So for the FMV cutscenes, I ripped straight from the ISO and then interpolated with Flowframes and then upscalled to 4K using Topaz Video Enhance AI. It still has those clear scan lines that a lot of PS2 era cutscenes have, but I think the results are quite good. Anyway, that's why the cutscenes don't have subtitles, but for the rest of the in-game stuff, the subtitles are on. 4K TEXTURE PACK: gbatemp.net/threads/mega-library-of-hd-texture-packs-by-cckrizalid.618690/ It was fun replaying this with the texture pack, it looks so much better. The entire gameplay section is done with the 4K texture pack. There are two scenes where some black lines pop up randomly, but outside of that it worked flawlessly for me. The controls are still as horrendous as I remember them, but the game is still fun nonetheless!
@@rockkandyplay5692 ISO is a term used for a "virtual CD". Back then, you had to convert the CD into a virtual CD that simulated a physical CD. Modern laptops and PCs no longer even come with a disc drive to read CDs. Flowframes and the other stuff he mentioned are just the names of programs people created to do certain tasks like upscaling grafics using AI that basically just duplicates the pixels and makes them smaller so the image quality improves. Blurry poor quality images are due to large and few pixels.
MY CHILDHOOD!!!! I remember playing this game before I played FF7 and only seeing Advent Children, and being confused as to what was going on lol. However, it got me into Gackt's music, and it solidified Vincent as being my favorite character in 7.
You sure it's after the Advent Children? I think it's before it. In Advent Children old Shinra members are trying to repay for what they did to the planet, and this is what they did - experimenting on people that turned into monsters and tried to annihilate everyone.
I love final fantasy because they could be telling a story about death and destruction and somehow make a Mickey Mouse/Tom the Cat crossover with an Irish accent an important character😂
I'm one of the 11 people on Earth that actually liked this game. I thought Weiss was really cool (awesome to have seen him in the remake). My only complaint is Hojo. I won't get into why that pisses me off so much for those that want to experience the story for the first time. I'll simply say...Hojo. 😒
I enjoyed it at the time as well. Story, setting, characters, everything was good except the mediocre gameplay. I could enjoy it for what it is, but it's crazy to think, other 3rd person shooters like Gears of War came out a year before this. They're way different games of course, but just...... it felt outdated from day 1.
It's crazy to see Cait Sith is playable in this game. NOW I understand why Cait Sith (minor spoilers ahead) had such a playable role during the Shinra Mansion part of Rebirth. LOVE seeing the throwbacks and seeing how it all connects even after I've played. Can't wait to play it again with this new understanding to see what else I can find. I'm sure that we'll see Nero and Weiss in Reunion/Requiem or whatver they call it.
Gameplay wasnt good. But i absolutely loved the story. The only thing i didnt like about the story was how soft they made Vincent, but Weiss and absolutely Nero were incredible. All in all i enjoyed the story very much ❤❤❤
If this game gets remade, at least allow for the other party members (Cloud, Barret, Yuffie, etc) to be playable, seeing as Cait Sith had an arc himself. Maybe Nojima can help improve the story and have Teruki Endo back to handle the combat mechanics. Also, Yuffie will still have reason going after Nero too. Vincent's combat can be greatly improved on by even utilising materia and casting magic too if they choose to do so. And cool to see he has melee attacks. It'll be interesting to see his combat in Part 3 (or Rebirth DLC - so excited). Also if they stick with the Remake continuity using the same location layouts for Kalm, Shinra Manor, the Train Graveyard, etc... That too would be amazing. Game won't necessarily need to be open world either but there will at least be areas to explore. Now if only Crisis Core were to be remade the same way too (ah well). Anyway, Part 3 can't come quick enough!
If have to remake this game only to do better or change a few plots and story telling because it can’t just be ignored since it’s already apart of the FF7 universe
This game was the last missing piece of ff7, and it nearly completed tge ff7 story. (Spoilers ahead) Advent children is the resolution for cloud's story, and the rest if the party members get their resolutions in ff7. But not Vincent. In AC we saw that Vincent was still struggling with his guilt. DoC is his "Redemption" story, much like the name of the credit song of the game. On top of that i loved the new story Reeve got, more Yuffie screentime, the Tsuviets(Shelke had a good story while the rest prived to be genuinely threatening and menacing villains), the big finale with the whole ff7 party, and Hojo. I hear many didnt like the Hojo twist but I dont get why. His finale in ff7 where he dies supporting Sephiroth always felt not good enough for this most selfish and evil man alive. Him transferring his mind to Weiss and planning the whole Omega plan made so much sense and he was the only right choice as the final boss of Vincent's story.
Also i said only nearly complete because of the Genesis cliffhanger. I dont think his story NEEDS a continuation, but it doesnt feel as complete with that obvious cliffhanger
As with many games, the story is actually damn good. Sure a little goofy here and there but... it IS a japanese game, it's essentially Anime and it's not as if the other entries in FFVII, including the main game, isn't a bit goofy here and there too.
I can't unsee the large crotches and emphasis on crotches that was so deliberate in this game. All that said, it looks fun. Doesn't look good perse but still looks fun. Then again, I see FF13 cutscenes and those look fun to me too so my taste might be different than most. I also liked Remake more than Rebirth. lol I do love me some things FF7 though.
I really don't like the gameplay because you cannot use materia to cast Spells our Summoner monster like Ifrit,Shiva,Phoenix,odin to help out and Lucrecia Vincent love but all l see that she is monster nobody can't tell outher wase she made experiments on when still in the Womb he Sephiroth to be Weapon to mad men full of rage is really.
Naw I agree they try to make Lucrecia seem innocent or like a good person or something. But really she’s a monster. Especially the way she treats Vincent saying info about his dad was none of his business, she’s horrible, definitely a villain idc.
Lucrecia sucks in my opinion anyone agrees yes or no and why it's interesting to here people's thoughts about her because not everyone talks how dumbs she could be
She was stupid as can be for sure. The actual mother of Sephiroth not Jenova like he claims. He lost his mind when he found out the truth that Hojo was is dear daddy. Can't blame the guy honestly. But yeah, she was dumb as all hell for choosing Hojo. But oh well. No apologies will be enough to excuse what she did. Which is why she keeps apologizing to Vincent. But the one she can't forgive is herself.
Oh yeah, absolutely a villian I don’t care. I literally just made another comment why but ima leave my main gripe SHE LOVED HOJO OVER VINCENT. HOJO. A dude with ZERO redeeming qualities. They play her off as some tragic person but no, she’s absolutely stupid and then when Vincent asks about his dad she says it’s none of his business!? Fuck her. And he’s just cool with it cuz he likes her. They made Vincent a SIMP.
So for the FMV cutscenes, I ripped straight from the ISO and then interpolated with Flowframes and then upscalled to 4K using Topaz Video Enhance AI. It still has those clear scan lines that a lot of PS2 era cutscenes have, but I think the results are quite good. Anyway, that's why the cutscenes don't have subtitles, but for the rest of the in-game stuff, the subtitles are on.
4K TEXTURE PACK: gbatemp.net/threads/mega-library-of-hd-texture-packs-by-cckrizalid.618690/
It was fun replaying this with the texture pack, it looks so much better. The entire gameplay section is done with the 4K texture pack. There are two scenes where some black lines pop up randomly, but outside of that it worked flawlessly for me. The controls are still as horrendous as I remember them, but the game is still fun nonetheless!
You did what now? Your ISO did what with your flow frames and...what now?🤔🤣🥰 thx for the upload I really loved the story alot❤❤
@@rockkandyplay5692 ISO is a term used for a "virtual CD". Back then, you had to convert the CD into a virtual CD that simulated a physical CD. Modern laptops and PCs no longer even come with a disc drive to read CDs.
Flowframes and the other stuff he mentioned are just the names of programs people created to do certain tasks like upscaling grafics using AI that basically just duplicates the pixels and makes them smaller so the image quality improves. Blurry poor quality images are due to large and few pixels.
You did good my guy 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Bro you're too good to us.. thankyou so much for all the hard work and videos you uploaded so far... God bless 🙏
Omgaia this is gorgeous-- I've been waiting for YEARS for a true HD video of this game. THANK YOU
MY CHILDHOOD!!!! I remember playing this game before I played FF7 and only seeing Advent Children, and being confused as to what was going on lol. However, it got me into Gackt's music, and it solidified Vincent as being my favorite character in 7.
You and I had exactly the same experience.
Geez! The bar was set pretty low for FF7 then?
Genesis. He was so cool in crisis core. This story must be continued.❤❤❤
I like Dirge of Cerberus because it places after Advent Children, music, story, and Vincent Valentine is my favorite!
You sure it's after the Advent Children? I think it's before it. In Advent Children old Shinra members are trying to repay for what they did to the planet, and this is what they did - experimenting on people that turned into monsters and tried to annihilate everyone.
I love final fantasy because they could be telling a story about death and destruction and somehow make a Mickey Mouse/Tom the Cat crossover with an Irish accent an important character😂
I'm one of the 11 people on Earth that actually liked this game. I thought Weiss was really cool (awesome to have seen him in the remake).
My only complaint is Hojo. I won't get into why that pisses me off so much for those that want to experience the story for the first time. I'll simply say...Hojo. 😒
I enjoyed it at the time as well. Story, setting, characters, everything was good except the mediocre gameplay. I could enjoy it for what it is, but it's crazy to think, other 3rd person shooters like Gears of War came out a year before this. They're way different games of course, but just...... it felt outdated from day 1.
I also and 1 of the 11 and agreed on hojo
@@glp Fair. The gameplay is definitely...different.
I mean, isn't it always Hojo?
@@rockkandyplay5692 No, thank God.
This game is my all time favorite alongside Devil May Cry
It's crazy to see Cait Sith is playable in this game. NOW I understand why Cait Sith (minor spoilers ahead) had such a playable role during the Shinra Mansion part of Rebirth.
LOVE seeing the throwbacks and seeing how it all connects even after I've played. Can't wait to play it again with this new understanding to see what else I can find.
I'm sure that we'll see Nero and Weiss in Reunion/Requiem or whatver they call it.
Before RWBY, we had both Advent Children & Dirge of Cerberus back then😊
This game’s story is the love child of metal gear solid and kingdom hearts
am i (30m) the asshole for shooting an innocent man (27m) because he told me experimenting on my unborn son was a bad idea
This is absolutely one of my favorite games EVER.
I hope they make a remastered for this game soon
Shooting mechanics like this in 2024 would be an actual war crime
Could be in part 3 of the ff7 r 3
Thanks a lot for this video. It provided insights into the world of FF VII. The game looked more like an animated movie than a game.
2:31 I am just going to point out poor Rufus Shinra here. Since nobody ever notices him.
Damn, I played this game when it came out, and I absolutely loved it. Hopefully it gets remastered like Crisis Core.
This need to be rerelease on the PS5 or at the very least PlayStation Plus
Thank you for posting this, so I don't have to play the game that made me reassess all of my life choices.
Gameplay wasnt good. But i absolutely loved the story. The only thing i didnt like about the story was how soft they made Vincent, but Weiss and absolutely Nero were incredible. All in all i enjoyed the story very much ❤❤❤
Wonder if this game gets remastered.
If this game gets remade, at least allow for the other party members (Cloud, Barret, Yuffie, etc) to be playable, seeing as Cait Sith had an arc himself. Maybe Nojima can help improve the story and have Teruki Endo back to handle the combat mechanics. Also, Yuffie will still have reason going after Nero too.
Vincent's combat can be greatly improved on by even utilising materia and casting magic too if they choose to do so. And cool to see he has melee attacks. It'll be interesting to see his combat in Part 3 (or Rebirth DLC - so excited).
Also if they stick with the Remake continuity using the same location layouts for Kalm, Shinra Manor, the Train Graveyard, etc... That too would be amazing. Game won't necessarily need to be open world either but there will at least be areas to explore.
Now if only Crisis Core were to be remade the same way too (ah well). Anyway, Part 3 can't come quick enough!
26:45 - So, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is it if I say, "Yes, sometimes the wind DOES sound like a thousand wailing souls."?
I mean, in real life, I'd say a 9.
For dramatic purposes? 0.
7/10 it's so bad it's good
With a mother like Lucrecia, Sephiroth had no change in life even without the Jenova gene
So awesome
If have to remake this game only to do better or change a few plots and story telling because it can’t just be ignored since it’s already apart of the FF7 universe
Just so everyone knows Crispin Freeman also voices Alucard from Hellsing. Who is Dracula spelled backwards. With a 70inch Plasma Screen TV. 😅.
Except that's not Crispin Freeman, though. That's Steve Blum.
@@Phantomyre Oh yeah. I forgot that sorry. 😂.
Love this game
This game was the last missing piece of ff7, and it nearly completed tge ff7 story.
(Spoilers ahead)
Advent children is the resolution for cloud's story, and the rest if the party members get their resolutions in ff7. But not Vincent. In AC we saw that Vincent was still struggling with his guilt. DoC is his "Redemption" story, much like the name of the credit song of the game. On top of that i loved the new story Reeve got, more Yuffie screentime, the Tsuviets(Shelke had a good story while the rest prived to be genuinely threatening and menacing villains), the big finale with the whole ff7 party, and Hojo. I hear many didnt like the Hojo twist but I dont get why. His finale in ff7 where he dies supporting Sephiroth always felt not good enough for this most selfish and evil man alive. Him transferring his mind to Weiss and planning the whole Omega plan made so much sense and he was the only right choice as the final boss of Vincent's story.
Also i said only nearly complete because of the Genesis cliffhanger. I dont think his story NEEDS a continuation, but it doesnt feel as complete with that obvious cliffhanger
I have played this game on PS2 😊
And the missing fifth act of Loveless is up for interpretation...
Genesis: "But only my theory is correct."
You know what, they should’ve just made this into a movie rather than a game cause it probably would’ve been better recoeved
I never knew Genesis was apart in the game at the end.
I am one of the few people who liked this game.
I remember playing on hard mode ( a.k.a normal )
2:33 after opening credits, start the story with b00tay. Wish all games did that haha jk 😂
Watching this movie made me think that Square Enix should have made a sequel to FFVII instead of a remake
As with many games, the story is actually damn good. Sure a little goofy here and there but... it IS a japanese game, it's essentially Anime and it's not as if the other entries in FFVII, including the main game, isn't a bit goofy here and there too.
I have a question here , did Vince lost his Chaos power to defeat Omega ?
Que sdds época,de quando ganhei meu ps2
This game looks sick
Can’t believe they’ve change va for rebirth
Ps2 era peak graphics!!
A Vincent Valentine story arc deserved better than those clunky mechanics...
3:17:00
I can't unsee the large crotches and emphasis on crotches that was so deliberate in this game.
All that said, it looks fun. Doesn't look good perse but still looks fun. Then again, I see FF13 cutscenes and those look fun to me too so my taste might be different than most. I also liked Remake more than Rebirth. lol
I do love me some things FF7 though.
Hey try make peacemaker intros mortal kombat 1
intro so heavy
Square should’ve remade this instead of crisis core
Both must be remaded. Without recast though.
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I CANNOT STAND LUCRECIA 🤬
If only the controls and gameplay weren't complete dogshit, this would've been a great game.
I really don't like the gameplay because you cannot use materia to cast Spells our Summoner monster like Ifrit,Shiva,Phoenix,odin to help out and Lucrecia Vincent love but all l see that she is monster nobody can't tell outher wase she made experiments on when still in the Womb he Sephiroth to be Weapon to mad men full of rage is really.
Naw I agree they try to make Lucrecia seem innocent or like a good person or something. But really she’s a monster. Especially the way she treats Vincent saying info about his dad was none of his business, she’s horrible, definitely a villain idc.
Lucrecia sucks in my opinion anyone agrees yes or no and why it's interesting to here people's thoughts about her because not everyone talks how dumbs she could be
She was stupid as can be for sure. The actual mother of Sephiroth not Jenova like he claims.
He lost his mind when he found out the truth that Hojo was is dear daddy. Can't blame the guy honestly.
But yeah, she was dumb as all hell for choosing Hojo. But oh well. No apologies will be enough to excuse what she did. Which is why she keeps apologizing to Vincent.
But the one she can't forgive is herself.
Oh yeah, absolutely a villian I don’t care. I literally just made another comment why but ima leave my main gripe SHE LOVED HOJO OVER VINCENT. HOJO. A dude with ZERO redeeming qualities. They play her off as some tragic person but no, she’s absolutely stupid and then when Vincent asks about his dad she says it’s none of his business!? Fuck her. And he’s just cool with it cuz he likes her. They made Vincent a SIMP.