The Story of CLOUD STRIFE (Final Fantasy 7) | Honest Gaming History

It has FINALLY been done. At long last, I'm FINALLY covering the story of the protagonist of Final Fantasy 7, Cloud Strife. I remember a lot of you guys asking me for this a while ago! So since I've already been on the FF7 content with the Zack Fair video and the FF7 Remake streams, I decided it's time this guys finally get his story covered by me. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Shout out to dansg08 for providing the gameplay for the original FF7 game!
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He used a mod that enhanced the graphics, which the scenes looked the way they did.
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[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks so much for watching, fam! Don't forget to like and let me know who else i should cover in honest Gaming History.

[@themang0man463]

The Black Mastadonte you should do Doom slayer

[@twinsaiyans4319]

I'd haft to go with Tifa cause she was giving the hands to one of the children of advent

[@ramoxfireleaderofgauntlets3554]

Tifa or Samus.

[@zion3286]

Noctis aka sasuke

[@crimmzonhero4427]

Bruh you got to cover master chief or any kingdom hearts character

[@echo1736]

"Aerith, is the white mage though, you needs that!" "I mean, Tifa didn't die though." "Oh, that's low." Yeah that was very low.

[@TwistedNightmar3Gaming]

But it's true tho

[@yizao9289]

To true

[@Mastabacc]

Tifa is best girl of all time. Can't argue

[@tytar2132]

@@Mastabacc what would you do if tufa was the one to die

[@tytar2132]

I meant Tifa

[@ThePeteralonzo83]

Tifa stayed with Cloud throughout his journey and never left him even when he was at his lowest. That dedication and loyalty to someone is a rare thing to find and honestly Cloud should be simping to this girl.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

RIGHT?!!!

[@mobgoblin7016]

Dunno bout the simping part but yea bro she’s a real one

[@N.A.H.M.I.R]

@@TheBlackMastadonte no simping

[@rodneycharles4007]

Aerith, she literally saved the world while being dead and helped them after she died

[@kingdomj2400]

Law Lee but the thickness that is tifa

[@KingWillDog32]

Hojo’s answer to everything “This is my FFFFFFFFEEEETISH!!!” Thank you TFS. Mastadonte your videos are fantastic keep up the great work

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

THIS IS MY FFFFFFFFFFFFEEETISH!!! Appreciate it, bro

[@Theogwhitemask]

King Willdog me? G O N G A G A

[@noahhicks471]

You know would be cool if they made a Final Fantasy 7 remake Advent Children game

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Interesting, but the way Square works, they believe that you should watch the movies since they are canon. So they wouldn't want to give you a reason to not watch it

[@mikailthomas1466]

Shinra: these tree huggers could be a problem.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

So let's kill thousands of people just to kill them....then miss

[@mikailthomas1466]

Cloud: welp...can't have that.

[@jackmeovf7567]

Damnit Donte, Where’s The “ Welp, CANT HAVE THAT “ Edit: It Was One Good One In There @ 18:28

[@justanotherisekaiprotagoni7293]

RoFL BallERKiNG factssssss

[@mikebearthegamer1365]

It was there when sephiroth killed aerith

[@mrlakiro5526]

18:28 I love how the one time it’s used is during the most iconic moment in FF7 history.

[@paxgemini4882]

People not watching Donte’s full video? 🤔 Welp, CAN’T HAVE THAT.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

It was in there bro. At the part where Sephiroth killed Aerith lol

[@Jordan.A.07]

I would like to take this moment to say that virtually ALL of the problems that Zack, Cloud, and everyone else faces, was caused by Hojo. If Hojo told Sephiroth the truth about his mother, that her name was Lucrexia, and not Jenova-- then Sephiroth would've never gone crazy; and virtually half of FF7's plot wouldn't have happened. So yeah... Hojo almost doomed the world... and he did it using ONE WORD (Jenova). Hojo, What the F##k??? On another note: I think you should do an Honest Gaming History video for Sephiroth next, TBM. Also, Tifa gets my vote for "Best Girl" in FF7. (But I still love Aerith immensely)

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

YES!!! That's what I'm saying bro. It was ALL HOJO!

[@Jordan.A.07]

@@TheBlackMastadonte Yep. Definitely Hojo. And now that we've discussed that, I have to figure out how he landed Lucrexia, because seriously, HOW??? ;) On another sidenote, I left a new comment for you on your Alex Mercer video, TBM; if you're ever bored, have time to kill, and feel like you need to play Prototype 3, then I think it might be worth the read. Also, thank you SO MUCH for replying to my comment! You're the best!

[@channingpappe2876]

Jordan A and a touch of Hollander with Angeal and Genisis. Crisis Core might as well be renamed Genesis Hunter! Also what if Jenova was controlling Sephiroths mind like how he controlled cloud a bit? Could it be that with the highest percentage of Jenova cells his mind was more easily influenced while so close to Jenova? In Crisis Core he didn’t seem like one to let big news get to him mentally. If Jenova wormed her way in his consciousness during that week however then maybe his insanity makes more sense?

[@mr.unknown731]

Aerith is MVP

[@Jammineyeonline]

actually.. the real problem has and always will be jenova. Jenova is a space parasite that conquers worlds. As long as it lives, it will always bring destruction.

[@twlightwolf8463]

Cloud has always been one of my favorite characters of all time and Tifa is best girl

[@evildekuasmr9806]

I’m glad I saw the god of handsolgy in the intro aka Liu Kang

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Oh yeah I had to lol

[@evildekuasmr9806]

Good that you did

[@MrDarksol]

Well originally I never liked Cloud because I, like everyone else, thought he was just that edge lord emo guy with blond hair and personality issues. Now however I understand Cloud more as a character and he does that depth and while yes he still has issues, at least he grows from it and he actually gets his real personality back, complete with accepting himself. Then the remake dropped and I grew to love Cloud even more thanks to how much further he is growing in the remake so now I can actually like Cloud as a character thanks to a lot of thought and the remake. Hell the remake even made me like the other characters a lot more, even Biggs, Wedge and Jessie who straight up is now part of the DAMN GIRL team next to Aerith and Tifa. Overall, Cloud is pretty cool in my eyes and this was a glorious long video involving his life, but it was worth it, so fantastic job and yeah Tifa is babe!

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

I'm so glad you are now enlightened lol

[@crustycrustacean5267]

Cloud in the og, kinda becomes a comic relief when he gets his memories back. So I never really got why people said that he's edgy. Have they played the game? My guess is that they just watched the movie and played kingdom hearts.

[@Brandon._.Walker]

Am I the only one who said 'kono Dio ga' when dochi said Dio? Also, handsology stays conscience, sorry bro

[@Theogwhitemask]

Brandon Walker i did but fucking autocorrect thought I said kono duo da

[@Smanjin2M]

Za warudo

[@r3zolv951]

WRYYYYYYY

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C'mon homie, you know Tifa the main bae. And I'm glad you're Getting some patron help. I wanna donate too but I got laid off 2 months ago. The virus was at my favorite bro.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks for letting me know that you'd like to support bro. And it's no problem. The fact that you're here and watching is more than enough support for me. So sorry about you losing your job though bro

[@leonardostevensen77]

When it comes of best girl in final fantasy I would say both tifa and aerith because it's depends on the preferred role If you want a supportive and cute girl aerith but if you want busty hot,cute and still able to punch like a friggin truck well tifa is your girl but if I need to choose one Sorry conscience but I personally pick tifa

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

I respect the response

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@@TheBlackMastadonte thanks!!!

[@ultimaxiv630]

I'm waiting for the Honest History of Sly Cooper, One day...

[@markkaso]

One day....

[@Sn_da_1st]

Same

[@ousseynoutaha6808]

same

[@slimeyshiny6348]

Out of best girl: tifa hands down Cloud and squall are my favorite protags in final fantasy

[@adishero1675]

Brooo This video was dope AF you definitely took the time and explained well about the bois story even Zack’s story. Keep making bomb videos 👌🏼👌🏼

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My boy!!!! With the come thru with this episode to end my Sunday night!

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Hope the video brought your Sunday night to a great end

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Its crazy how much i’ve seen you grow as a creator, this is dope man keep it up!

[@CelestialReturner]

*Honest Gaming History - Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI)!* *Best FFVII Girl: Tifa!*

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Oooooh. I never played FFVI

[@CelestialReturner]

@@TheBlackMastadonte You should one day...

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I've always enjoyed watching these Honest gaming history videos, i don't miss it.

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Glad you like them

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Thanks fam. Really appreciate your support

[@mr.unknown731]

Just when I thought I had enough with FF7 content, this video was a pleasant surprise. Great Work

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Bro, no one and I mean NO ONE tells Video Game History better than you, I've been trying to understand this shit forever and I never understood the other KZbinrs explaining it. You've got me to understand this so for that I appreciate you, this going in my favorites and you already got my subscription and like so please keep it up! ✊🏾

[@syedhossain2454]

Luv Tifa. This is fun and enjoyable. Thanks for all the work. Keep up all work.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thank you! Appreciate it!

[@douglaswilson2375]

Awesome summary man. Thank you for this. And yeah, hopefully the renake is only three parts.

[@douglaswilson2375]

Oh yeah and Tifa...obviously😉

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The stream may be at 4 AM in Saudi time but that don’t matter I’m finna watch all this if I have to

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[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks man. Sorry if this woke you up though

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Now, THAT'S an intro, Son!! You know the Vid is gonna be SICK when it starts this LIT! 🔥😎🔥

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it fam

[@quagavenger546]

I've gotta say both Tifa & Aerith. Please do either sephiroth or Vincent Valentine ? That would be dope

[@Tarumarugan]

Ik these stories and yet here I am watching these videos anyway 😂. Glad I found this channel 💯

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Welcome to the fam and thanks for watching!!

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I love your new intro broski

[@wack_panther9216]

Ryu hayabusa from ninja gaiden bro!!! Pleeeeease 😂

[@donaldstuckiii]

Great job on summarizing what I consider on of the hardest story's to follow in gaming. Great game And a good story but maaannn that story

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks fam

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U both are awesome I'm glad I found your channel even though I'm not a patreon

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Great vids bro

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it

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Now you have to do Vincent Valentine. Great work by the way!

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Love that new intro SON!

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Love your new intro i love it🤩

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks bro

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Dope video!

[@supmartell2604]

need the background music playlist viciously

[@tyman8810]

donte, you hit us with a hella nice intro and a hella nice vid damn.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it, bro

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Please make a honest gaming history of septhiorth

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

I plan to in the future

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This was a hype one coming 🔥

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Yup yup. Took so much time to make. But somehow edited it in 3 days

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It was chock-full of awesome this video

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it bro

[@governorstovall5231]

First off gotta say the new intro is 🔥, also tifa is best girl gotta agree with Conscience. Don’t know if you heard of this game but could you cover Sergeant Cortez from the game TimeSplitters.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks bro. And I feel you. I've def heard of TimeSplitters, but never played it. I gotta look into it

[@ScarletStarManor]

I'm counting on you to do that full remake story in the future bro.

[@SwaDaGentleman]

Great job donte!

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it bro

[@SwaDaGentleman]

The Black Mastadonte no problem!

[@kennethbrown8990]

Y'all already know best girl is tifa

[@Matanumi]

What about the other one?

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I see you too are a man of culture

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Yo the intro is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Appreciate it

[@thanatosboi21]

Man the story is so good I’m really glad you did this bro also mate look for machina abridged also gotta go for tifa she did live tho also aerith now that’s zack girl bro

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks man

[@kudofox1375]

Donte! Lol great video! You got my last name wrong though man! No big just funny. Happy to see you are still rocking it out! Great job. Oh and to be fair Conscious is right, that white mage though.

[@shatterdragon9870]

Vincent would make an amazing Honest Gaming History. He lowkey my favorite😂

[@soulexperience9413]

Keep up the good work

[@nasirb3343]

do Lara Croft next Also Tifa the grandmaster of hands-ology and BEST girl

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[@sixx6789]

Fr

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

This comment has me ROLLING 😂

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TIFA ALL THE WAY

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Yyoooo back at it again💪🏼

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Hell yeah

[@omenarts1520]

Ayo Mastadonte could you do me the honour of dropping the name of the background music playing from 5:14 to 5:40

[@gasmonkey1423]

Another top tier video

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

And another top tier comment. Thanks man

[@gasmonkey1423]

The Black Mastadonte just spitting fax

[@torrancechronicles]

omg you are awesome hes my fav character.. I'm buckled up lets gooooo

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Hope you enjoyed it

[@torrancechronicles]

@@TheBlackMastadonte omg I did enjoy it. You are amazing.

[@AlexLeftHisMark]

My boi, you got my like and sub

[@novadselir1068]

The right answer is always Tifa, and shout out to you for mentioning Advent Children the best piece of extended FF7 media and Clouds badass sword (that carried other swords).

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

I feels that. But I feel like the best extra content for FF7 was crisis core since it technically counts as extra.

[@deanoor9391]

We need a Vincent video!! There aren't many people who know who is or much about him. He's one of my favorite characters from FF7

[@ilyasHX8]

You have the best intros ever there my favorite intros ever on KZbin and next can you do Noctis from final fantasy XV

[@TheDirtyBum900]

Team white mage bro I appreciate the work man start to finish it was dope Gotta put you on some sheperd from mass effect tho Get you hit with the goat trilogy franchise

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That was good thank you Master and you all most there 100 sub

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

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Get this man to a million subs bro

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Lez get it!!!!

[@blu_thunder1580]

The longer videos are awesome

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Glad you like it

[@MuJoNeSs]

It was an AMAZING trip back into the FF VII Story. Some of it I didn't remember, but it was nice to do it again. Thanks a LOT for the video! You're great. I prefer (a little bit) Tifa over Aeris, but they're both awesome waifu material! Hahahahha. And Zack is my best character of the FF VII universe. Thanks guys.

[@csab8642]

Alright first off thanks for another awesome video, and as for some of the things you've brought up I got to say 1) thaks for admiting you care Conscience 2) there's not enough time in the day to describe what's wrong with Hojo 3) the answer to who is best girl between Aerith and Tifa, I gotta say both man, I just can't say ones better than the other

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

No problem. 1) Of course 2) Oh of course. The dude is a loon. 3)Yeah I understand. It's a VERY hard choice.

[@cooperthehokage2940]

Nice new intro bro 👍 Edit: No dislikes,let's keep it that way

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Thanks bro!!

[@justanotherisekaiprotagoni7293]

TIFA HANDS DOWN

[@jerry-ic8id]

U can't stop making final fantasy HGH n we can't stop loving it. This is all the history lessons my future son/daughter needs 😉♥️♥️

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Glad you're enjoying it

[@bobdia473]

at the first 5 minutes of your video exactly before talking about jenova there is a video of sephiroth with zack and cloud with a shinra soldier (game play video) can you please provide me the title of this game plus on which console

[@poorthingg2k]

after about 100+ hours of gameplay between the og and the remake, plus 6 hours of ff7 related videos/content, i finally, finally, can say i understand ff7. mostly.

[@emelychoi958]

The thing is, the did't just kill the people in the slums, but also those top plate

[@parvizimogoodgrief391]

Damme you uploaded

[@brazahnaustin8771]

Bruh new intro heat

[@hungry_carrot876]

PLEASE MAKE A FUTURE VIDEO FOR SEPHIROTH!!!!!! As for who the realest one of the ladies are, I would have to say that's a toss up. Aerith saved the world during the meteor, and after Sehiroth came back. Tifa was Cloud's rock, and keeps him reminded of who he actually is. Sure, Aerith is gone, but Tifa already had the plot armor.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Oh Sephiroth is def getting a video later. But yeah i agree with you on the Tifa thing

[@crispybullet1335]

My Bois been grindin outhere

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Hell yeah

[@8Phoenix8]

Now I wanna see how Rebirth continues this. :) especially a Vincent honest history once it comes out.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Vincent HGH coming soon

[@Hoodspidey1]

Tifa all day fam! Now you GOTTA do Vincent since you brought it up

[@cameronchenderson724]

now that you've covered zack and cloud, TIME TO COVER SEPHIROTH!!!!!!!

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

He's not gonna get done now now, but he will

[@jcintal6912]

I really fucking love ur vids don't stop maboi

[@HorrorKidtheReviewer20]

Best girl of FF VII for me: Tifa aka The Master of Dem Hands Thoughts on Cloud: Badass af. Who I would like to see in the next Honest Gaming History: Vincent Valentine or Gabriel Belmont from the Castlevania Lords of Shadow games. Also I been thinking you should do something similar to this but with anime characters that sounds like it could work.

[@kennethmartin6349]

Oooo boy when you eventually cover kingdom hearts characters you gonna have fun bro 😂😂😂

[@Spacebattler]

One vote for keeping the Academy of Hands-ology. Also Tifa is bae

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Hell yeah lol

[@gimarakhirbey909]

@TheBlackMastadonte You handled Cloud & Sephiroth exceptionally well. Do you know when we are gonna get a Vincent Valentine honest gaming history, I remember you mentioning doing a future Vincent episode in your honest gaming history of Sephiroth video he’s my favorite FF7 main cast character aside from Cloud.

[@ibby3719]

cant wait lets gooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@AveragGamer1]

Do a honest gaming history on the dishonored games

[@crusixangel9513]

Caught up on all my subs. What am I going to watch n.....oh shit BM dropped the cloud video!

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Lol i hope you enjoyed it

[@crusixangel9513]

@@TheBlackMastadonte definitely did. Found your channel about 1 month ago and binged all your gaming history videos in Bout 2 or 3 weeks. Cant tell you how many times I randomly burst out laughing during work. Zack and cloud are 2 favorites of mine.

[@routtboys4817]

1. Joker( persona 5) 2. Jackie estacado( the darkness) Plus I love your content makes me laugh when I’m feeling down

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

I gotta look into Persona 5, but thank you

[@kathrynsmith4775]

Dat intro tho!!! Lit as fk!!

[@AutumnLovingPallette]

I am HERE for the low-key shady ‘SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WE KNOW!!’ comments at 07:25-07:31 😂 always down for a bit of Zack stanning, even on a Cloud appreciation video! Honestly I’ve warmed a lot to Cloud over time... But still think his best gal should be his damn therapist. Even without the Mako poisoning and Jenova cells, the boy has a lot of personal issues to address before he locks it down with any woman as glorious as either Tifa or Aerith...

[@TheAGOrtiz]

Kh is around the corner! You should start making it soon

[@sacredhomie7257]

Yo bro, continue the series and do Sephiroth

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

Tifa waifu and I never played any final fantasy, she just essential to the *'plot'*

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Lol I respect it. You should play the original or the remake though. Either one is worth the time.

[@alvinrodriguez8214]

Wait donte you forgot dissidia it counts as clouds story too in the final fantasy storyline as well as his story but the video is still lit

[@akinato3710]

Whats that song that plays around where they fight Hojo

[@espurrseyes42]

Should've called it "The Life of CLOUD STRIFE".