HERE WE GO!! REBIRTH IS HERE! Welcome to my first playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! These are not streams, it's just me playing the game on my own So please don't spoil anything for me in the comments! I have never played the original FF7 nor Crisis Core, haven't played the demos and haven't seen the trailers. I'm basically a newbie baby in the FF franchise! I finished my first FF7 Remake playthrough a couple of weeks ago. This is going to be a very thorough playthrough for Rebirth with lots of talks about the characters and what I think of them, my own theories on the story and so on, so if you're interested in that, subscribe for more and like the videos if you enjoy! It helps a lot with growing the channel 💚 Thank you everyone who answered on my post concerning the length of the video. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of posting the whole 4 hours of footage, so here we are I would personally recommend watching the 'theories & expectations' section on 1.5x speed at least 🤣 I hope everyone is having fun with their own playthrough of Rebirth and I promise I'll be careful with titles and thumbnails so they don't contain spoilers for the whole series! Hope you enjoy watching my playthrough Chapters 0:00 intro 4:57 theories & expectations 31:12 game starts 32:09 story recap 38:51 Rebirth intro / Zack 50:58 Chapter 1: Fall of a Hero 2:35:15 Materia Guardian boss fight 2:42:48 end of Chapter 1 3:35:22 thoughts & outro
And all your questions about Cloud are so good. Not only he is a great character, but it's the perfect type of protagonist for you to experience the doubts and the gaps in Cloud's retelling.
allo!! Tout d'abord moi aussi je suis québécoise! haha et je suis une fan finie de toute la compilation ff7! J'ai joué tout les jeux, lu tout les livres, etc etc. Je vais bien sur pas te spoiler. Juste te dire que t'es théories wow sont très intéressantes! Je vais juste te dire ceci... retiens un mot: manipulation. FF7 = manipulation.
You just played one of the most historic flashbacks in gaming history!! It's gonna be great. So excited to see such a perceptive newcomer experience the story for the first time.
Yeah. Very sharp observations (without giving any Details of course). We will see if she can puzzle things together before the game answers her. Not sure rebirth will even give all those answers (i have not finished rebirth yet ) or what they leave for part 3.
Youve done such a good job of keeping you perspective pure, no demo, no trailers. It makes your lets play so interesting and I love watching them. thank you very much for your work.
Gosh I know I sound like I'm exaggerating but this is probably the best non-OG fan playthrough of this game and it's only episode 1. You're just so attentive to the story and clues and also so intune and empathetic with all the character motivations and feelings, as some fans have said I'm looking forward to your playthrough as much as I am for Maximiliandood's!
yeah i love the contrast of watching max's playthrough who's a super fan of ff7 and knows most of it and watching whimsy's who knows barely anything about ff7 except for ff7r and recently became a fan of the game.
(No spoilers) This is y I feel like it’s so important for people to have played previous titles. This game it marketed as a stand alone but it’s not. SO much of this game makes waaay more sense if you have. It’s good to go in blind but with the new timelines it makes you question everything, some of which requires no thinking (like this entire chapter) Crisis Core (or even the OG game) answers all of that. This game will present a lot of “wtf” moments and is likely to cause a. lot more confusion than it needs to. (Some of which the game never resolves / explains and you still won’t know unless you play the previous titles. Great reaction.
Damnnn, i’m not confirming or denying any of your theories so far but you’ve picked up on a LOT of tiny details that most first time players wouldn’t, love it!
A lot of other streamers and Let's Players played either the OG FF7 or Crisis Core Reunion after the Remake. The fact that you're going into this with ONLY the Remake is going to make this let's play really special lol
@@resetbutton7982 Thinking about it more, it's actually kind of crazy how many different perspectives we can get on let's plays for this game. People who have played the OG game, people who have played only the Remake and Crisis Core, and a few that have only played the Remake. The theorizing and understanding of the story is going to be so different for all three, lol
I could listen to your theories for hours, I love how in depth you go it’s always super interesting, refreshing from other play through ytbers I watch where they just play and don’t really give much else
It is very valuable for the watchers how you approached this. We are watching for your reaction and also some are watching the game for their first time too. The intentional avoiding of spoilers, demos, and other compilation games that spoil the main story, is the way to get the most genuine and rich reactions.
Whimsy, seeing your squeals and gasps to all the major story points is so great!!! lemme just say BUCKLE IN! NONE OF US ARE READY FOR THIS RIDE WERE ON.
As a long time fan of VII going back to 1997, seeing a totally fresh perspectve on the remake complete with a theory and prediction section is going to be amazing. I Will go back and see your FF VII Remake videos as well.
Hearing all your theories and ideas in the beginning is Peak Whimsy and I LOVE IT!!!! This is why we're all here and supporting you for your blind playthrough!
I love how perceptive you are! Combined with the fact that you haven't played the original game, it brings a really fresh perspective and it's super enjoyable to watch.
I am so invested in your playthru, it’s ridiculous. I played this game in 1997, and seeing a newcomer to FF7 experience this story fresh is such a treat. Love all your theories and speculation, it’s exciting to hear what’s going through your head.
As a 25-year FF7 veteran, I find your perspective and commentary as a brand new player very interesting. I'm looking forward to watching your journey through this game!
I absolutely LOVE the way your mind spiralled with the theories. It was captivating, listening to your guesswork as a newer fan. I was amazed at how much detail you’ve been able to recount from the game. Enjoy Rebirth. 💖 It’s gonna be a MAGICAL experience.
You have a very good eye!! Your analysis at the end is crazy ❤ no spoilers !! So happy u really in tune with the story. I’m so excited to see it unfold. Thanks for playing as always !!!
I just started the part where you share your theories and Im just going to say: you are smarter than even some OG fans 😂 because you were able to understand what happend in Remake than some people who were fans for years!
By far (and I really mean it), you noticed so many little but important subtleties than all the other non-OG/CC players combined... The developers would be so happy to see how sharp you are at discovering (or notice at least) the "easter eggs" :) I have still only played ch1 here (but was so curious to see non-OG reactions to Zack and the flashback), but since I know the story from way back, I guarantee you'll be even more amazed than you are now and it'll be totally worth it to see your reaction to the most important events. Keep it up!
3:10:28 OMG Whimsy!! I’m an OG FF7 player and I didn’t even catch that whole “glove change” observation that you caught just now. Holy Hell! 🤯 Salute madam! 🫡
These are my favorite Let's Plays! I enjoy seeing a newcomer's perspective on my favorite games! I'm more of a casual Final Fantasy fan (my favorite is the Dragon Quest series), so it's nice to watch another person just have fun with this series!
I took a week off of work to play through the game, but in my downtime, I’ll be following yours! Cannot wait to see it! Enjoy and thank you for sharing your journey!
This might be my favorite video of yours so far - love the extended theorizing and your reactions all through the Nibelheim flashback were A+++ So excited to be playing this game the same time as you!
What a pleasant surprise, you're already starting with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! 🤯Just finished listening to your theories and expectations part at the beginning, and tbh that's probably my favorite thing of watching playthroughs, especially when someone is as immersed as you are! I'm as curious as you are about what they're gonna do with the story in this one, so I'm in for the ride! Edit: Oh shit, Cloud's already telling them about Nibelheim... 😱
WEEEHAAAA lets gooooooo!!!!! LONG PLAYTHRUS PLZ! I was 21 when the OG version came out and i spent 2 days without sleep was so excited. and now this Love letter to us is blowin my mind! hope you have great times.
1:19:50 not gonna lie, you had me with those first three notes, I thought you'd play the Main Theme 😂 Also watch out for spoilers in the comments. Some people can't help themselves UPD: It's funny how you've read ALL of the tutorials, except the very first one (1:36:31) which tells you what had changed compared to the previous game (Cloud now being able to shoot projectiles etc). Maybe you've figured that out later, I don't know yet 😅
I can just say, that the theme you've said had a lot of variations, is the main theme aka Cloud's theme. The themes in FF7 change based on location, the emotions of the character, particular moments or even blend together with other themes as leitmotifs in some cases. For example, if you go back to to hear the track that's playing during Cloud's combat in the Nibelheim flashback, you'll notice the composers mixed the main theme with the battle theme from Remake. Same as soon as we meet Tifa, what is playing is her theme, but a country version of it. The theme we hear as soon as we enter in Nibelheim, is called "Anxious Heart/Anxiety", that one is also inserted in a lot of themes as a leitmotif, like in the moment when the flashback ended, everyone went to bed and you said that you felt teary eyed because of that theme.... and I forgot to mention that it's one of the most popular tracks in the original game. The one track that plays when we're for the first time heading towards the Shinra mansion at night (when we have to go check on Sephiroth), is a leitmotif of the main theme called "On That Day, Five Years Ago", all these are from the original game. God I love FF7🥹
"How can Jenova be an ancient" That's a really good question. According to the Cetra, Jenova was being considered the calamity from the stars that struck Gaia. They also refer to "her" as being the deceiver (devil) which plagued the world. In my understanding, Jenova is supposed to be some kind of a political figure disguised as an Ancient during the time of the Ancients with the means of manipulating humans against the Ancients, so a war could be created (similar like the war going on between Shinra and Wutai actually). Reason being, controlling the planet by means of divide and conquer, between humans and ancients, so she can rule the planet. Any thoughts regarding my opinion in this regard are very much appreciated.
I'm looking forward to this playthrough even more than Maximilian Dood's. That's madness. This game are so much better than Remake and Remake is my 4th favorite game of all time. Bye the way a settings suggestion: Change targeting from Fixed to Free. Much better.
Amazing. I knew this video would be good but you knocked it out of the park. Side note: you probably figured it out by now but Cloud can do ranged attacks by attacking immediately after a dodge. He'll also start a ranged combo if you hold the attack button after a dodge. These are good for flying enemies.😁
Whimsy full on FF7 fangirl now, and I'm here for it! 🤩It's great you played Remake so recently because everything is fresh in your mind and you really hit Rebirth with the thinking cap going. This is gonna be good.
i love watching new players get into the ff7 remake project for one that grew up with the original, its great to see new fans come in, i wanted to do my own first playthrough of this but sadly my Capture card went out a week ago, and i really don'tt wanna wait to play till i get a new one, so im playing through it and im enjoying every min of it, i have the want to do everything before moving on which is hard to get me to want to do.
Genuinely one of the smartest people i have ever watched, trust me the things you were confused about in the flashback will make sense in the next game part 3, and it has nothing to do with timeline shenanigans. Sucks that we have to wait but it is what it is
Tomb Raider! I'm currently going through the recent remastered collection. My first time with the classics! I have been anticipating Rebirth for a while. Excited to see you play it :)
Just finished watching and I have to say you are so incredibly perceptive!! The questions you asked are all really good and I just know it’ll be great when they get answered later in the games.
Enjoy the ride! It’s great to watch people Who have played Remake but haven’t played the OG or Crisis Core. Now I know another person to follow besides Julia TV.
Love your theories at the beginning. All I’ll say is many of the things you brought up will probably be answered in this game. So excited to watch as I take a break from my own playthrough (on Chapter 7 right now and loving it). The open world can definitely suck you in on this one. I think I spent a good 10 hours in it on chapter 2, just running around and doing stuff 😂 Hope you are enjoying your playthrough and can’t wait to hear your continued thoughts and theories! Edit: you can turn the mini-map to always on in the settings menu btw. I prefer the mini map myself. 3:09:21 😂 yup, he uses his mother’s dying words to mock Cloud in Remake. Which is why Cloud is so pissed when he says them.
Hey Whimsy! Just finished my playthrough of Rebirth yesterday (100 hours later!) and I have to say, it is just incredible. Now I can sit back and watch your playthrough and all your reactions..I hope you love it as much as I did! Let's gooooooooooooo! Also loved your reaction to that revelation at the end of the chapter...so good!
I don't know about you, but I love seeing the theories and questions you ask throughout the video. the look of shock when you could play with Zack and then Sephie is priceless ❤❤
Thank you so much!! 🥰 The game gave me literally everything I was most wishing for in the first couple of hours, I was hoping so hard to play as Zack especially! 😭 Just incredible!!
Maybe I sound like a broken record, but I love to see you theorizing. For people like you, this really is the right story. Nothing is clear, you need to connect the dots. Once again I am very impressed of how much you've remembered from the Remake and also of how much you are noticing! If I didn't knew better I'd think you played the OG! You asked some very good questions about Jenova and the cutscene at Cloud's house. Remember this flashback, there is a lot more to this story than it's obvious right now. Oh, and happy Rebirthday! 😝
*THERE IS NO SPOILERS IN THIS COMMENT* Haha as someone who knows the truth, it's so entertaining to see someone so invested in searching the truth. I hope you dont get spoil by socials medials/twitch chat
Glad you were able to get the video out. Super excited to watch your playthrough! I love I get to sit back and watch this for the next 4 hours. Edit 1: I’m glad your titles and thumbnails will try to avoid any kind of spoilers. I’ve seen people for the first video/part put a certain character as their thumbnail and I’m just like WHY would you do that!!
As someone who has played the original. I am almost jealous now of people experiencing this and the confusion for the first time. Even though remake and rebirth differs slightly from the OG, 80-90 percent of it is still the same. It’s nice to see people experience this through modern technology in this medium. Also, whimsy is asking all great questions .
I think this’ll probably be my favorite playthrough of Rebirth. Only Chapter 1 and it’s already so fun watching you unravel the story. Be careful not to assume everything from Remake is the same. If you recheck Cloud’s basic combat tutorial page you’ll see he has a new ranged attack, and he’s not the only character with a slight rework.
Aaah it's fine! My mod is on it! I basically posted and ghosted for the day until they could delete anything that was spoiler-y, so I didn't see anything 🥰 Too bad some people want to try and ruin someone's experience though...
About Tifa being cut down by Sephiroth. The book Trace of Two Pasts outlines that Sephiroth slashing her severed bone and flesh so severely during the Nibelheim Incident required some major emergency treatment, including medical wire to close the gaps in her wounds. Once all was said and done, overly-expensive skin transplants were then used, closing up what should've been massive scarring from ever occurring.
I don't think it was ever officially said, but I've always been of the mind that Jenova herself directly influenced Sephiroth's insanity. Notice how his breath catches for a moment as the images flash right before he fully cracks, like there's a bit of a mental struggle going on. And when he starts walking, there's a super quick flash of Jenova's face overtop of Sephiroth's. Not 100% sure if that's what they were going for, but that's what it seems to look like, to me.
I love to see all this confusion. This is exactly what this game did to a generation of gamers and it's doing it again. Can't wait to see where they'll go with all this. Also you're amazing, so perceptive.
2:24:22 "Thank you game" 😂 Going into Rebirth, I wonder if the Square Enix devs knew about player's confusion in Remake about how they used the term "unique abilities". They really improved the tutorial texts in Rebirth. Showing the "triangle button" icon in the text is so simple but very effective.
Hype! I was 6 when the OG came out. It blew my mind as a kid. Nobody had ever seen a game like that one before. It's still one of my favorite games of all time. Been a long wait since 1997 lol. Enjoy!
Yeah BABEEEEEEEEEEEHH!!!!!!! HEre we goo! The theories beggin. I'm 20 something hours in the game and i can't believe what i'm seeing or playing. The 400 tracks, the visuals, the lore.... Whims, this is gonna be your game this year, trust me. I hope you enjoy it as much as i am, and remember: from here, to the stars. I FORGOT: The game's waaaaaay too easy on "normal" to the point where you can't use all the mechanics that it gives you. IF you want a little bit of fun and challenge without being "hardcore", "Dynamic" is the best way to play it. And also, sometimes the music goes harder than the voices. I got it set up to "10" Voices, "8" Music. the rest in "10". And the dark places are REALLY dark. The game comes with "4" brightness from default, and for some reason, this makes the image look difuse and sometimes blurry. After touching things i think the best thing to do is to use it on "'0" in open areas, and "2" in dark areas. This are options that i found to be best, even for recording, so if it helps you , swell :D
I notice you humming to the OST. I hope you react or just listen to the original music when you can, because as old as it is, all of it holds up extremely well. I'm so excited for you to experience this masterpiece 💙
Gah, so jealous :P Looks amazing from what I've seen, but unfortunately I probably won't be watching this for a little while at least, because I don't want to spoil it for myself, so here's a like in the meantime.
Side note, I really hate these exclusivity deals. There are so many amazing games I'd love to play on PlayStation that I've never been able to play. And this is no different. It hasn't even been confirmed that they are planning on porting it to PC. And if they are, I mean, it took almost two years for Remake to make it to PC. *grrrr*
It's not related to the video itself, but I think it's super funny that people never mention Dirge when talking about the Final Fantasy 7 franchise😅 It's like an unspoken rule 😂
Whimsy is already catching on to the fact that something is off. I love listening to her theories because they show she's falling in love with the lore. There's also new stuff for us, OGs, so we'll enjoy the ride. I suggest switching to Dynamic difficulty if you want fights to last longer. And we get to find out who was right about Jenova...Red or Shinra? Us OGs know.
Hey Whimsy! Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, the settings for the minimap depends on your preference. You need to go to the settings menu and choose whether you want a tracker (compass) or an actual minimap.
HERE WE GO!! REBIRTH IS HERE!
Welcome to my first playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! These are not streams, it's just me playing the game on my own So please don't spoil anything for me in the comments!
I have never played the original FF7 nor Crisis Core, haven't played the demos and haven't seen the trailers. I'm basically a newbie baby in the FF franchise! I finished my first FF7 Remake playthrough a couple of weeks ago. This is going to be a very thorough playthrough for Rebirth with lots of talks about the characters and what I think of them, my own theories on the story and so on, so if you're interested in that, subscribe for more and like the videos if you enjoy! It helps a lot with growing the channel 💚
Thank you everyone who answered on my post concerning the length of the video. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of posting the whole 4 hours of footage, so here we are I would personally recommend watching the 'theories & expectations' section on 1.5x speed at least 🤣
I hope everyone is having fun with their own playthrough of Rebirth and I promise I'll be careful with titles and thumbnails so they don't contain spoilers for the whole series!
Hope you enjoy watching my playthrough
Chapters
0:00 intro
4:57 theories & expectations
31:12 game starts
32:09 story recap
38:51 Rebirth intro / Zack
50:58 Chapter 1: Fall of a Hero
2:35:15 Materia Guardian boss fight
2:42:48 end of Chapter 1
3:35:22 thoughts & outro
For someone that hasn’t played OG, you pick up on a lot… impressive ☺️ Looking forward to seeing you play through this as well!
And all your questions about Cloud are so good. Not only he is a great character, but it's the perfect type of protagonist for you to experience the doubts and the gaps in Cloud's retelling.
❤❤😊😊
Long episodes is nice!
allo!! Tout d'abord moi aussi je suis québécoise! haha et je suis une fan finie de toute la compilation ff7! J'ai joué tout les jeux, lu tout les livres, etc etc. Je vais bien sur pas te spoiler. Juste te dire que t'es théories wow sont très intéressantes! Je vais juste te dire ceci... retiens un mot: manipulation. FF7 = manipulation.
You just played one of the most historic flashbacks in gaming history!! It's gonna be great. So excited to see such a perceptive newcomer experience the story for the first time.
*_And the flashback isn’t even over yet…_*
Yeah it's sooo good in the original
Whimsy is so clever! She get and understand lots of small signs the game gives. Love her reactions
Yeah. Very sharp observations (without giving any Details of course). We will see if she can puzzle things together before the game answers her. Not sure rebirth will even give all those answers (i have not finished rebirth yet ) or what they leave for part 3.
Thank you guys so much!! I love thinking about this game, it's so amazing 🥰
Youve done such a good job of keeping you perspective pure, no demo, no trailers. It makes your lets play so interesting and I love watching them. thank you very much for your work.
Thank you so much 🥰
Gosh I know I sound like I'm exaggerating but this is probably the best non-OG fan playthrough of this game and it's only episode 1. You're just so attentive to the story and clues and also so intune and empathetic with all the character motivations and feelings, as some fans have said I'm looking forward to your playthrough as much as I am for Maximiliandood's!
yeah i love the contrast of watching max's playthrough who's a super fan of ff7 and knows most of it and watching whimsy's who knows barely anything about ff7 except for ff7r and recently became a fan of the game.
You guys 😭 Thank you so much that's too kind 🥰 I'm glad you're enjoying!
"As far as I know, Cloud was never in Nibelheim five years ago." I was looking forward to your reaction to that part.
IT'S CRAZYYYYY
(No spoilers) This is y I feel like it’s so important for people to have played previous titles. This game it marketed as a stand alone but it’s not. SO much of this game makes waaay more sense if you have. It’s good to go in blind but with the new timelines it makes you question everything, some of which requires no thinking (like this entire chapter) Crisis Core (or even the OG game) answers all of that. This game will present a lot of “wtf” moments and is likely to cause a. lot more confusion than it needs to. (Some of which the game never resolves / explains and you still won’t know unless you play the previous titles. Great reaction.
Damnnn, i’m not confirming or denying any of your theories so far but you’ve picked up on a LOT of tiny details that most first time players wouldn’t, love it!
Thank you that's very kind!
A lot of other streamers and Let's Players played either the OG FF7 or Crisis Core Reunion after the Remake. The fact that you're going into this with ONLY the Remake is going to make this let's play really special lol
Yeah it’s better this way in my opinion
It’s entertaining to watch, the story must seem so insane playing it this way.
@@resetbutton7982 Thinking about it more, it's actually kind of crazy how many different perspectives we can get on let's plays for this game. People who have played the OG game, people who have played only the Remake and Crisis Core, and a few that have only played the Remake.
The theorizing and understanding of the story is going to be so different for all three, lol
I could listen to your theories for hours, I love how in depth you go it’s always super interesting, refreshing from other play through ytbers I watch where they just play and don’t really give much else
Aaah thank you so much!! I'm so glad you're enjoying 🥰
It is very valuable for the watchers how you approached this. We are watching for your reaction and also some are watching the game for their first time too. The intentional avoiding of spoilers, demos, and other compilation games that spoil the main story, is the way to get the most genuine and rich reactions.
Whimsy, seeing your squeals and gasps to all the major story points is so great!!! lemme just say BUCKLE IN! NONE OF US ARE READY FOR THIS RIDE WERE ON.
IT'S SO GOOD!! Hehe thank you!
As a long time fan of VII going back to 1997, seeing a totally fresh perspectve on the remake complete with a theory and prediction section is going to be amazing. I Will go back and see your FF VII Remake videos as well.
The plot twist of how everything comes together is one of the most iconic plot twists in video game history and what made this game so popular \o/
Amen to that 🙏🏻
You have got the best grasp of the story out of everyone on UA-cam by a huge amount
Hearing all your theories and ideas in the beginning is Peak Whimsy and I LOVE IT!!!! This is why we're all here and supporting you for your blind playthrough!
I'm so glad you liked it!! Thank you so much 🥰
I love how perceptive you are! Combined with the fact that you haven't played the original game, it brings a really fresh perspective and it's super enjoyable to watch.
Thank you so much!!
I am so invested in your playthru, it’s ridiculous. I played this game in 1997, and seeing a newcomer to FF7 experience this story fresh is such a treat. Love all your theories and speculation, it’s exciting to hear what’s going through your head.
Oh boy. And this is only the first episode? This playthrough is going to be something. But being able to play as Sephiroth, awsome!
As a 25-year FF7 veteran, I find your perspective and commentary as a brand new player very interesting. I'm looking forward to watching your journey through this game!
Your observation skills are on another level geez, I'm loving watching your playthrough!
Thank you so much that's so sweet!
I absolutely LOVE the way your mind spiralled with the theories. It was captivating, listening to your guesswork as a newer fan. I was amazed at how much detail you’ve been able to recount from the game.
Enjoy Rebirth. 💖 It’s gonna be a MAGICAL experience.
ALWAYS love hearing your theories Whimsy! Gonna be fascinating watching your Rebirth reactions...
Thank you so much!! 🥰
You have a very good eye!! Your analysis at the end is crazy ❤ no spoilers !! So happy u really in tune with the story. I’m so excited to see it unfold. Thanks for playing as always !!!
I just started the part where you share your theories and Im just going to say: you are smarter than even some OG fans 😂 because you were able to understand what happend in Remake than some people who were fans for years!
Aaah you're too kind thank you!! That's crazy it's hard to believe that 🤣 That means I overthink way too much hahaha
By far (and I really mean it), you noticed so many little but important subtleties than all the other non-OG/CC players combined... The developers would be so happy to see how sharp you are at discovering (or notice at least) the "easter eggs" :)
I have still only played ch1 here (but was so curious to see non-OG reactions to Zack and the flashback), but since I know the story from way back, I guarantee you'll be even more amazed than you are now and it'll be totally worth it to see your reaction to the most important events.
Keep it up!
Watching you straight-up cooking the theories through this whole section was so entertaining, thank you for sharing! ♥
3:10:28 OMG Whimsy!! I’m an OG FF7 player and I didn’t even catch that whole “glove change” observation that you caught just now. Holy Hell! 🤯 Salute madam! 🫡
HERE WE GO!!! This game is just incredibly insane. I'm 18 hours in and enjoying everything
These are my favorite Let's Plays! I enjoy seeing a newcomer's perspective on my favorite games! I'm more of a casual Final Fantasy fan (my favorite is the Dragon Quest series), so it's nice to watch another person just have fun with this series!
I took a week off of work to play through the game, but in my downtime, I’ll be following yours! Cannot wait to see it! Enjoy and thank you for sharing your journey!
Time off to play is AMAZING I hope you have the best week!!
This might be my favorite video of yours so far - love the extended theorizing and your reactions all through the Nibelheim flashback were A+++ So excited to be playing this game the same time as you!
Wow that's amazing, thank you SO much!! So kind
3:08:43 yesss so few people catch that! And after Sephiroth says that in Remake Cloud screams “you bastard”, which suddenly makes SO much sense.
What a pleasant surprise, you're already starting with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! 🤯Just finished listening to your theories and expectations part at the beginning, and tbh that's probably my favorite thing of watching playthroughs, especially when someone is as immersed as you are! I'm as curious as you are about what they're gonna do with the story in this one, so I'm in for the ride!
Edit: Oh shit, Cloud's already telling them about Nibelheim... 😱
WEEEHAAAA lets gooooooo!!!!! LONG PLAYTHRUS PLZ! I was 21 when the OG version came out and i spent 2 days without sleep was so excited. and now this Love letter to us is blowin my mind! hope you have great times.
Aaah that's amazing!! I hope you'll have the best time with Rebirth 🥰
Episode definitely isn’t too long!!! ☺️☺️ Great watch
Thank you so much!!
Wish I'd discovered your channel back when this came out. Was struggling to find anyone that could play worth a damn and you fight with style.
Aah that's so kind thank you! It's never too late!! Hehe welcome in~
Your perceptiveness and theorycrafting are going to make this an amazing letsplay.
That's very kind thank you 🥰
1:19:50 not gonna lie, you had me with those first three notes, I thought you'd play the Main Theme 😂
Also watch out for spoilers in the comments. Some people can't help themselves
UPD: It's funny how you've read ALL of the tutorials, except the very first one (1:36:31) which tells you what had changed compared to the previous game (Cloud now being able to shoot projectiles etc). Maybe you've figured that out later, I don't know yet 😅
Same
Damn she has insane awareness. Her theory crafting during that cutscene was crazy.
That's so kind, thank you!!
The scream when you realised you were controlling Sexyroth lmao
I MEAAAN it's crazy!!!
I can just say, that the theme you've said had a lot of variations, is the main theme aka Cloud's theme. The themes in FF7 change based on location, the emotions of the character, particular moments or even blend together with other themes as leitmotifs in some cases.
For example, if you go back to to hear the track that's playing during Cloud's combat in the Nibelheim flashback, you'll notice the composers mixed the main theme with the battle theme from Remake.
Same as soon as we meet Tifa, what is playing is her theme, but a country version of it.
The theme we hear as soon as we enter in Nibelheim, is called "Anxious Heart/Anxiety", that one is also inserted in a lot of themes as a leitmotif, like in the moment when the flashback ended, everyone went to bed and you said that you felt teary eyed because of that theme.... and I forgot to mention that it's one of the most popular tracks in the original game.
The one track that plays when we're for the first time heading towards the Shinra mansion at night (when we have to go check on Sephiroth), is a leitmotif of the main theme called "On That Day, Five Years Ago", all these are from the original game.
God I love FF7🥹
Dude your reaction to this is better than I expected. The hype is real, I'm playing more later.
Hey Patric
Hahaha thank you so much!! 🥰
"How can Jenova be an ancient" That's a really good question. According to the Cetra, Jenova was being considered the calamity from the stars that struck Gaia. They also refer to "her" as being the deceiver (devil) which plagued the world. In my understanding, Jenova is supposed to be some kind of a political figure disguised as an Ancient during the time of the Ancients with the means of manipulating humans against the Ancients, so a war could be created (similar like the war going on between Shinra and Wutai actually). Reason being, controlling the planet by means of divide and conquer, between humans and ancients, so she can rule the planet. Any thoughts regarding my opinion in this regard are very much appreciated.
I'm looking forward to this playthrough even more than Maximilian Dood's. That's madness. This game are so much better than Remake and Remake is my 4th favorite game of all time.
Bye the way a settings suggestion: Change targeting from Fixed to Free. Much better.
Amazing. I knew this video would be good but you knocked it out of the park.
Side note: you probably figured it out by now but Cloud can do ranged attacks by attacking immediately after a dodge. He'll also start a ranged combo if you hold the attack button after a dodge. These are good for flying enemies.😁
Haha yes!! I actually noticed that mechanic with Sephiroth as well (attacking after a dodge) while I was playing!
Glad u didn’t watch any trailers or spoilers !! Your gonna love it ❤😊🙌
Whimsy full on FF7 fangirl now, and I'm here for it! 🤩It's great you played Remake so recently because everything is fresh in your mind and you really hit Rebirth with the thinking cap going. This is gonna be good.
I am having just as much fun watching your reactions to this game as I am playing through chapter 2 haha
That's so sweet 😭 Thank you!
i love watching new players get into the ff7 remake project for one that grew up with the original, its great to see new fans come in, i wanted to do my own first playthrough of this but sadly my Capture card went out a week ago, and i really don'tt wanna wait to play till i get a new one, so im playing through it and im enjoying every min of it, i have the want to do everything before moving on which is hard to get me to want to do.
Genuinely one of the smartest people i have ever watched, trust me the things you were confused about in the flashback will make sense in the next game part 3, and it has nothing to do with timeline shenanigans. Sucks that we have to wait but it is what it is
Yeeeeessss! Thanks for getting this out so fast I couldn’t wait!
Tomb Raider! I'm currently going through the recent remastered collection. My first time with the classics!
I have been anticipating Rebirth for a while. Excited to see you play it :)
She mentioned wanting to play it really badly but afraid people wouldn't be as interested and more importantly she has so many games lined up already
Just finished watching and I have to say you are so incredibly perceptive!! The questions you asked are all really good and I just know it’ll be great when they get answered later in the games.
Enjoy the ride! It’s great to watch people
Who have played Remake but haven’t played the OG or Crisis Core. Now I know another person to follow besides Julia TV.
Love your theories at the beginning. All I’ll say is many of the things you brought up will probably be answered in this game. So excited to watch as I take a break from my own playthrough (on Chapter 7 right now and loving it). The open world can definitely suck you in on this one. I think I spent a good 10 hours in it on chapter 2, just running around and doing stuff 😂
Hope you are enjoying your playthrough and can’t wait to hear your continued thoughts and theories!
Edit: you can turn the mini-map to always on in the settings menu btw. I prefer the mini map myself.
3:09:21 😂 yup, he uses his mother’s dying words to mock Cloud in Remake. Which is why Cloud is so pissed when he says them.
Hey Whimsy! Just finished my playthrough of Rebirth yesterday (100 hours later!) and I have to say, it is just incredible. Now I can sit back and watch your playthrough and all your reactions..I hope you love it as much as I did! Let's gooooooooooooo! Also loved your reaction to that revelation at the end of the chapter...so good!
Don't worry Whimsy. Things will be revealed in the future.
Fantastic vid. You were so lucky that you didn't have to wait years for part 2!
I don't know about you, but I love seeing the theories and questions you ask throughout the video. the look of shock when you could play with Zack and then Sephie is priceless ❤❤
Thank you so much!! 🥰 The game gave me literally everything I was most wishing for in the first couple of hours, I was hoping so hard to play as Zack especially! 😭 Just incredible!!
14:25 "Because imagine if we can play as Zack." This legitimately made me laugh, knowing what's to come in the beginning of this game.
Maybe I sound like a broken record, but I love to see you theorizing. For people like you, this really is the right story. Nothing is clear, you need to connect the dots.
Once again I am very impressed of how much you've remembered from the Remake and also of how much you are noticing! If I didn't knew better I'd think you played the OG! You asked some very good questions about Jenova and the cutscene at Cloud's house.
Remember this flashback, there is a lot more to this story than it's obvious right now.
Oh, and happy Rebirthday! 😝
Thank you so much, you're always so kind 😭 I'm glad you enjoyed!! Hehe happy Rebirthday, I like that! 🤣
*THERE IS NO SPOILERS IN THIS COMMENT*
Haha as someone who knows the truth, it's so entertaining to see someone so invested in searching the truth.
I hope you dont get spoil by socials medials/twitch chat
i was playing through chapter 1 last night and one of my first thoughts was like damn i just know whimsy is feasting on all this 😂
I like how people who played CC but not og ff7 is more confused about the Zack and Cloud situation
It`s time for me to watch Whimsey`s playthrough properly. Nice that they included a previously on Final Fantacy 7 summary.
Heyoo I hope you'll enjoy this playthrough too!!
Glad you were able to get the video out. Super excited to watch your playthrough! I love I get to sit back and watch this for the next 4 hours. Edit 1: I’m glad your titles and thumbnails will try to avoid any kind of spoilers. I’ve seen people for the first video/part put a certain character as their thumbnail and I’m just like WHY would you do that!!
As someone who has played the original. I am almost jealous now of people experiencing this and the confusion for the first time. Even though remake and rebirth differs slightly from the OG, 80-90 percent of it is still the same. It’s nice to see people experience this through modern technology in this medium. Also, whimsy is asking all great questions .
I think this’ll probably be my favorite playthrough of Rebirth. Only Chapter 1 and it’s already so fun watching you unravel the story.
Be careful not to assume everything from Remake is the same. If you recheck Cloud’s basic combat tutorial page you’ll see he has a new ranged attack, and he’s not the only character with a slight rework.
Aaah that's so kind!! Thank you so much 🥰 Oh yes I recheck everything when I edit regardless hehehe
great playthrough! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the journey with you!
Been looking for a truly blind playthrough like this definitely looking forward to how this goes.
girl i couldn't wait to see you post a video for rebirth omg (saw your remake videos while we were waitin for rebirth to come out) AHH
Aaah thank you so much!! Hope you enjoyed 🥰
C'est tellement cool de regarder ce playthrough! Such a cool perspective. Subscribed!
Aaah merci beaucoup!! Welcome in 🥰
LMAO you were mind blown so many times in this first part. I was so excited to see this!!!
It's SO CRAZY!!
I love that you're a nurse
For those, who played original, this is real fantasy and excellent. As I do not have currently PS5, cant play it, but thank you for this videos.
Thank you so much for watching! I hope you get to play soon on PC!
@@WhimsyPsyche Yeah. I am looking for this. Thx :)
Wow wow wow wow! Pleeaase remember all your questions for further down the game!
Your videos are amazing. 🥳 hype!
IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU PLAYING THIS COMPLETELY BLIND AHHHHH
LET'S GOOOOOO
Avoid the comments. Someone is spoiling
Aaah it's fine! My mod is on it! I basically posted and ghosted for the day until they could delete anything that was spoiler-y, so I didn't see anything 🥰 Too bad some people want to try and ruin someone's experience though...
For someone who haven't played OG, all i can say is that you're so fucking smart...
There was a minigame at the piano where you play Tifa's theme.
i dont think it had the minigame at this point on the full game
Love the excitement from you!! 😁
About Tifa being cut down by Sephiroth. The book Trace of Two Pasts outlines that Sephiroth slashing her severed bone and flesh so severely during the Nibelheim Incident required some major emergency treatment, including medical wire to close the gaps in her wounds. Once all was said and done, overly-expensive skin transplants were then used, closing up what should've been massive scarring from ever occurring.
I love seeing your hamster wheel turning while trying to put everything together hahaha it's so fun
Hehehe thank you so much!!
I don't think it was ever officially said, but I've always been of the mind that Jenova herself directly influenced Sephiroth's insanity. Notice how his breath catches for a moment as the images flash right before he fully cracks, like there's a bit of a mental struggle going on. And when he starts walking, there's a super quick flash of Jenova's face overtop of Sephiroth's.
Not 100% sure if that's what they were going for, but that's what it seems to look like, to me.
I followed your Remake playthrough. Hope you're having blast with Rebirth.
Thank you so much for watching 🥰
I love to see all this confusion. This is exactly what this game did to a generation of gamers and it's doing it again. Can't wait to see where they'll go with all this. Also you're amazing, so perceptive.
2:24:22 "Thank you game" 😂
Going into Rebirth, I wonder if the Square Enix devs knew about player's confusion in Remake about how they used the term "unique abilities". They really improved the tutorial texts in Rebirth. Showing the "triangle button" icon in the text is so simple but very effective.
It’s so cool to play this at the same time as you I had a lot of the same questions I think you helped me organize it in my head better lol
Hype! I was 6 when the OG came out. It blew my mind as a kid. Nobody had ever seen a game like that one before. It's still one of my favorite games of all time. Been a long wait since 1997 lol. Enjoy!
Yeah BABEEEEEEEEEEEHH!!!!!!! HEre we goo! The theories beggin. I'm 20 something hours in the game and i can't believe what i'm seeing or playing. The 400 tracks, the visuals, the lore.... Whims, this is gonna be your game this year, trust me. I hope you enjoy it as much as i am, and remember: from here, to the stars.
I FORGOT: The game's waaaaaay too easy on "normal" to the point where you can't use all the mechanics that it gives you. IF you want a little bit of fun and challenge without being "hardcore", "Dynamic" is the best way to play it. And also, sometimes the music goes harder than the voices. I got it set up to "10" Voices, "8" Music. the rest in "10". And the dark places are REALLY dark. The game comes with "4" brightness from default, and for some reason, this makes the image look difuse and sometimes blurry. After touching things i think the best thing to do is to use it on "'0" in open areas, and "2" in dark areas.
This are options that i found to be best, even for recording, so if it helps you , swell :D
I notice you humming to the OST. I hope you react or just listen to the original music when you can, because as old as it is, all of it holds up extremely well. I'm so excited for you to experience this masterpiece 💙
Gah, so jealous :P Looks amazing from what I've seen, but unfortunately I probably won't be watching this for a little while at least, because I don't want to spoil it for myself, so here's a like in the meantime.
Side note, I really hate these exclusivity deals. There are so many amazing games I'd love to play on PlayStation that I've never been able to play. And this is no different. It hasn't even been confirmed that they are planning on porting it to PC. And if they are, I mean, it took almost two years for Remake to make it to PC. *grrrr*
My entire body is ready. My soul is screaming. Demanding me to play this game. But i can't. I don't have PS5 😭
It's not related to the video itself, but I think it's super funny that people never mention Dirge when talking about the Final Fantasy 7 franchise😅 It's like an unspoken rule 😂
Hells yes, FF7 rebirth! Here we go!
Very good observation on the details; you're good at this
Aah thank you so much!!
Whimsy is already catching on to the fact that something is off. I love listening to her theories because they show she's falling in love with the lore. There's also new stuff for us, OGs, so we'll enjoy the ride. I suggest switching to Dynamic difficulty if you want fights to last longer. And we get to find out who was right about Jenova...Red or Shinra? Us OGs know.
Was in the middle of rewatching last stream but couldn’t help but to hop on this one for now
Awww that's so kind thank you for watching!!
WOW. Like seriously how good is your memory? You sure you didnt play the original?
1:20:40 - it was in that moment that Cloud realized he should just stick to being a Soldier 🤣
HAHAHA 🤣🤣
Hey Whimsy! Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, the settings for the minimap depends on your preference. You need to go to the settings menu and choose whether you want a tracker (compass) or an actual minimap.