4 Final Fantasy 7 recaps to watch before you play Rebirth
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth won’t add up if you’ve been neglecting your lore studies. Rather than replay Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the original FF7 in their entirety, we strongly recommend pulling an “oh damn, the big test is tomorrow” cram session.
A trio of YouTubers have produced the modern equivalent of CliffsNotes in the form of entertaining and educational video summaries. Because I respect your time, I have limited the recommendations to four videos that, in total, will take you 137 minutes to watch — the run time of one meaty movie. I also presume that, since you’re reading this post, you’re not the sort of person who can recite scenes from Advent Children. So my recommendations stick to the core games, ignoring the expanded FF7 universe.
These videos will catch you up on both versions of Final Fantasy 7 (both the original and Remake), go deep into a key moment that opens Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and then recap the story once more in a fun, pithy way that should help the core moments and themes stick in your brain.
Let’s begin the study session!
YouTube channel Xygor Gaming produced my first two recommendations, exhaustive explainers of both Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake. These two videos are the longest of the bunch, but if possible, they should be watched one right after the other.
The magic of the new Final Fantasy 7 games stems from the various, sometimes subtle ways that the creators subvert expectations of what a remake should be. But it’s hard to spot what’s changed in the modern edition if you can’t remember what happened in the original. Because Xygor Gaming avoids any additional FF7 extended universe stories and events, this story recap of the original game can fit neatly inside a 42-minute box.
Once you’re caught up on the original — with all of that plot still sloshing around your brain — watch Xygor Gaming’s summary of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. If at first this video feels like a repeat, albeit glossier, that’s OK. Most of the story
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