Cloud is basically playing New Game + but forgot what he did in the playthrough 23 years ago.

Cloud is like the embodiment of players who are trying to enjoy they're time with Aerith but are getting PTSD flashbacks of what's to come.

Everytime aerith hold her hand like she's praying in this game, i got ptsd

aerith tells us not to fall in love with her me: i'll pretend i didn't hear that

I'm 100% sure Aerith knows what will happen. She always seems suddenly pensive and a bit sadder but then immediately smiles as if nothing was wrong... Aerith is just like the majority of the fandom, she KNOWS what's coming.

Imagine playing a game that’s a Remake and a sequel at the same damn time!!!

Sephiroth's sword: pardon me, just passing through

Aerith's English voice actor literally sells us the game.

Man. When that tear fell through Cloud’s cheek tho. 🥺

someone said that in the scene where cloud sheds a tear, he was actually having a vision of aerith leaving him to go to the city of the ancients...that’s kinda how it looks too

FF7R end theme: "I know you're long gone" - Original Aerith "This time, I'll never let you go" - Remade Aerith

Bring it on Bitch -Cloud I don't think he's ever said that before in the previous game

Aerith - No matter what happens, you can't fall in love with me Me - TOO LATE

The fact we are being shown her death so many times makes me believe the time line has been fucked with hard ( before the big ending shock ) and makes me believe we have a shot at saving best girl.

8:37 this is square talking directly to the player

I bet 50 percent of FF7 fans are like "our destiny is our own now. We can save her" while the other 50 percent is like "This just breaks our heart even more. No matter what happens we can't changer her fate." I am hoping for the former

-There is no war in Ba Sing Se- Aerith did not die in this game

If anyone doesn't know what happen to her in the original FF7 just know you better not have left any item's with her

He keeps having deja vu. It proves that someone has reversed everything to change everything.

"you can't fall in love with me" well my heart's crush

8:52 For those who don't get this scene where Cloud tried to grab Aerith's hand. This scene implies Cloud wanted to save Aerith's death from Sephiroth but he couldn't.

SE: “Don’t worry, Aerith won’t be killed by Sephiroth this time.” Fans: “Yay!” Sephiroth: *turns Aerith into a Jenova monster.” SE: *”YOU* do it.” Fans: 😱

What kind of hairspray is Aerith using to keep that materia in her hair?

I like how this dialogue change hints at her knowing the events of FF7OG. In the OG, about her white materia, she says "it does nothing". But in this timeline, she says "it's not good for anything at all" because in the OG Holy indeed ends up doing nothing against Meteor.

Aerith: You can’t fall in love with me... it’s not real. Cloud: Do I get a say in this? Nomura, let me be happy for once god dammit

Aerith was already my favourite since the original but the voice actor just nailed it. Perfect.

I’ve never heard of this game until today. I just watched a clip of Clerith by random choice and found them cute and decided to learn more about the their story. Really sad and now I’m interested in this game qwq

Man this hits so different after Rebirth.

Square better be sending some butterfly effect vibes on us.

That tear just SLAUGHTERED me. Every time I see that scene I want to cry, too.

Killing Aerith indirectly failed Sephiroth's plan, as she began her conquest of the lifestream and ultimately stopped meteor. If the remake is what they say, and the cast is aware of their future, Sephiroth will actually try to keep Aerith alive so the chances of meteor striking are higher

Something's odd with that visions. It's almost like this is a back in time and something could change in the future about it, u know, the death

Did anyone realised that 5:47 is a very short glimpse of Cloud holding dead Alieth as he lay her on the lake?

I'm a hard Cloud x Aerith shipper since the old times but I feel the need to say that Nomura is NOT in charge of the scenario of the remake like people like to joke about... the one who rewrites the story is the one who also wrote it in the past, Nojima Kazushige. Which means he most likely won't change anything about his career's masterpiece... Guess we can only hope he's in the mood for better endings and not this tragedy Cloud gets visions of. Also, now that I have seen Cloud in this remake I can't help but realize how depressed he is in Advent Children and makes me want to have Aerith live EVEN more than before :/

“You can’t fall in love with me.” Judging how this game is both a remake and sequel at the same time, where Sephiroth traveled back in time to change things for himself, Aerith somehow remembers what happened and is trying to get Cloud not to have feelings for her so he won’t feel the pain of her death again

I really happy ever see you Aerith. Please let Aerith Alive. For God Sake.

Every time Cloud has visions before Aerith's death he feels pain.

1:55 I think Nomura trying to give us a hint that in the next installment, we're going to have three different routes in the game. And each route have different story. Or maybe we'll the one to decide the fate of our party member. Lastly, it seems that the first installment is for world building story.

Oooooh, her walking away from him in chapter 9 gives me heavy vibes from the scene where she runs away in the forest before the Forgotten City, cloud couldn’t move while she kept moving further away

Their conversation in Jp during the resolution is better and more clear than the Eng version: -Aerith: You can’t fall in love with me, even if you think you have it’s useless -Cloud: That’s one sided -Cloud: I am coming for you -Aerith: It’s frustrating but I am glad

Well at least we won't have to see our hearts broken since this is only part 1 of the game.

Everyone talking about Aerith then there’s me “Cloud said bitch?!?!?!?!” 4:37

5:45 this scene teared me up instantly.

When Cloud said "I'm coming for you" I felt that

Since this arbiter dementor thingy had one job and they're suck at it, and Cloud have seen the vision. Maybeeee there's chance that Aerith will be save. Or not

Yep, that vision where Cloud 'jumps' up at Sephiroth is absolutely a tell that there is a possibility of saving Aerith this time around.

I wonder what he would have done if he actually grabbed Aeriths hand.

I just watched the original ending of final fantasy 7 where the last clip is a vision of aerith looking into the mako energy just as she did in the beginning of final fantasy 7 and the remake. Somebody in those comments suggested something that seemed actually very plausible and thats that final fantasy 7 is a vision of the future that aerith experienced through looking into the mako. It would explain why the whispers are after her when you meet her. Im assuming that Cloud has these visions because he's infused with mako or something and has a connection with aerith which triggers him seeing what she experienced in final fantasy 7. As for sephiroth he might experience something similar but on another level. Not saying this is the truth, but it does make the story of ff7 remake more interesting to me 🤷‍♂️

Aerith, my love my soul, I'm comin' for you!

8:35 Because Aerith suspects she is going to die, she also has visions of the future, just like Cloud, she tells him not to fall in love with her, to prevent him from suffering ...

Man I’m dying to play the second disc. Getting to know her to the extent you do on the first disc is genius, honestly... because the second disc is going to kill me when you know what happens. .... they waited a LONGGG time to finally remake this game... it seems worth it thus far. I’m for Aerith and Cloud!! Lol

Probably these flashbacks are the hints that this game has it’s own timeline. They reused some scenes from FF7: Advent Children. They have different buster sword design like Crisis Core.

In 1997 i didn’t understand the story but keep playing to the end. My first rpg ever turns out the best rpg !

I almost feel like Seph was controlling the visions of the "failed future" they were seeing to make them think that the OG ending is the horrible ending which in turn makes them defy destiny; just what Seph wants. I mean, after all, the FFVII AC world is broken and not perfect, but Cloud seemingly finds a place for himself, forgives himself and lives on. With destiny broken, we may see an even darker story line as our characters fight to undo their mistake as Seph fks with Cloud's emotional and mental state even more. Maybe Seph will go after Tifa to torment Cloud and eventually we'll see flashes of a future that "could have been" with the AC family unit. Just has my mind spinning with possibilities!

1:12 saw that tear from cloud's eye😥 What did you see cloud damn this game's plot is killing me.

1:10 is THE most poignant moment in the entire game.

Now you can re-experience the sadness in HD!

1:05 "my fingers are tingling"

The last scene... I think that was the original Aerith. Her consciousness. When she was speaking to Cloud it’s like she was speaking to the original one.

Aerith is so adorable, and I love her voice! I'm more of a Tifa fan, but Aerith is cool too. Aerith is very aware of her fate, and knows what her destiny is, and what she must do.

Cloud asked for a second chance with "Hollow" so here it is, the Devs giving him.

Briana white nailed it with the voice acting. Aerith went from being one of my least favorite FFcharachters to very likeable

2:11 Definitely making this my new wallpaper 🔥🔥🔥

It's so sad. I love her. She still makes me cry, my favorite girl...

On the og I literally turned the game upside down finding ways to revive Aerith when internet and game guides are not so accessible at the time. We already knew what happened when she died so it shouldn't be bad to give us an option to at least see her alive at the end. An answer to a 23 year old what if...

I think they're setting us up to think aerith can be saved after 23 years of mourn.. but in the end she dies just as she did in the forgotten city... So many tears.. I've searched for her for 23 years and now I found her.. I cry just to think she'll be taken away again.. WHY!!!¡!!!😭

"I'm coming for you." - Gave me the feels on 1st playthrough

Alright people, there's hope, time to save my beautiful angel Cloud to Aerith: "I'm coming for you" "This time I will never let you go

4:59 scene of ff7 advent children 5:48 another scene of ff7 advent children:'c

I like how cloud turns away to not show his face

Future is a blank page -Aerith.

I ship aerith with cloud so much i never shiped cloud with tifa im so sorry

Cloud:I say we falling in love

Every moment with Aerith is bittersweet to me. I’m happy to see her, but there’s always the foreboding feeling that this is going to end very badly, and I don’t think I have the heart to see *that part* happen again. 7:33 This is definitely giving me PTSD.

"But whatever happens, you can't fall in love with me" Yeah, about this, as someone that played the PS1 version of this game, this advice right here is not for Cloud, it's for the player. Edit: You should have told me that 24 years ago, Aerith!

Basically this Final Fantasy just Saving Aerith and change future. I like OG Aerith Cameo every lines from her is Gold. Especially don't fall love with her quote.

Cloud: Everyone that close to me will be death Tifa: Am I a joke to you?

I truly TRULY hope Aerith survives this time...

5:45 How to trigger PTSD from just a blurry image of a lake.

7:25 - 7:35 gave me chills.

The biggest challenge in this game wasn't any of the battles, it was the pull-up contest against Jules 😂

imagine being a kid and having no clue whats about to happen.

bro i wish i had played the original before the remake so i could understand the references like these when doing my playthrough

4:59 GUYS? GUYS?!!! THE BUSTER SWORD HILT IS ROUND!!! I REPEAT! THIS IS THE CRISIS CORE ROUND HILT BUSTER SWORD

Visions that may not happen, because the Cloud's team defeated their destiny, "what's ahead is a blank page"...

If Wedge and Biggs are alive, then maybe Aerith can somehow survive too. It kind of reminds me a little of Final Fantasy X, where Yuna and the others figure out a way to defeat Sin without sacrificing herself. Maybe in Part 2, they'll get more visions from Sephiroth or someone else, and they can use this info so Aerith can somehow cast Holy without dying. This is obviously a new timeline, so anything goes at this point.

I dont wanna see Aerith die again on remake.. Ohh no..

No way a birthday vid from the great BZ himself just amazing thx u BZ. Can I get a happy birthday from u 😎😎💯

Plz let aerith survive this time around, I know it's not likely but heres hoping

New to the series and she was my favorite made me legit tear up

Am I the only one not ready to see Aerith die in Remake part 2? My heart is pounding😭

What if Aerith still dies, but by her own terms? I can't ever see Aerith defying the wishes of the planet, since she IS part Cetra. It doesn't suit her character. I'd be all for her living, of course, though. There are several possibilities that Square can run with here. It's clear Aerith knows something, probably already knows what's supposed to happen. Hence her warning to Cloud, amongst most of her dialogue in the game. XD They made that fairly obvious. The time traveling theories, though, can go either way. They are obviously going to tell a different story here, so I just hope it's mind blowing!

They are either playing with us, or expanding the game with new stuffs while playing with us

I never played any FF game before so I was a little confused at first when playing this, but it was an amazing experience and now I can't wait for part 2. Aerith is definitely my fave female character, SHE CAN'T DIE ;_;

Cloud sheds a tear in the one vision he has and that hits in the feels

Aerith could survive or not. If not, retelling it into a greater tragedy is an option. Such as WHO kills her. A longshot theory yes, just hope i'm wrong.

Is good aerith won't die!!! She died for nothink in 1997!!!! Time for cloud and her to be finally happy!!!

Everyone after learning the remake's ending: So basically, let's forget everything about advent children😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I like how some of the visions (especially at the end) were the same ones from advent children. Nice touch.

I feel like Aerith knows she's gonna die and I also feel like cloud is gonna get in the way making the story change a lot