It's been 5 minutes & I'm LOSING IT: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Part 1 - 4K - Dynamic Difficulty)

[@martijnklaassen3536]

Cloud returns to the Inn. Barret: "And how was your day?" Cloud: "I spend 2/3 of our money on playing cards of a game I learned about this morning." Barret: "Thats nice... wait WHAT?!"

[@jpkrulz]

😂

[@jinmakarov8187]

can we romance barret 😂 ? , i hear rebirth have a fluid romance system & not to mention that square is desperately trying to pleased the modern audience with all the censorship & everything

[@Shiftshapercat]

@@jinmakarov8187 "Modern Audience" is a gaslighting phrase. what it should be replaced with is "Corporate Sponsored """progressive""" gender activists." As far as I remember you were able to bring Barret to the date in the OG. Also, you will be sorely disappointed if you were thinking it was a bioware style romance. IMO you've already gone on more "dates" with Tifa and Aerith in these games than the one "date" that people are all excited for. I'd rather use that opportunity to see what hanging out with Barret or Red would bring.

[@Peter-qq3io]

@@jinmakarov8187romance is the wrong word

[@jinmakarov8187]

@@Shiftshapercat if i remember correctly , in the OG cloud is end up with tifa right ? , but when i watch advent children it looks like that cloud end up with aerith , am i trippin ?

[@enzgon9994]

Its surreal that FF7 and Tekken 3 both released in 1997. And here we are 27 years later, both games still setting the bar in their respective genres.

[@theinimitablejora522]

Crash Bandicoot 2, GoldenEye, Star Fox 64, 97 was just a PACKED YEAR to begin with

[@KrimsonKracker]

@@FreeFlow__ 1997 arcade release for Tekken 3.

[@KrimsonKracker]

Castlevania: SotN defining the "Metroidvania" genre. Baldur's Gate defining the CRPG genre. Fallout becoming a cult classic. 97-98 was CLEARLY the most defining 2 years in gaming history as for what the medium would become.

[@shahs1221]

"The intro won't take that long. I know where to go and what to do." *Proceeds to be absolutely bamboozled* Well played, Square. Well played.

[@Dracobyte]

Amazing!

[@RyoHazuki224]

The devs did that on purpose to throw Max off specifically. "We need to do this for MAX! We need to blow his mind IMMEDIATELY!!"

[@Yamato-t3d]

What doesn't make any sense is , what the hell is Zack doing at the end of FF7 Remake , isn't he supposed to just have survived the end of Crisis core?

[@crystallinewolf1038]

​@arustyitalianhairyasscheek5305 I think the Devs are doing a FF1/FF8/FF13-2 timeline plot again, where certain events were changed causing the outcome to be different.

[@Dracobyte]

I do not know if anybody mentioned but the start of the Nibelheim flashback now has rain, while the demo was just a cloudy weather.

[@kateanesuna2878]

Claudia saying to Cloud to run away that he has to live... It was what Sephiroth said to Cloud when they blew up the first reactor in Remake.

[@AdiCool88]

Yep, Sephiroth was mocking Cloud with the last words from his Mother. That’s dark.

[@kn0wmad1c]

​@@AdiCool88I don't think it's Sephiroth mocking him. That Sephiroth was a projection of Cloud's mind remembering that moment since the fires of Sector 8 brought him back to Nibelheim.

[@AdiCool88]

@@kn0wmad1c No, it’s literally Sephiroth taunting him. He even mentions the fact that he personally went to his House and killed her. If you look at Cloud’s face after Sephiroth says Claudia’s quote, you can see Cloud’s facial expression react in shock as if he remembered who said it.

[@akasunaS24]

​@@kn0wmad1c it's literally Sephiroth mocking him with Claudia's last words. That's why Cloud immediately attacks Sephiroth.

[@kn0wmad1c]

S24 no, Sephiroth isn't there. It's all in Cloud's head since there wasn't a black cloak nearby to facilitate sephiroth's presence. That's why i'm saying it's cloud himself putting those words in seph's mouth

[@jamesdiato]

Zack doin kicks and punches in between his combos is EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED LOL

[@CarbonMage]

Gotta reduce that wear, tear, and rust, after all

[@blackmario1117]

Soldier First Class

[@TheCrewExpendable]

Cool both to see how he fights different from Cloud, and cool that Square didn't just copy Cloud's animations for Zack.

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

Some of his punches even look like sped up Costly Punches. I love it.

[@ghostly_number]

My Zack build in crisis core always has goblin punch materia so my thought when he did the punch was that hes using goblin punch

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

Sephiroth's fall from being a hero actually feel like a tragedy in this game. It dosn't justify anything he does, and he was never 'entierly there' to begin with, but these glimpses into who he was before he lost his sanity due to the revelation about who he really is was masterfully done. It also feels Lovecraftian, where someone searches for alien truths that are incomprehensible to the human mind, and Sephiroth got his eldritch revelation from being in the mansion for too long. And just like with any Lovecraftian hero, the revelation broke his mind. Another detail is that you can tell he's trying to calm his nerves and try to resist just before he fully unravels, but his emotional & mental breakdown left him vulnerable and by that point it was already too late.

[@jprec5174]

It's a real tragedy when you consider that he does actually have a human mom.

[@UnlimitedBick]

​​@@jprec5174 and a twink vampire dad (maybe)

[@herosshade2247]

Imo it was really well done in the og too. If you can get past the fact they're polygons.

[@Elysium_the_Bard]

@@UnlimitedBick According to the original game (and I think some stuff in Dirge of Cerberus, as well as potentially some other material) Hojo and Lucrecia are Sephiroth's canonical biological parents, with Jenova's DNA spliced into him while he was developing in the womb.

[@D0S81]

you know what they say. You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[@TriforceZard]

Square is so cool for keeping that playable Zack segment a secret until launch.

[@BareBandSubscription]

Seriously. It may have been widely speculated that he would be playable (let’s be real, it was pretty obvious once the cover art dropped), but the fact they still tried to save it as a surprise is pretty dope. It’s always nice when the people behind games, movies, TV, etc do that.

[@TheRealAhoy]

Square are always cool

[@AhNeeMay]

How I wish this would become industry-wide, like cool game elements you just don’t have a clue about. Until you experience it. The internet ruined that.

[@figuures6098]

I read this before watching and assumed you were trolling about the nibelheim section lmao

[@hands575]

Yeah especially since Square is notorious for oversharing so to speak

[@TheKyfe]

Birt Baron NAILED Tifa's voice for the flashback. You can perfectly hear the subtle "what are you about to say... how do you know this" emotion.

[@hector4470]

She is the perfect Tifa voice 💯!

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

She is perfect tifa

[@The_AGL_Group]

And you can hear her pain and heartbreak in her voice when defending herself from Cloud's accusation after the flashback. Really sells that she's being violated and feeling betrayed. Really twists the knife (no pun intended).

[@Dracobyte]

She deserves an award or at least a nomination.

[@vivienne1904]

When is it? I couldn't find it.

[@AkamoriRivals]

I know this has already been discussed, but the "soldier" crawling towards Cloud's house bit, is some of the best environmental storytelling I have ever seen.

[@BareBandSubscription]

It’s so good. It honestly delivers the horror of the whole thing way more effectively imo

[@ayashi9861]

@@BareBandSubscription yea, the flashback was great. I cant wait for the part which Cloud remember his actual memories later.

[@nexeroth7151]

No, it wasn't, because he literally said MO.... Making it ridiculously obvious. That's not environmental, it's literally 2/3rds of the only word that matters. This game is so incredibly awful. Spending those 15 minutes dragging my barely injured leg through that terribly textured burning building. I almost turned it off right there. I don't know how they spent 6 years making this trash

[@velique]

It's really freakin good! Also if you pay attention its exactly where "Player-Cloud" ends up, in the exact same pose after being blown away from the door/house. Just wish they didnt have the "Mo.." in there, makes it a bit obvious if you pay just a tiny bit of attention, still an amazing start!

[@SonSchnorb]

​@@nexeroth7151Tryna be different so bad

[@crossslashgame]

That scene of Tifa and Cloud talking about the past in the roof scene was expertly handled. The emotion and context was perfect and Cloud's answer that he can't tell Tifa where he has been for the last 5 years... like he knows..? Was so convincing. Well done Brit and Cody! Awesome VActing.

[@jinmakarov8187]

tifa : where are you in the past 5 years ? cloud : you know i cannot tell you that tifa : off course you cant cloud : well , actually i was smoking mako with zack in hojo crib 😂

[@nexeroth7151]

It was handled like a 15 year old baby. Yuck. I hated it.

[@Kanriel]

@@nexeroth7151 Do you...not know the character at all? Cloud has been in basically a drug-induced coma for 5 years, had a mental break and thus is still effectively 16 years old. So that's very much on point.

[@Elidan1012]

@@Kanriel There is no need to spoil that just to defend the game. Let him have that discovery on his own.

[@Kanriel]

@@Elidan1012 check the other comments here, this guy is in multiple comments shitting on the game and he has played the original. And as for other reasons, you shouldn't be digging into the comment section of a 25 year old story if you're that worried about spoilers.

[@itsyaboijordan415]

1:42:00 it’s pretty terrifying that Sephiroth can catch his own sword with two fingers, lift you up with one hand, and just toss you aside like you were nothing

[@cloudxz92]

He played with Zack too in all Versions of FF7. Except for Cloud nobody is close to his Level.

[@TigerW0lf]

Sorry to CUT this meeting short!

[@Dracobyte]

This reminds me of Sousuke Aizen moment in Bleach when he stops Ichigo's heroic theme

[@jamesgravil9162]

@@TigerW0lf That one-liner was for you, Cloud.

[@Dracobyte]

@@8bitdee both can be true. And what is wrong with being an anime character?

[@yoboililj1013]

Better timestamps for anyone who want's them. Better late then never I guess. Mystery Opening 0:00 Nibelheim Flashback 10:59 Cloud and Tifa's Spot 18:32 Cloud's House 19:40 Tifa's House 22:00 Tifa's Trainer 24:35 Tifa Arrives!! 27:35 Main Story Cutscene 48:35 Main Story Cutscene 54:45 Cloud and Sephiroth Boss Fight 1:08:00 Main Story Cutscene 1:12:30 Main Story Cutscene 1:18:15 Shinra Manor 1:26:15 Nibelheim in Flames 1:33:00 Tifa confronts Sephiroth 1:40:05 Kalm Main Story Cutscene 1:45:35 Cloud and Tifa talk 1:50:50 Radio Broadcast 2:03:57 Red officially joins the party!! 2:06:25 Kalm Exploration 2:07:20 Queen's Blood Match 2:08:28 Barrett Conversation 2:25:50 Tifa Conversation 2:27:20 Queen's Blood Match 2:28:45 Aerith Conversation 2:38:10 Folios 2:39:20 Queen's Blood Match 2:46:10 Red XIII Conversation 3:04:16 Cloud and Aerith's "Date" well kind of 3:07:08 Escape Kalm 3:10:00 Everyone Reunites 3:15:35 Grasslands Start of the Grasslands 3:17:35 Main Story Cutscene 3:55:40 Main Story Cutscene 4:07:25 Main Story Cutscene 4:15:24 Main Story Cutscene 4:22:50 Catch the Chocobo Minigame 4:31:25 Main Story Cutscene + Chadley Introduction 4:35:35 Combat Simulator 4:44:15 Start of 'Flowers from the Hill' Side Mission 5:27:25 Cragshade Lifespring 5:34:18 Fiend Intel 1: Voracious and Venomous 5:40:45 Divine Intel 1 6:01:25 Phenomenon Intel 1 (Grasslands) 6:06:10 Fiend Intel 4: Wailing Weed 6:17:59 Grasswastes Lifespring 6:30:33 Excavation intel 1 6:32:15 Start of 'Livestock's Bane' Side Mission 6:39:19 Combat for 'Livestock's Bane' Side Mission 6:43:40 Ending of 'Livestock's Bane' Side Mission 6:50:15

[@noof7512]

Thank you!!

[@sombra_rex1212]

No one can thank you enough for the work you do but I'll try. Thank you 😊

[@SttudDioPierrot]

Other Streamers: Plays the game to get through it. Max: Dedicates an hour of streaming time, having Cloud learn how to play Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@brieezy.]

most of the streamers I know of insisted on the random side content also

[@intrinsicallylast5246]

What a hell of an opening. And then I got to the ship. And then I got to costa del sol. And it just _keeps getting better._ My goodness SqueEnix, my goodness.

[@scooterliar8830]

FFVII Rebirth Music appreciation post…like seriously everything about it is amazing

[@Ultima_Weapon_Rasiel]

A remixed version of every song already remixed words alone can't describe how good it is

[@tonymaccaroni1683]

It's incredible

[@ghostofhallownest5300]

@@shinra358 Okay…lol

[@Xehangetsu]

@@shinra358waaah waaah

[@josephbulkin9222]

Gold Saucer lost all of its funk

[@songoku3072]

Can we talk about how Zack after fighting a freaking army was still ready for another battle my dude is insane!!!!

[@lasthopelost9090]

That’s the thing he might not of cloud was no where’s near Midgar when tifa and the gang assaulted the shinra building there’s a time gap and why were they calling to lookout for a guy with a buster sword and saying an ex-soldier is with avalanche? Something isn’t adding up

[@andrewrenshaw2741]

​@@lasthopelost9090 I didn't them like calling it "A Buster Sword". It was made uniquely for Angeal from a Smith in his home town. Unless it got popular after Angeal got famous and was replicated

[@UltimaLuminaire]

@@andrewrenshaw2741multiple things in the compilation are not the same in this story, including Tifa’s flashback details, which are not using Trace of Two Pasts. Expect a lot of contradictions in this game.

[@kingofbudokai]

@@andrewrenshaw2741 Same. My immediate thought was, "You mean 'THE' Buster Sword, considering only 1 exists in the entire world?" I also find it weird that they were looking for Zack in the rubble in the first place, considering they literally have already had confirmation of his sighting on the cliffs outside Midgar, (aka they literally already know where he is because that big fight was literally the same day as the news report) and should have therefore posted guards at every single entrance to the city to get eyes on him ASAP if he tried to approach Midgar instead of wasting manpower on a search they already know is pointless. It's REALLY bad writing, despite being arguably minor in the long run. Not a fan of that opening sequence because of it tbh.

[@kingofbudokai]

In fairness, he's had several hours to recover by that point. It's not like he went straight from one fight to the other. The man has cure materia on hand for crying out loud. By the time he got to Midgar he likely didn't have any serious wounds left.

[@WolfMoon351]

When I saw Red Xiii there, I went really freakin sad. Him saving Aerith is the noblest he’s done in this timeline.

[@SideBurn12]

Such a good boy! 🐯

[@jaimeruiz7837]

But she died…

[@watersports1381]

​@@SideBurn12dont do that to red xiii, he is. sentient ...

[@Babylauncher3000]

He made a injured woman experience a helicopter crash...

[@Adanu191]

@@Babylauncher3000 Better than the alternative.

[@rankyb8088]

As someone who played the original final fantasy 7, this game is a 11/ 10 for me. Cant believe how good it looks. Combat which used to be a single command, is now s tier action combat

[@oopopp]

Max plays the BEST playthrough of FF7R in ALL of the internet. I just love how he sprinkles informative Lore throughout his run.... and the fact that he genuinely loves this game.

[@benn93z28]

And Square loves Max!

[@SideBurn12]

As someone who hasnt got the money (or the justification for that matter) to buy a PS5 for one single game, even if we've waited 4 years for this game, watching Max being so happy and hype while playing really is the next best thing! Makes the wait for the PC-port alot easier! There is a reason 23,300 people subbed to him just before Rebirth release, just to watch him play the og FF7 with mods ❤

[@bluebirdsigma]

Nah, he pretty mid. Keeps missing stuff like extra chances to talk and obvious marked places. I'm here just for the lore.

[@dra3vnn919]

Yeah he really does make it amazing with the extra lore. Especially since I never played the original ff7

[@bro7496]

"bluebirdsigma"

[@markgallagher577]

Love that little cut of Sephiroth interrupting Cloud before he talks to Tifa. She’s clearly going to talk to him about nibleheim but Seph just pulls up with his manipulative bullshit and plants an idea in Cloud specifically to make Tifa walk away and distance herself from him. Makes it clear that even if they’ve escaped the whispers, Sephiroth still intends to control how Clouds story will play out in this version.

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

I think Cody Christian's voice acting has improved since the last game. He wasn't bad or anything before, but I think he shows more range here. But maybe that's just because Cloud spent the whole last game being grumpy.

[@Alkadius1993]

I think that was on purpose, since cloud is kinda emotionally stunted in the first game

[@_Rerr_]

​@@Alkadius1993which is also kinda perfect for when its his first time getting comfortable with the role, not needing to change too much

[@Yoshikid4070]

Not to mention for Crisis Core and this game, for narrative reasons he had to change around Cloud's tone slightly at some points

[@ghostofhallownest5300]

Reading too much into it. Cloud is stoic and cool he does not have much tonal range in the beginning due to story reasons. He is meant to purposefully be this way.

[@JungKooksTwin]

its literally for story reasons lol.... sure i bet cody has only improved his VA tho but you literally answered your own question, why would cody have to show more range when cloud is the way he is in part 1.

[@AevynRain]

Just wanted to say I was pointed to your channel by my cousin, he was recovering from cancer and couldnt play rebirth so he was watching you (called you his favorite ff streamer) play it until he could after recovery. He just passed last night so i thought id come and subscribe in his memory. Ive been holding back on rebirth because ff7 is my favorite game and Im savoring it, but i think now I will continue with the thoughts that I have to play it for him. Imagine waiting 20+ years for your favorite game remake, and not getting to leave Midgar 😢

[@FENRlZ]

God, im so sorry to hear about your cousin. 😔 My dad also passed away last 2015, his favorite game is also FF7 and I played and continue playing the game for him and for me since I became a fan. I think it would make your cousin the happiest if you could also play it for him

[@sean8102]

I'm sorry for your loss. May your cousin rest in peace.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Sorry for your loss. Hope you and your family are doing well.

[@AevynRain]

@lyndsaybrown8471 Thanks, i took over one of the passions he never got to fulfill, making music, and its pretty fun and doing well, thanks for checking in ❤️

[@Hc2p3n4t4rp]

a lot of interesting dialogue that makes references to the novels, for example did you know there is a short story of Tifa after the Nibleheim incident? in it it mentions Zangan saving her and leaving her in Midgar to go off to fight Shinra on his own, Tifa after regaining conciousness starts both working to survive and training to recover her lost strength, its there she meets Jessie, Biggs and Wedge on her work, which was, SELLING MEAT BUNS IN SECTOR 8 yeah, that random comment by the guy in Kalm was about Tifa

[@rejoicingfakepriest201]

Of course Tifa has something to do with meat buns 😂

[@Alberto_Salazar]

They also add that entire section to the Mobile game. (FF Ever Crisis) Which is connected to this game as well. You can see that in Tifa's side story

[@Hc2p3n4t4rp]

@@Alberto_Salazar that episode is based on the novels

[@Alberto_Salazar]

@Hc2p3n4t4rp Yes, that's why I said they "add"

[@kash4922]

Thank you for posting this so fast can’t wait to watch every second

[@user-dsfhsdjf-32463]

Watched it live. Was fantastic and worth every second

[@paulsmith9192]

@user-dsfhsdjf-32463 how much is edited out?

[@slyktech1860]

I like that all the characters participate in the battles who are in your party and not just the 3 you control.

[@IbrahimToure_]

Your original ff7r playthrough got me through some rough times max, I’m now a senior in college about to graduate and it almost feels surreal that I’m going through this adventure again. Appreciate all the vids!

[@robdarville5408]

Literally same Shine On!

[@rubberbandit8210]

🥰

[@SideBurn12]

Same here, my wife and I separated in the beginning of April 2020, and both Remake and Max helped me out alot during that period

[@AkamoriRivals]

​Exactly the same situation for me. I lost everything during that time, and went really deep down. Darkest place I have ever been. Had it not been for Max's FFVII Remake playthrough, I may not have made it. Now I get to watch his Rebirth playthrough after making it through that and being in the best part of ny life ever. Hope you're doing better. ​@@SideBurn12

[@SideBurn12]

@@AkamoriRivals Damn.. life really can kick you in the balls. Great to hear that you are in much better place! 👍 Yeah, I'm doing *alot* better! Not quite there yet, but getting there. Really appreciating watching Max's playthrough! 💪

[@Elzmack91]

Another cool thing about the nibelheim flashback. Cloud’s clothing. 2 shoulders pads like a certain someone. And then present day wearing the famous one bolted shoulder guard. I hope new players have noticed this.

[@Dante999000]

Me too, Zack was wearing the "two-shoulder" pads if you know what both Zack and Cloud were wearing.

[@youhaveayds8975]

The squats gave it away only mf that fit is Zack

[@StephenOwen]

The Cloud who Zack brings into Midgar had two shoulder pads too. Proper SOLDIER shoulder pads

[@TommasoFirmini]

That opening really cemented how important crisis core reunion was

[@vexify3357]

Im so glad I decided to finish it last night.

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

very annoying they force you to play a trash game to understand this one

[@rodanandme]

@@PenguinsAreColdishyoure gonna get people flaming you for this hot take but I’m with you, I hated CC Reunion and only played it cause I knew it’d be relevant

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

i dont even think it's a hot take crisis core has been known as trash with a handful of good moments for years now lol@@rodanandme

[@dontworryaboutit5490]

@@PenguinsAreColdishexactly! There should be no continuance on any games! Everything should start over, so you can understand it. Don’t get me started on television shows that have more than one episode!

[@MaxwellBXC]

In the last 6 weeks, the build up to Rebirth release I’ve been playing Remake, falling asleep watching Maximilian play remake, now playing rebirth, falling asleep to Maximilian playing rebirth. You are great company Dood🔥

[@idok333odikay]

Notice how in Zack’s universe. The reporter gets cut off before he says “sector 7 plate” but in the Kalm inn, the Reporter does not.

[@shro_okee]

Holy sh...

[@Xemnion]

4:22 - 4:27 it's right there as he's looking up at the giant TV screen watching the report. Unless you mean when he had to pause cause of the passing truck. The reason the radio report doesn't get interrupted and resume like that is probably because it's not the same reporting. In real life news reports and radio reports will repeat information all the time but they aren't reusing the audio in each of those report even if they're saying the same information.

[@gdwyvern4016]

​@Xemnion The same report is heard in Kalm, that's the one he's talking about.

[@gallarinas]

holy moly

[@sean8102]

good catch.

[@yujin-1907]

FOR THOSE WHO HAVENT SEEN MAX REBIRTH DEMO PLAYTHROUGH YET, YOU GUYS SHOULD! The Nibelheim part is definitely better there + his reaction. And then you can continue watching this after that. That's all.

[@vsoco4921]

It's strangely... sad to see Sephiroth being friendly, if a bit aloof. Tragic, even. Wish he had a chance of not becoming a monster.

[@jesusrodriguezcolon8315]

He always was though, thats the whole point of his existence xD

[@KamusariHR]

Actually its janova who controlls him

[@myoumyou90]

Did you seen or player Crisis Core? He's like that...awkward even. 😅

[@reddemon785]

​@RogerHR It wasn't Jenova controlling Sephiroth. It was always Jenova impersonating Sephiroth. It was hinted at multiple times throughout this game. "Those you love, those you fear, those you hate" and all that.

[@novachikun]

That shot of the Stamp billboard at the very beginning, and with a very blatant DUMBAPPLE right next to it.

[@aeriagloris4211]

What?

[@barriath8841]

Yep, it showed that the start is in a different timeline. Stamp's breed is different. My question though is how exactly those events that should taken place much later (a few days at least) happened right after "Comatose-Cloud" and Zack appeared in Midgar. Its like comatose cloud and zack were catapulted into another timeline alltogether. And there is another Cloud already existing there and vanished the moment of the highway incident while the others are presumabnly dead.

[@Kevom8]

Zack losing Areith in his arms MY guy can't catch a break!

[@litepaw7]

😢

[@thorinhannahs4614]

That was hilarious. Just shows how much Zack is worth I guess.

[@iamfiefo]

Gotta love, even though Max has been making a ton of predictions since Remake, he still gets surprised by the first 5 minutes of the game.

[@miguelgonzalez6495]

It’s like they did it just for him. lol

[@Pparty_Gaming]

Don’t plan to watch as I am playing myself…but I stood there as a started a new game and was shaking and crying and jumping and smiling for 20 minutes and hadn’t done anything yet…this game is something special! Enjoy it Max!!!!!!

[@Dracobyte]

Good luck with your playing experience!!

[@dimvots6729]

touch grass

[@ItsAlwaysAugustHere]

must suck to not get pure joy out of life :) try not to be jaded@@dimvots6729

[@Dracobyte]

@@dimvots6729 touch the Grasslands region? That is what I am doing right now.

[@ratedRblazin420]

Cringe

[@jherrenor]

I'm not even playing the game and I'm still blown away at how amazing it looks and plays. The locations and characters are so full of life, including the NPCs. So much stuff to explore, so much game available to unlock. Story is wonderfully deep and intriguing. The dialogue and interaction of the main cast is fantastic. Music is great. This game gave us all we expected and a ton of stuff that we didn't. We've only seen the minutest portion of this world and it already feels like an 11 out of 10 game. Well done indeed!

[@xGasTon87x]

"It probably will not take that long" he say -> glance at the chapter select and it took nearly 2 hours. Never change Max

[@Kalvain14]

Watching Max play this game with childlike wonderment and genuine love makes this vastly better than any other let's play series on KZbin, bar none.

[@wolfeamv]

I love Zack so much, im glad they're bringing him back & alive! Max we love you! Thank you for being our streamer/youtuber. All things FF i come to you, just because your reactions are so genuine. Sharing our childhood together. Cant wait to see you play more!!

[@thirdworldrenegade]

I skipped the cutscene thinking "It's just the stuff from the Nibelheim demo." What I saw after skipping threw me off. I said "Nope, I'm restarting, and not skipping shit."

[@joegardner851]

I usually don’t skip, I was going to be on my phone then I saw what was after the trailer…..I was like this didn’t happen in the demo or this didn’t happen at the end of the first game….what is going on 😂

[@sebastianc2077]

Wait so what was different? I skipped it since it said it wasn't going to affect gameplay.

[@twilightfire93]

​@@sebastianc2077 I think they meant the first few minutes from booting the game, not the Nibelheim stuff. The intro blew my fucking mind like it did with Max, and I was just goddy as hell.

[@sebastianc2077]

@@twilightfire93 yeah that makes more sense I was playing it with my buddy and we couldn't believe we get to play as Zach

[@noof7512]

ME TOO! i was literally surprised when i saw Zack! i was like "nope i restart the game"

[@MMJVBeats]

This game has really surprised me so far! I didn’t expect tifa to call out cloud that early tbh

[@Kagomesirene_]

I am as awed as I was in '97 when I played the original... Great characters, fantastic music, the gameplay and now discovering a new beginning and plotline... I feel like a teenage girl again... Thanx Square Enix for remaking FFVII and still cherishing the core elements of this game...Playing the Remake, Crisis Core and just the first few minutes of playing Rebirth showed me that this game still has, what made us become gamers and fans in the first place... We want great fights and a brave hero that may struggle, but is able to overcome everything because of conviction, friendship, loyalty and love. Dreams and Honour! 🪽 P. S. I love Aerith and Tifa, they're perfect just the way thay were/are! And just like the boys did with these two, you can be sure we girls swooned just as much over Cloud, Zack and Sephiroth!🪽 You can definetly feel that this is a game "from gamers for gamers" ❤ Thanx to Max for this playthrough... It's great to see others feel the same way about this game

[@shintsufurujin]

Will have to watch this play through after I finish mine, but I had to see Max's reaction to the beginning. When Max first stated he had seen more than most, I was disappointed. But then he realized it was different and lost his shit same as me. This is gonna get crazy.

[@TongariVash]

It really hits differently if you think about that when Cloud is retelling the Nibelheim story it's the most you see him smile/smirk, because he's telling it from Zack's perspective

[@stevendouglas3781]

Cody Christian is better at the Zack cadence than the new Zack VA.

[@arturoaguilar6002]

Yeah. Anyone who knows what really went down there can tell how very Zack-like Cloud acts in the flashback. But, I wonder if anyone who doesn't know the twist would think Cloud acts different in the present because of how traumatic the loss of his hometown was.

[@jarosbodytko6462]

I love the subtle references some of the NPC’s are making. For those who read Traces of Two pasts, the guy who loves the steamed buns (and the girl that served them), he’s talking about Tifa who served steamed buns when she first came to Midgar. 😁

[@OhHeyMarc]

Also during the flashback when Tifa asks if Cloud worked out with the people in town, and again when she mentions the nurses who stayed with her during her recovery.

[@Joelio8701]

Just woke up after a 15 hour sessions yesterday - for so many parts I can’t wait for Max’s reaction. Hope everyone is enjoying - god I love this game

[@wuztron]

Woke up early, got some coffee, sat down to play, and have barely moved since. This game is incredible.

[@famguy292]

The way the field music seamlessly transitions into the battle theme and back into the field theme is 🤌

[@AzureKyle]

I absolutely love the beginning of this. "I've played this before, I know what happens, I know more than most about this because I was at this event... Wait, this is new." XD

[@The_Mammal_Man]

That beginning was crazy! They bamboozled us who watched the demo 😂

[@Ghost0fTheNavigator]

Bless you, Max! I can't play Rebirth yet since I don't have a PS5, but you explore so thoroughly it's like I'm playing it myself. You always do the best playthroughs! Thank you for your great work.

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

I'm In LOVE with the remake, I was fangirling the entire 6 hours I played from 12AM-6AM last night. If only I didn't need sleep, I would've played longer.

[@marcbisson9351]

Watching through this video,I’ve seen Max find things that I myself missed in my own playthrough thus far: the aureate pinion in the chocobo ranch; the tank in the field, with the accompanying chests and dialogue; and best of all, how to turn off Mi’s repeated dialogue for the special field enemies. Love your enthusiasm for this game. It’s making my own playthrough feel that much more enjoyable as I go back to watch yours after each new chapter in game.

[@Evanz111]

Been refreshing my sub box all day just to see Max’s wholesome reactions. Feels great getting a chance to be so excited for a game again like with this.

[@dr.edwardrichtofen365]

10:25 Square be like “Let’s give them some PTSD to start the game”

[@TheOneOfEachGamingChronicles]

This 30 year cook was a joy to experience with you. Thanks for your work!

[@mortified0]

Man, I really love how that opening scene in the truck is all one long shot. It's really well directed.

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

When I first started playing, I saw that the start of the game was the same as in the demo, so I’m like “I’ve seen this a million times, I’ll just skip”, then I’m standing there as Zack, like wtf, immediately return to title screen and start a new game again… lol

[@BuddyChy]

The way inanimate objects just go flying and create a chain reaction of flying objects when you lightly brush past them is just one of THE best parts of this game lol I love it

[@StephenOwen]

I love when Tifa and Nanaki go slamming into all of the tables and chairs

[@Fudfood]

Keep playing the game your way. Thank you for all that you do dude

[@AH-kq8tt]

Max: I don't want my playthrough to be 100 hours... Me: LITTLE DO YOU KNOW

[@LetsWinWithTim]

I just love the amount of love, attention and admiration Max has for playing this game. He has become FFVII's hype-man. I finished the game twice, watched his entire playthrough and here I am watching it for a second time... I wish I could watch him play Final Fantasy IX with this same kind of energy... maybe when/if that remake ever happens, right?

[@celfhelp]

easily the most surreal gaming experience i’ve ever had in 25 hours in and still struggle to believe it’s real can’t wait to tag along for your THOROUGH playthrough

[@SimeonJester]

been watching all of max's ff7 remake series mostly in the background while i work on editing stuff for hours on end - so I've been able to notice that the music in this game is some of the most phenominal I have ever heard. it transends the music from remake part 1 by a mile, and remake part 1's music was allready AMAZING

[@BlueEye096]

Whoever at Max's team who went through the trouble of chaptering the video is a god.

[@bolowbc]

Don't have the time to play through this myself, choosing to get all my FF7R content from this channle, thanks Max for the genuine enthusiasm and expertise!

[@neko_otaku_guy]

Here to watch Maxs reaction to the first 5 mins..because holy shit.. Will watch the rest when I've finished playing to avoid spoilers

[@hazmattx2909]

"The highest quality crack" is legit one of the funniest things ive ever heard

[@AlexT7916]

Got this from NicoB's comment section: Something really cool about Zack's basic combo is that it shares mivements with his yellow Materia mives in Crisis Core! Most noticeable are his use of Twister and Giblin Punch in his combo. This really shows hot this game really something for any type of fan of the series.

[@bethanyromano2740]

I’m only on Chapter 6, but I’m in total awe over this game. It’s everything that I could want in a game. I happened to see a piece of detail that I never noticed before, but when Max changed Cloud’s weapon to the Sleek Blade…you can see Red’s reflection in the sword. It’s the little details like that instance that puts a smile on my face. That, and seeing Max experience this game we’ve all been looking forward to.

[@YvaanAvesna]

2:08:31 give whoever voiced this guy a raise, I couldn’t stop laughing

[@MitoNova583]

from Vinny Vinesauce's stream, it's apparently Nick Wolfhard who's voicing Ned

[@MichaelBalcazar]

How absolutely incredible! Seeing your reactions make me so emotional as well! We really finally made it! 4 years! So far this game is amazing and has been worth every second!

[@Ox9707]

Red 13 riding a chocobo is hilarious. Max must be absorbed by the game to not notice it.

[@flyingparkinglot1530]

Max was second in front page 🤯 Our Dood really came up…literally the fighting game and action game guru 👍

[@tiffyw92]

There's no gettin' offa this train we on! Let's gooo!! For once, just because this game is that special, I'm gonna be following both Max and NicoB's playthroughs at the same time! It's gonna be fun to see two different perspectives.

[@3slicessenpai]

Meteor: *coming down* Weapons: *vaporizing everything* Cloud: *flipping the table against Crybaby Ned*

[@pennythejet]

3:02:00 Tifa used to sell steamed buns in Sector 8 to repay her medical bills after her surgery from that incident. It is detailed in the book A Tale of Two Pasts which is actually quite good.

[@GrayD_Fox]

I like that Cloud doesnt just talk like Zach, but is animated like him as well.

[@KrimsonKracker]

Great catch with the Motorball wreckage Max! I didn't notice that previously... 🤔

[@ironyman6385]

Max appreciate so much of this game, I love watching him play after I played the same part and see his reactions and stuff he notices that we don't.

[@Promatheos]

10:25 This close up on holy is insanely important. I don't know what happens in the next part obviously, but if Zack doesn't pick it up or notice it and just leaves it there because he's so worried about Aerith then holy just gets lost in some puddle in Midgar and never can be used to stop meteor in Zack's timeline. Keep an eye on that.

[@nellie8586]

omg

[@xRagingDragon04x]

I just hope Sephiroth can't control/manipulate Zack like he could all the cloaked figures and Cloud

[@lazerc1an60]

@@xRagingDragon04xin crisis core it’s explained that seph cells in zack are diluted/non existent due the soldier experiments he had so hes not affected be it

[@ActualHumanMigz]

I love that they gave Trooper Cloud Zack's voice and also giving young Cloud Zack's speech patterns and behaviors. That was a nice detail.

[@StiffAftermath]

4:08:45 - Red's fire tail reflects off Cloud's sword!

[@762x69]

That's a WILD detail

[@SoloMael]

It even showed up in Performance mode for me

[@darkenix]

Same for me, only issue that i have encountered was the textures. It gives 2020 remake vibes lol ​@SoloMael

[@SoloMael]

@@darkenix Remake’s performance mode on PS5 had a much better resolution despite the muddy textures, I guess the big problem is that Unreal Engine 4 has trouble with big detailed open worlds

[@darkenix]

@SoloMael maybe you were right. Also why did they used UE4 not 5. 🙃

[@liberoprotean8313]

I’ve been looking forward to your play through man. Love your appreciation for this game and its story. Thanks

[@sanddry738]

Even though a lot of the stuff is from demos, and what not, I love how they still have super exciting things that we never got to see like the whole Zack section. Can’t wait for the next part.

[@LukarWuff]

Thanks a ton for uploading in 4K and adding timestamps! Can't wait to watch your playthrough as I progress in my own.

[@perfectlyslicedegg3348]

Max: What is this??? Cloud: Well it all started 5 years ago... The Timing!

[@umphreak9999]

2:44:35 fun fact: if you go back to that location after you escape Shinra, Akira will be there and does an entire 20ish minute 3 song performance 3:35:04 sidenote: the fact he got a grenade in his first set of boxes, yet never used one until the last couple episodes is hilarious to me

[@not2shabby]

Max: The beginning of the game will be a little bit of the old stuff, because I've already, y'know, seen that start, right? Squeenix: Hold my Cosmo Canyon.

[@SeiyaSoiya-un4jj]

I’m playing Rebirth while I also have this video pulled up and anytime something crazy in the game happens I’ll pause it and watch Max’s reaction right after mine.

[@FENRlZ]

SAME!

[@yujin-1907]

2:06:32 my guy cloud just tunnel visioned Tifa 😂

[@mr.morningstar8350]

Also thank you Max timestamping the parts of the video. Really helps out a lot.

[@EvanTomiko]

I was so confused playing that intro. I was screaming "are they dead! What's happening?!"

[@jzglazier8999]

I’m in love with this game, I’m only on right at the start of chapter 3 and have 10 hours on the game. Square did it again. I stayed away from anything pertaining to the game pre-launch and my mind has been blown thus far.

[@fajaradi1223]

Does the performance mode still blurry AF?

[@lasthopelost9090]

@@fajaradi1223yeah it is they should of moved to a newer unreal engine

[@Ti7Vk3y]

​​​@@fajaradi1223Been playing it on graphics mode (16 hours in so far). 30fps usually gives me a headache after playing 60fps a lot in most games but after 30 minutes or an hour it looks smooth to my eyes again. My eyes can get used to 30 fps but my eyes can't get used to how performance mode looks still even after the patch. So I'd personally recommend graphics mode as well.

[@aeriagloris4211]

I can't even tell a difference between the graphics modes, except that the 30 fps is noticeable ​@@Ti7Vk3y

[@Dante999000]

​​@@Ti7Vk3ynot me, from start up to now I play with performance and my eyes are fine; guess it all comes to how well your eyes are but I could be wrong.

[@charlesedwinbooks]

"Ned wouldn't survive the arcades of the 90s." *later* "NED YOU POS YOU'RE HUSSLING ME!" xD

[@angelofdarkness1435]

The fact that you can play as Zack in the beginning though is what surprised me frfr..

[@outright4697]

Same I was like what the heck is going on I’m still speechless on how beautiful FF7 Rebirth is it’s crazy 🥹

[@jamessutton.7572]

I love the passion Max has for Final Fantasy VII, you can see it in his eyes it warms my heart!

[@shanereynolds9618]

Max I'm telling you Dood..I look forward to your FF reactions as much as I do the actual game!

[@Invizzabul]

I love it that you are doing everything in the game, without it really being your intention to. Keep it up, man. Do not give in and be 'Okay, let's wrap it up already. Too long!'