful by proxy of not mashing to win. Instead holding square. Sentinel Stance and Chilling Claw also improves the rate at which Vengeance is accrued. There's a huge disconnect in like all Square Enix games about the power of your ragtag misfits vs. killer death robots, monstrosities, and and god like abominations. Cloud in a scene not dissimilar from Sora Z-Slashing a skyscraper shows that with enough force and with nothing but being in a Sephiroth infused dazed rage can break through a solid stone wall with a weapon that shouldn't be able to do it or just the insane feats against the boss gauntlet for the whole party who seem to all ignore gravity and large falls. Cait being able to do half what's in this game shows that the Shinra is absolute shit at creating weapons if one random guy can just create a lethal animatronic by itself. But there's also stuff like Barret being able to win a fist fight with a character that is shown to be powerful enough to create shockwaves with his fists. The turks are supposed to be superhuman much in the same way Tifa is just without chi and while Barret is a fuckin' breakhouse he's still just a normal guy who happens to have a gun arm but I guess that's enough to one tap Rude
Ok the Sephiroth stuff is atrocious and is non-stop at the end, but everything else is a massive improvement over SE’s last few big releases. KH3 and FF16 tried being way too on the nose with its themes using melodramatic dialogue to the point of absurdity. FF7R at least tries to have normal conversations 80% of the time.
I want to watch your videos so badly. Unfortunately I don't have a ps5 so im waiting for the pc release and don't want to spoil the plot. Hope the like and comment help.
SQUEX cant make aerith and zack dead or alive, so they did both. they are not dead or alive., they are just there. I think even nomura doesnt know what to do here and mixing up his KH ideas into a brainstorming session of gamers and og fans.
@@Kingdom850 They dont have to use multiverse in KH because they have the "hearts live on" and Heartless/Nobody narrative to bring people back anytime they die. Its just as bad as the multiverse really.
@@Joseph-nx5gv It's never been said that turning into a heartless or nobody kills you though. You're simply a fragmented existence missing pieces of a whole person. Actual death has happened in the series like the literal mass murder of children in the original Keyblade War.
@@Joseph-nx5gv I don't even understand how you correlate the heartless and nobodies, a relatively simple concept with something as large as the fuckin multiverse. Hating KH is fine, I sure as hell don't agree with every storytelling decision in there, but just say that you don't like it instead of doing mental gymnastics to make it look worse than what they're doing to FF7.
This is why I’m leery of playing any of Square’s remakes. They’ve basically misconstrued the ‘fantasy’ part of Final Fantasy into ‘complete and utter nonsense’.
The fact there was no Genesis or Angeal in this game is not a sin. Should be a positive. Crisis Core was a good game not because of the Genesis Angeal stuff but because of how endearing Zack was and then how well done his inevitable end was done. Though him being alive in the Remake is not the best choice to me. In the end he has to die. The two people in these games that have to die are Zack and Aerith. They are the entire reasons for FF7
The devs have already confirmed that this is not a "multiverse/multitime line" as we normally are presented in other media, even Nojima himself has said that he is inspired by "collective consciousness" studies...
@@fieryrebirth I mean, it is technically also the same world from OG as everything is built literally from it, just expanded… So blame the 1997 game 🤷♂️
@@GeniusCenaa Blame the original game that has nothing to do with the stupid shitty extended material that was created after the fact as if it's responsible for it's creators hack bull shit.
THANK YOU!!!!! For pointing out how silly "2000 year old rock layer" is as a statement meant to impress. Probably written by the same people who expect "5 years ago" to feel like a long time, even though the audience will have waited 15 years just for all 3 parts of the story to come out
