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I think I chose a random video of yours to say this but I kind of wanted to say that I respect you're being a middle of the road type voice in all this. What I mean by that is I'm a big enjoyer of this FF7R project but I don't watch the crazy positive content actually I find myself watching videos like yours and even Orion85 who would be someone very critical of 7R and now ripped Rebirth to pieces. The thing is I can see the problems with this game but I love it at the same time and I get that sense from you too. When finishing Rebirth I don't have the same hype level anymore but I'm still in this. Keep on keeping on.

The story isn't about Cloud after all. It's about Zack. At least that's my reading from all the games and content of FF7.

Zack and cloud should have a round but Zack wins and cloud fragmented mind repairs itself mostly. At this point of clouds story. Cuz we all know he loses himself. . Zack should be introduced to clouds comeback besides tifa being the one who does this for cloud. It should be tifa and Zack. That brings cloud back ONLY because it makes sense cuz clouds story is about them in it as it is. Soo. Yeah keep Biggs and Zack alive do an amazing story and give Zack his purpose in this game. It isn't just crisis core just for Zack. Zack is alive so he will be in this story . With the rest of them. It makes sense that he connects with aerith mom and plays a important role in other people's lives. Biggs die in other games I get it. But Zack shouldn't be used to help Biggs make bombs. Wth don't let this be a mission for Zack. Which does not sound like a mission only for the moment he has try to help Biggs find his purpose again. While they come up with something better for Zack . U know what? Zack should be big story trigger so that AERITH don't die! So that Elmyra doesn't let her out of the house. Sides this feature. Zack should have more encounters with sephiroth at some point of his story.

Zack and Biggs should live this is what should happen. I saw the video where Biggs is with Zack and Biggs acting extra low self esteem to himself..like a loser with no ambition!! And Zack where he is amazing as always gives him hope. I love this about ZACK. Then Biggs gets shot again. And troops rush in. What I don't understand why the producers allow cloud to live throughout bullets. And Zack almost slightly certain to be in danger what makes no sense Zack has more experience than CLOUD! What is going on with makers mental gam for sense of purpose and create something that's certain! And allow certainty for Zacks future so that he and Biggs lives they have to live!! Stop trying to cut them off!! Zack to me is better than CLOUD IN EVERY WAY always has been better. Stronger than CLOUD. And is better of a character than CLOUD. Devil inspired by devils. Well your no devil man u a human just like us. Keep Zack and and Biggs alive . Apr 8, 24

Manufacturing a feeling might end poorly.

I was so disapointed by remake. Aside from the great gameplay and music, the story make no sense. They focus more on the fact to include sephiroth as much as possible and pack as much cheap shock value as they could without care for the character development. The ghost are perhaps the laziest excuse to retcon the OG material.. the OG story is already complicated... Why did they have to change it up that much ? This is Namura ego wanting to tell his own story into an established universe. I have nothing against change, but this story is cheap shock value trading for logic. Barret death is completely free and useless. The final monologue by president Shinra is useless (OH no, he has a gun!!.... Baret look at your freacking arm!!). Sephiroth beeing there all the time to remind us he is the main antagonist of this whole story.... yhea, we get it.

i dont think they spoiled it for the remake, they turned the twist of the story into its own game, making a buck from the segment of the fanbase that is super invested in it. in retrospect, crisis core ADDED to rebirth because starting the game off with zack gives rebirth an EXTREMELY strong start

i think sales say this endeavor was a fail...... hubris they just kingdom farting it, got lore in mobile games if you cant see what's coming your not very bright it's not subtle

Prepare to be let down again lol

I think not understanding that the original series run of Evangelion had issues of running out of time to produce a fully conclusive ending really weakens your point. The movie following was a recreation of that ending and less of the meta analysis of the ending. Hamfisting the shows writing and narrative shifts to FF7R that is askin to what is essentially KH story in a FF game is a bit of a stretch. Either you need to provide more direct context to what these fans are saying or don't bring it up. I am not about to go rewatch all of this to connect to why FF7R had you fighting fate on a bridge to Sphei destiny. FF7R isn't telling the same story. It is a sequel to Advent Children where the entire narrative is meant to change and that's okay if they commit to that choice, but this pussyfooting around is boring and making it seem like it's a game for no one but the most loyal fans.

Let’s see if I can finish this before I get Rebirth!

U a real fan for lettin the music play during cids theme

2:58:13 just before this dialogue, Barret was saying Rufus had guts for standing up to the Weapons.

I’m binge watching a bunch of first-time ffvii playthroughs on YT and your name keeps popping up in the various chats 😂 I love seeing your comments, dude! And this video is awesome, inspiring, in fact

When we heard Dyne's voice acting in the latest trailer, everyone in the room burst out laughing.

2:57:47 About the praise Barrett was talking about referring to Rufus, I think he was just taking back the compliment he said about him having guts taking down weapon all on his own. Small compliment but that’s all he meant. Although I do feel Rufus has a big arc coming that’s gonna make me like him as a character. I enjoy a morally ambiguous villain.

I'm with you on the fact that Rebirth should end at the Northern Crater...but I want to completely hold back my expectations and embrace whatever they do. I don't want to be disappointed just because they have the ending in mind that they want to execute.

the voice over wanna be is cringe and i want to vomit. better stick with story telling.

31:00 the trick for going up with the dolphin is to not move at all. The dolphin will place you where you need to be to go up, only takes 3-4 boost to go up. 34:00 Roche is a 3-C Soldier.

I finally got around to finishing it. Really enjoyed the style and your insights as always. Need to buy my uncle a copy of the game, I'm eternally grateful he got me into FF7 back in the day. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the upcoming game...so close! Also. I also have been wanting a resolution regarding Jenova. Thank you again for your time and energy...and for sharing.

So good, thanks for all the effort that went into putting this video together. I've been thinking ever since the remake project was announced to be three parts that part 3 must go pretty far beyond the end of the OG game. How far it goes is going to be so much fun to see. I don't remember which of the two, but Kitase or Nomura said the trilogy would still naturally lead into the events of Advent Children. Is that another red herring and we actually eradicate Geostigma by the end of part 3, before the events of Advent Children? Or does Advent Children still happen exactly the same and we (fingers crossed) get a chunky Strife Delivery Service portion of the game? What if part 3 covers all of Advent Children?! Probably not but a punk can dream.

Man. Youve just made my day. This is exactly the content im looking for this week. Nothing got to do with spoilers or trailers, and most importantly, long. Thank you for your time and effort putting this together. Ive been like an addict waiting for the 29th. Youve giving me a little fix to get me through today!

I'm 2 hours in. The talk of memories being reframed as materia's access level knowledge is something I thought about but never really applied at a higher level. Sure, sleepezi framed the lifestream as memories, but for some reason my brain separated the terms. My mind always thought of the granting of knowledge by materia as different from lifstream memory. However, all materia is just the coalescence and crystalization of the lifestream, of memories. Access level increases when the lifestream condenses. The whole "worlds collide" ploy Sephiroth is doing is a very FF7 concept. The idea that the lifestream, the essence of materia, can fluctuate and merge due to external and internal threats has already been touched upon. What occurs when it gets condensed, naturally or artificially? Yup, so with expanded context, and seen from another angle, Sephiroth is pulling a FF8 time compression equivalent card here. It's still the OG goal of absorb the lifestream and preserve within him, but with added perspective and consequence. Shit, this concept works even below the cosmic level. On the local level, what is SOLDIER? Hojo has been artificially creating (ifrit) materia for Shinra for decades at this point, and SOLDIER is just that process extended to humans/monsters w/ Jenova cells for spice. Remake is treating Cloud not just as a vessel but as someone who's extremely sensitive to the access level knowledge granted by the planet. Hell, he was sensitive before he was experimented on. He's just that compatible as a human hybrid materia. Another thought just occurred to me. The Ifalna videos. The planet cannot recover, so it cannot produce life on par with the cetra. It's not like this world has to absolutely follow our world's rules. If the planet calls the shots in terms of how life is born into the world, then it could have replenished the cetra if it had the power to do so. It doesn't. Any attempt by people to recreate that access level at scale only further harms the planet. Damn it, Hojo. This can also explain why the planet is still trying to maintain at least a level of sensitivity within people like Marlene. Just trying everything it can within the limitations Jenova has placed on it.

i got to the northern crater part of this video now so ive got to ask u. u said u think rebirth shouldve ended here. if they wouldve done that how would there be enough story left for the third game? they wouldve had to have the last part be weapons and all new stuff i guess. also dont forget nomura said in an interview that the game goes up to the forgotten capital, but also reiterated 3 times that the arrangement of places and events has been greatly altered. im curious to hear what u think they couldve done with the 3rd game though if they wouldve went that far in this one

i love zach. they just headlines him in a game that wasnt as good. plain and simple. however as a human being, he in my opinion is who everyone strives to be. genesis wants to be like zach by the end of crisis core. cloud looks up to zach for obvious reasons, and strives to live out zachs legacy. i feel ppl forget how important zach truly is for the story of og ff7. problem is, u had to go looking for answers back in the day, and there was nowhere besides a guide to look bc the internet wasnt a thing really, at that time anyway.

Subtxt killing it as usual

roche should be clouds top competition in chocobo racing. imo

Based Rhonda enjoyer. 😂 I'm gonna enjoy watching this in bite sized chunks throughout the next few days.

Perfect narator❤

What you said about the ending point for Rebirth rings true for me. Kitase has specifically mentioned Empire Strikes Back and "dark second chapters" so many times I think that just the Aerith death, while big in itself, doesn't feel big enough for the *end* of a game. I think at the least they need to end with Cloud also losing his mind. That said, in thinking about it there's a few approaches they could use to do this and that dialogue you connected might make it true. Angle 1: Sephiroth already has strange lines calling Cloud a puppet, don't fake your sadness, etc. before throwing down Jenova Life to battle. You just play out the death and burial like normal but the game goes on and by the end of that those lines come back. It could be as simple as someone bringing them up. "Wait, what did he mean by puppet?" You eventually lead into Sephiroth's reveal, the photo, etc. and stress even more "You're not real." Cloud is catatonic by the end of the game. If you're wondering how you handle the Northern Crater in Part 3, think about this: they've been very careful to save party members, like having Red 13 present but not playable until Rebirth. Would you begin Part 3 only to have Cloud gone after an hour of playtime for what I bet would be like 10 hours minimum? No, you have him down. But how would that affect the feeling of betrayal at the Crater? You can still do that. The other party members do the thing where they go on ahead but leave someone with the Black Materia. This is at the Forgotten Capital instead of the Maze. They're not just leaving behind the Materia but several people (to make the starting party small and easy to do a tutorial) to take care of Cloud. Once you get to the Crater, you have a flashback cut to show Sephiroth controlling Cloud to come out of his catatonic state and take out the others, stealing the Black Materia. He warps to the Crater, scene plays out as normal. To keep this short an alternate method is you push Forgotten Capital to right outside the crater. It's what was outside the blast radius enough to survive. Jenova crashed down in the capital itself, which is why the kill number is so high for the Ancients. It also parallels Midgar getting threatened by Meteor.

Let's GOOOOO!

I think there is a way Zack's thing could be both the Lifestream afterlife and a timeline. With the talk of how the Whispers work and how the Lifestream works. In brief, the Whispers ensure a set of events is followed in the life of the planet. Meanwhile, the Lifestream is where all life goes when it dies to return to the planet and essentially power it and birth new life from that energy - sort of a Buddhist type thing here. In simple words: the dead become the future. It would make sense to me if the flow of time is contained within or connected to the Lifestream. So Zack's world could be Sephiroth's planned future but also a place Zack could run into the dead. Going with the subtitle it's waiting to be "born" and that is his endgame for Part 3.

On my replay IMHO Cait Sith/Reeve was the character who was the most of a mess arc wise. The whole kidnapping thing as part of his turn is baffling as Remake making him a nicer guy isn't new, he's also seen objecting in the Board meeting in the original; they could have gone with the trope of Shinra actually ordering him to use CS and being the ones behind the kidnapping of Marlene and Elmyra which would make it work more. It's insane to me that Barrett barely reacts to this and late game only insults him by calling him a traitor. I could definitely see him being a great character in Rebirth just because he gives an insight into Shinra corporate and his combat gameplay looks fun.

What a blast!! Thank you very much for your work ❤ this will help me be patient until I receive the game 😂 I'll watch the video bit by bit 👍

FOUR HOURS!? I'm so locked in😂

My man!! I think one great piece you bring up is about the reason FF7's story resonates. Looking through the lies and deception. I think that element digs deep with many characters who are told not only by themselves but by the world itself that they either are special or aren't special. Sephiroth's life is dictated by this global perception that gives him a very isolated, un-nurtured existence. Character's like Homelander really draw parallels to show what power without socialization, friendship, and most specifically parental love stunt growth. I think that will play in to how the "Sephiroth Redemption" feint inevitably plays out. I think the "Hero" portion of Sephiroth that predates the "Jenova" version will seek his own autonomy, authority of his existence and regain his honor. This doesn't mean he becomes a good character, merely he achieves his own agency. This parallels the arc that Cloud went through, touches in AC, and is now having an even harder time (seemingly), accomplishing that goal in the Remake trilogy. How we view the world, how the people around us view us, how that warps our world view and dictates our level of willpower and agency to interact with that world is really on full display here. Thanks for this amazing drop Subtxt, you always manage to provide insight in areas other people often miss. Cheers on making the deadline!

2:15:00 You mention how it makes sense Cloud can sense Sephiroth, but how he hears Aerith voice isn't exactly obvious.... i think maybe because he senses Sephiroth who is in close proximity to Aerith, he can hear her. Also, we just saw her appear to Cloud in a dream, so she could be trying to reach out to Cloud with Sephiroth so close but she can't interrupt the prayer to Holy Also, great stuff about "setups and payoffs"

Great stuff dude. So much id love to say but there's too much! I guess ill just start with Aerith hearing her mother could be something that is fleshed out. Also, broadly, the point you made about there being a lot more OG in remake than people realize is something ive tried to highlight as well in my videos. Feb 29th feels like months away again right now!

Comment for the YT algorithm and again great video!

Love this insight

Now Im just waiting for sleep ezi's video

I'll wait for five hrs . Just looking at this thumbnail