Final Fantasy VII - An In-Depth Retrospective

I was made aware that there is a piece of wrong information in the video regarding how Final Fantasy got its name, my apologies for this part. For the correct information, I'd like to refer you to the following article from Eurogamer where Sakaguchi explains the true story; www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-creator-debunks-my…

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite FFVII review on the Citadel.

The effort put into this video is truly impressive. If you keep this kind of effort up you'll have a silver plaque in no time.

Fun fact about the pronunciation of our beloved flower girl's name: It was initially transliterated faithfully from the original Japanese as Aerith. However, sometime during the the localization process—which was handled by a single person and, to put it mildly, was an absolute mess—they made the executive decision to change it to Aeris so it would sound more feminine to a western audience. The reason we know any of this is because, in roughly equal parts, the original credits, developer interviews from the last 25ish years, and—the real smoking gun—if you perform any unintended skips or glitches that bypass the naming dialogue, the name defaults to Aerith every time. I just thought that would be a fun story to share.

Being only 11 at the time I was shocked by Aeris’ death. At this point I had been watching my brother play the lead save file, while I was still learning how to play an rpg. We both had to take a break and go outside after realizing she wasn’t coming back. My brother being older accepted her fate and moved on while I kept looking thru the strategy guide and on the then limited internet seeing if there was a way to bring her back. It was really heart wrenching and I learned how my brother and I process grief differently. This is my fav game of all time bc it showed the depths of storytelling video games could achieve.

hell yes I needed a new long video essay to help me sleep subbed and going to go through your other videos, thanks for your work

Perfect for while I work. Fav game ever lol

Your comments about the overworks or "World Map" are exactly how I feel. I used to get such a great feeling traversing the world maps. I used to put music on and level characters, stopping at Inns to recover HP. I do miss that. I was absolutely over the moon when playing Ni No Kuni 2 and I sae they had a world map, it gave me that feeling again! This is a great video and a subject that I always feel needs a really long video on to really doit justice. Can't condense a 3 CD ROM game into a 10 minute video!

Dude. I cannot thank you enough for this video! I wanted to experience the whole of the Original FFVII before I continued my journey with FFVII Rebirth, and your video was the perfect blend between covering the small details that the new games are referencing to, and also making sure you cover the whole story and explain the difficult parts! Thank you so much!

It's not the Honey Bee Inn Cloud disguises himself for and where the guards lets him inside with Aeris, it's Don Corneo's Mansion last time I checked, in Honey Bee Inn you get parts of the disguise based on which room you enter !!

Absolutely love a nice long retrospective. Putting this on at work. And subscribed. Glad to have found ya

Amazing piece, congrats! Watched this before sleeping for a full week and now I want more videos like that!

I played this game in '98 when i was like 13. It was the first RPG/JRPG I ever played and I remember the story sucked me in and I kept playing because I wanted to know what happened next. The sound track was also amazing. I remember I hooked up my TV to my Stereo and recorded my favorite songs on a cassette tape! Great video man, but I had to stop watching it, since watching this made me realize I don't remember much of the plot anymore, so I have a chance to replay it again and kinda be surprised. I'll come back and finish it then!

Thanks for the vid man. such perfect timing, i just finished it recently for the first time. It was my dads favorite game, i can see why he loved it so much. Being 23 i think I’m gonna carry this game with me for a long time.

This is an excellent retrospective 👌🏽 thank you for putting in the time and effort for us fans of the game that we cherish so dearly

I am watching this through the end of Remake, prior to Rebirth. I never played the original FF7 and only recently played FF7 Remake. I can’t believe how close to the original they were in the remake. From story points… to how everything looks…. To animations like Corneo jumping over the furniture to look at his “potential brides.” I know there are some changes but I am stunned by how faithful they were with the Remake. I’m even more impressed now than I was after just playing it the first time. I’ll come back to this video after I play through Rebirth. Really looking forward to the game and the comparison with your video. Thanks!

Ive seen plenty of story analysis essays of this game, and with regards to looking at everything in playthrough order, i think you did a really good job. Great vid. Can't wait to rewatch because because i've been waiting for a video like this.

Fantastic! Thank you so much for making this retrospective.

How could I possibly skip such an amazing telling of this story start to finish. Excellent work!

I’ve enjoyed watching your whole video as much as playing it years ago; beautifully written and explained.