There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

That was also my reaction when I first played it in 2017. I did CC first and wasn't expecting the main story to have such a wider scope

@@tanelviil9149 religious symbolism and themes are very popular in japanese games

@@freak4219 sure, but this is not what i argued.

@@freak4219 delusion is a helluva drug lol. It’s literally exactly what he argued, lmao. Can’t make this kind of comedy gold up.

...glad to hear that.. i lost my girlfriend back then when it came out. instead of meeting her for sunday breakfast at 7 am, i arrived at 7 pm.

It'd be cool if they made some games in the main series that followed a little closer to the game play and ascetic designs used in the first ten games.. I'm glad they try new stuff, but I kind of want to play a jrpg with modern graphics and 90's esoteric themes... Any recommendations?

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

@@tanelviil9149 Obviously the franchise Final Fantasy takes a lot of inspiration from lots of different religions. You seem a little confused, buddy.

@@dante1nero1 nah i am totally fine buddy. And the issue here is not " lots of different religions" , but the video author clearly made a claim that everything in ff 7 came from the jewish religion, and with that i disagree.

@@tanelviil9149 Sorry bud. I come from an antisemic country. I have little exposure to what Judaism is growing up. But playing FF7 as a teenager, the name Sephiroth is pretty damn weird. All i had to google it and, what do you know? Sephiroth is tied directly to Judaism. Not Buddism, not Islam. So no matter how you look at it, FF7 is definitely "inspired" by this religion.

@@junjinwong8002 nah it is not

ffvi had the same with the espers and magicite! Chefs kiss level weaved into plot

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

How exactly did GFs in FF8 not make sense? They are faustian psychopomps. That was readily explained in the game and it's a beautiful "deal with the devil" system imo.

@@EzekielGoldbergII because it is suggested they are so common that SEED initiates will have up to 3 before they even take the test, yet it is never explained whether other people can also use the GF that the main characters use, nor are there that many GF actually shown in the game. Especially compared to other final fantasy games, despite them apparently being so commonplace in FFVIII.

​@@TheRetroPerspective The fact that they're so common makes the plot twist later in the game nonsensical, since if most SeeD initiates have up to 3 GFs before their first exam, their amnesia side effect would be well documented and not a rumor, or Gardens take an impossible amount of effort to cover up something that just about every one of their students is going through. Selphie discovered a GF and junctioned it when she was a child and we have no idea what GF that was. Griever is "in Squall's mind, the strongest GF", so did he hear about it or did he just make it up? Why did no one else have this GF until Ultimecia pulled it literally from his mind? Unfortunately it's not like in FFX, where different summoners can clearly draw from the same Fayth and summon the same Aeon to say that the few GFs we have can be junctioned to more than one person. According to gameplay, they clearly cannot.

Sephiroth didn’t want just midgar… he wanted to use the planet as a vessel to travel the cosmos to find the promised land

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

@@tanelviil9149 please say sike.. please lol. There's NGE (tv/movie series), and SMT has always incorporated religious themes. Heck, the **(spoilers) final boss of P5R is named Adam Kadmon.**

@@MindfulProgramming nah bro you wrong.

@@tanelviil9149 wtf you talking about dude? The writers take a lot of things from a lot of different cultures. The song : one winged angel literally has Latin in it…

As a player and fan of the 8bit ff games. FF9 when it arrived to limited fanfare was absolutely a love letter to the history of final fantasy and its own unique lore and style. The departure from ff8 into a pure fantasy and magic based world up to and including the score was a deliberate call back to the origins of the franchise.

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

9 and 13 are the only two games in the series I don’t like

@@tanelviil9149 It's long been common for the Final Fantasy games to draw inspiration from many different religions. Why the hell are you being so anti-Semitic? It's disgusting and I'm surprised no one else has called you out for it.

It's funny you say this. When i was younger i was hardcore about ff7 and hated ff9 because it was too different and not gritty enough. But after going back and playing through it(twice back to back lol), its my favorite ff. It really is incredible!

Xenogears is definitely coming soon... then after that, I imagine would be Chrono Trigger/Cross.

@@maxderrat Yes plz do the chrono series, i absolutely love them. Even though chrono cross kinda confused me a bit. But i was a kid so yeah. Anyways i love ur videos & i was just about to ask for an analysis on the chrono series when i stumbled upon this comment. Keep up the good work dude. :)

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

@@tanelviil9149 Are you some kind of nazi? You seem awfully determined to undermine the very REAL conncetions FF7 has to Judaism. Now I'll admit there are a couple things he said that are a bit of a stretch but it doesn't change the fact that he DID do legitimate research, and DID find legitimate information. He also showed that information. You turn around and spew garbage with no evidence at all. Stop being a bigot.

6 is still my favorite, but admittedly a lot of the reason is probably nostalgia lol

@@Capnsensible80 I guess it's my personal favorite, too. I first played it on the SNES when it had just come out, and I think it's still the only one that I've actually beaten (years later on the GBA)

FF6 and 7 are tied for my favorite, second Favorite is 8. First FF I played was the original, FF1 but at the time I just rented it and didn't beat the game until years later. First FF I beat and really got into was FF4.

6 is the goat of gaming

@@Capnsensible80 same. I absolutely adore VI even more than VII. It's so satisfying to beat and I replay it every couple years.

No matter how much I try pause it, I can't catch it. What's it say?

@@Canadish Says "#cloti4ever" Remember that you can pause a video and advance through it frame by frame on desktop and laptop using the comma and period keys.

@@Canadish Also, on mobile or pc, you can change to .25x speed then, around the time, start pausing and playing continuously and should be able to pause it exactly during the frame it shows up

You mean that Tifa didn't existed and it was just Aerith and then they created Tifa along with the love triangle dynamic? Because that's what happened, not that an X character was divided into them.

@@Traigame2cervezas You are kind of right. I’ll try linking the video if I find it. So Aerith was one of the first created characters along with Cloud and Barret, but this was when Cloud’s design was that of Zack and Aeirth actually looked like Tifa, and Sephiroth looked like Vincent(I swear I’m being serious.) At said be point, things changed and they decided to change character designs as well as create new characters, that’s how Tifa was ultimately created, and Aerith was resigned.

@@Traigame2cervezas in the video THE FINAL FANTASY VII ICEBERG EXPLAINED at 24:35 the commentator explains this, but I would watch the hole thing, cause it’s a fun video.

@@Traigame2cervezas you mean Aerith was supposed to be Sephiroth's sister and/or lover? And you can't deal with the fact that clerith isn't going to happen?

Shipping wars... shipping wars never change.

I hope 🙏 they have a [remake] "Advent Children" Episode/movie.

They do it with FFIII and FFVIII supposedly in the same universe, as well. One of the big "clues": a clock in VIII with the hands pointing at 3 and 8.

@@justinblair9661 Oh my god. xD

@@Azdaja13 for real! It seems like 99% of these either require depth beyond any of the most detailed novels and movies or Olympian-level mental gymnastics to pull off.

@@Azdaja13 With the Shinra reference, Kazushige Nojima suggested that the two games might be in the same universe, just not in the same world: the Shinra company was supposedly created by Al Bhed Shinra's descendants, who travelled from Spira to Gaia and brought with them the knowledge that allowed the technological advancement that made Shinra the superpower it is. This raises way more questions than it answers, though. That's why I personally have another theory: if the two games are indeed in the same universe, that means their worlds share the same lifestream. After Spira's life ended, its lifestream travelled through the cosmos and gave birth to Gaia, and the memories of those who lived there were reincarnated in the people in new planet, so the Shinra company was willingly or unwillingly created by a man who had the original Shinra's memories. We saw something like this happen in Lightning Returns' ending, where the old FFXIII world's lifestream was transferred to a new world, in this case Earth, and Lightning was reincarnated there as a regular French woman in modern times (I guess). A novel published afterwards revealed that all the FFXIII saga's cast was reincarnated, and a certain event that happens there restores their memories of what happened in the games.

"is entirely the reverse of the lore for Ivalice in FF12 and Tactics, where the FF12-inspired cities, locations and characters are in the present while the FF Tactics ones are part of ancient history so the two cannot possibly be in the same universe." If it's entirely the reverse, then you mean that FF12 is ancient history while FF Tactics is further in the future. It's evidenced by guns and airships being commonplace in 12 and Balthier's surname of Bunansa, where FFT has Mustadio and Besrodio (distant descendants) treat guns as a rarity and airships as ancient tech. But you repeated your previous point twice.

I didn’t play that one, but the story was so interesting that I still studied the lore. Same with Xenosaga.

@@zacky7572 oh yes, of course the story is amazing. But I love how you pick all these small little details, and I think Xenogears has A LOT of these to offer. Your content is really amazing and if it weren't for me making only minimum wage I'd be a Patreon! I like how it seems that you're talking to a friwnd sitting next to you. And I don't know much about Xenosaga, but I know the series has many fans and probably a good story as well.

@@Rod_Silva I’m not Max Derret, FYI, although I agree with you concerning his video style. I just think the Xeno-verse, or whatever, is fascinating. As far as Xenosaga, the first game was solid. The story builds on the concepts of Xenogears, which is why I ended up reading it’s lore. The story is…scattered, but good. The second game was not very fun at all, so I quit and just read all the lore after the third game came out. It’s too bad, too, because the overall story conclusion seemed very satisfying.

No need to apologize for the mini Hebrew lesson, I found it quite informative and interesting! So that would mean the other two names he entered would be just coincidence as he included the vowels in their calculation?

@@Capnsensible80 I speculate that the vowels don't have a Gematria value or if they did, they would be 0. The only exception to this would be the vowel "A". א (aleph or alef) is the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet and is often transliterated as "A" in Latin script. Except the thing about א is it's really unusual because it's an exception to the "no vowels" rule in written Hebrew. It is most commonly seen at the beginning of a word that starts with a vowel. Because there would be no way to distinguish if a vowel did or didn't start with a vowel. For example "אדם" ("Adam"; like the first man in the Bible) is written as A-D-M. Notice how there is a vowel written at the start of the word but not for the second vowel? If there wasn't a Hebrew letter for this placeholder vowel, it would be "דם" ("dam"; lit. "Blood"). Which would be written as D-M. But א isn't just equivalent to the letter A, it can be equivalent to other vowel sounds like E. א itself is silent and more like a placeholder or an indicator of a vowel rather than an actual letter. So it would have a Gematria value (it's 1 because it's the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet). But the other vowels likely would have a Gematria value of zero because there is no other letter for these vowels. There are some weirder exceptions where letters in Hebrew can also represent certain vowel sounds. The letter ו (vav or waw) makes a "v" sound in modern Hebrew and a "w" sound in old Hebrew. But it can also be used as a substitute for a written vowel. It can make a "o" or "u" sound in some cases. Take for instance דוד, transcribed as D-V-D. But since the vav is multifunctional, it can now be D-O-D or D-U-D. "דוד" can have three different pronunciations. The first is DaViD (like the King of Israel), where the vav stays a consonant and you fill in the space with vowels. Next is DOD, which means "Uncle". And third is DUD, which means "boiler". The last two are cases where the vav is written as if it were a consonant but in reality is used as substitute for a vowel. But because "ו" (vav) is a consonant by nature and not originally a vowel, Gematria calculators don't consider "O" or "U" as the same as it would for "V" or "W" because they didn't have unique letters. Lastly is י (yod or yud) which makes a y sound (like when Y is a consonant). But it can also stand in for an "i" vowel sound. I think it suffers from not being accepted by Gematria for the same reason as above. tl;dr Hebrew doesn't have unique letters for vowels except for "A" because it functions as placeholder to indicate a word begins with a vowel. So my guess is that this Latin script-based Gematria calculator assigns all vowels, except A, a value of 0 so it doesn't affect the outcome when calculating.

@@bVItpk Oh I see, that's quite interesting. Complicated as well, thanks for the information :)

Definitely. Next time I do a video on Final Fantasy, it's going to be on either 8 or 6.

@@maxderrat Nice! I know FFVIII is not as popular as VI, VII, and IX, but it is probably my second favorite. The story was a mess, but it was a really interesting RPG to play. Plus, it arguably has the best opening sequence in the series.

@@maxderrat thank you and take your time, I know you probably have a lot on your plate and I’ve got the patience to spare. As always tho great video.

@@zacky7572 Arguably the best soundtrack as well. It got me into learning Mandarin (because Faye Wong), which led me to eventually living in China for just over a year. Funny how stuff like that works out.

@@deanchur Yes, the OST on VIII was awesome! The reason that opening sequence was so effective was the epic track that played during it.

Fuck me colony wars

Did you get to choose the essay topic yourself or was it assigned as part of the class? And if it was assigned by the class, what class is this for?

@@EternalSilverDragon chosen and it's a course called popular culture in religion

I'm no Max, but this is just me theorizing for fun: Although Japanese city dwellers tend to be non-religious, Buddhism is one of the most popular religions in the Japanese countryside, and maybe places like Kyoto. Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in particular. Even if young people don't cling to these religious ideas, chances are, their grandparents still do. Buddhism in general contains the idea of escaping the cycle of reincarnation. The cycle of death and rebirth is often seen as "shackles" to people within Hindu and Buddhist faiths. I come from a Hindu background myself, so I'm decently versed in these matters. Within both Hindu and Buddhist communities, there are people who find kinship with the old ideas of Gnosticism. The subject of Gnostic beliefs comes up every once in awhile, as it almost seems as if Gnosticism is a little bit of eastern philosophy that made it's way west. The theme that there is a Lifestream-esque oneness consciousness/emptiness is prevalent in all three of the above religions i just mentioned. Fictional examples of this include: The Lifestream(FFVII) The Unseen Realm(FFXIII trilogy) The Planetary Crystal/The Void(multiple FF games) The Sea of Souls(Persona) The Wave Existence(Xenogears) These religions also share the idea that there is some kind of tyrannical Demiurge ego construct that is arrogantly keeping us from merging with our true nature. This demiurge also has a tendency to "shame" vulnerable feelings within a person, like the human ego often does. It uses illusions and defense mechanisms to keep us away from vulnerable experiences such as love and enlightenment. It also seems to keep us trapped in the cycle of reincarnation. Hinduism and Buddhism just chalks this up to the human ego and it's machinations, but Gnosticism goes ham on the idea that the Old Testament god is a giant expression of this tyrannical ego. Fictional examples of egoic-construct gods are: Jenova/Sephiroth(FFVII) Bhunivelze/Fal'Cie(FFXIII trilogy) Ameno-sagiri(Persona 4) Yaldabaoth(Persona 5) Deus(Xenogears) Breaking destructive and abusive cycles are also a part of the three religions as well as these games. Breaking the cycle of "samsara" and returning to something truer is the natural way. Buddhism, Taoism(a more minor influence in Japan), and Gnosticism also associate the ego/demiurge with the government. Basically, all authoritative entities are just giant expressions of fear and egoic control. This includes theocratic societies like the Roman Catholic Church, capitalist societies like Shinra, and Chinese Neo-Confucian societal rules that are prevalent in Chinese, Korean and Japanese cultures. All of these are seen as "systems of control" that are born out of egoic fear. All extentions of demiurge. Anyway, i could go on and on. But you get the picture: Its possible that Japan's Buddhist heritage is already compatible with Gnostic belief. Breaking cycles, letting go of the tyrannical ego, and returning to a more natural existence are themes that they both share. Combine that with Japan's tumultuous relationship with traditional Christianity, and emotionally suppressive Confucianism, and you might have a recipe for genuine Gnostic sentiment among Japanese artists who are well-read in the subject matter. Just a theory though.

why can FF7 'suck it'?

@@WindraesaQuite frankly, i think it's a terrible game. I thought it was the bestest thing ever made when i was like 12 and the game was new, but upon trying to replay it again...well, let's just say that i think most of the game didn't "age" particularly well. I'd say the game has 3 main issues. The first being the glacial pacing. The second being the boring and useless cast, and the third quite frankly being the fact that it's so much a product of it's time that it's almost unplayable. Then again, i never did play the remake, maybe i'd enjoy that better.

? Sure you can go on a date even with Barret (and i like Yuffie and Tifa [its been a few years last time i played so i may butcher some of the names]) but Aerith was the gf in the story pretty strongly i would say.

@@xxXXRAPXXxx I definitely feel that way too, but I do hope Square one day comes out and makes an undeniable statement about it in the story.

@@xxXXRAPXXxx i disagree, i think Tifa. Perhaps you are confounding how much Aerith obviously/overtly liked cloud for the writers intending her to be 'the gf' or for her attraction being reciprocated.

@@Windraesa "Writers intending her to be the gf or her attraction being reciprocated" Wait in a story what writers want is what is canon (you can ship what you want [like sailor moon being with goku] but canon is canon) and reciprocating attraction kinda hints that someone is interested in you/that person. So unless i did not understand you correctly i don't get your point there mate. Tifa is the usual "childhood friend" trope where you had a crush on her when you ware younger but she did not notice you untill you got older/stronger/more successful but by then you had found someone else that you love or whatever.

@Big Tatsu if you have proof of that it would make my day.

Seems you need to get a life then

I was going to recommend it too :)

I love the games! Could you recommend what you'd like to see me cover in regards to Elder Scrolls lore?

@@maxderrat The Lusty Argonian Maid

@@maxderrat Vivec would be awesome. Most fascinating character in the whole lore. Possible inspirations maybe? Could also include the dialogues from the old Bethesda forum and Kirkbride's C0DA.

Mine too. Especially because of the soundtracks.

Haven't finished 4 yet, but so far i would rate it really high.

@@PieFoot 4 is a really good one too.

@@nintendude794 yes, the sephiroth theme and the kefka last battle music (dancing mad)... I shiver every time I hear. 3 games I think will be very difficult for square to top, FF6, FF7 and another favorite of mine FFT.

@@itsasecrettoeverybody check out the OCremix (OverClocked ReMix) tribute albums Voices Of The Lifestream (FF7) and Balance & Ruin (FF6) if you haven’t already! Both albums have a lot of great tracks, in many different styles.

Soon there will be no excuse ;)

Its never late to play it. Even if you know some scenes that became popular, is truly an unique experience that con only be enjoyed by playing it

There is nothing taken from jewish religion. Why would japanese game makers take inspiration from jewish religion?? Absurd. This guy talking in this video is a jew himself and he tries to make himself feel good by trying to create a connection with his favorite game and his religion. Its just sad. How some jews try to make themselves seem relevant.

@@tanelviil9149 Sephiroth IS a term from kabbalah, one can take inspiration from other s culture. Yeah I get it, they rule the bank, but this doesn t mean you have to rage about it anytime they re mentioned, I guess

@@tanelviil9149 Japanese games love to explore various philosophies and infuse them into their stories. You can't shake a stick without hitting one, most of the time. I don't know if Max is Jewish, but based on what I've seen from him, your assessment is more telling of your outlook, rather than his. Twas quite a specific target in your gripe. Haha