I'm an architect driven to create sustainable buildings. I'm pretty sure that seeing this as a 7 year old is where it all started for me. This made perfect sense to me as a kid, and it still does.

Shaped my thought about life too honestly. Though I played this when I was like 14. This game was my best friend in absolutely awful time in life. Couldn't of asked for a better game to escape the world from really.

Best scene in FFVII! Still breath taking and heart touching, 20 years later.

One of the best scenes in the game. It's here where you finally go "Shit, so that's what's been going on" and turn a corner story wise

I've always found it deeply poetic that cutting-edge technology (at the time) is what made me an environmentalist

While this scene could be remade today with better graphics, it is the music that makes it so magical. Still get goosebumps watching it.

I was 13 when I played this, and I still remember the feeling this scene brought me, amazing it's still the same. Mind blowing. Deep, boundless and celestial. Right up to now, I believe planets also have consciousness, and we are all part of it.

"The soul too returns to the planet. And not only those of humans, but everything on this planet. In fact, all living things in the universe are the same." fucking hell ff7 shaped my life experience in ways ill never even understand

I wish science lectures were like this at school, it will be more exciting to learn

So fun too compare this with the Rebirth remake, having played the game back in the day and see how this and many other iconic scenes are remade and given 4 generations of polish is just amazing. Well done Square!

This is my favorite scene in this game! In combination with the excellent music it brings a tear to my eye. It also is a eco message about us overusing our planets resources and destroying it.

This game forever changed how I view spirituality. At the time of this, I was really unhappy and the church I was going to was very dogmatic and judgmental. I didn't agree with what they believed and was forced to go there until I was 12 years old. I started playing FF7 in 7th grade. It completely shifted how I viewed life. It helped open my eyes to A LOT of things. I'm a very spiritual person now and resonate with Eastern belief systems and different mystical traditions. FF7 has a message that really speaks to my spiritual, intellectual, and emotional selves. Why it's my favorite video game of all time. It literally changed my life.

"I'll be stand there" -- Bugenhagen. This is a lovely scene, anyhow, with lovely music.

"things are being used up and thrown away" sounds familiar

Playing this as. 13 year old it blew my mind, never thought games could be like this. I of course envy my 13 yo self from 1997 who got to experience this all for the first time. The little scenes like this sprinkled throughout the game are what really made it great.

Such an amazing and memorable scene

I only started the ff series this year but this has to be one of the best moments in the series

So sad yet deep and very thoughtful one of my favorite parts of any Final Fantasy game I played so far. Bugenhagen is one of my favorite characters of the whole series. I can tell back in the day this would be a mind blowing moment. So thought provoking. So excited to see it in the remake when it gets there. The remake has the potential to be one of the best ever with so many fantastic scenes. I love stories that make you think.

This literally explains reincarnation perfectly.

It's funny...years ago when I saw this scene it's not sad... But for some reason that scene made me cry that I even told myself... Why the hell am I crying? I think it's because of the background of everything

That same sound effect when Bugenhagen sucks the life out of the planet is used in the Mako Reactor theme. Cool.

I love so much how there are lines on the bottom that look like VCR tracking lines. I wish I would have kept my old video game recordings lol.

I really hope they keep this for Remake part 2 and that it's just as deep! I also hope Buganhagen is a soft spoken old man, as I always pictured him.

Original is still better than modern. It’s the original soundtrack and the atmospheric noises that make it for me. Someone should mesh the old and new together haha. Fan made version.

It’s the small scenes like this that make me scoff at ppl who say 6 is better. Cloud’s dream of aeris in the sleeping forest is another one

in the newest version (steam) you dont see aerith at 1:09 :c

Looking forward to this in the remake.

Ho ho hoooo. Best scene ever.

Let's be honest... IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY SENSE TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN SCIENCE SAYS SIMILAR THINGS NOW

would love to see someone remaster this scene in next gen graphics

That's nice professor but what energy are you using to power your experiments and light show

This scene is better than ff6 opera scene tbh

It would be cool if they made a place like that in real life.

3:45 I wonder if their will be a mention of the weapons in that scene in FF7 Rebirth and if yes, will Omega Weapon be mentioned or maybe even quickly shown.

On my first plaything of the game, I got to this cutscene and as it was zooming in on the Planet, the screen jumped back to Cloud and somehow I softlocked the game. This happen to anyone else?

This just hit me, but does the beginning of the observatory theme remind anyone else of the Academy of Raya Lucaria theme in Elden Ring?

Final Fantasy 7 for life ima get the tattoo

anyone know the name of the song in this?

Best fucking goddamn game ever. This always made more sense to me than any IRL religions. If I'm agnostic, it's about the concepts explained in this scene.

Me too. They just start blinking that's all.

I wish I could see this scene but it freezes on me are you playing this on pc

Good old Copenhagen I mean Bugenhagen

this sums up the current oil crisis, we need to harness the suns love instead of sucking up the planets blood.

HO HO HOOOOO

So basically any oil corporation is Shinra in our world so once the oil runs out something bad will happen This is why we need clean energy :p

3:15 End of Evangelion

hmm, so that's whats turning the frogs gay.

It's crazy. The game's graphics are definitely not good anymore. But it still has so much soul that you get engaged nevertheless. Can't wait for this scene in the remake...

SO much better than Rebirth

yes it sucks cause its an awsome game imo

I wonder what this guy's gonna look like on the remake probably some douchebag it's going to get ruined I'm looking forward to seeing how They're gonna do golden chocobo and how they going to do the high wind well be over the top and I can't imagine how it's going to look flying that massive ring around on updated version on the screen that's even fits when they how's that slap off of competition Scarlet versus tifa I'm so looking forward to the part where Scarlett falls down then again you can see a lot more of her standing up anyway what they were going on about the old game they commented her looking hideous design was low grade but still pretty good they won't be able to get away with saying that I was surprised you know the character is just a creep back to it the soundtrack for the observatory is going to be impressive and will you actually have to level up Materia the same way you did get the master Materia I like back in the old game is it going to be the same in the new remake I wonder and will people be able to exploit it with the tell me I forgot their name I think it was like a whole group that can cause rage also the characters saying can be used for especially if you and nip you get your limit as well on the process well in the old game probably target that make sure to remove that feature especially now I've just said it if anyone mentions

This scene ruins FFVII. "Your soul will be used for energy and NOTHING matters in life. No afterlife lol!" That's this scene in a nutshell.

this scene in remake is insane 🤌 the first look drops today

Beats the crap remake by a mile. They should've just re-released this with options for FPS and RTS modes, and the kinks hammered out.