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[@nanitedude]

U can tell Hamaguchi just gets the essense of FF7 in this. The Remake Trilogy could not be in any better hands

[@Dracobyte]

Yes!

[@docplays23]

The Red XIII comment of him riding a Chocobo reminded of his quote when he first met the party in FF7R: “I’m that which you see before you. Nothing more. I’d wish we simply leave it at that”

[@deyama2012]

Yeah, sometimes people ask the stupidest questions as if they were 6 year olds or something

[@zacatkinson3926]

I still want to know what his species is

[@elfsong713]

​@@zacatkinson3926I think it is rude to ask what species someone is, but he looks vaguely like a lion to me.

[@zacatkinson3926]

@@elfsong713 Its not rude and you know it

[@elfsong713]

@@zacatkinson3926 🤣 try it sometime and see what kind of reaction you get.

[@KingKadaver]

Max needs to show us his secret Seymour room instead of testing the waters

[@Dracobyte]

Hahahaha!

[@Lemminjoose]

"my vibu" is the best quote of the entire interview.

[@Dracobyte]

"Naizu!"

[@politicallyincorrect4395]

I hate weeb talk. 'My Vibe' If you want correct translation.

[@Astrid-jx5dw]

Actually it’s a wrong translation. He said “ Bible” not “vibe”

[@Lemminjoose]

@@Astrid-jx5dw I'm talking about phonetically, not the translation.

[@Astrid-jx5dw]

@@Lemminjoose I mean, didn’t he actually pronounce Bible? But the cc says “vibe” ….

[@ianorchard7178]

If the sidequests are even half as good as most of Witcher's then we truly are in for a treat indeed

[@amidaobscura]

No more cat rescue please.

[@crippledwolf4692]

That’s a bold statement but I’m curious how they deliver

[@amidaobscura]

I've never played the Witcher. Can someone give more details about why the sidequests are better? imho, sidequests should be either getting powerful stuff through difficult challenges or going in depth into the lore to understand the world better and get more sense of immersion. Combination of both is the best.

[@xMawkKnightx]

​@@amidaobscura​While you do get good items in the witcher via side quests, they're more interesting because they act as more mini stories. Some go deeper into the lore while others are just really good side stories. Some last a while, too. But yeah, they're mostly known for their well written stories.

[@roxal13]

some sidequest can influence the main story as well, as the sidequest can have multiple endings, that can change the outcome of a character, they probably won't get that far, but the witcher is good for having every important sidequest feel unique and important, that sometimes you don't even realize that they are optional@@amidaobscura

[@Zavaroe2]

I am starting to wonder if I’m more pumped about rebirth than I ever was about remake…

[@lucent7000]

I didn't expect Remake to do what it did. So I'm even more excited to see how Rebirth goes.

[@Omega77232]

coz max is kinda overhyping it

[@Zavaroe2]

@@Omega77232 it’s nothing to do with Max, I’m overhyping it for myself

[@SuperBrentendo89]

I probably am too because while I was super excited about Remake, I knew we were only going to be playing the Midgar section of the story. Now we’re really getting into the meat of the game and seeing so much more of the world and cool story beats with Rebirth.

[@Beforezzz]

@@Omega77232 As he does with every franchise he loves. Sometimes the hype is real, sometimes I'm like "Max, it's not that serious". I get the feeling Rebirth might actually be special though, so long as people refrain from picking apart every little detail before release and store some of that hype for when they actually experience it themselves.

[@ronreed4050]

35 minutes of max talking about FF7 Rebirth!? Sign me up

[@light3267]

😂

[@f.k.2914]

Sadly i had to sell my ps5.. i will watch max playing instead.

[@olcia440]

I love his reactions to ff7 ❤😊 he hypes me up so much 😂

[@alexxannomaly8735]

Let's goooooooo

[@SnuSnu91]

@@f.k.2914 ????????

[@PArtemisH]

The Witcher 3 had great side quests because the reward for doing the story was worldbuilding and a great story. I rarely remember the rewards I got from any particular W3 quest--I remember some of the plotlines vividly today. If FF7Rebirth does side quests where the additional story and worldbuilding is the reward, I will be very happy.

[@Dracobyte]

Yup!

[@androyus]

8:40 That's a *Dinosaur Tank* reference from *Ultraseven* from 1967. There's another Ultraseven reference in FF7 when Barret sang the "Seven...Seven...Seven..." song. All in all FF7 has a number of references from Gundam & Ultraman franchises.

[@Massivecow1337]

The TANKCERATOPS has lore? Sick.

[@androyus]

@@Massivecow1337 Yeah, and *Airbuster* in FF7 is a big nod to *Zeong* from *Mobile Suit Gundam* (1979).

[@Dracobyte]

Nice info dump!

[@junglecack]

I hope he gets to Remake FF6 next. You can tell he loves it when he name drops Setzer.

[@makasete30]

He also said it’s his favourite and closest to his heart. The developers keep asking the higher ups when they can remake FF6 apparently.

[@GameArts1]

Chances are SE will do it. They are on a roll right now, even their niche IP's (e.g. mana series) get's more love than before. SE seems to be on the creative tour like back in the golden age. Imo Octopath traveler kind of kick started this energy.

[@Dracobyte]

I would prefer 8 or 9 instead, but 6 is a pretty good option.

[@Enharmony1625]

Praying for a FF6 remake! It's my dream game!

[@junglecack]

@@GameArts1 I hope so! As so many people have said before, just use Octopath graphics, some voice acting, a bit of changes, like change the way you get Gau abilities and you'll have an amazing game! I really hope the Opera Scene in the pixel remaster was a little tease of what's to come.

[@WolfMoon351]

27:48 I LOVE that he named Chrono Trigger in this interview. ^^

[@makasete30]

I also love that he named FF6 as the one closest to his heart.

[@brentonchong9828]

Im still praying for a chrono trigger remake

[@MitoNova583]

glad to hear the real important news: Cloud would get along with Mario

[@MySplatterhouse]

The Hell House was a deep cut, I was very surprised when it appeared as a boss because it was a regular enemy in the original game.

[@TarundiMC]

Having played OG after Remake, I was kinda surprised and disappointed it was just a random encounter. There were crazy random encounters though.

[@ksay6950]

Eligor was also a rare enemy encounter turned boss. I imagine they may do the same with enemies like Tank-dinosaur thing at Gongaga

[@Dracobyte]

Also Swordpede and Eligor from the Shinra lab and the train graveyard, respectively.

[@joshg.6315]

Its introduction was perfect. As soon as the game was announced, people were saying there’s no way they’d have you fighting a house monster like in OG FFVII. Square looked at that and was like “not only will you fight it, but it’s a crazy ass boss fight now!” Brilliantly done.

[@alaniasdruid8616]

"I was in middle school when I played it so it meant a lot to me" Max "I'm going to take a wild guess that maybe it was around teen years and those times mean a lot to people" lmao love you Max

[@robertfarmer1602]

The best Cid in FF history was the newest Cid from 16. And I will fight on that.

[@geraldkusi-mensah5695]

He was so good. Best character in the game honestly. Clive number 2

[@dripy9159]

100% best Cid..fk I loved that game..probably gonna run it for the 4th time

[@flimermithrandir]

Good Answer. Yeah i get that. Others are great too but he really was memorable.

[@zueszues9715]

Lighting! untame ! Cidolfus !

[@709mash]

I know who you're referring to and he's awesome, but I think "Sid" is more of a title in FF16? Although it could be just the PC taking on the name as a title for the first time.

[@TheDigitalDecade]

Yeah, the Hell House and that entire chapter were HUGE. I’d be proud of working on that too!

[@Sperium3000]

TANKCERATOPS!!! "BUY MY CEREAL!!!!"

[@Dracobyte]

"My existence is pain!"

[@DH-oh1zr]

I am too afraid of FFVIIR2 spoilers, but seeing a new vid with Max, 35 min long, holy smoke, like I can resist. Only 38 more days.

[@flimermithrandir]

Yeah its like… if Max watches it i guess i will too because it wont be too Spoilery.

[@joshuafarlow-wolgast8082]

Max is my barometer for whether or not to see a video. I do not want too many spoilers.

[@spiraljumper74]

Only one month now! I’m preparing myself emotionally for a delay but every day that goes by without one brings me happiness.

[@hayatojp1249]

Hamaguchi is refering to a cocktail Tifa makes at Seventh Heaven which is called Cosmo Canyon so he is saying he will order Cosmo Canyon

[@MariusBoss11458]

Yeah, this interview does have some mistranslations here and there. Of course, it's just for fun. So keep that in mind.

[@Dracobyte]

Good observation!

[@NightBreakDreamer]

Fighting Tankceratops in Rebirth is gonna be a blast lol

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@MrRushfanatic]

@Maximilian Dood Remember your first playthrough of Remake. It took 57 hours. So I assume all of us hardcore fans will need at least 140 hours

[@spiraljumper74]

I lingered in that game so hard. Did not want it to end.

[@Ri_Shin_Marco]

I can already see myself just wander through Kalm for 2hours without progressing anything. And that is just one of the towns we are visiting.

[@Faxie83]

Looking at the howlongtobeat numbers for Remake, Crisis Core Reunion and FF16 as someone who plays at normal and not a trophy hunter, though trying to get a lot of extra content, I'm fully expecting to hit the 100 hr mark in Rebirth.

[@DFTNSHEXGRM]

Oh for sure. It took me 60 hrs to beat Remake on first playthrough and I played like Max did, just took my time but not trophy hunting or anything. I fully expect Rebirth to take me 140-160 hrs to beat.

[@Dracobyte]

Good observation!

[@Seeingeyepig]

This interview is the Shenmue sequel I never knew I needed

[@zachm2331]

I thought 3 was pretty good.

[@Artimes.]

13:05 This is actually false, though Hamaguchi admits he doesn't quite know. In the Ultimania guide, it specifically states that their was some influence from clouds character when creating lightening.

[@onecanadian4946]

Was it answered by nomura in the ultimania?

[@jamesgravil9162]

"What's the silliest moment in Final Fantasy history?" Basically anything involving Quina, from FFIX.

[@MWOPPDLX]

The interviewer was pissing me off with all the dumbass questions. Of course Gold Saucer is in Rebirth, wtf!

[@DuDeJJX]

Max still has the best intro to a youtube video in the whole history of the platform

[@Joshiepoo2525]

Omg I watched this entire video waiting for him to react to the “gasp” face, and then he skips it cause he thinks it’s gonna be an actual response. 😂

[@Cerenduil]

"Whiiissspeeers..."

[@RockerDanM]

I remember playing Remake and getting to the arena and I burst out laughing with surprisr and joy at how the inplemented Hell House, then it killed me. Fantastic surprise experience. Weird how that video skipped at the end, oh well guess I will never know what scene they were talking about.

[@billyt3960]

Watching this has made me think of something. That moment when I finish part 3 of the story for the first time, that will be one of them moments like, having your first child or getting married, I’ll think of it on my death bed and smile with a tear in my eye. My child hood game that I got into on a win in 1997 after reading games master magazine and rating it 9/10, I was 9 in 1997, a bit young to play the game to it full extent. The game had me hooked for years I never finished the game until I was in my early teens (thanks to the official guide book) The original is responsible for a whole ps1 memory card with a total of 600+hours at least and that’s being modest. I did wonder as a child playing the game with the cgi moments in the game if it would ever be remade when I’m in my 30’s or 40’s and “squaresoft” only gone and bloody done it!!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the creators and those involved in the making of this game, you too max! I’d love to share a joint and a beer with you one day talking about computer games.

[@djbawb]

I did the math lol. 21 N64 cartridges at 64MB a pop. FF7 original file size spanning all 3 discs is 1317MB

[@thenightstar8312]

Actually no. You're counting the FMV's. N64 can't PLAY FMV's and they'd actually just cut them out and turn them into static scenes to save space. So given that, they could actually have fit the entire game only only ONE cart.

[@Dracobyte]

Wow!!

[@crypticDJ]

So im listening on my ear buds while working and max starts talking about how hell house was modernised and then brings up what the "hell house" moment in rebirth would be and i knew without looking that he brought up tankceritops. I had no doubt in my mind.

[@isaacddestroy3674]

15:20 Ight so nerd that I am, I had to find an answer to this question. The original game on PS1 was about 1,327MB. Dividing that by 64, you get 20.57! Square would have needed, nay REQUIRED, 21 Cartridges to put FFVII onto the N64. Box of cartridges is right 😂 Wild.

[@flimermithrandir]

I wonder. Maybe even more because they would have to duplicate so much Data if the Game would be on so many Cartridges. Then again they already did so with CD/DVD back then without HDDs. They already duplicated some Data to lessen the Search Times for those Devices. I still think them putting the Data to make Sure Fighting is even possible on a Cartridge would be more than what they did with CDs putting some Data multiple Times on the Disc. Nether the less very interesting Number you got there. lol.

[@isaacddestroy3674]

@@flimermithrandir that’s true. There would have been a lot of that to figure out, and never mind the fact that you’d have to figure out how to transfer the players stats in between each cartridge, because there are no memory cards either. That would have been some serious Banjo Stop N’ Swop crap. Suffice it to say if there was ever an exclusive that made sense, it was FFVII. Damn, it was so ahead of its time. Well, in as much as the N64 was behind the times lol

[@flimermithrandir]

@@isaacddestroy3674 I have to inform you that there actually have been Memory Cards for the N64 too. You could put one in the Slot of the Controller. Or you choose to use the Rumble Pack. Omg that Thing was heavy now that i think back to it. And it actually did Rumble. lol. But yeah, anyways. That would have been possible. Just very not Fun i guess, agreed.

[@isaacddestroy3674]

@@flimermithrandir well then I suppose they would have had to have thrown in a Memory card for the box too I guess the real fun is figuring out how much the N64 version would have costed not only the devs but the customers. It sounds like it would have been $250 or more

[@flimermithrandir]

@@isaacddestroy3674 lol True. I think they did so with the "Expansion Pack" if that rings a Bell. It was a RAM Upgrade for the N64 and was sold with Donkey Kong 64 because it mysteriously solved an Bug. Guess they would have needed to do that in the Box and maybe also this Expansion Pack.

[@mrcwillis6970]

Pretty cool interview. Good that they are still keeping things hidden. Nearly just 5 weeks from the game coming out. 💫

[@Dracobyte]

33 days left!

[@Final-tt5bo]

Part of what made Triple Triad so fun IMO was that it also had huge rewards for doing it. Matches were fast paced and the rules were also simple enough, even if manipulating them could be a pain in the ass. Compared to Tetra Master in FF9....which had no rewards tied to it and had rules that are never really explained....that card game was just a dud. Here's hoping they make Rebirth's card game worthwhile.

[@helenafarkas4534]

if they are modeling Queen's Blood on Gwent.... which was my first impression from the jump... it should be good.

[@dominiksledziewski]

​@@helenafarkas4534Gwent was fantastic. If this one is even half as good - I'm happy.

[@PsychoSavage88]

I'll say this max, when it comes to witcher 3, the side quest felt like main quest, grand scale pay offs in alot of them, they were very immersive and choices changed outcomes very heavily in alot of them, this is why you hear people always mention witcher 3 side quest.

[@jondeiconic2552]

can't wait for the game full release next month

[@Dracobyte]

Only 33 days left!

[@SlumdoggVII]

When I was 12 I will never forget walking in and seeing my friends gathered around the TV hype AF just watching our friend Adam fighting Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts for the first time And I asked "damn who is that? He looks cool AF" and all of absudden everyone in the room turns and looks at me lile whaaaaaaat U don't know Sephiroth?? U never Played FF7!?? And then instantly gave me a PS1 with a copy of FF7 and a GameShark lmao Wow man just wow Hard to explain how much that impacted my life lmao This is more than a gane to me It was my favorite story ever told. First time I remember getting genuinely emotional playing a game or becoming this invested in video game/ characters

[@Evanz111]

Oh damn, had no idea Max had played Star Ocean 4! Edge Maverick is such an insane character name, and fully matches his emo arc at the halfway point.

[@Dracobyte]

The Star Ocean remakes are really good!

[@Jussmain]

Gainsborough probably comes from "Thomas Gainsborough" who was an artist (famous for painting lys flowers... The same that Aerith sells). But not 100% sure

[@imosidius]

I knew 100000000% that you would bring up the Heavy Tank (Triceratops Tank) when asked about the hell house moment in Rebirth. I am also hoping to see that weird ass beast!!

[@solarski2004]

I really like the 13 series. All of them were good. 13-2 was fabulous.

[@vandersonjunior8018]

I love 13 with all of my heart

[@masterxl97]

I LOVE Hamaguchi referring to Kefka as a “silly character.” “Gosh, it sure was funny watching that goofy clown poison the water supply of an entire kingdom and slaughter half the world’s population! What a card!”

[@Dracobyte]

And then almost destroying the world. The Harlequins from Warhamner 40K must be proud of his humor!

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

The content i'm here for!

[@Dracobyte]

Me too!

[@rasdan1192]

28:57 "Return" Dood: Nah Will this age like wine or milk?

[@johnornelas]

i recently replayed FF7 and got a gold chocobo, and was shocked with how fast you can actually do it. a lot of old guides say you have to rank every chocobo you mate to S rank in the arena, but really you need to only win a few races with one of the chocobos. you can grind a gold chocobo in less than 2 hours. of course...when i was a kid it took weeks!

[@dominiksledziewski]

With one save/load method it can be done in 30mins (if you have all nuts, if not then maybe 60).

[@spiraljumper74]

That damn prima guide lied to me! I still remember doing it the hard way when I was kid.

[@verixforgotten1121]

Dont even need to race anymore.

[@MaximusPrimusKay]

In Witcher 3 I came across a Ghost Whale. On land. I think it's from one of those easily missable side quests (contracts?) you pick up from the town notice boards. That game, man. So good.

[@kephryn4471]

19:27 the funniest part about this statement, is that I’m about 127 hours total (about 90 to finish the story with a good chunk of the side content done) and I still haven’t completed everything!

[@OmegaLaguna]

Let's go!!!

[@ainouta123]

NO SNOWBOARD?!?!? That snowboarding mini game was my favourite mini game in gold saucer in original.

[@Dracobyte]

No snowboarding was confirmed monts ago.

[@0saintclark0]

We're so close now boys but my god isn't time DRAGGINGGG

[@a.thomas9734]

Ain't that the truth lol

[@KFro9k]

I can’t wait for the reveal of Tankceratops in Rebirth!

[@anochi8965]

This month has been way too emotionally exhausting as far as this game is concerned💀

[@ZombieKiller1051]

I thought Max got to interview them lol

[@Alexriga]

Hellhouse battle was my favourite battle in FF7R. On hard it is even better.

[@3Rayfire]

While Aerith Gainsborough is interesting, especially since Gainsborough means "a clever/crafty person from the city" which works since she's introduced as a streetwise character. But consider that her birth name is Aerith Faremis. Now whether you want to say that Faremis, means Family Restaurant (Fami Resu) or (Farimus) Latin for Lighthouse is up to you.

[@chameleoneel]

Holy Moly, Shinagawa is also my favorite part of Tokyo! I first went to Shinagawa in 2004, when I was 18!!

[@zettor47]

Yeah! The triceratops tank baby, letsgooooo

[@lollipopwee1]

Was waiting for this! Awesome!

[@TLiebCNV]

I can’t wait anymore for this game!!! 😅

[@hmgambino]

perfect to listen to on my way home from work ♥️

[@Dracobyte]

Nice!

[@SovereignKing]

29:05 - it’s gonna be Requiem. That’s my theory! If they didn’t use Reunion for the Crisis Core remake, then I’d have said that. But since a lot of people are likely to perish in Rebirth, a Requiem in part 3 seems most fitting.

[@ThatBillmanGuy]

But Requeim doesn't fit with the scheme "Remake" and "Rebirth" do, and they've specifically said the word would match with those two. Reunion almost did, but not quite, I guess. Re-build? Lol. That's a stupid title but it fits with the scheme.

[@ThatBillmanGuy]

@@SovereignKing yeah, you know, that seems like it would fit.

[@Ryukend3n]

Haha you shouldnt skip that part max. Went to see and the reaction made me laugh my ass off.

[@ladyms7840]

Here for it! Almost 1 more month!!

[@heartlessking5636]

28:41 Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus: Reloaded

[@closedchill5243]

I was never expecting save transfers as the games release, but I do hope some day they release a package that seamlessly weaves all 3 games together, and re-calibrates everything into one continuous progression system. Also, I have always found it interesting that FF6 has never gotten a 3D remake, when 3, 4, 5, and now 7 have. Seeing his love for FF6, I wonder if they're thinking about a big budget remake. This team is very successful so there must be some idea on what to do after part 3. Advent Children the game? A totally fresh FF7 sequel? FF XVIII? If not, do you look to other PS1 titles like FF8 or 9? I think there is an argument to be made for FF6 Remake being their next project. It has arguably the best glow up potential in its sound track. It's often praised as one of the heights of the franchise, and of the platform it was on. It has the biggest cast. Imagine if they gave it a story, plot, and script glow up like they did for FF7. It would be a massive 2-map open world adventure. Perhaps in 2 parts.

[@onecanadian4946]

Don’t worry in a decade there will be a mod for it

[@MiNoRCrLs237]

I always get so hyped watching the intro of your videos

[@HendrixRipoff]

When he said in a bigger picture, it follows the original story quite faithfully - that was good to hear. Also it's just awesome to see SE taking care of the fans and bringing FF7 back in max quality like this. I mean think about how good FF7R looked on the PS4 PRO before we got the 60fps PS5 version, can't wait to see the world come to life in Rebirth on the PS5.

[@Mrpancake72]

That's good to hear because the last chapter in remake was a bit too much kh for my taste.

[@imeffinrad]

TANKCERATOOOOPS

[@Snzn18]

They could just do how trails series do carry over into sequel games. Which is mostly just exclusive starter items awarded to you. Basically it more so something like the exclusive items you get when you buy special editions of the game. It is not so "important" to new players that they don't really miss much by not playing the prior entries

[@brentonchong9828]

When he dropped chrono trigger... That gives me so much joy.

[@SpindashStudios]

More Max Final Fantasy interview watch and analyses? Let's gooooo!

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@Mitsu_Vagrant]

The third part is going to be “Reunion.” 💯 Ain’t no way it could be anything else.

[@a.thomas9734]

Agreed

[@Astrid-jx5dw]

The title has been used already, though…

[@Mitsu_Vagrant]

@@Astrid-jx5dw I have since made that discovery myself, as well. Pretty dumb, if you ask me.

[@whozawhatzit0]

I feel like you could have all of your save data carry over (items, materia, equipment, etc.) without ruining the feeling of Rebirth. The only thing that would affect it would be the level you transfer with, but that can immediately be scaled upon recognition of carried over data. It could be enabled in the settings menu before starting the game or make it function only on medium or higher difficulties. If you're playing the game on easy, your either a new player or just playing to enjoy the story, in which case neither is affected by save data or being a higher level. If you've completed the game, it starts you are level 10 or 15 instead of level 1. Additionally, the enemy levels/difficulty would scale with that as well. Enemies could have levels just like the player. Each area can be labeled as a "zone", and each zone can have enemies within a certain threshold of levels/difficulty. The starting area would remain low level (1-5) and the surrounding zones would be a higher level (5-10); additionally, the zones further from the starting area would be higher. With save data, the starting zone remains the same to let the player get back into the combat system and learn new mechanics that would be implemented, but the zone would immediately adjust to a higher difficulty. So if you player starts with save data and is given the "completion level" of 10, the first zone will be level 1-5 enemies, and the surrounding areas will spawn enemies at level 10-15 to maintain some level of difficulty but giving the player the overall edge since they would have strong equipment and items to carry them through it.

[@Bosston62]

It’s interesting that he said his favorite moment from OG ff7 was Aeriths Fate and not something like “Her death”

[@flimermithrandir]

Good Catch. And i agree with him.

[@martymarc8586]

16:50 I think dragons dogma probably up there too.

[@lollollol234]

I think aerith will die in the forgotten city... with cloud and the gang. BUT When aerith dies her subconscious transfers to the aerith with zombie cloud and zack and she opens her eyes at the end of rebirth. The third title will be called Final Fantasy Revive.

[@joshuatealeaves]

We’re in the end game. I look at my Rebirth pre-order every morning & pray to it 🙏🏻

[@elfsong713]

I hope mine doesn't take too long to get here.

[@FF18Cloud]

I do like 13-2... RIP to the artist behind the new bodhum song, origa (she did the OP's to ghost in the shell: stand alone complex) she made really good songs

[@ParagonXxDUCKxX]

I called the Whispers “Timeline Dementors” That stuck with me and my party lol

[@thenightstar8312]

Oh boy. Harry Potter reference. That's not basic as all hell or anything. When they were handing out imaginations, did you just sleep in or something?

[@s-clone8964]

Was hoping to get a Fort Condor mini-game return confirmation

[@alchalant4663]

We’ve been spoiled by the max rebirth videos. Soon we’ll have the game and be waiting for the part 3 theories. Then the cycle loops back around again

[@christopherpoussin3948]

That thumbnail is pure bliss

[@michaeldurden4885]

35 minutes of seeing Max happy

[@fr13dg0ld]

The Witcher 3 comment has me stoked! I loved the side quests in that game. Even if they don't reach the same level of quality, anything is better than the side content we got in XVI.

[@Destroyah5000]

26:25 He's asking this question jokingly, but it looks like Hamaguchi didn't understand that he didn't literally mean "safer". It's just my guess but I'm thinking Sephiroth's final form better translates to "Seraph" Sephiroth, and Hamaguchi didn't know it's named Safer in the English translation?

[@thenightstar8312]

It was. The interviewer was an idiot who has no idea about language. He probably just asked all his stupid questions to an unseen interpreter who they cut.

[@marcusshoults]

Witcher 3 basically has three tiers of quests, main quests, side quests and 'witcher contracts' aka monster hunts. It stands out because the side quests are good enough to be main quests in most games and even the monster hunts, which could easily have just been FF quality 'go and kill 3 bugs'. are well written and contain mysteries, detective work, plot twists etc. They really set a very high bar for Open World RPG sidequests on that game, but it is hopeful that they cited that as inspiration to do better.

[@elfsong713]

The only thing from Witcher 3 I don't need is tracking down random materials to upgrade your armor. Because the completionist in me could not resist doing that, even for armor I would never use. I loved everything else in that game.

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

Max recognized Hamaguchi's drip, and passed it off as remembering the SF6 questions.

[@The_Mammal_Man]

How funny would've been if Hamaguchi had brought a gucci shirt for this interview... Also, we got confirmation in this interview that Wedge is in fact alive (which it was never confirmed in Remake) So thanks for the spoiler interviewer 🥲👍

[@CrossfacePanda]

28:40 I could honestly see them give a remake of Dirge of Cerberus the added title “Reloaded” lol

[@junglecack]

After finally beating the game I hope one day developers say "We wanted side quests like BG3" . I think the Witcher's 3 side quests are fantastic, but after BG3, I think that should be the new standard.

[@Coyt415]

The Tidus laugh was funny. Reloaded is a Matrix reference...

[@Ed_Crane]

I heard Amaguchi said he got inspiration from Horizon Forbidden West regarding the side quests, but I don’t remember him mentioning The Witcher 3 But the world and the side quests are also fantastic in Forbidden West imo, so I’m glad either way

[@coxfire]

Gainsborough is inspired by french singer songwriter Serge Gainsbourg

[@kniveskunn]

So the FF7R is basically like Scott pilgrim takes off. Where's it's technically a sequel. So, the original events need to happen for the new stuff to take place.

[@Dracobyte]

One month left to the launch!

[@umad3732]

I wonder if they’re gonna have both universe collide in one game to see what universe is going to exist

[@zirothos]

they are doing the Xeno Saga bonus content thing, from game 1-2-3. and i like it. it is better like that anyway ( if you have a '' save file that have a game completion'' you get bonus item/gear/skin to the next game. can help or just be funny to see

[@johnornelas]

26:25 safer-sephiroth reference, nice lol

[@nerfudoekong1131]

I can’t wait to fight Tankceratops!