This Is War - 30 Seconds to Mars - Final Fantasy Music Video

[@DrewM1788]

I just wanted to say that every few months or so I come by here to read new comments on this video. Over 7 years later and still the amount of kindness and support I see in the comments blows my mind. I don't think I've ever seen another video with a comment thread so positive and heartwarming. It's especially cool to see that many of you grew up on this video (and man does it make me feel old). Having a little girl of my own now, it means that much more to me. So again, thank you for everything you all have said over the years. I read every comment and they make my day better every time. - Andrew Meduri

[@coopzilla5471]

Andrew Meduri you the man

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I just randomly came across comments I left on this video from years ago. One of them from 6 years ago. Remarkable.

[@dominic667]

i also come like once every year to come and check this amazing video out

[@MXGGRIMZ]

We still here

[@r3dpimi3nta23]

Hey bro, you must create more videos 😀

[@degetei5287]

I found this gem when I was 11 years old in 2009. This AMV still gets me every time.

[@JaDanBar97]

Hello twin 😂

[@monicadeambrosdi4060]

Me too

[@shiroinui1067]

Me too Haha

[@r0wku_]

Oh geez, me too hahaha

[@maurocampbell7834]

Me too bro

[@Stephanie-vf2bp]

Cloud's scream... the timing... I still have tears trickling down.

[@TanyaH97]

2019 and this is still the best amv in existence

[@illiaghoxt7054]

2021

[@TanyaH97]

@@illiaghoxt7054 still the best

[@Haqimharris]

may 2023 here, still loving this after 13 years.

[@elgatorams8965]

2024 🤘

[@Reb0rnKnight]

Checking in April 2022. Remember watching this when I was a young kid after beating Crisis Core. A lifetime has gone by and I suddenly remembered it. Still made me shed a tear. Hope it lives on.

[@jasoncloud718]

I'm almost thirty and I remember back in high school this is the only thing running through my mind. this is just pure awesomeness even until now im glad its still here.

[@bluestrela]

bruh i used to watch this years ago and i cried

[@coldcs2]

pse

[@marcusmiguel1421]

same same

[@ha_y_nspartan8164]

Honestly, I did too.

[@divingcheatingflamingo3270]

Never watched or played but remember this

[@Ghosted676]

Even after 12 years this is my favourite amv ever

[@patricksalazar6949]

Good taste you have.

[@ahmetkaplan8732]

İf you seen this after these years you are a LEGEND.

[@ASpookyWitch]

I remember finding this when I was in 9th grade, sooooo long ago. This is by far the best AMV I will ever watch and I continue to tel this to my friends to this day. Always my favorite, never remove this! It's gold!

[@NotFlu]

Ditto ..... T_T

[@SoraLover1994]

2:45 onward... that part hits me... SO hard in ways that you can't even imagine, even if I didn't have the knowledge of Crisis Core, it was just timed so amazingly well... and it hurts... You definitely did amazing on this for it to be such an older GMV. :D

[@abyssenjoyer]

Discovered this about 10 years ago... So nostalgic, im teary eyed

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I'm not exactly sure why I was reminded of this video. I haven't watched it in years and each time I come back it's better than I remember.

[@Raging_Raven951]

With rebirth coming out in a week, I came back to watch this again. Still hits me the same as the first time I saw it. Thank you for this video, honestly!

[@hanm3172]

I really truly grew up on this video, my dad showed this to me when I was a kid and I went around ages 6-10 telling everyone how my favorite song was called 'this is war' and it was so cool. Rewatching it is like reliving my childhood. I always eventually end up back at this video, it feels like a piece of me.

[@hanm3172]

I know that I'm going to be coming back to this video for the rest of my life

[@Twilight-Shawty]

This is so real

[@slendrrr]

This song came on the radio today, the nostalgia I felt is indescribable. Hadn't heard it in years, immediately thought of this video. Watched it for the first time when I was twelve. Still so good.

[@adittya9002]

ohh the nostaligia :')

[@hollylarson8531]

The Zack and Cloud scene where Zack is talking to Cloud always gets me. From the on, I'm just a sobbing mess. That's how good this is! I'm so glad that Final Fantasy was created. This is my favorite video game franchise ever! It's been five years since I first found this video, and every time it gets me at the same part. That's how well this video is made! Great job!👍🏼👍🏼❤❤

[@carlcawile]

I watched this back in 2012, and God this takes me back. Now that there will be a FFVII Remake I remember this video suddenly. Hope you are having a great time of your life! Still thanks for making this great video!

[@xX0pTiKVisRXx]

I'm back 10 years later, all because I wanted to show my mate the video that has changed my life so much, and I found I had a comment from back then. Still crazy how much this video still affects me and how I've grown with it.

[@mafierry]

I commented 10 years ago and this AMV still gets to me. Amazing job ❤

[@francislloydjustecia5468]

I was 9 years old when I first watch this. Back then I make sure to watch this once or twice a day. 12 years later, I still go back to this. 😭

[@Zigtyr]

Still the best music video ever made. Bar none. The nostalgia only amplifies the feels...

[@nemaimena5646]

Man I was watching this video all the time when I was 10-11 years old.I'm almost 19 now, time flies so fast.

[@Kaiel93]

I came across this video years ago and I still find myself coming back to it. I'm older now and have come across a lot of problems and obstacles so I'm really glad to know that this video will always be here, one of my constants in life no matter what changes I have to face.

[@zstoops1]

10 years later and still the best AMV I've ever seen.

[@kaiiboraka]

I just re-remembered this video while going through and introducing my wife to the FF7 compilation And I legit haven't cried so hard in years This will always be one of my most favorite things ever made I love you for this So Dadgum Much

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

what did she think of the video?

[@mingo1383]

I remember discovering this when it came out 14 years ago, to this day this is one of the most well put together AMV's I've ever seen in my life. Up there with Ichigo vs Grimmjow goodbye by sr-71.

[@brigittebudd6941]

one of my fave videos of all time! I LOVE this! TY Andrew, I always come back to this one and share it rerlentlessly. a well deserved 5,000,000

[@Thelevelupshow]

+Brigitte Budd Thanks Brigitte! That really means a lot to me. - Andrew

[@milesbetta]

I used to Rollplay FF7 on Bebo back in the days, and it was videos like these that I would finish school to come home and just play on repeat. To any one these days it would seem bizarre and weird. I'm now Engaged, I have my own house and 3 children. Times are great. ❤ Hope everyone who reads this is flourishing in life, and if you aren't! Just know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. God bless👊🏻

[@Droogle]

After 7 years, I've finally remastered This Is War and you can find it on our new gaming channel. I did my very best to keep the remaster as a frame by frame clone of the original, but entirely with HD or upscaled videos. I hope you guys like it just as much as you enjoyed the original. Also, we'd really appreciate it if you guys could subscribe to our new gaming channel once you watch the video. We have several other music videos as well as tons of gaming content for you all the check out there. Thanks! - Andrew Meduri

[@RhirazVhayar]

Wow its almost 2025 and this gem still reminds me of 2010... Im so thankful i found this gem back then and got into Final Fantasy by it

[@fernandoleturiagolabek5172]

I kind of miss these random AMV using footgae from our favourite videogames from the late 90´s and 00´s

[@squishyfliffy5724]

Dude I watched this video when I was 10yrs old in 2009, now I'm 21 and i still love it, brings back to many memories TwT

[@osama913]

2020: I can bet no one is listening this Amv in 2020 other then true fans ❤️ Thank you Andrew for making this awesome AMV 😍🔥

[@blaineveron2395]

Still watching this in April 2021! awesome vid!

[@Gabryal77]

Noctis looks like he's going to be a badass

[@YoungPhenix]

And then...he actually was. go figure

[@FagatronUchiha]

Oof if only you knew

[@killereria9945]

Rip nyx❤

[@ahmadmann]

You are a hero Zack ....

[@ivanarana2630]

teared up at the end. very inspirational.. at the end of the day, we all have what it takes to be a hero..

[@sharkyak2506]

Amen

[@josesantana3732]

Best amo of all times thank you so much you don’t know what a pice of my childhood this video is!!

[@BlueSpiritFire1]

I'm so glad this is still around. I must've first found this about ten years ago now? For some reason watching it again has brought me to tears. I guess the nostalgia just hit me like a truck. I always remember that blend of Cloud's scream with the song, the buildup and the crescendo, with the scenes from Advent Children. Many amvs that were beloved and core to my growing up are gone, but I can't describe the relief and joy I felt knowing this was still up.

[@alexandrahill7950]

This amv was perfect. Amazing in every way possible. Good job, love.

[@warlion2618]

Anyone else cry at the end of final fantasy crisis core?

[@Suthatthuvi-g1u]

Make so sad :(

[@Nana-fv8vp]

Better ask who did not TT

[@fangwolfdemon]

You're a psychopath if you dont :(

[@Leeroythebirb]

I've seen this video probably a thousand times, and I still love it. From start to finish. I honestly consider this one of my favorite music videos of all time.

[@quynhrostron338]

Being a hardcore Final Fantasy fan, Nicely done sir.

[@CristinaGarcia-xr9lw]

Awensome this video when cloud scream with the song i love it

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I guess I'm going to leave this comment here for me to find in a year or two when I inevitably come back to watch this video again. Hi me!

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

re-seen this yet?

[@justadawn5314]

Hi daddyo

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Hello again.

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

@@justadawn5314 'Sup

[@edoardorodolfi5023]

2022, still here. Still one of the best MV I’ve seen.

[@LilyPenguin123]

this was epic bro

[@ZygmanFroid]

Watched this like six years ago with one of my closest and most cherished friends. Watching it after all this time... holy shit.. I miss the living shit out of that guy. never a dull bloody moment with him. very fitting for the friendship we shared XD this one's to you my old friend. (raises drink)

[@rubenscott3972]

I feel you me and my best friends would hear it all the time

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

may i ask what happened?

[@dapoerayu89]

Man, Zack's death scene always make my heart broke

[@ctxdd]

I still come back and watch this every so often. It's just genuinely so incredibly done. I've never even played the game/story that it's about but I can feel the whole story, the emotion, everything. Sick job my dude

[@GrUnboxer]

k..that's it..soon 2014 and i'm still crying with this video

[@ShInIgAmI0027]

Can someone remake this...? This is so fucking awesome and it needs to be in HD!!!

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

It has

[@eagle5818]

@@generictimestamperstupendi9021 Where can i find it?

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

@@eagle5818 check the fucking description/pinned comment

[@DrewM1788]

Hey everyone. This is DrewM1788 here, the creator of this video. If you're watching this video, you might be into gaming. If that's the case, you should definitely check out my new channel, The Level Up Show. It's a gaming dedicated channel with original content from myself and my team. We also do a live gaming talk show Sundays at 10 PM ET on www.twitch.tv/thelevelupshow. Please check us out if you get the chance. Thanks everyone!

[@ImranPangilinan]

Nice! I remembered when you first uploaded this video I was still waiting for FF versus XIII... years later still same shit.

[@templar13130]

Please sir I watch since 2010 Please Re resolution 720p or something :D I beg u please

[@VideoNinja117_Plays]

Imz Deodex I saw this the year it came out and thought it was amazing. Today I still do, and yes still await now FF XV

[@brigittebudd6941]

+Andrew Meduri wow never knew, I just subbed :)

[@ashofoblivion]

+Imz Deodex Im just wondering how many people remember that this game trailer came out long before 13 ever came out. ORIGINALLY this game was conceptualized in like 2003. 12 years later....

[@justcallmelizzl]

This video introduced me to 30 Seconds to Mars and even though I already knew the name of Final Fantasy, it also made me buy my first FF game. Today I have been on several concerts, own all the albums of 30STM and FF has become my favorite game series. I still come back to this video years later. I am studying Game Art and my "little" dream is it to maybe work for Square Enix one day. I hold so much love for their lore, world- and storybuilding, characters and music that I cannot put it in words

[@pkjojos1]

Clouds such a badass :D!

[@Roxxberry11]

2:40...IT'S OKAY TO CRY!

[@stevenhoover8077]

omg :O i did not know that cloud looked up to zack

[@erickavila8807]

This AMV is sooooo EPICCCC and TIMELESS. I as well discovered this back in 09 and gets me all the time too.

[@matsuichikage692]

0:11 Saskue is that you?

[@GermanCubeTV]

This is Versus you dumb -_-

[@matsuichikage692]

I know trying to fool u

[@vurthevurvur6385]

Matsu Ichikage get out of here non gamer

[@SomaSchiffer]

@@GermanCubeTV this is FF XV you fool uwu jk xD

[@F0XHunter]

Certified Hood Classic

[@mjgamer13]

Godly

[@FSUPistolPete]

God this this still goes so fucking hard 13 years later. Absolutely amazing.

[@dmarozlike4596]

JUSTO LAS COSAS QUE IMAGINO ESTA BUENA EL ANIME DIBUJO O PELICULA COMO SEA :D

[@akatsunasaso]

2019? xd

[@shadowscaper1285]

like whos watching in 2015

[@johnpsarouthakis8575]

2019

[@lucagaddini5774]

2020

[@kaylantomboy]

Never delete this!!! Gives big nostalgia

[@MichaelSommaCooper]

A warning

[@KarmaDefender]

liek dis if u cri ery tim

[@Raging_Raven951]

Holy crap 7 years since I last been here and this video still makes me get all emotional, I love this so much thanks for making it

[@goingoverload6096]

THE VIDEO THAT RAISED ME

[@Genesis2Tigerstar]

This video...wow....I barely knew what final fantasy was when I arrived here, back in 2011. It was the first time I had heard the song. It just blew me away. I was sitting there, in a dark place. I was procrastinating homework and stumbled upon the video. I literally just stared at the screen, transfixed. I turned it up, put on my headphones, and just watched intently. When it showed Zack dying and Cloud screaming, I cried....for a good long time. The song...the video...Just perfect. Bravo. Bravo.

[@Kristinakatcat]

I have found many songs by 30 seconds to mars to make me feel alive again..

[@capibaradeluxe9193]

I never had a console to play any game in the Final Fantasy franchise, but when I found this video I felt such a great emotional connection with all the characters and settings that were unknown to me that it was permanently etched in my memory. This video has more emotional value for me than many movies, series, books or any other piece of culture that was part of my childhood. Thank you very much, becouse of your video I spent hours imagining stories for these characters, for those cities, decerts, tecniques, swords, battles of epic proportions and all of the others elements in this. Thank you, and I hope someday to be able to play all these games and finally know what the official story is. The day I can do it I assure you that I will not stop thinking about this video and how it planted the idea of ​​Final Fantasy in my head, that for whatever the reason, persist in my mind till today. (Sorry for the bad english)

[@Amarthie]

Seen them live twice, they were great.... no awesome both times. Great band, if you get the opportunity to see them take it up! Best band I've seen in my life and seeing them will make you speechless.

[@PrairieFrost]

I can't believe its been eleven years since I first I stumbled upon this video. I really like thirty second to mars but I didn't know anything about FF back then. However, this video was so amazing that I found myself checking it out. I'm still not a gamer but I thank you for introducing this gem to me.

[@bankai_1312]

One of the best edits I've ever seen in my life thus far.

[@lightningjem3132]

it's December 11th 2020 and I just turned 21... I grew up with the Final Fantasy games and movies. This video has just brought back the exciting feeling I felt when I watched the stories for the first time. I never heard this song and its not really my style, but I cried. The overwhelming and familiar feeling I'm experiencing just makes me love the series more.

[@Naurdagnor]

Having played Crisis Core and knowing what Zack means to Cloud, the whole damn adventure about Angelo...and then this absolute gem of an amv is why I keep Zack as my PfP. He was the perfect character for tying all of FF VII together, because he is just so much of all of it without the question as to why he has to choose sides. Ultimately, he chooses to defend both Angelo, and Cloud, even knowing Sephiroth is a friend. He hopes for the best! Though he doesn't get to see it at that end, he knows good will overcome evil.

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

Such a great video. I remember being an emotional teenager when I found it. I had just finished Crisis Core on my psp 2000, and spent my days listening to 30 Seconds to Mars. This video brings memories of three different portions of my mid teen years all at the same time. A great video indeed.

[@rogue8903]

I wasn't even born yet when this game was made... But damn I really love Final Fantasy. The characters will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Tairou]

Took forever to find this vide again, one of the best fanmade music videos I have seen, and one of my favorite Final Fantasy vids out there. Love your work, hope to see more.

[@Tairou]

Video*

[@claireburgess9767]

I've been watching your vid for years and it's still one of the best out there. Cloud screaming in it really sells it. That is a tortured scream and I think the first time I watched this it brought tears to my eyes. Congrats on such a good vid 👍

[@daniellegardner3481]

I've played just about every final fantasy game there is and seen the movies... I freaking love this. Really makes you feel like your part of the fighting.. My fave final fantasy video 😍

[@shaiwilliams63]

Been coming back to this video for YEARS. Best amv hands down dude

[@gamerchords4526]

I first watched this video over a decade ago; it hit me in the feels back then, and it hits me just the same now 👏🏼😔 amazing stuff!!! 🤩

[@brrrbttt4085]

Wow its been 12yrs and this video is still amazing.

[@bebesop9588]

You Sir, I tip my hat off to you. Wonderful video, very well done. Almost knocked me off the first time I saw it. This video actually turned me into a Jared Leto fan. I thank you.

[@LadyVedder]

I haven't seen this in about 6 months, figured I'd revisit. So hello! It's as awesome as it was the day I discovered it

[@enemiesofjune]

The attempt to present almost each and every main clashing protagonists in all of the Final Fantasy franchise, as well as the inclusion of Noctis, is commendable. This is the best made video of this song I've seen (minus my bias on Final Fantasy). I'm guessing the 256 people will know what The Void looks like.

[@ShadowCat360]

i haven't had my laptop for months and finally today I got on it and notice a lot of my videos that I add to favorite were deleted. this was one of them even though I download the vid along time ago im not happy when videos are deleted from youtube. im glad you put it up for others to enjoy it. thanks :D

[@clairetheviolinist]

Ahh one of the best videos on youtube for sure. I saw this when I was a kid, and even now, it still takes me back to that time of imagination and simplicity. Thank you for still keeping it on.

[@sashamackereth9590]

1. Thanks alot for reminding us of the final fantasy 15 we never got. 2. Damn you good the timing for everything is perfect.

[@princejoebraganza325]

ive never get tired of this song no matter how many times i watched it. it still rocks

[@ZethAF]

4 years later... still one of the best tributes i have ever seen if not the best

[@ArcMaple]

Back here again, I watched and commented on this 7 years ago and rewatching it now, I still love it to bits! The video, especially the cutting together of the FF7/Cloud/Zack/Sephiroth storyline is better than most current movies! It gives me the feels to this day. Amazing work, thank you Andrew. It just makes me want to go back and play all the parts of the FF7 Saga and makes me want the remakes and for the story to continue forever.

[@SapphicSerpent]

After having watched this again - my previous comment was just from the memory of the vid - I totally understated it. You're brilliant :) Thank you for making it!

[@pecpudim]

bro, this video still fucking exist, god damn, this is part of my childhood, i'm not kidding, AFTER 10 YEARS I STILL REMEMBER OF THIS VIDEO I LOVE YOU MAN

[@Mantoros123]

This Video with this Song really warms my Heart. i got this Amv over 10 years in my favorite list and i love it. I dont find the words to say how much. This song has accompanied me through so many difficult times and first love affairs, but also sadness. When I saw this video, I felt so much what overwhelmed me and what gave me ground again in a sometimes cold world. I thank you so much for that! Everything I write is not even enough.

[@NuttinWrongWithCandy]

so amazingly edited video, fits perfectly every part of the song it gave me the chills similar to fighting the final bosses of the final fantasy series,

[@probelerpropro]

Childhood memories at its finest, thanks alot for this video, makes me emotional ever time, even after all these years.