This remake was actually my first introduction to Final Fantasy 7 and i loved it. It actually made me want to play the original Final Fantasy 7 and I'm loving it so far.
I started with the original, and it impacted me in a profound way. Similarly, Remake made me go back and play the original from start to finish. Admittedly, I've played the OG more than a couple dozen times, but hadn't planned on it. I'm ridiculously time blind-like, I can't remember my birthday, anniversary, etc... without multiple calendar reminders-but, I can still tell you the exact day that FF7 entered my life: December 26th, 1997. All that said, I still don't get the hate that falls on the Remake trilogy. I didn't think that FF7 could surprise me anymore, let alone leave me in a position where I'm on the edge of my seat in wonder. And, I get to fall in love with these characters and this world all over again. Talk about a win win.
I'm doing the opposite. I had never played FF7 either (15 was the first and only one I played, and I didn't care for it), but I bought Remake awhile back but never got around to playing it, so when I finally got the itch with Rebirth approaching...I couldn't do it. It felt wrong not to play the original first. So I just got the Platinum in the PS4 version of the original yesterday and thought it was fantastic. Taking a little break and will either jump into Remake soon or I also ended up being FF8 on PS4 as well (and IX and X/X-2 HD), and might go that route instead.
Playing the og I turned the battle speed all the way up and is so so much better. It's great it has the best music of any game and the pacing of the story is incredible
I love FF7 remake. When I’m bored or had a bad day, I turn on the PS4 Pro. I pop in this game, suddenly my eyes light up and I’m a kid again for a hour or so until I pass out. 🤷♂️😄
I've never played a Final Fantasy game before. I watched your review of Rebirth and decided to give Remake a shot. I'm in chapter 11 and loving it. I cant wait to get my hands on Rebirth!
Holy crap, you just started? Glad to have you here with is, you ain’t seen nothing yet! I went ahead and (re)played all of Compilation before Rebirth Beat FF7 OG (all time fav. game) Dropped Before Crisis (2004 mobile game with fan remake, eh, apparently has an amazing story) Watched Advent Children (complete version!) Beat Dirge of Cerberus (craaazy to see some of it come back in Remake’s Side Story, INTERmission) Beat Crisis Core (PSP this time around, beat it on PS5 when it came out) Beat Remake Intergrade (beat it on PS4 when it came out, got the physical copy on PS5 when it came out, finally played it) Beat INTERmission (it’s really sweet, and not too long, first playthrough when it came out took me around 6 hour and 57 min., second playthrough around 3 hours shorter, so def. give it a shot before Rebirth) 4 DAYS LEFT, WE ARE SO CLOSE NOW
Just so you know, if you're like me & don't like knights, castles dragons & that look / vibe, the other Final Fantasy games might not be for you. Each game is on a different planet, only Crisis Core & FF7 have Cloud & Midgar. Just a heads up, it's a reason why this one got the remake & no others.
I started off with kingdom hearts and went into ffv and ff6 followed by 13 and 7 remake . Remake stretched out yes but it’s also very memorable and fun I played the base ps4 version but even then I felt the game was very smooth.
Man just started playing this since I preordered rebirth at first I wasn’t too into it but now that I found my headset that has 3d audio it feels so much more impactful and real. You’d never think that a simple pair of headphones could make such a huge difference
Chapter 8 here and I have not been able to put the controller down this time around. I am at about the same place where I was on my first play through when this game first released on the ps4. And I got to say I have really become to love this iteration more than the 1997 original, just amazing and I can’t wait for rebirth, 4 days 🤩
I picked up from chapter 14 after taking a year off on accident. Unfortunately, 15-18 is mainly side content, a drawn out dungeon and back to back boss fights and walking in between. The story is basically over from here. Make sure you do everything available before moving on, or you'll have to come back in chapter selections. Might be less of a drag if you're playing it all at once, but also you might burn out faster too so keep that in mind.
Ff7 remake absolutely holds up even 4 years later game still looks and plays great. I never beat it tho so I’m currently playing it and trying to beat it before I get into rebirth. Currently in chapter 3 seeing tifa wait on the steps for me
I do like the remake. But as someone who grew up with FF7, I still want a remastered original. I wish the PS3 version came out it probably would have been perfect and still hold up now.
I’m going to do that eventually. When I beat it for the first time last year, my experience was definitely above average & great. I have no doubt it’ll be just as great the next time.
FF7 Remake is one of my fave games of all time, all the love and care put into it is incredible, the whole remake project itself is one of the greatest gifts to gaming ❤
what are you talking about? the game is a total failure and dont catch the spirit of the og. midgar is tutorial and not the fighting ground against sephiroth.
It stretches out Midgard a lot but its a great game and makes characters like Jessie shine. I do kinda find it cool its more of a sequel like how the Rebuild of Eva movies are. Its the retelling but a sequel at same time
the funny thing is, people today forgot how FF7 was sold on the backs of midgar. and even in universe, its one of the most important cities in the world. but we barely spend any time there, and outside of a minor side quest, its completely inconsequential to the rest of the game. the entire game being set in midgar made use at least feel how massive it's supposed to be. sure the game has a few pacing issues in some chapters, but its also a joy to explore the nooks and crannies of the places. i just wish we had more freedom to explore and go back and forth. i even think that was the original plan for the chocobo rides, but got scrapped for one reason or another.
@maximerheault8349 I think it's special in its own way! I like it, but there's certainly things in the game some people won't like, for example, the DMW system. But I think it gives off some much needed context for character and their backgrounds/morivations like Zack and Sephiroth. Although not essential, I think it's a good time if you want to get more into the world of FF7 itself.
@@maximerheault8349I don’t know if it’s needed but they remastered it before rebirth for a reason. I think it’s a really fun game, not as good as remake. It’s a PSP game but I played it for the first time last year and it was a blast. It’s not long, I put 20 hours into it. That was me doing a lot of the side missions. It’s a handheld games, so the side missions aren’t long and don’t over stay their welcome. It’s on sale at best buy for 30 bucks. It’s the PS4 edition but it has a free upgrade
No, we wanted a way to save Aerith. Just like y'll want to sve Jessie now. I just don't like being SHAMED for being a Classic fan, beaten about the head and shoulders for being old school. The movie Tomorrowland does a much better job of showing "how to finesse predestination"
@@xheraltDo we know if we can't save her yet? I wouldn't assume anything until part 3, don't take theories at face value (everyone just disagrees with each other).
This game was such a blast from start to finish. Easily one of favorites in recent memory. I’ve been wanting to play it again before rebirth because I don’t have enough storage space for my save data when I transferred all’s my stuff to ps5. Though I doubt I have enough space to install it since I’ve been playing Baldur’s gate 3 recently
If it was square the whispers personified, wouldn't they be working to make sure the story changes? They work to keep the story the same. They are the fans personified.
Finally was able to beat it just last week with mixed feelings. The faithfully remade parts were so amazing but some changes like certain characters living and the state of the slums after the plate fell really ruined a lot of the stakes for me. And there was so much filler content that it was a chore sometimes, most notably imo was the train graveyard. Overall amazing game tho
They had some massive balls to Remake it like they are doing, and doing so incredibly great. FFVII is my favorite game of all time, and i now have 270hrs in Remake. Can't wait for Rebirth! The way they did it makes it so it can exist perfectly next to the original. If they just did a one on one remake we would have...the same game in modern graphics and that would never give the experience the original gave us. Now it's still sort of the same, but we can't know for sure what's comming, keep us guessing. And the quality of it all...damn. The gameplay, the characters, voice actors, style, gfx, MUSIC. It's all so well done!
Are you serious lmao? If they wanted to take the story in a new direction there are INFINITE ways they could have done it that would be better than the plot ghosts. Seriously the most braindead way of going about it possible
@@amit_patel654 Yess i will, and then part 3 in a few years! But i love how they made it so i can exist in parallel to the original. This way they keep the original in tact. It's also so awsome how they made it so Sephiroth meta talks to the players of the original. It's so well done! If they just did a 1 one 1 remake it would never be the experience we once had and could only hurt the OG.
I've played through the OG FF7 multiple times, watched AC, and played through Crisis Core. I felt like someone may have slipped some acid into my drink while playing through the ending chapter of FF7 Remake. I couldn't wrap my head around what was actually happening. I had to watch some fan theory videos on TH-cam to grasp what they were getting at.
How could you not unerstand that they fought fate, won, Sephiroth absorbed all the little fate protecting creatures and he let Cloud kill him so it would also kill fate. After that they were free of fate which is what Sephiroth wanted so that he could (in his mind) finally be able to win and get out of fate's plan that kept him from winning. Then Sephiroth left fates realm and went back to the world to continue his plan and the gang followed him knowing (because Aerith told them) they were free of fates plan and anything can happen now. Which means they don't have to follow everything the og did because that was what fate wanted and tried to keep on track but now they are dead Sephiroth and the gang can start over freash. AKA the Final Fantasy VII Remake isn't really a remake but a sequal.
I grew up playing the OG FFVII and loved it. 20 years later, I took a lengthy break from gaming. Remake was among the first ps5 titles I played, and it freaking blew me away. Ended up getting the platinum. Came back to it after Rebirth, definitely feels a bit less refined, but is still such a fantastic game with an absolute killer OST.
FF Rebirth is gonna be wild. As for the Yuffie stuff it will be interesting especially whenever Deepground appears. Also I think Sonon didn't "die". They could kept him alive once he was pulled away
This game does have its issues especially with padding in certain chapters and pretty boring side quests but overall I love it and the characters. Can’t wait for rebirth sepiroth’s “seven seconds till the end” line has been stuck in my head since that moment
A LOT of the side content felt unneeded. Probably the most atrocious side quests I’ve ever played in a video game, when I think final fantasy 7 I don’t think of playing hide and seek with a group of kids. For some reason they love forcing you to move very slow for a huge chunk of the game, it’s supposed to be dramatic effect but when it’s done every 15 minutes I just feel like turning the game off at that point. Sephiroth was also way overused in this game. This part of the story in the OG had little to do with sephiroth yet he completely took over the end of the game and added absolutely nothing. Sure it was a cool final Boss battle mechanically but narratively it left a sour ass taste in my mouth. The dementors were also trash, I understand their purpose but it’s such a dumb way to regulate the original timeline. I don’t wanna think of Harry Potter when I’m in Midgar. FF 7 Remake gets way too much hype, at least rebirth has a different creative director this time around so the game should be different enough then the first one
Loved the combat and characters in remake. There was limits like textures in some places and on rails exploration, that are negatives to the game. But on the whole, this was the best FF game to me since 10. Seeing all the love for rebirth as me hoping Square nails the 3rd making this a trilogy to revival Mass effect that I will return to time and time again over many years.
I just ordered FF7 remake and pre-ordered rebirth for PS5. I haven't played the original FF7 since 1998 and I vaguely remember what happened in the story. Would you say I should replay the original version (I have it on nintendo switch) before playing the remake and rebirth or I can jump straight to remake?
I like the idea of changing fate, of toying with what is already "known" and possibly "predestined"; I don't like being beaten over the head with it. "Everything you know is wrong, and shame on you for expecting it!" It's a variant of "woke" elitism that I could do without, thank you very much.
@@xheralt Na thats how Square feels about the fans now of the original game, I'm sorry but keeping Aerith an Zack alive ruins it, You wouldn't have felt the same emotion the first time playing seeing her die and coming to grips with her being gone for good . Not everybody get the happy ending that game taught you that. So shame on you
The way I understood it, Red and Aerith at first THINK the whispers are trying to protect the original destiny, but in the last chapter it looked to me like they are somehow influenced by Sephiroth. Maybe everything sourrounding those things happened because Sephiroth tried to turn fate to his favor, cause he somehow found out he's destined to lose in the end.
Whisper i believe create by concept " try to make experience remake real as possible You do not re-playing some game with good graphic But Your charecter from the past came back throught time to you for real"
Mf Pokemon... The most famous videogame ever to exist is a turn based RPG. There's no reason this couldn't be a turn based RPG What we got is pretty sweet though. I love FF13 and X-2 so I'm glad to see that team making a fun new action version of the stagger, crystarium and atb systems
It took me three times to try to get to play remake. 1. At Launch 2. When FF16 was annouced 3. When FF7 Rebirth released. It finally clicked for me on the third try and I finally love the game. Sure i really don't like Avalanche but the combat is what finally got through my head.
Couldn’t really get into the original FF7 but am really tempted to jump into remake on ps plus extra with how good it and rebirth look. I know there’s some elements lost without playing og but it seems like a lot of people here are playing remake as their first FF so I think I’ll give it a shot.
I actually found Barrett to be a decent Black Mage build so to speak. Because he lacked mobility I leaned into his long range game taking the burden of magic damage dealer off of Aerith a bit and giving her more room for support/healing🤷🏿♂️
I remember being super hyped for this. Cant believe its already 4 years old the first part of the remake. Too many unnecessary changes but i did like it overall. Its just as a remake/reimagining it wasn’t what i expected which is why some people will be completely against this game cuz of that or will like it for the gameplay atleast and memorable old characters now modernized
AI is getting wild, there are literally thousands of videos with this same style/font/thumbnail/intro holy actual balls I can't tell what's real anymore.
Something tells me that along with the other theories that I've had regarding Sephiroth and Aries is Zach being alive he's going to come over to the other storyline and sacrifice himself instead of Aries to save her because he finds out he shouldn't be alive.
Slowly making my way through hard mode for the platinum and I'm not too concerned with rebirth yet but I forgot just how good the story is and it's giving me a second chance to get caught up with everything. I still have integrade to play through as well so me and rebirth are going to have a late get together which I'm fine with that. There's a few other games I'm playing right now anyway so it works out.
lol “let’s not delay any further and now a quick word from our sponsor” Hahahaha Yes!! The ad That’s when we know the video has started for real Also gotta admit “Tifa just explodes everywhere” certainly took my mind to a different place than her abilities on the battlefield
I thought they would have made Aerith live or die based on the player's decisions. It would add a lot of replayability, would also make sense since there used to be so many rumors about saving her, I thought they'd make it so you finally can. This would add a lot of complexity to part 3 though. They would need to have two different versions, a part 3 where she lives and one where she's dead.
I played the remake for the first time last year. Never played the original. While I absolutely loved the story and the art of the game, I thought the combat system was kind of just okay and the side quests/busy work weren't particularly fun either. I don't think I ever fully vibed with Cloud either as he comes across as too much of a hardass, but every other character felt very well fleshed out and I found the pacing was perfect. The cinematic moments in the game go beyond most of the games I typically play to a level where it gets ridiculous, but I loved it nonetheless. For me this game was a very solid 8/10 and one of the better games I played last year.
Why do people keep getting "Intergrade" with "Intermission". Like what? The game has been out for how long, and people can't remeber the word "InterGRADE"????
Most of 16 side quests are bs. It's a few with really great gut-wrenching plot that people think about. And those are few. So you are not entirely wrong about 16s side quests.
I remember the first time I played this. FF7 virgin. Had a blast. Replayed it recently and basically the only criticism I have is that some of the chapters could just not be there or could be way shorter. The padding is infuriating. But the story, the characters, TIFA! Oh man. And combat is flawless. I wasn't overpowered the first time so I was at the exact edge of tension of whether I survive this or that bigger encounter but I almost always did. Like perfect dopamine booster. Second time I played it on hard and finally learned how to utilize materia. Also had a blast and the game actually felt easier than on normal, lol. Now I'm going through the original FF7 in preparation for Rebirth and loving it. Gameplay is outdated but I can see why so many consider it a masterpiece. It is. Even two decades later. But without the 3x speed cheat I wouldn't have the patience for it, animations are way too sloooooow.
20:01 of course they made yuffie mandatory. I don't think modern gamers would've figure it out to recruiter or not if she would've been optional. Speaking from experience. I have younger brothers and nephews who always ask me things like, "where did you find that? How did you power up so quickly? I didn't know you can do that in the game. What area if the game is that? Etc.". So sorry, but modern games are made different because of modern gamers, and when I say different I really mean Easier
I think the correct theory, is that Zack and the others are still dead, and that they're just interpreting the Lifestream in their own way. At some point near the end, I'm guessing the "curtain will get drawn back", and they'll realize, "Oh, crap. I'm dead." Maybe the moment Aerith dies and joins him will be when he figures it out.
It’s an alternative timeline. You see stamp the dog look completely different when you see Zack and cloud outside of Midgar compare to what we see in the game. The events of Zack dying takes place right around the start of 7. So there’s no way that Stamp could’ve change. The thing is keeping the timeline intact are no longer. So I don’t see a sixth sense type of scenario. Also, how would he know about Marlene? The situation the.Barrett and Tifa storming the shinra building could take place without Cloud. Marlene could’ve still be taken to Aerith’s house. Plus I could’ve heard that the devs talk about different timelines.
@@Leavinsies do they though? I could’ve sworn that the ending we got was far in the future. It didn’t make sense to me. However I beat it after I saw Advent Children. So I knew they lived
I have to say I played this game when I came out and hated it for the reason that I wanted FFVII from PS1 just pretty. I started playing because of the second part coming out and I kind of loved this game. Maybe me playing a lot more games in the mean time made the battle system work so much more than I first tried it
They were by far the biggest barrier for me completing the game. I was so sick of doing them and every time more popped up I turned off the game for 3 months before rinsing and repeating the process until I finally recently got to the end. The game could have been so much better if the few good side quests were just integrated into the main plot with higher production values and the rest of the bloat was either significantly reduced to maybe 10 to 20 side quests max or removed completely.
I remember when the og FFVII released and it was a boom in games of that time. Yet I regret not starting it back then. Too much unvoiced dialogue and turn based combat that felt tiring in jrpg games kept me from playing this masterpiece. So after so many years I want to start the FF7 series. Thanks for the heads up, Matt. I wanted to start playing the Remake. Can I start playing the Remake without playing the original game? What is the Canon guide of FFVII games and movies to jump into?
Zack still dies a hero in the original timeline. And he could still die again as a hero. Hopefully he doesn't and gets a happy ending with Aerith. As great as his death scene was, when I finished Remake and saw him alive I was so happy. He is one of my all time favourite characters from FF. I don't see it as a sequel, just an alternative timeline. Old FF7 still happens the way it always did in the prime timeline. There is just now also a canon alternative timeline. At least based on Remake they did fantastic. It is what people wanted since their tech demo teaser, at least what I wanted after that teaser. And I think coming up with the alternative timeline was a good idea. Would I be looking forward to Rebirth if it would be prime timeline? Yes. But with it being in an alternative timeline where the story is unpredictable, I look so much more forward to it and the final conclusion with the third game.
I still wish it was turn based. Someone had a video essay about for Final Fantasy games are constantly changing and becoming "the final fantasy experience" for different generations. I finally came to the realization that FF isn't for me anymore. It's like falling in love with a stripper. What I want from her (her as in SquareEnix) and what she's going to give me are just not the same thing. The Remakes combat was not fun for me. I never finished the game. I kept having a really tough time against some bosses and I couldn't figure what I needed to do to win and I didn't understand what I was doing wrong. In one of my new favorite genres (Souls games) I can almost always tell what I did wrong in a boss fight. The combat makes sense to me. The FF7R just didn't click; even after 20 hours. Anyway, FFX was my favorite FF game. Pure turn based. And since then games like XCOM 2 and BG3 have been some of my new favorites.
Man.... I have Rebirth in my possession, but am REALLY torn on whether to go ahead & finish Remake first or not! I only got about a third of the way thru Remake, and moved on to other games that came out, & just never really went back to it. Not cus I didn't love it, I did! However, now Rebirth is the new hotness & I REALLY want to try it!! Question is.... Should I stuff this excitement deep down & just finish Remake first, or should I just go ahead & play Rebirth? I have already spoiled the hell out of myself by watching footage of Remake's cutscenes & ending, so I don't know if I'll be missing much by skipping it. I've also played thru the OG PS1 game several times in the past. What do you guys think I should do?
Matty, there are literally millions of us that love our long, open world, RPGs, Action, or Action/RPGs. 😉 I also love a good linear game too, don’t get me wrong but I prefer the latter. FF7R was really good.
The FF7 Remake project is a labor of love. It's not a 1:1 copy of the original nor is it anywhere as good as the original, but who cares. You should never want to replace the original.
Dude, original ps ff7 Yuffie had a whole town & content tied to her if I'm remembering clear enough so she actually was even more or as much content as the pilot guy Cid.
For me barret was my second favorite to play as while cloud was my first. Tifa is fun but I like ungabunga big sword better and aerith feels useless. I know she has her uses, but she just seems way less useful than barret, tifa, and cloud
Hmmm. First let me say that I'm not going to reject the possibility that the changes to the original FF7 storyline can be good. It's possible. Likely even, due to how great the original story was (it's hard to fuck up). That said, the main reason fans wanted a Remake of FF7 was to re-experience one of the best stories ever told, but modernized. Changing the storyline negates that. It messes with the nostalgia factor, and feels pretty disrespectful. Isn't it missing the point? This feels especially true when legendary plot-points of the original story are altered in what feels like a mislead attempt to let the Player live through an alternate Fantasy. I don't think Players were asking for an alternate Fantasy. It seems pretty clear that Players wanted the original Fantasy, but modernized. Main characters die. It's sad, but it is also necessary for a story to feel real, relatable, and evocative. The only exception I can think of is Aerith, because debatably the original game intended ressurecting her to be possible, and never got to it during development. (Personally, I wouldn't even change that, but that's just me.) The inclusion of these "Whispers" feels like a huge red flag. It feels like this choice is lacking confidence, and manifests as expositional justification for retconning the Original Storyline. "Whispers" sterilize the upsetting, but also the most iconic plot points of the Original FF7 Storyline. Even when those plot points were core aspects of what made the Original Storyline great, and most importantly, what it was meant to be. What it is. Buuut I'm also willing to consider that this whole post is just the jaded ramblings of a long-time Original Final Fantasy fan. 😅 Update: After reading some of the comments, and learning that the "Whispers" are intended to be the Players who don't want the Original Storyline to change, it sounds like they're asking for the opportunity to make something even better. I can get behind that. It's not what we asked for, but I can hope that it would be great in it's own way.
I hate the way they have your weapons now. In the old game I loved when you got new weapons and you equipt them to get stronger and whatever perks they would give you. In the new game I don't bother even changing my weapons, no point in it I find, I jsy keep my starting weapons on all game.
It means any weapon is viable and helps mold how you want that character to play. You want Cloud to tank? Use Iron Blade. Magic DPS? Mythril Saber etc. This is better especially since the Buster Sword has a weight and history now with all the expanded material rather than just a generic oversized sword in 1997.
This remake was actually my first introduction to Final Fantasy 7 and i loved it. It actually made me want to play the original Final Fantasy 7 and I'm loving it so far.
I'm excited for you. Turn based was great. Enjoy the gold saucer 😆
I started with the original, and it impacted me in a profound way. Similarly, Remake made me go back and play the original from start to finish. Admittedly, I've played the OG more than a couple dozen times, but hadn't planned on it.
I'm ridiculously time blind-like, I can't remember my birthday, anniversary, etc... without multiple calendar reminders-but, I can still tell you the exact day that FF7 entered my life: December 26th, 1997.
All that said, I still don't get the hate that falls on the Remake trilogy. I didn't think that FF7 could surprise me anymore, let alone leave me in a position where I'm on the edge of my seat in wonder. And, I get to fall in love with these characters and this world all over again.
Talk about a win win.
I'm doing the opposite. I had never played FF7 either (15 was the first and only one I played, and I didn't care for it), but I bought Remake awhile back but never got around to playing it, so when I finally got the itch with Rebirth approaching...I couldn't do it. It felt wrong not to play the original first. So I just got the Platinum in the PS4 version of the original yesterday and thought it was fantastic. Taking a little break and will either jump into Remake soon or I also ended up being FF8 on PS4 as well (and IX and X/X-2 HD), and might go that route instead.
@@TheViper4Life ffx is my second fav ff game. That was the first game.with voices
Playing the og I turned the battle speed all the way up and is so so much better. It's great it has the best music of any game and the pacing of the story is incredible
Matty really stretching the concept of "Retro" here.
Hahahaha, yeah!
Love both channels Matty does
I’ll accept revamped games, it basically like a comparison to the actual retro game
Been like this for a while now, his content is quality tho so its something I can overlook
Yeah he is lol
I love FF7 remake. When I’m bored or had a bad day, I turn on the PS4 Pro. I pop in this game, suddenly my eyes light up and I’m a kid again for a hour or so until I pass out. 🤷♂️😄
I've never played a Final Fantasy game before. I watched your review of Rebirth and decided to give Remake a shot. I'm in chapter 11 and loving it. I cant wait to get my hands on Rebirth!
Welcome to the FF community!
Remake Is like a toddler in comparison to rebirth so im glad u loving remake bro.
Rebirth is insane!
Holy crap, you just started? Glad to have you here with is, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
I went ahead and (re)played all of Compilation before Rebirth
Beat FF7 OG (all time fav. game)
Dropped Before Crisis (2004 mobile game with fan remake, eh, apparently has an amazing story)
Watched Advent Children (complete version!)
Beat Dirge of Cerberus (craaazy to see some of it come back in Remake’s Side Story, INTERmission)
Beat Crisis Core (PSP this time around, beat it on PS5 when it came out)
Beat Remake Intergrade (beat it on PS4 when it came out, got the physical copy on PS5 when it came out, finally played it)
Beat INTERmission (it’s really sweet, and not too long, first playthrough when it came out took me around 6 hour and 57 min., second playthrough around 3 hours shorter, so def. give it a shot before Rebirth)
4 DAYS LEFT, WE ARE SO CLOSE NOW
Just so you know, if you're like me & don't like knights, castles dragons & that look / vibe, the other Final Fantasy games might not be for you. Each game is on a different planet, only Crisis Core & FF7 have Cloud & Midgar. Just a heads up, it's a reason why this one got the remake & no others.
@@mel-el5862I like how you're in the city & under the plate, Rebirth doesn't have that so nostalgia & opinions are subjective.
6:14 "Tifa just EXPLODES EVERYWHERE!"
I started off with kingdom hearts and went into ffv and ff6 followed by 13 and 7 remake .
Remake stretched out yes but it’s also very memorable and fun I played the base ps4 version but even then I felt the game was very smooth.
Man just started playing this since I preordered rebirth at first I wasn’t too into it but now that I found my headset that has 3d audio it feels so much more impactful and real. You’d never think that a simple pair of headphones could make such a huge difference
In Chapter 14 of my replay before Rebirth. This game absolutely slaps man
Chapter 8 here and I have not been able to put the controller down this time around. I am at about the same place where I was on my first play through when this game first released on the ps4. And I got to say I have really become to love this iteration more than the 1997 original, just amazing and I can’t wait for rebirth, 4 days 🤩
I love chapter 14. Technically not the most exciting chapter but I don't care.
I hate how they put the sewer level in twice. Completely unnecessary, for what, to make, it 60 hours?
@@Alien_isolationistwell the game isn’t 60 hours. But yeah it was stupid that you had to go into the sewers twice. Definitely to fill the game more.
I picked up from chapter 14 after taking a year off on accident. Unfortunately, 15-18 is mainly side content, a drawn out dungeon and back to back boss fights and walking in between. The story is basically over from here. Make sure you do everything available before moving on, or you'll have to come back in chapter selections. Might be less of a drag if you're playing it all at once, but also you might burn out faster too so keep that in mind.
Ff7 remake absolutely holds up even 4 years later game still looks and plays great. I never beat it tho so I’m currently playing it and trying to beat it before I get into rebirth. Currently in chapter 3 seeing tifa wait on the steps for me
Indeed it looks beautiful after 4 - Years later. And plays great as you said :)
I do like the remake. But as someone who grew up with FF7, I still want a remastered original. I wish the PS3 version came out it probably would have been perfect and still hold up now.
I just replayed Remake. I liked it way more the second time.
I’m going to do that eventually. When I beat it for the first time last year, my experience was definitely above average & great.
I have no doubt it’ll be just as great the next time.
FF7 Remake is one of my fave games of all time, all the love and care put into it is incredible, the whole remake project itself is one of the greatest gifts to gaming ❤
Cloud in a dress was hilarious 🤣
what are you talking about? the game is a total failure and dont catch the spirit of the og. midgar is tutorial and not the fighting ground against sephiroth.
The combat and characters are so well done that this game is just eminently replayable, despite the sections that drag.
It stretches out Midgard a lot but its a great game and makes characters like Jessie shine. I do kinda find it cool its more of a sequel like how the Rebuild of Eva movies are. Its the retelling but a sequel at same time
the funny thing is, people today forgot how FF7 was sold on the backs of midgar. and even in universe, its one of the most important cities in the world. but we barely spend any time there, and outside of a minor side quest, its completely inconsequential to the rest of the game.
the entire game being set in midgar made use at least feel how massive it's supposed to be.
sure the game has a few pacing issues in some chapters, but its also a joy to explore the nooks and crannies of the places.
i just wish we had more freedom to explore and go back and forth. i even think that was the original plan for the chocobo rides, but got scrapped for one reason or another.
Man I absolutely love the Barret section in Ch13 lol. One of my favorite characters.
Barrett is awesome! Happy he got a section focused on him.
I can already tell this is gonna be the longest half week of my life.
I hope how Yuffie is introduced is a quest where she steals all of your material and you have to hunt her down.
Awe man this game is so good, story, combat, music it has it all
Quite literally beat it last week. Such a good game, currently beating Crisis Core before Rebirth is out
is crisis core good? Looks mid compared to FF7 Remake
@maximerheault8349 I think it's special in its own way! I like it, but there's certainly things in the game some people won't like, for example, the DMW system. But I think it gives off some much needed context for character and their backgrounds/morivations like Zack and Sephiroth. Although not essential, I think it's a good time if you want to get more into the world of FF7 itself.
@@maximerheault8349I don’t know if it’s needed but they remastered it before rebirth for a reason. I think it’s a really fun game, not as good as remake. It’s a PSP game but I played it for the first time last year and it was a blast. It’s not long, I put 20 hours into it. That was me doing a lot of the side missions.
It’s a handheld games, so the side missions aren’t long and don’t over stay their welcome. It’s on sale at best buy for 30 bucks. It’s the PS4 edition but it has a free upgrade
@@maximerheault8349 its way better tha the sh** they call ff7 remake.
Had to re add this, I'm on chapter 15 n loving every moment
Just finished Persona 3 Reload in time for Rebirth! So excited!
The Whispers = the fans not wanting the story to change.
Sephy at the end/boss is THE OG Sephy (one winged angel) from FF7 OG and Advent Children.
No, we wanted a way to save Aerith. Just like y'll want to sve Jessie now. I just don't like being SHAMED for being a Classic fan, beaten about the head and shoulders for being old school. The movie Tomorrowland does a much better job of showing "how to finesse predestination"
I don't care about the story changing but fucking a chapter 8 is trash, you fight reno and walk to her house terrible
@@NopleaseeeeeeeIsn't that pretty short in the chapter though? It was almost non-existent in the original with how quickly you get to her place.
@@xheraltDo we know if we can't save her yet? I wouldn't assume anything until part 3, don't take theories at face value (everyone just disagrees with each other).
I revisited this game and beat it last week for first time. Once you get a grasp of the mechanics it’s a lot of fun!
Zach coming back is like bragon ball making broly cannon
currently at chapter 15 on my replay before the 29th. I played it back in 2021 on the ps4 so seeing it in its full glory on ps5 is awesome
I’m starting my FF remake journey today! Never played before so I’m excited before rebirth!!
This game was such a blast from start to finish. Easily one of favorites in recent memory. I’ve been wanting to play it again before rebirth because I don’t have enough storage space for my save data when I transferred all’s my stuff to ps5. Though I doubt I have enough space to install it since I’ve been playing Baldur’s gate 3 recently
If it was square the whispers personified, wouldn't they be working to make sure the story changes? They work to keep the story the same. They are the fans personified.
I like this view
Guy in the vid doesn't know what he's talking about. We've read this in interviews before, the whispers are the fans.
I love the new vision. We are into the mystery with our favorite characters.
Same
lol speak for yourself here
@@Leavinsies CRY CRY CRY HAHAHA
Finally was able to beat it just last week with mixed feelings. The faithfully remade parts were so amazing but some changes like certain characters living and the state of the slums after the plate fell really ruined a lot of the stakes for me. And there was so much filler content that it was a chore sometimes, most notably imo was the train graveyard. Overall amazing game tho
They had some massive balls to Remake it like they are doing, and doing so incredibly great. FFVII is my favorite game of all time, and i now have 270hrs in Remake. Can't wait for Rebirth! The way they did it makes it so it can exist perfectly next to the original. If they just did a one on one remake we would have...the same game in modern graphics and that would never give the experience the original gave us. Now it's still sort of the same, but we can't know for sure what's comming, keep us guessing. And the quality of it all...damn. The gameplay, the characters, voice actors, style, gfx, MUSIC. It's all so well done!
270 hours? Holy shit lol you're gonna spend at least 1,000 hrs in Rebirth haha
Are you serious lmao? If they wanted to take the story in a new direction there are INFINITE ways they could have done it that would be better than the plot ghosts. Seriously the most braindead way of going about it possible
@@vtubersubs3803 yeah, I kinda hate that FF7R is hopping on the whole multiverse schtick. First Mortal Kombat 1 and now this. 🙄
@@vtubersubs3803 Well, that's a you problem then. it's so sick, i'm still having a blast playing it! :)
@@amit_patel654 Yess i will, and then part 3 in a few years!
But i love how they made it so i can exist in parallel to the original. This way they keep the original in tact. It's also so awsome how they made it so Sephiroth meta talks to the players of the original. It's so well done! If they just did a 1 one 1 remake it would never be the experience we once had and could only hurt the OG.
I've played through the OG FF7 multiple times, watched AC, and played through Crisis Core. I felt like someone may have slipped some acid into my drink while playing through the ending chapter of FF7 Remake. I couldn't wrap my head around what was actually happening. I had to watch some fan theory videos on TH-cam to grasp what they were getting at.
Basically Nomura on his bull💩 again lol.
I think fan theories make it worse
How could you not unerstand that they fought fate, won, Sephiroth absorbed all the little fate protecting creatures and he let Cloud kill him so it would also kill fate. After that they were free of fate which is what Sephiroth wanted so that he could (in his mind) finally be able to win and get out of fate's plan that kept him from winning. Then Sephiroth left fates realm and went back to the world to continue his plan and the gang followed him knowing (because Aerith told them) they were free of fates plan and anything can happen now. Which means they don't have to follow everything the og did because that was what fate wanted and tried to keep on track but now they are dead Sephiroth and the gang can start over freash. AKA the Final Fantasy VII Remake isn't really a remake but a sequal.
@@CrazyxEnigmaLMFAO, yes but people with that opinion don't realize how much of that is Kitase and Nojima. Those two are also part of the KH team.
Lol
Great video. Hyped for Rebirth!!
I grew up playing the OG FFVII and loved it. 20 years later, I took a lengthy break from gaming. Remake was among the first ps5 titles I played, and it freaking blew me away. Ended up getting the platinum. Came back to it after Rebirth, definitely feels a bit less refined, but is still such a fantastic game with an absolute killer OST.
FF Rebirth is gonna be wild. As for the Yuffie stuff it will be interesting especially whenever Deepground appears. Also I think Sonon didn't "die". They could kept him alive once he was pulled away
Such a banger of a game man, can't wait for Rebirth
This game does have its issues especially with padding in certain chapters and pretty boring side quests but overall I love it and the characters. Can’t wait for rebirth sepiroth’s “seven seconds till the end” line has been stuck in my head since that moment
It's crazy how Rebirth makes this game look like a prototype lmao
Is it not?
I loved every single second of this game I can't wait till rebirth comes to PC
A LOT of the side content felt unneeded. Probably the most atrocious side quests I’ve ever played in a video game, when I think final fantasy 7 I don’t think of playing hide and seek with a group of kids.
For some reason they love forcing you to move very slow for a huge chunk of the game, it’s supposed to be dramatic effect but when it’s done every 15 minutes I just feel like turning the game off at that point.
Sephiroth was also way overused in this game. This part of the story in the OG had little to do with sephiroth yet he completely took over the end of the game and added absolutely nothing. Sure it was a cool final
Boss battle mechanically but narratively it left a sour ass taste in my mouth.
The dementors were also trash, I understand their purpose but it’s such a dumb way to regulate the original timeline. I don’t wanna think of Harry Potter when I’m in Midgar.
FF 7 Remake gets way too much hype, at least rebirth has a different creative director this time around so the game should be different enough then the first one
Loved the combat and characters in remake. There was limits like textures in some places and on rails exploration, that are negatives to the game. But on the whole, this was the best FF game to me since 10. Seeing all the love for rebirth as me hoping Square nails the 3rd making this a trilogy to revival Mass effect that I will return to time and time again over many years.
I just ordered FF7 remake and pre-ordered rebirth for PS5. I haven't played the original FF7 since 1998 and I vaguely remember what happened in the story. Would you say I should replay the original version (I have it on nintendo switch) before playing the remake and rebirth or I can jump straight to remake?
The whispers are the fans of the original FF7
I like the idea of changing fate, of toying with what is already "known" and possibly "predestined"; I don't like being beaten over the head with it. "Everything you know is wrong, and shame on you for expecting it!" It's a variant of "woke" elitism that I could do without, thank you very much.
@@xheralt Na thats how Square feels about the fans now of the original game, I'm sorry but keeping Aerith an Zack alive ruins it, You wouldn't have felt the same emotion the first time playing seeing her die and coming to grips with her being gone for good . Not everybody get the happy ending that game taught you that. So shame on you
@@xheralt The original helped me come to terms with a passing as kid.
@xheralt am I playing a game or a movie SMH the game play is good but the story drags
The way I understood it, Red and Aerith at first THINK the whispers are trying to protect the original destiny, but in the last chapter it looked to me like they are somehow influenced by Sephiroth. Maybe everything sourrounding those things happened because Sephiroth tried to turn fate to his favor, cause he somehow found out he's destined to lose in the end.
Those graphics sure take me back…
Yeah, the dynamic resolution scaling makes everything jaggy and blurry. Had to lock em to 60 fps.
Whisper i believe create by concept
" try to make experience remake real as possible
You do not re-playing some game with good graphic
But
Your charecter from the past came back throught time to you for real"
Mf Pokemon... The most famous videogame ever to exist is a turn based RPG. There's no reason this couldn't be a turn based RPG
What we got is pretty sweet though. I love FF13 and X-2 so I'm glad to see that team making a fun new action version of the stagger, crystarium and atb systems
10:04 it still looks like a flat image in Intergrade
It took me three times to try to get to play remake.
1. At Launch
2. When FF16 was annouced
3. When FF7 Rebirth released.
It finally clicked for me on the third try and I finally love the game. Sure i really don't like Avalanche but the combat is what finally got through my head.
Couldn’t really get into the original FF7 but am really tempted to jump into remake on ps plus extra with how good it and rebirth look. I know there’s some elements lost without playing og but it seems like a lot of people here are playing remake as their first FF so I think I’ll give it a shot.
I actually found Barrett to be a decent Black Mage build so to speak. Because he lacked mobility I leaned into his long range game taking the burden of magic damage dealer off of Aerith a bit and giving her more room for support/healing🤷🏿♂️
Is it because he’s black?!!!!!!!!
I remember being super hyped for this. Cant believe its already 4 years old the first part of the remake. Too many unnecessary changes but i did like it overall. Its just as a remake/reimagining it wasn’t what i expected which is why some people will be completely against this game cuz of that or will like it for the gameplay atleast and memorable old characters now modernized
AI is getting wild, there are literally thousands of videos with this same style/font/thumbnail/intro holy actual balls I can't tell what's real anymore.
Something tells me that along with the other theories that I've had regarding Sephiroth and Aries is Zach being alive he's going to come over to the other storyline and sacrifice himself instead of Aries to save her because he finds out he shouldn't be alive.
Slowly making my way through hard mode for the platinum and I'm not too concerned with rebirth yet but I forgot just how good the story is and it's giving me a second chance to get caught up with everything. I still have integrade to play through as well so me and rebirth are going to have a late get together which I'm fine with that. There's a few other games I'm playing right now anyway so it works out.
I just platinumed it! So ready for Rebirth!
SO stoked for Rebirth, def replaying Intergrade.
lol “let’s not delay any further and now a quick word from our sponsor”
Hahahaha Yes!! The ad That’s when we know the video has started for real
Also gotta admit “Tifa just explodes everywhere” certainly took my mind to a different place than her abilities on the battlefield
You know what would make this game better? Rainbow Mika and 2B!
I loved remake. For some reason I’m struggling to finish intermission. But I’m super hyped for rebirth.
I thought they would have made Aerith live or die based on the player's decisions. It would add a lot of replayability, would also make sense since there used to be so many rumors about saving her, I thought they'd make it so you finally can. This would add a lot of complexity to part 3 though. They would need to have two different versions, a part 3 where she lives and one where she's dead.
I played the remake for the first time last year. Never played the original. While I absolutely loved the story and the art of the game, I thought the combat system was kind of just okay and the side quests/busy work weren't particularly fun either. I don't think I ever fully vibed with Cloud either as he comes across as too much of a hardass, but every other character felt very well fleshed out and I found the pacing was perfect. The cinematic moments in the game go beyond most of the games I typically play to a level where it gets ridiculous, but I loved it nonetheless. For me this game was a very solid 8/10 and one of the better games I played last year.
I finished remake last night and i loved it now im playing rebirth and loving that too, i may try out the other ff games at somepoint
I recommend 4 & 6 as classic ones to check out.
Could you please add timestamps if you are going to include spoilers?
During Little bronco ride Junon area. Fort condor & phoenix flapping wings. Fort condor dlc maybe?
I love the remake an the og btw have u seen the price for the esrb of intergrade crazy rn
Why do people keep getting "Intergrade" with "Intermission". Like what? The game has been out for how long, and people can't remeber the word "InterGRADE"????
Uhhh Matty I think someone uploaded the wrong clip when talking about FF7 remastered and the "disappointed crowd" 😂
Most of 16 side quests are bs. It's a few with really great gut-wrenching plot that people think about. And those are few. So you are not entirely wrong about 16s side quests.
I remember the first time I played this. FF7 virgin. Had a blast. Replayed it recently and basically the only criticism I have is that some of the chapters could just not be there or could be way shorter. The padding is infuriating.
But the story, the characters, TIFA! Oh man. And combat is flawless. I wasn't overpowered the first time so I was at the exact edge of tension of whether I survive this or that bigger encounter but I almost always did. Like perfect dopamine booster. Second time I played it on hard and finally learned how to utilize materia. Also had a blast and the game actually felt easier than on normal, lol.
Now I'm going through the original FF7 in preparation for Rebirth and loving it. Gameplay is outdated but I can see why so many consider it a masterpiece. It is. Even two decades later. But without the 3x speed cheat I wouldn't have the patience for it, animations are way too sloooooow.
That's what chapter select Is for. Typically I start at chapter 15 when I replay so I can skip the sewer section and go straight to Shinra HQ.
Thst first trailer had me thinking abiut the game now we know so much and about to go into rebirth! It still gets me hyped
I just played it. IT WAS FANTASTIC
Thank you for your talent
Pro Tip: Max Prayer, give it to Barret
20:01 of course they made yuffie mandatory. I don't think modern gamers would've figure it out to recruiter or not if she would've been optional. Speaking from experience. I have younger brothers and nephews who always ask me things like, "where did you find that? How did you power up so quickly? I didn't know you can do that in the game. What area if the game is that? Etc.". So sorry, but modern games are made different because of modern gamers, and when I say different I really mean Easier
I think the correct theory, is that Zack and the others are still dead, and that they're just interpreting the Lifestream in their own way. At some point near the end, I'm guessing the "curtain will get drawn back", and they'll realize, "Oh, crap. I'm dead."
Maybe the moment Aerith dies and joins him will be when he figures it out.
But, cloud and Marlene are there too. This throws that theory out the window.
@@SuperRamos619 No, I think what he sees isn't real.
It’s an alternative timeline. You see stamp the dog look completely different when you see Zack and cloud outside of Midgar compare to what we see in the game. The events of Zack dying takes place right around the start of 7. So there’s no way that Stamp could’ve change.
The thing is keeping the timeline intact are no longer.
So I don’t see a sixth sense type of scenario. Also, how would he know about Marlene? The situation the.Barrett and Tifa storming the shinra building could take place without Cloud. Marlene could’ve still be taken to Aerith’s house.
Plus I could’ve heard that the devs talk about different timelines.
Everyone dies at the end of OG ff7, so it's quite possible that this is the case.
@@Leavinsies do they though? I could’ve sworn that the ending we got was far in the future. It didn’t make sense to me. However I beat it after I saw Advent Children. So I knew they lived
Your crazy Barrett is one of the best in this remake
My second favourite game behind Rebirth.
Im so glad they fixed aerial combat!
I’m playing it right now for the first time. Going to beat it before this upcoming weekend.
have fun
Good luck!
Damn why yall wait so damn long
I have to say I played this game when I came out and hated it for the reason that I wanted FFVII from PS1 just pretty. I started playing because of the second part coming out and I kind of loved this game. Maybe me playing a lot more games in the mean time made the battle system work so much more than I first tried it
I am playing FF16 right now and the Sidequest are so bad.....Huge time wasters.
They were by far the biggest barrier for me completing the game. I was so sick of doing them and every time more popped up I turned off the game for 3 months before rinsing and repeating the process until I finally recently got to the end.
The game could have been so much better if the few good side quests were just integrated into the main plot with higher production values and the rest of the bloat was either significantly reduced to maybe 10 to 20 side quests max or removed completely.
I remember when the og FFVII released and it was a boom in games of that time. Yet I regret not starting it back then. Too much unvoiced dialogue and turn based combat that felt tiring in jrpg games kept me from playing this masterpiece. So after so many years I want to start the FF7 series.
Thanks for the heads up, Matt. I wanted to start playing the Remake.
Can I start playing the Remake without playing the original game?
What is the Canon guide of FFVII games and movies to jump into?
Who wants a £70 game to only last them about 10 hours? Anyone who says they want full price short games isn't paying for them
Zack still dies a hero in the original timeline. And he could still die again as a hero. Hopefully he doesn't and gets a happy ending with Aerith. As great as his death scene was, when I finished Remake and saw him alive I was so happy. He is one of my all time favourite characters from FF.
I don't see it as a sequel, just an alternative timeline. Old FF7 still happens the way it always did in the prime timeline. There is just now also a canon alternative timeline.
At least based on Remake they did fantastic. It is what people wanted since their tech demo teaser, at least what I wanted after that teaser. And I think coming up with the alternative timeline was a good idea. Would I be looking forward to Rebirth if it would be prime timeline? Yes. But with it being in an alternative timeline where the story is unpredictable, I look so much more forward to it and the final conclusion with the third game.
I still wish it was turn based. Someone had a video essay about for Final Fantasy games are constantly changing and becoming "the final fantasy experience" for different generations.
I finally came to the realization that FF isn't for me anymore.
It's like falling in love with a stripper. What I want from her (her as in SquareEnix) and what she's going to give me are just not the same thing. The Remakes combat was not fun for me. I never finished the game. I kept having a really tough time against some bosses and I couldn't figure what I needed to do to win and I didn't understand what I was doing wrong. In one of my new favorite genres (Souls games) I can almost always tell what I did wrong in a boss fight. The combat makes sense to me. The FF7R just didn't click; even after 20 hours.
Anyway, FFX was my favorite FF game. Pure turn based. And since then games like XCOM 2 and BG3 have been some of my new favorites.
Man.... I have Rebirth in my possession, but am REALLY torn on whether to go ahead & finish Remake first or not!
I only got about a third of the way thru Remake, and moved on to other games that came out, & just never really went back to it. Not cus I didn't love it, I did! However, now Rebirth is the new hotness & I REALLY want to try it!!
Question is.... Should I stuff this excitement deep down & just finish Remake first, or should I just go ahead & play Rebirth? I have already spoiled the hell out of myself by watching footage of Remake's cutscenes & ending, so I don't know if I'll be missing much by skipping it. I've also played thru the OG PS1 game several times in the past.
What do you guys think I should do?
Next time we should try playing FF7 Rebirth in 2024...
Or God of war ragnarok. Or Resident evil 4 remake. 😂😂
Matty, there are literally millions of us that love our long, open world, RPGs, Action, or Action/RPGs. 😉
I also love a good linear game too, don’t get me wrong but I prefer the latter. FF7R was really good.
Thank you for playing this great game!
...and it was AWESOME!
The FF7 Remake project is a labor of love.
It's not a 1:1 copy of the original nor is it anywhere as good as the original, but who cares.
You should never want to replace the original.
Does this mean Zack can finally go on that date with Aqua?
He ded thou
Dude, original ps ff7 Yuffie had a whole town & content tied to her if I'm remembering clear enough so she actually was even more or as much content as the pilot guy Cid.
You remind of Max, or Dreamcast guyl except I actually like you and your content lmao
Playing as Barrett is the absolute worst thing ever
For me barret was my second favorite to play as while cloud was my first. Tifa is fun but I like ungabunga big sword better and aerith feels useless. I know she has her uses, but she just seems way less useful than barret, tifa, and cloud
Rebirth is good for its new combat, but overall, Remake is better.
Rebirth seems rushed and for $70, it sucks.
Hmmm.
First let me say that I'm not going to reject the possibility that the changes to the original FF7 storyline can be good. It's possible. Likely even, due to how great the original story was (it's hard to fuck up).
That said, the main reason fans wanted a Remake of FF7 was to re-experience one of the best stories ever told, but modernized. Changing the storyline negates that. It messes with the nostalgia factor, and feels pretty disrespectful. Isn't it missing the point?
This feels especially true when legendary plot-points of the original story are altered in what feels like a mislead attempt to let the Player live through an alternate Fantasy. I don't think Players were asking for an alternate Fantasy. It seems pretty clear that Players wanted the original Fantasy, but modernized.
Main characters die. It's sad, but it is also necessary for a story to feel real, relatable, and evocative. The only exception I can think of is Aerith, because debatably the original game intended ressurecting her to be possible, and never got to it during development. (Personally, I wouldn't even change that, but that's just me.)
The inclusion of these "Whispers" feels like a huge red flag. It feels like this choice is lacking confidence, and manifests as expositional justification for retconning the Original Storyline. "Whispers" sterilize the upsetting, but also the most iconic plot points of the Original FF7 Storyline. Even when those plot points were core aspects of what made the Original Storyline great, and most importantly, what it was meant to be. What it is.
Buuut I'm also willing to consider that this whole post is just the jaded ramblings of a long-time Original Final Fantasy fan. 😅
Update: After reading some of the comments, and learning that the "Whispers" are intended to be the Players who don't want the Original Storyline to change, it sounds like they're asking for the opportunity to make something even better. I can get behind that. It's not what we asked for, but I can hope that it would be great in it's own way.
Cloud dies instead of aerith, zack turns into the hero
I hate the way they have your weapons now. In the old game I loved when you got new weapons and you equipt them to get stronger and whatever perks they would give you. In the new game I don't bother even changing my weapons, no point in it I find, I jsy keep my starting weapons on all game.
Play hard mode the weapons matter depending on what strategy you use
Nah that's a good thing because I can use the Buster Sword the entire game without being punished for it
@@js-ro5jk that too
Best of both worlds
It means any weapon is viable and helps mold how you want that character to play. You want Cloud to tank? Use Iron Blade. Magic DPS? Mythril Saber etc. This is better especially since the Buster Sword has a weight and history now with all the expanded material rather than just a generic oversized sword in 1997.