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

Описание: The sequel to this video, The Story of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth | A Narrative Analysis and Retrospective:    • The Story of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth | A N...  

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Table of Contents:
0:00 – Introduction, Disclaimers, and My Personal Experience with FF7
8:52 – The Music of FF7
11:44 – The Bombing Mission, Cloud Strife, Barret Wallace and the Mako Conflict
26:38 – Sephiroth Discussion and Theories + The Approach of the Remake + The Whispers
44:48 – The End of the Mission + Tifa Lockhart
53:26 – Midgar
56:54 – Jessie, Biggs, Wedge and Chapter 4
1:08:51 – Shinra and the Second Mission
1:12:33 – Aerith Gainsborough Discussion and Theories
1:28:36 – The Sector 5 Slums and Wall Market
1:42:22 – The Sewers and the Train Graveyard
1:52:23 – The Plate Drop and the Turks
2:05:47 – The Aftermath
2:12:10 – The Remake's Character Resolution Scenes
2:19:13 – Chapter 14 and Shinra Headquarters
2:31:27 – The Interlude and the Trail of Blood
2:42:02 – Rufus Shinra and the End of the Original's Midgar Arc
2:45:53 – The Remake's Ending - Discussion, Theories and Interpretations
3:03:15 – The Remake's Final Scenes + Concluding Thoughts, Interpretations and Speculation About Future Parts
3:17:36 – Personal Conclusion

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Sources:
⁃ 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:    • Classic Run: Final Fantasy VII Switch, Part 1  
⁃ Source 1 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough, as well as the source for some Crisis Core footage:    / glplayground  
⁃ Source 2 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough:    • Final Fantasy VII Remake Walkthrough Part ...  
⁃ Source 3 for the footage for the FFVIIR playthrough (Mentioned in the video as Gameplay Garage but have since changed their channel name to "Cipher"):    • Final Fantasy VII Remake | CHAPTER 8 | No ...  
⁃ A link to a podcast entitled "Dropped Frames" 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):    • Dropped Frames Special - Final Fantasy VII...  
⁃ Lifestream Black and LifeStream White excerpts, translated: https://thelifestream.net/novels-nove...
⁃ Two Twitter threads translating important bits of the FFVII Remake Ultimania:   / 1255553713260789760     / 1256005845222961153  
⁃ A link to the Final Fantasy wiki, which was used for some fact-checking: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/...
⁃ Additional lore tidbits provided from reading a physical copy of the original Final Fantasy VII Ultimania
⁃ An interview with Sakaguchi about the theme of FFVII: http://www.ff7citadel.com/press/int_s...
Let's Mosey: A Slow Translation Of Final Fantasy VII:    • Let's Mosey: A Slow Translation Of Final F...  
⁃ My video on Barret:    • The Flawed Beauty of Barret Wallace (Final...