What Made Final Fantasy 7 A BIG DEAL?

[@mrwillham5393]

Before my father passed away when i was a child ffvii and ffviii were the last two games me and him would sit and play together everyday after school. I was about 7 years old then and i remember one day my dad must have been playing for awhile and i suppose he forgot to save because well.. i was playing around and unplugged the playstation andddd.. lets just say i didnt get to have any fun for a few days after that 😅.. so for me final fantasy 7. And the final fantasy games altogether are one of the few vivid memories i have left of me and my father and that makes it hold a special place in my heart and ill always feel a certain closeness to him even though he's gone everytime i play them.

[@CBielski87]

i'm not crying youre crying

[@adgato75]

Your dad should have thrown away 8 and gotten tactics.

[@jimmyquick315]

I would like to purchase this game for kind sir 👍

[@mrwillham5393]

@@adgato75 oh he had tactics as well. He had almost all of the final fantasy games

[@ryankelly3743]

adgato75 ff8: am I a joke to you?

[@jamess5872]

The last gift my grandfather bought me was a Playstation 1 with Final fantasy 7, 8 & 9. He watched me play them everyday as he battled cancer and would love the stories so much so that he had me rush through the games at low levels so he could continue the story faster especially when Ariel died. He passed away in the hospital as I was halfway through FF9, I never finished that game without him.

[@KaiserDragonTV]

At least he got to Exp the BEST story with you FF7 by far!

[@amerrill351]

@@KaiserDragonTV ff9 is such a greater game lol

[@briansantos3698]

7,8,9 🙏🏽 Your grandpa is cool 💯

[@KaiserDragonTV]

amerrill351 it was good and progressive in graphics but not by any means a better lore or story.

[@KaiserDragonTV]

Captain Caveman those were good fighting games lol

[@mtl4386]

My first experience of this game was when I went over to a friends to shoot his new air gun rifle. I went upto his room and he was playing this new game he bought called "final fantasy 7", to be honest I didn't like the name but watched him finish up what he was doing. My first image was the menu screen and he was equipping characters and selecting which materia to use. At this point I was memorized solely by the pictures of the characters, all the different choices of what you could do in the menu, and then as simple as it sounds, the bleeps when selecting and going back... after about an hour of purely in the menu came the first battle...! Wow, my world had changed. I then jumped on my BMX and peddled my heart out to get back home and gather my car washing equipment. I then spent the weekend washing cars to make enough to go out (on a school day) to buy my copy. I then tragically came down with a "flu" and spent the week exploring the world of Final Fantasy 7. Great, great times.

[@JasonLudeli]

That's an amazing story! For me it was my mom's boyfriend. I watched him play it for weeks. I tried myself, but couldn't read. So I learned how to read just so I could play it! I definitely played that game more than was healthy! Started at age 7 on the PC and finally beat it on PlayStation at age 12. By the time I beat it I already had FF8 - 10, but 7 was the most important to me still.

[@jacobisranch]

Major W

[@depressedkermit5337]

Damn son. How many cars did you wash to buy a game?

[@DipsyMum29]

Awww 😊

[@ryanfowlow8034]

So sad you caught that flu. You must have really missed going to school and sadly playing ff7 all day instead 😉 cough cough

[@cita_m]

Red was not an expeiriment. He was experimented on, but he's not a product of Hojo. He is just the last of his kind.

[@ishe728]

That's true i was confused on that too

[@winKoneR]

@Captain Caveman There is a vast amount of years (don't remember how long) between the end of FF7 and the after-credits cgi sequence you're talking about and we the players have no idea what happened during that time frame. You can assume that he became a hermaphrodite but one might find more probable that Nanaki wasn't actually the last of his kind as everyone thought so.

[@Rolexenforcer]

@@winKoneR agreed, i believe he found a gf somewhere

[@Ztsakkeus]

He just didnt spoil it lol :DD

[@ikec2894]

@Captain Caveman I don't know all the details but apparently there was a side story where Hojo had two others of his kind. That side story was dropped from the final game. Also in mobile prequel game "before crisis" Red had regular interactions with a female of his kind. Here's hoping they bring back these sub plots in the remakes.

[@charliegaudino]

When you scroll through the comments and see so many people sharing memories about the game, it really shows you the power this game had. I was 16 when it came out and I remember wanting a PlayStation for this very game. There was so much hype with this game coming out, almost equal to the hype of the remake. Which probably makes it even bigger for the time since the internet wasn't buzzing with social media. I think a lot of that hype carried over in our nostalgia for FF7. It holds so many good memories for gamers and mix that with the time period of gaming also being such a memorable time with the transition of 3D games, you have this combustible feeling of amazing mind blowing joy. It is like FF7 is a time capsule for that feeling.

[@GCharlesE]

Yes! Dude, exactly.

[@Matanumi]

Never had any Nostalgia for the game only bet it last year. It indeed stands the test of time. I hate jrpgs and wasn't a fan of chrono triggers gameplay yet this game did ATB so well. Also materia system kicked ass. Couldn't get into another FF

[@melmagallon6233]

Very well said! You got me beat by one year. I just turned 15 when it came out. Still to this day, my favorite game of all time.

[@jeremywynohradnyk4993]

I can remember seeing it displayed at eB games and salivating . I was 12 when it came out and I still remember opening it, reading the awesome instruction manual, and me and my friends gathered around playing.

[@64BitGaymer]

My eye twitches whenever he says 'Midger'

[@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev]

But it's like his most favorite game ever! /sarcasm

[@mosesdouglas4325]

MidGAR !

[@jong2359]

@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev lol

[@devilsigh9261]

“MiDgEr”

[@ManChild1980]

That Midger thing bothers me to. Probably more than it should. And he calls ut cyberpunk when it is Steampunk. I think he is lying when he says he played it.

[@tywright9196]

Falcon: “Midger” Me: “no.”

[@gang-ridertv5433]

When Falcon claimed this "SethRogeneroth" guy was the best villain in games of all time, I immediately thought of you sir.

[@mrragecage9312]

I scrolled down to comment "Midger" and seen your comment. Lmao.

[@MINONIVEK1]

I think he must intentionally mispronounce things to troll

[@drcidd8153]

Potayto Potahto

[@cam9144]

Dr Cidd - potmidger

[@myenemysenemy1043]

It’s weird how FF7’s world is a futuristic dystopia but feels lifted right out of the 90s

[@JD-go2qj]

The game WAS made in the 90s so duh 🙄 🤷

[@ArtzieMusic]

midger?? lol

[@richardzeifert38]

Cuz midgar is technically a JJ Tolkien trademark

[@richardzeifert38]

And KZbin probably wouldn't allow him to say midgar

[@Jfray252]

@@richardzeifert38 No, he just didn't played the game and read a script. Midgar is a deviration from Midgard one of the nine plains, or worlds, in old Norse mythology. It is called midgard in The Lord of the Rings and they couldn't have the right because it is a mythology term.

[@MrMackievelli]

@@richardzeifert38 no, just no.

[@yourerightdawg]

Midrrr

[@XBret64]

Omigosh! I'm so psyched that you used a picture of my Cloud cosplay at 00:13 . I like how you said "Decades even.." because next month it will be exactly 10 years since I debuted the costume. A lot of cosplayers were inspired to make similar cosplays since then but somehow you still managed to use mine. Thank you, this really made my day!

[@EaTStu]

I actually saw this cosplay and wondered how the heck you made it when i was like 4

[@XBret64]

@@EaTStu 😆 yeah it was a long time ago! Thanks for the story!

[@XBret64]

@@EaTStu it was made mostly of cardboard and craft foam and reinforced with plastic mesh, the real trick was really making sure everything was in proportion to everything else. It took me the better part of 6 months to create!

[@EaTStu]

@@XBret64 That's some crazy dedication. Looks great too

[@screechys]

I thought it was the picture before lol

[@drevsgames1172]

So glad that guy from Kingdom Hearts got his own game 🙌🏻

[@tylerrichardson3034]

Not just the guy, they brought Aerith over to this one too.

[@josephaviles8289]

Bro u made me lol so hard

[@reivunrantington9425]

Jokes like this always crack me up no matter how much I see em lmao

[@RaikenXion]

says every huge Disney fan.

[@gearsoftime9375]

I was actually that person when I was younger

[@eugeneenriquez2691]

5:00 The first time I walked over that mini marsh/desert area on the world map when I was a kid, I saw a long snake like shadow slithering everywhere. At first I thought it was some kind of background aesthetic but oh boy was I wrong. The moment it bolted at me and initiated a battle, a huge Snake was fighting me. Seeing how it towers over Cloud and Co. I knew this was not a battle I was meant to win at lower levels. So I had to plan my way around the snake and reach my destination. Not to mention that cutscenes when you cross the marsh/desert where you see the same snake impaled into a tree and how the party mentions that it was Sephiroth's doing. As a kid I thought, "Dam... I am in way~ over my head."

[@chrisandreas3670]

memories

[@KingLewin]

I tried to run across it, it was terrifying when the snake chased you.

[@blackg450]

*When someone pronounced "Midgar" Midger* I'm gonna say the M word!

[@mirumotsuyasuke8327]

Like "Edgar"?

[@CarlosGarcia2]

Gameranxs is the BuzzFeed of video games.

[@xGhostCat]

Also said Cait Sith wrong!

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Midger, midget n wo

[@PlaystationThree60]

I was triggered the whole video

[@claude-alexandretrudeau1830]

Falcon: explaining why FF7 is so great. me: He's using a Mythril Saber while fighting Bottomswell. Didn't steal the Hardedge in Shinra headquarters, huh?

[@edo1974]

Claude-Alexandre Trudeau There ain’t no going back 😓

[@amysamantha5514]

My last replay was about 2 years ago and I must have spent about an hour trying to steal that bloody sword 😂

[@xEdwinx]

Luck up bruh.

[@jayson546]

“What makes Final Fantasy 7 a big deal?” said only people who haven’t played Final Fantasy 7.

[@luigi369]

Torchlight31 even some of the background art hasn’t aged the best, not because it doesn’t look good, but more so that sometimes (at least I) can’t tell where to go sometimes

[@guilhermegmoreir]

More like "said any people that aren't blind fanboys that overrates this game"

[@amerrill351]

Ive beaten it a couple of times. 9 its by far the better game though

[@jacksputrid]

Haha right. Their the “oh you don’t know” people

[@armandvanzyl4937]

@Captain Caveman An opinion, by definition, can't be wrong. It's just an opinion.

[@GabrielShakkori]

"Midgehr"

[@sukitrebek]

"Mocko"

[@SuzakusLancelot]

Mocko is the correct way to pronounce Mako in that universe

[@sukitrebek]

@@SuzakusLancelot Yeah turns out you're right. I played FFVII when it first came out and have been pronouncing it wrong for more than 20 years.

[@cyniic]

I remember way back where we would be showing off our save files in our friends house to see who reached lvl 99 first, who earned all the final weapons, and so on. FF7 was a huge part of my childhood for sure.

[@ramstine3495]

You didn't have the internet in the palm of your hands to find all the secrets, to boot.

[@christophermccoy2116]

I worked on getting level 99 on just about all final fantasy games and yes no internet made them extremely hard to find everything

[@bluelawnchair]

I'm right there with you, this is one of the only games where I felt a sense of accomplishment because I discovered everything on my own. I still remember beating Emerald and Ruby Weapon for the first time.

[@RaikenXion]

Same, FF7 is for me the greatest game on PS1 and one of the greatest games ever made next to Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 64 and Super Metroid. Its a masterpiece of a game.

[@geoleo965]

The tumorous, Popeye-like arms of the characters, obviously... I dearly miss 'em.

[@jb-ll4nz]

I would love if in a setting in remake you can bring back the arms... Just the arms lol

[@RaikenXion]

Lol i always called them playmobil figures, even though they were nothing like that, it was weird but i understood it, they just didnt have the graphical capability bk then, but the game itself pushed the PS1 to it's limit.

[@dainmarriott342]

I was at school when this game first came out. Someone sold it me for 20 quid because he couldn't get past the first boss, even though it tells you how to do it in the manual. It really was a special game at the time, which I don't think any other game has had the same appeal to it. I can play it time and time again and it always brings so much nostalgia.

[@georg2039]

The best game I've ever played so far. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I have a blast of memories around playing this game back in '97.

[@REALCatJesus]

Falcon: Final Fantasy VII is one of my favorite games of all time. Also Falcon: Midgur K-rain: You sit on a throne of lies

[@trubblegum5787]

Good ol' Midgrrr

[@destroyscenefags]

Trubblegum shoutoutbmy boy Midger

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Falcron can't pronounce shit

[@chiragshetty02]

@@WtfKZbin_YouSuck lol Falcron? The irony is real

[@canes0026]

Midgur? Really, bro? Damn, Falcon that was not good.

[@JacubWhite38]

I might have misheard but he also said 'Aerith'

[@DarceyRecords]

Andy Newman her name was originally Aerith in the Japanese version. Her name was changed to Aeris when the game was released in the west. So technically Aerith is correct and will be her name in the new remake. I’m not too sure why the name was changed. Maybe someone else can fill us in on that one. EDIT: Midgur? Really? Smh.... I cringed every time he said that.

[@JacubWhite38]

@@DarceyRecords thank you for correcting me, I was unaware.

[@Zero-rq9ti]

Andy Newman Please, in the game it says Aerith, so therefore call her Aerith.

[@CloudStrife-rw8bj]

That wasn't very cash money of Falcon.

[@acutting11]

The part that truly blew me away as a teenager were the Summons. To have access to these badass cut scene, massively powerful attacks to use, really whenever you wanted, was such a game changer.

[@jakemoonwolf1079]

I can think of two big reasons why I wanted a remake.

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

😏

[@k.baller5140]

Barret's huge dangling balls?

[@james4401-]

This guy gets it

[@loreaver3882]

🤑

[@recess7]

Tifa and Tifa.

[@TheHeavenswake]

After beating the remake I'm going straight back and replaying the OG.

[@Abb0able]

You could watch the Machinabridged version too...faster and hillarious

[@sjwilson1079]

I still have it on my ps3 lol

[@domikarus5237]

I did the same

[@DnVFMVs]

For some odd reason no matter how good the graphics or story change in new ff7 it can never beat old ff7

[@paolocasilag5942]

@@DnVFMVs true

[@jaredrousselle3984]

The remake of Final Fantasy VII might actually be the first Final Fantasy game I pick up and play and yes that includes the original

[@Lastjustice]

Don't play the original. In general the 32/64 bit era is among the worst aged games in history. The polygons look like total ass and this game got by alot on it's visuals back in the day. People were blown away by the cutscenes and summons, but the regular graphics looks terrible. The story is needlessly convoluted and terribly overrated. Earlier entries like FF 4 and 6 aged much better, and have better characters worlds and stories.

[@sendo__]

@@Lastjustice while FF6 and 9 have better stories, it's ridiculous to discredit 7.

[@onelumpsum6594]

Final Fantasy 1 is great.

[@striderdante1191]

@@Lastjustice gameplay and story > graphics

[@tomk4632]

Haha me too. Think I might play the older ones now too. Kinda fell into the trap, huh?

[@elijahpree7046]

"Midgurr"

[@chaos_queen_1152]

Yeah it bothered me too.

[@edo1974]

Take your guitur, get in your cur, and get the hell outta hur

[@elijahpree7046]

@@edo1974 😂😂

[@eddesjardins489]

God damn Thank you it annoyed me soooo much!

[@ash1rose]

Final Fantasy VII is not only my favorite game but favorite story of all time for reasons that are too much to get into, and you did it more than justice in this brief video. Thank you.

[@michaelzaragoza942]

This game was the love of my childhood. When I first played it, i was hooked by the art style and story. After playing it a few times at a friends house, I started saving my allowance for a Playstation and this game; it took almost two years. I was so in love, I bought the Prima Strategy Guide for it and read it cover to cover long before I had enough money. When the day finally came, I had the game and console... but I forgot to buy a memory card too. It was a few weeks until my birthday, so I actually played the first couple of hours over and over and over again (even leaving my system on overnight to try and stretch how far I could go without saving; usually around Wall Market being my max). Finally, I got my card and I was able to save... and the rest is history! No other game inspired that kind of commitment in me as a child...

[@jstaylo2]

I’ve been a video game enthusiast for 28 years and FF7 is hands down my favorite game of all time. (Closely followed by tactics and VI).

[@pepe_nacho_5108]

jstaylo2 Same here. F7 is a masterpiece... also FF Tactics deserve a remastered version at least

[@TheDanieboy88]

you forgot xenogears and parasite eve

[@iskdude9922]

Mgs for me

[@PopeBruce]

You throw Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger in there and yep that's the list.

[@MrRandyMarsh1]

Ocarina of time

[@xenobestx8423]

Years from now, people will be calling Final Fantasy 7 Remake graphics “trash”.

[@youtubeistrash2]

Xeno Best X they already are. Having you seen how trash the textures are?

[@colewilder7353]

@Christian Tompkins shut it so e of us want the original with the old features and mechs just new graphics.

[@ReinhartLive]

@Christian Tompkins luckily for you the original FFVII is available on almost every platform AND we get a reimagined game. Everyone wins!

[@HZ_LionsDen]

@Christian Tompkins you can play the og game on PSN or PC with updated textures in that case.

[@colewilder7353]

They are what i call dumb much like the aholes who keep paying ea and treyarc and other cod makers...

[@HaTReDvsbrons01]

I mastered knights of the round so I could beat Ruby and emerald

[@MichaelWilliams-xs3bj]

Huh? Mastered? You get materia for it. Oh, you did it on ps4. Back in the day I wasted more hours than I care to tell trying to figure out how to make a chocobo that would cross land and water because a friend told me that there was such materia. He bought the guide book and at the time I was a purist. This game changed that. I wasn't gonna spend the time to level up all the materia to get the freebie master summon bs. Now, we can just take a couple of minutes to look up how to do all of this. I love the game because it was such a challenge and at the time it was the only game I had even seen that was 3 discs. This game is gonna be 30. The 1st disc ended when something happens to aerith or Aeris on my game. I shall wait until after the world map part at least before I buy it. It would p me off to only get where the remake part 1 ends

[@StuUngar]

Michael Williams If you go to the crater and fight those bouncy orange things and use a triple AP weapon. It’s not too difficult to max out knights of the round, altho its much easier to just stack your character with counter materias

[@Steven-mk4gg]

@@MichaelWilliams-xs3bj My buddy and I raced, and bred chocobos for literally 72 hours strait (we ate and slept in shifts,) 3 weekends in a row to get a Gold chocobo. (I think it was the Gold on that could get u everywhere anyway, it has been 20+ years eh.) Yea, the Ruby, and Emerald were sooooo were hard.

[@holokid]

@@Steven-mk4gg I hear ya breeding and racing chocobos. The chocobo race song is still in my head to this day.

[@zentoco]

@@Steven-mk4gg I only beat Ruby weapon, but I thought I was bad ass for doing it. And I used this wacky invention called the interwebnets back then to figure out how to breed a gold chocobo. Good times.

[@pedroluisroman1263]

This game changed my life... several times. I was a Senior in High School when I learned what an RPG was... it was the reason that I went out and got a Playstation. Many years later.... Here comes the remake and I was like... "Time to get a PS4......" Can't wait to play this with my kids this weekend... Let them know what a real freaking game is like!!!!

[@bingobongo1615]

Pedro Luis Roman The remake has nothing in common gameplaywise with the original and the story is an Hommage not a 1:1 recreation. I am sure you and your kids will like it though :)

[@pedroluisroman1263]

@@bingobongo1615 I played the Demo. It's more akin to FF XV which I also loved!

[@ryanjohnson8679]

Same here, was my first RPG experience

[@liam-n8098]

Vinnisl a stick to ps1 and 2d graphics then

[@sirdrake999]

After 15 hours of playing this game I can say that is one of the best games I have played, the retelling of the story is wonderful and just listening to the music emotionally takes me back to high school times, when i would rush home to play this game

[@MrBigChin1]

I can't stand the way he pronounces midgar as midgur. That's all 😂

[@adgato75]

Yeah , that threw me off. But he mispronounces stuff all the time , and I don't get why.

[@CartmansEvlTwin]

Or Mah-co instead of May-co?

[@bobrudolph5161]

That and Mako bothered me lol. I say it like the shark.

[@adgato75]

@ImPoopnRightNow The thing is , it doesn't seem to be a regional accent or any obvious reason. That is why it irritates me. Maybe he is a fucking text-to-speech bot , who knows.

[@RickyRicardo03]

Ya but he's not the only one saying it like that.

[@Chocobobob]

This game as a child Confused tf outta me As an adult I love it

[@phillyjackson45]

Already pre-ordered the digital deluxe edition. Can't wait to experience my first Final Fantasy.

[@stuart23969]

If they havent changed it loads u will love it, but I am talkin back wen it 1st came out because nothing was like it really, consoles and games have come so far since. Ff7 got me hooked wen I was 11,ff8 was good aswell and 9 was pretty amazing. This is a perfect game to get during lockdown, but I heard they doin the game in parts so u mite have to wait for the next parts to come out I ain't sure

[@skunkling]

Your first FF game!!!!! Bro!! Download a SNES emulator to your PC and download FFIV!!! Translated to English... Literally the 2nd best FF game of all time

[@skunkling]

@@stuart23969 yes, 3 part game All 60 bux each.. but they are making it open world in a sense with side quests. The first part for full complete is said to be a 45-55 hour game

[@stuart23969]

@@skunkling yea man I did have 1 n 2 n 5 n 6 on ps1 in like double CD packs but my m8 sold them all :( sick games tho well nostalgic

[@stuart23969]

@@skunkling il buy it wen it goes down a bit lol

[@vanpiisu88]

I played FF7 first time when I was 10 in 1998. Ever since experiencing the story, it's been my favorite game to this day. Nothing comes close and it still makes me cry. I can't wait to eventually see the whole game remade

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Makes me wish I was born earlier in the 90's so I could have childhood memories of this.

[@sergirodriguez1832]

0:03 : Europe and Australia: *laughs in quarantine fighting the final boss for the 6th time*

[@bobwardson4412]

nvm im dumb

[@sergirodriguez1832]

@@bobwardson4412 hahah yea i got mine the 2nd if im not mistaken, and i can tell u, IM OBSESSED

[@vansharora5859]

sergi rodriguez have you platinumed it yet, its trophy list looks pretty easy

[@sergirodriguez1832]

@@vansharora5859 i have no idea bcwhen i search on my trophies list the game doesnt appear on my ps4 so i have no idea i guess i will see on the 10th *shit i just edited this bc i forgot that u maybe didnt play the game I AM SO SORRY* didnt put any spoiler but still sry bro for spillin some beans

[@vansharora5859]

sergi rodriguez no worries, hahha, i didnt see it pre edited, thanks for editing it. I already had a bit of it spoiled before and i have been pretty pissed hahah :)

[@mrmacguff1n]

Where my *LEGEND OF DRAGOON* fans at

[@emeraldkat2167]

Right here!!

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

The only thing I didn't like about that game was that it had like 73 disks. :P

[@Gamedaughter1]

here and playing it on PS3

[@Redrumm]

The obvious rip-off that turned out great. Its the like the Equilibrium of The Matrix lol

[@xenogears4398]

We need a remake and a sequel

[@Portknocks]

Mid-Ger?

[@simplyhuman3982]

I'm still waiting on a sequel to legend of dragoon. Or a remake at this point.

[@LawrenceLatrellJacksonMcknight]

Me too

[@pmthedonutgirl5221]

Fricking hate that game bad memories of my ex too bad seemed like a good game lolll

[@BxBallinz]

I remember never being able to leave Midgar as a kid because I didn't know how to save the game. (Was my second video game ever so) Now in the REmake ill never leave Midgar. lol bro why?

[@Mihaszi]

wow bro, I could relate 100%. I was 8 years old and I thought this wasn't one game, but 4 diffrent games (because it was relased on 4 CDs)... and of course I didn't know about memory cards too!

[@milky_j]

Falcon: one of my favorite games of all time Also Falcon: can’t pronounce basic canonical pronunciations

[@adgato75]

I was waiting for Fah-nal Fain-teasy

[@Angedramon]

You'd have a hard time pronouncing words too if you had a beak. 🤣

[@adgato75]

@@Angedramon Lol , good point !

[@davidn7026]

*makes a game review channel and pronounces it "ghaeaeaaaeem"

[@tackydesign6064]

None of yall catching on that mispronouncing words makes yall comment more which helps the videos rankings algorithms (takes off tinfoil hat)

[@nicholaskinkaid]

Or people counter the algorithm by just liking 1 comment that criticizes the pronunciation (takes off 2 tinfoil hats)

[@jar5520]

That's why we came to the comment section bro, duhh

[@LEE-337]

*Hey there y’all! Welcome to Midgurrr! I’m reckon we’s gonna do some huntin’!*

[@gearsoftime9375]

Sure do luve huntin monsters

[@maverickbull1909]

Loooolll

[@64BitGaymer]

Y'all come back now for some sweet Mako tea

[@ChaosinFallout]

I remember going over to my friends house to play area 51 on his Playstation and on that was a demo of FFVII and from then on i was blown away.most of my friends were all about Nintendo but when i saw the beginning scene of FF7 i fell in love with the system. FF7 is what got me into Gaming for real

[@alexfamie5255]

Try the FFXIII trilogy..just be careful for lighting's return. Time based and hard AF

[@jonasjohnson9617]

Thats exactly how I came across ff7

[@ChaosinFallout]

@@alexfamie5255 ff13 is my least favorite. The story was bland and the characters other then lightning were forgettable. Only thing it had going was fighting. Im not the only person that has this opinion either which is probobly why you can purchase ff13 for cheaper then all thwbrest of the games.

[@alexfamie5255]

@@ChaosinFallout good for me then. 13-2 was the only ff to incorporate monsters as allies in battle and I really dig that mentality. Very high replay value. Plus the chocobo in battle brought a cool element too. And that's just my opinion and I respect yours too.

[@jar5520]

Same, got it for my 6th birthday in Feb.97! Still brings joy and tears to my eyes

[@lagunacorona]

The whole vibe of the gaming industry was at it's pinnacle of pure art, from the images of the many video game magazines, to the advertisement, it was as good as it was ever going to get for an industry that was still a subculture. Like it was only for us gamers. The mystery and discovery and sense of underground was amazing during the transition from snes to ps1 and it also shows and is reflected in ff7 for it's time. Truly truly so ahead of it's time in terms of artwork. A pure pure masterpiece as it's ever going to be.

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

Because when you were 7 years old and you saw a dope looking character with a giant sword in the gaming section in walmart you were like "ma, I want that one" and ma would get it for you then you'd flex on your Nintendo 64-havin, ocarina-of-time-is-the-best-havin friends

[@triple-d2640]

This ^

[@darkraven5626]

"All about to play this again." Assuming everyone has played this already in the past to now. This'll be my first time and this video was informative.

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Dark Raven what did you think

[@XshakeninjaX]

I remember waiting in line at Electronics Boutique to pick up my copy on PS1....Im so glad they did a remake. The music, the characters and the story are great.

[@FoolOfATuque]

Ahhh, EB games. I miss that store. Lol!

[@poppukonfilm]

Aus still has EB Games, previously electronic boutique. Still great

[@RaptorsHood]

@@FoolOfATuque Canada still has em

[@Graves-81_69]

Back in 97 I was 16 and had a job and a PlayStation so I bought FF7. It was the first game I played that really pulled me in emotionally and I couldn’t stop playing it. I still have it and the receipt from where I bought it. Now I’m in my 40s and I haven’t had a lot of time to really game like I used to BUT after finding out that the “remake” is a three part series, I recently bought a PS5 Slim and I’m about to both relive that awesome experience when I was a teenager and enjoy a new adventure as a man. This one is coming full circle for me!

[@yrureadingthisname]

One of my favourite parts of the game was the camera and static backgrounds while walking around. They were so gorgeous. So detailed. It made the world feel more real, almost as if it existed whether you played the game or not. The far away pans while your tiny little character walked through the frame, the scale of it all. Along with the music. It was perfect.

[@BinaryStar010]

FF7 was the first Final Fantasy game I ever played. It blew my mind at the time.

[@MFPRego]

Played this game when i was 19! Loved it! Now, im playing the remake with my eldest son, wich is 11! When i saw the new intro, a tear dropped, and my son asked me why i cried... told him that i played the original, now its his turn to live and feel what i lived and felt!

[@jjaammeess84]

On the same line as the Midgar fued ... I always went with Mako in the same manner as "make" rather than say the word "macho".... but take whichever paroxytonic stress you prefer, no need for a beef!!! Still gotta love Falcon!

[@dannyboi87]

I think the transition from spending 6 hours in Midgar, thinking the entirety of game was set there, then leaving and being on the world map and realising there is a whole world to explore was amazing. It blew my mind when I was 10 (I'm 32 now). It really felt I was on an adventure. The amazing story helped. The only gaming experience that has come close to that since for me was leaving vault 101 in fallout 3.

[@TKPSnakeBalboa]

When FF7 was released I cut grass in the neighborhood I grew up in and saved all my money from that and from chores so I could buy a PS1 and get Resident Evil and FF7. I only had enough for the PS1 and one games so I chose FF7 over RE1 because my friend had RE1 so I could just borrow his. The thing is...I didn’t realize I would need a memory card to save so I had to leave my game on all the time or I would lose my progress. After a week and a half I was able o buy a memory card but not before my dad came in and saw I left my PlayStation on. I was on disk two😢😭. It sucked, however playing through disk one again was great and I needed up playing that game at least 10 more times over the next few years. A ten minute video does no justice to this great game! If you read this and haven’t played it. Do yourself a favor and play through this amazing story. As a side note I would also highly recommend Final Fantasy 9. It has a great love story.

[@Johjibebop]

So I read the first paragraph. It’s ironic cause I had the same outcome when RE3 Remake and FFVII Remake came out. It was either RE3 or FFVII. I chose FFVII LOL.

[@deeboxjones6601]

So question? If I remember right, didn't you need to load a save file to continue the next disc been awhile.

[@thepositivelynegativ]

When I got this game on christmas day, I didn't have a memory card so I just played through all of act 1 up to Heli Gunner boss in the shinra building where I died for the first time. I bet a lot of kids had this experience or similiar.

[@GenghisWanghis]

FFIX is legendary, good call

[@andrewrenshaw7215]

@@deeboxjones6601 no. It gave you the option to save, but you didnt have to. It just asked to "please insert disc 2"

[@edo1974]

You nailed it. I’ve played this game tens of times over the past 23 years, and you’ve nailed the reasons I’ve loved it this much for this long. Thanks! 👌

[@devastatheseeker9967]

"With only a few days" Meanwhile in australia

[@Eaglesoars8891]

Yes we got it already here in Australia 🤣 since April 1st

[@jonzuihgaming7558]

And Belgium :p

[@rlxd01]

... and all of europe.

[@ssjpico]

Am I the only one who would use a long A in their head when reading "mako?"

[@clayton896]

I would too. I thought it was pronounced that way until the last couple of videos I've seen

[@i-evi-l]

Nope. Until way later I'm sure every young American called it Make-o

[@scottwatrous]

Nah, I'm lowkey pissed that it isn't pronounced that way cuz like, duh. May-ko is way-mo-bettah.

[@i-evi-l]

Mako is a Japanese shark breed. Mayko shark

[@mirandaray6912]

Omg yes!! When i first heard it as maaaaako, i was like wait pardon me?

[@dakotarecreates3368]

I was around 6-7 years old when I watched my older brothers play this game and I remember being immediately emotionally invested in the vibe of the game.

[@BohemianAndy]

Played it in 1999 when I was 12. It changed my life

[@NeWarKREPPAnj]

Ff7.... the first game I was invested in and fully immersed in... Never played a turn based game till this. And the music brings me back to my childhood

[@amronfaro9728]

Honestly, no other games can top FF7 and it holds a special place in my heart. FF8 and FF9 are also part of my favourite experience. The characters, story and music are the main reasons why I love FF7. It helps me to escape from this cruel reality of economic recession, despicable wars and radical politics and into this fantasy and futuristic world of FF7.

[@FrYLocK41]

In my opinion, FF7 captured the hearts and minds of people by showing how to deal with losing someone.

[@okebel3280]

Dealing with loss is what FF6 is all about. FF7 is the story of Japan's before WW2 (Shinra is the japanese government, Turks are the Yakuza) mixed with a religious hybrid of Christianity and Shinto. Mako is a direct parallel to nuclear energy and meteor is the atomic bomb. Aerith is Jesus and Sephiroth is the devil. He is litterally modeled after the description of the devil in the bible.

[@TRDGE]

For me FFVII was the first RPG I played that connected me to the characters, the story, and it's world. It changed my perception of "Fantasy RPGs" and the music was so amazing. As a 90s kid with limited amount of "entertainment" I was thrusted into a realm where I could be invested in for hours away from the sadness of reality.

[@prpritchie]

How could you not be emotionally invested in this game! I spent many hours playing and barely understood the depth of the story as a kid but I loved it. Many hours exploring, learning the lore/tactics/materia/summons/monsters/characters/breeding Chocobos and playing games at Gold saucer... this game is the definition of perfection.

[@woojin214]

I will never forget the feeling when I first stepped out of Midgar when I was a kid. It's like "WTF? There's more?"

[@gokugirl826]

Lmao!! Exactly the same with me!!🤣🤣 I thought Midgar was everything!

[@FredHerbert999]

"Midger"? Have you even played ff7?

[@cheatingmusic1324]

*“Words Aren’t The Only Thing That Tell People What You’re Thinking.” - Tifa Lockheart*

[@miki49]

The brilliant writing and meaningful themes make it transcend gaming entirely. It’s an experience

[@ngrandchamp1]

For 20 years this was the best game I'd ever played until I found the Witcher 3. I was 11 when I got it and it was the first really big story based RPG I'd ever played. I'll still replay this game over and over. What a masterpiece

[@marksimons4435]

There's nothing like playing a good game and reading a good book at the same time. ☺️ It was a big part of my childhood for me and some of my friends. That and I was a nerd. Lol

[@ScroDiddly]

I was a senior in high school and it changed my life.

[@durience253]

It’s “Midgar” also not gonna lie that hard er he’s adding is very questionable

[@Brindlebrother]

Is it really mah-ko? I've always said may-ko.

[@sunpi]

It was my first time playing a ff game and I loved it !

[@neroatomos4875]

I remember back in the day.. when i was like a little kid... my older brothers have been playing on N64, PS1 and up to PS2... Even my uncle... Likes this series so much, he even recommend it to me.. of course.. our oldest brother.. is a RPG fan.. especially Square games... When i played this.. finished it 7 years ago.. i was in high school.. i've realized that this game was really worth it... This was also my first Final Fantasy game... It's really a good game back in the day... And made me learn about the world of Midgard..

[@1gnore_me.]

I played the game for the first time in 2011, long after its original release ... and it felt totally magical. the game just nails its aesthetic so well, it's timeless.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

Final fantasy 7 one of those games I could play over and over again. I use to play this game a lot in high school.

[@DaysforDaays]

Falcon- Appreciation post for a game we all love "We"- Mid'GRRRRRR'???

[@UNKNWN96]

This was one of the first video games I’ve ever played, I remember watching my brother play the PS1 and it just looked so fun controlling your character and being immersed in a fantasy world. One day, he handed me the controller and told me I could play and I had no idea what I was doing but it was easily one of the most cherished memories I’ve had in my childhood! Fast forward to now and it’s still one of the best games I’ve ever played.

[@CyrusP.]

Another reason why it's such a big deal is because of the sheer amount of pure nostalgia. I was just a kid when I played this on the weekends, not a care in the world, no other concern but to play. Aaagghh, life was good..

[@AutonomousVII]

Definitely one of my all time favorite games. Summer 97 I locked myself in my room for a month playing this.

[@cheeyeung3675]

I'm almost moved to tears. I can't believe I've forgotten why this game was so important for me. Thank you for reminding why I love this game so much.

[@bpsolutionsltd209]

Materia, killer graphics (for the time), great storyline, and turn based tactical group fighting, awesome

[@JoJosDankAdventures]

Videos like these make me want a Falco Only channel. I love gameranx in general but Falco's pieces are magical at times

[@MYTMIC]

When I first played this game in 98 I didn't understand it, random battles confused me, I turned it off and didn't touch it for a month, later I decided to read the manual which was the most comprehensive manual I'd ever seen packaged with a game! In addition it included a mini strategy guide for the first mission, I followed it and picked up the gameplay mechanics. I'd never played a JRPG but was highly impressed, immersed and had to continually see what happens next, the story, environments, characters never ceased to be interesting... 65 hours later I was convinced I'd just completed the greatest game of all time!

[@vallenshield100]

final fantasy stoped being fun for me when they removed the turn bassed combat

[@strictlybananas]

vallenshield100 I’d recommend checking out the remake demo at least. The combat system takes the best parts of everything they’ve tried over the years. It’s like the perfect natural culmination of the entire series.

[@mindblow7617]

I'm a fan of the turn based system, and honestly, the new battle system blows every other FF battle system out of the water, didn't expect to like it that much, it will set the standar for new RPG games

[@michaelzaragoza942]

@@mindblow7617 agreed. I am having trouble with the demo controls, but I can still appreciate the combat system for what it is trying to accomplish. I do not care though... time for me to practice and "git good"!

[@Milkmytoe]

Lol

[@mindblow7617]

@@michaelzaragoza942 it gets better, the demo barely scratches the surface of all the possibilities, remember how many stuff you could do with materia combinations? You have it here too, and it's beautiful. And you can also upgrade weapons, they don't get obsolete as you get the next one (not for a while at least), every weapons is good at something. If you don't want to deal with too many stuff like the upgrades, you can let the game upgrade stuff for you by setting your preference, like focusing on attack, defense, or a balanced combination of those. My only complain with the game is some low texture stuff in some areas, while others look hella HD, guess that's an Unreal4 issue since this is not the first game suffering of texture issues on that engine. To be honest, this game is even more tactical that the old turn based game, Hard mode takes that even further, I love to make enemies sleep due to the time advantage it gives, on the contrary, I barely used that on the OG game.

[@Spider_Mike023]

My memory was a Party my older brother was throwing at home when I our parents went partying themselves for the night. Was watching cartoons and decided to make myself a poor mans smore (microwave a marshmallow on a saltine with a piece of chocolate.) and saw him and 4 his friends in our room huddled round our ps1 drinking and cheering, peaked and saw ff7 for the first time, they were doing the snowboarding mini game and I was wicked into snowboarding at the time, so I nestled on my mattress on floor and watch the drunks play it and I got hooked it into it....he ended beating it while I was in school so I didn’t see the whole thing obviously, but when he joined the military and left me all his games to play while he was gone it was one the first I jumped, and man was I excited to jump on ff8 right after not knowing it wasn’t even a true sequel to 7 confused me I still loved it haha. That’s how I got into the series.

[@matthewhunter3200]

The room spins every time you say mid-"ger" lol. Just messin. Good vid. Can't wait for the remake 🤘

[@arttu3232]

I think about the moment when you leave Midgar - where you've spent hours and hours in - and realize there's a whole world left to explore. The scale of FF7 is just huge in every aspect: emotion, character dev, world-building, and I don't think I've experienced anything similar ever since.

[@Righteous1ist]

I'll simplify it in my own thoughts of why I love FF7. The game play and the story. Both are very good.

[@TheDesperado557]

I remember buying this in 1997. I’ve never in my life played a video game that had such a powerful impact on me. I laughed, cried and felt true wonder.the storyline was amazing , the characters the gameplay. most importantly the soundtrack is masterful. I recommend any new age gamer to play it

[@xelayutui5629]

(Dad)Hey karl Karl-What dad? Dad- do you know what made ff7 so perfect? Karl- no i dont...what is it dad? Dad- the Secrets karl...all secrets

[@akiinmoonlight79]

FF7 is a icon, it literally brought the jrpg genre to the west and made it mainstream ♥️

[@truealchiemist]

Ya just going to ignore all the JRPG on the SNES then huh?

[@randomcharacter6501]

@@truealchiemist SNES? Final Fantasy debuted on the NES lol

[@akiinmoonlight79]

@@truealchiemist god no FF6 & Chrono trigger etc are masterpieces but they didn't had nearly as much attention like FF7

[@truealchiemist]

@@randomcharacter6501 Yes, the original FF was on NES, and there were a few other JRPG as well, but the SNES is known for it's JPRGs.

[@truealchiemist]

@@akiinmoonlight79 FF7 wouldn't have as much attention in the West if it wasn't for the likes of SNES. I'm not saying FF7 wasn't influential or anything, just that the sheer amount of JRPG on the SNES is what made JPRG popular here.

[@ryankelly9032]

One thing that kind of blew my mind at 13, playing my first RPG ever, was when leaving Midgar was just the beginning of the game. I thought I had beaten it until I got to the world map.

[@PixiiBomb]

This is the game that changed my life. Like, my brother and I have been playing games since original Nintendo days, when we were 5/6 years old. But he brought home FF7 from the mall one day when I was a freshman in high school (year: 2000). This is the game that set me on a path to want to make video games, and now I make video games for a living.