Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII - Zack's Death & Ending

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[@kaden-bone8097]

Even at deaths door he had enough strength to hold up that massive buster sword. It took a literal army to stop him.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

SOLDIER 1st Class buddy

[@mahirmuhammad2325]

And now he destroys an army and takes Cloud to midgar

[@J10prods]

Yeah compared to the remake cloud fights with 5 people and it’s easier for him but for Zack, he has to handle fighting by himself, Angeal saved him one time and that was in the beginning when Zack fought Sephoroth.Thats why Zack is the best thanks to Angeal

[@shschesschamp]

Hes a true Soldier 1st class.

[@Miraidon1008]

Zack defeated Minerva goddes of life cloud need 3 people to deafet ruby and the others ps. You can see emerald weapon in crisis core in ice zack got the jenova cells and a mako Booster for SOLDIER sephiroth and cloud only jenova cells so basicly zack is stronger then both what makes sense why they killed him in crisis core since he couldve killed all the strength balance

[@tofu_sen]

We all know you tried spamming cure and health potions to save him Edit: Came back to this comment after 3 years and god damn does the nostalgia kick. This game really was a highlight of my childhood; a time when things were simpler, and it seems that I shared a similar memory with so many of y’all. I’m just hit with a somber feeling whenever I realize that such memories will be just that, a memory of a time that’ll never come back, and that some of you out there will share that somberness upon realizing it. I’m happy to have shared such a memory with y’all. I was in 5th Grade when I first played this game, and now I’m in college with the intent of becoming a full-fledged game developer by the time I graduate. Perhaps the least I can do to honor these memories is to help make something that’ll be just like it to the next generation. Here’s to us, to our future, and to the next generation of game lovers that’ll follow. Cheers! 🍻

[@jarersu]

Yeaya just use phoenix down and youre done

[@acronyx991]

@Nafets - At that point you may aswell waste everything, there's nothing left to save.

[@justatypicalyoutuber8402]

@@acronyx991 Don't you get New Game +? Or items don't transfer over? Because I remember playing it over and over with my OP materias back in the day

[@bryersbee9579]

I used all my x99 PDs i stole from minerva in this scene

[@fahrezasatria3587]

I remember when i don't know if zack was gonna die so i used mod to keep zack alive but still the enemies won't die

[@professorpillow2627]

To those of you wondering why he forgot Zack, he was traumatized by his death so much, he created a false persona of himself under the image of the person he admired the most in life, which was Zack, and thought that he did all the things that Zack did. Hence why he never said hi to Aerith for him. (Please correct me if I’m wrong)

[@batozorange]

Also because of Sephiroth

[@Yunaria]

While trauma certainly played a part, It was actually mainly due to the extreme level of mako poisoning/addiction he received while under Hojo’s joint experiment that he endured for four long years alongside Zack. Cloud was catatonic for the entire time Zack was running with him in tow, and is barely even fully conscious during this scene as Zack dies. Big spoilers here so read further at your own risk, but they were injected with Jenova’s cells, which can absorb memories due to Jenova’s nature of being an advanced parasitic lifeform, in which Cloud ended up absorbing a mixture of Zack’s collective memories. Zack took the experiment better than Cloud since he already had undergone and survived the process of becoming a SOLDIER, where they enhance you with mako and Jenova cells. Cloud, who was barely a decent Shinra infantryman, obviously didn’t fair as well. Cloud loses himself to not just the poisoning but Jenova’s cells. When Tifa first finds Cloud after he makes it to Midgar after Zack’s death in the original game, he doesn’t start to become coherent until he recognizes her because of his strong bond to her (childhood friends and the fact he had/has a huge crush on her- she was the person he wanted to impress by becoming a SOLDIER), and tries to piece together who he is. This unfortunately results in him believing the bits of Zack’s memories that are in him because of Jenova are his. He also spent almost a year with Zack trying to get back to Midgar, where he listened in his coma-like state to Zack’s stories and dream of becoming a merc now that he was leaving SOLDIER, and Cloud instead interpreted in his fragile mental state all these to be his wants and stories, effectively negating Zack from the picture and putting himself in his place, along with his own jumbled memories from childhood.

[@Insomn1aaa]

봉윤아 thank you!!

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@Yunaria You sure nailed it. And his mind being as fractured as it was both from the trauma and the Jenova cells and Mako poisoning made it harder on Cloud, until he was used by Sephiroth, and then his and Tifa ending up in the Lifestream to restore his memories after he was left catatonic again following what Sephiroth did to him.

[@VeigarIII]

@@Yunaria Amazing explanation

[@monkeymh8568]

I knew Zack would die the moment I started playing the game, and still, even knowing that, I tried desperately to find another option where he didn't die. Zack will forever be one of my favorite final fantasy characters :(

[@yves_santa7]

I had no idea about his death never seen or played ff7 before so when zack died it really hit harder

[@UngNhan7121]

well he's not in ff remake

[@khresnawahyu5592]

@@UngNhan7121 yes he still Alive in ff7 remake but in another timeline

[@xWabbli]

Same

[@snowmanswife1171]

(Sry 4 bad english) One of my safe files was where I saved Zack in church with Aerith before mission to Nibblehiem (dead end) I hoped that they never been apart :3

[@Shirrako]

*Tries not to cry* *sad face* *eyes water* *cries a lot*

[@Killer_Kris7]

*Lie down* *try not to cry* *cry a lot*

[@d_essential]

That's what i feel when i played this game to the end long time ago

[@noeldomingo93091]

Peanix down

[@Aflay1]

Zack fighting _We got this_ Aerith theme plays Me: *cries immensely*

[@BrunaGamer97]

I tried not cry 😢

[@CrimsinHavik]

For a PSP spin-off title that got nowhere near the attention it deserved, this game packed a hell of an emotion punch.

[@carlycrays2831]

And is quite fondly remembered.

[@monkeydjimmy5169]

That's very very true . It deserves more

[@Elmastertroll]

This is the first game I ever played on psp and played it before ff7 that’s why I became very fond of Zach

[@monkeydjimmy5169]

@@Elmastertroll For me it was quite the opposite i first played and finished 7 and then played *Before Crisis* , *Dirge Cerberus* and *Crisis Core* . I wish though i had first played *Before Crisis* then *Crisis Core* then *7* and finally *Dirge Cerberus* . In this correct order it would be great for any player and fan of the *FF 7 universe*

[@monstercdog24]

I’m still feeling it

[@brannycedeno6823]

"I'm gonna be a SOLDIER. The best of the best, like Sephiroth". -Cloud, before he met Zack Fair.

[@lyoko_jpeg]

Cloud now : *suffering PTSD from Sephiroth*

[@joshuarosfart]

sephiroth now: shall i give you 👉🍐

[@memesusoftheshitpostingwin8534]

@@joshuarosfart yes I want some pear

[@Ajay-dy3xw]

Little did he know his idol was the same man that gave him permanent damage to his mental state..

[@klockenberg2299]

@@lyoko_jpeg And Cloud never actually became a SOLDIER, as seen in CC here. He was only a nameless grunt.

[@baronnuuke7821]

Zack : "If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams" Cloud : "Thank you, I won't forget" Zack : Dies Cloud : Proceeds to forget everything

[@jayjaysheroah2485]

I kinda dont think its Clouds fault though

[@billybatts8283]

He was literally moments away from becoming one of the hooded husks had Tifa not found him.

[@OmunHR]

Zack the most underrated character, without zack cloud woudnt exist

[@joshshrum2764]

Sparda HR I wouldn’t say that dude there’s so many fangirls and boys of him plus everyone that loves final fantasy 7 has to like him honestly he’s just so important to the whole story just as much as Septhiroth.

[@freddooo4798]

Obito xshinobi the remake focuses on Midgar only, we didn’t know who Zack was until wayyy after that section in the original tf you mean it wouldn’t feel the same? 😂 why are you fanboying hard over him lmao.

[@Karmalu]

I’d say Genesis is more underrated

[@chriskoloski32]

Isn't Zack one of the top 5 final fantasy protagonists? Either way it's hard to believe some people prefer to treat crisis core as non canon

[@hystericbunny76]

its the other way around, there would be no zack if theres no cloud, zack just spawned creating a deeper character for cloud, even zacks appearance is based on clouds old concept art..

[@QuanLovesGaming]

Cloud definitely got his PTSD from this.

[@Swaggerboythe1derkidd]

Pretty much explains lost term memory

[@Station9.75]

I mean, this is the whole point of Cloud’s story trough FF7.

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

Probably that will be his name in Honest Trailer

[@Rissamlu]

...and from being locked in a basement and experimented on by Shinra for years.

[@m0thdm]

shit I got PTSD from this

[@Comkill117]

You gotta love how in the original, he’s shot by like two regular Shinra guys, but here it’s basically the whole army and even then Zack almost wins.

[@valera_animation]

Plus in the ff7 remake he actually won against them.

[@znspyder]

@@valera_animation as it should be, fuckton of phoenix downs would have helped zack a lot

[@Comkill117]

Yeah, FFVII Remake is kinda weird in that our heroes are actually way more competent than the originals were. Like Tifa, Barret, and Cloud totally could have stopped the plate from falling on sector 7 if those ghost things weren’t there, and even then they got everyone out compared to FFVII where it falls and kills everyone below.

[@rudeboyrg]

Yeah. It was like over in 2 seconds. Two guys. One shotgun and he's dead. LOL

[@BrickleYourFrickle]

@@rudeboyrg Realistic, impactful, concise, and narratively appropriate in portraying the tragedy of Zack's character. Far better than this overwrought "Nomurian" crap.

[@shschesschamp]

Sure Aeriths death was really sad, but this was the death that truly broke Cloud.

[@rodanandme]

thats cause by aerith's death, hes been broken for a long time

[@DaBlackMane]

@@rodanandme Good point. Let's forget that Aerith dies in FF7. Zack died in crisis core, the prequel to FF7.

[@brightlight8852]

@@LCardosed92 No Zack's death was a main contributing factor to his mental breakdown to the point that he made up memories to help him cope. In ACC they reveal that he's still not over Zack's death, because it turns out the wolf illusion was Claude's morning Zack all along. The whole reason why he uses a different sword is because he's still mourning Zack. So yeah, timeline wise Zack's death broke Cloud. Aerith's death made him sad because he was partially to blame for her death and he never got a chance to mourn her passing in FF7 proper.

[@brightlight8852]

@@LCardosed92 Again Cloud is partially to blame for Aerith's death, that's why he asks for her forgiveness. While he's not to blame for Zack's death which is why his grief regarding. Also you do know that hallow isn't a love song right? Also in that remake Aerith isn't dead yet so it's a stretch to say that the song is about her, when she's not dead.

[@brightlight8852]

@@LCardosed92 So in other words it's an interpretation made by the composer and not by anyone whose actually in charge of the script for the original game and was also very likely influenced by fan interpretation rather than anything made by the script writers themselves, just like the original AC?

[@ssyuren]

Then, 13 years later, Square Enix pulls the biggest reverse uno card.

[@CPT85]

Ren Ikr!? I mean like, wtf? Is there gonna be a way to save Aerith now? I think most of us came to terms with her death, like, 23 years ago. Why give us a chance to save her now? Is the remake still going to follow through with the continuity of Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus, or is it just gonna be a complete reboot altogether? We can only theorize and speculate... 😒

[@desireeheremaia7636]

@@CPT85 My prediction is that Aerith doesn't seem like the type who wants to be saved, she seemed okay with dying the way she did. Plus if the meteor part still went ahead, the planet would be destroyed more than likely.

[@gamezoo5416]

Zack survives and gets experimented on by Hojo and has become a perfect sephiroth clone, now they will need to fight zack sephiroth and aerith will sacrifice her life to redeem Zack , u heard it here folks, that's what part 2 is going to be!!

[@acronyx991]

Honestly I think it's brilliant that square Enix did what they did. We all came to terms with ff7s story. We all know it. Now they can make a fresh new story and by saving zack, aerith and sephiroth potentially becoming good or not going fully evil we can get a whole new story beyond FF7. I've played FF7 so many times and completed it I've always wanted to save aerith at some point. This way the original is preserved as this is basically a whole new game now. Don't think of it as a remake.

[@acronyx991]

@@gamezoo5416 I like that, it could wrap up the ending to crisis core where zack walks into the light to see aerith. Whereas they never were able to meet before, now they can both die together... Or who knows, even live and we can get further sequels down the line.

[@devante9207]

We all knew it was coming but somehow Zack’s death was still one of the most poetic and painful protagonist deaths to watch. The most underrated FF character for sure

[@thedoublegwiggler]

Please remake crisis core

[@augustomcdougall9663]

@@thedoublegwiggler good news: they actually did it

[@thedoublegwiggler]

@@augustomcdougall9663 just watched the trailer a dream become true

[@DT64]

@@thedoublegwigglertask failed successfully It’s a remaster with new mechanics

[@komododragon410]

@@DT64 but my dude still survived

[@flagel552]

the worst thing about this is the fact Zack faded into obscurity with the death of Aerith and Cloud's persona merger. he was the hero the world will never remember

[@Supersonicspyro]

I'm sure tseng remembers him, but there's no reason too bring him up lol

[@billybatts8283]

Well, not really it was Cloud who stopped Sepiroth, not Zack. It was Cloud who saved everyone's life that night, Zack included before Zack returned the favour. How does everyone forget that fact? Cloud literally solos Sepiroth and saves Zack, Tifa and whoever else was alive in that town or who he would meet after that.

[@DuckShitBoba]

Ff7 shaped my childhood. The fact that Crisis Core left me liking Zack noticeably more than Cloud feels like a hell of an accomplishment.

[@stiphenregalario336]

same bro its so nice to look back because of ff7 cc

[@Omega-jg4oq]

It's kinda crazy that Zack supposed to be the original main character of FFVII

[@marcelousneal4812]

@@Omega-jg4oq cloud did and is doing a assume job, Zack would & will be proud in part 2 rebirth… he lives on

[@lukehart7225]

He should’ve just started running to Mdigar, soo close!!

[@ono_o_o]

@@Omega-jg4oq Design-wise but not personality-wise. I think that's an important difference.

[@EinfachArtur]

Zack, the older brother we never had

[@alexm7627]

Jesus is my older brother

[@austingurley3939]

@@alexm7627 Mine too. It took an Army to kill Zack. But it took the cross to kill Jesus Christ. there're both brothers to me.

[@alexm7627]

@@austingurley3939 any brave man can potentially take on an army by himself and some in history did that, but nobody could or was even fit to bear the wrath of God for the sake of others', except one man, Jesus Christ who is God and man in Jesus

[@alexm7627]

@@austingurley3939 to add on to what i wrote at the end, as you know, Jesus is both God and man, God has always existed and around 2000 years ago, God the son essentially "put on" humanity

[@austingurley3939]

@@alexm7627 True but in the end god will come back and get the people who love him

[@BLAZIKENT777]

Needed to see this cutscene again after hearing Zack's new voice in FF7 Remake

[@calendarfactory8566]

It's quite Jarring to hear the new voice

[@zenky12]

@Go Bro thats bad thought

[@teriyaki_chicken]

The new voice is alright. Decent voice acting, just not a good fit for Zack. I'm sure I'll adjust though.

[@unhappylife94]

Ikr i really hate his new voice

[@joshuaclipper7883]

I mean the guy did a good job in the new one but his voice just doesn't fit Zack

[@caramelninja27]

"if you see aerith, say hi for me" Mr steal your girl: *smirk*

[@kirby158]

Zack should raise and flirt with Tifa xd

[@J10prods]

He didn’t even remeber zack only in couple of times

[@Ok-hy4xx]

Oml 🤣

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

Zack in afterlife: Damn you Cloud!

[@Ok-hy4xx]

@@kirby158 noe way

[@TheAntiYuu]

Zack: “Say hi to Aerith for me” Cloud: “I feel like I’m missing something”

[@marcelousneal4812]

He seen how fine she was lol

[@kk28262484]

Cloud: I missed the part where that is my problem

[@near5148]

​@@kk28262484 lol

[@ErenDenizMert]

He rizzed her up

[@MisterFister612]

Main reason I don't romance Aerith is because I respect Zack too much to steal his girl.

[@irhambiya1411]

Yeah, i feel that too

[@Greatsharkbite]

Unfortunately Aerith loves Cloud, lol but idk if it was in the maiden who travels the planet or whatever but i'm 99% sure she says she thinks Zack was cheating.

[@Glori4n]

Zack is Chad, and they should always be together.

[@giabachnguyen5834]

Zack alive now in the ff7 remake intergrade

[@daeith1233]

well, it's ok, since Aerith and Zack are kinda the past. You can ship both.

[@damte131]

12 years passed and its still one of the most sad moments in my life

[@algladyou]

Mine was Aerith's

[@iduborsylvester6343]

Same bro

[@MaxGameClips]

not anymore!

[@Kanetsuguru]

-midlife crisis intensifies-....same

[@miguelfranco1854]

This part broke me

[@pittayayas]

The cut scenes and the story from Crisis Core delivered more of an impact that 90% of hollywood movies and mainstream games that are supposed to make an impact. I still remember this scene like its some kind of tattoo stuck in my brain.

[@zye....]

Same, I still remembered every line of zack. I love this character..

[@nekochan_O]

Lol games nowdays are better than shitty subpar clunky old games lmao, acept the next step in evolution old boomer

[@daeseongkim93]

Dab Machine nope gtfo

[@pittayayas]

@@nekochan_O ''Rainbow Six and Star Wars Fan.'' That already says enough about your trashy taste LMAO

[@caelus2735]

@@nekochan_O youre basically trash and not a true gamer if u cant accept this masterpiece.

[@TheGomer321]

Yes Zack...we will all say that you indeed became a hero.

[@Cloudy_Visuals]

He was always a hero. Right from the beginning.

[@Dr_OneWing]

Cloud to Zack: I won’t forget Also Cloud to Zack’s parents: Zack? Never heard of him Zack in the Lifestream: -___-

[@Daemon1995_]

they did him dirty fr fr

[@w-cosmujerbyorganics.6980]

I know what happend this movie the lion king Mufasa's death Simba see his father's body then rip Zack Fair we have a idea with him the Funeral to Zack goodbye

[@FlamedramonX]

Barret: "OHHHH YOU F*CKED UUUUUUP"

[@nemesisstars1527]

When cloud says he won’t forget even though he eventually does forget 🤣who he is

[@peoplebelievealiensarereal]

Cloud lost his memories duh

[@takaishi2844]

*”Got it memorized?”* Wrong game...

[@noeldomingo93091]

Zack is a filler character... like a pit stop. . Puppy

[@joshshrum2764]

iKaiVendetta He basically is just Axel.

[@breadburner7276]

yes

[@PhantomC027]

he sounds exactly like axel XP

[@edg8-eddylikescake312]

No Reno is Axel he sounds more like him

[@monstercdog24]

Cried when cloud yells. Cried again when the song started. Cried even more when cloud said good nigh. Cried again when when he said if you see aerith say hi. God I’m a mess

[@Kllew1690]

I cry when I hit the play button

[@radezki5237]

this is one the saddest video game i ever played in my entire life

[@codyhoustongaming4921]

It always hits me when he asks if he became a hero

[@nulllight_1396]

Yeah man I ugly cried when I beat the game. I literally spent over an hour trying to win. I’m crying again watching this

[@CloudSixx93]

Idgaf how much of a "Man" you are. We all cry every f*cking time 😫😭🤧

[@AkemiV]

YOURE NOT WRONG 😭😭😭😭

[@agentdorito8511]

Pretty stereotypical and sexist

[@NarCissisT789]

@@AkemiV he is

[@neuro1073]

What?! No way! The guy with the Cloud Strife pfp cries every fucking time when he sees this scene? I never would have guessed.

[@leroysinclair8499]

I cried my eyes out playing those last moments because I didn’t want Zack to die. I grew so attached to the character

[@mikuchua4132]

If this scene becomes playable in the remake, it's going to break me again. The first time, i had no idea that Zack would die.

[@daistellae]

Oh believe me, even if you know that he's gonna die, this ending breaks you. 😭

[@minnick66]

Somebody didn't go back to the lab in Shinra Mansion in disc 3 of FF7! You see Zack's death in the original game too but it was kind of a secret extra hidden scene you had to go out of your way to find. It's only available after Cloud remembers who he is.

[@33GLOCK]

crybaby ass over a game LOL

[@33GLOCK]

@@minnick66 disc 3

[@scythelord]

Expect it to go down more like the original game and less like this. This is overdramatic. The original had them avoiding any conflict since their escape and just outside of Midgar they ran into a small pack of random shinra guards which caught them off guard. Zack wasn't strong enough to take them on after practically dragging cloud. In the compilation games, there are many members of soldier that are nearlly Sephiroth level. In the original game, NO ONE was Sephiroth's equal. No one was anywhere close. Zack sure has hell wasn't. After all, it was him that was being carried by Sephiroth on the way through Nibelheim. Zack was just a dude that went through soldier training and Mako exposure. He was better than your average grunt, but not excessively so.

[@johnsmith-xw7hv]

Zack was suffering Mako poisoning for the entire escape arc like Cloud. Zack's Limit never went off because his Limit Breaks are based on his connections to people. He is slowly forgetting them that's why they vanshied off the wheel except for silhouettes and he tried the hardest not to forget Aerith at the end. Can you tell?

[@thedoublegwiggler]

This was so Epic end

[@2185JTT]

Nice interpretation. But I remember in the original, it was stated that of the two experiments (being zack and cloud) one wasn't suffering from the effects. Zack was fine. I think the memories flashing in the final battle were more likely from his injuries fighting. Zack was dying in the fight and that's why I believe the limit breaks weren't working. They were kind like his life flashing before his eyes as he was dying.

[@johnsmith-xw7hv]

@@2185JTT If you play the game when Zack gets out of Nibelheim and fights some Shinra Grunts he says he had a hard time beating them and doesn't get why.

[@iwatchstuffs7933]

@@2185JTT true he was also exhausted from fighting and running from them. So in a sense it was a combination of sleep deprivation, exhaustion, mako poisoning, and his wounds

[@priscilabee583]

Is that why he says 'that girl was afraid of the sky' and not 'Aerith was afraid of the sky'? :((

[@JcrewJaruto]

came here after finishing FF7 Crisis Core Reunion 😢 "the price of freedom is steep" hit deep

[@mbrillon765]

12:46 Cloud: I won't forget *1 day later* Cloud: Who am I again? Oh yeah I was in SOLDIER

[@daraam02]

Trauma really fucks you over.

[@yoru2236]

FIRST CLASS soldier

[@shonehellsing784]

Cloud: 1st class soldier ready to bang my best friend girlfriend

[@axceljulio5747]

To be honest, it's kinda Cloud's coping mechanism. He relived Zack's life but mix it with some of his own memories to create a whole different personality.

[@LightfulWingsYT]

Let's be honest, they both were in mako as experiments for 5 years.. Cloud who was considered the weakest was the one paralyzed and could not move because of mako poisoning. Its no wonder how he ended up forgetting with also a bit of jenova cells inside him

[@putateng001]

when you have a ton of phoenix down but cant use it to revive zack :(

[@user-bv2pt3ie6i]

Same for Aerith :(

[@jacobkitchens]

Phoenix down are technically for unconscious players, not dead players.

[@SDSXellan]

@@jacobkitchens *down*

[@jacobkitchens]

@@SDSXellan Thanks grammar police, i fixed it for you. ;)

[@phoenixero8161]

@@jacobkitchens cloud talked to him for like a min though he wasn't dead

[@supergogeta840]

The most underrated psp game that could easily put modern triple A console games to shame

[@whelp5142]

🙄

[@juliabarrosmachado47]

Super Gogeta bitch shut up

[@jdennis867]

Dark souls, nioh , bloodborne, sekiro, yea..... no.

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

@@juliabarrosmachado47 Why don't you?

[@Yengggg96]

Dude you are exaggerating

[@justaguy3796]

"Its a sad day for rain" - Roy Mustang

[@Brucifer2]

Hot take: Zack's death was alot more emotional than Aerith's.

[@radomus8696]

I felt nothing when she died

[@tripple-a6031]

Not really a hot take.

[@xavierpeterson7139]

I think I kinda had no emotion for her after the. “He probably ran off with other girls so he never came back.” Which was fucked up to say about a guy who tried to get back to if even before this game became a thing. The worse part about even after he died she felt it when he was at death’s door so it’s even more fucked even after the game. She didn’t deserve it but saying the guy was just a player and you had a feeling he died was kinda of horrible a thing to say the least.

[@divaalfirman3295]

@horriblepancake the OG PS1 graphics didn't really help either. No disrespect, obviously the technology was way more limited back then, but the development team could only do so much with the whole "8 Bit graphics" thing. I remember being shocked at Aerith's death but because at the time these characters were no more than slightly better Minecraft avatars the emotions just weren't there 🤣

[@SnuSnu91]

couldn't care less about Zack - he's annoying

[@manosmanos469]

Aerith and zack saddest fates ever

[@yurifan122894]

At least they got reunited together

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

Yeah:(

[@ILaist]

For games ehhh..maybe entertainment as a whole no while sad not the saddest.

[@jamesaquiles]

Noctis death was sadder

[@tanadatezhutidatetantad311]

@@jamesaquiles you mean the game death from the original XIII versus lol yeah......that really sadder...........why you even say that when you don't even play CC in the first place you don't know how different between this and FFXV in the first place.

[@absolutedestruction3949]

They really did zack dirty they killed him even though the order was canceled

[@absolutedestruction3949]

@FRED THE THOT SLAYER they was going to retrieve zack and cloud wich means they took them off the kill list but they still killed them

[@AngeliRivera92]

The original they didn’t even waste their time with cloud since he was a vegetable

[@TigerRex39]

Execute order 66

[@elykspuz6596]

@@absolutedestruction3949 retrieving Zack was a covert mission the Turks were carrying out. I know the Turks and soldier are both apart of shinra but they operate separately most of the time.

[@valdanyalves2486]

Zack is a character that marked my childhood for his personality and charisma, I cried at his death and in the movie Advent Children I cried to see him in the end, he is a really incredible character.

[@MiRRoR220]

It hit so hard when the last Modulation Phase before his death was just the face of Aerith with everyone blurred out. In his death the only person who he could think of was his beloved one.

[@omegaslash777]

I honestly hope that even in a flashback, Zack becomes playable in the remake EDIT: Wow, after 3 years since I've made that comment, not only did Zack survived in the Remake, but Crisis Core got its own remake too Time flies by so fast EDIT 2: Holy shit

[@YoungPhenix]

Oh man. I never thought of this. That would make me so happy!!!

[@jay-rdeluis3994]

Zack might be a DLC character or at least a seperate chapter like how they did it on FFXV

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

Oh yeah that would make my day.

[@screenshotsmomkk9162]

I would like for them to at least a flash back

[@spookytalesfromthebayou3390]

DLC of crisis core pls

[@Ephiize]

For the one who's wondering what is modulating phase is, its the memory of Zack that keep his strength to fight along Crisis Core. and its fading...

[@agravain9006]

And it's fucking Aerith for the last time

[@alviansyahrizky8519]

@@agravain9006 because he loves aerith. Thats why he can't forget her. it sad though when all of his memories fading away except aerith

[@J10prods]

No he is alive now he is not fading away

[@eeeveee9176]

we knew that. captain obvious

[@lendtaylor1950]

@@J10prods he is died body sorry to tell you but the remake is just similar to the old story line. All that has change is the graphics maybe they change a little bit but the story is just similar to the old game.

[@Windyielder]

Even after all these years this ending still brings me to tears. Zack became my favorite and having to finish the game knowing he was gonna die was hard.

[@tmcttf8087]

*Zack

[@Windyielder]

@@tmcttf8087 😏🙄🙄

[@dokutah7374]

Sitting here trying not to cry my eyes out and the music isn’t helping one bit, this scene had such a great theme

[@vicentejaimes9600]

Still after 13 years my favorite game ever so much captivating emotion what a masterpiece

[@Sirkento]

No I just cried my eyes out anyway, this scene is burned into my mind and heart. It is absolutely beautiful

[@Maraaass]

All those years later and no matter how many times I've watched it - it always leaves me weeping. Such a beautiful and heart wrenching ending. How Zack died sacrificing himself and never got to see Aerith. And that song doesn't help at all.

[@sheeeeesh4993]

I love how everyone, specially Zack believes in cloud. Entrusting him with pretty much his everything including his life

[@oresuki5103]

angeal also did the same with zack

[@bidesmatthewisaac5256]

And his girl XD........ Jk

[@alexm7627]

@@oresuki5103 this happens in real life, people who genuinely believe Jesus, do the same when it comes to Him

[@RyomenAyeni225]

@@alexm7627 deep bro

[@alexm7627]

@@RyomenAyeni225 it really is jeremiah

[@JDHD99]

“Hey... would you say... I became a hero?” “So what if it looks hopeless, if it were me it still wouldn’t give up... Embrace your dreams”

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

Embrace your dreams, you can't be a hero without dreams, and whatever happens, protect your honor as SOLDIER.

[@finalseko]

"And whatever happens protect your honor as SOLDIER... well, you never made SOLDIER... but it's what's in here that counts."

[@alexm7627]

@@finalseko hoping against hope, just like Abraham did according to the bible

[@alexm7627]

@@finalseko that in itself is hope

[@petebagwell6666]

Cloud - im your legacy, thank you, I won't forget, goodnight zack...... immediately forgets

[@j4nky_]

He didn’t forget Zack

[@Ko700el]

@@j4nky_ yes he did ..if he didn't then the story colllapses at nibelheim....he started to remember him again post northern crater when they found him and tifa put his memories back together

[@jcceno4273]

He remembered too hard actually

[@imunoriginal382]

Nomura: *I'm gonna do a pro gamer move.* FF fans that are also KH fans: *YES! wait no.*

[@60secondgaming21]

Nomura: am i really going to defile this grave for money? Also Nomura: OF COURSE I'M! FF7R with overpriced long nonsense gameplay and Story

[@Alphagundam]

This ending legit made me cry the first time and still chokes me up even now.

[@springdonut6325]

I can't think of him without my heart breaking, he deserved so much but without his death we wouldn't have Final Fantasy 7, which is the icon of Final Fantasy.

[@rocksun1933]

I always remember when I finish this game , I was hiding under my pillow with my PSP (it's a time I really suppose to go to sleep as a student). I just go to sleep sad and crying. I would say it's really the first time a video game actually make me so emotional. Throughout the years there are games like Uncharted and Assassin's Creed that really made me feels. But Crisis Core will always be my top 1

[@herbaljellyfish9842]

Only game that's ever made me cry. Zack didn't deserve his fate.

[@33GLOCK]

@@herbaljellyfish9842 lol yall such babies

[@artsysabs]

@@herbaljellyfish9842 haha this makes me cry and so did the end of red dead

[@juliabarrosmachado47]

BoDee6100 shut up bitch

[@ephemeralnihilist]

I was 12 when I first played this . I was in love with genesis and aerith lol . I cried like a baby when I want strong enough to save Zack . . . I ducking love final fantasy . RIP ZACK

[@facademutso6241]

Zack in the remake: You’ll never guess who lived

[@nefi3927]

AND HE BETTER STAY ALIVE

[@MichaelVickers2007]

@Good Boy nah zack got a new gaming chair and setup

[@michaelmckee5328]

Aerith in the remake: why do I get the feeling that I'm no longer single

[@kraftthisile9113]

Cried for a good 15 min. after I finished the game. I already knew he would die, and how. But seeing it and experiencing it took it to another level. The battle part was clearly intentioned to be quite emotional as you play. My heart broke. Great story telling. Why didn't cloud use Phoenix Downs.

[@fair6646]

Because Zack died. You can’t revive people who die only people who unconscious with phonyx down

[@muhammadyusufalifrifqi9604]

The price of freedom is steep. It is steep indeed.

[@cryptidcrew962]

embrace your dreams and whatever happens protect your honor as SOLDIER

[@finalseko]

PROCEED AND OBTAIN IT

[@giabachnguyen5834]

When he said that in the remake i thought i had to see his death in 4k...

[@buccham6354]

You know whats even cooler about this is if he had chosen to abandon Cloud he would have lived but he still made the choice to try and save him....

[@rozu589]

Cause zack knows that cloud is more stronger than him for able to defeat sephiroth for the 1st time

[@kylenorris4068]

@@rozu589 lmao what? No, Zack knew Cloud looked up to him and Sephiroth, and wanted someone to carry on his story.

[@rozu589]

@@kylenorris4068 oh shshshshssh

[@kylenorris4068]

@@rozu589 huh

[@theberg2035]

Kyle Norris I mean cloud took a fucking a stab wound from sephiroth and didn’t even have Mako in him. He beat sephiroth

[@Radbiker33357]

Wow, I don’t ever remember how cheesy it got at 11:40, but damn up to that point it was absolutely heart wrenching. Reliving this moment again and it’s one of the most memorable deaths of all time...

[@mmanuel98]

7:56 how much gunfire do you even need to finish off Zack lol. In fact, he wasn't even down after this. This is why I see Zack stronger than Cloud theoretically. Zack, a one man army while Cloud has a party in FFVII. Zack > Cloud. Anyways, I remember crying like a baby the first time I played this years ago. Still makes me cry now lol.

[@mendaxus8514]

Well, Zack was trained properly as a SOLDIER. Cloud only had the training to be an infantryman.

[@miuumaooo]

calm down

[@demodragon6426]

I mean, Cloud being weak is kind of one of the points of his character.

[@MrGunmaster64]

Cloud is physically stronger and more durable than Zack. His body could embrace the Jenova cells, unlike Zack. Cloud has a party because they are his friends and help him ti save the planet. It’s not like Cloud isn’t strong enough to blitz enemies like Proud Clod 😂

[@VapourXY]

Even if Zack felt every bullet like little bb’s. He took like probably over 10000 of em. Until he couldn’t anymore.. =(

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

Kids nowadays: I'm sad that Arthur's gone Kids back then: I'm sad that Zack's gone

[@uniwnuserr7252]

Arthur the Aardvark? The lil nigga wit the library card is gone? I'm sad too now what the fuck

[@Raisphere]

I'm sad that Archibald is gone

[@lastson5014]

Arthur Morgan?

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

@@lastson5014 yes, though I'm still sad tbh, but not so impactful to me, dunno why.

[@Senko4509]

Glad I'm not the only one who saw the similarities to those two

[@haydendutton6916]

*Shirrako, buddy, why are you forcing me to relive my trauma all over again???*

[@thecrazedbroccoli]

Cloud: “I won’t forget” *A few weeks later* Cloud: “Who tf is Zack?”

[@rougestarlight4308]

9:23 child me took over a decade to realize those "black flowers" on his chest are actually freaking bullet holes, damn

[@alessandromassi3659]

The BEST psp game of all time. I cried so much in this scene. Such a cool game. It deserve a remake too!

[@crystalwater505]

You got your wish.

[@divaalfirman3295]

I think it's worth pointing out that one of the people who Zack remembered in his final moments was SEPHIROTH. Sephiroth, who despite burning a whole village and nearly killing Zack, was still his hero. Sephiroth was a strong inspiration for Zack and was everything Zack wanted to be (with the whole Hero thing and all). And I think that's one of the great things about this game is that they added something new to Sephiroth. He wasn't just the all-powerful villain we came to know as the main antagonist of FFVII, he was more than that. He was a genuinely good guy, who, I might add, still wanted to save his friends. He wasn't born evil, nor did he really choose to be, he became evil after everything he learned (it's also worth pointing out that Genesis was the one to initially spill the truth to him). That day, something inside him just snapped. That's rather tragic if you ask me. Zack was right. He's not the Sephiroth he knows. That guy was a hero, and that guy was the one who Zack remembered in his last moments, not the one who would go on to kill Aerith later....

[@gadrielvanorion9872]

seeing as seph in remake seems to not be pure evil aswell and more like his older self again makes me think they will have some sort of talk down the line

[@divaalfirman3295]

@@gadrielvanorion9872 don’t get me started on the Remake, it hurts thinking about it :(

[@King-rl3nk]

Man these comments give this moment much bigger imapact. Great write up!

[@thechosenone93]

I think FF7 is peak fiction because if you think about it,his HERO KILLED HIS GIRL.😮

[@surlyedi]

It's been years since I've played this and watching this still makes me cry. The jackpot system was totally weird but damn it pays off for the flashbacks.

[@PerfectlyFreedom]

Nothing can get better than this.. this ending is just masterpiece. The team made a great job in infusing the song as well. Well done, fans are very impressed!-and moved emotionally!!

[@Vuongedge]

the real question is, what kind of hair wax do these guys use. The rain is like flooding the place and the hair just stays perfect, sign me up

[@StylerErtan]

11:38 Zack: "She said that the sky frightened her." Aerith in the remake, where it began to rain: "I miss it. The steel sky."

[@bboygenetics9882]

This is probably an easter egg that shows the Aerith from the remake and the original are two completely, different Aeriths.

[@kiri3567]

OUR BOI IS ALIVE DOEEEE

[@Zarryon12]

@@bboygenetics9882 i think it shows the growth of Aerith, also i think she means Zack. Aerith: those eyes!! Zack: color of the sky right?

[@kouyang1771]

@@bboygenetics9882 it actually shows they are the same. The sky meant the actual sky. She preferred the "steel sky" which is the slums where she lived.

[@fromdusktilldusk2856]

At the end of the remake she said that the sky is cruel when it start to rain, and that hit hard man

[@lendtaylor1950]

I hate the fact that after he died no one remember him after all his sacrifices but it doesn't mean I hate cloud. I love cloud and I understand why he forget zack. But I really love zack more than cloud. I love zack for aerith too😢.

[@davidpotts7116]

I’m glad that Crisis Core is basically canon now. After part 2 of the remake gets released, I hope it gets one of its own. I can just imagine how pieces like “The Price of Freedom” and “Scars of Friendship” will sound.

[@pedrofarias2336]

I also played the game when I was a teenager and I was very emotional with the ending. It's beautiful to see Zack's story and the legacy he passed on to Cloud. Zack's last words echo strongly in my heart to this day. Last year I was a speaker for my undergraduate class, and the last sentence of my speech was this: "embrace your dreams and protect your honor like a soldier". I will never forget those words ... For me Zack Fair was an admirable man, a true hero.

[@jamesvenom9834]

Finally, finally this is getting a remake. Albeit we need to go through the same moments, happiness and sadness but we can see them in a new light while playing the remake.

[@aisosaobano7038]

“I won’t forget.” Oof if only he knew.

[@clFer777]

you can swear he did not forgot.. at the point of believe was his own story

[@wiffmastermase]

Crisis Core was one of the most beloved prequels to one of the best video games ever made and we never even asked for it. A Buster Sword origin story is what we expected, and is exactly what we got; with pizazz!

[@greg.p4760]

Who’s here after Final Fantasy VII Remake?...

[@axearttv7022]

Been playing before the remake 👋

[@EinTheGame]

Me, to make sure he's already dead, but he survived somehow in the remake.

[@alexanderhauge2636]

Me

[@dbaig187]

EinTheGame for real?

[@kyatchua3135]

@@EinTheGame he will die in later episode judging the timeline his will be different

[@jjbb84x]

Me, a whole adult man: Crisis Core can't hurt me anymore! I just finished FF7R! I'm ready! Crisis Core Ending: Me: still a grown man. Now crying in the corner of my bedroom at 1AM, thanking God there is no one to see my ugly tears. 😭😭😭

[@Marceraine]

damn homeboi just wanted to see his girl ;;

[@kdog1000Again]

It's actually baffling to me how people who are supposed to be FF7 fans didn't realize the scene in FF7Remake with Zack is LITERALLY THIS SCENE, SHOT FOR SHOT. Because of Cloud beating the plot ghosts, Zack's fate wasn't set in stone anymore. He survived and is now on his way to Midgard with Cloud. There are now two timelines. The original timeline where zack died and Cloud became who he is, and a brand new timeline where Cloud and Zack exist at the same time. And those two timelines are somehow intersecting, since Aerith could sense Zack in a completely different timeline.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

P l o t g h o s t s

[@brother_of_light]

Sorry man. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZC2mKl3l52Kb68

[@yves_santa7]

Yeah I realized that wonder why no one caught on

[@arashishinkaku169]

Rick to Morty: Let's go! in and out, 20 minutes adventure Zack to Aerith: It's just going to be 2 days mission top.

[@yves_santa7]

4 years later

[@tiktikboom2371]

From the second I started playing this game I knew how it’d end and it still broke me down to a few tears. Such a Great game.

[@33GLOCK]

smh yall way too emotional

[@FarlerAlarm]

My fiance and I are literally getting married a week from now so im watching this and now I gotta spill 🤣 She knew this was my all time favorite game, and not nessicarily because it was ground breaking. Its mostly because the story and delivery was perfect, and I told her every time I'd beat it, itd make me swell up a bit. And I do not cry. *ahem* sober... Lmao The wedding ring she had made is the Buster sword, the original Crisis Core version. Inside the band is engraved "My honor, my dreams... they're yours now". Im sure she watched videos to get an idea what was going on in the game, she'd never played it herself, but she never hinted to me that she was having a ring made, or that it was going to be anything like that. She couldn't have done better, and I'm one thousand percent sure I couldn't have either 🤣 She is absolutely amazing. This game holds a special place in my heart, and also now in my life.

[@strikehunter3706]

Just wow, she spend her time to make these rings even possible is just wholesome and Sweet from her❤

[@camharkness]

With how the world is felling apart, its always nice to see a cute comment like this.

[@Atyuialsen]

Who's here after FF7R! The Callbacks!

[@kaiser8773]

Oh boy, here we go again... Welp, time to cry *ALOT*

[@danieltinsleykhvsff9622]

The most badass death scene ever.

[@noeldomingo93091]

Never forget the class S soldiers

[@thatguyknownaswill8180]

He went down like a wimp in the original version lol

[@joshshrum2764]

Daniel Tinsley kh vs ff It really reminds me of Future Gohan’s death plus both death scenes have heavy rain in them and Trunks and Cloud both see there master die in front of them, the only difference is Cloud, didn’t go Super Saiyan.

[@anasnaufal3144]

@@thatguyknownaswill8180 i guess the original couldn't put too much Shinra troops in one scene

[@HEYitzED]

Anas Naufal Yeah this. Clearly a lot happens offscreen. You can hear all of the slashing and gunshots. He also died making sure Cloud was okay. Wouldn’t call that going down as a wimp.

[@paledrake]

Cloud: “I won’t forget...” *Forgets*

[@spoiled_sushi2031]

It always broke my heart Cloud DID forget.

[@MrDelta01]

WHY. I cried to this years ago and it’s happening all over again. thanks for making me feel again.

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

RIP Zack You’ll miss us

[@noeldomingo93091]

He's in the life stream

[@user-od7hh8qg9d]

"Was... that all of them?"

[@dashonjb09]

One the biggest hitters of the final battle is who the battle ends with the DMV staling on aerith. Because it shows Zack was thinking of aerith in those last moments and the fact when you get three aeriths you get a full heal.

[@alexanderberggren87]

Man, those very last words always hits me in the tear canal every single time

[@NaomiTCOOKIES]

13:57 All these years and it's only now that I realize it's Zack's soul that we see lifting and being guided to the sky... not his actual body

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

And I'm still questioning what the fuck happened to his dead body. Did they just left him to decompose there or did anyone find him and bury him properly?

[@NaomiTCOOKIES]

@@DieAlteistwiederda It's too depressing to even think about it :(

[@GameExplorer0115]

@@NaomiTCOOKIES remember how others who were infused with Jenova Cells basically evaporate into the life stream. That's what I think happens here.

[@Lucecupop]

Cloud: I wont forget Me: oh sweety

[@TheReaperofHades]

I love how in Reunion, the helicopter missiles/bombs gradually do more damage as the fight progresses, eventually able to oneshot you at 99,999 down to 1 HP. It's like the game is saying "drop dead already!" Unless this happened in the original, feel free to fact check me on that x3

[@artema21]

Minute 10:13 Zack: "You're gonna ... live" Trailer FF7 Remake Sephiroth: "You have to live" Coincidence? I do not think so... P.D I do not know why I've seen this video again, now I'm sad. xD

[@gamezoo5416]

Sephiroth was mocking Zack's message to cloud, that's why Cloud got so pissed and yelled "YOU BASTARD!!"

[@justinegan3883]

@@gamezoo5416 ummm no. Sephiroth doesn't even know cloud at that point in the story. It's likely clouds schizo ass fucking with himself

[@kapils2862]

Yeah it’s related. Cloud’s hate for Sephiroth and trauma from Zack’s death got mixed up

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

@@justinegan3883 Sephiroth knew he was the dickhead who stabbed him in crisis core. That happened way before ff7 started.

[@BigElbows]

the saddest thing about his death is in 6:43: All people he knew disappeared from his roulette (forgot how it's called ingame) but Aerith. During his final struggle, his roulette tries over and over again to chose her, but it just can't. If I remember correctly, that roulette symbolizes who zack is thinking about, and thus he executes the accoding limit. This just shows that he went thinking about his girl. Sadge

[@thebogarts6191]

Now the remake will break my heart and soul again in 4k🙂

[@christianflores9006]

15 years later. This game will always be top tier platinum. Gosh I freaking love this game. So many fond memories of joy and tears.

[@etherwxlf]

Aerith: "I miss the steel sky..." (The Plate)

[@stuntbounce]

That was weird af haha 😅😓😰. Why would you even miss that? Lmao

[@ellezim8136]

Rick gomez does a much better job than Caleb simply because he sounds like he's dying. Caleb's performance of this scene sounds like he's tired, Rick's sounds like he's using his last breaths to talk to cloud

[@CaaaramelApples]

I agree, although I do think Caleb improved a fair bit since the remake, I did warm up more to him after playing Reunion, but Rick was really just perfect for the role.

[@naxionkryelight951]

Well you sound tired when your dying

[@PlaystationGamerZX]

My favorite and best PSP exclusive of all time! This game deserve a remaster! 6 months later and my dream come true! :)

[@thedoublegwiggler]

Fully agree

[@knuclear200x]

whoa

[@kaimengquek1952]

Zack’s death always have me crying like a baby… Then i have to go see aerith die to make myself feel better.