The Story of Final Fantasy 7 .. So Far | A Comparative Analysis of the Original AND Remake

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  @Aleczandxr · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  PLEASE READ: <br><br>- The sequel to this video, The Story of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth | A Narrative Analysis and Retrospective: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKq_cVnDwXA">https://youtu.be/YKq_cVnDwXA</a><br>- Here is Part 2 to this series, my take on the Yuffie Episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_cmeBylcs">https://youtu.be/hg_cmeBylcs</a><br><br>- This video is a gigantic and very varied rumination and exploration of both Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the original Final Fantasy 7. It covers personal reflections and anecdotes, character/theme/setting analysis, theories, speculation, discussions about the intent of the games and criticism and praise about the story. There is a lot in here, so if you’re not interested in a certain topic, you can use the Table of Contents below to skip through. <br><br>- YouTube really screwed me with the compression of the video quality, so please watch on 1440p to limit the amount of visual murkiness and pixelation!<br><br>- Something to clarify is that I say within this that Sakaguchi’s mother died in 1988. However, while this is a year I found on multiple websites, there are no concrete sources to confirm the year 100%, and the only thing that is for certain is that she died during the development of III (since Sakaguchi confirmed that himself).<br><br>Table of Contents:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ">0:00</a> – Introduction, Disclaimers, and My Personal Experience with FF7<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=532">8:52</a> – The Music of FF7<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=704">11:44</a> – The Bombing Mission, Cloud Strife, Barret Wallace and the Mako Conflict<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=1598">26:38</a> – Sephiroth Discussion and Theories + The Approach of the Remake + The Whispers<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=2688">44:48</a> – The End of the Mission + Tifa Lockhart &nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=3206">53:26</a> – Midgar<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=3414">56:54</a> – Jessie, Biggs, Wedge and Chapter 4<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=4131">1:08:51</a> – Shinra and the Second Mission <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=4353">1:12:33</a> – Aerith Gainsborough Discussion and Theories<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=5316">1:28:36</a> – The Sector 5 Slums and Wall Market<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=6142">1:42:22</a> – The Sewers and the Train Graveyard<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=6743">1:52:23</a> – The Plate Drop and the Turks<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=7547">2:05:47</a> – The Aftermath<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=7930">2:12:10</a> – The Remake&apos;s Character Resolution Scenes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=8353">2:19:13</a> – Chapter 14 and Shinra Headquarters<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=9087">2:31:27</a> – &nbsp;The Interlude and the Trail of Blood<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=9722">2:42:02</a> – Rufus Shinra and the End of the Original&apos;s Midgar Arc<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=9953">2:45:53</a> – The Remake&apos;s Ending - Discussion, Theories and Interpretations<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=10995">3:03:15</a> – The Remake&apos;s Final Scenes + Concluding Thoughts, Interpretations and Speculation About Future Parts<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=11856">3:17:36</a> – Personal Conclusion<br><br>Sources:<br>⁃ A link to Lorerunner’s FFVII playthrough, which helped form some of my thoughts on the original game and also doubled as a source for the footage for the original Final Fantasy VII playthrough: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxojKqZ-5Q&amp;t=10179">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxojKqZ-5Q&amp;t=10179s&amp;ab_channel=LorerunnerStreamArchives</a> <br>⁃ Source 1 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough, as well as the source for some Crisis Core footage: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gLPLayground">https://www.youtube.com/user/gLPLayground</a><br>⁃ Source 2 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCuOXpxJjGo&amp;list=PL9wpzJw8GKy5NkqIPTrpBdKIq7TlEgdVB">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCuOXpxJjGo&amp;list=PL9wpzJw8GKy5NkqIPTrpBdKIq7TlEgdVB&amp;ab_channel=dansg08</a><br>⁃ Source 3 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough (Mentioned in the video as Gameplay Garage but have since changed their channel name to &quot;Cipher&quot;): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJwIkLgCBE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJwIkLgCBE&amp;ab_channel=Cipher</a><br>⁃ A link to a podcast entitled &quot;Dropped Frames&quot; that helped me gather my thoughts on the ending of the Remake (the discussion I mentioned about the Lifestream chapters starts at about 22 minutes in): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ex8ILaJAA&amp;t=2143">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ex8ILaJAA&amp;t=2143s&amp;ab_channel=itmeJP</a><br>⁃ Lifestream Black and LifeStream White excerpts, translated: <a href="https://thelifestream.net/novels-novellas/on-the-way-to-a-smile-lifestream-black-and-lifestream-white/">https://thelifestream.net/novels-novellas/on-the-way-to-a-smile-lifestream-black-and-lifestream-white/</a> <br>⁃ Two Twitter threads translating important bits of the FFVII Remake Ultimania: <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/aitaikimochi/status/1255553713260789760">https://mobile.twitter.com/aitaikimochi/status/1255553713260789760</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/istanleyff7/status/1256005845222961153">https://twitter.com/istanleyff7/status/1256005845222961153</a><br>⁃ A link to the Final Fantasy wiki, which was used for some fact-checking: <a href="https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki">https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki</a> <br>⁃ Additional lore tidbits provided from reading a physical copy of the original Final Fantasy VII Ultimania <br>⁃ An interview with Sakaguchi about the theme of FFVII: <a href="http://www.ff7citadel.com/press/int_sakaguchi.shtml">http://www.ff7citadel.com/press/int_sakaguchi.shtml</a> <br>- Let&apos;s Mosey: A Slow Translation Of Final Fantasy VII: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeN2KjRHZk&amp;list=PLsiJPoHlPqEEA07AKMQ2Hm2oRLiGkR_uJ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeN2KjRHZk&amp;list=PLsiJPoHlPqEEA07AKMQ2Hm2oRLiGkR_uJ&amp;ab_channel=Kotaku</a><br>⁃ My video on Barret: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6kkpAla8k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6kkpAla8k&amp;ab_channel=Aleczandxr</a>

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• PA

  @pandamonium9255 · 5 years ago

  Cloud: &quot;I don&apos;t dance...&quot;<br><br>Cloud a few chapters later:

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• FR

  @FrffyVsBoredom · 5 years ago

  I can’t imagine how much work you’ve put into this. &nbsp;It’s personal, funny, nostalgic, &amp; introspective. &nbsp;I don’t know what else to say besides amazing work!

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• YO

  @youngclueless7364 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=4380">1:13:00</a> The &quot;scraped knees&quot; line is a callback to a key moment in Cloud&apos;s childhood when he tried to follow Tifa up Mt Nibel but ended up falling and scraping his knees while Tifa fell into a coma. This indicates that it is the real Cloud still inside him that is trying to reach out to him and not other parts of his personality like the Jenova cells

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• AS

  @AsbelLhant100 · 5 years ago

  Hoo boy, see you in 5 years for part 2

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• CA

  @CaribouCoon · 5 years ago

  I haven&apos;t played either game but I know the feel of finishing something this huge. Congratulations on getting this one released!!

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• JM

  @jmiester25 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&amp;t=8537">2:22:17</a> Barrett is describing Reeve and he doesn&apos;t even know it.

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• PO

  @popat918 · 5 years ago

  Time to watch a 3 hour long video about a game I have never played in my life.

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• EA

  @easschung9442 · 4 years ago

  I am back here after the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer.

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• AV

  @avibi · 5 years ago

  This is one of the few games I really really regret having spoiled for myself, both the original and the remake. At least I got to watch this video on account of that.

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• TA

  @tailedgates9 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Cloud&apos;s line read of &quot;I&apos;ve got skills!&quot; might be my absolute favorite out of most of his lines, OG AND Remake. Lol Dorky Cloud &gt; Moody Cloud.

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• EA

  @easschung9442 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m laughing at the fact that you just said &quot;fuck it&quot; when it came to including the background music for this one xD

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