Aerith! 😢 Cloud!! 😭 The way he is fighting to get to her in both versions is 🤌 peak 💔
@SajrXIII8 сағат бұрын
coming from OG to Rebirth I can't even explain how amazing Rebirth is from the interactions, excellent voice actors and detailed environments.. I'll never forget the first time I got to this scene shortly after Temple of the Ancients, once we went into the Forgotten City it became all so filled with grief..the loss of the Cetra, Aerith leaving the party.. Sephiroth controlling Cloud prior to the Sleeping Forest. this is really when the game really starts to make a 360 and gameplay gets crazy good on our way to Sephiroth in the Northern Crater and the introduction of the Weapons. can't stress it enough with each comment I make about FF7. I can't fkn wait for Part 3.
@martinaguiluz406315 сағат бұрын
Honestly, one of the things that keep me from enjoying Advent Children (to this day) is the voice acting. Jesus Christ, the voice acting terrible here. No offense to the VAs in here but I'm glad they were replaced in the Remake project.
@risquecat16 сағат бұрын
When everybody was running away from the "black materia' home, Cloud waited for Aerith to run in front of him. And he ran behind her all the way out. How protective of him. Well, he has always been protective throughout the game anyways.
@risquecat16 сағат бұрын
Please someone explain this to me ... When Cloud is in that wheelchair, he is wearing two shoulder pads, just like Zack uniform. But when Aerith wakes him up, he is only wearing one, just like the one he wears throughout the game. Now, the Cloud who is wearing the two shoulder pads, I don't think he met Aerith yet. Am I correct? Is this another confusing timeline?
@assassin_kuromi23 сағат бұрын
never let's u go aertih...........see u again....
@johnw3922Күн бұрын
This flies in the face of peollebsaying the Dev's always intended for the players to choose Tifa.
@JammineyeonlineКүн бұрын
The narrative of the story is to fall in love with aerith! Just like the original. The player is supposed to love Aerith. Because when she passes away, it makes it the more impactful. BUT!!! There is a clear difference between Narrative and plot. Tifa is the plot. She is the one that was from the start, supposedto end up with cloud, everything points to this, and its something that clearly even Aerith knows!
@Nat_the_White_MageКүн бұрын
The events in Advent Children are not very convincing in this respect, at least not for me
@JoeyJoverAgbayani2 күн бұрын
well for me FF7 is indefinite on the romantic side of cloud choosing both girls. its a preference. its not like those FF titles for example FF8 thats romance focused game with squall and rinoa being a couple and have an happy ending. no such thing is cloud has on tifa. its the utter BS on tha youtuber on that take on his videos. love FF7 as i dont want aerith dies in the story for i can have her all the way around. but its unfairs to be bias on such character just to feed your delusional fantasies.
@Doomfist693 күн бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqBmssybfJengrA.html i recommed including this person into your next video she kinda new player and not into shipping yet, and still neutrals but its amazing how she enjoy every aerith scene, and i think she likes her very much its amazing how unbiased person / blind about FF7 think about aerith characters
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Cool I'll look into some of here playthrough and check out her reactions!
@dannyfromtheville36133 күн бұрын
I went from laughing at how awkward they were to my eyes watering🥲👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Ha ha no kidding 😅
@Chigurh0073 күн бұрын
Sad that we didnt get to play in the forgotten capital. Ut was straight to the boss
@Chigurh0073 күн бұрын
It*
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
I have a feeling we'll be exploring it in some shape or fashion in pt3 on several occassions, probably with Aerith first.
@pabloruiz56704 күн бұрын
One thing I keep thinking about is how in OG, Aerith (and even the player) completely believe that she’s actually coming back when “it’s all over”. The game then subverts our expectations as we all know though of course. But in Rebirth (and the trilogy as a whole so far) most scenes prior to the sleeping forest depict an Aerith that is aware that she doesn’t have much time with Cloud and everybody. Of course in Remake Aerith straight up has memories of OG/the future, but in Rebirth even after the whispers took away this knowledge, it’s stil clear that Aerith has a feeling of what is gonna happen. She’s depicted almost as a martyr in Rebirth. It goes without saying tho that due to OG FF7 being 27 years old as of the day that I’m posting this comment, EVERY player and their mother has a feeling that Aerith is not gonna make it here. Which is why the subversion of the expectations this time around, is Cloud saving her. OG pulls the rug from under you, but Rebirth handles THE most iconic death scene in gaming in a completely different way. And a funny thing I want to add is how in JP, the title “Rebirth” is made to sound a lot like “Reverse”. I even recall a lot of JP players confused by the title because of this same reason. So it makes total sense imo that in the trilogy, the sleeping forest scene is the reverse of what we saw in OG. Aerith lives.
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Amazing explanations here, it's coming down to the expectation they set with Remake and "changing fate" and how they said that OG wasn't the "happy ending." But they don't want to just lay out the red carpet on Aerith's fate being "different" than OG. There still needs to be uncertainty there, playing the players emotions.
@myheartssay4 күн бұрын
I like the bgm in original better
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
100% agree
@jodaakbr72274 күн бұрын
I love them ❤😢 I wish we will see her in part three nice video 😊
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Oh we will be seeing her in pt3!
@McClerith5 күн бұрын
So saaad makes me cry every time. Both versions 😭❤️🔥
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Yeah 🥲
@rapidfire99995 күн бұрын
Aerith, respond! Aerith? AERIIIIIIIITH!!!
@dreamphoenix5 күн бұрын
Fantastic side by side. Thank you.
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Appreciate you! More of these will be coming!
@bladerj6 күн бұрын
what i like the most is how she vrooms out of there and bump into him on the way out lol. the sad thing most players dont realize is in the canon book after FFVII of aerith in the lifestream, she mentions she regrets never taking a picture with cloud,at the end of advent children you see the team in a photo on cloud desk and the flower to represent aerith since he doesnt have one of her. this is what this quest was all about.
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Yeah this quest has so many parallels, one of many reasons why it's the best sidequest.
@bladerj6 күн бұрын
affinity does matter on cloud response wich is the player voice, high afinity and he is upfront about wanting another date. low afinity he is like, sure,lets
@mlwjrpg2 күн бұрын
Cloud agrees to go on more dates with either scene variation as it happens before his lines. But the difference being him being confident in Aerith's feelings towards him.
@lieberte6 күн бұрын
I wish you included the credits scene from the original AC movie (not ACC). It has Aerith watching over Cloud in the flowerfields.
@mlwjrpg5 күн бұрын
Yeah unfortunately I can't get in 4k, I should have included it anyways though.
@unskillfullymasterful6 күн бұрын
Best game on ps5
@priscilabee5837 күн бұрын
It’s always so touching to see him crawling towards her 😢 I have a video suggestion, how about a side by side of Zack holding and crying for Aerith in the beginning of the game and Cloud doing the same in the FC? The two men that love her, grieving her. I think it makes so clear that Cloud loves her.
@ladyvergerin67917 күн бұрын
In Rebirth, there is much more emphasis on the fact that Aerith really understands Cloud's problem well and whatever fate awaits her in the third game, she will definitely not have contact with Cloud in the near future, which means that first of all he loses a person who, without any connection with his past, could understand, accept and help him to him. Knowing what happened in the crater from OG (thank you, Tifa), I feel this tragedy because of her loss for Cloud himself, no matter what feelings by nature he would have for Aerith.
@MoonlightBrillance7 күн бұрын
I like both but the original is a lot more impactful to me. There’s something about the music and more subtle presentation that’s a lot more mystical compared to Rebirth. Also, there’s a greater sense of tragedy and a stronger connection to FF7’s realistic portrayal of death. The last time Cloud and Aerith saw each other, he gave Sephiroth the black materia and physically hurt her. He never got to apologise properly nor were his last (living) moments with her pleasant. She leaves intending to come back (“I’ll be back once this is all over”) and never returns. Nobody intends to die the brutal way Aerith does. Sometimes in real life, we lose the people we love when we least expect it and we don’t get to say sorry or goodbye and leave many unspoken words and chapters. Aerith knowing she’s going to die in Rebirth removes this element which I think it detracts from this bittersweet scene between them and also the greater themes of the story.
@ladyvergerin67917 күн бұрын
Aerith is not the only one who knows that she will die, we also know about her death, so there is no point in recreating the scene from the original and the developers have relied on this knowledge. Aerith is now closer than ever to Yuna from FFX and this is not a bad thing, besides, her fate is still an open question, so the missed drama due to incorrectly staged final scenes is quite logical.
@MoonlightBrillance6 күн бұрын
@@ladyvergerin6791I can understand and totally get your (& the devs) perspective tbf. I just don’t think the fact we know that Aerith is going to die should change those story beats as it muddies the wider theme of death being permanent and unfair. The fact the OG scene still holds up shows that it can still be impactful even if we already know the story. Juries still out though of course until we see the final game.
@ladyvergerin67916 күн бұрын
@@MoonlightBrillance Yes, her death is still able to make an impression in OG even after several playthroughs, I understand and feel it myself. This is really an unfair death, which greatly changes the mood of the whole game, but the developers wanted to show us not just injustice, they wanted to show that death is inevitable and merciless, it does not spare the main characters, does not spare beautiful maidens in pink dresses, it may be devoid of scale, epicness and a sense of the logical end of the character's story and this meaning is not so easy to repeat in the new version of the game. The fandom itself is largely to blame, some of which began to downplay the importance of Aerith for the glory of someone's big breasts, Cloti's propaganda so stained the fandom that people before the release of Rebirth wanted to ignore the character simply because of the fact of her death, this death is now perceived by many as a sign that the character is not important to the player, and this contradicts the idea of OG. I can't be completely sure that the developers did the right thing, but it's also too early to say that they made a mistake, we don't have a complete story yet and all we can do is make assumptions and try to analyze what we've already been given😅
@dorismelendez37947 күн бұрын
Good job on posting this comparison! I love how they kept it similar to the og scene, it hits hard listening to the og music to the rebirth scene at the same time. I’ve been a fan of ffvii since 1997 and just love seeing it come this far with the voice acting and graphics. Please continue to post more of these comparisons and parallels!
@Doomfist697 күн бұрын
I'll come back when it's all over LIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!! 🥲🥲🥲
@MisteRRYouTuby7 күн бұрын
‘97 did it better and was much easier to understand.
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
OG is very special in its own right yeah. Interested in why you thought it was better to understand though? I'm not disagreeing at all btw, just curious.
@MisteRRYouTuby7 күн бұрын
@@mlwjrpg Simplicity. It got the point across, where the sequel just beats around the bush with pretty graphics.
@PLs3797 күн бұрын
Clerith gang rise up
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Keep on rising and rising!
@1destinyslegacy7 күн бұрын
Well...given her fate in the end...kinda makes sense to make her the feature...but I do agree that there will be biases...
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Depends on how one interprets the ending when considering her fate.
@bluestone13a-cj9pc7 күн бұрын
They really hammered it home with him literally crawling after her... 😢
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Yeah that part is pain and suffering 😞
@OGBabygurl7 күн бұрын
The pause and slight knowing look she does after Cloud says "You're ok". Sigh. 😔
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
So soft 😩
@monca12227 күн бұрын
She's definitely not okay...😢 She's always trying to be so strong... I like how she doesn't say it's okay and only nods, because she doesn't want to put a voice to those kinds of thoughts.
@christinashuker62027 күн бұрын
This almost made me cry
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Both of them back to back hits hard.
@haihuynh83377 күн бұрын
Heart break x2... Double kill... Now they showed us why he couldn't catch up to her...
@Linda-oh7tf7 күн бұрын
This scene was always one of my favorites in the OG. Last time seeing Aerith before.. 😭 they absolutely nailed this scene in Rebirth! It's very faithful to OG, the music is gorgeous and just overall so beautiful! I tear up every time Cloud tries to go after her. He literally crawls through the branches to get to her 😭💔
@dalegleneagles50727 күн бұрын
I thought the Rebirth version was better in that while both happen in his head, he’s at least IN the sleeping forest on Barret’s back this time as opposed to asleep randomly at Gongaga. Having Aerith lead the party there this time felt better as well (as opposed to just running off). And they still preserved Cloud’s connection to her and where she ultimately is in both. Very well done.
@komerihimura7 күн бұрын
I like the Rebirth version well enough, but for me, what made the OG so special in that moment was when Cloud literally starting to run to Aerith, only to not move a single step closer and Aerith miles apart from him but yet so close. It really felt like a dream in that sequence. How we assume that we are in Cloud’s pov until they both float down, how Aerith’s little wave was so simple yet such a memorable gesture like you’re finally seeing someone you love go, just everything in that sequence is so beautiful despite the outdated graphics.
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Yeah I know what you mean, Cloud was running so hard and wasn't making any progress. Yet felt he was at the sametime. I do like the moment when Cloud fell to the ground in Rebirth and was struggling so hard crawling and helplessly calling for her though.
@AerithStrife-y6i8 күн бұрын
Such beautiful clerith! Where do you think their relationship will go in remake part 3? Will we get clerith kiss?
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
We're getting a reunion in some shape or fashion, there isn't a doubt in my mind. As far as a kiss? I'm just as confident on this happening, where I'm torn is if it ends up being optional or not. Which it's likely the former for ambiguity purposes per SE. But it's not going to be one that lasts 1 second and disappears off screen in an blink of an eye. 🙂
@dalegleneagles50727 күн бұрын
Hahaha, them’s fight’n words! Because I think you mean a kiss that was followed up by a total lack of eye contact…
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
@@dalegleneagles5072 😂
@AerithStrife-y6i7 күн бұрын
@@mlwjrpg I really hope so. That cloti kiss confused me. I don't understand why Cloud confess his feelings to and kissed Tifa? Clotis said he leaned in in gongaga too, so I went back and rewatched about twenty times. He does lean in :( so we have to get clerith kiss too!
@ladyvergerin67917 күн бұрын
@@mlwjrpgThe developers seemed to say that there would be no choice in R3🤔
@curlys12128 күн бұрын
people taking screenshots is so me LMAO aerith looked so pretty it was so hard to pay attention 😭
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Ha ha right? lol
@dalegleneagles50728 күн бұрын
I like the '97 vs '24 graphics where she pumps her chest vs the more subtle hold as she tells Cloud she'll handle Sephiroth. It honestly reads like "I've got this"! vs "I've done this before..."
@vangmx8 күн бұрын
The haters are going to hate but for me as an OG player back in 97, FF7 Remake and Rebirth are masterpieces in my book, and far exceeded my expectations. It surpassed everything on every level for me, and it won’t be for a long time that we’ll get anything as close to the remake trilogy in terms of storytelling, music, graphics, fight mechanics, acting, voice etc. Square-Enix put everything they had into these games and mark my words, we probably won’t see anything like them for a long, long time. Last but not least, pray for those OG players that already returned to the planet and never got to experience the remake games. Thanks for the video! ❤👍
@Guy99988 күн бұрын
I agree. Although I don't have the same affinity for the OG as many do since I was probably too old when it came out for it to be nostalgic, going back and playing it last month it's not as good as I remembered it being. I actually prefer playing the Remake trilogy even if that puts me in the minority.
@Jon_from_LI7 күн бұрын
The haters are irrelevant. They're actually few and far between. Remake and Rebirth have been the ONLY games of the FF franchise that I've purchased on pre-order since the XIII trilogy was released. I've only played through the XV boy band game years later after the Ultimate Edition was heavily discounted (have yet to buy XVI).
@vangmx7 күн бұрын
@@Jon_from_LI You’re right. Few and far between, but they’re often the loudest. 😂
@wickdaline86688 күн бұрын
Aerith is such a beautiful character. Like a Disney princess in a Square Enix games. Guess that's how Kingdom Hearts was made.
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
She's beautiful in a thousand ways.
@StelioMichonta8 күн бұрын
It’s magical seeing a gaming glow-up from PS1 to PS5
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Yeah and I've been alive for this entire time, it's wild lol
@wmen488 күн бұрын
This time she didn't say - I'll come back when it is all over😭
@xmant88428 күн бұрын
I mean, at the same time, we also have Loveless, where the mc(who is cloud) says he knows he will return to her
@dalegleneagles50728 күн бұрын
@@xmant8842 Exactly. Though where is he returning to? Question of the trilogy in my mind.
@haihuynh83377 күн бұрын
Because this time she knows she'll die.
@Lucia32SW8 күн бұрын
Thank u so much for this comparison!!! I love this and how soft is Cloud with Aerith, they’re so cute together💙💚 And it’s impossible for me not to cry in this scene and even more when he tells her: Aerith… Come back!… It breaks my heart, he loves her so much and he doesn’t want her to go🥹
@mlwjrpg7 күн бұрын
Yeah the ending when he's struggling and crawling...calling for her with all the strength he can barely muster...impossible to not break there.
@davidpaul17338 күн бұрын
Aerith!…. Come back!…..Aerith…
@mlwjrpg8 күн бұрын
Ooof....pain
@jay_sooning7 күн бұрын
Oh she’ll come back alright…. As a ghost 💀 💀
@FenrirInFlowers8 күн бұрын
That man is so soft for her! The sound of relief in his voice when he sees she's alive is everything. I love how they expanded on Aerith telling him to take care of himself and included the bit about her searching for him. It sounds like she just picked the conversation up from where she left off on the Gold Saucer date. They really did a fabulous job of updating this scene. I also love how they incorporated the whispers here when he has that dream moment of trying to run after her but being unable to move forward at all. While watching this I was struck by the contrast between the controlled Cloud trying to chase after Aerith for the black materia versus how Cloud is chasing after her here because he's worried about her. Some great parallels like how in the first scene the whispers stop Aerith from escaping, while here they stop him from catching up to her. There's that wonderful difference in how Cloud is calling after her in both scenes while begging her to stop running. We have Aerith giving Cloud the Meteor materia vs Cloud giving her the Holy materia here. Clearly SE structured them similarly on purpose to draw the comparisons.
@mlwjrpg8 күн бұрын
This is an amazing analysis here, it's very telling to us how they went into more depth by placing emphasis on Aerith telling Cloud to focus on himself and keep it together. Further showing Aerith's incredible intuition when it comes to Cloud.
@Pr1ncessLayla18 күн бұрын
No matter what scene it is of cloud & aerith, i will ALWAYS cry no matter what. Just the way that they talk to each other is so wholesome and adorable.😭😭 I also love the way that aerith teases cloud a little, like a irl gf🩷🩷 Ty for making this comparison!
@mlwjrpg8 күн бұрын
"You're okay," the most relieved Cloud had ever been. Dynamic is too damn good ☺
@Pr1ncessLayla18 күн бұрын
@@mlwjrpg it sure is. I get emotional every time hearing cloud say that😢
@dalegleneagles50728 күн бұрын
@@mlwjrpg She should have said "Don't I look it"?
@endacott09158 күн бұрын
His soft, with relief, “You’re okay.” I love how gentle he is with her. And him trying to chase after her tugs on my heartstrings every time. Both the old and new versions. Thank you for the uploads. I love watching the Clerith videos you make!!
@mlwjrpg8 күн бұрын
That's the softest "You're okay," you'll ever hear. He had just traversed worlds, ran into Sephiroth, fought off some whispers, had no idea where he was, but the moment he saw that Aerith was fine, none of anything that just happened mattered, he was instantly relieved.
@endacott09158 күн бұрын
I’ll never get over how soft he is with her and I love it when he says her name. It makes me wonder how many times did he say her name in Remake and Rebirth I wonder.
@ForEverClerith9 күн бұрын
The matching swimsuits perfect for Clerith is the Floral Delight for Aerith and the Ocean Chocobo for Cloud. Then opposite on Tifa from Cloud and Aerith. In my replay, I put Tifa in the Shinra uniform instead of the swimsuit. It worked out great.
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Aerith! 😢 Cloud!! 😭 The way he is fighting to get to her in both versions is 🤌 peak 💔
coming from OG to Rebirth I can't even explain how amazing Rebirth is from the interactions, excellent voice actors and detailed environments.. I'll never forget the first time I got to this scene shortly after Temple of the Ancients, once we went into the Forgotten City it became all so filled with grief..the loss of the Cetra, Aerith leaving the party.. Sephiroth controlling Cloud prior to the Sleeping Forest. this is really when the game really starts to make a 360 and gameplay gets crazy good on our way to Sephiroth in the Northern Crater and the introduction of the Weapons. can't stress it enough with each comment I make about FF7. I can't fkn wait for Part 3.
Honestly, one of the things that keep me from enjoying Advent Children (to this day) is the voice acting. Jesus Christ, the voice acting terrible here. No offense to the VAs in here but I'm glad they were replaced in the Remake project.
When everybody was running away from the "black materia' home, Cloud waited for Aerith to run in front of him. And he ran behind her all the way out. How protective of him. Well, he has always been protective throughout the game anyways.
Please someone explain this to me ... When Cloud is in that wheelchair, he is wearing two shoulder pads, just like Zack uniform. But when Aerith wakes him up, he is only wearing one, just like the one he wears throughout the game. Now, the Cloud who is wearing the two shoulder pads, I don't think he met Aerith yet. Am I correct? Is this another confusing timeline?
never let's u go aertih...........see u again....
This flies in the face of peollebsaying the Dev's always intended for the players to choose Tifa.
The narrative of the story is to fall in love with aerith! Just like the original. The player is supposed to love Aerith. Because when she passes away, it makes it the more impactful. BUT!!! There is a clear difference between Narrative and plot. Tifa is the plot. She is the one that was from the start, supposedto end up with cloud, everything points to this, and its something that clearly even Aerith knows!
The events in Advent Children are not very convincing in this respect, at least not for me
well for me FF7 is indefinite on the romantic side of cloud choosing both girls. its a preference. its not like those FF titles for example FF8 thats romance focused game with squall and rinoa being a couple and have an happy ending. no such thing is cloud has on tifa. its the utter BS on tha youtuber on that take on his videos. love FF7 as i dont want aerith dies in the story for i can have her all the way around. but its unfairs to be bias on such character just to feed your delusional fantasies.
kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqBmssybfJengrA.html i recommed including this person into your next video she kinda new player and not into shipping yet, and still neutrals but its amazing how she enjoy every aerith scene, and i think she likes her very much its amazing how unbiased person / blind about FF7 think about aerith characters
Cool I'll look into some of here playthrough and check out her reactions!
I went from laughing at how awkward they were to my eyes watering🥲👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ha ha no kidding 😅
Sad that we didnt get to play in the forgotten capital. Ut was straight to the boss
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I have a feeling we'll be exploring it in some shape or fashion in pt3 on several occassions, probably with Aerith first.
One thing I keep thinking about is how in OG, Aerith (and even the player) completely believe that she’s actually coming back when “it’s all over”. The game then subverts our expectations as we all know though of course. But in Rebirth (and the trilogy as a whole so far) most scenes prior to the sleeping forest depict an Aerith that is aware that she doesn’t have much time with Cloud and everybody. Of course in Remake Aerith straight up has memories of OG/the future, but in Rebirth even after the whispers took away this knowledge, it’s stil clear that Aerith has a feeling of what is gonna happen. She’s depicted almost as a martyr in Rebirth. It goes without saying tho that due to OG FF7 being 27 years old as of the day that I’m posting this comment, EVERY player and their mother has a feeling that Aerith is not gonna make it here. Which is why the subversion of the expectations this time around, is Cloud saving her. OG pulls the rug from under you, but Rebirth handles THE most iconic death scene in gaming in a completely different way. And a funny thing I want to add is how in JP, the title “Rebirth” is made to sound a lot like “Reverse”. I even recall a lot of JP players confused by the title because of this same reason. So it makes total sense imo that in the trilogy, the sleeping forest scene is the reverse of what we saw in OG. Aerith lives.
Amazing explanations here, it's coming down to the expectation they set with Remake and "changing fate" and how they said that OG wasn't the "happy ending." But they don't want to just lay out the red carpet on Aerith's fate being "different" than OG. There still needs to be uncertainty there, playing the players emotions.
I like the bgm in original better
100% agree
I love them ❤😢 I wish we will see her in part three nice video 😊
Oh we will be seeing her in pt3!
So saaad makes me cry every time. Both versions 😭❤️🔥
Yeah 🥲
Aerith, respond! Aerith? AERIIIIIIIITH!!!
Fantastic side by side. Thank you.
Appreciate you! More of these will be coming!
what i like the most is how she vrooms out of there and bump into him on the way out lol. the sad thing most players dont realize is in the canon book after FFVII of aerith in the lifestream, she mentions she regrets never taking a picture with cloud,at the end of advent children you see the team in a photo on cloud desk and the flower to represent aerith since he doesnt have one of her. this is what this quest was all about.
Yeah this quest has so many parallels, one of many reasons why it's the best sidequest.
affinity does matter on cloud response wich is the player voice, high afinity and he is upfront about wanting another date. low afinity he is like, sure,lets
Cloud agrees to go on more dates with either scene variation as it happens before his lines. But the difference being him being confident in Aerith's feelings towards him.
I wish you included the credits scene from the original AC movie (not ACC). It has Aerith watching over Cloud in the flowerfields.
Yeah unfortunately I can't get in 4k, I should have included it anyways though.
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It’s always so touching to see him crawling towards her 😢 I have a video suggestion, how about a side by side of Zack holding and crying for Aerith in the beginning of the game and Cloud doing the same in the FC? The two men that love her, grieving her. I think it makes so clear that Cloud loves her.
In Rebirth, there is much more emphasis on the fact that Aerith really understands Cloud's problem well and whatever fate awaits her in the third game, she will definitely not have contact with Cloud in the near future, which means that first of all he loses a person who, without any connection with his past, could understand, accept and help him to him. Knowing what happened in the crater from OG (thank you, Tifa), I feel this tragedy because of her loss for Cloud himself, no matter what feelings by nature he would have for Aerith.
I like both but the original is a lot more impactful to me. There’s something about the music and more subtle presentation that’s a lot more mystical compared to Rebirth. Also, there’s a greater sense of tragedy and a stronger connection to FF7’s realistic portrayal of death. The last time Cloud and Aerith saw each other, he gave Sephiroth the black materia and physically hurt her. He never got to apologise properly nor were his last (living) moments with her pleasant. She leaves intending to come back (“I’ll be back once this is all over”) and never returns. Nobody intends to die the brutal way Aerith does. Sometimes in real life, we lose the people we love when we least expect it and we don’t get to say sorry or goodbye and leave many unspoken words and chapters. Aerith knowing she’s going to die in Rebirth removes this element which I think it detracts from this bittersweet scene between them and also the greater themes of the story.
Aerith is not the only one who knows that she will die, we also know about her death, so there is no point in recreating the scene from the original and the developers have relied on this knowledge. Aerith is now closer than ever to Yuna from FFX and this is not a bad thing, besides, her fate is still an open question, so the missed drama due to incorrectly staged final scenes is quite logical.
@@ladyvergerin6791I can understand and totally get your (& the devs) perspective tbf. I just don’t think the fact we know that Aerith is going to die should change those story beats as it muddies the wider theme of death being permanent and unfair. The fact the OG scene still holds up shows that it can still be impactful even if we already know the story. Juries still out though of course until we see the final game.
@@MoonlightBrillance Yes, her death is still able to make an impression in OG even after several playthroughs, I understand and feel it myself. This is really an unfair death, which greatly changes the mood of the whole game, but the developers wanted to show us not just injustice, they wanted to show that death is inevitable and merciless, it does not spare the main characters, does not spare beautiful maidens in pink dresses, it may be devoid of scale, epicness and a sense of the logical end of the character's story and this meaning is not so easy to repeat in the new version of the game. The fandom itself is largely to blame, some of which began to downplay the importance of Aerith for the glory of someone's big breasts, Cloti's propaganda so stained the fandom that people before the release of Rebirth wanted to ignore the character simply because of the fact of her death, this death is now perceived by many as a sign that the character is not important to the player, and this contradicts the idea of OG. I can't be completely sure that the developers did the right thing, but it's also too early to say that they made a mistake, we don't have a complete story yet and all we can do is make assumptions and try to analyze what we've already been given😅
Good job on posting this comparison! I love how they kept it similar to the og scene, it hits hard listening to the og music to the rebirth scene at the same time. I’ve been a fan of ffvii since 1997 and just love seeing it come this far with the voice acting and graphics. Please continue to post more of these comparisons and parallels!
I'll come back when it's all over LIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!! 🥲🥲🥲
‘97 did it better and was much easier to understand.
OG is very special in its own right yeah. Interested in why you thought it was better to understand though? I'm not disagreeing at all btw, just curious.
@@mlwjrpg Simplicity. It got the point across, where the sequel just beats around the bush with pretty graphics.
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Well...given her fate in the end...kinda makes sense to make her the feature...but I do agree that there will be biases...
Depends on how one interprets the ending when considering her fate.
They really hammered it home with him literally crawling after her... 😢
Yeah that part is pain and suffering 😞
The pause and slight knowing look she does after Cloud says "You're ok". Sigh. 😔
So soft 😩
She's definitely not okay...😢 She's always trying to be so strong... I like how she doesn't say it's okay and only nods, because she doesn't want to put a voice to those kinds of thoughts.
This almost made me cry
Both of them back to back hits hard.
Heart break x2... Double kill... Now they showed us why he couldn't catch up to her...
This scene was always one of my favorites in the OG. Last time seeing Aerith before.. 😭 they absolutely nailed this scene in Rebirth! It's very faithful to OG, the music is gorgeous and just overall so beautiful! I tear up every time Cloud tries to go after her. He literally crawls through the branches to get to her 😭💔
I thought the Rebirth version was better in that while both happen in his head, he’s at least IN the sleeping forest on Barret’s back this time as opposed to asleep randomly at Gongaga. Having Aerith lead the party there this time felt better as well (as opposed to just running off). And they still preserved Cloud’s connection to her and where she ultimately is in both. Very well done.
I like the Rebirth version well enough, but for me, what made the OG so special in that moment was when Cloud literally starting to run to Aerith, only to not move a single step closer and Aerith miles apart from him but yet so close. It really felt like a dream in that sequence. How we assume that we are in Cloud’s pov until they both float down, how Aerith’s little wave was so simple yet such a memorable gesture like you’re finally seeing someone you love go, just everything in that sequence is so beautiful despite the outdated graphics.
Yeah I know what you mean, Cloud was running so hard and wasn't making any progress. Yet felt he was at the sametime. I do like the moment when Cloud fell to the ground in Rebirth and was struggling so hard crawling and helplessly calling for her though.
Such beautiful clerith! Where do you think their relationship will go in remake part 3? Will we get clerith kiss?
We're getting a reunion in some shape or fashion, there isn't a doubt in my mind. As far as a kiss? I'm just as confident on this happening, where I'm torn is if it ends up being optional or not. Which it's likely the former for ambiguity purposes per SE. But it's not going to be one that lasts 1 second and disappears off screen in an blink of an eye. 🙂
Hahaha, them’s fight’n words! Because I think you mean a kiss that was followed up by a total lack of eye contact…
@@dalegleneagles5072 😂
@@mlwjrpg I really hope so. That cloti kiss confused me. I don't understand why Cloud confess his feelings to and kissed Tifa? Clotis said he leaned in in gongaga too, so I went back and rewatched about twenty times. He does lean in :( so we have to get clerith kiss too!
@@mlwjrpgThe developers seemed to say that there would be no choice in R3🤔
people taking screenshots is so me LMAO aerith looked so pretty it was so hard to pay attention 😭
Ha ha right? lol
I like the '97 vs '24 graphics where she pumps her chest vs the more subtle hold as she tells Cloud she'll handle Sephiroth. It honestly reads like "I've got this"! vs "I've done this before..."
The haters are going to hate but for me as an OG player back in 97, FF7 Remake and Rebirth are masterpieces in my book, and far exceeded my expectations. It surpassed everything on every level for me, and it won’t be for a long time that we’ll get anything as close to the remake trilogy in terms of storytelling, music, graphics, fight mechanics, acting, voice etc. Square-Enix put everything they had into these games and mark my words, we probably won’t see anything like them for a long, long time. Last but not least, pray for those OG players that already returned to the planet and never got to experience the remake games. Thanks for the video! ❤👍
I agree. Although I don't have the same affinity for the OG as many do since I was probably too old when it came out for it to be nostalgic, going back and playing it last month it's not as good as I remembered it being. I actually prefer playing the Remake trilogy even if that puts me in the minority.
The haters are irrelevant. They're actually few and far between. Remake and Rebirth have been the ONLY games of the FF franchise that I've purchased on pre-order since the XIII trilogy was released. I've only played through the XV boy band game years later after the Ultimate Edition was heavily discounted (have yet to buy XVI).
@@Jon_from_LI You’re right. Few and far between, but they’re often the loudest. 😂
Aerith is such a beautiful character. Like a Disney princess in a Square Enix games. Guess that's how Kingdom Hearts was made.
She's beautiful in a thousand ways.
It’s magical seeing a gaming glow-up from PS1 to PS5
Yeah and I've been alive for this entire time, it's wild lol
This time she didn't say - I'll come back when it is all over😭
I mean, at the same time, we also have Loveless, where the mc(who is cloud) says he knows he will return to her
@@xmant8842 Exactly. Though where is he returning to? Question of the trilogy in my mind.
Because this time she knows she'll die.
Thank u so much for this comparison!!! I love this and how soft is Cloud with Aerith, they’re so cute together💙💚 And it’s impossible for me not to cry in this scene and even more when he tells her: Aerith… Come back!… It breaks my heart, he loves her so much and he doesn’t want her to go🥹
Yeah the ending when he's struggling and crawling...calling for her with all the strength he can barely muster...impossible to not break there.
Aerith!…. Come back!…..Aerith…
Ooof....pain
Oh she’ll come back alright…. As a ghost 💀 💀
That man is so soft for her! The sound of relief in his voice when he sees she's alive is everything. I love how they expanded on Aerith telling him to take care of himself and included the bit about her searching for him. It sounds like she just picked the conversation up from where she left off on the Gold Saucer date. They really did a fabulous job of updating this scene. I also love how they incorporated the whispers here when he has that dream moment of trying to run after her but being unable to move forward at all. While watching this I was struck by the contrast between the controlled Cloud trying to chase after Aerith for the black materia versus how Cloud is chasing after her here because he's worried about her. Some great parallels like how in the first scene the whispers stop Aerith from escaping, while here they stop him from catching up to her. There's that wonderful difference in how Cloud is calling after her in both scenes while begging her to stop running. We have Aerith giving Cloud the Meteor materia vs Cloud giving her the Holy materia here. Clearly SE structured them similarly on purpose to draw the comparisons.
This is an amazing analysis here, it's very telling to us how they went into more depth by placing emphasis on Aerith telling Cloud to focus on himself and keep it together. Further showing Aerith's incredible intuition when it comes to Cloud.
No matter what scene it is of cloud & aerith, i will ALWAYS cry no matter what. Just the way that they talk to each other is so wholesome and adorable.😭😭 I also love the way that aerith teases cloud a little, like a irl gf🩷🩷 Ty for making this comparison!
"You're okay," the most relieved Cloud had ever been. Dynamic is too damn good ☺
@@mlwjrpg it sure is. I get emotional every time hearing cloud say that😢
@@mlwjrpg She should have said "Don't I look it"?
His soft, with relief, “You’re okay.” I love how gentle he is with her. And him trying to chase after her tugs on my heartstrings every time. Both the old and new versions. Thank you for the uploads. I love watching the Clerith videos you make!!
That's the softest "You're okay," you'll ever hear. He had just traversed worlds, ran into Sephiroth, fought off some whispers, had no idea where he was, but the moment he saw that Aerith was fine, none of anything that just happened mattered, he was instantly relieved.
I’ll never get over how soft he is with her and I love it when he says her name. It makes me wonder how many times did he say her name in Remake and Rebirth I wonder.
The matching swimsuits perfect for Clerith is the Floral Delight for Aerith and the Ocean Chocobo for Cloud. Then opposite on Tifa from Cloud and Aerith. In my replay, I put Tifa in the Shinra uniform instead of the swimsuit. It worked out great.
No matter what they click 😏
This video deserves more views. Well done.
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