A Newcomer Plays Final Fantasy VII [FINALE] - Showdown with Sephiroth

We come to it at last. The great battle of our age. Dave Strife has travelled the world, fought many vicious foes, and menu'd many menus - and now the final showdown awaits. Join us as he bravely descends inside the planet and comes face-to-face with Sephiroth for the final time.
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[@withoutthejuice7193]

I think I speak for all Access fans when I say, please do this for more games. It can be shorter games, other people, challenge runs, anything. I just like watching you guys fully play games from start to finish.

[@retrogamerdad9621]

This and Your New Favorite Game series. More of this, please.

[@jwizarrd]

100% agree with this. I don't care what game it is, I come for the entertainment factor that PS Access team brings

[@bryanlawson7207]

Any suggestions???

[@samhobbs9116]

@@bryanlawson7207 Legacy of Kain saga

[@gerleegee2171]

​@samhobbs9116 ohhh yes pleaaaase 😢😢

[@wobblejaygaming1991]

Mondays will not be the same, please do another Final Fantasy 8, 9 or 10, or any game for that matter

[@jimmyjames3645]

Yes! FF8 was my game. I watched my cousin play FF7 and loved it, but Squall and that jacket are SO COOL

[@Irrevenant_]

Any game, played by someone that has never played it

[@wobblejaygaming1991]

@@Irrevenant_ yeah maybe should be Rob playing a game that Dave loves

[@CD-or1eb]

Would absolutely love this.

[@seanwatson8293]

This is exactly what I was thinking

[@NexusTenebrare]

Imagine the time Dave could spend in the menus with the Junctioning in FF8.

[@robertbouley7697]

Watched every episode. No bells or whistles, just great people playing amazing games.

[@arcticswarm]

Love what Dave said at the end about being part of the FF7 gang now. Fingers crossed he starts Remake on the channel soon 🤞🏻

[@joshwaterman5526]

I kinda hope he does it off stream. He would probably enjoy it more

[@Vincent_N89]

Gonna miss Menu Mondays 😢 Thanks for the great series guys

[@ZiggyMarlon-gf6qv]

Thanks Rob, Alex and Big Save Dave for making our Monday's so enjoyable. Monday's are dead to me now. I'm not even going to waste time getting out of bed for it.

[@joebardsley8426]

Loved it from start to finish. Haven’t watched a let’s play in years but this was fantastic. Thanks everyone who was involved in putting it together!

[@MrMessyy]

Dave's defeated "oh...god" when Rob starts winding up for the birthday song 😂

[@keymo9480]

Dave doing Final Fantasy Ten would be epic. It’s way less stressful with the battles and another classic!

[@steve6684]

Please please PLEASE more of this! Agree with others that I’d love to now see Dave playing Remake/Rebirth or any other FF game. A guaranteed weekly stream with my two favourites on the channel (I’m an old school fan so love the nostalgia of the OG Access crew - although Ash was a flawless addition) has brought me copious amounts of happiness!

[@the_happy_hawk570]

Thanks for a great series Access! A journey full of talk of back-seating, hesitating, mistakes and pondering in menus. For Dave’s final act in battle to be confidently taking a decisive risk and triumphing, it just felt poetic 😁. If Robenhagen were still with us he would have been so so proud 😋.

[@Deadzonex21]

Sephiroth's battle theme is so amazing. Definitely one of my favorite Boss soundtracks. Final Fantasy as a whole never dissapoints with their amazing music. Btw CONGRATS DAVE!!! 🎉

[@thomaspickering2344]

That was my favorite series access have ever done. The combination of Rob’s love for the game, his frustration with Dave, Dave’s insistence on tinkering with menus and saves. Just absolutely brilliant.

[@Elzmack91]

Well done Dave. Have enjoyed watching both of you play through this. Would LOVE you to continue through the golden era (7, 8, 9 & 10) even if you don’t have experience of them. Do another no back seating but take hints and tips from us in chat

[@Monsoonasaurus]

What a fantastic experience to relive this game. I haven't visited it in over 20 years. I was struggling to remember what happened at the end, and I think I'm even more excited for Final Fantasy: Reunion (speculative name, but what else could it be!?!?!) Well done David! And thanks for going on this journey.

[@Elzmack91]

It can’t be reunion unfortunately. They called crisis core that stupidly!

[@Erikthedood]

I personally believe it’s going to be called “Reclaim.” Other options are: “Return,” and “Restore.”

[@RPG-Gio]

PLEASE!!!! Make more bonus playthroughs of Final Fantasy VII with Dave and Rob. I would LOVE to see that. I'm sure a lot of people would too!

[@Dubo20]

I played this as a child but don’t think I ever got past disc 2. I think as a child I got lost in the open world too young to fully grasp the hints. Thanks Dave for completing this and allowing me to finally see it to the end

[@bobthecrazydog2273]

Thanks for the amazing series. That Omnislash will never stop being the coolest final boss fight end ever.

[@cheetarah9199]

Thank you both for this playthrough, its been a joy. Not just the game, but Dave and his reactions. And Rob and Remove All, I didn't stop laughing for 10 minutes. No idea what I will do with my Monday evenings without this on VOD :(

[@videoinsomnia]

REMAKE stream next week? Let's Mosey!

[@SyeDrums]

Final Fantasy 8 next then, yeah?

[@station-7]

Imagine the drawing grind sessions.

[@SyeDrums]

@@station-7 😅😅

[@RADxUK]

Great watch. Great memories. All we need now is a greatest moments vid from the all the streams!

[@franimal86]

Master Tonberry is Rob’s nemesis. When he says “quickly” to Dave, it backfires. Master Tonberry’s are all about patience. They will only use Everyone’s Grudge if you attack them twice (or four times) before they move. If you attack once then wait for them to walk around to attack again, they never use it.

[@jwizarrd]

Thanks for an amazing series Access Team. So many laughs and memories. I hope there will be more series like this in the future. Your entertainment value can not be understated 🎉

[@james240878]

This series was truly one of the great things to come out of the internet. A classic that I can easily see myself rewatching when I want a good laugh, a hearty adventure, and a blast of nostalgia. Thank you so much Dave Strife and Robenhagen!

[@jennifersmith894]

Good job Dave! I'm so proud of you ❤

[@TheDarkConRises]

Absolutely loved this stream series! It's consistently been my KZbin highlight of each week and I feel immensely privileged to have been able to follow it along from start to end. Hope you find a way to continue documenting Dave's journey through the FF7 universe, but if you don't, we'll always have fond memories of this stream to live by, from the time he bio-ed himself all the way to his incredible finish against Sephiroth instead of using a megalixir!

[@eastdd8]

I watched this every week since the beginning, and since it's started I've had quite a few large life changes (moving, new job, etc) so this has been a great joy to watch throughout all of that. Love this game and love this channel and it's staff, both on camera and behind the scenes (side note: funnily enough, I have not really played on a PlayStation console in a few years, but this channel and it's hosts are so entertaining that I continue to watch so many of their videos and series' regardless)! Thank you so much from all of us who have enjoyed this series from week to week, it's been such a fun journey!

[@dinham16]

That's probably the best ending to Safer Sephiroth I've ever seen. A slither of Barrier saves the damage from Supernova and then a very gusty Meteorain for the KO. Well played Davenhagen. Sad to end what feels like a journey with my best buddies... Hope it continues! P.S. Now please do FF6,8,9,or 10! Or I'd recommend Octopath Traveler 2, another perfect RPG!

[@sharudawolf]

Thank guys what a series we have lived and laughed through this game vicariously through you! Well done on the stream so much fun! I'll be back when you guys do remake

[@DW_Tang]

Loved it! Thank you for this play through.

[@upon-fe2720]

Thanks so much for this series. Loved every minute. Pray Remake playthrough comes one day!

[@Daren_PNW]

1:15:15 that ominous transition to red blackness is _SO_ good!

[@MrMessyy]

That was a truly fabulous series, thanks to all of the Access crew for making it possible!

[@n-kap4064]

Really enjoyed Daves adventure. Thanks for seeing it through to the end Access Team, what a joyride.

[@th_wolf9274]

Barriet counter attack against Super Nova is truly an MVP play for the stream

[@emptymelodies3316]

What a freakin beautiful journey it’s been. I need someone to post edits of the most hilarious moments from all these streams.

[@handleishandlebar]

What a great series. Congratulations on the playthrough. I feel like kid Dave appreciated this

[@handleishandlebar]

Lol Rob's excitement with the counter command materia

[@jomo999]

Welcome to the club Dave, great series. Hope you enjoy Remake and Rebirth.

[@diligentbean]

This game honestly stands the test of time even this many years on it’s so compelling and just amazing in every respect. Bring on the final instalment in the remake series!

[@kevmcl4258]

Did a quick skip to the start of the stream and was greeted with "no hoo hoo hoo cause hoo hoo hoo's dead". Probably the best intro ever 😂

[@stephenwatson2010]

VODSquad member here, This was an awesome series and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. I would love it you could do a similar series for FF8 and 10,

[@terrabits]

Amazing playthrough, guys! Congrats for Dave for finishing it, and Rob for guiding Dave (and not backseating too much)! 😁

[@SirkSirk]

Flippin' heck you've gone and used a limit break instead of a megalixer! What are y... oh you've gone and done it, then!

[@SwerlingZero]

This series has been so phenomenal! Just amazing to watch Dave get to play the best game ever, all these years later, and fall in love with it!! Fantastic!

[@jimwake1123]

This whole series was phenomenal so thanks very much! I last replayed this after i finished remake an it was great to experience it again through the eyes of a new player!

[@alexanderwoods3055]

One of my favorite parts is Dave saying "Oh no I hope I don't have to do another mini game" just before he has to do a mini game. It's like he can sense the inpending horror of the mini game.

[@dannyb9209]

Not watched it yet but calling it that Dave gets the counter instead of omnislash 😂 Hope you enjoyed this masterpiece mate

[@tomoroboros]

Quickly Dave!

[@girl_on_fire_x_x]

I'm going to see Final Fantasy Music in concert in November, having never even played through one myself, and I can't wait. The music in this game was epic, and my memories of it when I listen will be purely from Dave's playthrough. Been great having a series on a Monday (or in my case this week, Thursday) to watch and enjoy. Looking forward to (potentially) what you guys do next with a new 'Let's Play' series.

[@4pillarsofgaming861]

this series has been nothing short of fantastic! i hope we get the same treatment for remake and rebirth, because this by far has been my favorite series yet!

[@laurab6146]

Thanks Dave, Rob, and the rest of the Access team for this play-through! This has been such a great time. I'm definitely saving this playlist to watch again.

[@RazKaiJan]

That was awesome. Thank you, gang, for going to the end with this fantastic game. Those final fights still pumped me up - Jenova, Sephiroth, and then the final fight. The music still gets me going. And it was great to see Dave experiencing that as well. Well done.

[@agirlonline5964]

This has been an absolute highlight for me. Gutted I missed the live stream of this. Doing this format with more games would be amazing! Maybe FFIX or Persona? Thank you Rob, Dave and everyone behind the scenes for bringing such a fantastic series to life.

[@Ivotas]

What a treat this series was. Thank you so much for playing this.

[@kiamick]

17:32 I finally got a live stream comment read out!!! It only took until the finale! And what a scorcher! Got Rob all rattled 😅 loved this series!

[@johanbenade8885]

This was an amazing series to follow. Thanks for the time and effort!

[@conansredbowtie]

Loved that you guys actually played through a whole game. Do more! Remake or Rebirth would be great but I still haven't forgotten you guys did a similar thing with Star Wars Fallen Order a long while back.

[@henkelstein3777]

This was a fantastic series! Would love to see a similar one the 8, 9, and 10 at some point

[@BTHEINFINITE]

I would love to see Dave play through Remake!!! Maybe it won't happen anytime soon...but I'll be there for it if it ever does!! This series was amazing, especially starting and playing thru the Rebirth release ❤❤❤

[@lordravenblade]

Shame they never noticed that hitting the 'select' equivalent button brings up a panel that gives enemy names and the name of whatever friendly character is selected. Would help when, for example, trying to target Cloud with that Phoenix Down.

[@Glbkwpg]

I think the two of you streaming together and one of you taking the other through a game you're passionate about is a great format, akin to Easy Allies' Silver Squad stream (and a certain red shirt Star Trek podcast 😉). Would absolutely love to have more of this.

[@tellos02]

Absolutely loved watching these videos and I hope you continue to do more with different games maybe Rob plays one of Dave's favourites next

[@JayNotion]

i will miss the Menu Mondays!! what a Journey!! thank you Crew for playing through one of my favourite games of all time. It's been a blast and hopefully we will get a Rebirth playthrough soon!

[@lovesgoodstories2551]

Had to wait until the weekend so I had time to properly appreciate the final episode. Loved the series and hope Dave Strife comes back to play FFVII: Remake and FFVII: Rebirth. Great work Dave and Rob, its been the best time watching you 2 play the game.

[@catherinekane9909]

What a wonderful walk down memory lane,dander along nostalgia avenue and run through fun alley. This was magnificent 👏 Well done Dave and Robenhagan ❤

[@forbiddin4085]

Now you need to do a reaction video to FF7 Advent Children.

[@theonetruetom]

A joy to relive this game, vicariously through these streams.

[@AssassinAlchemist]

Great work, mates. Congratulations on the clear.

[@L.L.MacRae]

What an incredible finale!!! Absolutely on the edge of my seat :D Have loved every second of this incredible playthrough - it's been amazing seeing Dave Strife truly turn into the hero we always knew he was :D Pleeeeaaaaaase do FF9 & 10!! And other full game plays!!

[@JackpotToys]

Been here since the start, so happy Dave finished things off, absolutely adore the playthrough, obv one of my fave games as it is so many

[@andykegs5584]

I think someone on the team needs to create a menu supercut, I mean that’s all we were really here for, I suppose there is a game around it but yeah just give us the menus please even if it’s just a crazy short 😂

[@iancramer3065]

What a series, thank you Dave Strife, Robenhagen and the access team for bringing such joy in these weekly streams. Maybe an FFIX play through for Dave should be on the cards next ??

[@RD_Clarke]

What a crackin’ play-through, congrats Dave Strife!! Would Dave be able to attempt the Weapons on a one off pre-recorded basis? As who knows how long they could take but we’d all love to see it

[@hstationforthenation3299]

Monday's will never be the same again 😢 Congratulations Dave 🎉 🎊 Thanks for helping me re-live my childhood, it was truly joyous ❤

[@teza1383]

Thanks for the great let’s play! It was so much fun! Would love to see Dave play Crisis Core- which needs to be played as a core FF7 experience!

[@alexw4134]

Thanks guys! What a great series! I'd love to watch Dave's play of the remake and perhaps his move into FF8

[@ainolonia8138]

Rob is so annoyed and this is like the best thing ever. Well, probably best after the Christmas Maze, but definitely the best stream.

[@HolyJonte]

Thank you for this fantastic let's play of the best game ever made! ❤️

[@suchgrief6933]

Thank you team, you've made the start of the week much more enjoyable! Hope another let's play is coming soon in the near future! 🙏

[@Hhelms12]

Thanks for a great stream series… gonna miss my monday morning Dave Strife!

[@HarryH256]

Cover and counter combo really suited Barrett's character, as a father and avalanche leader. Nice synergy between character and game mechanics.

[@Mal_Ah_Key]

Thanks for the incredible series lads, glad to hear Dave enjoyed himself so much! Would love to see yeez try another RPG in the future but for now set the Buster Sword down and put your feet up. 🎉

[@bluecordplays5730]

Now that the series is over I must say you guys missed out on my favorite combo of double cut and all materia’s! Literally the way I farmed Gil for Chocobo raising!

[@keymo9480]

Definitely go and look up the cutscene from the Shinra mansion involving Cloud and Zack. It’s not that long and sheds so much light on a bunch.

[@scottjohnstone3995]

#VodSquad I can confirm I did in fact enjoy the Vod of the stream.

[@durablemyth3148]

thank you so much team, loved every minute

[@caspab1]

You should have Dave watch Advent Children before starting remake.

[@nickcrouch1258]

8 next right?

[@seanp8220]

What a THRILLING finale. I can't believe how close you came to dying from that supernova, the kind of tension we NEEDED. Brilliant ending. Sephiroths final form is definitely a challenge but not as hard as FF8's barrage of bosses ending on that one that reduces everyone to 1.

[@animillsi3592]

I love Aerith, but she's no Tifa! :)

[@CaptainCJ97]

This lp was great

[@Joe.Elston-Gardner]

Love this stream was a lot of fun, I too would be really excited to see what Dave thinks of Remake, maybe in a year or so come back for season 2 with the remake? Anyway even if we dont get that this was still a lot of fun and I enjoyed it a lot.

[@swanboy22]

Really annoyed that I was bussy yesterday and missed this live :(

[@SephirothIverson]

More of this full play through

[@MonkeyDJoshie]

Im excited for the (hopefully) upcoming full FF7 Rebirth playthrough with Dave and Rob

[@MrSephiroth14]

All said and done…Dave was paid while finishing the greatest game of all time

[@ZackeryGee]

For all the horror sh... stuff you put dave through... and the fact he completed FFVII... He starts with 2 Crystal Marbles come Christmas Maze! - Love you Dave!

[@CoconutChriss]

Nice job, Dave & Rob!

[@ney9068]

Yay DAVE!!! Congratulations 🍾🎉