How Disc 2 of FF7 Changed Video Games
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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In this brief retrospective on the Second Disc of 1997's FINAL FANTASY VII, I discuss how the game develops into its second act, from both technical and narrative perspectives. I analyze some of its themes, formal achievements, and what it contributed to the medium at large. Along the way, we discuss character arcs, minigames, the materia system, and more!
"Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing game developed by Squaresoft (now known as Square Enix) and originally released for PlayStation in 1997. Square also published the game in Japan, but its release in North America and Europe was handled by Sony Computer Entertainment. The story follows Cloud Strife, an aloof mercenary hired by an eco-terrorist group known as AVALANCHE. This tiny resistance group struggles to protect their world (referred to simply as "the Planet" or "Gaia") from ruthless exploitation by the megacorporation Shinra, pitting the ex-SOLDIER Cloud and his companions against Shinra's heavily armed security forces.
Final Fantasy VII is generally credited for popularizing the role-playing genre outside of Japan, thanks in part to its extensive use of pre-rendered cutscenes, and its overwhelming critical and commercial success helped to pave the way for the rise of cinematic storytelling in the video game industry. Because the game's pre-rendered video content requires a significant amount of storage space, the PlayStation release of Final Fantasy VII consists of three discs which are swapped-between at certain points over the course of the story.
Final Fantasy VII has also been acknowledged for boosting sales of the PlayStation, helping to cement Sony's dominant position over other fifth-generation console manufacturers. This was especially true in the case of Nintendo 64, as Final Fantasy VII first began development in 1994 as a Nintendo platform exclusive. However, due to the technical limitations and higher manufacturing costs associated with the N64's cartridge-based format, the game's development was eventually transitioned to Sony's PlayStation hardware, causing a rift between Square and Nintendo that put an end to their working relationship for several years afterward.
A remake of the original game, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, was released worldwide in 2020 for PlayStation 4."
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Man the consistency is through the roof on this channel, I don’t even like FF, but I’m here for it. Thanks for never denying us your essence J-BOSS!
The narrative and events of Disc 2 of FF7 were so far ahead of it's time that many games still haven't been able to reach it's level
Dude, first I wake up to the MGS4: Godzilla video, then Civvie11 releases a flippin' hour long Diakatana video, and now a new FF7 video from you! Today is a really freaking good day!
Man, you keep pumping out these great insightful videos, youll make it big on this platform one day
He has been for a while.....
He's jumped a couple thousand in the 3 or so months I've been watching!
A great essay! It's amazing that my already high appreciation just grows year after a year for this game. I think that the disc 2 of FF7 maybe parallels with "openworldish" second section of FF6.
I'm glad so many people like the remake, but i gotta say, deciding to replay the original before i dive into it really deflated the hype a lot. in a good way, i mean. i don't know how you make a well-paced jrpg, but they did it.
Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil are the greatest franchises in the history of video games. Silent hill is an honorable mention.
great vid dude
Your videos deserve more attention
Fort Condor is now a mini game in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth one of the best games released this year..
0:20 No truer words were said back then, by GameFan and Game Pro magazines on the game case on the right. I'm putting myself through another playthrough right now on my *mobile phone!* 40 hours in and just recently reached disc 2, which is sorta why I'm here 😅
I pray to god I make it to see the day when FF7 disc 2 gets remade in part 3 (and potentially part 4) of the remakes 🧎🏽♂️
Golden chocobo for the win!!
Nice content dude . keep it going
Part 3 will be 3 disc?
Also the naming gives me headache.
The whole ff7 remake project should have the subtitle REBIRTH.
Tell me one thing:
Do you prefer One Winged Angel or The World's Enemy?
tough call, I'm gonna have to go with The World's Enemy actually! It's such a gorgeous arrangement
@@FuturasoundProductions Ahhh! Me too!
Crisis Core
This was some good shit
Greatest game of all time.
Great video
Subscribed.
Lol. Another existential crisis in gaming‘s inter-millenial period. Wtf?
Wait...Cloud is Sephiroth clone??
Have you played the game?
@@boltinabottle6307 Hojo and Lucrecia made a baby, which was then injected in with Jenova cells. That’s how Sephiroth came to be, right?
There were Sephiroth “clones” in Advent Children, but Sephiroth isn’t a clone.
@@Americansikkunt Okay you've played it lol.
Always has bee- no he's not.
*The Ancients made the Black materia. The Planets is *The Lifestream*. And the choice the planet makes has nothing to do with whether or not humans are intrinsically bad. Sephiroth isn't human.
The Lifestrem and the planet are separate entities and Sephiroth is half human as Hojo is his father.
Hi. Jesus died to pardon us all. God is the creator of all, his father. Breathe air.