The ULTIMATE Recap of Final Fantasy VII (RECAPitation)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- An in-depth plot summary of Final Fantasy VII explaining everything that happened.
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This is why when people ask me what FF7 is about I just say "uh, I don't know if I can explain it. Just play it. It's awesome." You did a good job, it must have taken forever to collect all of the data for the video. Thanks.
Matthew Etter Shinra are a fucking corporation that controls the government. That's a good start to fascism.
The easiest way to explain it is you are trying to steal underwear and save the world by raising chocobos🤪😐😐😐😂😂😂
I’ll admit, while I get why people love this game. It’s among my least favorite in the whole series. The game had been put on such a high pedestal by others that when I did get around to playing it, there was no way for the game to live up to how much people had hyped it up for me.
@@thedeepfriar745 The crazy thing is as much as I loved the whole hype of the game, I never truly dove into the game (never even played it fully until recently, but for some reason I know so much about it). I think the charm of this entire game and how it sits on #1 for me on my top 10 games I've ever played (and I played a lot of games lol). the overall story is the best, but that's that. The OVERALL story. so in order to truly appreciate why nerds consider this the best title ever, you need.... to dissect shit from like 7 different other things, movies, animes, books, guides/explanation compilations, ultimania-shit and all these other things. But once you learn it you can truly understand how groundbreaking this is. But with all that said,
tl;dr, this game is actually hype, as hype as they told me it was, but it is only appreciated as "hype" if you REALLY get into it and learn everything you can about it, in the order of which everything was released.... which is hard to do in this day and age because it took so long to get the "full picture/scope" of the game.
What a damn story. I still blame everything on Hojo.
Hodgy I totally agree.
I mean... Almost everything that took place in the Compilation was at
least partially his fault. That said, Shinra policies did little to impede him.
jenohva
Lol. Advent Children
I blame the lifestream. Get off your hyperbolic bum and do something once in a while you lazy light show! It coulda done something about sephiroth, shinra, hojo, or jenova at any time! yet it sit's back and says it's "healing" from one friggin piece of space debris. I've seen asteroids take more punishment and bounce back in less time! I bet if sephiroths entire goal wasn't to hurt the planet, I bet it wouldn't of even saved the day at the end of the game! It even cry's for help a few times! Useless! They should all move to a more proactive planet, cause this one does absolutely jack!
Damn! The story in this game is no joke!
So fucking epic!!
Sam Adams checkout "Xenogears" if the game and story of ff7 is something you like
It is a joke it is Trigun with Swords
Mad Maxx n o a n i m e o n m y
C h r i s t i a n s e v e r
@@bogartwilley Xenogears initial concept was created to be FFVII. After being denied it became its own franchise.
Considered an RPG icon, #FF7 features the largest expanded universe in the #FinalFantasy series. Revisit it again, or catch it for the first time! #FFVII
Next: Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy 7 (rather short, so it shouldn't take too long).
+Oni Black Mage do dangan ronpa ultra despair girls
I'm actually playing that now :) (juggling that and Metal Gear Solid V is rough though)
+Oni Black Mage Can you do a story recap of lunar, or phantasy star?
+Oni Black Mage Hey just wanted to let you know you made a mistake at 39:58, its called Ultima Weapon not Omega. Hence Clouds ultimate weapon in the game.
I love how you included Cloud stealing Tifa's underwear :D
Orthopedic
@@mfntonberry Bet that'll be removed since she got modernized.
@@Rhyto i hope not there could be some funny dialogue or trophy's for getting them
Heh, gotta 100% the game for the full story, am I right?
I assure you, it is essential to the story
My younger self is yelling at me like "see how in the hell was I supposed to understand this story when ur grown ass can barely keep up with it"🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤣
I feel the same way. I definitely didn't get it when I was a teenager. Xenogears is even harder to understand.
Oni Black Mage, I would like to personally thank you for explaining this story.
Now everything in Crisis Core makes so much more sense to me.
This RPG was bloody well written. Thanks man
I don't think there will ever be another piece of art like FF VII. I've played games all my life. The day FFVII arrived, it was as if we had jumped forward 100 years, compared to everything that came before. I don't see how that feeling can ever be recaptured. Just watching this summary brought tears to my eyes.
+tjbanville OMG, I thought it was just me
To recapture, replay ;)
I finished revisiting this game on my vita 15years since I first played it. Loved every moment of the nostalgia.
Started on FF8 on vita to relive all the nostalgia I have from that game.
8 was my first FF and probably my favourite.
7 is a definite close 2nd though :)
theres only one more i can think of that comes close and thats xenogears, man that game was so underated with such an overwhelmingly big and great story, its till today the only game storywise to compare to ff7, althought other ff's had great stories too, somehow the 7 is by far the best one
xenogears is a great game thumps up
the good old day,s
tjbanville FF7 was incredibly special. There will never be another like it
For the remake, will have to ask the boss for a 2 month vacation. The only difference back then and why I was able to play the entire FF7 game (prior to Zelda:Ocarina of Time) was because I was just a kid. Now I'm 30, full time corporate office job, kids, wife. I will still play it though, no matter what, but i'm not sure if the experience will be quite the same, or be quite as spectacular compared to the first time around. The level of detail in this video is unprecedented, it even makes me question my own conscious. 18 years ago, seems so long ago, but this video makes it feel disturbingly recent, as if I've traversed the very fabric of space and time itself, aka the lifestream.
azura13liss I'm worried about what they'll do to Cloud and Aerith. What made them great was that they had many facets to their personalities. I really hope the writers don't strip away all of their quirks and make them defined by one thing
azura13liss I hope they do not stick to that episodic parts idea. I would rather they take their time and release a whole game.
+Outlaw8908 In their defense, tho? I could EASILY see FFVII getting remade and released, essentially, a "disc" at a time. Kind of like with FFVIII, the disc breaks were arranged at perfect moments of the story such that each "disc" kinda perfectly serves as a sort of "act" structure. I mean:
Disc 1/Act 1: background, characters and setting get introduced, the Party meets up, the conflict begins, the characters are forced to set out on their journey, plans to stop the antagonist are set into motion, and the act ends with a stun to the audience and a set back for the Party.
Disc 2/Act 2: The Party attempts to recover from the shock dealt at the end of the first Act, but is set back as Sephiroth "compromises" Cloud, mind controlling him and later putting him into a coma, forcing Tifa to stay behind and care for him. As she does, however, Cloud's past is revealed to not be as he claimed it to be, and in a natural disaster, both are flung thru a fissure into the now-exposed lifestream. The pair manage to escape -- fixing cloud's mental and physical medical issues in the process, and the conflict gears up for its final showdown.
Disc 3/Act 3: Final preparations are made, and the Party faces off against the antagonist and their plans, defeating said antagonist and ultimately saving the planet's future with no time to spare, while leaving it (somewhat) ambiguous as to whether the Party is successful in not only stopping said antagonists plans, but also in stopping them with enough time left that nobody is killed in any ensuing disaster.
Don't worry it will be great that's why it's taking forever they don't want to fuck up such a classic and it will be like an escape from work back to the carefree days of childhood when all that mattered was what happened next in ff vii and when the hell is viii coming out lol
If you're passionate about something, you'll find the time. ;)
There are always the weekends.
I have no interest in the remake myself, but I hope you enjoy it when it comes out.
"They rescue a dolphin." i couldn't stop laughing after that part
The OST on the background makes this so great, feels like im reliving the game while you describe it.
Absolute proof that graphics aren't everything.
thats true, but you have to remember that back in the day, ff7s graphics where considered to be the top notch 1080p graphics that we see now.
Absolute proof that FF7 is overrated.
thats true (no it deserves the hype)) but you have to remember that back in the day ff7 was considered to be the top notch ff15 game that we see now.
jermjerm610
The story is ridiculous. Some of the character motivations are nonsensical or completely missing and the drama feels like it's written by a 15 year old going through an identity crisis. Materia system is one of the worst blandest overrated progression systems created.
It was overrated right from the start and deserves none of the hype.
It actually proves that graphics seem to be everything as Final Fantasy III(VI) was a better game in every respect aside from graphics.
+Toveri JuriRight, and minecraft is such a realistic looking game.Your opinion is just that, it doesn't explain away the fact that every story before and after Shakespeare is the exact same story told with different toys. So what does it matter that the story is lacking a little.
wow you really deserve recognition for all the hard work you have done. it must have taken you soo much time to capture and put together all the in game footage. awesome video and an amazing job done!! keep up the great work!! :3
fantastic video, thanks for the hard work and effort
It for sure is a great video explaining the story of FF7 aye?
12:37 cloud steals tifas underwear
Superpower Dragon Lol. I got nothing on that.
VERY important to the plot
clearly he was boning her...?
But like if all the memories Cloud has from that flashback are actually Zack's memories, was it Zack who stole TIfa's underwear? :/
@@kaziashfaqulhuq8765
It's not necessary that all of those memories are from Zack, because Cloud was there himself. The memories were mixed up. And the memory of his mom calling him Cloud couldn't be Zack's memory.
He was too ashamed to talk to Tifa as he failed on what he was trying to do to impress her, but he still took the chance to sneak in Tifa's room.
who is watching this after playing the final fantasy 7 remake?
Makes me understand why changes were made because damn this plot is a slog XD. Still great but Damn
But didn’t you just spoil the rest of the story for yourself? lol
andreee123123 nope the ending of ff7r makes it clear that the other two parts of the game will be different than the original.
@@EdElric15652000 No, Nomura specifically stated in an interview it will still follow the core beats of the original with some changes.
He said that about the game just released.
The whole of Chapter 18 was about changing destiny.
outstanding recap. my whole childhood in 50 minutes
Dyne kills himself... then the heroes must win a chocobo race to earn their freedom. This game is a tonal masterpiece.
"Cloud goes on a date" - vaguely trying not to trigger the Clerith/CloTi shippers. XD
I love this game so very much.
You forgot about Barrett.
Chris Carbine and yuffie
the story in this game is so deep! so many levels to it:) let's not compare r hate just enjoy the greatness!
I'm really glad that you waited this long to do this game. I'm sure this has been one of, if not the most, heavily requested game you've gotten to do a RECAPitation for. However, given just how huge this game is and was to the RPG scene, and what it was as a narrative, it would be a bit much to just give in and do it. You do amazing work, and I believe that waiting as long as you did truly helped make the experience that much more enjoyable.
I'm sure that games like Dirge of Cerberus are possibly out of the question for RECAPitation, huh? I'd love to see you branch out into other RPGs that may not be as well known or remembered such as Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, Legend of Dragoon, and heck even Mega Man X Command Mission (just to be really unique). Either way, my votes would go to Tales of Legendia and Chrono Trigger.
Keep up the great work, Mr. Mage. You rule!
+AzarFirefly Thanks for the great suggestions! It's funny, FF7 ended up longer than I normally prefer for RECAPitations, but it couldn't be helped as a lot of the false exposition had to be covered, then deconstructed, and then the true history revealed, so it ended up almost 2 plotlines worth of content.
I actually am working on Dirge of Cerberus right now, and its rather short so it won't be such a long wait for it. After that, FF6, and Type-0 are done, I'm considering Final Fantasy complete for now (Tactics and others can wait for now). Chrono Trigger is a definite Yes, Tales of Legendia was actually my first Tales game, so it has a place in my heart (the Tales series will not be overlooked), and I agree on doing some of the more overlooked RPGs, like Lufia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Grandia, Lost Odyssey, among others. Thanks for watching!
I... I did not see Dirge of Cerberus coming so soon. I would have thought after the large task of doing this, that you would have taken a break from the FF7 Mythos as a whole and move on to something else. Honestly, I'm glad that you are getting it out of the way, and moving on with other games, especially Type-0 as I've found that game to be quite enjoyable, but being part of the Fab...The Fabu Nova Crys....The 13 series thingy, I was not sure how in the world that truly could be... And then I remember that FF7 takes place 1000 years after the events of FFX as they are part of the same universe.
Tales of Legendia was my first Tales game as well, and I'm so glad to hear that it has a place in your heart. Whatever the future may hold in your decisions, I know that even newcomers will love and want to try these games out for themselves.
+AzarFirefly Wait, how is FF7 part of the FFX universe!? Are you SERIOUSLY going off the name of the kid "Shinra"? Because in that case, FF XIII is connected to MANY MANY final fantasy. (See: Palamecia, Lindblum, etc. )
No, there was a thing a good while back where Square came out and stated that both FF7 and FFX are the same universe, though (I believe it was this order) FFX is like a thousand or so years ahead of FF7.
AzarFirefly
FF X is a thousand years ahead of 7? As in Spira or Tidus's Zanarkhand?
(Note: i dont much about FF X's mythos)
Square Enix employees should watch this video every day the moment they get to the office to work on the remake. I so hope they don't fuck this one up.
+David Tran Oh they will fuck it up with words like "Episodic" and "DLC"
xAngoryx If they get it right I will buy every single DLC. Twice.
David Tran
They are hoping for people like you :)
+xAngoryx DLC #4: Save Aerith Pack Only $49.99!
+Harmonious Hyena first off fuck you
every time i hear the opening theme, re-hear the story, and watch the ending... the feels inside me swell up even to this day.
The remake only covers the first 11:45 minutes of this video and that's just STORY details. This is gonna be crazy when we get the other parts man.
RasenRendan the crazy thing is that the whole story is going to change because of the arbiters of fate and how are they manipulating time in another parallel universe where zack is still alive
@@broski4u214 I KNOW RIGHT!! I'm so excited to see what Square Enix has in store for us!
Yea hopefully my great grand kids will be able to enjoy the complete remake...
47:00
...So am I the only one who thinks Cloud and Tifa smashed?
It totally happened xD
+Devon Lewis SO happened that when she discovered that they saw it all, she literally fell on the floor with embarassment (I hope the word is right)...
+Devon Lewis According to the higher-ups of FF VII production team, they did have sex, so... yeah. Cloud/Tifa is the true bonafide canon pairing.
+-discontinued-
Well, they might not live past the next day. So might as well make the most of what time they have, right?
+Shamus TheKnight Even so, Cloud seems too stoic to have sex on his mind at a time like that.
Seriously dude good job doing this. Played this in 97 before I was a full time dad and stuff. Wanted to experience the story without having to spend a million hours playing.
Now that your kids are 5 years older, have you had a chance to replay this masterpiece yet?
On of the best stories in a game I have ever played, can't wait for the remake.
I keep coming back to this video...lol. I realize after watching this there were certain moments that made me love this game. Aerith's death was sad and all but that moment you find out Nanaki's dad defended Cosmo Canyon, or when Cloud finally figures out with Tifa what really happened 5 years ago or when you find out Sephiroth is after the black materia in the Temple of the Ancients and what he plans to do or when you find out Aerith's managed to pray for Holy but Sephiroth is holding it back.....those moments really made my heart just stop. I love this game, I could cry. ;_;
This has all the great parts of a perfect game. Excellent story, great characters that are well developed, and a complete game upon release. Graphics are good for the time but then focusing on gameplay and story rather than graphics makes for a better game imo.
I think the graphics look amazing
few games offer an emotional responses , This is one if not the best. good job on your videos.
this story blends a political story with emotional character development so well it remains in the minds of millions of us to this day. it is indeed among the best written stories in gaming history. forgiving typos obviously lol
best recap on RUclips. You managed to put the iconic ff7 music so coherently along with your story telling.
No other Final Fantasy before or since has achieved this level of storytelling. Using the word "masterpiece" to describe FF7 is no stretch at all.
It was good but it was flawed. I can't call it a masterpiece. I feel 6 is much better but only by nature of it being a mature game on the systems late life
@@luciferfaust I loved 6 as well and in many ways I really miss those snes days.
If it looked like 10 visually
Then it would be a masterpiece
Amazing recap! It was very thorough and well done. :D
Who else came here after the Remake was released?
Edit: WOW! thanks for the likes.
Over 20 years later, Final Fantasy VII is now being ported to the Nintendo Switch. This is so much more important than many give credit for, as this was the game that caused Square to leave Nintendo for Sony. Ironically, it's now on the first Nintendo console since the N64 to use cartridges, which is why Square left.
Absolutely brilliant work. Well done. Still one of my favourite stories of all time.
This is a very good alternative to replaying my favorite installments in the series :D And I get to refresh my memory of the adventure all under one hour!
I will never understand why people like Sephiroth so much. He goes from a calm and collected warrior to a genocidal maniac with a god complex in the span of a few days. i always chop it up to the Jenova cells, but its not a canon explanation...
Indoctrination. A lot like Saren from Mass Effect, a being far older, far greater, than Sephiroth and was part of him from birth slowly degraded his mind and his motives for its own benefit. Jenova infects, Reunites, and then rides the husk of the world left behind in its wake to the next world it encounters. It's why Sephiroth went from "Hero of the Wutai Wars" and a collected and strong mentor figure to a man declaring war on humans, to a man seeking eternal power, and finally becoming a monstrous and inhuman form, the same thing that happened to the Cetra when they were also infected with Jenova's cells. There's a lot more I could say, but it would make for a very long comment. XD Let's just say, I have been doing research on this topic for months since the remake was announced because I still believe the main villain in the story is Jenova, not Sephiroth.
@@SupremeEmperorRei thats absolutely true. A part of me wonders if theyll save sephiroth and aerith somehow cuz nomura bullshit. This game was perfect as it was imo. Remake is still coolish though. The polish is insane.
Hojo wants to breed RedXIII with Aerith? that's fucked up..
Ekky Arya Understand one critical fact about Hijo and Shinra: they don't give a fuck. About anything. These are the same people who found a 2000 year old mummy in a cave and said "let's inject it into ourselves." This is the same guy that impregnated Vincent's love and injected the fetus with alien DNA. And when Vincent had a problem with it, Hojo turned him into an immortal vampire. One must wonder if Hojo has a PhD or if he's just a guy who owns a lab coat.
elevate07 Both probably, Hojo is the example of a madman scientist who is a real dick.
Honestly, Hojo isn't that different than the real life nazi Dr. Mengele
You're an absolute master doing these videos, nobody explains the games as good as this
dude excellent recap. my favorite game ever made this was a delight to watch. and yes you played the music right on cue I love the music. thank you for the video I will subscribe.
This is the movie I had expected in 2001; and not "The Spirits Within."
25 years later... and that scene still gets to me.
"After hearing Barrets sad story about personal loss, the party immediately boards a train to the Golden Saucer, a theme park and casino." Hahha I didn't bat an eye to this as a kid but looking back on that now. That's funny.
This guy are sick.
solaire of astora it’s a joke. In one scene, Aireth incorrectly states ‘this guy are sick’ in the English version of the game early on in the story.
Yes he are
FF7 is one of the greatest stories ever told. But as with so many other stories I didn't like the actual ending and very much secretly hope that it will vastly differ in the remake.
As someone who's played through the game many times the recap is really emotionally dense and is just such an emotional rollercoster. At the same time I enjoy calling out what's happening next and hearing the story retold once more.
25:50 am I the only person who finds this hilarious? 😆 😆 😆
Damn, now i know all the fuss about this game. Its appreciative and character depth is what made the game. I like the story and quirky elements. Hope the remake leaves all these quirks as that what gives the game the personality. Hope it comes out on PC!
You absolutely did a great job telling this story
The pause with the "for research purposes" GOT ME
When I asked Google how to pronounce "Cait Sith" it said "ho͞o ɡivs ā SHit".
I always renamed him Cat Sith.
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly I just never used him in game , the goofy bastard
This is all going to be mind-blowing in HD graphics LOL
I wonder how they're gonna try and keep its Teen rating
Don't have too high expectations of the remake... I'm afraid we'll be terribly disappointed... But we'll see... They've said that will change quite many things so it will probably not be very similar to the original at all when it comes to gameplay...
LASHINGS UK Censor Barrett's foul mouth. No more $#@!, instead we get words like dang it.
MrDude88
I would literally throw my copy out the window.
The remake is gonna be trash. Square lost touch with their fans a long time ago. They think we all want remakes and to fund kickstarters instead of new games (Final Fantasy 16 and Kingdom Hearts 3)
How much longer is KH3 gonna get pushed back? PS5?
Keep the FF7 remake. Can always play the original.
RUclips God ur dumb
I have beaten this game so many times as a child and never understood the real story until I saw this video. Thank you so much for clarifying the events. This game has such a rich and absolutely great storyline in all of the final fantasy series. Thanks for the video.
I’m watching this a few hours before sakurai’s sephiroth presentation for smash. Happy He’s in
Dude u like the video game Morgan freeman
matt molloy he good at explaining things
matt molloy because Morgan Freeman also pronounces Cait Sith "cat shit"
This comment doesnt have enough likes.
id say vaati vidya is the morgan freeman of games.
So in FF7 on PS1, Sephiroth said that the Cetra migrate from planet to planet, and supposedly people are saying its probably a bad translation from Japan. What if it isnt? If Cetra colonize planets, and then migrate to others, and then Jenova does the exact same thing but instead of caring for planets, Jenova destroys them, then it must make Jenova an evil Cetra. When Jenova landed 2000 years prior to FF7, she knew how to fuck with them mentally so she had to have prior knowledge of the Cetra.
Basically, Jenova is following the good Cetra from planet to planet and destroying the planets they previously inhabited. That explains also, why Sephiroth was hell bent on killing Aerith, knowing she is the last one.
Also, i dont think Shinra would mistakenly consider Jenova as a Cetra especially when before they found Jenova, they had Aerith and her mother in captivity. Aerith escaped, but her mother didnt, so Shinra most likely studied her extensively. When they found Jenova, they were probably correct when they mentioned her as a Cetra.
Man this video is incredible. I've completed FF7 more times than I can remember and I've still learnt so much and filled in some story holes I didn't quite understand. I don't think I've even ever seen Zack and Cloud scene on the truck before. Great video dude. Thanks for putting it together.
The reason i love this channel is cause it always give accurate details *always* even how much the game have sold in the end !!!!
"A remake is on the way" Yes.. yes it is
Udalix still waiting after 2+yrs of news of the remake. Probably another 2yrs of waiting. Probably be on the PS5
03/03/2020, YEAH BOYSSSSSS
Like a week and a half away now ☺️
The story is so good that in this speed you might actually have trouble understanding all the complex things that are happening.. like really understanding it..
I recommend to set the speed of the video to .75
Wow, this is so well edited and voiced, it's such a shame the views aren't that high (yet). Excellent work.
After watching and listening to this entire video, I somehow feel ... Smarter. All the knowledge that one takes in while watching this video is immense.
I seem to recall someone calling Cait Sith, "Kate" in Dirge of Cerberus. It has been years though.
I subscribe and turn off adblock for you, sir. Nicely done. It's like watching a friend play through the games, but I can work while listening to your channel.
This game along with Metal Gear Solid, Everquest, Quake 1 and 2 shaped my gaming childhood and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!!!
Best game of all time... It's been at least 12 years since I last played it but every time it resurfaces in my memory I try to find some content to watch or listen to. Great job.
the best fucking game ever, nothing comes close to it.
There are FFs that are equally good. VII isn't THE best.
+randomuser1105 to me FF VI is the best but VII is my personal favorite.
ff 7 Is no where near the best, probably nostalgia driven
+jboy1761 its a matter of opinion at the end of the day brother.
nah son its good but legend of dragoon is the best
So great to come back and reminisce on the greatest game I have ever played in my childhood. No other story compared to it. I still remember finally getting the gold chocobo and obtaining the knights of the round table summon from the mountain. Countless hours beating every single part of the game.
Thank you very much for the fantastic recap. It answered many of my questions and strengthens my understanding of the game. You are the best!
Hey man, you have done some amazing videos hitting on some many great details. With the FF7 remake out now, I was watching all your other FF7 videos (before Crisis, Crisis Core, and Dierge of Cerberus) and so many of key elements from those games have been incorporated into the FF7 remake. To cut a long story short, A) when will the FF7 remake video come out, B) will you ever do a breakdown of the remake pointing out some of the things they added from the previously mentioned games, and C) what are your thoughts of how the new FF7 will go moving forward plot wise thanks to so many of the elements/ Easter eggs?
Tifa and Cloud are forever my otp, Zack belongs with Aerith!!!
in the earth?
Scott McErlean she wrote Zack 89 letters throughout 4 yrs.....that's true love imo
Yeah well their both dead
@Scott M Well in the end Zack hogs Aerith in the lifestream. Happy ending.
your views and subscribers SPIKED since the last time i watched your videos like 2 years ago. GREAT WORK
It's clear that you put a lot of careful, quick words to make the point. As someone who has studied the Lore, I look towards this video to be reminded of it. Thank you, Oni Black Mage.
Thank you.
Cloud, dude, get with Tifa, not Aerith
Think that's the point though.
*Spoilers*
Meaning that the Cloud/Aerith pairing is mostly there because Cloud thinks he's Zack and Aerith notices
Think that's the point though.
*Spoilers*
Meaning that the Cloud/Aerith pairing is mostly there because Cloud thinks he's Zack and Aerith notices
Amazing how the fandom completely misunderstand the Cloud/Aerith relationship. Always made me sad because their bond is a decent part of the story. Sigh... So, no, Cloud doesn't "think he's Zack" (just borrowed the mannerisms, confidence and his first class soldier point of view... and of course, the sword). He doesn't have Zack's memories of dating Aerith, for one thing. He liked Aerith because he simply did. And Aerith came to go past the Zack similitaries and genuinely fell for Cloud (look no further than Case of Lifestream by Nojima for confirmation that Aerith's romantic affection lies with Cloud... he's called her "beloved"/"lover" in it). This relationship is meant to represent the connection between love, life and death (the original FF7 commercial was kind of spoilery about this). This is a theme that was dear to Sakaguchi after he lost his mother. He wanted to portray what it is like to lose someone you love unexpectedly and how you deal with it (regrets you may have, etc)... But also that death isn't the end of hope. Isn't the end of existence or love either. It' pretty inspiring but it goes over so many people's head because the fandom majorly decided only Cloud/Tifa and Zack/Aerith mattered/were true.
Then again, the Cloud/Tifa relationship can be majorly misunderstood too.
*Spoilers :* Cloud's best partner was Aerith. She dies and he has to deal with it. Tifa is the one he first wanted and got in the end (unless we consider the original ending where Cloud and everyone die and reunite with Aerith.... I've read in an ultimania that Cait Sith's affinity prediction for Cloud and Aerith actually carried some kind of hope... maybe it has to do with this ending)... but she's also someone he doesn't have a natural affinity with. Nojima explained it himself while talking about Case of Tifa (novella), Cloud and Tifa are inherently incompatible, which makes their relationship a flawed/rocky one from the start. And it can be interesting in itself. It's another side of love in life (always felt like one of Cloud and Tifa's uniting factors was their feelings of loneliness... and being survivors of Nibelheim... the only ones they know of). A lot of relationships in FF7 were flawed (Cid/Shera anyone ? or the whole Vincent/Lucrecia/Hojo thing... unhealthy as hell... no matter what angle you prefer to view this other "love triangle"... also, as sweet as Zack and Aerith seemed to be, Zack was still openly flirting with other women... which hurt Aerith... and would hurt most young girls in her shoes).
RadicalDreamer17 I entirely forgot about the Vincent love triangle and I wouldn't say Tifa and Cloud were incompatible even in the beginning.
@@RadicalDreamer17 and who is the other woman you talking about? Someone clearly didn't do any research of Crisis Core, left alone playing it.
By the end of Advent Children, Aerith and Zack were finally reunited in lifestream. Shipping Cloud with Aerith is just dumb.
Final fantasy 7 remake is an amazing game
I've played the game a ton of times and you helped me realize stuff about the story that I didn't know. Well done
I think its the 3rd video about recaption of ff7 i watched today. All great full of details. I had played this countless of times and im still comming back on every platform possible. I dream that some day someone will make it to epic tv series with quality of witcher/game of thrones so more ppl could enjoy epicness of its story.
What the fuck just happened...? that was one crazy story...
In FF7, Tifa is the only one who knows Cloud’s childhood, and furthermore, she holds the key to people involved in the story of Nibelheim’s burning down, which is also depicted in CC. She and Cloud came to realize their feelings for each other in the end of the story, and live together in AC and DC. Crisis Core Ultimania Tifa Lockhart Profile
(FFVII Ultimania Omega, pg. 15; Cloud’s profile)
“Declares that the team should dissolve in the final hours before the final battle, and communicates his feelings together with Tifa, who remains behind at the airship with him.”
(FFVII Ultimania Omega, pg. 27; Tifa’s profile)
“When Cloud proposes that the group separates temporarily, she remains behind at the airship and communicates her feelings together with Cloud. “
(FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, pg. 118; pg. 120 in the Revised Edition; story summary)
“Cloud and Tifa, who remain, reveal their feelings for each other together.”
(FFVII Ultimania Omega, pg. 198; story summary)
“When their companions disperse to the places where people important to them await, Cloud and Tifa are the only two to remain behind. They reveal their mutual feelings in their final hours, and…….”
(FF25th Tifa’s Memorial Scenes)
The Fateful Night the Two Share
An event near the time of the final battle with Sephiroth, where Cloud and Tifa stay at the airship Highwind together. With this possibly being the end - an evening overcome with a flood of feelings becomes something special.
it was 100% the high affection scene and it was a romantic night, not sure if there was sex
25 yrs later it still remains my all time favorite game though Mass Effect 2 is right behind it..this game is an absolute masterpiece..i had played Final Fantasy 2 and 5 before this but i wasn't really looking forward to this game or a major fan of the series until my aunt got me this game for Christmas 97 and i was disappointed at first cuz i wanted Crash 2 or something like that but it didn't take long for me to realize my aunt made the right choice..it really is an absolute masterpiece and I'm glad as hell Square chose to make the game on the PS1 cuz if they would've made it on the SNES(my 3rd favorite console ever behind the PS2 and PS1) or N64 it wouldn't have been anywhere near as good..Thanx for the recap man cuz even after me playing this game several times over the years there still numerous things I missed or plot points i was confused on
25 years man….25😭
I'm doing a full Lets Play for the original Final Fantasy VII! Also doing Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus once I finish the original!! Come check out my first 2 videos and tell me what you guys think! It would be greatly appreciated, its my first time doing Lets Play videos and I wanted to do them for my favorite game!
The plot twist in FF7 is what put it above FF6, not the graphics.
Nothing is above FF6. You're just a casual who came along when 7 came out like most of the final fantasy "fans"
@@WhiteSupreme thats your opinion i played 6 first and agree that its a great game but i still prefer 9 and 7
@@WhiteSupreme
Gatekeeping at its finest
@@Xenosaga cool
@@WhiteSupreme 6 is boring and garbage 8 is so much better than that trash game bud
Still mildly confusing. I can't believe everybody says this is the best Final Fantasy. Not by a long shot in my book. Thanks for the explanation though.
The story evolves over 60+ hours so of course it's confusing when retold in 45 minutes ;)
Watching this effects me in a way that no other person would be effected. It is weird. It makes me think. It makes me question. Connecting to the writers and the game content. How some things relate to IRL and such.
Ty for the refresher. This was and still is the greatest FF game ever.
Cheers.
I am stoned as fuck but I am COMPLETELY engrossed in this video. This is high quality content and I thank you for making this I am genuinely going to sit and watch all of your final fantasy recaps I have waited to find something like this for years. I have loved these stories (and games) since I was a child - thank you!!
Best game of all time.
Can you do a RECAPitation for Xenogears and Legend of Legaia?
+jmad01 Xenogears seems to be a popular request, so it'll be soon after Final Fantasy for sure.
Cool can't wait. What about Legend of Legaia?
2 of my favorites!
Yeah Xenogears is the best, but one of the lesser known squaresoft rpg's.
Awesome work indeed, summing up that huge story in such a short video. Thumbs up!
Amazing recaps. Keep up the great work and thank you for doing these videos, really enjoying them.
This was my favorite game of all time until I played Chrono Trigger. Please do a recap from Chrono Trigger.
what a great game. great recapitalization and video. 10 out if 10.
Thanks a lot for this. I watched one LP of this game before but that player didn't fully explore all there is to the story. This recap really helps me find all the missing links.
This is such a great summary. I especially love the use of the in-game music for each area as a background while you are talking about the corresponding chapter, and your accurate pronunciation of Chinese and Gaelic for Tseng and Cait Sith's names. Really excellent video, thanks for all your hard work!
You are seriously amazing man, I love your work!
Keep it up
Looking forward to FFVI!
Please do a RECAP of Advent Children
You should definitely do the Metal Gear Solid series.
XDarkEnigmaX Oh god, yes please.
That story is awesome but quite the headache to learn it ALL
You know what I like? The fact that Final Fantasy 7 is almost like a seperate series from Final Fanatsy with 3 games, a remake coming, and a movie!!!
I guess most Final Fantasy games are alone with their own universes unconnected to the other games.
Dang, there were so much info packed up that I didn't feel like 49 minutes had passed. I was staring at the screen the whole time, mesmerized and desperately trying to process all that information.
18:59 YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A MAN WITH A GUN ON HIS HAND THAT KILLED EVERYONE BUT IT WAS I! DIO!
One of the greatest stories ever written, in any and all kinds of media.