This Is Impossible...MAX REACTS: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth TGS Showcase

[@josealvelo3348]

As someone that works as an interpreter, my heart goes out to the interpreters. Simultaneously interpretation is so taxing on the brain, that first interpreter was probably replaced because their brain hit the limit.

[@Rogun987]

You'd think someone would be typing out the translation while one just reads the translation. But I suppose you couldn't get proper emphasis. but listening and repeating what they say simultaneously seems daunting

[@janematthews9087]

Usually they'd be given a script(that's why they carry a book with them) about the program. The comedian/color commentary probably didn't tailor his material to fit into the program and made the TLs job a lot harder than it had to. Or maybe it's all in my head. Granted Im used to FF14s translator being godlike and being able to TL on the fly with little trouble....

[@Scopatone]

@@janematthews9087 Yeah FF14 was also at the same booth. I'm REALLY confused why they didn't tap into the resources they had IN HOUSE for live translation instead of whatever this was. 14 has numerous great live translators, not just that one guy. I can barely understand what is trying to be said most of the time due to sentence structure and strange word choice

[@Balto678]

You could definitely tell they were doing their best. "company Shinra is a company" and several other examples like that got me laughing though.

[@Kev-O33]

AI can do wonders these days.

[@sketchyecchiakechi]

All the respect in the world to the translators, real-time translation is especially difficult. I feel bad for the first guy, sounded like he wasn't quite ready for it.

[@mwbwyatt]

This is also how Japanese people who learn English second speak in general, they tend to enunciate things to make sure the point comes across, sort of an extra step of being polite if that makes sense. They both did a good job of getting the general point across ❤️

[@DFTNSHEXGRM]

Honestly I thought the first dude did a better job than the other translator.

[@guardianpigeon2029]

I genuinely don't understand why they still do real-time translations instead of pre-recorded presentations like Capcom. Or if they must do it live, write out the script/bullet points ahead of time and actually plan for it.

[@hyuutsuACE]

@@guardianpigeon2029 The translators usually ask for scrips/bullet points from the presenters in advance, but the clients don't always provide those for them, which makes their job that much harder.

[@equipbasicsword]

@@guardianpigeon2029 The FFXIV presentations are real time, with maybe some bullet points written down before hand. But they also have multiple translators, one for each person and the original speaker pauses after each section.

[@cameronalt190]

Man I don’t care if I’ve seen this already on Twitch, Final Fantasy time with Max is always good for the soul.

[@jimbojimjs]

Best videos for me

[@Dracobyte]

Time to watch it again!!

[@Keisuke42]

How many times have you watched his hour video where he’s reading the ff7rb qna? Lol

[@gwaheeboo4216]

His unfiltered child like enthusiasm combined with his many years with final fantasy and other games, is a wonderful mix to watch, he knows enough to be someone you view as someone who knows what they’re talking about, but still has that passion and excitement than many of us find infectious lol

[@wayneg552]

This is my 3rd time watching it, I have saved his Rebirth reaction vids in a playlist so I can watch them every now and then to get hyped for Rebirth haha 😂

[@Lily_Catt-]

Much respect to the translators! ❤ That would've been very hard for them

[@gektoast4968]

Yeah the devs were talking so fast

[@johncrona5784]

I would have a hard time if they were speaking English and I just had to repeat it....

[@jacoboconnell8400]

There English wasn't that good tho We need Proper english

[@Lily_Catt-]

​@@jacoboconnell8400That's not nice at all 😢

[@cambienvenu]

@@jacoboconnell8400Ironic to use improper English while criticizing another’s.

[@marajango]

Find someone in life who looks at you like Max does at new FF7 footage.

[@CrimsonFIame]

This is looking like it's going to be the most content filled Square game in a very long time. Losing my mind over how much was shown off here, I love that there's this relationship system to learn more about your companions similar to most Western Rpg's and how your party members don't magically disappear during combat if not picked for battle and instead are on stand by outside of the combat zone to make sure you don't get jumped by some random beachplug. This looks like a game that deserves to sell well so they can go this hard on part 3 if not more. Quality and quantity

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

Padded quantity with good graphics and nostalgia glasses so the fanboys blindly accept it

[@bongchoof]

How about you don't go out of your way to shit on someone else's good time. Be miserable on your own.@@GeorgeZimmermen

[@withoutthejuice7193]

@@GeorgeZimmermenDid you come here just to hate? That’s an odd use of your time.

[@aceh5867]

@@GeorgeZimmermen People like you are miserable.

[@Shadow87-]

what are you even doing here dude. Just to hate? must be a sad way to live@@GeorgeZimmermen

[@imaginator85]

I'll add my sympathies to the interpreters too. I was a live interpreter for Japanese for a while and its especially tough because the sentence structure in Japanese is "backwards" to English with the verbs coming very last. In other words, you have to wait to the end of the sentence to start saying the English a lot of the time. There is a lot of guess work and your brain has to be in two places at once. Its TOUGH.

[@engineerkentgaming1371]

Plays Final Fantasy VII first time in 1998, borrowed from best friends older brother, age 7. Spent 90 Hours in the game multiple times. Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core, Advent Children, exited to see more of the world I once knew. Joined the Marine Corps to follow in Cloud and Zacks footsteps. Got the Soldier experience in real life. Never expected my time in military and afterwards to mimic Cloud's.

[@estebanf.7789]

looks so good. I cant believe this. This is impossible to believe being a fan of the 1997 game for so many years

[@kingofthesharks]

This makes me REALLY appreciate that they tested the fundamentals with Remake, using Midgar as a logical introduction both for players AND the devs themselves. Now they're ironing out the wrinkles before moving onto this much larger scale. Not just in terms of world design, but the range of tones from silly to serious, combat with more characters, gameplay variety, and of course the visuals. This increases the likelihood of the sequels to fire on all cylinders with less flaws than the adventure would have otherwise.

[@heyesphilip]

So we payed to beta test the game.

[@zak1872]

​@heyesphilip I'm kinda looking at it the same way what MGS Ground Zeroes was to The Phantom Pain basically a tutorial for what's to come

[@pogoacct8611]

​@@heyesphilipdumb logic

[@MrTwinbee]

​@@heyesphilipUsing that logic, every game that had a sequel is a beta

[@rishg134]

@@heyesphilip Paid? Free on PSN

[@DayFul]

This was actually about 4 hours on stream this was an amazing early look at the open world. Making the sidequests focussed on our party members is a huge W it's far more enticing when you know you'll get more character building out of them. Red XIII getting salty over the superior sense of smell that chocobos have is the perfect goofy fun that compliments the more serious main narrative.

[@odd-collection]

I love it. The one thing I wish they had in Remake was side missions for the playable characters other than Cloud.

[@Jame-zz4tu]

It make you want to do more sidequest just to see want your companion react

[@3Rayfire]

It also highlights that Nanaki is actually a teenager.

[@cloudftw113]

I'm genuinely blown the fuck back that the world space is seamless

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

Same dude… The exploration was the only thing that I was concerned about for the game. I figured we’d have the stupid blue dotted lines everywhere to help with loading, and that we’d have to travel via the main menu from island to island. Much like Final Fantasy 16!! But seeing what we’ve seen so far was more than my imagination could even conjure up. Everything looks absolutely spectacular so far!!! I can’t believe they can make a world so massive and detailed with this much stuff to do. While at the same time being seamless. This truly does feel like a totally different game. It feels like something special.

[@Broll00]

Totally. I watched the first trailer and with how the valleys paths were it looked like they could have been narrow tracks with borders on each side. Being full open world is pretty hype.

[@Cobaltios]

Eh, Xenoblade 3 pretty damn seamless, it's just divided by region. And that's running on a Switch. I'd actually hope the PS5 can pull this off properly, and it seems to be the case.

[@Ti7Vk3y]

​@Cobaltios ain't gonna lie but I was hoping for Xeno X but FF7 but this looks OK too. Imagine flying the Highwind around like a Skell going from continent to continent.

[@vgnvideogameninja2930]

@@Ti7Vk3y Nah, Xeno X would be just be OK too, it's FF VII Rebirth that will be spectacular.

[@Jungle_Twist]

The image we've all imagined in our heads while we're running across the map of OG ff7, its finally real😢

[@Lemminjoose]

I haven't seen Kalm in nearly 20 years, and it still brought tears to my eyes to see it in this presentation.

[@Frionelz]

Me too dude. The only thing is that its difficult in a remake to translate the actual atmosphere ambiance of the locations. (The colors, the point of view of pre rendered 3d, all this stuff was what made ps1 FF games so unique)

[@islandboy9381]

​@@FrionelzI think the colors could be done but it seems hard to do now, sometimes stuff looks a little.. greyed out? Idk how to put it, like it's going for a very realistic look of colors.

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

I’m honestly happy there’s no DLC. That way they can just focus on Part 3. Also, they’ve already said multiple times that we won’t be doing things in the same order. So even if it does in fact end at the Forgotten Capital. That doesn’t mean things that happened in disc 2 and 3 of the original, wouldn’t happen in Rebirth.

[@awsomeboy360]

Yeah, if they just focus on Part 3 we get it sooner. I'd imagine sometime around late 2027 since Rebirth is coming out early 2024, as such a 3 year gap.

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@awsomeboy360I think the most work they had to do though was in between Remake and Rebirth. Whatever the 3rd title is, it’s going to reuse all of the assets from Rebirth. So I have a feeling that the third title will come out much much sooner!

[@gozogo1233]

@@fearlesscheshirecat1411 Safer Sephiroph is a 2 hour long fight, why not

[@essamattas2793]

I think there will a DLC later ... something about Vincent and the underground ... and I hope not.

[@Enwickote]

Who said there wont be DLC

[@stefanandrews5098]

I legitimately don’t watch FF7 news until Max drops the reaction

[@Dracobyte]

I recommend watching other channels for different or similar opinions: - Easy Allies - Night Sky Prince - FFUnion - FF Peasants - 4-8 Productions - Aruuu - MrHappy 1227 - Bltzz

[@joellarsson9486]

Naah Max is the one!

[@kevinniklasson5843]

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[@Dracobyte]

@@kevinniklasson5843 yeah, him too!

[@jorgeboria6452]

Max excitement is just to contagious i legit cry with him is a good time to be alive this so unbelivable

[@WCworkhorse]

This game looks insane. I don't know how this isn't going to be Game of the Year. This is everything I hoped for 20 years ago.

[@surfingkoala35]

Holy Shit. As someone who self taught myself Aerith's Theme on Piano when I first played the game 25 years ago... the Piano Mini game... Wow, soo moving. Square knows what they are doing with this title.

[@nabieladrian]

I love it when Max said "Let's go!" and let's go'ed all over the place.

[@IcyFir3902]

Without context. That sounded like he ejaculated without any warning.

[@Flare8124]

Okay 10 year old

[@LordDragox412]

But... but he didn't go anywhere... /s

[@darthmarth87]

hoo boy this is just about everything I've dreamed of for a modern Final Fantasy in terms of world design and whimsical shenanigans to waste time with, that coupled with a refined and expanded version of the combat system makes me really excited for this :)

[@jairekambui7738]

This and P3 reload are my most anticipated games of not just next year, but the decade so far. Can’t wait.

[@AigisVibes720]

I agree 100%

[@ibrokemykeyboard]

Red XIII riding a chocobo like a human is the most cursed thing I’ve seen in a while. 😂

[@dantealexander9863]

I loled at your comment, damn

[@SuperTrainStationH]

Wait until you see him in a Shinra Trooper Uniform.

[@wulf2863]

More like blessed

[@teejm1ck78]

@@SuperTrainStationHah fuck😂😂 why didn’t they just have him run beside them like Torgal?

[@Blitzz1907]

The last week was amazing as a FF7 fan.

[@dannysimion]

The mini games are so where I’ll be at. Especially the card game and the piano sessions! Ooh what fun the TGS showed us. Thanks for sharing Max! This is shaping up to be a great game the closer we get to release day.

[@IgneousP]

35:34 The attention to detail on this whole thing is insane, but one call out is that they even got the chocobo neck movements down when it's eating. It's exactly as it was in the original. Can't wait!

[@Plasmacat1]

Kitase just sitting there smiling looking like a proud dad is great.

[@NexusNoxCS]

OMG, Cloud is hiding in tall grass just like Aloy. But instead of fighting machines he's catching chocobos. Freaking hilarious

[@Coldsilfur4]

Or like Link in Zelda Botw/TOtK? ;-)

[@JungKooksTwin]

@@Coldsilfur4 nah devs already said their inspiration was from Horizon and that they are huge fans of the franchise lol.

[@ebitoro4590]

Love that he started talking about it like they were trying to hunt down the chocobo until Aerith corrected him lol

[@asuna07neros]

The amount of excitement Max has while watching this showcase is rubbing on me. Feb 2024 just couldn't come any closer. FF7 Rebirth is already a GOTY contender

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

Might even win

[@adamtheriault6743]

*remember cyberpunk* But seriously I hope it's as good as it looks, but it isn't out yet

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

A padded mess of a remake no fan asked for winning goty? Gtfoh!

[@gabrielripw0lf293]

@@GeorgeZimmermen at least the remakes are way better than what we get this year and maybe next year. they are more polish and full of content than any other "new generation games". you're just a f hater and want some attention.

[@adamtheriault6743]

@@GeorgeZimmermen "a padded mess" It's called content, actually, the thing people tend to play games for "No fan asked for" It's a remake of one of the most famous and well beloved games of all time which came out when polygonal graphics were starting out, updating the graphics alone is something many fans would ask for, and they got more than that with beautiful graphics, music, character work, and a story that draws them back into it by adding a new underlying story and mystery "Winning game of the year" It's not out, so I won't argue against that, however, coming off of the previous remake, which was superb, with the same people, passion, and adding as much as they can reasonably fit, there's enough reason for that to be an educated guess, again though, it's not out, so we'll see "Gtfoh" No U

[@aarondesch]

@44:52 you can see Barret, despite not being an active party member, getting into position, and later throughout the fight see him engaging the enemy at range

[@conleybaker3864]

I love how Hamaguchi was straight up and succinct about all those aspects they showed us as well as saying hey we know this might have some flaws we are aware and we will polish it up! Im stoked and trust this man is gonna deliver us a gem of sequel!!!

[@Doctor_Yiggles]

Max like a kid on Christmas day in any FF7 news and I am with you Max! 😄

[@JoshArtisto]

Rebirth reminds me of how content rich jrpgs were in the PS2 days. All the side content and mini games are really nice to see. Rebirth will most likely end up my 2024 GOTY.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

This is gonna be the greatest game of all time for me

[@id1550]

Eh idk

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

A cash cow padded mess of a remake that no fan asked for is gonna be your goat? Gtfoh

[@anthonychessar7179]

How about get out of HERE, blind hater!

[@spiderhulk26]

He said "for me" . stop judging him. And I feel the same way as him about this game

[@coughy2494]

Looks like an extremely generic open world game with an ff7 skin

[@thomasharvey1151]

It really looks as though they’ve outdone themselves with this game. This might be the most ambitious product they’ve ever created. When you factor in everything. This will definitely be a game to just relax and take your time with. There’s going to be an insane amount to enjoy in this.

[@maillardsbearcat]

I watch this intro all the time. Never have I screamed LET'S GO with it until now

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

Seamless was the best thing I ever could’ve heard for this game. No more of those stupid blue dotted lines, or being forced into a menu to jump from location to location.

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

This game is looking absolutely incredible. The level design, character models, environments, the main menu, and HUD all look much sharper. If the purists can look at the new trailer, the 2 demos, and this, and not be impressed. Then they were never really fans to begin with.

[@Maraaass]

I'm the opposite of purist so I still can't believe all this is actually happening. However I don't know who could possibly not be impressed - this game is mindblowingly huge and packed with content. The combat was incredibly fun already and they expanded it even more. And from what we seen, the open world seems not only huge but also feels alive. It's incredible. Everything.

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@Maraaass Exactly! You took the words right out of my mouth. This doesn’t feel like your generic, empty open world. Like you said this game feels alive…..it has so much charm to it, and this really does have the feel of something great! This is easily my most anticipated game of all time, and I thought seeing new trailers and gameplay would hold me over. But it just makes me want the game that much more…. I can’t wait 5 more months!

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

I’m a purist and think this is a complete cash padded joke and I refuse to support it and you shouldn’t either

[@gabrielripw0lf293]

@@GMOTP5738 stop it and go back to your fifa or cod, leave this game for real mans

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

@@gabrielripw0lf293lmao. This remake is more casual than Cod and fifa at this point.

[@umphreak9999]

33:28 remember when Max said the director was a big Horizon fan? This is totally Aloy skulking through tall grass to override a Charger and i love it 34:26 Max and chat know

[@rewpbertt]

the horizon influence is rly noticeable in the world map screen, harvesting icons and UI, and the stealth of course. all good stuff horizon helped streamline a lot of elements of modern game design ❤

[@wk8276]

This is so amazing! Never did I think they go into this much detail with the world map and what you can do.

[@kevindie]

*_7:27_* *_I just realized, after they put the covers up side by side, that there’s a cohesion between Remake and Rebirth. I’m willing to bet the cover of the third game will be dominated by the color blue and feature Zack._*

[@nemi9217]

Nah that was for Crisis Core Reunion. Since Rebirth seems to be the mediator of red, blue, and green, and we even see red growing onto the logo, I’d say the final entry would be fully red .. Or maybe a golden look like the bottom part of the rebirth cover??? I feel like the blue is already taken though

[@ironwolf677]

We went from knowing anything about rebirth for a whole year after the 25th anniversary trailer to now being overwhelmed with tons of information, the new trailer, the demo impressions from all FF7 KZbinrs, developer interviews and now this TGS showcase!

[@sighbatsu]

happy birthday max, seeing your genuine reactions and passion for ff7 is so endearing

[@jjcarter9148]

I appreciate the translators. Translation is so difficult even when it's not live. Thank you Max for reacting to this

[@viadlp]

hey max! would just like to say that your FF7 gameplays kept me company during the pandemic. i've never been a gamer but i've started to love this game because of how much you love it too. can't wait for its release!

[@ff8masterc]

Max at 20:30 is what we're here for. Max is seeing it for the first time as he says in 24:20 is so much cooler than if he'd already played the game like with the trailer reaction. The fact that people played the game months ago really hurt the reactions as it was no longer a surprise.

[@sonickchri]

Thanks, Max! This is shaping up to be something very incredible and amazing.. it really looks like they populated and packed the world with tons of extra content and gave the geography a lot of features, so much so that I didn't recognize Kalm at first. I like the touch with the dancers around 48:30. That's a nice little throwback to the celebration/festival at the beginning of Dirge of Cerberus. And there are at least several little great personality bits here and there. I do remember there was similarity drawn in the OG between Cloud's hair and spiky yellow appearance of chocobos, too.

[@AirPokemonNaruto22]

I'm just a simple man, I see Max upload a FF7 video and I click on it immediately.

[@Christopher-wg6ug]

I watched a streamer upload last night. I did not need to watch this, but it was Maxx hype. Now I just want to play ReBirth lmao

[@Dracobyte]

Let's gooo!!!

[@user-dsfhsdjf-32463]

I'm so happy that Max is having an almost identical reaction to me in each new moment. To know that there is at least one person that is moved to tears seeing this game that was so amazing on the 90s being brought into a whole new light for a new generation is fantastic. I am so freaking stoked for this game bro.

[@axelstone3131]

The heart and passion that has gone into this game is unreal. I’m looking forward to playing this so much. For the first time in a long time I’m genuinely excited for another game.

[@matticus9832]

❤ This is shaping up to be an actual Masterpiece. It has eclipsed the Remake in this footage alone. I was sceptical about the free roam aspects after part 1, but seeing this has shattered that. I literally can't wait to get this game! All hail SQUARE ENIX 🤩

[@Tony-q9z2y]

So during the Chadley mission battle against the purple elephants, Barret wasn't part of the party, but was shooting at the creature from the far perimeter. I didn't see any damage numbers, but saw the rounds coming in. 45:55

[@David_Bang_]

Yup that's right!!

[@TheHailstorm77]

Final Fantasy 7 is the only series that has a movie, Chocobo racing spinoff game, sequel on PSP, remake on PS4 and another sequel. There is a reason why there is a huge following from the 90s.

[@JohnPaulo-cx7pz]

After watching countless videos and demo of the game I can say it has really blown away and exceeded my expectations of scale and detail. The music, story and gameplay are still top notch and what we all loved in the remake. The only improvement would be for the lighting which at certain scenes whitewashes the characters and can be distracting eg 41:21.Also the MAI assistant is great but an option to turn off the voice would be necessary as to allow the epic battle themes to play without her talking over it. Overall very excited to play this special game!

[@Scorpnock16]

Same! I'm very excited for this game. But I definitely saw that whitewashing effect as well. Especially when Tifa was laughing at cloud getting his hair made fun of in the barn. That was kind of cursed lol. I'm assuming they will fix that in polishing though. Still can't wait to play it!

[@GGFOTN]

"The world will be saved, but will you?" This is actually a quote from in Rebirth. It's being asked by Cloud to Aerith

[@mwbwyatt]

That tifa air juggle synergy near the start was INSANE. Also people are stating the map seems smaller than they first thought, but the original trailer this year showcased a travel distance of over 11 thousand kilometers. In a game that is not a small amount xD but on top of that a lot of the traversal later on seems to be more vertical than linear...i wonder if we actually will get to use the highwind before the 3rd game? ❤️

[@sadrock2812]

Ppl doesnt understand how final fantasy "open world" works. Its different from open world like skyrim or elden ring where you can straight up go to a place freely without environtment restriction. In final fantasy "open worlds" are unlocked gradually which mean in the beginning you can only access some area and later on it become bigger and bigger after you get buggy, chocobos or submarine. Once you get airship then it will become the true open world. But still from the tgs we can see its very big zone compare to ff16 field zone.

[@saekochan4845]

ít was 11000m

[@NexusNoxCS]

It is literally the Horizon formula of open world. Hamaguchi is doing exactly what we have been expecting of him. I just personally could not believe they could make a Horizon-style map, as densely populated as those are, and include so much of FF7 world at the same time. This map looks like it has it will have most of the continent from Junnon to the Golden Saucer and Cosmo Canyon. Just Wutai and the islands are being cut. That is just insane. If all of it is as polished and filled with secrets and interesting things to do, it will be crazy. I mean, it is the best possible direction to take this game. Horizon-style open world map filled with content, main story as faithful and engaging as FF7 Remake, and side-quests focusing on party members sort of like Mass Effect series. Best of all the best. Amazing.

[@Coldsilfur4]

For me it has influences from Zelda Botw/TOTK, too.. the towers, catching Chocobo etc

[@umphreak9999]

​@@Coldsilfur4I mean, neither game invented those tropes, we're just going with what the director has explicitly stated as his inspiration.

[@Evanz111]

The go-to source any new Final Fantasy footage comes out. His excitement is absolutely contagious.

[@Dracobyte]

I recommend watching other channels for different or similar opinions: - Easy Allies - Night Sky Prince - FFUnion - FF Peasants - 4-8 Productions - Aruuu - MrHappy 1227 - Bltzz

[@ethermelt4780]

The piano blew my mind! ...Everything blew my mind over and over, but the Piano minigame being an ENTIRE PIANO rythm game with a free-play option? I plan on rushing out a FF7R2 rick roll piano video on day one, and I expect I'll be the 15th person to accomplish that, and that's how you know you've got an engaging game on your hands!

[@melvinshine9841]

I'm convinced the only things Max loves more than FF7 are his wife and child.

[@rockkandyplay5692]

I think the best part about the visuals of Rebirth is the fact that almost all the characters look nearly identical to their Remake versions. I really loved the character designs and I'm happy they stuck around for Rebirth.

[@Jylstin]

I really hope the next final fantasy games takes this world design because this is what it should be about! World Map with Open Exploration and Multiple Points of interests and interactivity. Also hope that we see more modern sci-fi settings as think we have enough high fantasy settings

[@Dracobyte]

I have heard rumors that FF 9 will be remade.

[@cbonano1223]

I didn't know I needed to play FF soundtrack on an in-game piano until I saw it. Everything LOOKS SO AMAZING!

[@everlastingbeats]

Much respect to the translators, they had the impossible task of live translating 4 panelists talking over each other❤😭

[@DanielKI]

This is already my all time favorite game. The wait is so worth it.

[@Ferdy_Yuugitsune1040]

Piano mini game put a huge smile on my face

[@BryanOrion-m5i]

After what I've seen with this game....I trust the devs entirely on their decisions, including Vincent/Cid.

[@Dracobyte]

While Vincent and Cid not being playable is a bummer, they still be present on the story and / or the battles.

[@verixforgotten1121]

I think them not being playable is a good idea. In rebirth we get to have fun with red, cait sith and get a more fleshed out yuffie along with the other four characters. It'll be exciting to have cid and vincent to experiment with in the third game cause lets be real, we'll have the whole cast playable in the final game ^^

[@cynicalidealist11]

All this open world stuff is fantastic, but as long as the characters ans their relationships are as well written and charming and endearing as remake then I’ll be happy.

[@kylethompson1379]

Games in recent years have seemed more and more boring to me, I had been buying all the big releases, and just nothing. I thought that I was the problem, maybe at 35 I had outgrown it all. But nope...to quote the simpsons, it was the game developers who were wrong. When I (recently) played FF7 remake, it all came back. That's how gaming used to be, real emotional connections to characters. I haven't stopped thinking about FF7 since. Thank you SE!

[@Musicmonk84]

I'm still in shock that Square Enix ever pushed the button at all. I was always hopeful and held out, but I'm still in disbelief that it came to be. Much excite.

[@SoMuchNoise1]

Just want to add it’s usually good practice to translate from a foreign language to your native language. I do translation in my day to day and seeing this guy translate for 4 people simultaneously talking into a foreign language near seamlessly is making my brain explode.

[@SackMan039]

Seeing Red XIII ride a chocobo has given me IMMENSE joy. Bless that dog and his chicken

[@SeafoamSmiles]

The piano shit, and the fact you can find sheet music as collectibles out in the world, is the part that finally broke me and brought a tear to my eye. What the fuck, man? How is this game real?

[@TheMrGiannisgr]

The Goat s back with a 75 minute video. Happy Birthday Max 🥳🥳🥳

[@rpgfreak18]

This is making me emotional..it's amazing how far we have come.

[@KennyCleod]

The piano part is amazing. Back in the days we can only do that in Tifa's room with limitations. While this one is amazing and it is something takes time to perfect. Can't wait for people posting videos playing the piano perfectly. This time FF7 did quite impressive. Can't wait to dive into the whole game and much more to indulge in.

[@lloskka]

Simply CANT WAIT. Having a 2nd childhood, is something never thought in my mind happening as an adult never . Thx for the video max!

[@antonironstag5085]

Anyone not in the loop about the Mog House and Max saying "its not a video game in a video game anymore!" and "HELP HIM GET LAID" is just too damn funny man 😂

[@Brittanyknuckles1427]

God what a time to be alive. I had so much staying up late AF (east coast) to watch max’s stream live for this presentation. Lots of happy tears that night lol can’t wait for the next piece of news for rebirth, we’ve been overly blessed lately with all this info I literally cannot handle it

[@Shadowmyst1]

Man the hype is justified for this game. I knew when i played ff7 years ago when it first came out that it was special. So glad they putting tons of effort into this game.

[@joshg.6315]

If they were able to make Kalm, the most insignificant, flyover town in FFVII look this fucking amazing, then I can’t wait to see the rest of the towns in the world

[@mnopinion]

I cried when I saw Kalm… it was just. Breathtaking

[@shelbyherring92]

I'm still in stitches over Red XIII riding a chocobo... he looks so derpy🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, I think we're gonna see him dress as a sailor too.

[@Alecs250]

50:40 In the Red XIII section, the npc (Oliver is his name) saw Red and asked Cloud if thats his "Dog", he said that a dog could help you find the monster he's searching for with his nose. I guess if he wasnt at the party you would have to locate the monster in a different way

[@VeryNormalGuy9]

Or it might just be scripted, like main character of each side quest will show up in cutscene no matter what. After all it support to be thier "episode", their scene time shouldn't be missable. Different dialogue depend character in party can just be use on normal side quest if they still put it in the game at all.

[@Alecs250]

@verynormalguy7352 From what we've seen, it's side quest only. And from what we hear from max and the translator, the quest dialogue depends on character. But im pretty sure its just a minor thing, since Red doesnt really help in the quest later, the chocobo does, somehow the chocobo will get into the quest one way or another.

[@SSL_2004]

He'll alway be in the party, regardless of your active team. Everyone travels together in Rebirth.

[@Alecs250]

@@SSL_2004 you know what i meant. You're the kind of guy that just wants to be right always, i dont have time for this, I'm turning off notification

[@SSL_2004]

@@Alecs250 No what I mean is that the core idea of the quest changing to accommodate him not being in the party doesn't work, because he'll never not be there under normal circumstances. In the event that he temporarily isn't for some story reason, you probably just won't be able to do the quest.

[@snackpack1739]

The more videos I watch of this game the more excited I get! Any FF7 video with Max is just gold, he gets as excited as I do and I love it!!!!!!!

[@CJLAKE123]

Damn, I can’t wait to play FFVII: Rebirth

[@marklonergan3898]

That guy with the buster sword is a comedian?... I guess a LOT of things were lost in translation so. 🤣

[@alexanderzafiris6843]

If you noticed, the second rebirth key art depicts Tifa and Aerith beside Sephiroth instead of Cloud and Zack.

[@DillonMeyer]

One thing I caught during this was when he was swimming in the river and was explaining you can swim in the river and the ocean, he kinda reveals that there "will _maybe_ be a Submarine materia" at 29:10 Sounds like we're goin' underwater in this game already, and that it won't just be saved for part 3.

[@TheKinety]

The idea of the decisions you make through dialogue and such, having an effect on who you end up with on a date. Alone that gives so much replay value. And so in touch with the original and even more so. With every new info that comes out about rebirth, more and more confident and happy I get. Nothing will replace FF7 og as my favorite, but this is shaping up to be a contender.

[@Jenovadeath86]

Just here to say, thanks Max for keeping the first thumb print on the info that I find for the ff7 universe and elsewhere.💪🏻

[@DanteLinkX]

If I had a dollar for every time the translator said "chocobo" in that cute voice

[@mortified0]

The jump in graphical fidelity from Remake to Rebirth is insane. Character models in that game were incredible but they look even better here. The environments aren't even comparable. Not having a last-gen version really allowed to team to go nuts

[@umphreak9999]

You could even see it just going from PS4 Remake to PS5 Intergarde, that's still the biggest/best "next-gen upgrade" of all the big PS4 exclusives, IMO. Made me convinced that when they started over development in-house, they basically made it a ps5 game that they smushed down and unloaded textures to get it into a steady 30 fps PS4 game. All those unloaded textures weren't bugs, they were choices

[@christophercisco7454]

This game looks incredible. I did notice that in the open areas to explore there didn't seem to be a lot of enemy encounters. I just hope that even though it's vastly more open, your character levels and scaling arent throttled by controlled, intentional battles. That would ruin the open exploration for me. We need to be able to fight when we want.

[@winterwolf2164]

At 7:30, anyone else notice how the game covers blend together background-wise? Should be the same with part 3. Was just thinking how cool it would be if Square adapted a version of Loveless into Part 3 as an extra, completely optional, event.

[@nemi9217]

The blue cover is for Crisis Core Reunion. So if I were to guess, the next cover would be dominantly red, we already see a little bit of red starting to grow onto the rebirth logo, so I feel like we got a good idea of what it’ll look like in the final entry

[@technogale]

It's so funny, pleasant, and contagious to watch Max dying and feeling more alive than ever at the same time with every single piece of new information we get from FFVII Rebirth.

[@YukiMizuno]

57:58 - I noticed this shot right here is really unusual. I can tell the location is Wutai (that's obvious), but this shot they show here looks more like a helmet than some sort of building. And I can think of only one character who would have a hemlet like that, and he's not even from FF7. Which makes me want to question many things; we know FF5 Gilgamesh goes through dimensions and appears in most games as a cameo after 5. He was never in OG FF7 before though... Could he be a summon? Is he a side character? Did Hildibrand follow him?! (Obviously not, but it would be funny)

[@nocturnalscotsman]

Good eye, I didn't even notice the helmet resemblance. Quick theory in my head is whether that could be related to the Gold Saucer stage play, perhaps more Asian themed than medieval this time? You do see Yuffie wearing something like a Japanese festival garb at the Gold saucer in the recent rebirth trailer, so I wonder if one of the entertainment areas is new and perhaps an early nod to Wutai. Would love to see Gilgamesh get a chance to retroactively show up in FF7 tbh😆

[@YukiMizuno]

@@nocturnalscotsman That could be possible!

[@japhethjao9866]

Seeing red xiii ride a chocobo made me much more happy 😂

[@Cloofinder]

Im so hyped up. I'm honestly happy for a remake of the entire game in general, so if we don't get any extra content on Vincent or Cid. I'm still content as can be. If we get surprised for any extra content post rebirth or the third installment, then awesome!! So as every max video begins with... LETS GOOOOO!!! Also, i suspect Chadley is looking for someone, perhaps soneone who wears a red coat and loves Dumapples lol.