GAME SINS | Everything Wrong With Final Fantasy VII Remake

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Square Enix has recreated Final Fantasy VII, now the game looks like what we all imagined it to look like in our heads when we played it back in the day. Those fond memories have also been lobtomized so Square Enix could tweak the game's story in a meta commentary direction. You bet there are sins.
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[@GrifCannons]

you missed the sin that marlene thought aerith smelled like flowers after running around the sewers, train graveyard, and barely avoiding a helicopter crash

[@harrycrime8836]

Cetra powers

[@sirocco2810]

Look at the girl and tell me she wouldn't smell like flowers even after all that shit.

[@GG-ms4qp]

she's transferring knowledge from original universe that's why

[@un_known5895]

@@sirocco2810 that brings that old saying back, "their shit smells like roses"

[@6fingerfist325]

Shitty flowers maybe lol.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

"Nailed it, I know, moving on." Great line.

[@richardrider651]

This game is a sequel to the original.

[@GiubileiFernando]

What sells it is that he recognizes that he's totally nailing the drag

[@GaolerNippon]

@@richardrider651 Then wouldn't it begin with them crawling out of the North Crater instead of starting in Midgar?

[@richardrider651]

@@GaolerNippon sequel something that happened Ff7 before crisis core, FF7 crisis core, FF7 original, FF7 Advent Children FF7Dirge of Cerberus. Had to correct this* I get dyslexic at times. This is the original timeline. FF7remake The whisperers show them the future. Both red 13 and Aerith said these was. Sephiroth showed Cloud the edge of creation. Which is also the final part of final fantasy 7. The guardians of the future war the three bad guys from Advent children. Aerith and sephiroth are aware of the previous timeline. Arith said if we go forward we will change ourselves. The sephiroth we are seeing is from Advent children. Destroying faith Makes 3 the timeline where Zack is alive. What makes the game a sequel it's a different timeline of the same story. "Some kingdom hearts stuff is going on"

[@pandaeyez]

@@richardrider651 That would make it a reboot, not a sequel. The events are still playing out as the original but now with extra stuff thrown in there. That still qualifies as a remake or reboot. Sequel would have to be after the end of the northern crater. Even if the characters memories are erased and the timeline rewinds, that would be a reboot.

[@nightstrider15]

Ok but can we just remove a sin for the fact Cloud responds “nailed it, I know” to Tifa reacting to the dress lol

[@jameswest6232]

I wish. That was one of the best lines in the game!

[@yannispirou101]

@@jameswest6232 his best line* 😎

[@heartcradle01]

Yesss!!! 😂🤣

[@m.selimgorur9259]

Bro i cant unsee the smilliarity of this game to The Witcher. The concept, some of the characters etc. are absolouely the same. I feel like it's a copy or a Japan version of The Witcher.

[@Infinite-Void]

Moving on.

[@andynismo1]

You missed the part where tifa mixes a drink with only one drink. Then the cosmo canyon is made by simply shaking the mixers with not beverage in them lol

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

Unless the mixer already had something in it.

[@clFer777]

That's really a sin. Maybe that coctel maker is covered with drugs and that's the addition hahhaa

[@snickle1980]

@@DashingDavid True... 😁But it's your*

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Let's face it, that is probably the house drink because people like watching Tifa shake the mixer

[@benjamindeh873]

@@caitlinbrewer4843 Can I have 10 of those? :D

[@kasiamal7PL]

"He wants to have sex with his motorcycle, and possibly Cloud, just like everyone else" I died XD

[@eversostrange6337]

Stuff like that is why I subbed lmao

[@m.selimgorur9259]

Bro i cant unsee the smilliarity of this game to The Witcher. The concept, some of the characters etc. are absolouely the same. I feel like it's a copy or a Japan version of The Witcher

[@DragonReaver]

@@m.selimgorur9259 Why the fuck you keep commenting that on every single comment.

[@m.selimgorur9259]

@@DragonReaver I dont know 🤣 It was a while ago.

[@Gune14]

"The Arbiter of Fate's main attack is hitting everyone with spoilers from the original game.". That had me rotflmao haha

[@aus2908]

That's effin hilarious!

[@docthefaust4519]

Arbiter: "lolk a 'spoiler' of a 23 year old timeline gg kid"

[@superlombax1561]

@@docthefaust4519 Spoiler does 9999 damage

[@m.selimgorur9259]

Bro i cant unsee the smilliarity of this game to The Witcher. The concept, some of the characters etc. are absolouely the same. I feel like it's a copy or a Japan version of The Witcher

[@royalreigns3373]

yes

[@pengchan40]

I love how we go through wallmarket, fight in an arena, dance for approval, confront Corneo, go through a giant sewer, brave a train graveyard, and climb to the top of the sector seven pillar and fight Reno and Rude all in one night.

[@ThelemaTherion]

Lol that REALLY bothered me

[@pawelgedyk1762]

Damn you are right, There are other things,in minecraft I love how the guy have square head, how he is changing terrain with just pickaxe. In witcher you can take so many deadly blows from monsters and then just eat a sandwich and you are good to go,now I can't look at that anymore, In call of duty it takes half of the magazine to kill and 10 seconds to recover if you are hit by a bullet. I love how you can keep crashing your car in forza and carry on driving,I need a car like that. What a dumbass.

[@goshtic9565]

Well, if it helps, just pretend when you fell down the sewers, all 3 of you were knocked out for sometime. Cloud was just the first to wake up. As it kinda looks like the 3 of you got placed there and not fell down to that position. There was a door in that room and it's locked. Only by beating the rat boss, were you able to be free to move on. Which means, they woke up in the morning, fought the rat boss, then spend the entire afternoon getting out of the sewers and got to the train graveyard by night fall.

[@xrosesc]

/: bruh u also noticed that they skipped one night of sleep? Doing missions?

[@adamgray1753]

Dude, @@pawelgedyk1762, if I could get a car like that from Forza I would be lead footing everywhere I go!

[@freakstreetfighter]

This game isn't a remake, it's like an alternate reality where everything is so screwed up, demetors from harry potter show up to try and fix things.

[@LostGeburah]

it's a ReImAgInEd version of ffvii. meaning they can fuck around and find out

[@rockdesu]

Fire that Nomura...

[@Cetra29]

No, it isn't. It is a memory remake from Aerith and Sephiroth as Sephiroth is invincible as long as that link exists.

[@oktabriyandiyunus9117]

Its remake dude not remastered.

[@agentgro420]

​@@oktabriyandiyunus9117 , a remake isn't usually trying to fuck the story so bad that they had to create nonsensical ghosts. Also, those whispers are supposed to be there to keep the story intact, but they appear whenever they please nonetheless. Nomura's nonsense will get back at him some day...

[@Man-z4v]

The Cait Sith cameo must've been so confusing for people who never played the original

[@dandelyon2796]

Yeah, it kinda was

[@krazyxki]

Especially since it happened in such a serious moment 😂

[@dandelyon2796]

kizzmysass Seriously lol

[@JustinBorowski13]

I thought so until multiple friends who had never played OG FF7 just casually said "Oh i just assumed that was another character coming later" XD some people just accept weird shit

[@joshyotoast]

They literally showed the end of the game and key moments with no explanation too 😂

[@connormccarthy6741]

Talks about how Aerith’s mum should recognise Cloud’s sword as it was her daughter’s boyfriend’s, has the Iron Blade equipped during cutscene

[@pozertron]

Back when Zack would meet Aerith's mom, he would still technically be using the starting sword and not the Buster Blade.

[@xordu4246]

Thats just for the sake of the games mechanics, he would never actually change swords until Advent children so she should recognize it

[@Igor_servant_of_Philemon]

Would be funny though "You are carrying the sword of her ex gf who also was a soldier" "Nah mam, I just found this in the reactor I blew up together with this terrorist group" "What?" "What?"

[@xrosesc]

pozertron if u played the remake theres more to Zack, maybe he met aerith n his mom again with his bustersword this time.

[@nightwishfan60]

I don’t think Zack ever met Aeriths mum in CC and I don’t think Aerith ever saw the Buster sword.

[@ShinPepsiman]

I was not expecting them to do Barrett so well. His funny moments are legitimately funny, he's delightfully corny at times, his screaming at the plate aftermath actually hurt, and he's unnecessarily handsome. Best boi

[@royalreigns3373]

Imagine Barret's girlfriends being like "I'm piston for a fistin".

[@ytnukesme1600]

best character honestly, built like a tank and the skills for his melee weapons devastate the sh!t out of anything.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

I wish they'd gotten Beau Billingsly back though

[@Da1337Man]

Imagine the poor soul who ends up dating Marlene when shes a teen. Barret doesn't even have to go get his gun because it's literally attached to his body.

[@aliceslab]

i found him and aerith to be the most relatable. in the beginning i found myself agreeing with his environmental speech. relevant in the real world sadly, people need to hear that for our world too.

[@tcrossanPT]

“Hojos lab turns into an episode of Scooby Doo” almost made me crash my car 😂😂😂

[@terraventusaqua123]

He almost made crash my car too, which is weird since I was watching this on my tv from the kitchen…

[@Loffeleif]

"How does a corporation controlling the world work?" East India Company, brother.

[@BouncingZeus]

@Robert Hunter that may or may not be true. There have been other modern corporations who basically did. Such as coke there was a court case over it. I believe it was in Latin America

[@Zarryon12]

Walmart

[@bigbosss7911]

Countries are corporations.

[@ChillStreamsLive]

In America corporations run Congress and the Executive Office.

[@LindseyDisney]

The United States controls (or actually leads) the world.

[@Zhengrui0]

You missed the fact that Barrett, Cloud and Tifa take cover from helicopter fire BEHIND EXPLOSIVE GAS TANKS atop the pillar

[@LUCiVEN]

Zhengrui0 I WAS SO CONFUSED LIKE W H Y THAT OF ALL THINGS

[@mahande88]

You somehow know what was in those tanks?

[@LUCiVEN]

Mahande some literally blew up in the game I’m pretty sure so I think they were explosive sooooooooo

[@Zhengrui0]

@@mahande88 So it is totally reasonable for people to behave only according to what they know for sure, not what they can infer or what is plausible, whether highly or even remotely? I guess social distancing really is a waste - if I don't know that the person next to me is infected, then obviously they pose no threat to me!

[@superlombax1561]

Zhengrui0 I was gonna say that the helicopter keeps on shooting at Cloud from that position too instead of flying at another angle to try and hit him, but that works too.

[@dannyv2230]

Anyone else ever wonder how Aerith's mom could afford a house with a giant garden and their own private waterfall? Or is it just me.

[@Varikas]

Daniel Veira always

[@somelazyguy9180]

Shinras watched over them both since she was a kid. Prolly something there.

[@myagastopiak4512]

She was given that house by Shinra so she could take care of Aerith

[@Varikas]

@@myagastopiak4512 she already had the house before she had aerith though

[@dannyv2230]

Some Lazy Guy I never understood the whole Aerith had to come willingly for them to experiment on her when they could have taken her at any time

[@kadsl123]

"When you examine this closely, Aerith comes off as a save scummer, reloading her save because she didn't get the best ending." That right there might be one the best reviews of FF7R.

[@CoolDude5633554]

@Aaron9 Then the sin would still remain relevant, since releasing an unfinished game is the biggest sin of all. Want an example? Look at Anthem

[@suki7759]

Like re zero🤣🤣

[@jace8785]

Kinda makes sense, cuz she died right?

[@youngcids5741]

Not really because what she’s kind of trying to keep things the same it’s sephiroth who is trying to change his fate and that’s the reason so many things change. aerith is only reacting to the change and trying to stop him but it’s still a good sin and a great video.

[@starvoltnexus3139]

@@CoolDude5633554 It is technically finished it’s just in multiple parts why I do not know

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Aerith comes off as a save scummer, reloading her save because she didn't get the best ending" I never thought of it that way, you clever son of a gun.

[@superlombax1561]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache Same.

[@boebie5052]

Well she DID die so i guess if this IS her save file of course she would reload lmao i mean i would consider dying a bad ending wouldnt u?

[@kerakn_]

@@boebie5052 to be fair that depends on the story if your death is a requirement then tough luck. this is why it's better being a fish.

[@SeanWheeler100]

It would be awesome if she survives the sequel.

[@dangerousdd2366]

For playable characters from the original game(except for Aerith), it was good. For humanity in FF7 world, it was pretty bad...500 years later human extinction still occurs, so basically redXIII would have taken over the world.

[@PhantomShadow224]

When Sephiroth said “Run Cloud, Run Away.” I thought the same exact thing.... He’s spent way too much time in the kingdom hearts universe.

[@superlombax1561]

PhantomShadow224 I was kinda surprised that Dartigan didn’t make a Lion King reference there lol

[@DrCarlosPadilla]

@@superlombax1561 but its the line zack told to cloud...

[@superlombax1561]

carlos padilla I haven’t played or watched Crisis Core, so sorry. I was just saying that it sounded familiar to the line from Lion King. That’s all.

[@SapphWolf]

@@greatgrizzly3537 "Run Cloud, run away" is similar to "There is more to seek. So go forth and seek it"?

[@ken7007]

" Darkness"

[@KPMwolf]

"Sephiroth spend too much time in kingdom heart" I died. FYI : I think this is the most time Dartigan take out a sin.

[@caski1663]

this video is rivaled with Metal gear rising in terms of sins taken off

[@ZepiaEltnamOberon]

I haven't seen any other games Dartigan reviewed that have 10 sins removed at once aside from MGRR.

[@roberthiggins4186]

@@caski1663 that game sin was gold too

[@masterofmythology]

I'm rather impressed with the detail of the separate visible materias in the weapons.

[@yannispirou101]

Same, it was really cool 😂

[@ianbraun271]

Yes, except that as you gain more slots on each weapon, the visible materia slots don't change.

[@cho4d]

jessie sayin wedge butt looked "singed" seems to me like a callback to the OG where they bust out of the first bombing mission and there is a fireball and wedge dances around on fire. they took that out but added this line as a wink wink

[@jcarson3721]

Yep

[@superlombax1561]

cho4d Interesting.

[@guruthosamarthruin4459]

The townsfolk DID see Avalanche fighting "nothing" in sector 7. If you talk to people afterwards, they're talking about it.

[@ebreshea1337]

Yeah but tifa and barrett never interacted with Aerith. Unless it's something like Aerith touches cloud, who then touches tifa, who then touches barrett...

[@shaesullivan]

@@ebreshea1337 Spiritually Transmitted Dillussions are such a drag.

[@SilentProti]

Maybe the people targeted by the whispers can see them, at least for the first time?

[@mosswind]

@@SilentProti I think of it more like "the planet has put it's eye on you" and that eye is so oppressive that you see it's physical manifestation. Like Sauron, without the Eye.

[@tempusmars6272]

Also he complains about the rest of the party and avalanche seeing the whispers, and while he's right Cloud didn't purposely touch anyone, everyone DID touch him. Also in the cutscene where Barret cuts him out on the second reactor attack you can see a whisper pan right over the camera.

[@Moort789]

No sins for Cloud and Tifa approaching their landlord, who gives them free rent, with the intent to shake her down for water filters that they end up using for themselves? Like seriously who would do that.

[@Kllew1690]

When Sephiroth tells Cloud to run away, does anyone else see Scar from The Lion King telling Simba to run away and never return?

[@royalreigns3373]

Run cloud run you need to live you need to hide SquareEnix have lost there mind.

[@litepaw7]

IKR I was thinking the same thing lol

[@darkicedragon1988]

Oh my god yes! I even say the ‘never return’ in my head

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Oh god yes!

[@jennyopitz8400]

Sephiroth - Like Aerith- ist self aware of the past. Since he knows that he was defeated in the main timeline, he wants to defy destiny and create his own future in which he succeeds. Given that both him and Aerith are resting inside the livestream (which holds all the memories of the earth) it would make sense that they are both aware of the past outcome, even if they are inside a time loop (aka the "remake"). Aerith was afraid to change destiny from the beginning, because of the uncertainty that it held in regards of whether she and her friends would succeed in the end. She had come to terms of her own death. She didn't want to change fate for her own good. She only took the final step back then and there with the portal, because she knew that all the timelines will eventually collapse and collide due to sephiroths actions. And in order to stop him, she had to play his game, too. I am not a native speaker, so I hope you could understand what I'm trying to say lol

[@tommen.baratheon]

Would that also explain Cloud saying "but i killed you" to Sephiroth in the beginning? Cause that still confuses me. Along with many other things. May be because I played the OG after the remake, but they added a lot of unnecessary elements to this game, especially if it is to be interpreted the way you did, it just makes little sense to new players, even after they play the OG to get context cause the impact of it isn't the same.

[@GTH-gt8xq]

@@tommen.baratheon by saying "but I killed you" he meant what happened in Crisis Core, a prequel to FF VII

[@Cetra29]

There are no timelines. This is him and Aerith remaking memories. Aerith wants him to be disconnected from Cloud while he wants to get stronger.

[@fobbyasian5990]

For sin 13 Aerith doesn't leave right away like the original and shows that she wants to stick around so the whispers attack her to get her to run away.

[@ShaneSchofield52]

Got the impression Aerith was hounded by Whispers because she was about to wonder off and miss Cloud entirely. Whether knowingly or otherwise, after being 'rescued' her dialogue with him is different to the OG... At first I thought it was creative licence... Then I replayed the game and all the conversations or events had new meaning. (I'm sure we all experienced that)

[@propheinx2250]

Final Fantasy didn't need to copy the CWs Flash. Time wraiths protecting the timeline and Sephiroth says "run cloud, run" is a bit much.

[@DragonQueefs]

@@ShaneSchofield52 100%. Sephiroth tried to delay Cloud from meeting Aerith. The Whispers hold her in place to thwart Sephiroths timeline deviation. The remake makes sense once you realize What Sephiroth's new plans are, and what Whispers are trying to do

[@maxvitor7023]

34:38 "There's a guy the size of a bear with a gatling gun and a cute blonde toothpick with a sword about his size over there man..." "We saw nothing man... They don't pay us enough for this crap"

[@LoungeFly02]

3:30 My thoughts exactly. In the original, my first playthrough ever, the story built up Sephiroth so much that when he finally appeared on screen, I felt I was in the presence of an in-game legend and even watching him battle against a dragon, I was in awe of his strength and magic. Because he was introduced so quickly in this game, steals that same impact away from those that have never experienced the first.

[@aus2908]

That's exactly what I was saying when I kept seeing him. Sephiroth feels cheap and cliche now.

[@Seraph821]

They've discussed this in great detail in interviews. Even people who never played FF7 know about Sephiroth, hiding him and building him up is pointless because we already know he's powerful and terrifying.

[@chronica6457]

@@Seraph821 Except even when you know about him hiding him until the end of Disc 1 has a great impact I played the game knowing full well who Sephiroth was and it was still satisfying to have him remain a mystery for 1 third of the game The remake overuses him to the point where it's just annoying and cheap

[@carinainmotion3100]

I got tired of Sephitoth in this game. I can’t even listen to his epic song anymore, which I used to love. He was one of my favorite characters ever, and still is if I focus only on the FF VII classic and forget all the rest.

[@LoungeFly02]

@@carinainmotion3100 Right? In terms of traits (not story), he's lost all his humanity, and thus--he's no longer relatable. He starts off this game in a god-like state instantly making him otherworldy and therefore his story is less tragic, whereas in the original he started off like a normal human, then we watch him break and transcend into godliness.

[@KoKoYoung]

I swear to god Chadley and Leslie look like they are from FFXV but somehow they manage to escape that game.

[@illusionofquality979]

That or XIII, Chadley looks very similar to Hope. But really white haired characters, who aren't old, are weird in the FFVII context. I think it was a deliberate choice to make Sephi white-haired since it gives him this inhuman and ethereal look. Would makes sense for Chadley as well but for Leslie it seems to be a random color choice except for white=cool logic.

[@TheCyclicGamer]

@@illusionofquality979 It seems like they forgot what the white-haired trope originally represented. In Japanese Mythology, Silver/White hair was an indication of demonic possession and/or influence (Unless your old), Sephiroth has Silver Hair because he was injected with Jenova cells before he was born, which is what allowed Jenova to pretty much influence him and commit the atrocities that he did. Same with Dante, Vergil, and Nero in DMC, it's not because it's cool, but because there is a mythological meaning behind it. Also, Leslie is supposed to be one of President Shinra's sons, so where did the white hair come from?

[@ramzen89]

BUT, maybe Avalanche doesn't use cell phones because Shinra controls the network, in which case they'd be easily tracked. Just a theory.

[@aaroncollins7192]

Or that they are insanely expensive and don't have a wide regular world adoption.

[@salvocal7455]

@@aaroncollins7192 After Living in China, I know this is absolutely why they don't want to leave a cell phone trace

[@lifeofstrife575]

Mako powered phones cause cancer and neck horns

[@mahande88]

This is the correct assumption.

[@christiancolon8748]

Why has no one said just a theory, a game theory

[@jag173]

Zidane from FF9 doesnt have dead parents. He doesnt have any parents he was created in an lab.

[@NinjaStreak]

FF8 Squall's father Laguna is alive. Just his mother dead.

[@LeuvahkTrigger]

Don't you actually end up killing Zids father/creator? Been a while since I played it.

[@shaesullivan]

@@LeuvahkTrigger Yes, but since he was technically adopted it doesn't count.

[@kensredemption]

Leuvahk The Skelly Man: Well, Kuja kills Garland, and they’re brothers, so...

[@endworldkrawky600]

Are we just gonna forget about Zack Fair?

[@imperialone8526]

This game was the original “are we the baddies?”

[@hornyanddepressed6805]

That's literally the plot of Final Fantasy 4

[@Reddgameplus]

I thought you were gonna say this game was the original “are we there yet?”

[@KozyGamer15]

Nah, we got Tifa on our side!!!!

[@Jagarm87]

Nah, fuck shinra

[@BoxxyFan]

Nah shinra were the stereotypical baddies that framed em!

[@LeKain08]

142 : "Judging by this virtual reality display on the Cetra, Shinra would be better at making a Final Fantasy game than Square Enix." Ooooooooooooooooooooooh! :-P (excellent... and sadly true)

[@DashingDavid]

That part doesn’t actually make sense considering Square Enix made that scene

[@niwdlab14]

Rufus flew out after battling with Cloud, and in the next scene is back at the Shinra Bldg. Did they just circle and wait for them to leave?

[@Mogel-]

Wouldn't you rather bail out when you lost your weapons and the fight? Makes sense to me :P

[@Shalakor]

You can't say that it wouldn't be a very Rufus type of thing to do. Especially with the convoluted scheming he's involved in throughout the Compilation.

[@heroofthyme4237]

Fun fact: put Lightning’s hair on cloud and he’ll look exactly like her.

[@jodyboles8208]

not at all lol

[@6ixlxrd]

@@jodyboles8208 He actually would. Especially if you put Lightning's hair on him after Andrea "transformed" him.

[@jodyboles8208]

@@6ixlxrd no he wouldn't haha. He's face is next to nothing like lightning. Stop reaching haha

[@6ixlxrd]

@@jodyboles8208 Whatever rocks you to sleep at night, I guess.

[@jodyboles8208]

@@6ixlxrd same for you haha

[@strelitziamystery21]

4:45 actually if you believe the post AC Sephiroth theory then... The whispers were holding Aerith in place because Sephiroth was giving Cloud a hallucination that makes Cloud slow down. Remember that in the fire hallucination you can't walk fast? Sephiroth was trying to delay Cloud and Aerith meeting but the whispers held Aerith in place so the two can meet.

[@quanesshatheseventeenth8617]

That actually makes a lot of sense

[@devaw5599]

wait, where did u read abt post AC Sepiroth?? bc if it's canon, then that part of the game in the remake makes much more sense & my dislikeness towards that part is being reduced lol

[@strelitziamystery21]

@@devaw5599 It's a big theory about this game. There are a lot of videos about it but I recommend watching the Easy Allies videos with Maximilian Dood.

[@devaw5599]

@@strelitziamystery21 ohh oh well, i appreciate the fandom trying to make things work.. i guess i still kinda dislike the game haha.. i hope FFVII Rebirth would be amazing enough to redeem my disappointment towards FFVII Remake haha

[@strelitziamystery21]

@@devaw5599 I guess we will have to wait to see if the Time Travel theories are true when part 2 and 3 come out.

[@Dreamline78]

8:27 Jesse did NOT steal Johnny's ID. If you watch the scene where Shinra Security is hauling Johnny away with subtitles, the Security officer says "Ha! Your ID was never logged in, idiot! It wouldn't have worked even if it was!" The whole point was to show how stupid Johnny is, and how easy it is to get him to slip up and start talking.

[@benwhiley9680]

Annoys me that you need subtitles on in this game to understand some of the dialogue. It's not often but, there are a few points where its not possible to hear/understand what's being said without subtitles. Most offensive are all the parts where dialogue is coming over the radio, without subtitles Tseng and the Turks are just making rumbling noises at the end of the Graveyard chapter. And, having subtitles on forces you to read them, distracting you from a, frankly, beautiful game.

[@EldenRinging]

@@benwhiley9680 to be honest, I think it's a thing in many modern video games in general, especially when dialogue is continuing while you are roaming around. That's why I always leave the subtitles on. I could stand far away and still get what some npc is saying somewhere, not only in this game, but others as well 🙈

[@vr6volkspower]

@@benwhiley9680 also when corneo's thug are talking with their gas mask on. You can't hear shit

[@mahande88]

@@benwhiley9680 If you think that a small thing such as subtitles takes away from the perfection of this game then you are an idiot. I bet you are one of the same people that complains about subtitles in a movie because you didn't go to a theatre to "read". Dumbass.

[@NotSoJolleyPotatoe]

@@mahande88 lmfao your pretty simple and easy to satisfy if you think this game is perfect. Simpleton

[@Gkublog]

Dartigan is a man of culture, he picked tifas "exotic" outfit

[@AzureRoxe]

Yet sins something involving her cleavage even though SE had no issue with it with her other outfits.

[@keenanjohnson1296]

@@AzureRoxe The cleavage sin was more for the fact she was a minor at the time they showed it in the flash back.

[@elsienova4269]

@@keenanjohnson1296 implying girls from the ages of 15-18 never wear anything that shows cleavage.

[@temp1326]

Keenan Johnson it comes up when he talks about scarlet

[@chriskoloski32]

I prefer the mature outfit. Side boob, cleavage, and next to no skirt

[@bastioncory6740]

"He already looked like a woman even before he put on the dress". Oh my God Haha🤣

[@xrosesc]

I was attracted to him😐 how dare u mock me? Regardless his muscles in the right light is amazing ive never seen muscles like that on a human being. Ahem! He’s still attractive regardless! Ik for a fact many female gamers will agree

[@yannispirou101]

@@xrosesc Most girls I've seen prefer Sephiroth.

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

@@yannispirou101 I mean...

[@royalreigns3373]

As a bi man I prefer cloud without the dress . . .

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@yannispirou101 I'll just take 'em both, lol! Sephiroth and Cloud are both very attractive. I think I like Cloud just a bit more, though, only for those adorable puppy-dog eyes he gives when scared or confused. Then again...everything about Sephiroth (excluding his voice in this game) oozes "come hither and I will devour you" and a girl can't discount that, lol! Grr, it's a tough call, so that's why I pick both.

[@benandrew21]

I think we can all agree that Barrett is the star of this show. His emotional scenes are nailed every single time

[@GhostPrime21]

Me: Theres nothing wrong with this game also me: grabs popcorn and nodding on every sin

[@Angryllama517]

I agreed with almost every sin mentioned and yet i have come to expect these kinds of things from final fantasy. i mean really even back in the original when i was little i questioned the phoenix down or revive materia not being used to revive the people that died. there are always plot holes and things that down right dont make sense but i still enjoy the game and watching these videos.i laughed my ass off watching some of these things that i didnt even notice

[@ShineSpark88]

@@Angryllama517 Please stop with the Phoenix Down shit. Gameplay Elements =/= Story.

[@MegaKinking]

@@Angryllama517 Anyways Phoenix down = Revives a KO'd character. Not dead character. Same with revive :) Nothing could have save Aerith. ( And I really hope the remake won't save her in part 2 )

[@Angryllama517]

ShineSpark 88 lol who is this guy. If he knew how to read I said back when I was little. Like u know 1997. Get out of here with that shit and grow up.

[@ShineSpark88]

@@Angryllama517 You are telling me to grow up, but can't differentiate gameplay from cinematics like a child. Yes, you said back when you were little, but you type like you still see it as a plothole.

[@epsilon5193]

"Unless the whispers are trying to make sure Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus occur" Yes, actually, literally. The three Whispers who aid the Harbinger are the three villains from Advent Children trying to ensure their own creation.

[@Godsforce]

Very sure that they are cloud, tifa and barrett, as one uses sword, one uses fists and one uses gun

[@epsilon5193]

@@Godsforce it’s confirmed in the Ultimania it’s those guys.

[@sdbzfan1]

@@Godsforce one uses one fist, one uses two guns not one and the other uses a short sword not a massive one, it's the advent children

[@stygames5450]

No amount of “read the Ultimania” will change the fact that there is zero merit behind this argument. Cloud and friends won in the original, and I don’t think “remnants” of Sephiroth would want them to win, no matter how badly they may or may not want to make their selfish dream come true. Also, Advent Children is terrible; I’d rather pretend it doesn’t exist.

[@misterfevillord1588]

Also, the gunner guy whisper has an attacked with the same name as the guns that the gunner remnant had. And, the three combined into bahamut, and the three remnants summoned bahamut in AC

[@pantarhei8457]

19:57 The Buster Sword was originally Angeal's, Zack didn't get it until after his last visit with Aerith so she wouldn't think anything of Cloud having the Buster Sword.

[@sepheronx]

That's based upon crisis core. In OG FF7, it was Zack as angeal didn't exist. So for more of us who really only played OG FF7, then he is correct. I only know of angeal cause I just recently played CC as someone told me about story changes.

[@Jammineyeonline]

@@sepheronx that would be truth if this game wasn't based on the compilation. So crisis core counts on this one.

[@matthewfries4079]

sepheronx it’s not story changes it’s story additions

[@superlombax1561]

Jammineyeonline Especially since that now the embodiment of fate has been destroyed, so now it could be possible to encounter other characters and enemies from the other games in the compilation. Maybe

[@RuneKatashima]

@@sepheronx Sure but in OG FFVII you never see Elmyra laying eyes on Zack, so you don't know if she did.

[@zeroeien]

Woah wait! So, a door frame can stop cloud’s buster sword while he is actively trying to swing it, but later he can cut a train and buildings in half because reasons?!

[@krome4284]

@@TheMinicrom I know this is a year late, but I haven't seen this much copium to try and make the nonsense ending make sens

[@TheDapperDragon]

Do you know how physics work? It doesn't matter how strong you are, if you move something two inches, you're not getting *any* cutting power.

[@wallypup4650]

lol@@krome4284

[@luvstagrind]

Fun fact: Jesse's bomb in the original WASN'T meant to destroy the whole reactor. She even says so in the original if you talk to her while in the Avalanche hideout. This is the line. Jessie: Oops... Hey, look at the news... What a blast. Think it was all because of my bomb? But all I really did was just make it like the computer told me. Oh no! I must've made a miscalculation somewhere

[@clFer777]

yeah the analysis in this vid is some kind of shallow

[@bigbirdmusic8199]

@@clFer777 not as shallow as they made the story of this game. Stretching 10 hours into 40

[@TrueKingOmega]

@@bigbirdmusic8199 More like 6, maybe 7, if you try to do everything along the way

[@bigbirdmusic8199]

@@TrueKingOmega lol true

[@Cetra29]

The game never said it was not meant to destroy the reactor. It said exactly what you said. Jesse not wanting to destroy the reactor is a retcon that makes no sense. They even risked lives to just get passcodes for doors. And not to just destroy a core that Shinra could fix over the weekend.

[@figureLP09]

Did they... Did they just Evangelion'd my FF VII? What's next, Nomura blaming the Corona Virus for the 3 year delay of the sequel?

[@StarMiners0416]

I've come to not trust Nomura with anything that hasn't originated from his skull... scratch that, even I wouldn't trust what comes out of his skull either. He's bamboozled the KH series into some weird amalgamation of time travel and plot contrivance among other magnificent mess-ups, he's shown to be petty with the incorporation of FF Versus XIII into the KH series, he's shown to have troubles during FFXV's development, and now the FFVII "remake" is more of a re-imagining at this point.

[@sarthakarora3212]

Ayaya the next game is in 2023 at earliest been leaked already mate. Every square game is delayed by a year for now, might increase later.

[@6ixlxrd]

@@StarMiners0416 I personally don't have a problem with the "re-imagining" parts since I didn't play the original game, or even knew this series existed until 15. But I cannot deny that I'm no-where close to being a fan of Kingdom Hearts. I've tried getting into it multiple times and just can't because of all the random ass-pulls that have ass-pulls because their ass-pulls are ass-pulls. Only so much I can take.

[@AstralMuffin105]

I don't know how people seem to keep overlooking that Tifa clearly said Barret's name when they first got to the pillar, with Aerith standing right behind her and looking at her as she talks. Also, Wedge didn't fall through the hole the party did. He was on a different section of floor and they had to climb back up to get to him.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Does anyone else think that the 'Airbuster' sounds like a brand of vacuum cleaner?

[@royalreigns3373]

It will only be a matter of time before Barret changes it into the n#&buster

[@xavierb.2378]

@@royalreigns3373 what is wrong with you

[@royalreigns3373]

@@xavierb.2378 Too much VRChat

[@xne14gax26]

Im guessing the Sin Counter literally explodes when you get to chapter 18

[@TheDapperDragon]

So, much like anyone with two working brain cells who's first reaction to change is *not* to cry, he actually seems to dig it, even if I disagree where he thinks it's going. So, since you guys can't handle someone liking change, does that mean you think his opinion was bought?

[@xne14gax26]

@@TheDapperDragon You're making a pretty big assumption. I like the idea of what the ending caused alot. The execution was fucking awful. The monster design for the FateSides was terrible and doesn't fit FF7. If they had left the KH designs in KH and decided on something less hokey than you literally fighting the physical embodiment of fate, I'm guessing the changes would be alot more well received. I was so excited to see what was on the other end of that portal in Ch 17, I could not have been more disappointed. That said everything else in Ch 18 was solid, especially the Sephiroth fight. Also why are you bringing up paid shills? Autism?

[@JokermanUno]

@@TheDapperDragon yall gotta get off the nuts of people who don't agree with you online

[@mrlloydval2887]

me, as someone who has not played the original FF7, has no fucking clue what the hell is going on after thy rescue aerith; and i also have no idea what any of the characters are talking about from that point onwards as well. until watching this video i never would have guessed that this game is just an alternate path to the original. it's a confusing mess.

[@donaldcurry1020]

@@mrlloydval2887 it only confusing to people that this wild unproven theory drive them, do not let them pull you down the rabbit hole your closer to the real way the game is played out being new and not what going on they are with unproven wild theories. it makes sense once you know all ff7 lore. like the whispers was original to be in the OG game, barret and tifa was to die and end of midgar, sephiroth was to be shown early on. all this stuff and more got change in the original. they even told everyone that this is expanded story with all ff7 lore in it, or some call it director's cut( them put everything in they want to begin with and lore from other ff7 games/videos)

[@whereisja]

Leslie strong enough to pick up Cloud's buster sword but can't shrug of a punch from Corneo? Seems legit.

[@Meufist]

The way Dart pronounced "facade" is golden. I'm not mocking.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

No joke, I thought that was how it was pronounced until my late teens.

[@bryantgutierrez9191]

44:35 - Technically, Sephiroth broke into this timeline first by showing up to cloud and giving him illusions and so on for the rest of the game. It’s why he’s more prevalent in this section of the story than the original. As for as I know, Aerith has become aware of the changes being done once the whispers started attacking her. So reasonable speaking, it’s Sephiroth who’s save-cheating cause he’s forced a new future (having cloud and co. Kill destiny) where he knows how he lost before and can change it now in a new save.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Kill destiny, lol it's so literal, destiny in a giant robot form. Nomura have no clue about subtly

[@tempusmars6272]

So Sephy is the save scummer. THAT does make sense.

[@samhammer1633]

THANK you, I couldnt figure out why i was so confused when he brought that up- this is the perfect counter comment and exactly what my thoughts were on the game

[@stygames5450]

Cool. Doesn’t make it right, though.

[@daisuke910]

Also, the planet is saved but humans are dead. But I guess that is a good ending. Humans are scum anyways 😅😓

[@xavierdoe2452]

This guy are sick. Jessie never intended to blow up the whole reactor in OG. In the HQ basement, she is visually stressed out about the size of the explosion and even commented that it was never meant to be so big. She said there must have been a miscalculation in the instructions she used.

[@Varikas]

Xavier Doe yeah the nuance is there. Most people wouldn’t catch the implication that it was actually shinra sabotage in the original

[@Lorkanthal]

@Darrow Au Andromedus they are talking about the original game, there was never any cut scene showing shinra blowing up the reactor, just it exploding from the outside. If you talk to jesse later on in the hideout under the bar she comments on how the explosion was way bigger then she expected.

[@carlosalbertogarbijr6212]

I think logicaly, what he meant, is that a small explosion (only destroying that small part of the reactor) is useless, they could fix it in no time, making all the work to stop the reactor useless. YOU NEED A BIG EXPLOSION TO GET THAT EFFECT. In the original, they always wanted to cause a big explosion, even if the result was even bigger than intended. The difference in the remake is that they seemed to play a vereu small explosion that wouldn´t make much of a difference.

[@Tasaq313]

That's not entirely true, I finished remake few days ago and went to original with fresh memory. Indeed she said that she must've made a miscalculation somewhere but she also says right after that "Hey, that was my bomb's debut. Makes me kinda proud", I wouldn't call it being stressed.

[@dianasofia7315]

Sephiroth is really good at ASMR" Yeah, he sounds kinda sexy for ASMR

[@Killer_Kris7]

No he does not lmao. The old VA sure. But this? If you're interested in p**os

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@Killer_Kris7 I wouldn't call this voice actor a POS, but absolutely, George Newbern was better at voicing Sephiroth and nailing Sephiroth's tone. Japan kept the oriignal voice actors for nearly all of their roles, I think, while we changed nearly all of them. I won't say I'm fully upset about that, the new cast kills it. I prefer Quinton Flynn and Crispin Freeman for Reno and Rude as well, but I'll sacrifice them if we could just get Newbern back.

[@hassanshahid5832]

Imagine if Zack had done his squats he would have slapped sepheroth around

[@judgedredd1901]

zack is the original squat king. From before Sephiroth went crazy to Zacks death. He did squats. Plenty.

[@Erduk]

NEVER skip leg day.

[@xrosesc]

Omg yes!

[@webbiefade14]

A Sin you forgot to mention: President Shinra points a gun at a man with an everloaded gunarm, and he stands there shocked and defenseless....like he doesn't have a gun on his arm...

[@JaMaAuWright]

Aerith actually kind of *is* trying to make sure Advent Children doesnt happen, as if Sephiroth is defeated in the same manner as the original, he'll continue exist as a sort of planet ghost leeching off the life stream and waiting for the opportunity to come back again and again. Some lines even imply that this Sephiroth isn't the one from the original timeline, but the one from Advent Children, and hes trying to get a better ending for himself. This would make Sephiroth the save scummer, and Aerith the anti-scummer summer.

[@winniethepooh4141]

Sephy can come back everytime? then why he need to change fate?

[@darkshimi]

Sephy merged with a planet-vampire alien thing that is generally rejected by the life stream. He'll keep coming back as long as he retains his sense of self. Might not be possible to destroy him without convincing him to let go of his hated. Even if you destroy the planet, he could survive in space as per Jenova. So Advent children could still happen either way.

[@Yokai_Yuri]

@@darkshimi Sephiroth can't come back whenever he pleases. His conciousness is alive but he need a jenova cells infused body to posses and then return.

[@darkshimi]

@@Yokai_Yuri “As long as Cloud remembers me, I can continue to exist. Within the Lifestream, and on the surface. Even if my spirit disseminates, even if just one fragment of a memory courses around the planet, in the end I can count on Cloud’s consciousness to bring me back, the man thought.” Quote translated from 'On The Way To A Smile - Lifestream Black And Lifestream White'. (My source: thelifestream.net/novels-novellas/on-the-way-to-a-smile-lifestream-black-and-lifestream-white/) So you technically aren't wrong, but if it's the memories of him that keep him "alive" in the lifestream, then it just takes Jenova and the memories of someone who knew him to fill in the memory gaps and bring him back from the remnants. Or at least that's my understanding.

[@FireBorn790]

That and the final canonical ending of FF7 is that the Planet makes humanity extinct within 500 years of the end of the game. Pretty sure that's a future people would want to avoid.

[@Eonstar890]

Surprised you didn't mention the fact that Cloud snuck out of Aerith's house, Ran into her while leaving, they made their way through the broken highway, arrive in Wall Market, fight in the Coliseum, dance at the Honeybee Inn, attend Corneos audition, get lost in the sewers, arrive in the train graveyard, fight their way to the pillar, AANNDDD battle the turks ALL in one night

[@hellspawn21]

For one of the first sins about the bomb timing, while 30 seconds would've been enough to get a safe distance away from the bomb, the reactor exploding would cause heavy panic among the facility, which could lead to them being caught immediately They need to leave the area before it explodes to prevent arrest duh

[@TheDapperDragon]

Another one, in the OG, AVALANCHE DID intend to only disable the reactor. If you talk to Jessie, she mentions that the bomb wasn't supposed to be that big. It was just more subtle there.

[@erickluviano981]

The game looks absolutely gorgeous but they’re basically just retelling the story in an alternate way. And that kills it a little for me

[@chetawanung-adjmagool9967]

30:38 Tseng is confirmed in the Ultimania to be 30, so this flashback puts him as 15-16 year-old. Guess the people at SQEX forgot that side characters do age too.

[@cosmicmist2020]

Same. I wouldn’t question it if he was in his late 30s or something

[@pedroivanvillalobosrodrigu1686]

"I'll petition to rename anuyrisms in medical textbooks to Nomuras" that was funny af

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

It is also accurate. ...Nomura may be an adequate character designer but the man can't pull off a coherent plot line to save his life.

[@korymulanax3362]

@@Ilikecatsismychannelname OMG right!

[@amanojin3338]

Why wait...his body of work is proof enough we need to do this now. P. S this video saved me from wasting my energy on this garbage.. Ever. So thanks. I'm gonna play og ff7 again instead

[@pedroivanvillalobosrodrigu1686]

@@amanojin3338 not trying to start an argument or anything but I don't think you should think of it as garbage. Does it have a few holes here there? Yes. So does every game. Is it a carbon copy of the original? No. It's its own thing. That's not a bad thing. It stays close enough to the original to where it still feels like ff7 but also throws in new things to give you a new experience. I've played both the original and this remake, and I would honestly suggest giving it a try even if it isn't 100% the same.

[@amanojin3338]

@@pedroivanvillalobosrodrigu1686 I respect your opinion but this game has way too much nomora based convoluted nonsense for my taste. He ruined kingdom hearts and hell ruin this. As for those who like it.. They are welcome to and Im glad it introduces a new generation to ff7 but time cannot be brought or returned... I value mine and choose not to waste it on this... Maybe after they actually finish this story I may have a look at the whole product but "ooh midgar looks pretty" is not reason enough for me to drop £40 on 1 hour of an already complete story that has been stretched into 30 hours. To me, this is garbage with an as yet unknown price. considering this is part one of who knows how many....

[@Mitchincredible]

16:45 I think they explain in Crisis Core that falling from that height is survivable for SOLDIERs due to their enhanced physical capability. You could argue it would negate the worry of using anything to slow the fall, but, I mean, just because something doesn't kill you, doesn't mean it won't hurt. Also thank God you removed a sin for Hell House, that was literally the highlight of the remake for me because I didn't believe they had the balls to bring back fighting a house in a remake. It's things like that which demonstrate doing a remake right,.

[@MayHugger]

@Daniel Zuk Cause he really stronk.

[@Shalakor]

@Daniel Zuk Because Turks are essentially super soldiers, too. ...Just, not in the same kind of way.

[@noriakikakyoin4430]

The whispers prevented me from taking this game seriously.

[@ryankoopacanada]

How so?

[@propheinx2250]

Call em by their proper names, Time Wraiths.

[@mosswind]

Level 0 thinking right there.

[@propheinx2250]

@@mosswind I can't take it seriously either. They straight up plagiarized the CWs flash and put in Time Wraiths.

[@lordofoshu8017]

@@propheinx2250 Id have called them Nope Ghosts or at least Nomura's Wrath

[@unclesuave]

Ultimate Sin: Mispronoucing Tifa as Tiffa even though they call her by name, with voice actors, the entire game.

[@unclesuave]

@Darrow Au Andromedus Did you ever hear her named be pronounced Tiffa in the game? Even using the Japanese vowels it would still be Tifa as in Tea-fah and not Tiff-uh

[@kingquaps]

@@unclesuave nope. Because the Japanese is ティファ and not ティーファ. And if you're in any doubt, the Japanese of Tiffany is ティファニー which isn't pronounced tee-fah nee, is it?

[@xrosesc]

Its like calling yuffie-> yufi...who does that!?

[@AliJayShannon]

@@xrosesc I do.(assuming you are saying that like "yuh-fee") Because i was 10 when i played this originally and had no idea her name had a direct translation from japanese and had no idea how the japanese language works or sounds. By the time i found out i had been saying it that way for over a decade, hard habit to break. People who say "Air-is" instead of "air-ease" annoy the shit out of me too, for the european player base.

[@KungFuKendrick]

He keeps switching between the two pronunciations

[@beatlemania8945]

"When not playing Spider-Man, Yuri Lowenthal is consistently typecast as pathetic and cowardly characters. It's one hell of a weird juxtaposition." Well, there's also those Mercury and Sasuke guys....

[@MaverickRiou]

Lithium Man Lithium Man And Marth. And Door-kun.

[@DarkVoid-hp6sb]

Awfully bold of you to assume Saskue isn't a lil bitch

[@BlackwingStorm900]

What about Ben fucking 10

[@rockyboy504]

Lithium Man Lithium Man and the final boss of Remnant: From The Ashes

[@yourboyrussell6738]

And Pharos in Persona 3, whom of which was downright creepy in some cases. Yosuke in P4 was also not exactly pathetic or cowardly, either. Especially from a gameplay standpoint.

[@thomasknapp6434]

Eh, Cloud didn't do the "half now, half later" arrangement because Tifa gave him the puppy dog eyes and he melted into a puddle, ya know like he always does when she asks anything of him.

[@ace.squirrel]

The scene where she asks him to help her change water filters the next day begs to differ

[@thomasknapp6434]

@@ace.squirrel Are you kidding? He basically agrees to help her for free.

[@vaporwavewlw5632]

Well, Cloud's backstory could have something to do with it, ig. In the remake they play them off as childhood friends, but really Tifa was just the popular girl™ and Cloud was insecure and looking for a way to fit in

[@thomasknapp6434]

@@vaporwavewlw5632 Point is, the "sin" this video uses really isn't much of one because it has a pretty simple explanation: Cloud isn't all that good of a mercenary, and also lacks even basic negotiation skills.

[@vaporwavewlw5632]

@@thomasknapp6434 cloud's just an emo macho man

[@relaxstaycalm1906]

To me the biggest sin of all is they added Kingdom Heart's shit into this game.

[@shaesullivan]

Cloud, Tifa and Barret, got it memorized?

[@Chokken97]

I've spent the last week watching FF7R related videos after finishing the game and this may have been the most amusing one. Besides the clever humor, a lot of the points made clear a number of odd moments I felt while playing but couldn't quite identify. Square needs to watch this.

[@Kazusus0]

So many odd moments, it was hard for me to fully enjoy the game. Fillers levels of the game at 40 h made me stop playing and watched the rest on maximillian streams lol

[@kaptenlemper]

They won't, if only for the fact they will inevitably make bank off the hardcore fanbase that will voluntarily lap up whatever half-assed product they make with the FFVII IP.

[@russianbot5302]

@@kaptenlemper But it expanded on the story. If I got the og as the remake I'd be pissed as hell since they skimmed over half the damn story. It takes 4 hours to get through midgar in the OG.

[@J4nT3mpl4r]

The reason Shinra leaves Aerith alone is because they need her to willingly lead them to the promised land. They tried to force her mother but obviously that didn't work.

[@strahinjagov]

The whispers attacked Aerith because she was supposed to leave, but her and Cloud kept talking.

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

@@beastalchemistVA No it does not.

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

That is the most reaching thing I have heard about this scene.

[@TheDarklink82]

@@ProLaytonxPhoenix What part of this time travel plot was supposed to make sense in the first place?

[@strahinjagov]

@@ProLaytonxPhoenix how is it a reach? It's the truth. I literally just replayed the original game a few days ago, Aerith gives him the flower and then leaves. Here she clearly had no intention of going anywhere until the whispers showed up to scare her off.

[@Astraldymensions]

They also hold her in place for Cloud to meet her because moments prior Sephiroth leads Cloud on a wild goose chase. Aerith would have been long gone otherwise

[@geneal1989]

Some of the sins is either they forgot or misinterpreted what happened in the OG and the whole Remake game. For example the bomb from Jessie was always meant not to destroy the reactor. It was just not shown clearly. In the OG, ifyou talk to Jessie in the basement of Seventh Heaven after the first run she will have a dialogue where she is wondering why it had so much damage.

[@royalreigns3373]

Yes but it takes all the consequences of being a terrorist away (which is what they are think of the now powerless hospitals) and shifts all the blame being like "even tho the terrorist's bomb failed let's finish the job so they don't have to be responsible for millions of deaths despite that had to be something they knew would happen and where willing to risk".

[@tagnetorare5401]

Jessie's bomb won't do much damage to the reactor as you can see from the cutscene in Ch.1. It's the company that made the entire reactor blow up.

[@aarononeill3]

@@royalreigns3373 agreed, a missed opportunity to develop avalanche. Instead they go the bubble wrap path, where good guys are good guys, balck and white boring nonsense

[@wing024]

I guess that Dartigan forgot that Asian's don't age. Tseng not aging makes perfect sense.

[@akirachaossuta]

Actually for the flashback they had created a younger model for Tseng, they just never used it for some reason.

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@akirachaossuta I think Wing is referencing certain Japanese creators that either look exactly the same or look significantly younger as they get older, such as Hirohiko Araki and Masahiro Sakurai.

[@dallasstaryu7337]

You missed the part where even though a giant 500-foot thick plate with an entire city built on top fell onto the slums of the Sector 7 slums, you could actually search the slums for survivors under an open sky with no evidence that there was ever an upper plate in the first place.

[@georgehatzimanolakis1904]

this confused me for weeks, as i beat it a while ago. It was actually this video where I watched the plate fall again. Because the way it fell, the part closest to the center spills over and this leaves an open spot in the middle. The town avalache are in must be positioned right under the pillar in order for this to work. but seriously though, I swear u and I are the only 2 people who were like "sector 7 plate falls down on sector 7 slum, why does the slums still exist?"

[@Laguccia]

@@georgehatzimanolakis1904 you guys are not alone (_ _) i was so sad when i saw that. that part ruined the game for me (and after i saw some more gameplay, i understood it was just the beginning)

[@superlombax1561]

Dallas Staryu That is a good point.

[@benwhiley9680]

I like how no one ever mentions the population living atop the plate. The game states 50k live in the undercity slums (which my experience in the slums would contradict but whatever, I can accept it). If 50k live under it, then maybe 500k live on top. High-rise apartments and proper housing, layout, infrastructure etc on the plate would result in a considerably more densely populated area than the wooden shacks and lack of infrastructure found in the undercity. More people could live in that little bit of the Sector 8 plate we go through at the start of the game than all the slums we explore combined. But nope, never mentioned.

[@m.huseinaqilah1717]

@@benwhiley9680 yeah, like, Shinra technically lost more than saved. It's mindless, why would drop a section of the city, on TOP of ANOTHER *SECTION OF THE C I T Y ?!*

[@frytcuzz2295]

Thank you for taking off a sin for the boss fight and adding one for the fact that Sephiroth sounds so much like a kingdom hearts character cause it was kinda annoying.

[@fieryrebirth]

Nomura's fingerprints were all over the final hours of the game, complete with AC-levels of "Subtlety". I don't care what position he was in, I recognized Toriyama and Nomura's handiwork when the point calls for it.

[@Zayindjejfj]

Every final fantasy character sounds like a kingdom hearts character.

[@thesmackdragon]

Magic Warrior, right? It’s almost as if Kingdom Hearts was fashioned after a certain game series but I can’t quite put my finger on it...

[@superlombax1561]

dragoness615 Yeah. After all, FF did come first.

[@roxstar5088]

The underground facility is an foreshadowing to the dirge of cerberus storyline actually. The whole ending is basically Kingdom Hearts. The giant shadow sora... I mean harbinger of fate, the weird time travel alternative universe stuff that makes more plot holes then fills them. Hell, I was almost expecting a "By the power of friendship in our hearts" speech from Cloud at this point.

[@vincentgraymore]

Well, Aerith gave basically the same speech and hints.

[@ryuisvillemaster8076]

"Sephiroth is really good at ASMR" Me : Laughing till stomachache🤣🤣

[@Saito_0243]

Must sin you for pronouncing Tifa's name as "Tiffa" while sinning a game in which they say her name correctly many times, audibly, in English dub. Shame!

[@AYCHMENG]

I hate how her name is pronounced "Teefa" doesn't seem right, but whatever.

[@Mastabacc]

@@AYCHMENG Don't know what you are talking about, but it sounds right to me. The only name that doesn't sound right is Tidus (Teedus). Should me Tide-us

[@AYCHMENG]

MBacc don’t get me started on that one too lol

[@vanitaspero1043]

@@Mastabacc The reason why Tidus's name is pronounced that way is because his Japanese name is Tida, which means "sun" while Yuna means "moon." Their names may be a reference to yin and yang.

[@kennethcook9406]

@@AYCHMENG I've pronounced it "Tee-fa" ever since the OG FF7 came out, it just makes sense from the spelling. The same goes for Yufie, it's "You-fee" and it makes me cringe when people say "Yuh-fee"

[@jayden8751]

The part where you said this helpful ability of aerith talking to cloud in his dreams literally happens before she dies remember

[@xrosesc]

I cant remember

[@royalreigns3373]

Aerith appears in clouds dream and sees Coud pregnant with Sephiroth's baby. . . She then casts teleport but it didn't work, it seems Aerith is stuck here.

[@Xenosaga]

@@xrosesc right before they go to the city of the ancients in the original

[@randomfools808]

Aerith took Cloud the long way because she wanted to spend more time with him in the underground area. Bad at picking up cues from woman counter: 1 I missed it the first time too. I also liked the pink dress scene with Aerith in Wall Market the best. Seemed the most realistic for her character. No grand entrance.

[@juanantenor1740]

Wellllll, even if there hadn't been a safer route S5-S7, Aerith did go far out of her way to see Cloud off. The fact there was a safer shorter way just makes it worse/better

[@jackstack2136]

She chose the longer route because this game was 90% padding out the '40 hour JRPG' trope but go off

[@ytnukesme1600]

a sh!tty cue honestly, 10/10 would c0ckblock.

[@ytnukesme1600]

@@jackstack2136 the entire game's made out of corridors, they have to force you to go through each and everyone some how, can't have dem """content""" be wasted. 🙄

[@buntothesun2154]

Thankfully, He caught on when he was about to question her and saw her smile

[@etharchildres3976]

Sin 44 13:33 I actually thought that the sword hitting the door frame was to show how scared cloud was of sephiroth, displaying his PTSD with quick and frantic actions showing that he is terrified and using his flight of fight responses immediately without any thought because he knows that if sephiroth makes a move hes dead! He could probably fit his sword through the door if he wasn’t so afraid.

[@jameswest6232]

Agreed

[@blagageorge3824]

he literary fits the sword through the door in the next few seconds

[@michaelwilson5114]

The true final boss is the pro pull-ups - only thing keeping me from a platinum...

[@iCanHasRandomness]

really? the only thing? Not the secret ones or hard-mode ones? The freaking button mashing competition? Yeah, suuure

[@crazyfire9470]

Have you done it?!

[@emarythomp]

Yuro yeah??? The pull ups are harder than any boss I’ve faced. And I played on hard mode difficulty as well and fought pride and joy.

[@michaelwilson5114]

@@iCanHasRandomness Yup - finished all the hard modes, all enemy skills, Pride and Joy is gone, all the dresses, etc - but I seem to always get close to beating Jules and make ONE fatal error (usually around 30-35 reps).

[@michaelwilson5114]

@@emarythomp Did you try the later chapters on hard before or after getting the Gotterdamerung?

[@LittleSlimy]

Who are the ancients, she asked. La li lu le lo, he should have replied.

[@Grizzle2894]

Another thing that annoys me about Tseng is that his hair is the same length during current time and during the flashback to when Aerith was young. But if you've played crisis core, his hair is noticeably shorter there, probably hinting at being younger at the time, and that game would be directly in the middle of ff7's story and the Aerith childhood flashback. Guess they forgot

[@bobsteel1981]

You missed a few sins (In no particular order): > Aerith pointing out her materia, the camera zooming in to show her ribbon with no indication of any materia. > Aerith hiring Cloud as a bodyguard, then at the start of every battle having Cloud say "I'll protect you" and having Aerith saying "I can look after myself you know." I just wish Cloud would turn around once and say "Then why did you hire me?" > The insistence that hitting a person with a sword, staff, fists, or bullets, only knocks them out. > Having the NPCs in the slums commenting on the reactor being on fire, looking up and being unable to see the reactor, any flames, or smoke. > Flashback naration saying the same words as the character in the flashback, but at a slightly different time instead of syncing the sound and lips. > Weapons growing new materia slots, but the weapon models not gaining any. > Unskippable mid-battle cutscenes, and methods to replay chapters. > Materia is so common that despite being able to sell it for several hundred Gil, and despite the benefits it would provide if you are attacked by monsters or thugs, people will still leave it on the seat in a train carriage heading to / from the slums despite sitting near it. > The train going clockwise down the central pillar. Using the same train track to drive up on bikes, and going clockwise again. > Colloseum battles with magic, ranged weapons, and very agile creatures, but no protections for the crowd. > A high-profile business owner that insults customers that can only afford their lower-cost services. Why offer them in the first place? > Two quests that check the level of some materia, but having that level not actually change the outcomes. > The animations of the pumping section of the sewers. > Cloud taking cover behind some pipes while Reno shoots at him with a helicopter, showing some of those pipes falling to the ground watched by Tifa and Aerith, then changing control to Aerith while Tifa starts to climb the pillar. Spending a few minutes running around Sector 7, then cutting back to Tifa reaching Cloud, who hasn't moved during all this time. Then despite the same helicopter still firing at them, they both leaving the cover. > Climbing the plate, looking down at Sector 6, but not seeing any recognisable landmarks, not even the Wall Market. > The secret boss of the game (Pride and Joy) being easier than almost every other boss, especially the boss straight before it. > Asking Red XIII to press distant levers dependent on the animation before being able to press the button, and having that animation of him sitting down take quite some time. > Why does unlocking the door using the correct button not swing it open, but breaks the hinge so it falls forward? > Shinra eavesdropping on Reeve in his office, but not watching Mayor Domino in his. > "Polite" enemies. "Kill them!" "Yes sir! We'll just stand here for several seconds while someone comes and saves them, then talks to them, only attacking after they have finished!" > During one of the cutscenes in the battle inside the portal having Cloud switch to the Buster Sword regardless of which sword he is currently using, only to switch back after. > Calling the game "Remake" when it's a sequel. (I know Nomura said "Remake" has a specific meaning that will become clear in subsequent entries, but that doesn't change the fact that it is false advertising, especially since they apparently consider it to be the fifth game in the FFVII series according to some translations of the Ultimania.)

[@jawlyrogers8566]

Remake sounds more like remaking their destiny rather than it being a remake of the game. It's like "what would you do different if you knew the path this decision would make? How would you remake your life and avoid all the major hardships that came with it?" That's the feeling I get from the word "remake."

[@mosswind]

The cutscene in the portal makes sense if you realize that the realm of the singularity is a more mental place than any other; so it makes sense that he'd have the buster sword for the cutscene, cause that's the weapon he most identifies with. Have you ever tried to pick out individual buildings or areas from realllly high up? As for the Cloud cover thing, things happen at the same time, or do you think that time flows linearly only if you perceive the actions? Do you think the Don would shell out for protection for his audiences? Are you an idiot? He's the DON. They come to the fights for that thrill of possibly being part of the action. Grow up about the un-skippable mid-battle cutscenes Finally, the stuff about the Remake title...Soooo you hate things that have more than one meaning? Yes, it's a remake of the FF7 original but it's also a remake of the timeline because Future-Roth has come back to fuck stuff up.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

@@jawlyrogers8566 Thing is... most players mix up the meanings of remakes, remasters, reboots, etc... Here it comes Nomura taking advantage of such confusion. After Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus, do you really think any player would give a chance for another sequel? It's not really a reimagination either (or the right nomenclature, a reboot) because the events of FF7 already happened, there is multiverses and time-travel involved in this madness... So, if previous events are established and this story follows along, this is a sequel. And to add salt to the wound, the concept of "soft reboot" is also a thing lol It's pure madness, basically a breeding ground for Nomura, Nojima and Motomu

[@keridinsmore5181]

I just now realized: Chocobo Sam is a discount Arthur Morgan

[@diasifec9564]

And i've just realized that Hojo was a discount Colm O'Driscoll

[@dannysilva3210]

That's why I like him even more 😁

[@ToboGamers]

44:09 facade being pronounced as "fa-kade" is the biggest sin

[@shannon1242]

I made that sin for years.....still trying to force myself to say fa sade is weird.

[@EduardoTorelly]

honestly, in a world where outside of the upper levels of midgar there are giant worms, dragons and dinassoars with wheels, walking armed doesnt seem that uncommon.

[@starofjustice1]

5:35 You forgot "Tifa is literally introduced breasts-first".

[@AlphaI250]

@stripe801 There should actually

[@antonironstag5085]

@@AlphaI250 yeah if you're gay

[@AlphaI250]

@@antonironstag5085 No because males arent introduced dick first

[@AlphaI250]

@stripe801 Never said its a flaw, just said it would be considered a sin

[@antonironstag5085]

@@AlphaI250 and women aren't introduced vagina first. Everyone likes boobs except for gay men and insecure women

[@patrickhill2595]

2:09 actually, that was put in the original as Jesse was still surprised with how much damage the explosion of the reactor did back then as well.

[@danielm.595]

Well, this isn't supposed to be a serious video

[@patrickhill2595]

DANIEL M. If that were the case, he wouldn’t try to make sense of anything in the game there are obvious potholes like not using grappling hooks for they have them. The same thing can be said about Cinema sins, if it is all just for jokes why make valid arguments?

[@Khalengen]

@@patrickhill2595 That's not his point. Dartigan's point is that it makes it out to be like some grand bomb when it shouldn't. He brings that up in the 6th sin pointing out that very fact. What Dartigan meant was, for all intents and purposes that Avalanche knew the bomb Jesse designed should only be enough to destroy the pump and so its power should be very minimized but Jesse and the game makes it out to be like a grand huge explosion that you need upwards of 30 minutes to get away to safety. That's a red flag for you because why would a bomb designed to do barely any damage warrant such a distance for safety. Instead it should have been set for a small time like 1 minute or 30 seconds. For the way the bomb is made out to be, it doesn't feel like Jesse is telling the truth of how contained and weak it is.

[@patrickhill2595]

KamenMod fair point.

[@theodorehunter4765]

The plan was to sneak in, killing guards as necessary, set the bomb to explode after they leave, then leave so as to not attract too much attention. The massive explosion was "explained" as being a reaction with the Mako, something that is not an issue when Jessie is just trying to blow up a door, besides the fact that the other alternative at that moment was to stay in a hallway that was continuing to collapse around them.

[@Monty2289]

The point of double layered city is that it DOESN'T make sense. The SEC are quite literally a cabal of Saturday morning cartoon villains. Shinra had more than enough time to pin the blame on Avalanche since they were ALWAYS ready for a scapegoat. Wutai was just the easiest boogeyman. Avalanche presented itself and that's only thanks in part to Barrett who is somewhat making it up as he goes along himself. Jessie is a dems expert. They even make logical conjectures of said high yield including the reactor itself just going off from the damage from the bomb. An explosion decided to breach in very different and there's nothing around to go off from it. I don't think there was anything to fear from blowing open a wall. The obvious answer to the Scarlet sin is that it WAS planned Is asking why he's carrying around the Buster Sword a weird question. It was never a point in CC. Aerith could just be under the impression that certain member of Solider First Class uses the weapon. And just because she was locked in Shinra labs would mean she would know intimate details about Solider either Eh Corneo is probably reocuppied with getting some action. Likely that he heard a duo is cleaning house in his cup and he decided to throw the Hell House at that. Cloud and Aerith also don't use their real names in the mansion so unless he's seen them in person - there's no reason to assume the tail he was gonna get tonight are also the champs. Despite Shinra (the government) walling off Wall Market Don Corneo due to his wealth and influence probably still has an end. After all Palmer can be seen running his outshape ass trying to catch one of the strippe---Oh I mean employees working at the Inn. It's easy to imagine that any higher up from Public Security would have went on the hunt for Barrett but Corneo either offered or was roped into sending his lackeys instead. Highly likely that Public Security was doing sus shit like setting up perimeters next to maintenance access areas around the pillar in edition to them quarantining undercity folks. And Barrett being Barret and having Shinra assume blame for EVERYTHING went in guns blazing. The trap door leads to Corneo's pet's den as well as a route to a safe room Corneo is holding himself over in. Maybe....um...his MEN built it, Dart? Shinra doesn't control the world. They simply have the exclusivity of harnessing the planet's life force. They also have several privatized industries including a military that blows the fuck out of any army on the planet so it'd be nearly impossible to challenge them. Even Wutai couldn't. They only fought back because their home was in danger of being turned into a reactor site. Made perfectly clear in loading screens that the Upper Expressway is still under construction and not ready for public use. Don't ask me how the gang ended up on it though

[@blinkonceonsunday1325]

Jessie was not a demolitions expert, she was a dancer/actress at the gold saucer, until her dad's accident working for Shinra. Shinra's refusal or inability to take care of her dad led her to join avalanche, and it's sort of implied she learned how to make bombs on the internet or something.

[@Dragonpit]

Cloud: You really hear that? Barret: Yeah. Cloud: Get help. Me: Damn, Cloud! People usually need to eat an apple to look like THAT much of an asshole!

[@WokeandProud]

If you look at it from Clouds perspective he's not being an asshole at all. Barret genuinely comes off as a fanatical loon him telling him to get help makes sense.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Tifa is such a Mary Sue in this remake. I honestly prefer the Tifa in the FFVII Machinabridged parody.

[@adhirg]

Dartigan, after writing each and every sin in this video: “Nailed it, I know, thank you. Moving on.”

[@adamguitar1498]

I've always seen purpose of the timer as not to reach a safe distance from the explosion (because it wasn't intended to be huge), but to reach a safe distance from the scene of the crime before the bomb goes off. A bomb going off will raise alarms, attract attention and create more obstacles to overcome, basically more hassle for the party if they're still in the vicinity.

[@peterr765]

For sin number 58, in order for Aeriths powers to manifest properly, she has to willingly go along with Shinras plan, which is why they just keep an eye on her until later when her hand is forced for the safety of the team.

[@soppanaamas]

About Aerith projecting an image of herself in Clouds sleep. That ability will become useful again after Temple of the Ancients, remember? ;)

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

@erik melvin Oh sweet nostalgia, I member

[@mrensio9341]

Oh hey, now that you mention it. You're absolutely right! Have a like.

[@pandaeyez]

That's right! When she projects herself into Clouds dream in the sleeping forest. Guess Dartigan is majorly wrong there ;D

[@cricketcritter8532]

gonna make a sin count on the sin counter.

[@Alassandros]

Everyone talks about the sector 7 under plate being destroyed, but wouldn't the upper plate and all the people there have been destroyed as well? Why didn't they show the perspective of the upper plate during the plate drop?

[@TheSonofabiscuit]

Right? They missed out on making us feel for Jessie's parents too. Ud think her last words would've included hope for her parents

[@SebasTian58323]

@@TheSonofabiscuit her parents are in an entirely different sector

[@towaLink]

You literally go to the destroyed sector 7 upper plate in order to reach ShinRa HQ and save Aerith

[@Alassandros]

@@towaLink I understand that. What I'm asking is why was the under section the only one talked about when speaking on losses? Why didn't they show the upper plate people falling from the sky? I wanted their perspective as well.

[@TheSonofabiscuit]

@@SebasTian58323 your literally wrong haha. Sector 7 employee housing. It might not be part of the plate, but its definitely sector 7 lol

[@ethermelt4780]

It really says a lot about a game and its' gameplay when just about every single boss fight earns a sin removal

[@roberthiggins4186]

Right! The game was fantastic aside from the typical FF bs plot that goes on. That said, the plot is not bad all things considered. I'd watch Maximillan Dood for his plot theory, its damn good, not to give him views, but because it opens up some interesting ideas to the narrative and direction things could go. Sans Nomura behaves...

[@JeffAndresWilliams]

This game is at its best when it pays homage to the original and makes those experiences even better, which makes the deviations and fate BS even more egregious.

[@dogdaysgaming7669]

@@JeffAndresWilliams i Agree if i understand you right, any moment of the remake that lined up with the original such as much of wall market was a blast and felt great to play, but all the added garbage felt awful. this game was 10 hours of fun and 30 hours of crap. the remake lost all soul of final fantasy VII and just became final fantasy 7 remake

[@JeffAndresWilliams]

@@dogdaysgaming7669 Yeah, I don't even mind the filler that much. I just don't like the major changes they've made to the story. The whole last act of the Shinra Building was changed for the worse, and having Sephiroth in the first game at all was a mistake. But small things like Wall Market and all the neat mini games I didn't expect to see again were actually improved.

[@MayHugger]

@Darrow Au Andromedus Then why did anyone at all want a remake? If I found a game's story to be bland or shit, I certainly wouldn't be wishing for a remake.

[@Corion2121]

There’s no way Cloud’s sword would have cleared those corners in the air vents. Add 1 sin.