I platinumed ff7 remake, intergrade and rebirth:))) definition hardest games ever and pushed skills to the limits:))) I felt extremely happy afterwards because it is way harder than the original ff7.
I finally beat all the challenges in the combat simulator. It really was absolutely brutal. I did platinum Bloodbourne and Elden Ring, so i couldnt believe that rebirth´s challenges would take so much effort. But yeah, you really have to understand all the game mechanics, materias and weakpoints from all the opponents. You have to approach them differently, wich is great. i only thought that "ruler of the outer worlds" was kinda bs, cause you really gotta be lucky with sephi in the end. But i think most of the other challenges are kinda fair, if you understand what you have to do, and what you need to avoid. Now i will tackle hard mode and get my trophy.
@gonzos3b645 yeah, this game was by far way harder than any from software game. I will be happy when we get final limit breaks on everyone and hopefully they release the ultima weapons:))) probably going to be attached to the actual weapons of the planet as a reward.
I still have rebirth in its plastic packaging because I wanted to platinum remake first, which I literally just achieved (I know I'm a weird one), but now I'm excited to start rebirth. And I hear the platinum on this will make me question why I torture myself 😁
@@MusicShaneCollins yeah, congrats man on platinuming remake! Not weird at all. It's good to fully platinum the first game before going into rebirth :)))
It's also one of the paradigms shifts for science fiction themed Japanese game. Many Japanese games used to take cue more to the fantastical element of LOTR or Dungeons & Dragons. VI was the bridge, but we can still see the fantasy-medieval element the most in it. Seven really popularized the modern, future punk aesthetic in many Japanese game. Helicopter, particle cannon, machine gun, bike chase. Yes, many games were ahead of VII in that aesthetic, like Star Ocean, but Cloud and the gangs really took it to the space.
I played the original ff7 back in the late 90s/ early 2000s when it first came out. I loved the game, but I think I was still too young to understand some of the more complex themes. The characters were fun, and Aeriths death still hit me hard, but I didn't really absorb the socio-political commentary at the time. Anyways, after years of reflecting back on it and playing remake and rebirth. I feel like this game strikes a chord for so many because of how honest and raw it is when exploring its themes of identity, what really motivates people on a deeper level beyond what they say with words, friendship, love, mental health, corporate greed, etc etc. It's all so poignant and well thought out that it feels like real people going through real struggles even in this absurdist fantasy setting.
Overall I had a great time and enjoyed my playthrough way more than FF16 but it was much like eating a delicious sundae with the occasional turd in it.
Lol. That doesn't sound like something I'd enjoy personally. But whatever floats your boat 🤷 But seriously, yeah. There were a couple things I forgot to mention. For instance the Cait Sith puzzle sections. Ugh
Sigh it’s annoying how people can’t play games if they’re not 8K 120fps, just enjoy it the way it is. Going back to any last gen game must really hurt you bad homie
Why is it annoying? If you disagree, that's totally cool too. But, honestly, how do my preferences impact you and the games you choose to play? It's not like I said I don't enjoy indie games or even some newer retro-styled games.
@@Meromorphic graphic centric people just are annoying, games are an art form and not every game needs or was intended to be played at the highest settings. It feels too nitpicky to not want to play a game because it doesn’t perform to your standards. Games should be played for story, gamplay, nostalgia, etc so the visuals shouldn’t be the first thing you factor when you decide to play a game or not
Idk. Seems kind of pretentious to try dictating how people should engage with art. Yes, I like high graphical fidelity games. So what? Would you try to shame a person for saying they can only play games if their stories, or music, or whatever other aspect *you* deem to be the most important meet their standards? High graphical fidelity is absolutely a part of how the art can be expressed. Not every game, no. Of course not. Never said that.
@@MeromorphicI’m not, just seems disingenuous to start a video off with “low poly games? Ew. Modding a game so it runs at 60fps and changing the textures to fit your standards? Now that’s classy and high art” Maybe low poly games and lower frame rates aren’t your thing but that kinda removes idk…80% of games ever made?
Just a few small disagreements. The Cait Sith part was completely unnecessary. Queen's Blood shouldn't have anything to do with the main story/completion. The moogle games were enough after two times. Chadley made me want to drink turpentine and now there's a f*****g female Chadley??? Some regular landmarks can even be a pain to get to...with a damn Chocobo! Tower climbing? Yeah sure. Let's climb a landmark that reveals other landmarks that lead you to summon caves where you have to do some stupid QTE button mashing for a summon you'll be able to use about 5 times during your first play through!!! Let's make open world traversal the biggest pain in the ass possible! Want a stylish buggy that gets you nowhere fast? How about climbing in/out of it animations that you can smoke a bowl to? Maybe run into a pack of enemies every 50 meters or so. Wanna sit on a bench to recover your health? Sure, let's turn the TV off to save energy during the animation! Let's crawl, slide, swim, climb and swing everywhere then have godlike abilities complete with superhuman speed and strength when it's time to fight! Yo dawg, you like leveling up? How about we level up your level ups so you can level those levels up? Not bored yet? Here's a thousand tedious minigames that you'll play about three times before you decide to destroy the closest object within reach. Even if it's your own manhood! Still not enough BS you say? Let's do that long dungeon you just did again but with the other half of the party to meet up and feel useless together. Still not enough, eh? Ok wisenheimer. We'll all but cripple your synergy abilities and limit breaks by either triggering a cutscene the second you use them or have the enemy move to the complete opposite side of the screen! Not convinced I see. Want to sniff around for crap on a chocobo and slowly peck at the ground over and over? The world is your oyster mate. The only saving grace is the battle system. Something you mentioned was not liking washed out textures but prefer the 60fps mode where the entire game looks like you don't have corrective lenses on.
Thank you so much for the review! I definitely recommend at least watching a playthrough of the OG as it adds a whole new dimension of context and enjoyment for playing the Remake trilogy and it lets you enjoy the parts of it that you do like and skip the ones that put you off. I highly recommend the playthrough on the channel 2B Skyen as he adds some wonderful commentary and worldbuilding details.
You should really do a video unpacking don’t hug me I’m scared 🙏 I loved your moral Orel videos and I think dhmis would fit your style and there’s alot to unpacked in those episodes
As a huge fanboy of the original FF7 it’s really hard for me to tell if these games are actually good or if it’s just the nostalgia factor. So seeing you praise these games helps realize that it’s not just me, these games are actually really good. And you’re kinda like a perfect “specimen” in this regard. You’re into the Final Fantasy series and a big fan of FF8 (which I hold in the same regard as FF7) yet you never played OG FF7. If only I didn’t feel so grossed out about the licking story. 😂
It's the nostalgia factor. I'm not nostalgic by nature but remake even got me. Playing it again years later though without the rose tinted glasses, it's at best a 4/10, and rebirth isn't much better. The greatest achievement of square is convincing people these are amazing games when they aren't even good games
@@redbearington3345 I dont think so, I've always liked FF7 remake and i didnt know anything from the og, the hype for rebirth made me play the og and really loved it and made me enjoy more some of the remake changes, i do think the whispers and padding were a significant problem in FF7 remake but the game was still very entertaining with great combat, visual, music and story even if it was still the first 6h of OG. And then Rebirth came and I had already completed the og and loved both of them, rebirth captures the essence of what a final fantasy experience is and make a lot of good changes and adaptations on the story(the only ones i didnt really liked were the changes at the final chapter, but still its just 5% of the story so it doesnt ruin everything)
I mean, it sold alright, but I do get your point. Last I checked it was around 2m copies, which is pretty good. Just unfortunate that companies have to continuously grow and sell more and more games each outing to be considered successful. It's not realistic, tbh.
The PS5 exclusivity is definitely the main factor in it selling worse, it's still a pricey piece of hardware with a smaller install base, and I'm sure a lot of the PC players are waiting it out. TBH the only reason I got Remake is because a couple friends bought me a PS5 as a birthday present. I wouldn't have bought one for myself since I still have a pretty big backlog of PS4 games to work through.
@@SuzakuX I agree. When Namco and Capcom have embraced the PC userbase, Square is still stuck on Sony. I believe console gaming itself is nearing on its end.
Rebirth is currently exclusive to a single console that has far fewer in circulation at this time compared to how many PS4's were around when Remake launched. I'm waiting on a PC version myself since i don't own, or plan on owning a PS5.
Just waiting for the PC release where I'm going to gift out copies to some friends. At least if FFVIII gets a similar remake treatment they already have Ultimecia's timebending hax they can expand on to mix things up.
It’s ok, it took me 3 years to make myself finish Remake. The fact we were solely tied to Midgar for the Remake was a turn off for me but after they showed off Rebirth, it was enough to motivate me to finish it so I’d be ready for part 2
I've been considering making them as podcasts. I actually started playing again for the first time since right after Season of the Deep (like 9 months) But Byf has been incorporating some well produced direct readings into his videos if you've got a hankering.
Spelling bee drama stays with you. I haven't forgotten William Ford in the 4th grade either winning the spelling bee by spelling Helicopter when I was given the word Democracy and lost.
OG vs. Remake: storytelling In OG, Shinra doesn't get blamed for the reactor 1 bombing. You are eco-terrorists. People actually die. The only thing you see of Sephiroth is his sword impaled in President Shinra. All remake improved on was graphics and combat. OG>Remake OG=Rebirth Best solution is to make it all one game.
Even if you were to remove all the mini games and sidequests that do not add additional depth to the lore of the FF7 story, the game would end up being hundreds of hours long. The main reason it was broken up into 4 installments is money. If Remake was a massive sales failure, Square Enix could have called it quits on the other installments. But what if they made one massive game, with all those additional years needed to develop it, and the huge amount of money being borrowed to do so. If that flopped it would literally be the end of Square Enix.
If you live in developing countries, the gold saucer allegory isn't that far-fetched. We got big grandeur mall surrounded by the slum, where many cleaning or security job get their human resources from. I live in Jakarta, if I walk for several meters/feet, I could arrive in a place similar to sector 7 slum right away
@@Yogarine you may be surprised even in the last 2 or a decade, people around the world already knew that some parts of US were degraded into developing country level. Man, seeing the news about USA these last 5 years is really sad
Fun thoughts. Remake had a combo system too, just wasnt as upfront about telling you. If you only knew the truth of the Corel incident; sadly thats contained on a flip phone game called ff7 Before Crisis. It flips his whole arc on its head.
@@Meromorphic Blitz has a series of videos explaining how to do various regular attack combos. I believe I heard in the praise that rebirth had combos (it definitely has more basic attack combos and are much more distinct, with not as much reliance on soft and hard button presses, and more obvious changes when holding specific directions), but remake has about 6 or 7 basic attack combos for everyone but Barret and Yuffie (she has 5, unless you count when the pinwheel is tossed). Now if by combos you mean the synergy system, then n/m. Technically Remake had it but you had to rig up materia and it wasnt...much. ---- There's a crapton of BC references in both remake and rebirth. (President's assassination attempt. Avalanche Old Guard. Diabolic creature in Intergrade also dubbed Diabolic/Hellatic Rayleigh is a Shinra scientist Cloud once saved. The singularity, and these are just a few). Rebirth.. Diabolic variant is the real body of Rayleigh and Nibelheim was its disposal site, but it survived. Broden's story of what happened to Kalm. Protorelic quest in Gongaga tell of Rufus's first attempt to murder his morally inept father... while not telling how it was orchestrated, and referring to Rufus as the defacto President despite only becoming Vice President at the time. Elena substitutes in for her sister in the scenes, and the training scenario is intended for Reno as remedial training. The specific subject at hand is... there was an anti Shinra group that blew up Corel reactor. It went by the name avalanche. It was real, it blew up the reactor and Shinra retaliated... But it wasn't cut and dry. Blowing up the reactor was a byproduct of an attempt to kidnap Rufus... the leader of Avalanche's Old Guard, a Wutaian second in command who held some intensely extremist views, had little regard for safety or collateral damage, and kaboom... Survivors of his team tried to hide in Corel among the locals. Arguments broke out between the military police and confused but angry locals that didn't appreciate barrels in their faces. A heated argument led to a kid being shot, all heck broke loose, and all liabilities were quickly extinguished to protect Shinra's reputation. An accident where an agitated corporate trooper pulled his trigger a little too hard while being jumpy during an argument about insurgents hiding among civilians.. But it wouldnt have happened if not for the root cause... Everything Barret went through with Corel was all because avalanche blew up a reactor without caring about what happens to those around it. "Ain't no gettin' off dis train we on", Barret, OG.
I mean, everyone has their own tastes. I really didn’t interpret it as hate. But I guess nowadays everyone is either completely wholesomely gushing about something, or completely and utterly hating on something… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If someone else’s opinion and feelings about a game literally “upset” you, I mean… that’s really not healthy or constructive. I grew up with 8-bit/16-bit sprites and 32-bit low-poly, but when I played FF8 after finishing FF7, it really was a huge jump in graphics. I really love OG FF7, and it has shaped my youth in several ways, but I’m not gonna pretend like the graphics have aged well. If you want examples of 32-bit 3D games that have aged well, check Vagrant Story or Spyro the Dragon.
well, like I pointed out in another comment, it’s actually nice to know why people like this game without having the nostalgia-factor. And in general, to me it seems _more_ of a waste of time if you were watching to just re-affirm your beliefs, instead of getting a different perspective from someone with slightly different background and tastes as you.
Umm ackshually 🤓, it does run at an *upscaled* 4k (from 2880x1620p highs and lows of 1080p) and damn near 60 fps. I did actually say it correctly this time, unlike in my Ghost of Tsushima and H:FW videos. www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-ps5-performance-review
Hey mero, just wanted to provide a little Latin chat here. Though 'mea culpa' is used within the realm of legal speech as a noun, we have to be careful about sentence constructions using it due to the ablative case of the root phrase. Literally, the title you've provided reads something like "my FF7 by/through/etc. my fault". And there is no shame in not being aware it comes off as wonky because, let me just add, determinations of what kind of ablative one is dealing with and how best to translate it from Latin to English can sometimes be tricky. English does not handle the ablative case the same way, much like we don't have noun declensions.
Lost me at “I’ve never played the original” I played the original at 22 just 6 years ago after trying a few times since 12 to play it. After I finished that game I was kicking myself internally because it quickly became one of my favorite games ever. I genuinely cannot understand why people are so reluctant to play the original when it takes less time to complete that than remake. And doesn’t waste your time in many instances.
FF 7 is in many aspects an allegory for our reality! It shows that big cooperations rule the world and using the media to control and manipulate the minds of the ppl and demonize those who tell the truth! The most players probably don’t see it, because „it’s just a game“!
Square Enix is reporting losses of over $150 million with Rebirth. But to me that is just further proof of the commitment to quality this FF7 team has. I have never experienced a game with such an amazing attention to detail. Every minute is well thought out and it isn't a short game.
You have your facts a little mixed up, they said that the money they lost is because of “content abandonment losses” in other words projects that were in development that have since been canceled” Rebirth is not a part of this sum.
As a massive fan of the remake games so far, i can still say that there are things i do have an issue with and some story pacing methods, but virtually all of them has to do with the fact that they split 1 game into 3, meaning they now had to invent 2 new endings, one for Remake and one for Rebirth. For instance in the OG, you only ever battle Sephiroth at the end of the game. Never before that. He looms over you as a menacing shadow. Not even when he kills Aerith do you fight him (only Jenova). But in Remake you fight Sephiroth at the end of the highway chase and you beat him..... Then again in Rebirth you fight him and he flees. He's no longer the same "menacing force", which hinders the sense urgnecy and danger. Now from a game perspective, had Remake come out and Rufus on top of Shinra tower had been the final boss and the highway chase the end of the game, people would have hated it too and it would have been boring as hell. So i do still get that. But maybe they could have used Jenova only and kept Sephiroth out as a boss completly and just kept him as this ominous presence. And for Rebirth, my biggest gripe with it was the fact that the final boss fight took place at the same time as the most infamous scene in video game history.... The epic boss battle should have taken place _before_ the forgotten capital, that would have made that scene hit that much harder. And i cannot for the love of god understand why they didn't show it as they did in the original. Other than that i think 95-98% of both of these game are amazing.
"the duck tales reboot is actually really good" I disagree. It's ...fine as a show in its own right, but it's a shit reboot. It especially did Darkwing Duck sooo fukken dirty. (to be clear I take no issue with how they handled Gosalyn, but rather p much everything else)
Maybe a controversial take, but going back to the OG is really rough for me now, and not because of the visuals or gameplay, but because after playing through _Remake_ and *especially* _Rebirth,_ it feels like reading a poorly written synopsis or rough draft outline compared to an actual novel. I'm not going to say every expanded section has been a winner, but they've fleshed out the story, characters, and locations to a ridiculous degree.
i agree with this 100%. doesnt take anything away from the OG tho. it's the blueprint now for what the remake series is accomplishing. **spoiler alert** one of the very few instances in rebirth that i felt was a bit disappointing was when, in cosmo canyon, we didnt get the campfire scene with just the gang all together. they changed it into that tourist festival thing instead. i loved that campfire scene in OG so fn much and was looking forward to it in rebirth lol.
I platinumed ff7 remake, intergrade and rebirth:))) definition hardest games ever and pushed skills to the limits:))) I felt extremely happy afterwards because it is way harder than the original ff7.
I finally beat all the challenges in the combat simulator. It really was absolutely brutal. I did platinum Bloodbourne and Elden Ring, so i couldnt believe that rebirth´s challenges would take so much effort. But yeah, you really have to understand all the game mechanics, materias and weakpoints from all the opponents. You have to approach them differently, wich is great. i only thought that "ruler of the outer worlds" was kinda bs, cause you really gotta be lucky with sephi in the end. But i think most of the other challenges are kinda fair, if you understand what you have to do, and what you need to avoid. Now i will tackle hard mode and get my trophy.
@gonzos3b645 yeah, this game was by far way harder than any from software game. I will be happy when we get final limit breaks on everyone and hopefully they release the ultima weapons:))) probably going to be attached to the actual weapons of the planet as a reward.
I still have rebirth in its plastic packaging because I wanted to platinum remake first, which I literally just achieved (I know I'm a weird one), but now I'm excited to start rebirth. And I hear the platinum on this will make me question why I torture myself 😁
@@MusicShaneCollins yeah, congrats man on platinuming remake! Not weird at all. It's good to fully platinum the first game before going into rebirth :)))
Same, it was such a fun challenge
this is honestly my GOTY. i platinum it after 250 hrs and didnt even want it to end
FFVII remake and rebirth are so much better than the original man. So good
This is definitely one of the best games of the century. No question.
“I was a weird fn kid” I believe you mean, I am a weird fn kid haha
7 is a complicated title on the whole. It’s a huge sprawling story with a lot of twists and turns. I’m glad you came around on it.
It's also one of the paradigms shifts for science fiction themed Japanese game. Many Japanese games used to take cue more to the fantastical element of LOTR or Dungeons & Dragons. VI was the bridge, but we can still see the fantasy-medieval element the most in it. Seven really popularized the modern, future punk aesthetic in many Japanese game. Helicopter, particle cannon, machine gun, bike chase. Yes, many games were ahead of VII in that aesthetic, like Star Ocean, but Cloud and the gangs really took it to the space.
You should still play the original. It will add yo your overall enjoyment of the franchise.
It's great to see ppl being objective about the FF7 remake and rebirth games. Fantastic review.
I played the original ff7 back in the late 90s/ early 2000s when it first came out. I loved the game, but I think I was still too young to understand some of the more complex themes. The characters were fun, and Aeriths death still hit me hard, but I didn't really absorb the socio-political commentary at the time.
Anyways, after years of reflecting back on it and playing remake and rebirth. I feel like this game strikes a chord for so many because of how honest and raw it is when exploring its themes of identity, what really motivates people on a deeper level beyond what they say with words, friendship, love, mental health, corporate greed, etc etc. It's all so poignant and well thought out that it feels like real people going through real struggles even in this absurdist fantasy setting.
Overall I had a great time and enjoyed my playthrough way more than FF16 but it was much like eating a delicious sundae with the occasional turd in it.
Lol. That doesn't sound like something I'd enjoy personally. But whatever floats your boat 🤷
But seriously, yeah. There were a couple things I forgot to mention. For instance the Cait Sith puzzle sections. Ugh
@@Meromorphic Yeah. That's the cait turd in the sundae. That part knocked the game down a point for me.
Sigh it’s annoying how people can’t play games if they’re not 8K 120fps, just enjoy it the way it is. Going back to any last gen game must really hurt you bad homie
Why is it annoying? If you disagree, that's totally cool too. But, honestly, how do my preferences impact you and the games you choose to play? It's not like I said I don't enjoy indie games or even some newer retro-styled games.
@@Meromorphic graphic centric people just are annoying, games are an art form and not every game needs or was intended to be played at the highest settings. It feels too nitpicky to not want to play a game because it doesn’t perform to your standards. Games should be played for story, gamplay, nostalgia, etc so the visuals shouldn’t be the first thing you factor when you decide to play a game or not
Idk. Seems kind of pretentious to try dictating how people should engage with art. Yes, I like high graphical fidelity games. So what? Would you try to shame a person for saying they can only play games if their stories, or music, or whatever other aspect *you* deem to be the most important meet their standards? High graphical fidelity is absolutely a part of how the art can be expressed. Not every game, no. Of course not. Never said that.
@@MeromorphicI’m not, just seems disingenuous to start a video off with “low poly games? Ew. Modding a game so it runs at 60fps and changing the textures to fit your standards? Now that’s classy and high art” Maybe low poly games and lower frame rates aren’t your thing but that kinda removes idk…80% of games ever made?
My brother in christ, I never said that! lol. I just said that personally, this is what I prefer.
looking forward to making this my first FF game ever. Wanted to play it for forever, but put off by old graphics. Seems like a perfect fit!
If you like final fantasy, I think you'll definitely enjoy. They really are great.
Great video and very sincere too! Thank you for this, Remake/Rebirth is a very special game to me and I love it as much too!
Just a few small disagreements. The Cait Sith part was completely unnecessary. Queen's Blood shouldn't have anything to do with the main story/completion. The moogle games were enough after two times. Chadley made me want to drink turpentine and now there's a f*****g female Chadley??? Some regular landmarks can even be a pain to get to...with a damn Chocobo! Tower climbing? Yeah sure. Let's climb a landmark that reveals other landmarks that lead you to summon caves where you have to do some stupid QTE button mashing for a summon you'll be able to use about 5 times during your first play through!!! Let's make open world traversal the biggest pain in the ass possible! Want a stylish buggy that gets you nowhere fast? How about climbing in/out of it animations that you can smoke a bowl to? Maybe run into a pack of enemies every 50 meters or so. Wanna sit on a bench to recover your health? Sure, let's turn the TV off to save energy during the animation! Let's crawl, slide, swim, climb and swing everywhere then have godlike abilities complete with superhuman speed and strength when it's time to fight! Yo dawg, you like leveling up? How about we level up your level ups so you can level those levels up? Not bored yet? Here's a thousand tedious minigames that you'll play about three times before you decide to destroy the closest object within reach. Even if it's your own manhood! Still not enough BS you say? Let's do that long dungeon you just did again but with the other half of the party to meet up and feel useless together. Still not enough, eh? Ok wisenheimer. We'll all but cripple your synergy abilities and limit breaks by either triggering a cutscene the second you use them or have the enemy move to the complete opposite side of the screen! Not convinced I see. Want to sniff around for crap on a chocobo and slowly peck at the ground over and over? The world is your oyster mate. The only saving grace is the battle system. Something you mentioned was not liking washed out textures but prefer the 60fps mode where the entire game looks like you don't have corrective lenses on.
Thank you so much for the review! I definitely recommend at least watching a playthrough of the OG as it adds a whole new dimension of context and enjoyment for playing the Remake trilogy and it lets you enjoy the parts of it that you do like and skip the ones that put you off. I highly recommend the playthrough on the channel 2B Skyen as he adds some wonderful commentary and worldbuilding details.
Fantastic games! Great review! ❤️
I’m so happy to see that someone else actually loves the piano mini-game as much as I do 🎹.
You should really do a video unpacking don’t hug me I’m scared 🙏 I loved your moral Orel videos and I think dhmis would fit your style and there’s alot to unpacked in those episodes
As a huge fanboy of the original FF7 it’s really hard for me to tell if these games are actually good or if it’s just the nostalgia factor.
So seeing you praise these games helps realize that it’s not just me, these games are actually really good.
And you’re kinda like a perfect “specimen” in this regard. You’re into the Final Fantasy series and a big fan of FF8 (which I hold in the same regard as FF7) yet you never played OG FF7.
If only I didn’t feel so grossed out about the licking story. 😂
I know. I was a sickly kid. Wonder why 🤔🤦.
It's the nostalgia factor. I'm not nostalgic by nature but remake even got me. Playing it again years later though without the rose tinted glasses, it's at best a 4/10, and rebirth isn't much better.
The greatest achievement of square is convincing people these are amazing games when they aren't even good games
they're good, really good. I have played for decades also but I know I wouldn't like it if it wasn't good. Nearly perfect games
@@redbearington3345 I dont think so, I've always liked FF7 remake and i didnt know anything from the og, the hype for rebirth made me play the og and really loved it and made me enjoy more some of the remake changes, i do think the whispers and padding were a significant problem in FF7 remake but the game was still very entertaining with great combat, visual, music and story even if it was still the first 6h of OG. And then Rebirth came and I had already completed the og and loved both of them, rebirth captures the essence of what a final fantasy experience is and make a lot of good changes and adaptations on the story(the only ones i didnt really liked were the changes at the final chapter, but still its just 5% of the story so it doesnt ruin everything)
@@redbearington3345 Nah, Rebirth is a pretty good game.
Final Fantasy VII Remake was one of the best looking ganes of 2020, top 3 I would say.
I cannot tell you how much I love these games and it's a shame that Rebirth does not seem to sell well.
I hope it gets released fast on PC.
I mean, it sold alright, but I do get your point. Last I checked it was around 2m copies, which is pretty good. Just unfortunate that companies have to continuously grow and sell more and more games each outing to be considered successful. It's not realistic, tbh.
@@Meromorphic And thus, an overarching FFVII theme breaks the fourth wall yet again...
The PS5 exclusivity is definitely the main factor in it selling worse, it's still a pricey piece of hardware with a smaller install base, and I'm sure a lot of the PC players are waiting it out. TBH the only reason I got Remake is because a couple friends bought me a PS5 as a birthday present. I wouldn't have bought one for myself since I still have a pretty big backlog of PS4 games to work through.
@@SuzakuX I agree. When Namco and Capcom have embraced the PC userbase, Square is still stuck on Sony. I believe console gaming itself is nearing on its end.
Rebirth is currently exclusive to a single console that has far fewer in circulation at this time compared to how many PS4's were around when Remake launched. I'm waiting on a PC version myself since i don't own, or plan on owning a PS5.
Not a feline. Clearly a dog. And you already have cait sith. Let dog lovers have Red
Just waiting for the PC release where I'm going to gift out copies to some friends. At least if FFVIII gets a similar remake treatment they already have Ultimecia's timebending hax they can expand on to mix things up.
God damn I hope it does. Unfortunately it seems like X and IX may be priorities for Square.
It’s ok, it took me 3 years to make myself finish Remake. The fact we were solely tied to Midgar for the Remake was a turn off for me but after they showed off Rebirth, it was enough to motivate me to finish it so I’d be ready for part 2
Im now 146 hours in and loving it like no other game before. Cant wait to play it again in a row Remake->Rebirth
they redid the NPCs in integrade. That's probably why you can't find that child. Though I think some NPCs look noticeably worse.
Ohh that would make sense!
i really miss your destiny lore vids
I've been considering making them as podcasts. I actually started playing again for the first time since right after Season of the Deep (like 9 months) But Byf has been incorporating some well produced direct readings into his videos if you've got a hankering.
Spelling bee drama stays with you. I haven't forgotten William Ford in the 4th grade either winning the spelling bee by spelling Helicopter when I was given the word Democracy and lost.
Fucking helicopter. 😤
OG vs. Remake: storytelling
In OG, Shinra doesn't get blamed for the reactor 1 bombing. You are eco-terrorists. People actually die. The only thing you see of Sephiroth is his sword impaled in President Shinra.
All remake improved on was graphics and combat.
OG>Remake
OG=Rebirth
Best solution is to make it all one game.
Even if you were to remove all the mini games and sidequests that do not add additional depth to the lore of the FF7 story, the game would end up being hundreds of hours long. The main reason it was broken up into 4 installments is money. If Remake was a massive sales failure, Square Enix could have called it quits on the other installments. But what if they made one massive game, with all those additional years needed to develop it, and the huge amount of money being borrowed to do so. If that flopped it would literally be the end of Square Enix.
@LBCAndrew They could still release the parts, patch the parts, and make it one game. 🤞
If you live in developing countries, the gold saucer allegory isn't that far-fetched. We got big grandeur mall surrounded by the slum, where many cleaning or security job get their human resources from. I live in Jakarta, if I walk for several meters/feet, I could arrive in a place similar to sector 7 slum right away
You may be surprised to know this isn’t that far-fetched even in a “developed” country like the USA.
@@Yogarine you may be surprised even in the last 2 or a decade, people around the world already knew that some parts of US were degraded into developing country level. Man, seeing the news about USA these last 5 years is really sad
This button is for anyone who was confused the moment Atlantis came up in conversation.
🤦🤦God, I wish I could go back in time and slap myself in the face. For this and a myriad of other reasons.
Fun thoughts. Remake had a combo system too, just wasnt as upfront about telling you.
If you only knew the truth of the Corel incident; sadly thats contained on a flip phone game called ff7 Before Crisis. It flips his whole arc on its head.
Great. Now I'm going to fall down a wiki rabbit hole. Wym about the remake combos tho?
@@Meromorphic Blitz has a series of videos explaining how to do various regular attack combos. I believe I heard in the praise that rebirth had combos (it definitely has more basic attack combos and are much more distinct, with not as much reliance on soft and hard button presses, and more obvious changes when holding specific directions), but remake has about 6 or 7 basic attack combos for everyone but Barret and Yuffie (she has 5, unless you count when the pinwheel is tossed).
Now if by combos you mean the synergy system, then n/m. Technically Remake had it but you had to rig up materia and it wasnt...much.
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There's a crapton of BC references in both remake and rebirth. (President's assassination attempt. Avalanche Old Guard. Diabolic creature in Intergrade also dubbed Diabolic/Hellatic Rayleigh is a Shinra scientist Cloud once saved. The singularity, and these are just a few). Rebirth.. Diabolic variant is the real body of Rayleigh and Nibelheim was its disposal site, but it survived. Broden's story of what happened to Kalm. Protorelic quest in Gongaga tell of Rufus's first attempt to murder his morally inept father... while not telling how it was orchestrated, and referring to Rufus as the defacto President despite only becoming Vice President at the time. Elena substitutes in for her sister in the scenes, and the training scenario is intended for Reno as remedial training.
The specific subject at hand is... there was an anti Shinra group that blew up Corel reactor. It went by the name avalanche. It was real, it blew up the reactor and Shinra retaliated...
But it wasn't cut and dry. Blowing up the reactor was a byproduct of an attempt to kidnap Rufus... the leader of Avalanche's Old Guard, a Wutaian second in command who held some intensely extremist views, had little regard for safety or collateral damage, and kaboom...
Survivors of his team tried to hide in Corel among the locals. Arguments broke out between the military police and confused but angry locals that didn't appreciate barrels in their faces. A heated argument led to a kid being shot, all heck broke loose, and all liabilities were quickly extinguished to protect Shinra's reputation. An accident where an agitated corporate trooper pulled his trigger a little too hard while being jumpy during an argument about insurgents hiding among civilians..
But it wouldnt have happened if not for the root cause... Everything Barret went through with Corel was all because avalanche blew up a reactor without caring about what happens to those around it.
"Ain't no gettin' off dis train we on", Barret, OG.
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Wow yeah, not sticking around after the low poly hate
Thank you, really upset me too, every game deserves to be looked at beyond their graphics
I mean, everyone has their own tastes. I really didn’t interpret it as hate. But I guess nowadays everyone is either completely wholesomely gushing about something, or completely and utterly hating on something… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If someone else’s opinion and feelings about a game literally “upset” you, I mean… that’s really not healthy or constructive.
I grew up with 8-bit/16-bit sprites and 32-bit low-poly, but when I played FF8 after finishing FF7, it really was a huge jump in graphics. I really love OG FF7, and it has shaped my youth in several ways, but I’m not gonna pretend like the graphics have aged well. If you want examples of 32-bit 3D games that have aged well, check Vagrant Story or Spyro the Dragon.
@@Yogarine yeah but why would I stick around someone who self-professed hasn't even watched the OG for content. Just seems like a waste of time.
well, like I pointed out in another comment, it’s actually nice to know why people like this game without having the nostalgia-factor.
And in general, to me it seems _more_ of a waste of time if you were watching to just re-affirm your beliefs, instead of getting a different perspective from someone with slightly different background and tastes as you.
@@Yogarine yeah but why would I read anything you wrote?
Still watching but Rebirth does not run at 4K60 lol. Can’t wait for the PC version to do this, but it does run 4K30 extremely well.
Lmao at hating yourself each time you have a bad take
Umm ackshually 🤓, it does run at an *upscaled* 4k (from 2880x1620p highs and lows of 1080p) and damn near 60 fps. I did actually say it correctly this time, unlike in my Ghost of Tsushima and H:FW videos. www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-ps5-performance-review
Hey mero, just wanted to provide a little Latin chat here.
Though 'mea culpa' is used within the realm of legal speech as a noun, we have to be careful about sentence constructions using it due to the ablative case of the root phrase.
Literally, the title you've provided reads something like "my FF7 by/through/etc. my fault". And there is no shame in not being aware it comes off as wonky because, let me just add, determinations of what kind of ablative one is dealing with and how best to translate it from Latin to English can sometimes be tricky. English does not handle the ablative case the same way, much like we don't have noun declensions.
Lost me at “I’ve never played the original”
I played the original at 22 just 6 years ago after trying a few times since 12 to play it. After I finished that game I was kicking myself internally because it quickly became one of my favorite games ever.
I genuinely cannot understand why people are so reluctant to play the original when it takes less time to complete that than remake. And doesn’t waste your time in many instances.
FF 7 is in many aspects an allegory for our reality!
It shows that big cooperations rule the world and using the media to control and manipulate the minds of the ppl and demonize those who tell the truth!
The most players probably don’t see it, because „it’s just a game“!
Cloud saying “Kupo” at the end of the Moogle quests stole my heart.
Square Enix is reporting losses of over $150 million with Rebirth. But to me that is just further proof of the commitment to quality this FF7 team has. I have never experienced a game with such an amazing attention to detail. Every minute is well thought out and it isn't a short game.
You have your facts a little mixed up, they said that the money they lost is because of “content abandonment losses” in other words projects that were in development that have since been canceled” Rebirth is not a part of this sum.
SE losses because project cancel not from rebirth..
As a massive fan of the remake games so far, i can still say that there are things i do have an issue with and some story pacing methods, but virtually all of them has to do with the fact that they split 1 game into 3, meaning they now had to invent 2 new endings, one for Remake and one for Rebirth.
For instance in the OG, you only ever battle Sephiroth at the end of the game. Never before that. He looms over you as a menacing shadow. Not even when he kills Aerith do you fight him (only Jenova).
But in Remake you fight Sephiroth at the end of the highway chase and you beat him..... Then again in Rebirth you fight him and he flees. He's no longer the same "menacing force", which hinders the sense urgnecy and danger.
Now from a game perspective, had Remake come out and Rufus on top of Shinra tower had been the final boss and the highway chase the end of the game, people would have hated it too and it would have been boring as hell. So i do still get that. But maybe they could have used Jenova only and kept Sephiroth out as a boss completly and just kept him as this ominous presence.
And for Rebirth, my biggest gripe with it was the fact that the final boss fight took place at the same time as the most infamous scene in video game history.... The epic boss battle should have taken place _before_ the forgotten capital, that would have made that scene hit that much harder. And i cannot for the love of god understand why they didn't show it as they did in the original.
Other than that i think 95-98% of both of these game are amazing.
Glad you got to enjoy these games.
i don't get the spykids thing
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rofl 🤦
"the duck tales reboot is actually really good" I disagree. It's ...fine as a show in its own right, but it's a shit reboot. It especially did Darkwing Duck sooo fukken dirty. (to be clear I take no issue with how they handled Gosalyn, but rather p much everything else)
Maybe a controversial take, but going back to the OG is really rough for me now, and not because of the visuals or gameplay, but because after playing through _Remake_ and *especially* _Rebirth,_ it feels like reading a poorly written synopsis or rough draft outline compared to an actual novel. I'm not going to say every expanded section has been a winner, but they've fleshed out the story, characters, and locations to a ridiculous degree.
i agree with this 100%. doesnt take anything away from the OG tho. it's the blueprint now for what the remake series is accomplishing.
**spoiler alert**
one of the very few instances in rebirth that i felt was a bit disappointing was when, in cosmo canyon, we didnt get the campfire scene with just the gang all together. they changed it into that tourist festival thing instead. i loved that campfire scene in OG so fn much and was looking forward to it in rebirth lol.