Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 15 Years Later
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2022
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Crisis Core has one of the best "Hero type" protagonist of all time. It's just a fact.
I mean it's usually the villains that are awesome but Zack just stands out so much that there is no contest.
Crisis core is a very important game for me in my "gaming journey", the psp was the first system I bought with my own money and 14 year old me had never played a game with story that felt as big as crisis core especially on a handheld, replaying a little of it a few weeks ago it's flaws are very apparent. This is a great review and I think all the problems Jon had with it are fair but I always remember it for how impactful it was on teenage me, I honestly think it's a big reason I still love games today.
Yeah, it's perfectly fine to recognize a game's flaws and still love it as much.
I can't put this game down. It's so gooood! xD
When I played 7 back in the day, I missed the side quest where Zack dies, so I played crisis core not knowing how he dies, just knowing that he did,, and kind of assumed the game was gunna end "happy" with his death happening "later" after the events of the game. So when I realized they were making me literally play out my death, with Aerith waiting for me to come home, I started crying like a baby. No game has ever made me cry so hard before or since.
That's beautiful.
@@StrangeDad On the flip side, I then staggered into the kitchen sobbing, and my mom walks in from the other side (God, this game was that long ago?) sees me, and runs over, giving me a huge hug. "Oh my God, what's wrong??" I was literally choking so hard I couldn't speak. Finally, many seconds later I got out, "Zack... died," to which I can only imagine my mom thinking who that could be, as I didn't know any Zacks. Several more seconds And I choked, "Crisis... Core," and she was like, "shh, shh, honey, it's alright, what's a crisis core? Who's Zack?" And I'm just like, "the game!" Slowing calming enough to speak more, and when it finally hits her she just goes, >_< "my son...."
Crisis Core, even with the hack and slash combat, was a really really good game, gameplay and story wise.
@@Moon_Presence Still had appropriate timing windows for attacks and dodges while also having a fair upgrade system that gave you multiple ways to play. The menu customization of your load-out was also pretty deep. Solid RPG
For what it’s worth, you’re not alone in your reaction. I went into Crisis Core because the story of Final Fantasy VII had such a profound impact on me as a kid. I knew full well how things would end for Zack, and how integral he was to Cloud’s story, which was already so precious to me. No matter how much time passes since I first played it, I still break down at the end every time. Combine that with his appearances in Advent Children, and I’m a total mess every time without fail.
That whole last part (from Zack's last stand to the end) was the first time a game made me cry 😅
That final battle had me ugly cryin
Seriously first game to make me tear up as well 😭 despite certain story beats being so slow, the attachment to the characters was so strong
With the new scene where Zack makes it to midgar in the part two of 7 remake. Do you think we are gonna get a new ending in the cris core remake? I don’t want to cry again but now have it be in 8k 😭 😂
Yeah, I literally never cried over movies and games and then I go full tear mode over Zack's death scene😭
Same.
Jon why!! Only thinking of the ending makes me cry.
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
15 years later.... well damn, I feel old
I was a junior in high school…
The timing of this lol. Right before they announce a remake of this masterpiece
masterpiece my ass 😂
@@FreeFlow__ Didn't asked
Look what popped up in my reccomendations after Crisis Core Reunion got announced.
Encounters are definitely predetermined and are normally within the slightly bigger areas of the corridors. They active when you cross a certain point in that zone but a lot of them can be skipped by just hugging a wall and missing out this point. Hugging the walls was the only way to keep sane during the mission mode for me.
I'm one of the very RARE few who played Crisis Core without ever playing FF7 before it and I also don't know how well I knew Cloud and Sephiroth before playing through CC. I played through the whole thing and struggled as a dumb young kid does but I resonated with this game so much for being a person who hadn't played any Final Fantasy before it. It was definitely because of Zack. I think I'll ever struggle to have a FF protagonist overtake Zack as my favorite nowadays just because of his journey. Zack is the heart and soul of the game obviously with being the protagonist but just the way he's written it just makes him a joy to play as. and experience the relationships that are closest to him. Angeal isn't a favorite but I enjoyed having him around in the parts of the game he's in and I definitely got hit when he did die. Cloud is also interesting because I definitely avoided the "Durrr Cloud's a big ol Emo" craze and I geniunely loved him and just viewed him as a dork who strived for more. Watching Zack be his dorky self with Aerith was really nice and the moments they have together such as the aftermath of Angeal's death was definitely something that made a big mark at the time.
I think experiencing Crisis Core before Final Fantasy 7 certainly makes the story feel strange in someways and makes the way it plays up Sephiroth very strange because of not viewing him as the big bad, but as the toughest SOLDIER member really makes you feel like you're just following the ultimate good guy when its actually just watching the downfall of a man. But even with the callbacks... callforwards? to FF7 flying over my head it was still an enjoyable experience no matter what and STILL pays off that ending so well, even if I genuinely thought I could survive it back then in the moment.
I don't know if Crisis Core does crack my top 10 favs of all time but it certainly is close if it's not in there.
You arent alone on that front. I always knew ff7 from its gaming history and the characters from Kingdom hearts. So CC was my first dive into 7. I actually never attempted to play it until prior to remake coming out. Even without Zack is still one of my favorite video game characters
I’m even weirder. My first intro to FF7 characters was kingdom hearts 1 and 2, then advent children, the crisis core. I only recently back in 2018 beat FF7 on ps4. Still one of my favorite universes in Final Fantasy. Zach is my favorite character of all FF. Sad CC never seemed to get any love from Square seeing it never rereleased on anything but the PSP. But after 15 years I’m playing through it again on emulation on my Xbox S.
@@trundenthebad Aged like milk
@@dabopp nah, I’m having a ton of fun with it. The only thing that’s really aged is the levels and movement. Super duper linear, and you feel like a brick walking through them. But the combat, story, and graphics are still fun. Wouldn’t say milk, more like aged like water lol
@@trundenthebad I meant because of the reunion announcement but playing the original will still have it's merits like Zack's voice
I really enjoyed the turks relationship with Zack, you can really tell they like him and want him to be safe but their allegiance to Shinra stops them from protecting him
For a bit, anyway. I thought it was nice they tried to save him in the end. I mean, they failed... but they tried. :(
I think seeing the Turks defy orders to try and save Zack makes them dropping the Sector 7 plate even more fucked up. Like, certainly you’d feel worse about mass murder of innocents than one guy?
3 weeks later,a remaster is announced
The failing roulette really impacted me.
I've been on my last life, last hit point in games before. But this was the only time I felt like my character was truly dieing.
Absolutely agree; having the gameplay itself FAIL and remembering the different scenes while the character is slowly losing the battle, like "seeing his life flash before his eyes" was so heartbreaking, so brutally sad.
I played Crisis Core knowing only of Cloud and Sephirot because of Kingdom Hearts, the game became one of my favorites and I still remember how wrecked I was after beating it
Still an amazing game. Price of Freedom still makes me cry.
That Crisis Core ending made me ugly weep the first time. Hearing that theme again made me also cry. Can't listen to the Price of Freedom anymore
“Dodging lightning is easy, just like in real life” Absolute Chad.
I still enjoy Advent Children for what it is - definitely goofy, but fun and way better with the director's cut.
And Crisis Core holds a special place in my heart. The quiet moments of the trio are fantastic. I wish they could work something out with Gackt so we could get a remake.
For as much as people hate what AC did to Cloud, him having survivor's guilt at least made sense and he got past it by the end. Not sure why they then decided that would become his default characterization after that, but in AC at least it made sense
So about that Crisis Core remake…
wish granted I guess, I hear Gackt is even on board to return in the Japanese version
Cant believe its already been 15 years. This was the only reason to buy a PSP back then and boy it the ending made a grown up man cried so much. :') it deserved a remastered treat on next gen with more expandable stories of FF7 lore.
We're finally getting a remaster this year 😃
@@BaristaKofiMensah DREAM COME TRUE!
@@BaristaKofiMensah A long await finally paid off! :') dream came true!
Perfect timing
And now we got a remake announcement
Behold: a remaster
i had to borrow a PSP from a friend to play this. I will never forget the last battle I kept healing myself and wondering when I would win. after I realized I was supposed to lose I stopped fighting and was able to see the ending.
this timing was perfect
Back here after Crisis Core remaster has been announced, rejoice, Finally!!
The ending is absolutely heartbreaking. Playing it way back at release and knowing how things would end up couldn't prepare me for the most upsetting integration of the roulette wheel ending on Aerith, perfection!
Crisis core was criminally underrated, is one of the best games i've ever played
I don't think it was underrated. but it certainly didn't get the attention it deserved. Loved it quite a bit and in fact played it again only recently. :)
The best game
By far the best ff game
It had a great story but the gameplay wasn’t great tbh
@@JordobagginsYT 99% of people would disagree
Still have this game on my psp, brilliant game so many memories
Literally just finished crisis core just a week ago lol. Not going to lie this game kinda wrecked me emotionally. Also I think the soundtrack for this game is top notch, when price of freedom played while you fight off shinra troops made that scene more powerful and when why started to play I could not hold back the tears lol. I think the game has it flaws but I really enjoyed it.
Handles the ending brilliant. Interested with the direction that remake is taking in that regard given how powerful the ending here is
Crisis Core is one of my favorite games from my childhood even if the story isn't great seeing the world ff7 in a new way was awesome
The simulation wasn't a bad excuse to recreate the original scene. It was supposed to illustrate the total control Shinra wanted over it's SOLDIERs, willing to kill their own men when ordered to. At least that's what I always thought.
Can you believe that 3 weeks after this upload they announced Crisis Core Reunion?
"They think they're clever, don't they?" Man, if there was ever a phrase that perfectly summed up Square Enix's approach to the Compilation, there it is
Loved this video, very well written. And as someone who probably never would've gotten around to Crisis Core, it served as a great summary.
Fun Fact: I bought a PSP specifically for this game....and Birth By Sleep
This is my favorite game on the PSP. It made me buy another PSP just because of the Crisis Core limited edition 🥰
It’s amazing how Birth by Sleep and Crisis Core both ended up on the PSP and both share that quality of being huge pieces of lore in their respective franchises. This announcement of the remake of crisis core is hype.
Looking back, it’s pretty crazy how much square put into the psp, they had the prequels to FF7 and Kingdom Hearts, the dissidia games, and the classic ff remasters ( also pretty sure Advent Children was available on psp discs)
Not to forget Valkyrie Profile
And FF Tactics definitive.
The Suite Life of Zack and Cloudy
It's worth noting that Genesis is based off a real life Japanese actor/ rock star named Gackt. It explains why he sticks out a bit in the game, and the reason Crisis Core has never been rereleased is probably related to image copyright and other legal issues
Amazing video Jon. Love this style of you just kind of reviewing, but also explaining everything about a game. Very detailed, well written, and a joy to view. Thanks man
I was never bothered by Genesis because his obsession with Loveless and him constantly quoting it is very similar to the way the raving fans of Final Fantasy 7, Star Wars, JoJo, or any other major media piece talk about them.
Crisis Core is incredibly underrated. It looked and sounded amazing on the PSP and had a really engaging (read: easy to become horribly overpowered) battle system. I'm so sad it never got ported or even put on the PSN in all these years, but it's great to see Remake adding in CC story elements. Zack is just a really fun main character and seeing an inside look at Shinra as a SOLDIER in training is really interesting. I have a lot of hope that Remake will include a Crisis Core episode so we get to see the Wutai war, Young Yuffie, Cissnei and all the other events and characters in HD.
Please, SE
Also holy heck I cried so hard at the ending
It has been WHAT? 15 years? Gosh, time flies...
That fucking ending man. Still tear up when the dmw breaks.
Playing Reunion was my first experience with Crisis Core and its funny hearing complaints about things Reunion fixed.
And now, Crisis Core Remake will be release this year!
Thanks for this! I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. Liked, subscribed, commenting for the algorithm.
Playing it for the first time last year, Crisis Core is the type of experience that can't just be remastered. It feels designed for short, portable bursts where you slowly become more and more attached to the world and characters. Zack's messages to Cloud are just the sweetest thing, best love story in any RPG
Crisis core for me was the 1st ever game I emotional connected to, I first played and finished it at a young age of 11 and the memories of my life at the time linked with anything to do with the game unleashes the best nostalgia I could ever ask for, The ending is the first time I've ever cried from a god damn video game "so do you think I'm a hero"
crisis core was my first experience of FFVII and I will admit playing through the original VII many years after I spotted all of the links towards Zack
I'm sorry to also admit but I am a massive Genesis fan boy he is my favourite character from anything ever and always has been since I was 11, I am now 25
Great video thankyou
This was well timed! 💖
So psyched for the remake just announced.
It’s crazy that Crisis Core was my 1st final fantasy game. I picked up ff7 immediately after
Thanks for the video! I still haven't played Crisis Core, so I'll just leave a like and leave to avoid the spoilers.
Who else is here after the remake announcement?
My favorite Final Fantasy game ever. It had such great moments and a memorable ending.
We need a new Sony handheld
Yeah. Ps Vita and the horrible decision to NOT release Type-0 HD on it (which was announced to be on PS4 and Vita) but release World of Final Fantasy on it instead. Imagine Crisis core ..."remaster"? on Vita OLED screen. Good job Sony and Enix.
Crisis core psp was the first game that had me determined to beat. It took me months as a kid. And damn the ending had me crying so much. This game always has a special place in my heart as it's the first game to make me cry. Definitely wouldn't be the last. But still to this day I've never been as sad as I was with crisis core. Zacks (You know what happens) broke me completely. Still very iffy on reunion. I like Zacks of voice to much
i played crisis core as my first FF game after I played Dissidia 012 which was my intro to the series. So yes, the ending of this game hit so much harder bc I wasn't expecting it
When Sephiroth says to visit your parents, he says that to Cloud, since it was Cloud's hometown. Zack was born in Gongaga. So I guess that's why you can't enter anywhere.
Cloud's memories where mixed with zack's, so he most likely visited his mom. I don't know about the part where he goes to Tifa's house since he was avoiding her, I don't think he would visit her house, if he wanted he could talk to her pesonally since she was his guide.
Most probably it was there just as a curiosity, comic relief and to not raise suspicions.
One of my favorite games ever. I remember buying it at a local store when I was 12/13 or something. I never thought that I would almost cry durring playing a videogame lol. I played it before I played any main Final Fantasy game. So I always feel extre nostalgic when I talk about this game. My favorite PSP game for sure❤
Also thank you for the video. Really good job💪
I liked the battle system in CC, but I love the game mainly for actually making me care about Aerith, which I never did before, and for making Zack my favorite FF protagonist. I still don't want him alive in remake, since his death imo is one of the best endings in video game history, and had my crying like a little baby, but even I have to admit to having some desire to watch him and Aerith get their reunion. I just feel like this is an example of be careful what you wish for.
My FF7 experience went kingdom hearts 1 and 2, crisis core (bawled like a baby) advent children, then finally beat FF7 for the first time 4 years ago on ps4. Regardless of all that this universe became one of my favorite in all of video games and has such an emotional component in my life. PS1 graphics were hard to go back to in 2010 that’s why I only did after I was an adult. FF7 remake better just come out already, I don’t feel like waiting 4 years for every release.
I love that you said "If this released today, critics wouldn't treat it as kindly"... because now we're getting to see how a modern rendition and remake of Crisis Core will be critiqued. Can't wait!
The funny thing is if I had played it back then, I definitely wouldn't have enjoyed the original as much as I'm enjoying the remake now.
Kh birth by sleep melding system is reminiscent of the creating of this game. Interesting that you can see cross series trends at square
Woah good to find this video and get into another journey into Crisis Core. I actually finished this earlier this year on an emulator on my phone... My 4th time finishing this game, and the best way to play it with the graphics upscaling. I believe i was playing it at x7 resolution on my pocophone f1.
Jon, here’s a question I’ve always been wondering - what’s your favorite game of all time?
Funny how the three 1st games you mention are in my top 5 GOATs being SotC my absolute favorite
I had never heard of these spinoffs! Great video! Thanks, Jon!
I’ll never forget being a kid with my PSP and somehow getting a hold of this game, still don’t remember how lol I remember reading Final Fantasy on the case and being so hype since Final Fantasy 7 was the first game I’ve ever played.
I ended up playing for like 10 minutes and never played it again 😂 they need to give this game a Remaster so we can play it again!
"I don't need your views. All that matters to me is that you're pure."
those big ass 3-4 disk gem cases are so legendary..everytime i see one i just get flooded with good vibes
I’ll be expecting a Panel De Pon video next.
I sure appreciate this video! I finished the original FF7 for the first time earlier this year, and don't know that I'll ever have time for Crisis Core. This is a great look at the game!
Gosh, the NIbelheim section really is done so well. I totally agree with your points, Jon. The parts of the game that cover the FF7 stuff in particular are really strong and the whole game has this amazing sense of dread throughout since you know where it's heading in the end. Amazing vid as always
I hope Crisis Core will get added to the new PS+ at some point.
I really enjoyed this entry, I was soo OP by the end, that the ending had me kind of angry. If you played it, and the whole way through, you know exactly what I mean...d>_0b
Good to see this video is here as I’ve just started playing crisis core today, I absolutely love final fantasy 7, this is the game that made me an rpg fan for life.
At least there is a remastered/remake of crisis core Final Fantasy VII 😺😀
I cry everytime.
Thank you for doing this.
But do you know about Dumbapples? Never make 1st at this rate if you don't know about some random fruit that is only in one town.
The dialog was so weird.
Advent Children. AC
Before Crisis. BC
Crisis Core. CC
Dirge of Cerberus. DC
Ever Crisis. EC
First Soldier. FS
(should have been First Class to get FC)
“Wack, wack, wack, wack, wack!”
“Wack, wack, wack!”
“Wack, wack, wack, wack!”
Jon just turned to Pac-Man...
Your voice is amazing.
Today is a very good day for Crisis Core fans.
Jon is consistently uploading. He's kinda the only one keeping things afloat.
Jon swearing is something I never thought I'd see the day
Actually, the implied actual reason why Angeal had a bunch a creatures eat and turn him into a monster to be killed by Zack was so that him and his cells could not be used by Hollander as he knew Hollander and other scumbags would try to use his G cells for bad so he had Zack kill him. That's actually why at the end he thanks Zack for killing him as for that piece of dialogue making even more sense. The writing is bad because it's cheesy and not as direct, but for a 2000's game, it wasn't half bad.
If you trigger one of the limit attacks on a Costa Del Sol battle, Zack’s outfit stays his beach outfit with the umbrella so you get some pretty funny imagery.
I've always wanted to play Crisis Core, if not only for the "Me? Gongaga" scene.
That was a beautiful breakdown, Jon! =D Crisis Core is such an interesting beast - and you perfectly encapsulated why that is, flaws and all. I definitely don't like the new things that it adds to the FFVII world (like Genesis), but the classic elements that it builds upon are really neat. There's clearly a lot of love for the original game in here. And that ending is *still* incredibly powerful; they really stuck the landing, even if the journey is terribly flawed.
0:50 i was wondering, would you put Terranigma and Illusion of Gaia/Time on that pile too? Those werr 2 of my personal and still discussed favorites
I actually played/watched my bro finish Crisis Core before either of us had ever had the means to play FF VII. So the ending absolutely came out of nowhere for the both of us and we were wrecks. I still cry when I hear Price of Freedom or Why and can never bring myself to replay the original since the ending depresses me so badly. Even knowing now that it was supposed to happen just made it worse because I was rooting so damn hard for Zack to get back to Aerith and be with her, and to have Cloud be okay with them. Only to have it all shot to hell and left for dead on a cliff. Fuck, this game hurts, but I'll be playing the remaster, depression and all.
Honestly. I love Genesis... it's my favourite Sega console.
... Joking aside. I actually think that Genesis is pretty good. If I never looked online I would've never guessed that people think he sucks. That's rather funny to me. I guess that he's very... what's the word verbose? Wordy? Overdramatic? Honest. I always saw him in this game as the anti-villian. Shinra are the evil guys after all.
It's not like Genesis, at least in this game, has plans to destroy the world like Seph planned in the og game. Like you could point to the clones as a sign that he's pretty evil but given that Shinra called them defectors, I always presumed they underwent the process willingly for more power given their limited numbers.
I honestly don't understand why the Genesis hate, personally I'd love to see him get developed more and have a proper ending, given what happened in Dirge of Cerberus I always assumed there was a plan... but then nothing, fingers crossed they actually go ahead with whatever they had in mind with all the new FF7 content being released
One of favourite final fantasy games and psp games of all time.
I replayed the game last year and yeah...there are a lot of elements that haven't held up well over time. The computerized voice repeating "Activating Combat Mode! Combat resolved!" drove me up a wall. Going back to random encounters, which at least part one of the Remake has done away with, also made me internally scream. I'm watching a walkthrough of the original game right now just to refresh my memory on things, and of a 35 hour video, I swear it could be cut in half if you removed those encounters. Constantly having to stop the story and progression because of them is very frustrating and I remember that when I learned CC was meant to be played after the main game, despite being a prequel, I rushed through FF7 because I already knew those random encounters and turn-based combat would get on my nerves. They at least resolved one of those for CC and both for Remake (part 1. Still waiting to see if they keep this for part 2. PLEASE let them keep the same progression style for part 2 and 3!)
But. Some things got better over time. The jokes about Zack's oddly named hometown still make me stupidly giggle, no matter how many times I've seen them all. And even Genesis becomes bearable when you have parodies, like from RABToons, to think of (Genesis literally slamming the book in Zack's face while fanatically screaming "Loveless! Loveless! Loveless! Loveless! Loveless!!!" lol!). Also, I found myself becoming obsessed with Gackt at this time and making a lot of Gackt jokes about him (fanfiction helped get it out my system, lol. Speaking of which, it was interesting to read a story I wrote based on CC from ages ago and my jokes then versus the jokes the internet has now created. I'm both happy I got to enjoy the game and write about it without the influence of everything around me, but also that more people are learning about this game, so it still retains relevancy and new people are enjoying it).
Aside from jokes though, I think the story and world-building is just my favorite part of this game. The fanclubs for the Firsts were rather believable and funny (there is a woman who literally says "Imagining Sephiroth stripped to the waist makes me so hot", lol! And Genesis has two fanclubs, because of course he would. And I...would definitely be in Keepers of Honor for Angeal, lol). Getting to see Sephiroth before he had a permanent nervous breakdown was great as well (and hearing him voiced by George Newbern was satisfying. Damn, I would kill to have him replace the voice in Remake). And when I thought Cloudypuff was my favorite FF7 character, in comes the adorable black labrador puppy, Zack, and Cloud was relegated to my second favorite character. Except for his naivete and stout devotion to being a SOLDIER, even if what he's ordered to do is something awful, there's little I can criticize him on and he's a very likeable character. I knew he was going to die but that quote at the end, "...Boy, oh, boy, the price of freedom is steep," just makes me bawl every damn time I play that game. First piece of media I got the soundtrack for, and I've been listening to it again now on Spotify.
Crisis Core might not be a masterpiece but I felt something playing it. I didn't walk away shrugging, "Well, that was nice," with no real attachment, the game has stuck with me all these years. And I'm excited to see where the FF7 series continues to go from here.
I loved this game. I remember being at collage and a friend was playing it so I went at got it. I had only recently brought a PSP at that point too. I also hadn't played FF7 so I didn't get some of the references. But still enjoyed it.
Just remember, Always kiss the wall while running to avoid random encounter especially on mission ^_^
Dang it. I really wanted to watch this video because i literally just bought Crisis core. I’m not into turn based rpgs so I never played the original ff7 only the remake. Now I gotta wait for part 2 to release and then after crisis core. I’ll have to come back in however many years to watch this video. 😅