Remember that livestream you did with the enhances textures? I think I have some good ones for you. One of them is the Jenova Dreamweaver boss fight. If you look up in certain areas, you can see that you are literally inside a brain. There's alot of strange things to be seen in general if you look into the background during that battle. The other is the 70th floor of the Shinra building. Many of the textures are glitchy AF . I suspect that it may have to do with the materials being black and having high reflectivity. There's also those two lattice pillars that are very glitchy for some reason. I just wonder what an enhances resolution would show us of that. I happened to notice these while trying to figure out if Floor 70 was mirrored from OG regarding the blood trail and the helipad door. Which is not the case. The bloodtrail is correct. But the Helipad door is not. However, the cutscene at the end of Chapter 9 shows us the helipad door in the correct location.
One of the ultimanaias notes that when Whisper Viridi uses one of its moves on Tifa, the camera pans to a specific spot to frame it like the fight in Aerith's Church in Advent Children.
Yeah, I reference that in the video. It's super hard to get the camera framing to work, though. The 'Elude' move you're talking about appears 2 or 3 times in this video, and none of the occasions have the camera switch.
Red uses Stardust Ray occasionally during regular combat while a guest in the party. The animation is completely different from OG but it is there and can also be seen when attacking the Harbinger if you look closely.
Regarding the Harbinger and the Whispers. I think that these relate to another unused idea from OG. That is minus the "spacey/timey Star Trek stuff". The most obvious resemblance to the Whispers are the OG Sephiroth clones. An earlier version version of OGs story defines the robed as Jenova's body parts covered with a robe as the Sephiroth clones are. The hooded figures would be able to fly and the each of the body parts would be fought individually to prevent 'reunion'. Which was used much more literally in this case as they the Jenova body parts would unite to form Jenova. What remains of this early concept is the part in OG where Sephiroth leaves a tentacle behind and flies away as we fight Jenova: Birth. The obvious parallel here is the concept of flying robed figures uniting to form a greater entity to fight at the end of the game.
This video reinvigorated my love for remake. I knew what happened at the end on a pretty detailed level but didn’t know all the nuances about the motivations of Sephiroth lining up in a weird way with the main party. It makes me more confident for the future of the series.
Fantastic video again! I'm sad to see we've reached the end, all the looks and insights into this game and the compilation were really well done. Thank you for making this series!
There's a new theory going around suggesting that the Whispers while engulfing the Shinra building when the party encounters Sephiroth, is shaped like Omega from Dirge of Cerberus which could suggest that Sephiroth may seek to claim the Protomateria from Vincent for himself? Could tie the Remake Trilogy together if that be the case... Either way, thoroughly enjoyed the series overall, Mo. You're a legend, mate!
Might there be any reason why Viridi's arm is on the wrong side? Loz has his gun-arm on his left, not his right. Sephiroth: Screw these childish memories. They're useless to me. Also Sephiroth: Oops. Just kidding. I need that. Aww, sad this has ended. Thank you so much for all your hard work! This has been a wonderful story and very enlightening. The attention to detail that the devs get into is only a small part of how much this game is close to their heart.
Regarding the red shaped Nebula, I'm surprised you didn't comment on how it's shape resembles that of Jenova. There's a couple of reddit threads regarding this subject. One of them being my recent one regarding Rebirth's red glow being a reference to the Red nebula defined as the 'Universe of Creation'. The Reddit post did rather well, so searching the title in google should bring you right to it. "FFVII: Rebirth's Logo is About Jenova's Rebirth as the Universe of Creation." The next most plausible (IMO) theory claims that it is meteorfall. However it seems rather redundant when you consider that Meteor has always been in the logo. In hindsight, I think I should have included Sephiroth and Jenova. But TBH, I am reluctant to make predictions on Sephiroth because the return of Ore-Sephiroth represents a huge unknown variable to me in the same way that Zack does. The first question that comes to mind is "What would Ore Sephiroth do as a demi-god who has just reclaimed his human consciousness?" And I got nothing. But your mention of the Supernova in OG was something I hadn't thought of which makes me inclined to revise the part of my post regarding the red shifting idea. The reason being is because the supernovas from dead stars eventually form nebulas similar to that of "The Universe of Creation" and what you pointed out from OG. Eventually, these nebulae will form new stars and planets (what will become of "the/this" planet?) which of course is the cosmic cycle of rebirth. Which is probably what it is called the universe of creation. Jenova in the Universe of Creation isn't a 'cookie cutter' perfect silhouette. But that would be ridiculous. And Jenova has a rather distinct form. It would be hard for me to imaging something looking like Jenova by pure coincidence outside the realm of Lovecraftian horror. As to what this could mean in the story. In my reddit post I said that I had no clue. But seeing this video helped me put 2 and 2 together on this because Jenova is Sephiroth's "mother", and we can see in remake that Sephiroth's was reborn through Jenova. Most likely through Jenova Dreamweaver somehow. All of that said, none of this really helps me figure out anything regarding Rebirth's story because there is just so much we don't know. But if I have to take a guess at the 3rd title. I am going to go with "FFVII: Revelation'. because they're gonna have to 'reveal' something to us by then. Then given the biblical undertones, the cycles of life and death, Apocalypse, etc. It's a word the fits the theme and the prefix. Might seem like too many letters to fit in the space of "Remake" and "Rebirth". But the letters in those titles are spaced way far apart. So there should be plenty of room for "Revelation" under there.
@@m.j.gallagher6756 That would be my next choice as it would fit very nicely. The only small detail is that Requiem doesn't actually use the 're' prefix as the 're' in this case is simply part of the word. I don't know if such semantics would play a role in their decision on the matter. But, each title they have chosen thus far have been pretty straightforward uses of the 're' prefix down to the spelling. In which case, 'Revelation' technically uses the prefix, but it's etymology is messy because the use of the 're' prefix in that case goes back to it's Latin roots. In which case 're' actually means 'un'. Which is why REveal and UNveil have such similar meanings. That said, I may have stumbled on another possible contender could be "Reveille" which originally a French word that means "awakening". The French also uses the 're' prefix the same as English as "Veille" means "waking" or "alert".
However, it is probably way too early to speculate on titles. We'll need to see how Rebirth plays out before we can begin to fathom the plot details in part 3. Based on recent comments from the devs. The gist I am getting is that we will likely get to experience all of what OG had to offer up until near then end when we'll start seeing the significant deviations from the plot (in parallel to ch17) The final stage in the Northern Crater is of where they saved all of the big revelations for us (parallel to ch18). Whatever it is that lies beyond this point would be an entirely new plot and hence, a story that is new to everyone. Which would essentially means that part 3 won't be "re-"anything for that matter.
Would you be up for doing a prediction/speculation video about what direction Rebirth and the final part of the trilogy will go? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on Zack entering the church with the grieving sector 5 residents etc. and what you think that means, if at all possible to predict.
A great end to a great series. On a side note, any idea why Rufus lies to Cloud in Advent Children? He says that Tseng and Elena didn’t find anything at the Northern Crater, when they did in fact find Jenova’s head. I can’t see why he would need to hide that.
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Remember that livestream you did with the enhances textures? I think I have some good ones for you.
One of them is the Jenova Dreamweaver boss fight. If you look up in certain areas, you can see that you are literally inside a brain. There's alot of strange things to be seen in general if you look into the background during that battle.
The other is the 70th floor of the Shinra building. Many of the textures are glitchy AF . I suspect that it may have to do with the materials being black and having high reflectivity. There's also those two lattice pillars that are very glitchy for some reason. I just wonder what an enhances resolution would show us of that.
I happened to notice these while trying to figure out if Floor 70 was mirrored from OG regarding the blood trail and the helipad door. Which is not the case.
The bloodtrail is correct. But the Helipad door is not. However, the cutscene at the end of Chapter 9 shows us the helipad door in the correct location.
One of the ultimanaias notes that when Whisper Viridi uses one of its moves on Tifa, the camera pans to a specific spot to frame it like the fight in Aerith's Church in Advent Children.
Yeah, I reference that in the video. It's super hard to get the camera framing to work, though. The 'Elude' move you're talking about appears 2 or 3 times in this video, and none of the occasions have the camera switch.
Red uses Stardust Ray occasionally during regular combat while a guest in the party. The animation is completely different from OG but it is there and can also be seen when attacking the Harbinger if you look closely.
Wow, I haven't seen that in open play. I guess the Harbinger must be too far away to make out the limit properly.
Regarding the Harbinger and the Whispers. I think that these relate to another unused idea from OG. That is minus the "spacey/timey Star Trek stuff".
The most obvious resemblance to the Whispers are the OG Sephiroth clones. An earlier version version of OGs story defines the robed as Jenova's body parts covered with a robe as the Sephiroth clones are. The hooded figures would be able to fly and the each of the body parts would be fought individually to prevent 'reunion'. Which was used much more literally in this case as they the Jenova body parts would unite to form Jenova.
What remains of this early concept is the part in OG where Sephiroth leaves a tentacle behind and flies away as we fight Jenova: Birth.
The obvious parallel here is the concept of flying robed figures uniting to form a greater entity to fight at the end of the game.
Yeah, a neat observsation.
This video reinvigorated my love for remake. I knew what happened at the end on a pretty detailed level but didn’t know all the nuances about the motivations of Sephiroth lining up in a weird way with the main party. It makes me more confident for the future of the series.
Sad to see this series end, but excited to watch them all in a big marathon session now.
Hope you enjoy it when the time comes!
Been eagerly (and patiently) waiting for this. Thank you so much MJ and thank you for giving us this amazing series. Let's Mosey indeed!
My pleasure
Wow, thank you so much for this journey. It's become my companion to playing the game. Can't wait to get into this last one.
Cheers, Mike
1:09 Shoutout to Sector 6! Praise Dave!
Fantastic video again! I'm sad to see we've reached the end, all the looks and insights into this game and the compilation were really well done. Thank you for making this series!
My pleasure
There's a new theory going around suggesting that the Whispers while engulfing the Shinra building when the party encounters Sephiroth, is shaped like Omega from Dirge of Cerberus which could suggest that Sephiroth may seek to claim the Protomateria from Vincent for himself? Could tie the Remake Trilogy together if that be the case...
Either way, thoroughly enjoyed the series overall, Mo. You're a legend, mate!
You are very welcome. I must admit, I am a fan of the Omega theory.
Might there be any reason why Viridi's arm is on the wrong side? Loz has his gun-arm on his left, not his right.
Sephiroth: Screw these childish memories. They're useless to me.
Also Sephiroth: Oops. Just kidding. I need that.
Aww, sad this has ended. Thank you so much for all your hard work! This has been a wonderful story and very enlightening. The attention to detail that the devs get into is only a small part of how much this game is close to their heart.
Thank you. I'm so glad you've enjoyed it. No theory for Viridi's arm, I'm afraid.
I've watched all of these videos you did on FF7 remake over the last few days and its been great. A lot of stuff I never noticed.
Thank you. Really glad you liked them!
Will you be doing the two chapters of Intermission too?
I started a mini-series last year but don't have plans to return to it anytime soon - ruclips.net/p/PLy6tdx4iyBJWKxEQ7eGY-sSBknlWx_33n
Regarding the red shaped Nebula, I'm surprised you didn't comment on how it's shape resembles that of Jenova. There's a couple of reddit threads regarding this subject. One of them being my recent one regarding Rebirth's red glow being a reference to the Red nebula defined as the 'Universe of Creation'.
The Reddit post did rather well, so searching the title in google should bring you right to it.
"FFVII: Rebirth's Logo is About Jenova's Rebirth as the Universe of Creation."
The next most plausible (IMO) theory claims that it is meteorfall. However it seems rather redundant when you consider that Meteor has always been in the logo.
In hindsight, I think I should have included Sephiroth and Jenova. But TBH, I am reluctant to make predictions on Sephiroth because the return of Ore-Sephiroth represents a huge unknown variable to me in the same way that Zack does. The first question that comes to mind is "What would Ore Sephiroth do as a demi-god who has just reclaimed his human consciousness?" And I got nothing.
But your mention of the Supernova in OG was something I hadn't thought of which makes me inclined to revise the part of my post regarding the red shifting idea. The reason being is because the supernovas from dead stars eventually form nebulas similar to that of "The Universe of Creation" and what you pointed out from OG.
Eventually, these nebulae will form new stars and planets (what will become of "the/this" planet?) which of course is the cosmic cycle of rebirth. Which is probably what it is called the universe of creation.
Jenova in the Universe of Creation isn't a 'cookie cutter' perfect silhouette. But that would be ridiculous. And Jenova has a rather distinct form. It would be hard for me to imaging something looking like Jenova by pure coincidence outside the realm of Lovecraftian horror.
As to what this could mean in the story. In my reddit post I said that I had no clue. But seeing this video helped me put 2 and 2 together on this because Jenova is Sephiroth's "mother", and we can see in remake that Sephiroth's was reborn through Jenova. Most likely through Jenova Dreamweaver somehow.
All of that said, none of this really helps me figure out anything regarding Rebirth's story because there is just so much we don't know.
But if I have to take a guess at the 3rd title. I am going to go with "FFVII: Revelation'. because they're gonna have to 'reveal' something to us by then. Then given the biblical undertones, the cycles of life and death, Apocalypse, etc. It's a word the fits the theme and the prefix.
Might seem like too many letters to fit in the space of "Remake" and "Rebirth". But the letters in those titles are spaced way far apart. So there should be plenty of room for "Revelation" under there.
My money's personally on Requiem as it's a lamentation to the dead and a synonym of Dirge
@@m.j.gallagher6756 That would be my next choice as it would fit very nicely. The only small detail is that Requiem doesn't actually use the 're' prefix as the 're' in this case is simply part of the word.
I don't know if such semantics would play a role in their decision on the matter. But, each title they have chosen thus far have been pretty straightforward uses of the 're' prefix down to the spelling.
In which case, 'Revelation' technically uses the prefix, but it's etymology is messy because the use of the 're' prefix in that case goes back to it's Latin roots. In which case 're' actually means 'un'. Which is why REveal and UNveil have such similar meanings.
That said, I may have stumbled on another possible contender could be "Reveille" which originally a French word that means "awakening". The French also uses the 're' prefix the same as English as "Veille" means "waking" or "alert".
However, it is probably way too early to speculate on titles. We'll need to see how Rebirth plays out before we can begin to fathom the plot details in part 3.
Based on recent comments from the devs. The gist I am getting is that we will likely get to experience all of what OG had to offer up until near then end when we'll start seeing the significant deviations from the plot (in parallel to ch17)
The final stage in the Northern Crater is of where they saved all of the big revelations for us (parallel to ch18).
Whatever it is that lies beyond this point would be an entirely new plot and hence, a story that is new to everyone. Which would essentially means that part 3 won't be "re-"anything for that matter.
Would you be up for doing a prediction/speculation video about what direction Rebirth and the final part of the trilogy will go? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on Zack entering the church with the grieving sector 5 residents etc. and what you think that means, if at all possible to predict.
A great end to a great series.
On a side note, any idea why Rufus lies to Cloud in Advent Children? He says that Tseng and Elena didn’t find anything at the Northern Crater, when they did in fact find Jenova’s head. I can’t see why he would need to hide that.