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I am honestly so surprised at the pushback against Chapter 3. After spending so long in an open world environment I really appreciated the steady forward progress, while also relaxing and slowing the pace a little bit, that a more traditional dungeon offered to me. The alternative is 20 hours of open world content which seems like would be really bad?
My thing with the mines was the pacing of it. It was a great change of pace in general and the character moments were good when they were there. But there was a decent amount of "dead air/space" in the section. I think if the Barret and Red section was right at the start when the team splits up instead of after the Turks fight it would have flowed better.
This game suffers from some severe pacing issues through and through , one good example is the Cait sith mission chapter , god i was so bored out of my ass i almost put down my controller , i usaually don't mind goofy stuff as long as it doesn't overstay its welcome which is the case here i feel the game could have done without some of its sections which are very uninspired also the padding in this game is a disease thats plaguing this game all over .
1:13:08 So this is actually incorrect. The alpha symbol next to a spell in the Commands menu is a spell that is being boosted by that character's folio loadout. Like Cloud with the Wind Current folio slot unlocked will also have boosted Wind materia damage.
Think the reason Barret shouts out to warn Rufus is cause he understood the implications. It puts the 3 talking to Rufus in immediate danger of having every gun turned on them potentially. Barret even says when he sees Yuffie "No not now" or something to that effect. He doesn't want to save Rufus, he's trying to stop Cloud and the girls from getting immediately offed by the entire army.
Well said, I am surprised not even one of them, picked up on the fact that if the president died, then they would die and very nose there’s more for them to accomplish that just this assassination
The Condor quest has a correct choice, that being the cow. You get a better photo if you pick the cow and it also improves your relationship with Tifa more.
Im seriously grateful for this. Been listening for year's. This is my favorite place for game discussions and FF7 is my favorite game of all time. What a week. Thank you all. Will be joining soon. Its been long enough lol.
Looks like the group became a bit self-conscious about all the flannel last week... Except Ross, who was like "ok, I'll wear RED flannel this time! That'll show'em."
The lifespring tune was originally played in Cosmo Canyon, when you go up into Bugenhagen’s observatory. I was stopped in my tracks, and overwhelmed when I walked up to that crystal and heard that tune. I wasn’t expecting to hear my favourite song so early in rebirth.
Cloud sees sephiroth everytime there's someone with jenova cells. He's injected with S cells. So the robes, broden.. All triggers cloud seeing sephiroth. So the camera panning to broden is on purpose Also, I changed to dynamic difficulty because I'm finding the fights too easy. So it's weird seeing comments on reddit or TH-cam that there's people struggling with normal difficulty. I think it's also because we had the whole of remake to practice. I did the summons with one down from full and it was not too bad
Regarding the whole Aerith extra knowledge thing just before minute 35, in Remake they explain while in her room/cell at Shinra HQ that every time the Whispers touch her they rip something from her knowledge, so we already knew that was happening. Now Rebirth is saying all her psychic extra knowledge is now gone which wasn’t clear in Remake
Thanks for this deep dive! It was fun to listen as I am playing later chapters of the game. You gave me some really great tips (like setting the button shortcuts for Tifa's moves made her really fun to play). Looking forward to future FFVIIR2 Deep Dives!!!
I re-listened to the Ch. 1 Demo discussion and man, I can't wait to listen to it again with this one right after. The chemistry between you four is amazing.
Aerith already knew that Cloud "wasn't in Nibelheim 5 years ago" because she actively interrupts Tifa from confronting Cloud in front of everyone with her "I'm tired" moment, which would be terrible for the morale of the group. The tell is that she knows that Sephiroth isn't alive but around as opposed to having survived somehow.
A mix of comedy and serious moments is very much what the final fantasy series has always been and what makes them so fantastic. People who have only played 16 might be caught offguard going into most of the other titles in the series.
I really love how chapter 2 is its own little open world, then you go to chapter 3 and its a more linear dungeon similar to Remake, each chapter has felt different enough to keep things fresh.
Honestly its not just character interactions....some of the side quests are genuinely cool. Wayyyyyyy better than remakes. The Chadley stuff is the weak point but its optional.
The only problem I have with you and other people calling Chadley optional is that those are some of the coolest fights but they're so repetitive and get extremely bland because they never change the scenery in the “AR/VR” space, one of the several huge oversights in my opinion. It seemed like a cop-out to not put many resources into the summons, but I don't blame the team for it because I know they busted their asses making this game. I just found it disappointing. I wanted to have more Impact behind the summons and maybe add a little more lore to a short 10min quest getting them, but it is what it is.
@@Redroomjjgfd I think summons found in the actual world would have been way more impactful. In fact that's what I thought was gonna happen when we moved to the open world. The summons were copies in part 1 but my assumption was going into the open world wed finally get the REAL versions. Missed opportunity
Hey MinnMax! I was working GDC so when this came out I was too deep in to work to be able to play. Bummed I didn’t get to contribute to deepest dives, but looking forward to watching all of these! Just made it to ch 6 :D
I totally missed Roche signing the camera in my playthrough because I got the “stealing the show” trophy and won the award that Roche won in your playthrough. Luckily my nephew is playing the game and the next day I was over my brothers house and helping him with the game and he didn’t do the 3 star parade so I got to see that scene. Funny how if you do worse in the parade you get the better cutscene.
That Red XIII different voice is 100%, no doubt about it, still Max Mittleman, the same VA, just pitching up his voice. It's not Zack's VA or anyone else.
I saw a comment from someone on another video where they said they hoped the 7th infantry end up crewing the Highwind. I thought that was such a good idea.
The alpha symbol next to a spell means it’s powered up by a character’s skill point ability. For example, wildfire allows someone to do a fire attack without having fire equipped or using mp, but also powers up your fire spell if you do happen to have the materia equipped
So glad to be back and following along to a Deepest Dive! One thing- regarding the alpha symbol next to spells, those as far as I know aren't related to elemental effects on your weapons, it appears when you purchase the corresponding elemental ability in the folios and just symbolizes a power boost your normal spells are going to get. So if you unlock the fire elemental ability in the folios, your fire spell will from then on be strengthened if you have it equipped.
Regarding Gilgamesh, yes supposedly it is the same Gilgamesh in all the games. For example in FF12 he even has the Buster Sword, Tidus' Brotherhood and Squall's Lionhart all with a kanji that means "replica" 😅
Bummer no Jeff or Kyle this time around, always appreciated insight from them new to FFVII. Regardless looking forward to listening to this, was hoping would be coming out soon!
I would love to hear more from Sarah and Janet at least since they are playing it too. If they stick with it and finish in time, it would be great to have them on for the final episode at least.
I genuinely feel bad about "spoiling" the beginning of Rebirth, Ben. I was worried you might have accidentally skipped over some crucial thing in the Deepest Dive! Apologies.
Why would killing the mobs at the towers get old? The combat is awesome, how does a fight at the tower change that? Also the next "open zone" does get a change up
I'm glad they mentioned characters in a party having bonds and connections with each other and not just the main character. I really think that's what makes me care about them even more than I already did!
I'm behind but have been loving the game, the amount of side content is a bit much but i haven't felt like not doing the tasks. My favorite song so far is that stamp theme throughout that side mission, it took me awhile to actually tell it was stamps theme too lol. Reminded me of something i might hear in katamari damaci lol
You definitely hear the broadcast in Kalm too. So the tornado happened in both. What DID confuse me is that the Zack timeline mentioned a SOLDIER working with avalanche, but it couldn’t be cloud or zack based on them just showing up in Midgar. Its weird but i assume will be explored later
Idk if it’s hard but general chapter time stamps would be great on these. I know you jump around but would still be good. I’m coming back after ending chapter 4 and looking for where I left off. Ben is one of the best gaming commentators, as always.
My understanding for why Barret was trying to stop yuffie was that he didn’t want cloud aerith and tifa to be implicated or blamed, or possibly killed in any ensuing crossfire if she was successful.
57:49 This is why I am disappointed in the decision to not have anyone on the panel who never played the original. That's one of the things I enjoyed about the Deepest Dive for Remake is hearing what Kyle and JeffM had to say.
Re: the synergy abilities You can spam them but if I remember correctly, it does say that using them multiple times in a row dilutes their impact so it pays off more to mix it up rather than spam them.
I wanted to give some feedback. The roundtable discussion is less focused than the ones done through zoom calls. No "Most Comment comment". Love you guys .
If you had watched Tim Roger’s video series on the translation of Final Fantasy VII, you would know what’s going on with the voice Aerith is talking to in the room with Red XIII.
Recommendation for everyone thats comfortable from combat from the first game: change off Normal to the Dynamic difficulty if youre looking for some level of challenge (especially in boss fights). It takes a while for the game to see how youre playing, but once it knows it makes the game so much better (Im on Chapter 9, no spoilers but yeah way better). The bosses especially are a lot more fun when you have to put some effort into really exploiting their weakness and switching between the 3 party members
I don't even enjoy the game that much (sorry, Ben) but love the energy and passion of this crew, and the format of the Deepest Dive! Excellent work y'all.
Ya those free elemental folios are really weak too, theres a reason it says it will enhance the actual corresponding spells, as you're best off using that. I think they're there if ur in a pinch with no SP or u dont have that spell equipped and still need to hit a weakness. I went from trying to get them all to just taking the ones I need to advance to things I want
It depends on the target. They don't do much against bosses but they are really good against mobs. One attack hits multiple, and attacks like Wind Current bring them right to your feet, allowing you to hit multiple with a follow up Braver.
Those abilities are spending i think only half of single ATB gauge (or they grant atb, not sure here) , so you can basically get next action almost immedietly after using those skills
Appreciate the bleeps! Not for the swearing - but for the potential FF7 OG spoilers. I'm brand new to the series so I know nothing about what's planned.
Barret tried to stop the assassination because Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith were seconds away from making a deal that would get Shinra off their backs so they could focus on Sephiroth. Also, even if they killed Rufus, then Scarlet or Heidigger or Palmer take his place and that's probably not any better (in fact, arguably even worse). I'm honestly not sure how you missed that plot point, the pretty much said so outright.
He didn't know about the pardon deal but his whole team is in harm's way surrounded by an army. It’s by pure luck Rufus didn’t order them gunned down on his way out after Yuffie’s attempt on his life.
@minnmax Switch to dynamic if you all are exploring the regions more fully. It's still pretty easy but enemies do last a bit longer than normal. It's definitely more of a proper normal like part 1.
I understand Chadley is a joke on the surface, but his relationship with Cloud is narratively symbolic of Sephiroth. In Remake, Chadley said he was able to gain free will and break free from Hojo's control thanks to Cloud. Similarly, Sephiroth was able to break free from Jenova's control thanks to Cloud.
If you guys are 100% the zones u should def switch to Dynamic so u dont out level everything super hard. Honestly even on dynamic a lot of fights are still pretty easy.
I'm just finishing Chapter 4 and so far... I'm really not into the open world stuff. Feels like I'm checking boxes off a map rather than enjoying a fulfilling story. I hope it picks up soon because I'm getting bored
Count how many times Ben says “I’m such a sucker for” Also, I’ll say it again, Ben cannot see this series clearly. Any criticism and he is quick to push back. Nothing happens in this game for 20 hours and yet, I’m enjoying it.
@@KrimsonKracker overall, I loved it! I want to say more about how I felt about how it ended but I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll leave it at that. and I’m very excited to see how it all ends in game 3
I do love you guys but I really don’t get talking about this game without treating it as a sequel to the original game and talking about stuff from it.
How do you not get trained by the last three generations of consoles to immediately stand still when some dialogue like that comes out of nowhere? (mostly cos in half the games that exist any interaction will cut it off and you’ll miss out on important story) the idea of throwing yourself into the battle before she finishes her pre-battle description is alien to me.
@@sonicsean34Her dialogue isn't interesting enough to wait around and listen to it. I skip all the Chadley and Mai stuff. I'm here to watch the party interact with each other, and not her to have everyone stand around ignoring everything Chadley says. (Which is Square Enix biggest mistake. They should have had the party reacting to what he was saying.) There's so much world building that's naturally integrated into characters talking to each other, but Chadley and Mai are basically talking to you, the player, and not them.
Haven't Cloud, Barrett, and Aerith all only known each other for around 4 days at this point? You guys and the game keep portraying them as best friends but unless I'm remembering wrong, they're basically still strangers.
If I'm not mistaken, by the time you finish Chapter 4 it's probably been a little over a week for Cloud knowing Barret and a few days that they've known Aerith. A couple of days total for Red. Remake takes place over 4 days, so far Rebirth has had 2 more full days: - Night 1: Bombing first reactor - Day 2: Doing merc stuff, talking with the gang in the bar - Night 2: Going topside with Jessie, Wedge and Biggs - Day 3: Bombing second reactor, Cloud meets Aerith and hangs out in sector 5, Yuffie meets with Sonon and HQ - Night 3: Wall Market, Train Graveyard, Yuffie finds Deepground, plate falls - Day 4: Corneo stuff part two, going topside - Night 4: Saving Aerith, escaping, fighting Sephiroth - Morning 5: End of Remake - Night 5: Cloud recounts his past - Day 6: Waking up in Kalm - Night 6: Sleeping in Junon Inn
Traumatic experiences bond people involved in them very quickly. The situation with the Sector 7 plate and fleeing Shinra HQ I would say qualifies. So yes, while they arent great childhood friends like Cloud and Tifa, they all share a common goal and just went through the craziest 4 days most of them have ever experienced with eachother. Its scientifically proven that makes for fast friends.
A little disappointed that Ben is so sure Wutai is in the NEXT game. I’m sure he knows something I don’t, but I was hoping we would get there near the end of this one. Also, Roche got an award??? Is it because none of these guys did all three-star formations at the parade? I’m pretty sure I got the award, and I was a bit confused about how that was different from the commendation.
Yes, there is the commendation which you have to get because of the story, and the award from Heidigger which is separate. The award is easier to get if you do all three-star (more difficult) formations. Heck, it might even be exclusive to that, I'm not sure.
The devs have confirmed in interviews that they moved Wutai further up and we wont be going there until game 3. They said they just couldnt fit it in while also expanding it to the extent that they want to. Im fine with it, means more to play for the next game and better backstory and character moments for Yuffie, who in my opinion needs them to make her more likeable.
It is weird how many qualifications you put on this. How can this be a thorough discussion of ff7 rebirth without talking about the original. If someone doesn't want to know what happens in the original than they shouldn't watch this. That game has been out for over 20 years. It makes zero sense to not link the two.
The majority of players are starting with the remake and skipping the old retro version. "Over 20 years" is irrelevant, because nobody goes back to play every single notable game in history in chronological order. And some people are just beginning to play games now. It doesn't make sense to confuse the conversation with alternate timelines and potentially spoil the rest of the remakes when we're discussing THIS game, and playing together in chunks. It's the ideal solution to have a bonus video for people who want to compare with the original. Everybody wins.
@@arckinenso7615there’s no way in hell you would have anything that would suggest the majority of people playing this haven’t played the original lol, especially after the revelation that Remake is a direct sequel to OG a lot of people would have gone back to the original (something incredibly easy to do now that it’s been rereleased on everything with qol options that speed it up) if they wanted the full picture
Is there any explanation as to why none of us have our weapons anymore since this game takes place right after the end of the first one? I'm fine when sequels do that, but prefer some kind of explanation for it, even if it is as stupid as they just accidentally left them at the last rest stop. Something!
Turns out it not only “would be nice”, but “it IS nice” that they clearly put the chapter stopping points and dates for those sections in the description. minnmax recently put up a video about experiencing life with aphantasia on their channel. It may be a fun watch for you. It deals with how different people digest and understand information differently. Some hear inner monologues with what they perceive as their own voice when they are thinking, others hear a random disembodied voice or voices, while others feel they are reading their thoughts as a form of text. It can be fascinating to see how different humans end up experiencing our shared world through endless variables. Take, for example, this video and its description. 14,000 people have viewed this video. Over 100 of those people decided to comment on the video. A majority of the comments were meant to add to the conversation or simply highlight moments in the over 3 hour video. Others decided to make a fun joke about the game we are all discussing. Of all those experiences we are sharing, one person decided to comment that they couldn’t find information that everyone else experienced as being clearly displayed. Fascinating. What a truly unique and remarkable way to experience the world. That’s how I will choose to interpret this comment. A lesser person may just view it as “1 in 14,000 people like lying for attention”.
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Roche! Roche! Roche! Roche!
As someone who has never played the original, I love your dedication to avoiding spoilers. Thanks MinnMax for the awesome conversation!
We're doing it for you! Thank you!
I am honestly so surprised at the pushback against Chapter 3. After spending so long in an open world environment I really appreciated the steady forward progress, while also relaxing and slowing the pace a little bit, that a more traditional dungeon offered to me. The alternative is 20 hours of open world content which seems like would be really bad?
My thing with the mines was the pacing of it. It was a great change of pace in general and the character moments were good when they were there. But there was a decent amount of "dead air/space" in the section. I think if the Barret and Red section was right at the start when the team splits up instead of after the Turks fight it would have flowed better.
Yeah no kidding I loved the mines
This game suffers from some severe pacing issues through and through , one good example is the Cait sith mission chapter , god i was so bored out of my ass i almost put down my controller , i usaually don't mind goofy stuff as long as it doesn't overstay its welcome which is the case here i feel the game could have done without some of its sections which are very uninspired also the padding in this game is a disease thats plaguing this game all over .
Shinra Manor was trash tho, they went the huge cubed levels bullshit.
@quesopasso that's my criticism as well
1:13:08 So this is actually incorrect. The alpha symbol next to a spell in the Commands menu is a spell that is being boosted by that character's folio loadout. Like Cloud with the Wind Current folio slot unlocked will also have boosted Wind materia damage.
thank you! I couldn't figure it out. you are exactly right. I specifically have that wind example!
Kalm ABSOLUTELY feels like a callback to FF9 towns, particularly Alexandria. Good catch!
Think the reason Barret shouts out to warn Rufus is cause he understood the implications. It puts the 3 talking to Rufus in immediate danger of having every gun turned on them potentially. Barret even says when he sees Yuffie "No not now" or something to that effect. He doesn't want to save Rufus, he's trying to stop Cloud and the girls from getting immediately offed by the entire army.
Yeah, it's even unbelievable that Rufus didn't order them dead instead of just walking out and leaving them there unattended.
Well said, I am surprised not even one of them, picked up on the fact that if the president died, then they would die and very nose there’s more for them to accomplish that just this assassination
The Condor quest has a correct choice, that being the cow. You get a better photo if you pick the cow and it also improves your relationship with Tifa more.
I didn't realize there was a choice to be made between the two and I picked the rotting dragon meat by accident 😅
Im seriously grateful for this. Been listening for year's. This is my favorite place for game discussions and FF7 is my favorite game of all time. What a week. Thank you all. Will be joining soon. Its been long enough lol.
Looks like the group became a bit self-conscious about all the flannel last week... Except Ross, who was like "ok, I'll wear RED flannel this time! That'll show'em."
Gonna work my way through every color of flannel in my closet.
The lifespring tune was originally played in Cosmo Canyon, when you go up into Bugenhagen’s observatory. I was stopped in my tracks, and overwhelmed when I walked up to that crystal and heard that tune. I wasn’t expecting to hear my favourite song so early in rebirth.
These podcasts are so fun guys. Thank you for brightening my week!
Our pleasure, thanks for watching them!
Ronnie has radicalised me, I’m a hardcore Chadley stan now.
Aw heck!
I look forward to watching these almost as much as I look forward to playing the actual game. Thank you for diving this deep!
Cloud sees sephiroth everytime there's someone with jenova cells. He's injected with S cells. So the robes, broden.. All triggers cloud seeing sephiroth. So the camera panning to broden is on purpose
Also, I changed to dynamic difficulty because I'm finding the fights too easy. So it's weird seeing comments on reddit or TH-cam that there's people struggling with normal difficulty. I think it's also because we had the whole of remake to practice. I did the summons with one down from full and it was not too bad
Love these Deepest Dives. It’s so much fun to listen to while playing the game. Thanks for doing these.
Hey, thank you! We're glad they found an audience.
Regarding the whole Aerith extra knowledge thing just before minute 35, in Remake they explain while in her room/cell at Shinra HQ that every time the Whispers touch her they rip something from her knowledge, so we already knew that was happening.
Now Rebirth is saying all her psychic extra knowledge is now gone which wasn’t clear in Remake
Only Ross got the memo for red flannels this episode.
Remake's worldbuilding was always impressive despite limited scope, but Rebirth is so next level it's INSANE. 🤯
My pre-order didn’t arrive until after this episode aired! Finally catching up. I missed you guys and this deepest dive!
Awesome, well thanks for catching up! There's a lot of game to go.
Thanks for this deep dive! It was fun to listen as I am playing later chapters of the game. You gave me some really great tips (like setting the button shortcuts for Tifa's moves made her really fun to play). Looking forward to future FFVIIR2 Deep Dives!!!
Thanks for listening!
I'm so glad you guys made this. I fell in love with your format with the Chrono Cross Radical Dreamers playlist a few years back.
Thanks for sticking with us!
I re-listened to the Ch. 1 Demo discussion and man, I can't wait to listen to it again with this one right after. The chemistry between you four is amazing.
Aerith already knew that Cloud "wasn't in Nibelheim 5 years ago" because she actively interrupts Tifa from confronting Cloud in front of everyone with her "I'm tired" moment, which would be terrible for the morale of the group. The tell is that she knows that Sephiroth isn't alive but around as opposed to having survived somehow.
29:30 best zack impersonation ever 🤣🤣🤣
I knew the bonus pod would be Patreon exclusive 😢 I’ll have to get to it eventually
A mix of comedy and serious moments is very much what the final fantasy series has always been and what makes them so fantastic. People who have only played 16 might be caught offguard going into most of the other titles in the series.
I really love how chapter 2 is its own little open world, then you go to chapter 3 and its a more linear dungeon similar to Remake, each chapter has felt different enough to keep things fresh.
Honestly its not just character interactions....some of the side quests are genuinely cool. Wayyyyyyy better than remakes.
The Chadley stuff is the weak point but its optional.
The only problem I have with you and other people calling Chadley optional is that those are some of the coolest fights but they're so repetitive and get extremely bland because they never change the scenery in the “AR/VR” space, one of the several huge oversights in my opinion. It seemed like a cop-out to not put many resources into the summons, but I don't blame the team for it because I know they busted their asses making this game. I just found it disappointing. I wanted to have more
Impact behind the summons and maybe add a little more lore to a short 10min quest getting them, but it is what it is.
@@Redroomjjgfd I think summons found in the actual world would have been way more impactful. In fact that's what I thought was gonna happen when we moved to the open world. The summons were copies in part 1 but my assumption was going into the open world wed finally get the REAL versions. Missed opportunity
Hey MinnMax! I was working GDC so when this came out I was too deep in to work to be able to play.
Bummed I didn’t get to contribute to deepest dives, but looking forward to watching all of these! Just made it to ch 6 :D
Heck yeah, well thanks for eventually finding it!
Did you all see that weird ass Queens blood cutscene after you beat your 8th or so opponent?
I totally missed Roche signing the camera in my playthrough because I got the “stealing the show” trophy and won the award that Roche won in your playthrough.
Luckily my nephew is playing the game and the next day I was over my brothers house and helping him with the game and he didn’t do the 3 star parade so I got to see that scene.
Funny how if you do worse in the parade you get the better cutscene.
I picked the cow for the condor and it gave me a “well-composed photo” which also meant a greater increase in Tifa’s affinity points for me 😏
Really? Now I’m glad I picked the monster meat.
That Red XIII different voice is 100%, no doubt about it, still Max Mittleman, the same VA, just pitching up his voice. It's not Zack's VA or anyone else.
I'm here for the red flannel bit and Ross is the only one who delivered. Edit: You hacks.
I saw a comment from someone on another video where they said they hoped the 7th infantry end up crewing the Highwind. I thought that was such a good idea.
The alpha symbol next to a spell means it’s powered up by a character’s skill point ability. For example, wildfire allows someone to do a fire attack without having fire equipped or using mp, but also powers up your fire spell if you do happen to have the materia equipped
So glad to be back and following along to a Deepest Dive! One thing- regarding the alpha symbol next to spells, those as far as I know aren't related to elemental effects on your weapons, it appears when you purchase the corresponding elemental ability in the folios and just symbolizes a power boost your normal spells are going to get. So if you unlock the fire elemental ability in the folios, your fire spell will from then on be strengthened if you have it equipped.
I have zero problems with a protagonist being moody and serious. I can relate to him. It brings necessary balance to the group
Although I understand and respect the decision to put OG spoilers behind the paywall, it's still disappointing.
Looks like someone did not get the dress code email
(Best FF7 discussion in the internet FOR SURE)
Regarding Gilgamesh, yes supposedly it is the same Gilgamesh in all the games. For example in FF12 he even has the Buster Sword, Tidus' Brotherhood and Squall's Lionhart all with a kanji that means "replica" 😅
Bummer no Jeff or Kyle this time around, always appreciated insight from them new to FFVII. Regardless looking forward to listening to this, was hoping would be coming out soon!
Kyle hasn't the time nor enthusiasm for this game. Not a true fan (yes I'm going to fangate) so screw him! 😜
I would love to hear more from Sarah and Janet at least since they are playing it too. If they stick with it and finish in time, it would be great to have them on for the final episode at least.
I genuinely feel bad about "spoiling" the beginning of Rebirth, Ben. I was worried you might have accidentally skipped over some crucial thing in the Deepest Dive!
Apologies.
Forgiven!
Why would killing the mobs at the towers get old? The combat is awesome, how does a fight at the tower change that? Also the next "open zone" does get a change up
Perfect timing, I just wrapped chapter 4
I'm glad they mentioned characters in a party having bonds and connections with each other and not just the main character. I really think that's what makes me care about them even more than I already did!
I'm behind but have been loving the game, the amount of side content is a bit much but i haven't felt like not doing the tasks.
My favorite song so far is that stamp theme throughout that side mission, it took me awhile to actually tell it was stamps theme too lol. Reminded me of something i might hear in katamari damaci lol
You definitely hear the broadcast in Kalm too. So the tornado happened in both. What DID confuse me is that the Zack timeline mentioned a SOLDIER working with avalanche, but it couldn’t be cloud or zack based on them just showing up in Midgar. Its weird but i assume will be explored later
Nice Modest Mouse lyric by Ben Hanson around the 52 minute mark ❤
Idk if it’s hard but general chapter time stamps would be great on these. I know you jump around but would still be good. I’m coming back after ending chapter 4 and looking for where I left off.
Ben is one of the best gaming commentators, as always.
My understanding for why Barret was trying to stop yuffie was that he didn’t want cloud aerith and tifa to be implicated or blamed, or possibly killed in any ensuing crossfire if she was successful.
Clarification: The condor food choice impacts the quality of the photo. Greens is the worst, and cow is the best.
57:49 This is why I am disappointed in the decision to not have anyone on the panel who never played the original. That's one of the things I enjoyed about the Deepest Dive for Remake is hearing what Kyle and JeffM had to say.
Re: the synergy abilities
You can spam them but if I remember correctly, it does say that using them multiple times in a row dilutes their impact so it pays off more to mix it up rather than spam them.
Also controversial opinion, I like Chadley! I think he’s neat lol
I don't own a ps5. Is Roche enough of a reason to buy one?
Yes 😂
I wanted to give some feedback. The roundtable discussion is less focused than the ones done through zoom calls. No "Most Comment comment". Love you guys .
They did do "most common comment" it's just not right at the start.
If you had watched Tim Roger’s video series on the translation of Final Fantasy VII, you would know what’s going on with the voice Aerith is talking to in the room with Red XIII.
Let’s Mosey!
Recommendation for everyone thats comfortable from combat from the first game: change off Normal to the Dynamic difficulty if youre looking for some level of challenge (especially in boss fights).
It takes a while for the game to see how youre playing, but once it knows it makes the game so much better (Im on Chapter 9, no spoilers but yeah way better). The bosses especially are a lot more fun when you have to put some effort into really exploiting their weakness and switching between the 3 party members
I don't even enjoy the game that much (sorry, Ben) but love the energy and passion of this crew, and the format of the Deepest Dive! Excellent work y'all.
That's probably Red XIII's voice but using his Nanaki voice
Ross knew the mission. He wore the flannel unlike those other cowards
Is the Patreon-exclusive version available as a video? I like watching you guys reacting
Kinda sad I found this after I already finished the game love the discussion 😢
Man I want to watch but I'm only at chapter 3. Just sinking time into this game! Lol
Thank you ChadleyRules69
Maybe we can visit Fort Condor when air travel opens up?
Ya those free elemental folios are really weak too, theres a reason it says it will enhance the actual corresponding spells, as you're best off using that. I think they're there if ur in a pinch with no SP or u dont have that spell equipped and still need to hit a weakness. I went from trying to get them all to just taking the ones I need to advance to things I want
It depends on the target. They don't do much against bosses but they are really good against mobs. One attack hits multiple, and attacks like Wind Current bring them right to your feet, allowing you to hit multiple with a follow up Braver.
Those abilities are spending i think only half of single ATB gauge (or they grant atb, not sure here) , so you can basically get next action almost immedietly after using those skills
Appreciate the bleeps! Not for the swearing - but for the potential FF7 OG spoilers.
I'm brand new to the series so I know nothing about what's planned.
You guys got me on Patreon with bonus spoiler stuff see you over there o/ 😂
1:38:42 - I can imagine it, I watched the reveal trailer and that's it. Other than that I've been playing blind and absolutely loving it.
1. Queen's Blood
2. Tetra Master
3. Triple Triad
Barret tried to stop the assassination because Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith were seconds away from making a deal that would get Shinra off their backs so they could focus on Sephiroth. Also, even if they killed Rufus, then Scarlet or Heidigger or Palmer take his place and that's probably not any better (in fact, arguably even worse). I'm honestly not sure how you missed that plot point, the pretty much said so outright.
He didn't know about the pardon deal but his whole team is in harm's way surrounded by an army. It’s by pure luck Rufus didn’t order them gunned down on his way out after Yuffie’s attempt on his life.
Where's the matching shirts?
I love how Ross just doesn’t give a F about the flannel criticisms. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t wear.
When’s the next deepest dive dropping?
Today, actually!
What time I’m checking every hour and it’s almost unhealthy.
@minnmax
Switch to dynamic if you all are exploring the regions more fully. It's still pretty easy but enemies do last a bit longer than normal. It's definitely more of a proper normal like part 1.
I understand Chadley is a joke on the surface, but his relationship with Cloud is narratively symbolic of Sephiroth. In Remake, Chadley said he was able to gain free will and break free from Hojo's control thanks to Cloud. Similarly, Sephiroth was able to break free from Jenova's control thanks to Cloud.
If you guys are 100% the zones u should def switch to Dynamic so u dont out level everything super hard. Honestly even on dynamic a lot of fights are still pretty easy.
The don’t show the scar because that would be pervy, but is the scar actually there? 😮
I'm just finishing Chapter 4 and so far... I'm really not into the open world stuff. Feels like I'm checking boxes off a map rather than enjoying a fulfilling story.
I hope it picks up soon because I'm getting bored
Yeah, Cloud calls Red “Rook” because he’s new to the party. He’s a rookie.
Count how many times Ben says “I’m such a sucker for”
Also, I’ll say it again, Ben cannot see this series clearly. Any criticism and he is quick to push back.
Nothing happens in this game for 20 hours and yet, I’m enjoying it.
Stuff does have in the first 20 hours but it's easy to get distracted by everything else
Finished rebirth last night and I am excited for this ❤
How did you feel overall (without spoilers)?
@@KrimsonKracker overall, I loved it! I want to say more about how I felt about how it ended but I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll leave it at that. and I’m very excited to see how it all ends in game 3
I do love you guys but I really don’t get talking about this game without treating it as a sequel to the original game and talking about stuff from it.
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Guys, just listen to MAI talk and THEN fight the monster. It isn't hard. Just be patient.
How do you not get trained by the last three generations of consoles to immediately stand still when some dialogue like that comes out of nowhere? (mostly cos in half the games that exist any interaction will cut it off and you’ll miss out on important story) the idea of throwing yourself into the battle before she finishes her pre-battle description is alien to me.
@@sonicsean34Her dialogue isn't interesting enough to wait around and listen to it.
I skip all the Chadley and Mai stuff. I'm here to watch the party interact with each other, and not her to have everyone stand around ignoring everything Chadley says.
(Which is Square Enix biggest mistake. They should have had the party reacting to what he was saying.)
There's so much world building that's naturally integrated into characters talking to each other, but Chadley and Mai are basically talking to you, the player, and not them.
"Queens Blood" also known as Alan Wakes best creation.
Haven't Cloud, Barrett, and Aerith all only known each other for around 4 days at this point? You guys and the game keep portraying them as best friends but unless I'm remembering wrong, they're basically still strangers.
If I'm not mistaken, by the time you finish Chapter 4 it's probably been a little over a week for Cloud knowing Barret and a few days that they've known Aerith. A couple of days total for Red.
Remake takes place over 4 days, so far Rebirth has had 2 more full days:
- Night 1: Bombing first reactor
- Day 2: Doing merc stuff, talking with the gang in the bar
- Night 2: Going topside with Jessie, Wedge and Biggs
- Day 3: Bombing second reactor, Cloud meets Aerith and hangs out in sector 5, Yuffie meets with Sonon and HQ
- Night 3: Wall Market, Train Graveyard, Yuffie finds Deepground, plate falls
- Day 4: Corneo stuff part two, going topside
- Night 4: Saving Aerith, escaping, fighting Sephiroth
- Morning 5: End of Remake
- Night 5: Cloud recounts his past
- Day 6: Waking up in Kalm
- Night 6: Sleeping in Junon Inn
Traumatic experiences bond people involved in them very quickly. The situation with the Sector 7 plate and fleeing Shinra HQ I would say qualifies. So yes, while they arent great childhood friends like Cloud and Tifa, they all share a common goal and just went through the craziest 4 days most of them have ever experienced with eachother. Its scientifically proven that makes for fast friends.
Take a shot evert time people are having a normal conversation and Ben interrupts it with a bad joke
Every time Ben says Junon I'm a little annoyed, but in a weird way I hope he keeps saying it like that just to keep pissing people like me off
Think aerith is OG aerith from the original game
What happened to the best part - top comment/question?
We get to it!
Phew! ❤ @@minnmax
A little disappointed that Ben is so sure Wutai is in the NEXT game. I’m sure he knows something I don’t, but I was hoping we would get there near the end of this one.
Also, Roche got an award??? Is it because none of these guys did all three-star formations at the parade? I’m pretty sure I got the award, and I was a bit confused about how that was different from the commendation.
Yes, there is the commendation which you have to get because of the story, and the award from Heidigger which is separate. The award is easier to get if you do all three-star (more difficult) formations. Heck, it might even be exclusive to that, I'm not sure.
The devs have confirmed in interviews that they moved Wutai further up and we wont be going there until game 3. They said they just couldnt fit it in while also expanding it to the extent that they want to. Im fine with it, means more to play for the next game and better backstory and character moments for Yuffie, who in my opinion needs them to make her more likeable.
You have to score above 100k to get the award. I missed it by less than 100 points or something because I didn't realize blue meant hold at first.
Regarding the robed men getting across the swamp, Sephiroth saved Cloud, why wouldn't he have saved the robed men as well?
That makes perfect sense, but I'm still going to roll with my robed chocobo theory.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It is weird how many qualifications you put on this.
How can this be a thorough discussion of ff7 rebirth without talking about the original. If someone doesn't want to know what happens in the original than they shouldn't watch this. That game has been out for over 20 years. It makes zero sense to not link the two.
The majority of players are starting with the remake and skipping the old retro version. "Over 20 years" is irrelevant, because nobody goes back to play every single notable game in history in chronological order. And some people are just beginning to play games now.
It doesn't make sense to confuse the conversation with alternate timelines and potentially spoil the rest of the remakes when we're discussing THIS game, and playing together in chunks.
It's the ideal solution to have a bonus video for people who want to compare with the original. Everybody wins.
@@arckinenso7615there’s no way in hell you would have anything that would suggest the majority of people playing this haven’t played the original lol, especially after the revelation that Remake is a direct sequel to OG a lot of people would have gone back to the original (something incredibly easy to do now that it’s been rereleased on everything with qol options that speed it up) if they wanted the full picture
Is there any explanation as to why none of us have our weapons anymore since this game takes place right after the end of the first one? I'm fine when sequels do that, but prefer some kind of explanation for it, even if it is as stupid as they just accidentally left them at the last rest stop. Something!
Not really a true explanation but I will say, the weapons show up again a bit later in the game during a specific sidequest.
59:48 I definitely felt like Advent Children fell victim to this mindset.
TIFA-800
Ben shoot wrestling fan confirmed?
Nah
Would be nice if the info about stopping points and when the next episode is out was in the description
It is, actually.
Turns out it not only “would be nice”, but “it IS nice” that they clearly put the chapter stopping points and dates for those sections in the description.
minnmax recently put up a video about experiencing life with aphantasia on their channel. It may be a fun watch for you. It deals with how different people digest and understand information differently. Some hear inner monologues with what they perceive as their own voice when they are thinking, others hear a random disembodied voice or voices, while others feel they are reading their thoughts as a form of text. It can be fascinating to see how different humans end up experiencing our shared world through endless variables.
Take, for example, this video and its description.
14,000 people have viewed this video.
Over 100 of those people decided to comment on the video. A majority of the comments were meant to add to the conversation or simply highlight moments in the over 3 hour video. Others decided to make a fun joke about the game we are all discussing.
Of all those experiences we are sharing, one person decided to comment that they couldn’t find information that everyone else experienced as being clearly displayed. Fascinating. What a truly unique and remarkable way to experience the world. That’s how I will choose to interpret this comment. A lesser person may just view it as “1 in 14,000 people like lying for attention”.