The ULTIMATE Recap of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (RECAPitation)

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  • @ZanMindtrip
    @ZanMindtrip 6 лет назад +900

    His Dad's name was Grimoire??? That entire bloodline is doomed to be edgelords.

    • @otakamerd1220
      @otakamerd1220 6 лет назад +93

      ZanMindtrip Grandfather was probably called Alucard or Midnight

    • @ZanMindtrip
      @ZanMindtrip 6 лет назад +112

      Vincent: This is my grandfather, Gloomygreycloud McDoomerson... Valentine.

    • @thomasbowe9956
      @thomasbowe9956 5 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @thomasbowe9956
      @thomasbowe9956 5 лет назад +30

      He looked like an older edgelord Vincent too

    • @SoftDadLeon
      @SoftDadLeon 5 лет назад +8

      Nier reference maybe?

  • @Zonai7184
    @Zonai7184 4 года назад +409

    Hearts? Darkness? Data versions? Oh Nomura, you just can't help yourself can you?

    • @_Beta-
      @_Beta- 3 года назад +22

      10/10 comment

    • @dzachiel4206
      @dzachiel4206 3 года назад +8

      My thoughts exactly!
      Also I want to like the comment, but there are 69 likes so I'm sorry.

    • @MasamuneChad
      @MasamuneChad 2 года назад +7

      I don't believe he had much of a part in this game.

    • @troid8880
      @troid8880 2 года назад +6

      He didn’t write or direct all he did was character designs

    • @byun1119
      @byun1119 Год назад +1

      @@troid8880 he worked with them, I am sure he gave them some ideas.

  • @arditeider2812
    @arditeider2812 4 года назад +158

    Me playing this game when it originally released and tried to understand the story: uhh what
    Me watching this recap now: uhh what

    • @hirenkyakyudapper3312
      @hirenkyakyudapper3312 4 года назад +8

      The whole final fantasy VII lore is convoluted as fuck. I understand if you don't understand the plot of this game. If you haven't play from before crisis to doc and also read the novels you won't understand anything..

    • @nyxurich8959
      @nyxurich8959 4 года назад +1

      This is the canon story compare to ff7 r it's a reboot

    • @LeoneWorlds
      @LeoneWorlds 3 года назад +3

      @@nyxurich8959 Yeah, I prefer the original story

    • @socoldsmith
      @socoldsmith 3 месяца назад

      Ikr I'm like um ..what

  • @GalacticMoblin
    @GalacticMoblin 6 лет назад +97

    What the hell, this plot is insane

    • @SpoonyBard88
      @SpoonyBard88 3 года назад

      You mean idiotic and completely unrelatable.

  • @DecoytheSkeletalBoy
    @DecoytheSkeletalBoy 4 года назад +276

    It's impressive how all of the new characters in this game don't remotely look like they belong in the universe of Final Fantasy VII whatsoever.

    • @GambeTama
      @GambeTama 4 года назад +28

      Eh, I'd give some credit to Azul and Shelke, since they give off a vibe of SOLDIERs who were experimented on to push them to some pretty big extremes. Even their outfits are pretty normal compared to their peers (Azul is just REALLY DAMN BUFF, and Shelke is just wearing an extra armor pad on her chest).
      That, and Azul's Behemoth form is pretty slick.

    • @KingOfHalla
      @KingOfHalla 3 года назад +11

      @@GambeTama And Nero is just really really really into bondage.

    • @GambeTama
      @GambeTama 3 года назад +2

      @@KingOfHalla True, but he's also a giant spider, and I just don't vibe with that.

    • @KingOfHalla
      @KingOfHalla 3 года назад +2

      @@GambeTama oh shit he was wasnt he?!

    • @grandoblivion5268
      @grandoblivion5268 3 года назад +10

      They more like Kingdoms Hearts Characters tbh

  • @miguelitomarques8
    @miguelitomarques8 7 лет назад +110

    It was good old boy Rufus who funded the whole shit.

    • @jimmyb3609
      @jimmyb3609 7 лет назад +16

      Miguel Marques I agree based on what Rufus told Cloud in advent Children
      Rufus: I acknowledge that Shinra owes the planet a lot. It goes without saying that my company and I are the ones who put the world in the sorry state it’s in. Therefore, it’s our responsibility to set things right.

  • @Clarinet4Life1
    @Clarinet4Life1 5 лет назад +478

    "Body of a 9 year old though shes actually 19" Classic Japan

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 4 года назад +31

      Remember, it's not pedophilia if only their body is underaged!

    • @SmapAttack
      @SmapAttack 4 года назад +14

      19?? Too old for Japan!

    • @mr.h5604
      @mr.h5604 4 года назад +7

      Classic case of legal loleh 😂

    • @furyberserk
      @furyberserk 4 года назад +7

      Looks 14 tho
      - japan

    • @kennethjose7159
      @kennethjose7159 4 года назад +5

      Ravioli ravioli

  • @federicocruz3026
    @federicocruz3026 4 года назад +67

    CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIN, THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEEAAAALLLL!

  • @CoolerGuy121
    @CoolerGuy121 4 года назад +162

    The story is straight on par with Kingdom Hearts... as far as connecting to people's hearts and forging weapons out of willpower goes.

    • @KingOfHalla
      @KingOfHalla 3 года назад +6

      well, it did come out like right around when Kh2 did.

    • @loganbigmo
      @loganbigmo 3 года назад +10

      except somehow Kingdom Hearts did it better

  • @nrshocks6931
    @nrshocks6931 7 лет назад +308

    Genesis lives 3 times, Hojo lives 3 times and sephiroth twice, why cant they just keep characters dead

    • @Zero-xl2ef
      @Zero-xl2ef 7 лет назад +17

      Lapi Beats and Zack

    • @jaymedina1001
      @jaymedina1001 7 лет назад +34

      Nr Shocks sephiroth absorbed into lifestream he is immortal.

    • @devildavin
      @devildavin 7 лет назад +13

      well if they ever go about finishing this story maybe they will need Sephiroth to take out Genisis

    • @reagenlionel
      @reagenlionel 6 лет назад +37

      DevilJin except genesis isn't really a bad guy anymore.

    • @bomnitoperro9422
      @bomnitoperro9422 5 лет назад +34

      Bad writters cant understand the importance of death

  • @MrVbgames
    @MrVbgames 7 лет назад +310

    So the order is Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus?

    • @agipson101
      @agipson101 7 лет назад +6

      Kurosaki Bilharinho crisis core ff7 advent children n the doc

    • @SaltedMallows
      @SaltedMallows 7 лет назад +4

      yeah

    • @endlesspuddle8806
      @endlesspuddle8806 7 лет назад +32

      Before Crisis also.

    • @JCO78
      @JCO78 4 года назад +111

      @@agipson101 that's what he said, no need to repeat dumbass

    • @yakthekuza7296
      @yakthekuza7296 4 года назад +15

      The order is crisis core, before crisis, FFVII, on a way to a smile, advent children, and dirge of Cerberus

  • @saucywildcat8691
    @saucywildcat8691 7 лет назад +124

    I played the crap out of this game when it came out. I'm sure if I played it today, it wouldn't be as good. But I remember really enjoying this one.

    • @aaronm8143
      @aaronm8143 5 лет назад +1

      I think it would hold up

    • @Siddhartha92
      @Siddhartha92 4 года назад

      I had a bunch of fun too

    • @bigstunna2049
      @bigstunna2049 4 года назад

      The shooting mechanics get really tedious

    • @SCRaetz
      @SCRaetz 4 года назад +6

      I played it and *loathed* the gameplay. Absolutely loved the story, though.

    • @epsyblue7714
      @epsyblue7714 2 года назад

      I almost beat this game. But for some reason it glitched after the final boss 😠

  • @patrickbateman9410
    @patrickbateman9410 7 лет назад +51

    Don't give 2 fucks what anyone says, this game was awesome through and through. Good story, had a Metal Gear Solid feel with the main bosses and even Weiss as Liquid, smooth gameplay ( people who say the gameplay was terrible are just bad, not liking the play style and hating on it due to "bad mechanics" aren't the same. For a 3D Action Shooter the machinists are more smooth than they've been in their recent Action RPG's ) It expanded on a story we all wanted to know more about and made our main character Vincent fucking Valentine, there's really nothing to hate.
    Come at me.

    • @Justin-xu4cf
      @Justin-xu4cf 6 лет назад +6

      finally someone who is brave enough to say it! thank you bro!

    • @EpicGamerSetzuna
      @EpicGamerSetzuna 6 лет назад +3

      Amen!

    • @fthc3885
      @fthc3885 5 лет назад

      Patrick Bateman as well as crisis core ff7

    • @jaymoneyyy110
      @jaymoneyyy110 5 лет назад +3

      clunky gameplay, shit framerate, ridiculously dark sections...7/10. 10/10 for edgelords though.

    • @spartacus18954
      @spartacus18954 2 года назад +1

      I mean I REALLY enjoyed it. It was a HUGE change of pace for Final Fantasy that which we have never seen again. What's wrong with changing things up and going 3rd person shooter. Hell Yakuza did it (with zombies lol). Would have loved to see the continuation of all that. I mean I rather play this again than any of the Final Fantasy 13s or 15.

  • @icccee
    @icccee 4 года назад +91

    That's some kingdom hearts ass darkness lmao

  • @Gameshunter3012
    @Gameshunter3012 8 лет назад +38

    I can't be the only one that really likes Yuffie.
    At first I hated her and thought she was nothing but a pointless fanservice character. When she said she couldn't sympathize with Barret at the monorail station I thought she was an utter bitch. But as the game delved into her character and personality I learned to like her more. The Wutai arc made me see her as a person instead of a fan service device and the cloister of trials in the Wutai tower made me realise what a competent fighter she is.
    In Dirge of Cerberus I respected and liked her even more.
    Now she's one of my favorite characters and I genuinely believe there will never be anyone like her because she's just that good and unique.
    Life is strange that way.

    • @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs
      @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs 8 лет назад

      +༼ つ◕ω◕ ༽つ Wise Sage Doge what about the dame in 13 who had alexander?

    • @Floydthefuckbag
      @Floydthefuckbag 8 лет назад +3

      +♞ Go Fuck Yourself ♞ I love Yuffie. She's way cooler than Aerith and Tifa. She has a much more vibrant personality, cooler weapon, interesting side story. Yuffie rules. I think she's one of the most fleshed out characters in the FF7 series.

    • @zovinchen3281
      @zovinchen3281 8 лет назад

      both yuffie and vincent might be the most favourite characters in final fantasy 7

    • @ryansmith8483
      @ryansmith8483 6 лет назад

      ♞ Go Fuck Yourself ♞ yuffie is one of my fav chatacters. Sges bad ass, deathblow with luckplus n slash all...badasss

    • @ftvideosandclips
      @ftvideosandclips 4 года назад

      A long time ago I thought she was just a gag character - but the Wutai arc convinced me that she was a warrior. For that she was picked to help Cloud and Tifa on the final boss.

  • @thrillhouse_vanhouten
    @thrillhouse_vanhouten 2 года назад +36

    I remember renting this and beating it over a weekend back when it came out, and I remembered N O T H I N G from it. Too many random-ass new characters, plot threads and groups that the game just treats like "oh, yeah they were here this whole time, and we definitely didn't just make them up for the sake of only this one game"

    • @joeshmoe3710
      @joeshmoe3710 Год назад +2

      They were if you read the lore & Ultimania books but otherwise yeah it's hard to follow the story. I have to say though it is one hell of an epic. Nomura was kind of pushing FF7 stuff into Kingdom Hearts for a bit there until they greenlit the new series of games Remake, Reunion, Rebirth, and likely ReGenisis being the last game...
      I think ultimately somehow they will make it to where Sephiroth, after essentially erasing the orig timeline using the Lifestream (memories) with Jenova's powers, will return to a state of semi-sanity to help end what project G started with the new games and Genisis/Wiess as the true ultimate evil the reunited team needs to defeat. Because if you recall from Crisis Core Genisis sent Sephiroth into a spiral of madness. IMO it could be a really cool epic wrap up of the entire series about 20 years after it was started.

    • @Gunnumn
      @Gunnumn Год назад

      @@joeshmoe3710pretty much sums up all of ff7. There are multiple tie ins to advent children alone.

    • @whathehec
      @whathehec 9 месяцев назад

      Facts and I was way too young lol

  • @tiend15
    @tiend15 8 лет назад +6

    Hey man just want to say thank you for uploading these very informative videos. i have never been a big fan of the final fantasy games but have always enjoyed the stories told. thank you!

  • @lindsayh3313
    @lindsayh3313 7 лет назад +4

    This was amazing.... I am so happy that you made this, it made the story much more understandable to me.

  • @TheodoricEichen
    @TheodoricEichen 6 лет назад +77

    Always kind of wondered why a super human like Vincent, with incredible agility and strength, would choose to fight with a pistol, a weapon with which his super strength is essentially meaningless. Seems like a missed opportunity.

    • @poopjeans1135
      @poopjeans1135 4 года назад +7

      Because it was a terrible character and if it wasn't for the overflow glitch...Nobody would have used Vincent.

    • @takoshihitsamaru4675
      @takoshihitsamaru4675 4 года назад +7

      The game features a rifle, a submachine gun, a rocket launcher, a minigun etc etc.

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 4 года назад +23

      Iirc, he had superhuman reflexes as well, which meant a firearm would still be a very effective weapon. He'd be the type who you'd find with the trail of bodies filled with single bullet holes between the eyes and absolutely nowhere else. The super strength would still be effective in ranges where he couldn't shoot effectively.

    • @snuggie1849
      @snuggie1849 Год назад +5

      In earlier designs he actually wielded a scythe!

    • @matthewmishley8457
      @matthewmishley8457 Год назад +2

      It's what he knew as a former Turk.

  • @euge888
    @euge888 8 лет назад +13

    Devil May Cray (the first one) was very well received when it was released. That's why this was also made like that.

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 8 лет назад

      that is so stupid omfg why square whyyy you cut our 4quel short because you wanted better sales whaiiii

  • @mskiara18
    @mskiara18 2 года назад +6

    I thank you for taking the time to record these videos. I have not had the chance to play Dirge of Cerberus, but thanks to Opera Omnia that rekindled my interest in Shelke and Vincent.

  • @bobbykeating3398
    @bobbykeating3398 8 лет назад +85

    one of my theorys is that "Jenova" is a "weapon" from another planet. Very similar to how "Omega" is suppose to take life to another planet, I think Jenova could be a similar "weapon" from another planet. I love the lore of this Final Fantasy game above all others.

    • @SubduedRadical
      @SubduedRadical 8 лет назад +17

      +Bobby Keating I used to wonder if Jenova was a female version of Lavos' species from Chrono Trigger.
      It's probably just hapenstance, but since I played CT after I had played FF7, it made sense to me at the time. They both basically do similar things - crash on a planet, bust up the place, and then Lavos spawned some seedlings in the far future and basically the planet died.
      Jenova is basically doing something similar. Sephiroth says in Advent Children that Jenova's cells were basically toxic or a virus in the Lifestream, and that she was "girdling it, choking it", planning to use the Planet as a vessel to travel to yet another world.
      ...while this is different than the shelled Lavos, which had no trouble traveling through interstellar space, Jenova might have lost her shell in her fierce battle/clash with the Cetra, or maybe the females of the species don't have them (like some kinds of insects and such where the males and females are very different.)
      Anyway, it was just a fun theory, but I kind of like yours, too. Maybe Lavos and Jenova are both a type of WEAPON, and Omega, too?

    • @bignerd7683
      @bignerd7683 5 лет назад +3

      Tactics

    • @galaxybounce1002
      @galaxybounce1002 4 года назад +1

      Very cool theory

    • @gingerkingds7804
      @gingerkingds7804 4 года назад +1

      There needs to be a planetary battle between Jenova and Omega.

    • @edalmirneto4246
      @edalmirneto4246 3 года назад +1

      @@gingerkingds7804 battle between Jenova and Omega are a Remake ending?

  • @theycallmedog9762
    @theycallmedog9762 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for these videos. They are amazing and ya'll did amazing work with them.

  • @psy9447
    @psy9447 4 года назад +42

    4:59 "but vincent manages to 'edge out' a win".... Oh he sure knows how to edge out

  • @OtakuJuanma2
    @OtakuJuanma2 4 года назад +19

    I had completely forgotten his dad was called Gromoire.... The Edge is strong with this family

  • @alexanderzafiris6843
    @alexanderzafiris6843 5 лет назад +22

    Uh, so Lucretia just sits there entombed? Does Shelke still get Mako treatments to sustain herself? Why doesn't anyone bring up Shalua? How did they recover her body intact and escape Azul, who also crushed her? How is this considered the end of the FFVII compilation when the secret ending depicts otherwise? I love the game, I really do, but come on! I need answers!

    • @user-pl1gj8fs8m
      @user-pl1gj8fs8m Год назад +4

      @@brianhuffman5187 I just want my Boi Genesis to show up and spout some nonsense in the remake so I can chuckle. What a loveable edgelord.

    • @daniuy1
      @daniuy1 8 месяцев назад

      maybe the whole weiss and genesis thing is the reason why sephiroth knows shit that he shouldnt have know at the time ff7 remake takes place.

  • @RhysChristian490
    @RhysChristian490 7 лет назад

    These vids are magic!! Thank you! Been listening/watching them while painting.

  • @OniBlackMage
    @OniBlackMage  8 лет назад +39

    The action-packed sequel to #FinalFantasy VII , Dirge of Cerberus was a shooter expanding #FF7 's Vincent's past

    • @OniBlackMage
      @OniBlackMage  8 лет назад +5

      Next is FF6, thanks for watching! (personally, I find it funny how half the characters in this game pronounce Shinra as SHIN-ra, and the rest say SHEEN-ra in the same conversation throughout the whole game.)

    • @TheGamer7893
      @TheGamer7893 8 лет назад +1

      +Oni Black Mage Question: After seeing the secret ending, was there suppose to be another FFVII game after this or was the secret ending hinting to something else?

    • @OniBlackMage
      @OniBlackMage  8 лет назад +7

      As of this time, there has been no development regarding it, be it in game or add-on text/audio form, despite being an obvious teaser. None of the additional lore in any compilation references it again, either. Just a dropped plot-line with a setup and no payoff.

    • @iankanderson14
      @iankanderson14 8 лет назад +1

      +Oni Black Mage i thought there was a cell phone game in japan that was suppose to be a three part conclusion to ff7 (crisis core dirge of Cerberus said game and advent children) sometime around 06 07 if memory severs right

    • @zovinchen3281
      @zovinchen3281 8 лет назад

      +TheGamer7893 actually, the secret ending is hinting to crisis core. But it cause dissatisfaction since we don't know genesis' current status

  • @ThatOneGiuy
    @ThatOneGiuy 7 лет назад +5

    you are by far my favorite you-tuber.

  • @waynejulian277
    @waynejulian277 5 лет назад +10

    if this game were remastered with a story where you could play as yuffie and vincent and unlock chaos to use as a limit break when gain the protomateria it would have been perfect

  • @thecrystallish4385
    @thecrystallish4385 7 лет назад

    watched a few of your recaps now and just wanted to thank your for em. loving FF.

  • @KillerDeadXero
    @KillerDeadXero 8 лет назад +2

    really great vid. had a chance to borrow a friends copy of the game for ps2 when it was still around. never managed to finish it. but thanks to you i'm now caught up with the deep deep story. and with other FF games aswell!

  • @salvucci91
    @salvucci91 8 лет назад +5

    Wow, I was just talking about this game the other day. Vincent is so damn cool !

  • @Drakengard82
    @Drakengard82 7 лет назад +182

    Convoluted does not necessarily means good, square

    • @boyblue737
      @boyblue737 6 лет назад +14

      that seems to be japanese storytelling in general.

    • @9773an
      @9773an 5 лет назад +3

      @@boyblue737 its the same with all games including western

    • @ElConradoX
      @ElConradoX 4 года назад +9

      @@9773an As if. If anything, western stories tend to be too straightforward.

    • @9773an
      @9773an 4 года назад +2

      @@ElConradoX to me they are just boring

    • @ElConradoX
      @ElConradoX 4 года назад +1

      @@9773an To you, EVERY western game's story is boring?
      Sure, dude, whatever you say.

  • @sebyzart
    @sebyzart 7 лет назад

    Thank you for the summary! Quick and efficient.

  • @jonimaca000
    @jonimaca000 8 лет назад +5

    Dude i love your videos

  • @OhmandomStudios
    @OhmandomStudios 4 года назад +13

    In the description it says “explained in simple terms”

  • @hithummah
    @hithummah 4 года назад +47

    the main canon got so convoluted so they decide to reboot the whole thing; flash point style.

    • @ZerefTheMage
      @ZerefTheMage 4 года назад +10

      Even then, it's convoluted. Because now there's "Timelines!" ugh, it's gonna be like LoZ all over again

    • @kapriseedwards9687
      @kapriseedwards9687 4 года назад

      They created an alternative timeline in the remake

    • @furyberserk
      @furyberserk 4 года назад +2

      Lvl 6 of Max must be Seph doing what he did because Genesis and Weiss were taking his title in these comments as the best.

    • @redacted8008
      @redacted8008 4 года назад

      with nomura at the head of the script? lul lul ulul ulu luu

    • @chongxxx
      @chongxxx 4 года назад +1

      @@redacted8008 Isn't Nojima the one doing the story writing for FFVIIR?

  • @justcallmeKad
    @justcallmeKad 5 лет назад

    My first final fantasy game. I love it and the start up of the game will never get old

  • @darrenharrisii6524
    @darrenharrisii6524 4 года назад +3

    Wow thank you for saving me 3 hrs of watching gameplay and putting the story together 💯👌🏾

    • @JoeyJoJo85
      @JoeyJoJo85 6 месяцев назад

      I tried watching the 3 hours story video and still had no idea what's going on. SO I watched this 20 minute video... I still have no idea what's going on. It's such a bad story

  • @raphwalker9123
    @raphwalker9123 4 года назад +7

    I remember I almost finished the whole game with the standard pistol cause I didnt realise you could upgrade it.

  • @GonGonRe
    @GonGonRe 8 лет назад +3

    Great video!
    Thanks for this Recapitation ;)

  • @kaimvalentine
    @kaimvalentine 3 года назад +1

    From time to time i have nightmares remembering me that this exists, the memories of having the game in my hands for the first time without knowing anything about the game are more precious that actually playing it, not even talk about finishing it. hooo, what they made of you Vincent.

  • @longbobslobknob337
    @longbobslobknob337 2 года назад +5

    13:14 “Yuffie appears and her unflappable cheer actually deters Nero for the time being.”
    Me who came here right after finishing Intergrade: why didn’t she do that before Sonon....😭

    • @spartacus18954
      @spartacus18954 2 года назад +1

      Because she hasn't learned to be unflappable yet, she's still young and flappable lol

  • @plainbagel9192
    @plainbagel9192 5 лет назад +74

    Can’t believe Lucretia fell for Hojo instead of Vincent

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 4 года назад +9

      A lot of it was born of desperation, and, ultimately, insanity.

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz 4 года назад

      @@LnPPersonified oh yeah those cells,yeah that might be causing her to go more insane

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 4 года назад +14

      @@Dennnnnnn_ That's why I say she's insane. Only a crazy person would pick Hojo over Vincent.

    • @mr.h5604
      @mr.h5604 4 года назад +1

      I don’t know which part of hojo that entice lucretia 😂

    • @arditeider2812
      @arditeider2812 4 года назад +21

      "If she's happy, then I'm happy."
      - Vincent 'The Cuck' Valentine

  • @isaacthelastn7687
    @isaacthelastn7687 6 лет назад +6

    Just finished FF7 watched Advent Children now it's Dirge of Cerberus

  • @bomnitoperro9422
    @bomnitoperro9422 5 лет назад +2

    Sometimes when i look back into final fantasy memories i kinda feel some wood writing, but then i remember well the plots

  • @GhostBoyGhoul
    @GhostBoyGhoul 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you for making this 8+ years ago.
    Although I'm one of the few who actually enjoyed this game, you saved me the time and money from the urge to buy and play through it again.

  • @deeRay7292
    @deeRay7292 8 лет назад +189

    "shinra's most elite soldier" I thought that was sephiroth... wtf square

    • @JunKurosu
      @JunKurosu 8 лет назад +27

      +Diego Raya remember supersoldiers that were failed? Rufus never knew about deep ground

    • @Doralga
      @Doralga 8 лет назад +15

      +Diego Raya think of him as pre-sephiroth

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 8 лет назад +4

      +Archus orez you guys talkin about vice? he is technicly hojo, sephiroths father

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 8 лет назад +4

      also, unless im cinfused, sephiroth is dead by this point

    • @malibutaa
      @malibutaa 7 лет назад +23

      Sephiroth was always the best in SOLDIER. This game just happens to blow everything out proportion and make certain characters seem stronger than they are. Weiss, for example, wouldn't be much stronger than Genesis.

  • @BlackSteelKeyChain
    @BlackSteelKeyChain 3 года назад +16

    I really loved this game when I played it as a child it was my first game in the FF7 compilation and it wasn't until long after I played and loved World of Final Fantasy did I realize that had the same writer Hiroki Chiba. He's now my favorite under appreciated writer at Square. No wonder he put shelke as a cameo in WOFF. Also you have to do a video on World of Final Fantasy next plz.

  • @blittzzy__4968
    @blittzzy__4968 4 года назад

    I have so many good memories of this game,I love it to this day.

  • @012anon
    @012anon 7 лет назад

    great work man!

  • @DammnDeejay
    @DammnDeejay 5 лет назад +5

    *Rosso the Crimson* easily steals the show anytime shes on screen

  • @ShinyFallingStar
    @ShinyFallingStar 8 лет назад +6

    great video! i wish that square enix would make another sequel to this amazing series of games

  • @TheDavemaster300
    @TheDavemaster300 4 года назад +1

    I never could bet this game, but I still enjoyed it very much. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

  • @Supersteps
    @Supersteps 3 года назад

    Thank you for this!!!

  • @HighOnCaffine9623
    @HighOnCaffine9623 7 лет назад +29

    "Tsviets" sounds a lot like Soviets lol

  • @loading2463
    @loading2463 5 лет назад +12

    I remember liking this game, maybe because Vincent is one of my favorites FFVII characters.

  • @Masta_jay
    @Masta_jay 2 года назад

    Thanks for this I don't have the time too sit & watch one of those almost 4 hour long playthroughs

  • @epicgaming6564
    @epicgaming6564 3 года назад +5

    So the FF7 timeline is Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII which is the prequel to the prequel. Next is Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII which is the prequel to FF7. Then the base game of Final Fantasy VII. Then Final Fantasy VII Advent Children which is a movie which is the sequel to Final Fantasy VII. And finally is Dirge Of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII which is technically the sequel to the sequel. Damn

  • @darkstalker8787
    @darkstalker8787 7 лет назад +4

    It'd be cool if it was a rematch
    Sephiroth vs Genesis. Vengeance.

  • @reecerife7839
    @reecerife7839 5 лет назад +8

    This was the first FF game I ever played. Childhood nostalgia is bliss.

  • @rexorcallskyline1039
    @rexorcallskyline1039 5 лет назад

    I used to play this back in the day. I never realize how many twist there was in this game.

  • @franw51
    @franw51 4 года назад +1

    I have and still play this game regularly..love chaos

  • @MAZZ0Murder
    @MAZZ0Murder 7 лет назад +30

    Didn't realize this ended on a cliffhanger...

    • @gingerkingds7804
      @gingerkingds7804 4 года назад

      Are we going to ignore that the guy that died in the beginning (Genesis in Crisis Core) somehow comes back to life years AFTER the events of Sephiroth and takes this new guy away post game? No? Ok, I'll see my self out then.

    • @L0raaa1
      @L0raaa1 3 года назад +4

      @@gingerkingds7804 he hasnt died in crisis core though if you looked back at it, zack didnt killed him, he just left him in which after leaving the deepground took genesis

    • @zackhernandez1687
      @zackhernandez1687 4 месяца назад

      @@gingerkingds7804 you’re forgetting that Nero and weiss pick him up in crisis core, as Zack didn’t actually kill him, and even shared a dumbapple with him before leaving him sitting against a chair shortly before Nero and weiss’s arrival

  • @sarkastikleader4708
    @sarkastikleader4708 4 года назад +20

    I played this game back in the day and didn’t get the plot.
    I watched this video to understand and instead of pausing it, I went to pee. Came back and I’m still lost.
    The Circle of Life

    • @shinedreamsmile2067
      @shinedreamsmile2067 4 года назад +1

      Same lol even after watching the all cutscenes i still don't understand

    • @spartacus18954
      @spartacus18954 2 года назад

      I mean not that bad..... this is nothing compared to Kingdom hearts lol. It helps to have played/watched/read the other titles in the series but yeah think of this as kingdom hearts lite

  • @KA-td5pw
    @KA-td5pw 7 лет назад

    thanks for this!

  • @rebornkusabi7264
    @rebornkusabi7264 4 года назад +3

    "Vincent always told himself that if she was happy, he was happy, but that was always hard for him to swallow". Oh I'm sure it was! It definitely wasn't hard for Lucretia to swallow Hojo's 'happiness' though- she seemed to delight in it even! lol

  • @wolfsaber2222
    @wolfsaber2222 8 лет назад +26

    The secret ending MOST be elaborated on in a new game!!!!

    • @wolfsaber2222
      @wolfsaber2222 8 лет назад

      ***** You got that right.

    • @Dr00zk1
      @Dr00zk1 8 лет назад +11

      +wolfsaber2222 i wanna see it expanded on in the 7remake since its going to be an episodic release. they can add sooooooooooooo much, even all the events of crisis core if they wanted.

    • @Connector7th
      @Connector7th 8 лет назад +1

      +Dr00zk1 /\ Look at him, look at him and like.

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 8 лет назад

      +Dr00zk1 i hope they do it in order, all in one game. crisis core 7 dirge then 4quel. all in beautiful unison

    • @ZacklFair
      @ZacklFair 4 года назад +1

      @@Dr00zk1 As far as i see it now, FF7R will be a complete different story. Heck it might even be the new Planet that Omega Created after Dirge of Cerberus.

  • @deathnotelover11
    @deathnotelover11 4 года назад +7

    I played this game 1st and then crisis core, and lastly watched the movie when I was young and not gonna lie I didn’t understand most of what was happening lmao. I never did play FFVII the main game. So I’m super happy to get to play it first time with the upcoming remake. Played this series totally out of order but enjoyed every game. :)

    • @Rathial
      @Rathial Год назад +3

      That is such a weird order to play the games

    • @alexmartin3143
      @alexmartin3143 5 месяцев назад

      You say you played all the add ons but never the main story and wonder why you’re confused?

    • @maliklewis1380
      @maliklewis1380 2 месяца назад

      Assume they were young at the time

  • @MajestyXXII
    @MajestyXXII 8 лет назад

    Great recap

  • @priscilabee583
    @priscilabee583 Месяц назад

    Came here after Rebirth, thanks for the recap! Took me longer than it should to figure out that by 'catchy' you meant Cait Sith lol Those new color based villains and the one eyed-bikini-lab-coat girl were just bizarre hahaha!

  • @achidikisob7759
    @achidikisob7759 7 лет назад +30

    Wait, Genesis was in this? Huh, neat.

  • @tekkaikenmega509
    @tekkaikenmega509 5 лет назад +6

    The cliff hanger of an ending tho damn I wasn't to know what genesis is gonna do what's after this game?
    Advent children didn't cover anything up about genesis so there's still a story that's untold

  • @chrisreaves6399
    @chrisreaves6399 6 лет назад

    Beautiful, I'm gonna play the game again

  • @EternalAngel09
    @EternalAngel09 4 месяца назад +1

    The fact that they added Weiss and Nero in the FF7 remake intermission/rebirth is insane

    • @mettatonneoex
      @mettatonneoex 3 месяца назад

      Bring back these story elements building apon them. Changing them to push the FF7R cast to far beyond what they ever were capable of it's insane. Zack and Yuffie, Genesis and Weiss. Aerith and Sephiroth. Of course leading up to the clash of Cloud and Jenova or something even bigger.

  • @Kaboomboo
    @Kaboomboo 7 лет назад +316

    Even the recap makes no sense.

    • @Snoken127
      @Snoken127 4 года назад +17

      It does, but requires some VAST knowledge about the games in a whole.

    • @gingerkingds7804
      @gingerkingds7804 4 года назад +5

      You know what else doesn't make any sense? Why people think this series is good.

    • @westkanye4005
      @westkanye4005 3 года назад

      @@gingerkingds7804 True

    • @user-dh9fy3ic2m
      @user-dh9fy3ic2m 3 года назад +4

      All those ff games are have over complicated plots I think that is the appeal to the people who love them, like the cheesy acting in some horror movies

    • @L0raaa1
      @L0raaa1 3 года назад +1

      ummm it does if you have played it though

  • @danielramsey6141
    @danielramsey6141 8 лет назад +127

    I really hate how Square just shoe-horned another One-winged Angel Character into an already convoluted story. And Have yet to make a game or movie to finalize this ending.

    • @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs
      @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs 8 лет назад +24

      +Daniel Ramsey that's what makes FF7s story so good, it's one grand story. before crisis, crisis core, FF7, advent children, and dirge of Cerberus are wonderful novels to one grand story.

    • @danielramsey6141
      @danielramsey6141 8 лет назад +19

      KaiserChiefs
      But that's the big Problem. Their building this Bigger, Grander "thing" out of an Already Great story. It really did not need to be stuffed with another Threat when the Main threat of Sepheiroth was already dealt with!
      I get that there is more story beyond with Red 13/Nanaki running Back to Midgard 500 years later…But they Can't fill in anymore story in there without Alienating All the previous Fans.

    • @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs
      @KaiserChiefsPocketbombs 8 лет назад +10

      Daniel Ramsey haha, don't forget ffx taking place in the same universe too.

    • @theLoPlo
      @theLoPlo 8 лет назад +10

      +KaiserChiefs Yeah, apparently ff-x and ff-x2 are set in the past long before right? Hasn't there a shinra character, whom later his descendants would name his company with the same name?

    • @NicBush
      @NicBush 7 лет назад +11

      Bro, have you never actually thought about real life. Now that is a fucked up story

  • @eddymoney2536
    @eddymoney2536 2 года назад

    I still have my PS2 Dirge Of Cerberus game since 2007.

  • @Traumvita
    @Traumvita Год назад

    Like the only video I can find that talks about Weiss and deep ground

  • @CelenalPkb
    @CelenalPkb 6 лет назад +16

    I thought that this would make the game make more sense... I was wrong. Dafuq was the director of this game on.

  • @dantespimp
    @dantespimp 6 лет назад +45

    I always thought this plot was stupid. -_- If Omega only awakened when the world was near ruin, it should've awakened along with the other Weapons in FF7, as well as the OTHER world crisis in the cell phone game, "Before Crisis". This 'end of the world' plot just loses its luster when there seems to always be a new "undiscovered" weapon born during each event. Seriously, all these weapons fail at their job until FORCED-PLOT pushes them to magically "awaken".

    • @davidwilson6577
      @davidwilson6577 5 лет назад +3

      Holy was cast before Meteor, so I guess the planet wasn't worried? It just had an excuse to let the other weapons kill some of the humans that were wasting the lifestream energy?

    • @straypaper
      @straypaper 5 лет назад +16

      Yeah I think the WEAPON system is a cascade. The lifestream sustains the planet, the planet sustains life, and living beings that die go back to the lifestream. The cascade activates if any of these three components is disturbed. When the lifestream is depleted, corrupted, or jammed, or the planet threatened, the gemstone WEAPONs activate to destroy the threat. If the threat is unmanageable, or the planet is irreversibly damaged, then Chaos activates and kill humans to reset the lifestream. After that the lifestream converge into Omega and we bail out of the planet.

    • @Quandry1
      @Quandry1 4 года назад +5

      You forget Advent Children also being a point that Omega should have awakened considering it was also a mass death/brink of planetary destruction scenario. They kept trying to outdo themselves on the scale of the danger to recapture the tension in most of the additional pieces that are increasingly problematic to the overall storyline with each addition that they introduced.

    • @ElConradoX
      @ElConradoX 4 года назад +4

      @@Quandry1 Yeah, that's a trope in writing called "escalation". It's really annoying and ruins perfectly good fiction.

    • @GambeTama
      @GambeTama 4 года назад +3

      @@Quandry1 but it wasn't though. Geostigma wasn't a world-ending catastrophe, just a psuedo-plague that Sephiroth cast on a portion of the population - meaning not even the entire population of the planet was even affected. Even the villains didn't have any immediate world dominance plans, they just wanted to get Jenova back. Once Sephi woke up, there still weren't any problems yet, since he didn't have the black materia.
      That's the thing with this plot point. The idea of what qualifies as "bad enough to bail out" is made both really vague, but is at least conveyed as being a VERY EXTREME scenario. Plus, the first game had already established that the planet IS somewhat aware of what is going on, hence the Weapon triggers, and thus if it feels that enough is being done on the ground to handle the problem, then it will hold back any retaliation.

  • @tomahawkhankz7826
    @tomahawkhankz7826 4 года назад +2

    was there any follow up to what genesis and hojo ended up doing at the end there?

  • @CxNightshade_Music
    @CxNightshade_Music 4 года назад +1

    This game deserved more recognition.

  • @jeiku_balmung_iraisan
    @jeiku_balmung_iraisan 7 лет назад +3

    Gotta love cait sith XD the first time I nailed his ultimate limit break it made me laugh so hard due to how wacky it is XD

  • @Lexiexiiii
    @Lexiexiiii 11 месяцев назад +3

    Absolutely loved this game. So glad they integrated it into the ff7 remake

  • @onithedemonslayer3142
    @onithedemonslayer3142 3 года назад

    I love this game Vincent is one of my favorite final fantasy character

  • @chrisreaves6399
    @chrisreaves6399 6 лет назад +1

    What is the name of the music that played at the end

  • @zecuse
    @zecuse 4 года назад +6

    Wow! The first time I've heard someone say Cait Sith's name and I'm finally prompted to look it up. What a difference!

  • @Cafinebiased
    @Cafinebiased 6 лет назад +3

    Hm, I wonder if Jenova was just some other worlds version of Chaos/omega. Like the only reason she was antagonistic was because it happened to land on world already inhabited.

    • @edalmirneto4246
      @edalmirneto4246 3 года назад

      Yes, but it is too aggressive for an entity that should protect a planet. If she is a Weapow she is certainly an artificial one.

  • @TheNomadhuntar
    @TheNomadhuntar 4 года назад

    Man I love this game... the memories 😩😍😍❤️

  • @thomasgass1053
    @thomasgass1053 7 лет назад +1

    I like Vincent, in ff vii I used death blow, combined with a 100% hit chance sniper weapon, everything was smooth sailing from there lol.

  • @kael070
    @kael070 4 года назад +6

    Hope to see a ending to the FF7 saga, since we saw G alive, and maybe with a better argument, like Advent Children resurrected sephy just to make a really cool animated fight scene of cloud vs him in glorious HD, but lorewise it was not very convincing, now lets see what changes come in the FF7 remake

  • @Dezz10792
    @Dezz10792 5 лет назад +3

    So when are we gonna find out what happened to genesis

  • @MrMikkyn
    @MrMikkyn 10 месяцев назад

    The graphics and the plot about uploading consciousness to robots reminds me of Kingdom Hearts 2 plot and graphics with the cartoony anime 3d situation and also the thing about uploading Sora's consciousness into the Twilight Town whatever its called.

  • @germa9090
    @germa9090 2 года назад

    Couldn't understand the story even when playing it. Thank you for the explanation.

  • @genesisrhapsodos6896
    @genesisrhapsodos6896 8 лет назад +16

    I love the ending :)

    • @Connector7th
      @Connector7th 8 лет назад +2

      +Genesis Rhapsodos Same, I love how Genesis is still alive and- I just noticed your name.
      Maybe they can extend the story of Genesis.

    • @jennahilton8259
      @jennahilton8259 8 лет назад

      +Reggie Joseph (Neko) They ought to. The story has yet to truly end.

    • @zovinchen3281
      @zovinchen3281 8 лет назад +2

      lol, just because you appeared in it
      By the way, what's your current status? I always curious that i wished your own game, since you're my favourite final fantasy character

    • @thomasbowe9956
      @thomasbowe9956 5 лет назад

      Apparently you would. Unfortunately

  • @RobMost
    @RobMost 4 года назад +6

    I hope this and Crisis Core get remade too.

  • @dslbroski4922
    @dslbroski4922 4 года назад +1

    2:24 the face on Reeve!

  • @Blitz0506
    @Blitz0506 6 лет назад +1

    Loved this game despite the reviews. Had no clue what was going on in the story 😂... Maybe its time for a replay...