Final Fantasy VII Explained (in 23 minutes)

A cautionary tale about aliens, pollution, and really big swords.
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Music and backgrounds taken from the games: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy Crisis Core, and Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Art, editing, and voiceover done by Chase Kip.

[@Ren-zi5zl]

this whole game could've been avoided if vincent had just shot hojo back

[@matth3760]

“Cause he’s Hojo dude, he’s crazy”

[@frostatine]

The clashing themes of "protect the earth, don't pollute" and "if you dig a deep enough hole you can get superpowers" sits heavily on my mind.

[@decalcomanie123]

11:21

[@SupremeViola]

I appreciate how you explained Cloud's first story as a combination of trauma and brain damage from unethical experiments rather than him deliberately lying. I don't know why so many people feel like it was all a conscious lie and Cloud actively knew the truth the whole time; if he had, he would have realized Tifa would have remembered things completely differently and wouldn't have tried to lie.

[@justaperson8381]

I like the headcanon that sepiroths comically long sword is called "natural causes."

[@CrimsonSlayer7]

"Unfortunately nothing good ever lasts for our boy Zack."

[@stephenmoran5855]

Clouds hair poking out of...everything is just

[@darriusking2438]

I love how you do the origin of why the lore exists first, and then you start with the game story. Seriously, that helps organize and follow these over cooked plots!I absolutely love you, simple explanations and jokes of these CRAZY convoluted stories. I have legit watched your videos on repeat. I'm hoping you tackle the Metal Gear Solid series! Please post more videos. I hope all is well in your life!

[@rileyross6621]

I love how sepiroth is flustered at inviting cloud to his party.

[@rockkandyplay5692]

For someone who didn't know much about the lore, just the overall picture, this was fantastic. I appreciate this and how funny it was and the lore is totally not confusing at times lol. Thank you

[@evanmurphy118]

A few things to mention:

[@abdulhaseebqadri9122]

Something tells me that sephiroth wants cloud to come to his reunion

[@Ed-1749]

You forgot about the part where Sephiroth T-poses on aerith after he kills her. Because he's crazy.

[@Dan_Tactics]

I didn't realize until you pointed it out, that Sephiroth could and was controlling Jenova. All of that text in the game over countless hours of grinding levels made it easy to forget a sentence or two!

[@jeremycf5122]

The animation of the Meteor meteria rolling off of Barret's arm made me laugh really hard. Great vid!

[@Karanagi]

"However Hojo is still off his medication..." An excellent description and explanation for quite a few important events.

[@judgegabranth2188]

Red XIII was captured by Shinra because of his very long lifespan. Hojo was planning to breed him with Aerith to create an ancient with a long lifespan. It's not said clearly, but it is strongly implied, although you would probably miss this if you were a kid when playing the game.

[@emmadilemma5274]

This is so good. The detailed explanation while also being a little tongue in cheek about how goofy some aspects of the story are. Chefs kiss 💋

[@kylebunnies]

I really enjoyed this. I’ve played through FFVII, Crisis Core, and even Dirge of Cerberus, and watched Advent Children a million times and still never know what’s happening. Breaking it down like this was very helpful. I wish we could get more videos like this.