If you want an easier way to tell which universe you are in, pay attention to stamps the beagle. In each universe he is a different type of dog. Beagle in the main timeline, Pomeranian in Zack’s, etc
@kwonk52985 ай бұрын
thank you
@Colombianbusiness5 ай бұрын
There’s 7 stamps in rebirth 7different. Stamps
@jordanwolfe7394 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn wow…I think YOU may want to replay the game because you are incredibly wrong
@Mavuika_Gyaru4 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn in Rebirth Sephiroth literally says there are multiple worlds (time lines) and the reunion is him merging them all together
@buahkelapaliar88294 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn it's sequel. The only thing plot hole is how did Sephiroth know about the paradox timeline. I believe something happened in world after advent children and sephiroth know the alternative reality. But Aerith is the one who prevent him from his plan to get a possible outcome that he become a god. That's why he said in rebirth he found Aerith who hide in the world where the people already accept and know their world already doomed.
@barisaxman25 ай бұрын
Poor Cloud, he now has 4 personalities. Cloud, Zack, Sephiroth and now Aerith.
@Sai-fx1vt5 ай бұрын
thx for spoiling
@bluejelly22705 ай бұрын
@@Sai-fx1vtyour on his whole life timeline what did you expect
@Sai-fx1vt5 ай бұрын
@@bluejelly2270 this is the only vid on yt that has a full recap for everything ff7 related least this person couldve done like in the video was give a spoiler warning
@drewan225 ай бұрын
@@Sai-fx1vthow could you not expect spoilers
@dri_him5 ай бұрын
Honestly this comment is so vague it can mean anything and not really a spoiler unless you're someone who takes everything at face value from the internet.
@trafsq5 ай бұрын
I came for the lore...stayed for the cat.
@lloydnorval198917 күн бұрын
Animals are life ❤
@SilverIceDragon5 ай бұрын
Interesting how the host casually leaves out the part of when Cloud picks up Tifa in the reactor and moves her to a safe place, then confronts Sephiroth in a rage over hurting Tifa and killing his mother.
@mafiakickproductions5 ай бұрын
I want too know why he didn’t add this into the video like whattttt????
@machupich3 ай бұрын
It doesn’t really matter. Cloud still throws Sephiroth into the livestream regardless.
@dokonautАй бұрын
I don't think I understand your msg, why is that part important? there's a lot of stuff left out of this since it's just a summary like marlene isn't even here lol
@DaVinci-wt6dp5 ай бұрын
Am I deaf or does he keep saying “Sethiroth” instead of Sephiroth?
@maxxhusky47255 ай бұрын
I think he's saying "Sethiroph"
@adammason5555 ай бұрын
Sorry, I just really struggle with enunciating the ‘ph’ sounds! Not sure if it’s a slight lisp of mine or my accent, probably both!
@DustinAzlin5 ай бұрын
No need to apologize! We all still consumed every bit of your content (except for Rebirth section).
@RudeSaiyan5 ай бұрын
I heard Sethiroph
@malachi42285 ай бұрын
Nope he definitely is saying sethiroth, drove me crazy the whole time, maybe its just the accident?? Idk kinda annoying for. Be like someone sayin Darf Thader
@toad73055 ай бұрын
They need to make a prequel that focuses on the first Cetra that fight Jenova.
@rinas65505 ай бұрын
I was thinking this!!! Would be so cool
@KillaD695 ай бұрын
They did, it's called "John Carpenter's The Thing"
@makisbizarreadventure46695 ай бұрын
@@KillaD69 Love you for this cause it's so true
@danielpeter93085 ай бұрын
I honestly more interested in the lore of the civilization of Jenova's alien race
@KrelianLoke5 ай бұрын
They should make a movie called Final Fantasy VII: Minerva vs Jenova
@gameskyjumper17215 ай бұрын
Couple of points I disagree. 1. When transforming the Ancient Temple back to its materia form, it will shrink. And a person who activated it from inside will die. The activation doesn't require a sacrifice. It's just no one can get out of the temple fast enough. 2 Cloud and Zack memories didn't mix. Cloud, after years being experimenting on with Zack, learned much about him He took Zack's personality to be his. But deep down he is still himself. He is just acting tough. Acting like Zack. And this leads to: 3. Tifa didn't discovered Cloud's true past. She KNEW. She was just afraid to ask Cloud about it. When Clould and Tifa fell into the life stream. Tifa was able to go into and reach Cloud's mind. Then Tifa talke (show) Cloud what really happened. This is just to help Cloud to get to term with what happened in the past. This builds alot on Tifa and Cloud's relationship.
@Mavuika_Gyaru4 ай бұрын
No, Tifa did learn about Cloud's past. From her perspective Cloud was never there, hence why Sephiroth was able to use her to mentally break Cloud. In the life stream she learns that Cloud was in fact there and he's no Hojo creation
@dokonautАй бұрын
on point 3, tifa DOES learn about cloud there. she learns he was the other shinra grunt and that he kept his promise to her
@IOSARBX3 ай бұрын
GameSpot, I can't get enough of your content, so I subscribed!
@GLUFSAREN5 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention that the two soliders who picked up genesis were deepground operatives called Nero and Weiss, if they were based on genesis or not, I very much doubt but yeah..that's why genesis was their "big brother" I don't think they were genesis clones, but something else, unless it's stated somewhere I do not have a clue about.
@KevsShwaShwa5 ай бұрын
Here after the dunkey video to see the snowboarding beats dunkey missed.
@_Tomon5 ай бұрын
This had everything that such compliCATed storytelling requires ;)
@vidman50005 ай бұрын
They completely did a Kingdom Hearts with the franchise and I'm here for it.
@Masterpain335 ай бұрын
Glenn has MoM vibes as well 😂
@GeekandUke5 ай бұрын
This is a great video, thanks mate 🎉 Nice cat too :)
@iCanHasRandomness5 ай бұрын
Great video, A 10/10, really! It's just... ... all the Sethirops and YAffies are like hot needles in my brain. Still, great work! Makes me appreciate the Rebirth even more
@Shiko..5 ай бұрын
ty for this, love ur videos they explain all the details i miss ^^
@joelkurtz183623 сағат бұрын
I was genuinely interested in your FF7 breakdown......but then the cat entered the chat. And suddenly, that's what all the video became about 😊.
@GodOfAI_5 ай бұрын
Guys don’t over complicate it the trilogy is LITERALLY a sequel to advent children meaning that Aerith and Sephiroth know what’s going to happen in the future and by challenging fate multiple timelines were created so there’s still a chance to see Aerith back in the third game.
@modernaudioworks5 ай бұрын
No, you don't.
@Onewingedwingman5 ай бұрын
The ending of AC is happy tho.
@GodOfAI_5 ай бұрын
@@Onewingedwingman nope, more like bittersweet.
@Onewingedwingman5 ай бұрын
@@GodOfAI_ yeah that’s the word!
@OrangeJuicePapi5 ай бұрын
We killed the 3 brothers from advent children in the form of whispers in the first game. When you check their stats they are described as each of the 3 brothers.
@schools65554 ай бұрын
I wish I had the willpower to wait until all 3 parts of this game released before playing it all in one go!
@t.j.shook2982Ай бұрын
30:50 - That is some cute kitty 🐈
@supremefankai54805 ай бұрын
The only thing I have to call out is calling Shinra a "nation". Despite all their power they aren't technically the government, of course it's just semantics when they have the whole world under their thumb.
@obiohaijeoma12475 ай бұрын
I always look forward to these timeline videos from Adam tbh
@nickdevlin30724 ай бұрын
Crazy how ffvii can be used as an allegory for the military industrial complex lol 👀
@DustinAzlin5 ай бұрын
Very informative! Thanks for the spoiler warning for Rebirth! Much appreciated as I haven't played it yet! Great job!
@mastertucker5 ай бұрын
Okay so what is this 'the first soldier' animation before ever crisis' the first soldier? Searching it up I can only find the game and not these scenes.
@arronmartinez39013 ай бұрын
Love the content, but holy Sethiroph lol
@stopurcryin4255 ай бұрын
The entire multiverse was just as confusing as me as a 10 year old playing ff7 back in the day
@H.sapiens.sapiensАй бұрын
By the end of this video I actually thought his name was Sethiroph 😭😂
@TKLabz5 ай бұрын
I guess we will find the answers to our questions during the next game. Final Fantasy 7 Reunion
@roberthiggins41865 ай бұрын
Naming wise Reunion is taken with the Crisis Core remake. They may use it again, but I doubt it.
@hernandezjohn20004 ай бұрын
Great video!
@felixleung60695 ай бұрын
Everyone has a story line they love which is not about selfish or keeping the original story intact, it is about we all expecting things good in these days. Now is no longer 1997 the value, the mindset and global environment totally different. people need more positive and faith for good.
@liv45793 ай бұрын
Tbh this information did not go through my head but it was still enjoyable to watch
@kingofmonsters145 ай бұрын
Hojo is pretty much the main villain at this point
@trashcant31865 ай бұрын
100000% yes
@itsdeonlol5 ай бұрын
I love all of the FF Lore!
@SD_Koy2 ай бұрын
What about his appearance in Kingdom Hearts? :P
@TravaillesDuChanson5 ай бұрын
Before Crisis has a lot of story and there is a playthrough you could have watched and gleaned a lot of info thus greatly expanding your section no Before Crisis. Each of the turks have a backstory with a little bit of research you could have gotten a little info about all of them and including Verdot who is the old boss of the Turks. Not putting down your research you have done but there is a lot more to unpack with that game which desperately needs a remake.
@HolidayAtHome5 ай бұрын
0:45 " that's a hyper simplification of it" ooh yes ....
@FireRockGaming4 ай бұрын
I think the parts playing as Zack, that should of been him experiencing the afterlife within the lifestream. Where everyone who dies wakes up and takes control of their sleeping counter parts. Mostly because i HATE multi-verse scenarios that removes any consequence to anything. when everything that could happen does happen, whats it matter? somewhere you lost, or won, or didn't even bother. pointless.
@Clow003 ай бұрын
The cat is the best part of the video
@doug273128 күн бұрын
9 minutes in and I am already lost
@veitsknight5 ай бұрын
Am I wrong or is Remake technically set after Advent children with Sephiroth trying to stop his fate from happening. This is why whispers are trying to fix fate.
@veitsknight4 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn i am right.
@veitsknight4 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn then explain how Sephiroth knows everything and why his entire motivation is to prevent it from happening.
@Rithy21054 ай бұрын
@Rosso-km5jn Could be a sequel were Sephiroth travels back in time to change his fate ? So it would be both...
@BranDamanYT2 ай бұрын
Anyone else realize he is saying sethiroth
@tical114Ай бұрын
Can't unhear it now
@voborny5 ай бұрын
I would love to see a new FF7 central lore game detailing the journey of Genesis after the events of Dirge of Cerberus
@voborny5 ай бұрын
That said - i think a lot of people are misinterpreting the scenes where Zack ends up alive after the battle with all the shinra troops and the one where Aerith sees him walking with Cloud as literal when it is in fact metaphorical. Think about it. The whole story of OG FF7 and even in Remake Intergrade, Cloud remembers a big part of his story as if he were Zack himself. So in a way, is Zack not "carrying" Cloud in a sense, even if it is from beyond the grave? If you remember Crisis Core after defeating Angeal, he visits Zack and guides him through his journey in a similar way to Cloud in FF7/Remake minus the severe mako poisoning. And similarly, in telling Cloud that he is his "living legacy", is Zack not in a sense "born again" in Cloud? Metaphorical. Not literal. Anyways, thanks for coming to my Ted talk. What do you guys think? Am I hitting the nail on the head or missing huge since I haven't played Rebirth yet?
@schools65554 ай бұрын
I am so close to earning the Platinum Trophy for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! I only have a few of the Infuriating Curio Wall Trophies for Johnny's Seaside Inn left. All in all this has been an epic game and ive enjoyed it thoroughly a few mini games aside.
@blagd4 ай бұрын
This was really good. Thanks
@yusufabdulbari29325 ай бұрын
All my homies knows that all of this was Lucias fault
@8RIGHTS5 ай бұрын
Sethiroph
@SpitFireX855 ай бұрын
He’s saying it wrong on purpose to push comment engagement. Downvote every GameSpot video you ever see.
@gokust074 ай бұрын
@@SpitFireX85 why so serious bro, its just a lore video
@Flowerchild7784 ай бұрын
@@SpitFireX85I'd rather downvote YOUR comments 😂
@IianaDRK5 ай бұрын
The first image at the start of the video is wrong. The remake branch happens after dirge of cerberus and not after crisis core in the timeline
@Haregue2 ай бұрын
“Sethiroth”
@Pduarte794 ай бұрын
I say this prior of watching this, I assume you added the FFX lore aswell, since both connected and the Shinra family is from Al-bhed origin that space travelled to Gaia or Gaya, the homeplanet of the Ancients. And that's why all Shinra folks are 👱 and tech savy.
@mike91395 ай бұрын
YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤
@antoniaamoretti12883 ай бұрын
Hi! I love the Final Fantasy VII franchise! My favorite games in the franchise are Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth so far! I can't wait to see what Square Enix does with the final Part of the Final Fantasy VII trilogy too! It's going to be just as epic as Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth are as well!💖❤
@j0hn1s005 ай бұрын
who is Sethiroph ( or Sethiroth for that matter) seriously nobody watched this before releasing ?
@DaVinci-wt6dp5 ай бұрын
I thought it was just me, he is definitely saying Sethiroth right?
@heavenlyking83865 ай бұрын
He struggles with the sound. Bro can't help it.
@tysonatua66715 ай бұрын
@@heavenlyking8386is it the same excuse for “Yaffie” as well?
@cyberlord10005 ай бұрын
Csit Sith: Ooooo. Sethiroph, you say?
@MajinKratosX5 ай бұрын
Yoshinori Kitase confirmed that the remake trilogy will lead into Advent Children
@ILoveGettingPegged5 ай бұрын
Can you please provide a source? I can't find it, I've tried Googling. It'd be a big help.
@jhin_gg5 ай бұрын
I don't think it will lead into it, and will be more like a sequel to the movie. He never said that the last part ends before AC They even relaunched Advent children now. Why not after P3(?)
@TermiJP5 ай бұрын
I mean they relaunched AC even before part 2 came out (at least here in Japan, idk if they released it elsewhere) @@jhin_gg
@SpitFireX855 ай бұрын
He also confirmed 7 and 10 are the same world which every creative, including the scenario writer, has said he’s wrong on
@TazDevil505 ай бұрын
there more than one movie? I think
@bryannichols24935 ай бұрын
Are there spoilers for Rebirth here?
@rodseller99365 ай бұрын
I've played the original game five times so none of the spoilers mean nothing to me.
@kevin_cabeza144 ай бұрын
3:13 Cait Sith!
@lloydnorval198917 күн бұрын
Your cat is beautiful :)
@irishspuds58945 ай бұрын
Sep not Set hir oth. Sephiroth .. Lu cre cia .Lucrecia .good video other size. you are Stewie with cool whip XD
@SpitFireX855 ай бұрын
He’s saying it wrong on purpose to push comment engagement. Downvote every GameSpot video you ever see.
@nathanielspurrier15334 ай бұрын
That was an unusual pronunciation of "archipelago".
@LiquidSnake198822 күн бұрын
As a FFX fan, I feel sad that it didn't get Prequels and movies like ff7. My next potential favorite game would have been FF15 BUT disappointed 😔
@christhomson81325 ай бұрын
Mack-o energy? Am I the only one who calls it Make-o? Mack-o sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me.
@iCanHasRandomness5 ай бұрын
yes you are. It's a Japanese game so if they wanted co call it "make-o" they'd say "Meiko"
@openperspective54234 ай бұрын
zack got it hard
@PiggyByt35 ай бұрын
I love you now because of your CAT! hehe
@erickreyes79025 ай бұрын
I feel like we really get to see what really happened on that ending on part 3... for now it may seem convoluted to others especially the OG FANS... I mean its SQUARE ENIX... MULTIVERSE is in the name...
@hydlidevlog4 ай бұрын
Just wait until they throw Tidus into the game, by that time you can be ready for some asperin :P
@thallesvinicius272911 күн бұрын
01:10
@leejones21135 ай бұрын
They turned ff7 into a Disney/Marvel mcu multiverse type game. Loved everything else about it.
@Samsquanch19945 ай бұрын
Multiverses have been a thing a lot longer than the MCU. Just MCU made it popular.
@leejones21135 ай бұрын
@Samsquanch1994 but they didn't have to turn ff7 into one.
@Samsquanch19945 ай бұрын
@leejones2113 well. With Dissidia being a thing, FF as a whole is a multiverse, so I don't see a problem with FF7 having its own little multiverse as well. Idk. I guess with comic books (books...not comic book movies) being a thing I loved as a kid and growing up, I am used to the idea of them.
@risquecat2 ай бұрын
Vampire emo LOL
@Michaelpatrickwarren5 ай бұрын
Dude. This video is fantastic. But, the way you pronounce Sephiroth is taking me out of the moment every time you say it.
@Amber_xo_1335 ай бұрын
CC OG AC DOC 7R Trilogy
@LittleImpaler5 ай бұрын
Are these available for PS5? I know Rebirth, Remake, Crisis is.
@qBigMan5 ай бұрын
the original ff7 is, i don’t think any of the others are
@jonasvillanueva65765 ай бұрын
Advent children is after FF7 remake. Trust me hahaha
@qayyumchariff43575 ай бұрын
Rebirth just made the story more complicated and confusing, and I don't know how I feel about it.. Certainly not amused by how the writing goes..
@AnferneeMyers5 ай бұрын
Can you go into detail about this?
@qayyumchariff43575 ай бұрын
@@AnferneeMyers its a timeline mess, so new timeline created, original timeline(og storyline from og ffv) changed, certain characters fate changed, some characters are back(not dead), but at the same time, this timeline and other timeline can become intertwined, a whole of timeline mess, so confusing
@AnferneeMyers5 ай бұрын
@@qayyumchariff4357 at the moment, that feels a bit intentional to me. Understanding that there’s more story to be told (from the perspective of the original story or the new elements involving timelines) I never expected the game to end in a place of clarity, per se. I can certainly understand why that might be frustrating, though.
@tokekch77915 ай бұрын
hi cat 31:00
@Zman82Ай бұрын
You know all those extra games and movies and stuff are cool personally I never gave it much attention but as far as I'm concerned final fantasy 7 starts and ends with final fantasy 7. The last real piece of final fantasy 7 lore is that red 13 survived a long time found a mate and was not the last of his species. We know this because of the Cubs. As well the children you hear laughing at the end of final fantasy 7 are not humans they are the Cubs. It's easy to forget Red 13 speaks exactly like a human and so do all of his kind. Also considering the fact that the creator said the world of final fantasy 7 is based off of Japan after an apocalyptic event and considering you see words such as Texas in Tifa's bar at the very start of the game is my belief that final fantasy 7 does take place on Earth.
@MTG695 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what happened to Aerith's twin sister, Aeris, from the OG FF7?
@remakotoyuki905 ай бұрын
Twins sister? When ? How? I think you confuse with someone else...
@Enigma17885 ай бұрын
That was a translation error in the original game numbskull.
@MTG695 ай бұрын
@@Enigma1788 I'll take it you don't know what Aeris?
@iamhungry4000Ай бұрын
R3 lol, like the third remake isn't going to be called Reunion ffs
@loguetown7pirate825 ай бұрын
It’s so distracting to hear him say Sephiroth wrong. Is it like an inside joke? Great video though
@teej_youtube5 ай бұрын
I’ve been playing FF7 rebirth and my God it is so good it’s so amazing. I feel like this is what they wanted the first game to be like but this one is amazing. I’m straight up addicted.Lol
@shawn73365 ай бұрын
Yuffy is hot
@RexVonTerror4 ай бұрын
"Yuffie" duππbf√¢k
@Mavuika_Gyaru4 ай бұрын
Fbi?
@turtleark5 ай бұрын
Aerith Gainsborough Fate is a cannon event
@jonesy63542 ай бұрын
Nah
@Seph5 ай бұрын
Teetha?
@oukeith5 ай бұрын
Tita
@SpitFireX855 ай бұрын
He’s saying it wrong on purpose to push comment engagement. Downvote every GameSpot video you ever see.
@qraee5 ай бұрын
this is my attempt at trying to understand the mariana trench deep lore of ff7 🤕
@enriquecanorojas99075 ай бұрын
oh no ... its getting similar to Kingdom hearts time table.... and when it finally ends we will have 100 games and a puzzle for story. (and pay 60-70-80$ for each one).
@XxFarrinxXv25 ай бұрын
Someone help me understand how zach came back to midgard to find tifa, barret and aerith mortally injured. Like none of these events would have happened without cloud right? Cloud had to at the very least have been there to get aerith involved with avalanch. But he wasnt, he was with zach and has been unconscious. So whats up? How did we get here? This seems just so unnecessary. Do we really need time travel and alternate timelines? It judt makes everything so messy and there are always plot holes.
@eba89385 ай бұрын
Been thinking about the same thing. All I can think of is that they failed in taking down Sephiroth at the end of Remake because they didn't have Cloud. As for Aerith being involved with Avalanche, maybe Aerith gave the flower to Tifa/Barret and Tifa/Barret fell into the church after the second reactor. Avalanche did exist before Cloud. One change in the timeline can ultimately change a whole timeline. Like those Nexus events in Loki. Zack surviving is that event that changed everything.
@XxFarrinxXv25 ай бұрын
@@eba8938 I think it's just a poorly written plot device to insert Zach into the heart of a story he doesn't belong in. Like why not have Zach doing all the things cloud would have been doing with Zach's personal twist on it? Multiverse and alternate timeline stuff never and I mean never works. The only time it's ever worked well is in everything everywhere all at once.
@Mavuika_Gyaru4 ай бұрын
Obviously they ended up raiding Shinra HQ and without Cloud they failed. As for why Aerith was there? Some unknown event lead to her willfully going to shinra HQ. You just don't want to understand
@xXSCDTXx3 ай бұрын
@@XxFarrinxXv2that’s just like, your opinion, man.
@Younguns03754 ай бұрын
Soon. Nothing has changed and all this crazniss means nothing. Cool
@mjdf1225 ай бұрын
Kefka > Sephiroth
@Cloud321455 ай бұрын
Honestly this was okay other than the mix up of ffvii events, name butchering and genesis did not come back to help lol
@jonathonparson79675 ай бұрын
Probably didn’t think anything was wrong and carried one through the whole video before realizing so I get it I just thought I was going crazy for a second
@Smanning91Ай бұрын
Teeth Ah
@jonathonparson79675 ай бұрын
Why do you keep saying sethiroth
@SpitFireX855 ай бұрын
He’s saying it wrong on purpose to push comment engagement. Downvote every GameSpot video you ever see.
@anthonybertuzzi96864 ай бұрын
It's not a timeline!?!?! They are worlds ...... That's it nothing more nothing less . Not once did the game ever mention timeline. Not to mention a timeline is just a graph 📉
@khiryislive5 ай бұрын
still confused
@danoven35035 ай бұрын
Bro forgot to include final fantasy 10 and 10-2
@RexVonTerror4 ай бұрын
Huh?
@Mavuika_Gyaru4 ай бұрын
@@RexVonTerror it's a theory, don't pay him any mind
@sandow85753 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, did you just say Final Fantasy BATTLE ROYALE?
@slurrpyslurp64492 ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts.. and in 2021 too 😭 where was this announced??
@djkunec1916 сағат бұрын
I can’t be the only one annoyed by him constantly mispronouncing sephiroth 🤦🏼♂️
@stefannicic65095 ай бұрын
The thing though is that OG is not relevant anymore. Take for example Rebirth. It explicitly told the story about Seraphim, and the incident .... People are just spoiling themselves with this material. You want to know. Play Remake, read Traces of Two Pasts, play Rebirth and wait for any other dlc (such as intermission was for Remake), novel and etc, until the final part and what comes aftewards. OG timeline is irrelavant in the new continuity, because, spoiler alert .... they defied the "destiny" which in other words broke the og chain of events So all you are doing watching this is ruining the experience. PEople used to be more patient with veil of mystery wrapped around the plot, now with internet and media exposure they need to know what happens tommorow and we didn't even finished today ....
@ZorenSosa4 ай бұрын
Next time before you guys output a video make your your pronouncing names CORRECTLY, that “Yuffie” pronouncing killed me inside, but that aside good video
@KillaD695 ай бұрын
So basically with the Remake Trilogy they just did the plot of Final Fantasy XIII-2 all over again. 😐