I'm Traumatized - My Crisis Core: Reunion REACTIONS

[@PermanentViolet]

zack fair deserves happiness. see you on twitch lmao (i'm still not okay) - www.twitch.tv/permanentviolet

[@Ingisen]

Do you remember the cutscenes from the PSP version? If so, what do you think of the differences in voice acting?

[@PierceArner]

Aerith's DMW image is her prayer pose at 1:34:41, but at the very VERY end… at 1:36:31 she's standing in the exact pose when Zack very first saw her in the church.

[@palacios185]

Be strong girl

[@DMAN699669]

Would you say I became a hero?

[@cloud77ism]

When my buddy first played crisis core on the psp. He asked me "where is Zack in 7" I told him "o he retired and gave cloud the buster sword to take the mantle". When he beat it he called and said " I beat crisis core and you're a dick" then hung up. 😂😂😂

[@ShehryarShaheen]

Hahahah

[@KkkKkk-re9il]

Ah, you're such a good friend for not spoiling it ❤

[@rendevera3134]

Whoever came up with Zack's question at the very end is the true monster lol. Gets me everytime.

[@nullobjecttype]

I swear 😭

[@kenzack1126]

Everytime🤧🫤

[@martygene]

You ain’t wrong man. He asked that last question, credits started rolling…and with tears in my eyes I smiled and said, “You sure did buddy, you sure did.” 💔

[@SuperXD44]

Its the thing the breaks me everytime im watching this

[@DarthKrillin]

Every single time I see it

[@Ghostel3591]

Crisis Core really bring so much context... Heck, it makes you just sad to see Sephiroth and how this heroic man just loses all his friends, gets to know too much and then snaps... Same for Zack... Man tried his best to keep everyone safe, help Angeal, Sephiroth and many others... But it all kept slipping through his fingers... But what made him a true hero is that he never gave up. To the bitter end.

[@kenzack1126]

Soo true!!

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Absolutely. My heart sank the 1st time I played and Sephiroth said the next mission was in Nibelheim. Knowing what that meang, I was like, how about we get a beer instead? Sephiroth said no lol.

[@thembill8246]

He doesn't even get to know too much. He's wrong about a lot of it, like thinking that he's an Ancient.

[@Sataandagi96]

"Would you say I became a hero?" GODDAMN IT.

[@_ohcaptain]

Zack Fair is perfect. that's it. that's the comment.

[@PermanentViolet]

very important comment

[@Johnichu11]

The reaction you gave when Cloud scream was the same reaction I had. I played the original and the scream wasn't as good as this scream from Cloud's new voice actor and he did such a brilliant job with it. That scream is the same scream I had when I lost so much.

[@kylemajerczyk8160]

I actually watched the ending with the original voice actors and thought the same thing. Cody Christian’s scream hits so much harder than Steve Burton’s.

[@Xetherion]

Zack is the absolute best, and that ending gets me every time 😭

[@Madacharam]

Hi Violet, this is Kunsel! i always watch your videos and make sure to like, comment and subscribe! So anyway HAVE YOU SEEN ZACK?? DO YOU KNOW WHERE ZACK IS??? TELL ME IF YOU SEE ZACK, OK???? IVE SENT HIM SO MANY EMAILS AND HE NEVER REPLIES ok bye

[@Alkiryas]

Trauma Core: Reunion strikes again!

[@caelumdraws6413]

I think it speaks volumes about Zack character that everyone knows what's going to happen to him. But it still doesn't change how much it hurts to relive that moment again.

[@jonathankozenko]

One of the genuine miracles about Crisis Core's narrative is that you know exactly how it will end, yet it still hits you hard. I think one of the reasons is that the latter half of the story is an increasingly protracted series of goodbyes - he's seeing people for the last time, one by one, half the time not realizing (like we do) that he will never see them again..

[@teddybearclarence]

I cried like a baby when I played this on the PSP...

[@zebbie_]

If you cry before you select “new game” then you’re in for a tough time

[@cassiopaeiavirgo2369]

To recycle a comment from an FFX playthrough: I have come once again to watch a young woman get her heart ripped out by Crisis Core's ending.

[@PierceArner]

As soon as you included clips of watching through the DMW memories, I was hoping to see 1:17:08, because it's one of the ones that still _ALWAYS_ hits me. Also, high five to mission procrastination in the church. I stayed until I beat Minerva and literally had nothing left to do before I kept going, 'cause those are the moments where you just want to enjoy them being together when things are still simple.

[@LovesMJ4ever]

This game made me depressed for 2 days 😭😭😭

[@miathebrave4195]

Wanna a mind fuck? Spoiler The dude who kills zack recognizes his sword cloud has in remake ch. 1. And the dude with the red scarf who had his own side quest also helps kill zack. Red scarf dude.

[@PixelHeroViish]

That just made everything so much worse

[@katerina13aar]

She screams, the screen shakes, and all I'm thinking is: She is like me. Her reaction is exactly like mine. Why did I not found her sooner??

[@mun-samatheartist]

Zack's VA got so much better in this game it crazy especially at the end. Love it. He also doesn't sound hyper during the embrace your dreams like he did in remake. Edit: Actually, read what I'm saying. Don't assume that I haven't played the OG or That hate the new VA's

[@ywjsiabvue]

The hell are you talking about mate?

[@shadenfreude4u591]

You must’ve never played the original. If you did, you don’t hear very well.

[@mun-samatheartist]

@shadenfreude4u591 I'm talking about the current VA for Zack not OG.

[@mun-samatheartist]

@ywjsiabvue I'm talking about Current VA not the OG

[@kasumiyamato7540]

@@shadenfreude4u591 Exactly what I was when I read that crap people gotta stop kissing ass around here

[@sakuram69]

This game does a really good job at making you fall in love with Zack just for that inevitable ending and it is seriously evil on a whole new level of sadism lol

[@storm_shadow-2107]

Did you really expect anything different from the guys who made people live down Aerith's death in FFVII back on the PSX in the 90's?

[@aryblack]

"I miss Zack already, let's play again". Oh I feel this in my bones. I've skipped the ending (as you, I did not have the psp but I watched the videos) and replayed it three times so far... I'm focusing on my missions!!

[@justchadley4189]

I am very excited for when I can actually watch this. Even before watching I already know that Zack deserves better and that this video deserves to be seen by all Zack stans (aka everyone).

[@dezooielylat9134]

I played Crisis Core on the PSP before i played FF7. I know a little bit like the thing with Aerith. But i didnt had any knowledge about Zack and who he was. So after i finished CC, i was so damn destroyed of the ending. I loved Zack and for me, he was my first FF7 main protagonist. And his postive nature inspired me as a teenage boy who just started to learn to find his place in the World and becoming a grownup. I cryed so hard, my parents tought something terrible must have happend. Even today its still feels like I lost something the day i finished the game.

[@seanaugust]

Boy, oh boy… The price of freedom is steep.

[@Ingisen]

At the end of Crisis Core you see Cloud carrying the Buster Sword. In FF: Dissidia (also a PSP title) he refers to the Buster Sword as a memento. Huh... More like a heavy cross to bear - or rather, a very large tombstone marker. Yeah, you ain't the only one who can write emotional scenes, Nomura!

[@Rayya275]

Crisis Core Reunion? The Reunion part means reuniting me with my heartbreak and tears.

[@PasdedeuxRue]

This really has been one of my favorite videos of yours yet! They just get better and better, honestly. This really is one of the most emotional experiences ;;

[@heatherbayse3162]

I loved this game so much I'm still not ok from it:( love the videos

[@TonyKanameKuran]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and a virtual hug from me to you. You were truly an outstanding person, this emotional gameplay reaction ties with Xenoblade Chronicles 3!

[@kenzack1126]

I miss zack already 🤧🤣, play again. 😎

[@MrGamer07100]

It’s so crazy that this remaster is many people’s first time ever touching Crisis Core! And one of the reasons the game needed a remaster to begin in an era of remakes. Feels like I just seen your reactions to the cutscenes for the PSP original! So glad you finally experienced the game in full among other FF JRPG fans. It was always a solid game originally that deserved to be more noticed, but CC Reunion is definitely better/improved. I have clambered this for several reasons, and it went above my expectations. Cannot wait to see what they do with Zack for FF7 Rebirth. Especially after giving us this remaster.

[@seanb390]

Why did I watch this, the ending gets me no matter how many times I see it.

[@glowteehee6579]

Tyler Hoechlin as Sephiroth is everything to me.

[@Killer_Kris7]

Lol, his old voice was closer to the Japanese VA.

[@livelyoh8816]

Zerith deservers a happy ending 😭❤

[@elisamiku24]

I've never played Crisis Core but I knew the ending and it's heartbreaking! But Zack will forever be our hero in our hearts.🕊😭

[@YeageristsTatakae]

Maybe its because Im a whiney, purist, Douchebag but I miss the original VA of Zack so much. Great Remake though

[@noahr607]

Me? Traumatized.

[@mistayoutubah]

OH PLEASE DON’T CRY 😭❤

[@YoureSoCreezy]

I played this back in the day when it first released on the psp. I was maybe 14 years old at the time and the ending made me cry like a lil baby. You are right, you will never recover from the trauma because its been like 15 years and I still think about it and the ending still makes me cry.

[@theotherjared9824]

Zack is just a regular guy dropped into the insanity that is FF7.

[@yaboylion9244]

Will you play Tales of Arise? That music and story are just soooooooo damn good😭

[@PermanentViolet]

it's on my list to play!

[@VapourXY]

Been waiting for a Sephiroth game to ever happen, for years. How he became a hero as well. And the glory days of SOLDIER =\

[@ravenmadd3895]

"Yay, I get to distract myself from the main story because the main story is devastating." You want a devastating story, play FFXIV: Endwalker.

[@Humstuck]

When they said it had been 4 years since Zack and Aerith saw each other, my heart sank. So much time on the run and on mission.

[@Delta-kl3fu]

It wasn't because of mission. Zack and cloud was imprisoned in hojo lab during 4 years. So he couldn't see Aerith cause he was unconscious during all this time. So when he woke up to escape Hojo lab 4 years has already passed.

[@stewieglp5803]

That was really sad, even I knew he was going to die. Rest in peace, my hero. T-T

[@theironpraetor5482]

Luna says she loves your video. And that Zack is great. 🐕

[@GrahamChapman]

The moral of the entire FFVII franchise is that Hojo and President Shinra are the villains and almost everyone else is a victim of them.

[@PeachBootyPoppin]

Crying before the game even starts… Boy oh boy😅

[@Keegyikes]

I just played it for the first time last month. And it truly broke me. Amerita was waiting for him… and zack wanted TO COME BACK! SCREW YOU SOLDIER….

[@pasaniusventris4113]

i'm sure someone commented it, and this is an old video, but- i suppose the idea that zack has trouble reading tseng's name is more accessible in japanese. kanji is, besides being used for whole words, generally used to write names, but can have several pronunciations, and the symbols themselves originally came from china. it's pretty clear to me that wutai is the china of this game, and tseng's name is chinese and not japanese. i think the joke is that tseng's name could be read one way or another with japanese kanji, but zack doesn't get it because it's actually a chinese name and he can't read it.

[@rockmacher]

It turns out Purple apples actually exist. They are called Black Diamond Apples

[@derreander]

There is so much hope for Rebirth and part 3 to get them all to survive in the end. We all have to see ore they make us all cry once more from a ff 7 game.

[@ravenmadd3895]

"Which hand is Sephiroth dominant with?" Well...in FFVII he was strictly right-handed, and in literally every depiction since he was left-handed, so none of those answers are technically correct.

[@baronnuuke7821]

Even in this game he is right handed except in the cinematics

[@memermetalthemiddleagedaut99]

glad to see I'm not the only one who tears up a little at the title screen, knowing how the story pans out.

[@ghostofzanzibar]

I've played this game back in the PSP days and I never really recovered. You're one of us now.

[@sladewilson6785]

That question at the end always get me. 😭 Theres a game called "Dissidia opera Omnia" who reunites all charachters from all FFs and Zack is one of those. Theres a scene with him where he recover his memory and he says: "oh, so thats what happen". It made me cry even more that he found out what happened to him with a smile on his face.

[@engvang1388]

The ending sure does hit very hard emotionally, especially with the original sound track. 😢

[@NYYanks2003040506]

The original release is one of the reasons I bought a PSP, loved it then, love it even more on PS5. As much as I enjoyed the sotry and characters, the combat was where the game really shined, imo, and it's better now. Just a few quality of life improvements but it makes a ton of difference.

[@serenavox5540]

Poor Zack just minding his business, getting dragged into everyone else’s BS and paying for it. 😢 He is best boy forever. I played the original on PSP and replayed this 3 times now and it still hurts the same every time. Why do I do this to myself?

[@pablotabares1786]

No recuerdo haber llorado tanto en un video juego como con el crisis core.... cuando pensé q me estaba recuperando, Zack pregunta si creemos que se convirtió en un héroe.. a llorar con mas ganas!!! es increíble como me representas en la reacción. genia!! saludos! desde argentina!!! zack n°1

[@f.prince6642]

👀 dam I’m always so jealous people get to play reunion as their first experience. Best prequel game ever

[@khayrinqistina1901]

🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭🤧🤧

[@MagixStella]

Back then I bought the ff special edition psp with Zack, cloud and sephiroth on the console and after I finished crisis core I always got teary eyed whenever I looked at my PSP 😅 still love Zack the most of the ff7 Franchise.. may he rest in peace. Also can anybody tell me what the book in the intro on her left side is? The one with cloud on the cover. Is it a concept art book? It looks sooooo cool 😩

[@soccerocker777]

Crisis Comments: Recomments

[@brieezy.]

Sooooo minor observation, and this could be critical to everyone’s theories and it might be changed from the OG crisis core but in this game landed in Aerith’s church but he missed the flower bed by like 2 inches💔 Missions in the menu were my happy place too

[@neemojenkins881]

1:21:34 Wait! the voice doesn't change. Usually it's switched to its old VA.

[@nerdalicos]

they fixed that in an update so it doesn’t happen anymore

[@neemojenkins881]

@@nerdalicos ow damn, that was not a glitch that was feature.

[@Killer_Kris7]

@@neemojenkins881 now if only they did the same for Sephiroth

[@herbertguate8934]

Me gongaga

[@thembill8246]

1:10:30-ish "you spent seven days in a basement reading books!" Not only that, but he drew totally incorrect conclusions from them. Thinking he's an ancient and whatnot. I think it's poetic in the end that he wasn't able to return to the planet because he's not from this planet. I mean it ended up being far worse for almost everyone involved because of it, but the joke's on him 😂

[@KrimsonKracker]

20:55- BEST out of context meme... 😂

[@Sephiroth08150]

You know how good they wrote a character when you cry at the end when the game brutally rips him off from you. Every. Single. Time! Because no matter how many times you finish the game, it still hits you like a ton of bricks and you cry like a little kid.

[@zerocrutch]

Just finished the game. Now I’m all depressed and my tears are made out of gin.

[@MoistCrumpet]

This game really does make you despise Shinra.

[@Yourefavhoe]

So do they play that song at the end every video I watch it doesn't play it idk if it copy right issue

[@HandOfGilgamesh]

am just playing Crisis core for the first time, I haven't even played the PSP one, and you stated this too at the begining, but looks like you know alot about Zack and scenes and moments - like how did you know that he bought her the ribbon? was it mentioned in the OG FFVII? or elsewhere? I feel like I should've known too...did I miss something?

[@PermanentViolet]

great question! i think the ribbon scene is in the original psp version (but admittedly it has been years since i watched those older cutscenes). i could be wrong but i think it's in the psp game!

[@HandOfGilgamesh]

@PermanentViolet I totally get this, before I played ffx i used to watch music montages of ffxq by linkin park, evanescence and even bon Jovi, heck, I even montged a few myself back in the movie maker 2 days!!!

[@Rhelaza]

zack is so precious :'^)

[@brofst]

1:32:51 hits different in 2024.....

[@georgeo9056]

Would someone be good enough to tell me the name of the song used at 1:40:47 please

[@greghimm2753]

I played the original FF7 game back in 1997 and all the FF games that came after. Zack is THE best FF character.

[@AmaitaYume]

I remember how much I love Cissnei here too

[@omegagilgamesh]

1:07:03 Vincent: Hmm... just five more minutes...is it 1358 yet? Zack: ...no. Vincent: Then fuck off [pulls coffin lid closed] (Props to those who can name that scene)

[@austinsinger7565]

Shoot I don't think I can watch this. I def need to play first lol. I'm excited for you! When you get a chance you should check out the latest Star Ocean game that came out last year. It's surprising a lot of fun and you get fly with you're jetpack like thing which makes traveling fun and quicker.

[@Jesfelnz]

My god, what did they do with the voices, the English translation is awful, compared to the original on psp.

[@Azramut]

beautiful your reaction, I loved it and although I know you had already played it was wonderful to see how you enjoyed it so much

[@kiroro0521]

Why do this? 😑😑😑

[@milanger17]

The silver elite truly only for the elite of the elite😂 i mean who knew sephiroth is left handed

[@ravenmadd3895]

48:36, "What happened to honor?!" "Honor died on the beach."

[@lens666777]

The only reason I forgive SE for all the changes they introduced in the FF7 remake story is that in the 2nd and 3rd part we, maybe, can see Zack again and give him a proper last godbye with Aerith.

[@sheriffofrockridge9095]

It doesn’t leave you feeling good like the original one

[@MrRhysReviews]

1:44:36 Oh FUUUUUUUCK... FF7 Rebirth we're totally gonna see Zack in that Timeline reading through the Letters, and it's gonna fuck us all up 😭 That's assuming it's going where I think it is, I'm just now getting to FF7R Intergrade on my PS5, but I heard there is a scene or two after Episode Intermission where we see the crew on the road and Zack apparently turns up to the church and it might seem to be hinting at Aerith being dead in that timeline? Just speculation on my part though as I haven't played it yet, and apparently it's up for interpretation anyway (like you don't find out either way in the scene? just what I, and I assume many, expect to be the case 🤷‍♂️)

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Amazing reactions!!

[@dreamphoenix]

Thank you.

[@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897]

Finished game last week checking reactions. Damn they could make an English version of the song with the chorus going "That girl she said the sky frightened her"

[@kay_rpg01]

HELLO I CAN FINALLY PERCEIVE THIS 8 MONTHS LATER AND I AM HYPE (and also crying) zack best boy and i am so excited to experience what you did via this video

[@kay_rpg01]

also i love that sephiroth is just like... a normal guy in this game. it makes me so happy

[@kay_rpg01]

ALSO I HAD THE SAME REACTION ABOUT 68 SQUATS. SUCH A TEASE.

[@LanzTheMaster]

Welcome to the Study Group!

[@LanzTheMaster]

Noooooooo you went Silver Elite 😭😭😭😭

[@PierceArner]

I can't get over the fact that Cissnei is the one running the Zack Fan Club, and continues doing so for 4 years while keeping an eye on his family.

[@malpercio123]

@@PierceArner how do you find that out. I remember the scen in chapter 6 where she me turns it but didn't know she was the real leader?

[@PierceArner]

@@malpercio123 Off the top of my head, it's pretty heavily implied since you can't join it unless you talk to Cissnei during that obscure opportunity in Junon. She's the person who has access to all that information, and she's always travelling along with you wherever you end up going, as well as giving more context to her actions and struggles with her job to stop Zack even before Tseng orders her to take him in alive.

[@malpercio123]

@@PierceArner fair argumentation. I love that head canon! Thanks for sharing

[@TechNIXian816]

I'm realizing now, after finishing the game and watching play throughs now, that my dislike for Zacks English VA is much stronger than I thought, he did a horrible job in this, otherwise I love this game, great video, subbed. 😁

[@divaalfirman3295]

I respect how this game was just a pure remaster from start to finish. Normally I would want to see something new, but Crisis Core is already a perfect story itself and doesn't need anything new. Plus with the way FFVII Remake really warped our perspective of the original story (for better or for worse), the younger gamers really need this game to understand Zack's importance to the whole FFVII lore.

[@keblin86]

It always wound me up that he dies the way he does, he would never die to those weak infantrymen. I don't care how many there are lol. Even more so that there is a mission with 1000 soldiers...just to rub salt in the wound even more lol.

[@patrickdunner39]

Zack is awesome. High five 🖐️ 😊

[@ShiroAkashi]

Walkin' on the web after some sub-mission on a game and after a clear this game again after many year... I'm glad too see other person touch by this game/story and more for Zack. At the end, when we looking our self in front of this scene we are for the most the same. For some because he remember a part of us, for other close person. But for sure, because he's kindness and goofy act are i think rare in the world without back thinking. Staying the same, Embrace your dream and protect your honor Pray for Zack gl for next gambaru