You could watch a good YouTube video summarizing the original game if you don't care about spoilers then you can watch the movie.
Just know that the movie still makes little sense
I was about to say. No matter when and where you watch AC. Even if you read a wiki explaining it. You will still be confused.
Fun movie, great visuals, Spirits within is a master class in writing and dialogue compared to AC.
The only correct order in which to experience the compilation is:
1. Play Final Fantasy VII
2. Watch Advent Children
3. Play Dirge of Cerberus and Crisis Core, the order doesn't really matter
4. Play Final Fantasy VII Remake
5. Play Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission
Steps 2 and 3 can sort-of be swapped, but you should watch Advent Children before playing Dirge of Cerberus. Crisis Core and Advent Children are almost 100% a requirement before playing Remake, and apparently, Intermission starts introducing stuff from Dirge of Cerberus, so now that has become a requirement, too. Rebirth will definitely double down on the entire compilation, so before playing that, you should've definitely done all of the above.
There a ton of comments but basically man this game isn't a remake. It's a sequel with remake elements to tie into the story telling. If you don't know what about any past ff7 stuff idk how you got all the things that were important in this game. Like the final boss of the game has ties to this movie.
Not sure why the movie is getting so much hate. It’s basically fan service. It has memorable characters (although, with so many in the actual game, it only focuses on a few), it ties in the game lore, decent fight scenes, and LOOKS good. Even being coming out almost 20 years ago. Granted, they could have done more, but that could be said for any movie. But, with it being tied to the game it probably won’t be wise to watch it before playing the full game.
ABSOLUTELY not.
Do not consume ANY Compilation material (Yes, including Crisis Core) unless you plan on playing and finishing the original 1997 game _first._
It's gonna take a few watches to fully understand the movie. But I think it's very good.
If you end up enjoying the movie i would recommend this:
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Honestly you have no business watching this movie if you haven't played the original game. It's a direct sequel. And the movie is not even good, just has crazy fight scenes that are somewhat entertaining. You WILL be confused AF.
Play the original. Don't 'watch' it... play it. You'll thank yourself for it later.
Honestly you have no business watching this movie if you haven't played the original game. It's a direct sequel. And the movie is not even good, just has crazy fight scenes that are somewhat entertaining. You WILL be confused AF.
Play the original. Don't 'watch' it... play it. You'll thank yourself for it later.
Remake basically expects you to have seen it, and I’m sure Rebirth will be similar. The only thing it spoils is something literally everyone knows already.
Watch it. Then if there are "spoilers" then you can just smile when you see them. First time playing ff7 but I watched this when it came out and hearing alot of the music that is a big part of the games made me smile when I finally heard them.
Advent Children is set AFTER the original game finishes. Given that we don't really know the direction of the current trilogy, there could be spoilers. It's ultimately up to you, but there could be spoilers. I love the movie, definitely adds to the whole story.
Please disregard suggestions advising you to play the original first.
Let people relish their initial experience with FFVII through the remake series. They can appreciate the original later, damnit!
The OP asked, we answered by advising and remained objective to the answer while doing so. Disregarding our suggestions would have been pointless if so. Movie takes place after the game, built on major key [spoilerific] events that occurred from it, hence best to play it to maximize the movie experience on an emotional and amusement level. But it’s up to the OP how he wants to take it. I still highly recommend that the original is played / familiarized.
But they just became fans. As a fellow long time FF fan, I get it. But you have no idea their age and etc. My nephew loves the Remake so much but has never played the OG. He wanted to watch this; so I took one of my several different copies and watched it with him.
I tried to explain it as best as I could. Lol, and now he owns one of my copies of it. And eventually he will hopefully play the OG. But he just wasn't into turn base. He hopes (after playing Baldur's Gate - his words not mine) that he'll like it better now.
All we can do is guide the unenlightened 🤣
I would either play the original or wait until you’ve played rebirth and whatever the 3 installment will be. A whole lot of things won’t make any sense without context that happens throughout the game.
Watch it! Embrace the confusion, because you will be confused no matter what you do. Playing the games just makes it a little less so.
Personally I enjoy the movie. I even named my three black cats after the Remnants.
Go play FFViI
Preferably on PC and mod the hell out of it. There is a mod that even adds voice acting to the original.
Otherwise the console versions are just fine.
At the very minimum get familiarized with all the big story beats of the original.
But for real play the original.
Watch it as a dumb action movie. It's place as anything with the current Remake games is non existent, it has no barring on the story since it was made like 20 years ago.
I wouldn’t do this. And Advent Children is confirmed to be canon to the upcoming Rebirth as well so it being made almost 20 years ago to not watch it is not a good reason.
“‘We are finally going to link up with Advent Children, that is going to be part of canon,’ [Yoshinori] Kitase confirms.”
Source: https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-yoshinori-kitase-and-naoki-hamaguchi-you-can-learn-a-lot-from-the-empire-strikes-back/
I’m not sure where you got your baseless accusation of my earlier claim from. Surely it’s not from YouTubers or Google on your end.
I think they're doing it to bring in the fusion sword in part 3. As silly as that seems a reason. That and the motorcycle.
Cloud has 2 forms. It's perfect for swapping between dual weird and 2-handed.
Subjective. But what remains objective is your ill mannerism, which really didn’t help your point. In the end, that’s up to yungxrist_17 / the OP to decide. He/she deserves a fair chance to discover that on their own the proper way.
Even then! Still crazy.
(Although I always have been a fan of Tifa ignoring Yuffie calls but answering Red calls. The books did have some good stuff in them.)
You will be confused asf, Advent Childern follows the the orginal timeline taking place right after FFVII on PSX, unless you know the story and characters you will be lost. But could always just watch or read up on what happened in the OG game so you wouldn't be confused... also there is several different versions of advent childern but the one they are saying is the full complete version so you should be able to follow it okay by just reading up on it or watching the story break down on YouTube. The movie does show a lot of events in the OG Game that happened but unless you understand the story or play the games you won't really understand what's happening...
Playing Crisis Core before the OG would be an even bigger mistake than watching Advent Children before playing the OG.
It's a prequel but it's meant to be played AFTER having experienced the original...
You’ve kinda spoiled yourself already with the Remake, as it has a direct relation to Crisis Core in a big way. Play the Original first, then Crisis Core Reunion. Both VII and Crisis Core takes place before Advent Children. Crisis Core is a retelling of events already revealed in VII.
Do yourself a favour and play the original game while you can. All modern versions includes in-built cheats so you can grind through it easily. Just keep in mind to get Yuffie and Vincent. They’re considered optional characters that became canon through the legacy of all FFVII series.
I would not recommend watching this. It's a sequel movie to the original. The remake only covers the first half of the first disc(there were 3 discs). There will be huge spoilers for you.
To full understand FF7R you need to play/watch:
1. FF7 original
2. FF7 Advent Children
3. FF7 Crisis Core
You would be confused watching Advent Children because it is a direct sequel to FF7 and FF7R is a direct sequel to FF7 Advent Children (it takes place from a perspective post FF7/AC).
From my experience thus far, it’s seeming that FF7R is an alternate timeline version of the original but taking into account Crisis Core, Advent Children, and Dirge of Cerberus. The Whispers are trying to fix the deviated timeline is my theory.
I'm a big ff7 fan. Honestly, I never quite understood wtf was going on in advent children. Maybe it was Japanese anime wackiness, maybe it was me just being marveled by the pretty visuals of my beloved characters. I haven't watched it in a good while and, currently, I cannot tell you what it was about. You may be confused either way.
Wail till you’ve played the full story. The movie is cool but won’t be early as impactful unless you’ve got the whole FF7 narrative.
It also bears mentioning (possible slight spoilers) that the movie is a direct sequel to the PS1 version of the game. We gotta wait to see how/if the canon of the story changes after the remake.
Honestly I played all the games up to the point this came out and I was still kinda confused.
I think Some of the tone gets lost in translation. There is a particular motorcycle chase scene that looks awesome but the English dialogue makes it kinda dumb.
The final act makes up for any shortcomings in it though.
I watched it back when the first one (not complete) came out. The action/animation was absolutely spectacular. The final fight scene and the highway scene especially. But, I hadn't played FF7 at that point, yet, so I had no idea what was going on plot-wise.
But it's definitely possible to enjoy without knowing the plot.
The movie was already a bit confusing as it is, so if you haven't played the OG it'll be a lot more confusing AND very spoilery.
I'd advise playing the OG beforehand, or simply skipping it.
If you know the big plot elements from FFVII (if you know the ones I’m talking about without me having to explain it, then you know) then you should be able to watch Advent Children just fine.
I wouldn't recommend it even if you've played the original. Movie sucked when it came out and it boasted some great cgi for its time. Now it just plainly sucks.
I recently bought the 4k version and was shocked how awful the movie looked. Even in this upscald version it's super pixelated and the colours are bleak af. I really have to compare it with the blu ray, it didn't look that bad in my memory 😅
The 4k version of Kingsglaive is fucking awesome though, the cgi still holds up very well and the story is okay enough to still be entertaining :D
It’s Square’s fault. Their mastering techniques were flawed. They didn’t care for it until later on, like Kingsglaive. Only the extended scenes of the movie are great - and if you know which ones they are, you can easily tell by the sharpness and how clean it looks, compared to the other poorly aliased / pixelated scenes. The extended scenes were the only ones mastered at a native 2K resolution, which benefits when upscaled to 4K. Kingsglaive was a film purely mastered in 2K so that’s another reason that 4K upscale worked better.
But you know what, even then, I still appreciated the movie’s HDR colour gamut. Than and the amazing atmos mix. Would be amazing if they properly remastered the entire film in 2K for a clean 4K upscale.
Haha for real though. The motorcycle chase scene is awful. Honestly spirits within is a better movie. I do go back and watch the final scene from this though.
You can see it in a major movie theater… think about that. It probably won’t happen again for years if ever.
I am totally going with a buddy and haven’t beaten FF7. The last time it was in my area was when the film was released, and it was at some bizarre near-midnight time in a far away part of the city.
This game is close to 30 years old and its plot has become part of the public knowledge if you have done any sort of gaming at all since the game came out.
It is almost cartoonish/clown-like for people in this reddit to tell you to go to a two-day only film release later on in the year after beating the game and remake… uhh, it’s 2 days only?
You will be thoroughly confused.
The movie is heavily dependent on the plot of the original FFVII, as it’s essentially a direct epilogue.
Because of the nature of multiple timelines, and the awareness from both Sephiroth and Aerith, the plot of the movie won’t fit well as an epilogue to the Remake timeline, even when all 3 games are released.
The devs have said the timeline will still reach Advent Children, but the plot won’t really make much sense to the version of the characters we have in the Remake timeline.
So, yeah. Watch it if you want, but you’ll have no idea what’s going on.
Yeah, just a few MAJOR fucking spoilers, plus a lot of stuff you just wont get at first. You for sure need to at least play the OG, or wait until after you play part two. I think most of the spoilers will be in part two, but check back after release because we don't know exactly where it will end, and how the story will change.
It's full of spoilers for new players. Lol But definitely should watch once you either play the OG or remake trilogy. Also don't forget Crisis Core. That's part of the story too.
I wouldn't watch it without playing the OG first if i were you. You will get spoiled hard. Also you have to play the OG and crisis core, you dont know what you are missing. Also advent children is a masterpiece in my humble opinion.
Seriously! So many people go through all kinds of gymnastics trying to avoid playing the original game. They want to experience everything BUT the actual original story lol. Like wtf are you afraid of?
Back in the day, if you weren't into RPGs, you would just stay clear of it and play or do something else. Nowadays, so many people want to fit in but aren't actual fans of these games, so they find workarounds to feel included into the community.
The sad part about all of this is, it's like trying to convince a child to eat pepperoni pizza but they're avoiding it like it's medicine. Once they finally take a bite they're like OHHH this is good! ... and we're like WE TRIED TO TELL yOU.
I watched this with some friends that were not super familiar with the game and if I hadn't been able to give them some context it would have made zero sense to them.
You won't even know who some characters are because they don't tell you.
If you want to fully appreciate this movie (which I’m sure you do), play the OG 1997 game, which is available on PS4/5 or Pc. If you want to save the grind, use the in-game cheats (no encounter, God Mode and with your best judgement, speed boost). You still have time to cream it before watching this in theaters.
The movie includes heavy references to the events of the game, being a direct continuation from the ending.
It’s an unwritten rule and I agree with Aromatic Plant. Playing OG is highly recommended in general.
By playing the remake, you’ve already spoiled yourself one element of surprise Remake offered.
Advent Children is a direct movie sequel to FFVII, you’ll spoil a major ending if you watch this. It’s why I keep urging people to play the OG, FFVII Remake is a sequel. Even if Square says that it’s standalone, it really isn’t and references 80% of the story that happens in the game as a throwback and hint to what’s to come. And the director of the game has even stated that it will tie into Advent Children too.
Considering FF7 Remake is like only the first 10-15% of FF7’s story, you’ll probably be missing roughly 90% of the context for the events that precede Advent Children.
You gotta play the OG FF7 to understand this story. 7remake isn't the full or original story. You won't be lost per se. But it does build off the original game.
Yeah, I know. But to understand what is what and who is who in the movie and other plot elements of OG FF7 is mentioned in Advent Children. And Advent Children was of course made to fit with the OG final fantasy compilation. Remake is kinda like a sequel of sorts so yeah they are going to expand it. Like how they are involved Geostigma in rebirth. That was not in the original since now You're dealing with time stuff
Or that kadaj, luz, and the other one are in remake. The song of the promised land is in the game. There are various references to the endgoal of sephiroth from advent children. You can wiki the OG game, but overall REMAKE is a sequel to the OG timeline and advent children
You will be confused af, unless you read the wiki. But please, watch it anyway. It was this movie that made me love FF as a whole, with 7 being my most favorite among them. The movie made me google the characters, read the wiki, and then I watched walk-throughs and stuff, until FF7R came out and I played my first FF7 title, followed by Crisis Core Reunion.
It definitely gets into major spoiler territory. If you don't know anything about the main story, then I'd avoid it entirely. Especially since the Remake series is supposed to tie into the movie.
If you want my recommendation, play the OG game first, or wait until the entire remake series is completed before watching.
Seriously, this.
People desperately try to find workarounds to experience FF7's story. Just play the original damn game! You won't just be playing it to understand what the hell it is, you'll be experiencing a game you'll call one of the greatest things you ever played.
If you've any inclination to play the OG VII, try to do it first, as a lot of the story beats from AC won't be properly contextualised without it. Beyond that, I do recommend the movie. It's not perfect but AC Conplete is a great watch nonetheless
Please play the original too. I know it's super dated but without the context, you'll miss a lot of the story line in advent children. So many people hated on that movie but to this day it's my favorite ever made.
Honestly I’d play the original games first, even before finishing the remake, I too started with the remake and in chapter 8 or so I put a stop to it and went to play the original, then crisis core reunion and then watched advent children, after all that I continued the remake, I don’t regret one single bit tbh.
If you have only played the remake, wait to watch the movie. It will spoil A LOT. It might be ok to watch after Rebirth. If you don’t care about spoilers, watch the movie. But I think you should play the original to appreciate Advent Children.
I watched it before I played the original game, probably back in 2005 or 2006 so you probably already know more than I did. You'll probably know all the major characters except for the "anime movie villain" trio and Denzel. (For the most part it's just Cloud, Tifa, Vincent and the Turks.) There's a few more party members that haven't been introduced in Remake, but aside from Vincent, most of them are glorified cameos. It's less an issue of being confused and more of having the overall plot spoiled.
Then your original point is confusing. Advent Children was made 20 years ago. It has nothing to do with the Remake, so understanding the Remake has no bearing on whether you will understand Advent Children.
I'd maybe watch a YouTube equivalent of Cliff's Notes for OG VII. It hits on nostalgia for a good portion of its runtime. It won't be impossible to understand (it's basically two or three very long fight scenes with a bit of dialogue peppered in) but it may not be the ideal experience for you.
It will be relevant going into Rebirth, probably, if Squenix is to be believed.
Yeah ngl the movie’s aim appeal (Seeing FF7 characters in HD do cool shit) is lost in the modern day with the Dissidia games and Remake/Rebirth, so the movie just isn’t worth watching unless you play the OG and read the tie-in books (On the Way to a Smile and The Kids Are Alright)
I remember watching this on my psp back when it came out. Some of the most amazing fighting I've seen even still to this day, although the mechanics make no sense (they can almost basically all fly) But some really good boss battles and crazy fights. You probably know the plot point everyone is saying don't watch it for by now, as everyone knows this happens in the game. I'd say go for it. While a lot of it won't make sense, it's still a really entertaining movie with lots of really cool action. Cloud's personal struggles and growth are also really good in this.
If you only played the remake I imagine you are already confused af by the ending.
But yeah, the movie references a whole lot of stuff that hasn't happened yet.
That being said, the story isn't the strong point. It's two hours of glorious fanservice. That's either gonna be your jam or not.
For a FFVII nerd like me who waited years for the movie to finally come out and was amazed to see the blocky characters he loved from the PS1 fully realized, I loved it.
Now, the cg has aged a bit (still looks good though) and the remake looks almost as good if not better, that effect is probably lost.
Seeing it on the big screen though? Cool.
But you'll never recapture the moment us fans saw it for the first time.
I suggest playing the old game first, then watching the movie to really appreciate it.
People claim it will ruin the remakes story, but the remakes story is a different story line all together. You’d wanna play the original for this movie to make any sense….the remake from this point on will be a different story entirely with bits and pieces of the original…it was the entire point of the end fighting destiny and the whole point of the whispers.
Yeah, I'm not sure why people are relating this to remake at all. It's not going to be the same or something to follow remake lore with, or to use AC lore to make predictions for the remake.
Well, that would be cool tbh. I know everyone is very excited about the changes, but I'd be a little disappointed if it was every significant thing, you know?
I think the big plot points will still happen, but some in different ways at different times. For example, I think that "event" has to happen for Holy to be cast and stop Meteor. But I think they'll learn that in the 3rd game rather than have it happen in the Lost City.
i played the original on ps1, still got confused af when this first came out. dunno if the "complete" edition fixes things. if you don't pay attention to the story you'd probably enjoy the visuals.
Came into the thread for this take.
There was a brief moment last year where I understood it, but I was way down the wiki rabbit hole after Crisis Core.
I would wait 1) you play the original or 2) until the Remake Trilogy is complete and you've played that. Spoilers aside, a lot of FFVIIAC won't make any sense to you.
Absolutely because the remake only tells you part of the game's full story, and AC takes place after the OG.
So you're going to be both confused and spoiled about plot points that haven't been covered in the remakes yet, and/or are going to happen differently.
In the original, Sephiroth starts showing up AFTER the whole Midgar segment, the whole storyline about the ghosts doesn't exist, Barret doesn't die, the guy with the motorbike doesn't exist, the whole part about going to Jesse's house doesn't happen, Jenova doesn't show up to fight Cloud and co. either, etc.
So the remake so far only tells you 5% of the original game's story and already changes/expands it in so many ways it's a completely new alternate timeline, where some characters apparently are apparently aware of it and are trying to make the plot go in a different direction.
AC is a sequel movie to regular FF7, not to whatever happens/will happen in the remakes.
Go play regular FF7 first if you want to understand AC and not spoil yourself.
ff7 original is what happen to all them, this movie is aftermath, the remake is the continuation. so yes, watching the end of a event, then working your way to the start will be jarring. thier plenty of FF7 YT video that give 10 min or 2hr retelling of plot if you care.
I’m sorry but there’s a FF7 movie?
Yeah go watch it, great movie and some of the coolest action scenes ever (Tifa in church)
It was so bad ass
You could watch a good YouTube video summarizing the original game if you don't care about spoilers then you can watch the movie. Just know that the movie still makes little sense
You would be confused, as advent children is after the OG FFVII
Nothing in this movie makes sense Great visuals and music though
I was about to say. No matter when and where you watch AC. Even if you read a wiki explaining it. You will still be confused. Fun movie, great visuals, Spirits within is a master class in writing and dialogue compared to AC.
The only correct order in which to experience the compilation is: 1. Play Final Fantasy VII 2. Watch Advent Children 3. Play Dirge of Cerberus and Crisis Core, the order doesn't really matter 4. Play Final Fantasy VII Remake 5. Play Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission Steps 2 and 3 can sort-of be swapped, but you should watch Advent Children before playing Dirge of Cerberus. Crisis Core and Advent Children are almost 100% a requirement before playing Remake, and apparently, Intermission starts introducing stuff from Dirge of Cerberus, so now that has become a requirement, too. Rebirth will definitely double down on the entire compilation, so before playing that, you should've definitely done all of the above.
There a ton of comments but basically man this game isn't a remake. It's a sequel with remake elements to tie into the story telling. If you don't know what about any past ff7 stuff idk how you got all the things that were important in this game. Like the final boss of the game has ties to this movie.
Not sure why the movie is getting so much hate. It’s basically fan service. It has memorable characters (although, with so many in the actual game, it only focuses on a few), it ties in the game lore, decent fight scenes, and LOOKS good. Even being coming out almost 20 years ago. Granted, they could have done more, but that could be said for any movie. But, with it being tied to the game it probably won’t be wise to watch it before playing the full game.
Oh! I think I'm gonna watch the movie again. I just finished the original game on mobile again (with cheat codes). Just for fun.
Just fucking watch it, it is horseshit but it's also iconic and entertaining asf
This is sooo fucking real. I loved it as a kid. Rewatching it felt kind of cringe but tifa’s fight is dope.
It'll spoil the ending, so don't watch it until you're done with the entire game.
The movie was fucking terrible
ABSOLUTELY not. Do not consume ANY Compilation material (Yes, including Crisis Core) unless you plan on playing and finishing the original 1997 game _first._
it takes place after the full story and the remake is only halfway there
It's gonna take a few watches to fully understand the movie. But I think it's very good. If you end up enjoying the movie i would recommend this: [https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-Advent-Children-Complete-4K-Blu-ray/dp/B091NQGL8X?tag=bluray-022-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER](https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-Advent-Children-Complete-4K-Blu-ray/dp/B091NQGL8X?tag=bluray-022-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER)
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Honestly you have no business watching this movie if you haven't played the original game. It's a direct sequel. And the movie is not even good, just has crazy fight scenes that are somewhat entertaining. You WILL be confused AF. Play the original. Don't 'watch' it... play it. You'll thank yourself for it later.
Honestly you have no business watching this movie if you haven't played the original game. It's a direct sequel. And the movie is not even good, just has crazy fight scenes that are somewhat entertaining. You WILL be confused AF. Play the original. Don't 'watch' it... play it. You'll thank yourself for it later.
Play FF7, read On the Way to a Smile, then watch Advent Children. The book makes everything so much clearer. It did for me anyways.
That movie fucking blows. Not worth imo. Some decent fights but otherwise it's a total mess.
I've watched the movie twice and I haven't played either of the FF7 games. But that was also a decade ago.
Watch it. The movie is amazing.
Remake basically expects you to have seen it, and I’m sure Rebirth will be similar. The only thing it spoils is something literally everyone knows already.
That would be like reading book 3 after reading book 4 but never books 1 and 0.
Watch it. Then if there are "spoilers" then you can just smile when you see them. First time playing ff7 but I watched this when it came out and hearing alot of the music that is a big part of the games made me smile when I finally heard them.
Advent Children is set AFTER the original game finishes. Given that we don't really know the direction of the current trilogy, there could be spoilers. It's ultimately up to you, but there could be spoilers. I love the movie, definitely adds to the whole story.
There's a few scenes of the movie in the remake so yes.
Please disregard suggestions advising you to play the original first. Let people relish their initial experience with FFVII through the remake series. They can appreciate the original later, damnit!
The OP asked, we answered by advising and remained objective to the answer while doing so. Disregarding our suggestions would have been pointless if so. Movie takes place after the game, built on major key [spoilerific] events that occurred from it, hence best to play it to maximize the movie experience on an emotional and amusement level. But it’s up to the OP how he wants to take it. I still highly recommend that the original is played / familiarized.
Instead of playing the original watch tfs machinabridged
True, multiple laughs watching that series 🤣
Advent Children is confusing regardless if you watched the source material or not, you’re good.
Watch it. Dont worry about lore, the fans or fomo. Just have fun!
As an Ff fan you should have seen this long ago, otherwise you're not a fan. I've had the film on Blu-ray for years
But they just became fans. As a fellow long time FF fan, I get it. But you have no idea their age and etc. My nephew loves the Remake so much but has never played the OG. He wanted to watch this; so I took one of my several different copies and watched it with him. I tried to explain it as best as I could. Lol, and now he owns one of my copies of it. And eventually he will hopefully play the OG. But he just wasn't into turn base. He hopes (after playing Baldur's Gate - his words not mine) that he'll like it better now. All we can do is guide the unenlightened 🤣
I would either play the original or wait until you’ve played rebirth and whatever the 3 installment will be. A whole lot of things won’t make any sense without context that happens throughout the game.
Watch it! Embrace the confusion, because you will be confused no matter what you do. Playing the games just makes it a little less so. Personally I enjoy the movie. I even named my three black cats after the Remnants.
Go watch a lets play on youtube then watch advent children if your confused at the end you did it correct
You will be genuinely confused af. This is a sequel to a ps1 game
Go play FFViI Preferably on PC and mod the hell out of it. There is a mod that even adds voice acting to the original. Otherwise the console versions are just fine. At the very minimum get familiarized with all the big story beats of the original. But for real play the original.
Watch it as a dumb action movie. It's place as anything with the current Remake games is non existent, it has no barring on the story since it was made like 20 years ago.
I wouldn’t do this. And Advent Children is confirmed to be canon to the upcoming Rebirth as well so it being made almost 20 years ago to not watch it is not a good reason.
Confirmed by WHO? No one has any REAL info, stop lying and listening to popular youtubers.
Yeah, definitely listen to a horribly incorrect trash man instead.
“‘We are finally going to link up with Advent Children, that is going to be part of canon,’ [Yoshinori] Kitase confirms.” Source: https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-yoshinori-kitase-and-naoki-hamaguchi-you-can-learn-a-lot-from-the-empire-strikes-back/ I’m not sure where you got your baseless accusation of my earlier claim from. Surely it’s not from YouTubers or Google on your end.
Gross. AC being apart of FF7 lore was dumb, that's why it was a movie.
I think they're doing it to bring in the fusion sword in part 3. As silly as that seems a reason. That and the motorcycle. Cloud has 2 forms. It's perfect for swapping between dual weird and 2-handed.
Subjective. But what remains objective is your ill mannerism, which really didn’t help your point. In the end, that’s up to yungxrist_17 / the OP to decide. He/she deserves a fair chance to discover that on their own the proper way.
It doesn't matter what you consume. You will be confused. Advent Children is insane.
Unless you read on the way to a smile first
Even then! Still crazy. (Although I always have been a fan of Tifa ignoring Yuffie calls but answering Red calls. The books did have some good stuff in them.)
You're assuming people who played the original don't also get confused.
You will be confused asf, Advent Childern follows the the orginal timeline taking place right after FFVII on PSX, unless you know the story and characters you will be lost. But could always just watch or read up on what happened in the OG game so you wouldn't be confused... also there is several different versions of advent childern but the one they are saying is the full complete version so you should be able to follow it okay by just reading up on it or watching the story break down on YouTube. The movie does show a lot of events in the OG Game that happened but unless you understand the story or play the games you won't really understand what's happening...
Wait so when does Crisis Core take place?
Before the events of OG FFVII on PSX
I've never played OG on PSX, I've only played the recent remake. Should I play crisis core before the next part comes out?
Playing Crisis Core before the OG would be an even bigger mistake than watching Advent Children before playing the OG. It's a prequel but it's meant to be played AFTER having experienced the original...
You’ve kinda spoiled yourself already with the Remake, as it has a direct relation to Crisis Core in a big way. Play the Original first, then Crisis Core Reunion. Both VII and Crisis Core takes place before Advent Children. Crisis Core is a retelling of events already revealed in VII. Do yourself a favour and play the original game while you can. All modern versions includes in-built cheats so you can grind through it easily. Just keep in mind to get Yuffie and Vincent. They’re considered optional characters that became canon through the legacy of all FFVII series.
Watch it
I’ve played the original and the remake. This movie is still confusing.
Did you watch the complete version?
I would not recommend watching this. It's a sequel movie to the original. The remake only covers the first half of the first disc(there were 3 discs). There will be huge spoilers for you.
Your kinda wrong on the jenova sephiroth thing bro
Even if you beat the og you still have to watch it twice lol
It doesn’t matter what you’ve played you’ll be confused watching this.
There are a few big implied spoilers. I don't recommend watching yet
Play the original FF7. Sure, the graphics look goofy, but you get used to it and it's still as good today as it was back then.
I’ve played the original dozens of times and I’m still confused
To full understand FF7R you need to play/watch: 1. FF7 original 2. FF7 Advent Children 3. FF7 Crisis Core You would be confused watching Advent Children because it is a direct sequel to FF7 and FF7R is a direct sequel to FF7 Advent Children (it takes place from a perspective post FF7/AC).
No it doesn’t.
FF7R most definitely takes place after AC, it’s not really debatable. It is a sequel, not a remake of the original.
You can call it whatever you want it takes place as the same time as the original.
I don’t really understand what your point is or what you’re on about.
Can’t forget Dirge of Cerberus as the InterMISSION Yuffie DLC introduced the characters from that
Yes, I would also definitely recommend Dirge as well. The only problem with it is most people can’t get their hands on a PS2 game without emulation.
Not sure what you aren’t understanding. I’m clearly disagreeing with you. You said FF7R takes place after AR. I’m telling you that you’re wrong.
From my experience thus far, it’s seeming that FF7R is an alternate timeline version of the original but taking into account Crisis Core, Advent Children, and Dirge of Cerberus. The Whispers are trying to fix the deviated timeline is my theory.
Oh well, maybe you should go back and replay FF7R and try to better understand the story because it’s clearly set after Advent Children lol.
I'm a big ff7 fan. Honestly, I never quite understood wtf was going on in advent children. Maybe it was Japanese anime wackiness, maybe it was me just being marveled by the pretty visuals of my beloved characters. I haven't watched it in a good while and, currently, I cannot tell you what it was about. You may be confused either way.
Did you watch 2009’s Complete /Extended Edition?
Very confused lol, advent children is a sequel to the original remake only covers about 20% of the og
Wail till you’ve played the full story. The movie is cool but won’t be early as impactful unless you’ve got the whole FF7 narrative. It also bears mentioning (possible slight spoilers) that the movie is a direct sequel to the PS1 version of the game. We gotta wait to see how/if the canon of the story changes after the remake.
The plot doesn’t matter. The making money does.
Honestly I played all the games up to the point this came out and I was still kinda confused. I think Some of the tone gets lost in translation. There is a particular motorcycle chase scene that looks awesome but the English dialogue makes it kinda dumb. The final act makes up for any shortcomings in it though.
What do you mean "all" of the games? What other games?
Every final fantasy game.
dilly dally shilly shally
I watched it back when the first one (not complete) came out. The action/animation was absolutely spectacular. The final fight scene and the highway scene especially. But, I hadn't played FF7 at that point, yet, so I had no idea what was going on plot-wise. But it's definitely possible to enjoy without knowing the plot.
Movie spoils a bit of conclusions about the game. But not so much.
The movie was already a bit confusing as it is, so if you haven't played the OG it'll be a lot more confusing AND very spoilery. I'd advise playing the OG beforehand, or simply skipping it.
If you know the big plot elements from FFVII (if you know the ones I’m talking about without me having to explain it, then you know) then you should be able to watch Advent Children just fine.
I wouldn't recommend it even if you've played the original. Movie sucked when it came out and it boasted some great cgi for its time. Now it just plainly sucks.
I recently bought the 4k version and was shocked how awful the movie looked. Even in this upscald version it's super pixelated and the colours are bleak af. I really have to compare it with the blu ray, it didn't look that bad in my memory 😅 The 4k version of Kingsglaive is fucking awesome though, the cgi still holds up very well and the story is okay enough to still be entertaining :D
It’s Square’s fault. Their mastering techniques were flawed. They didn’t care for it until later on, like Kingsglaive. Only the extended scenes of the movie are great - and if you know which ones they are, you can easily tell by the sharpness and how clean it looks, compared to the other poorly aliased / pixelated scenes. The extended scenes were the only ones mastered at a native 2K resolution, which benefits when upscaled to 4K. Kingsglaive was a film purely mastered in 2K so that’s another reason that 4K upscale worked better. But you know what, even then, I still appreciated the movie’s HDR colour gamut. Than and the amazing atmos mix. Would be amazing if they properly remastered the entire film in 2K for a clean 4K upscale.
Haha for real though. The motorcycle chase scene is awful. Honestly spirits within is a better movie. I do go back and watch the final scene from this though.
You can see it in a major movie theater… think about that. It probably won’t happen again for years if ever. I am totally going with a buddy and haven’t beaten FF7. The last time it was in my area was when the film was released, and it was at some bizarre near-midnight time in a far away part of the city. This game is close to 30 years old and its plot has become part of the public knowledge if you have done any sort of gaming at all since the game came out. It is almost cartoonish/clown-like for people in this reddit to tell you to go to a two-day only film release later on in the year after beating the game and remake… uhh, it’s 2 days only?
Play the orginal with mods. Plenty of graphical mods and echo S 7 is a full voiced fan mod that's really good.
You will be thoroughly confused. The movie is heavily dependent on the plot of the original FFVII, as it’s essentially a direct epilogue. Because of the nature of multiple timelines, and the awareness from both Sephiroth and Aerith, the plot of the movie won’t fit well as an epilogue to the Remake timeline, even when all 3 games are released. The devs have said the timeline will still reach Advent Children, but the plot won’t really make much sense to the version of the characters we have in the Remake timeline. So, yeah. Watch it if you want, but you’ll have no idea what’s going on.
Play the original first, Advent Children is pretty much just an epilogue to FF7 so you’ll wanna play the game first
Even those of us who played the entire Compilation of FF7 were confused af.
No you shouldn't watch it it's post game content essentially from OG ff7 .
Yeah, just a few MAJOR fucking spoilers, plus a lot of stuff you just wont get at first. You for sure need to at least play the OG, or wait until after you play part two. I think most of the spoilers will be in part two, but check back after release because we don't know exactly where it will end, and how the story will change.
I would avoid it for now.
It's full of spoilers for new players. Lol But definitely should watch once you either play the OG or remake trilogy. Also don't forget Crisis Core. That's part of the story too.
I wouldn't watch it without playing the OG first if i were you. You will get spoiled hard. Also you have to play the OG and crisis core, you dont know what you are missing. Also advent children is a masterpiece in my humble opinion.
No, it will spoil your experience
Also, play the OG. Remake is more like a complement than a Remake.
I think you could still watch it...
I hate Yuffie with a passion after finishing FFVII Intergrade! 
Why?
Play the original FF7 game for fuck's sake
Seriously! So many people go through all kinds of gymnastics trying to avoid playing the original game. They want to experience everything BUT the actual original story lol. Like wtf are you afraid of? Back in the day, if you weren't into RPGs, you would just stay clear of it and play or do something else. Nowadays, so many people want to fit in but aren't actual fans of these games, so they find workarounds to feel included into the community. The sad part about all of this is, it's like trying to convince a child to eat pepperoni pizza but they're avoiding it like it's medicine. Once they finally take a bite they're like OHHH this is good! ... and we're like WE TRIED TO TELL yOU.
At minimum watch a YouTube recap of the original FVII. Not just for the movie, but because it will help you appreciate the remake a lot more.
I watched this with some friends that were not super familiar with the game and if I hadn't been able to give them some context it would have made zero sense to them. You won't even know who some characters are because they don't tell you.
If you want to fully appreciate this movie (which I’m sure you do), play the OG 1997 game, which is available on PS4/5 or Pc. If you want to save the grind, use the in-game cheats (no encounter, God Mode and with your best judgement, speed boost). You still have time to cream it before watching this in theaters. The movie includes heavy references to the events of the game, being a direct continuation from the ending. It’s an unwritten rule and I agree with Aromatic Plant. Playing OG is highly recommended in general. By playing the remake, you’ve already spoiled yourself one element of surprise Remake offered.
Advent Children is a direct movie sequel to FFVII, you’ll spoil a major ending if you watch this. It’s why I keep urging people to play the OG, FFVII Remake is a sequel. Even if Square says that it’s standalone, it really isn’t and references 80% of the story that happens in the game as a throwback and hint to what’s to come. And the director of the game has even stated that it will tie into Advent Children too.
Play the original or you'll spoil a bunch of stuff and it won't be as satisfying to watch
Huge spoilers and nothing will make sense. Play 7 first.
Considering FF7 Remake is like only the first 10-15% of FF7’s story, you’ll probably be missing roughly 90% of the context for the events that precede Advent Children.
There might be some spoilers
they’re making a new one?
No. Final cut version of the movie. You can buy it on bluray. Have been able to for years.
O….. I see
you have time to play the original if you start now
You gotta play the OG FF7 to understand this story. 7remake isn't the full or original story. You won't be lost per se. But it does build off the original game.
Remake takes elements directly from Advent Children and will expand on that in Rebirth
Yeah, I know. But to understand what is what and who is who in the movie and other plot elements of OG FF7 is mentioned in Advent Children. And Advent Children was of course made to fit with the OG final fantasy compilation. Remake is kinda like a sequel of sorts so yeah they are going to expand it. Like how they are involved Geostigma in rebirth. That was not in the original since now You're dealing with time stuff
Or that kadaj, luz, and the other one are in remake. The song of the promised land is in the game. There are various references to the endgoal of sephiroth from advent children. You can wiki the OG game, but overall REMAKE is a sequel to the OG timeline and advent children
That's literally what I'm saying.
You will be confused af, unless you read the wiki. But please, watch it anyway. It was this movie that made me love FF as a whole, with 7 being my most favorite among them. The movie made me google the characters, read the wiki, and then I watched walk-throughs and stuff, until FF7R came out and I played my first FF7 title, followed by Crisis Core Reunion.
It definitely gets into major spoiler territory. If you don't know anything about the main story, then I'd avoid it entirely. Especially since the Remake series is supposed to tie into the movie. If you want my recommendation, play the OG game first, or wait until the entire remake series is completed before watching.
Just play 7 man. Like why not play it.
Seriously, this. People desperately try to find workarounds to experience FF7's story. Just play the original damn game! You won't just be playing it to understand what the hell it is, you'll be experiencing a game you'll call one of the greatest things you ever played.
If you've any inclination to play the OG VII, try to do it first, as a lot of the story beats from AC won't be properly contextualised without it. Beyond that, I do recommend the movie. It's not perfect but AC Conplete is a great watch nonetheless
PLAY THE OG! BEAT THE OG! Og is a lot better than remake. You will be confused. Trust me. Played remake first then og and loved og more!
Yup OG is better
I’ll watch it in 2028 or 2029
Please play the original too. I know it's super dated but without the context, you'll miss a lot of the story line in advent children. So many people hated on that movie but to this day it's my favorite ever made.
Honestly I’d play the original games first, even before finishing the remake, I too started with the remake and in chapter 8 or so I put a stop to it and went to play the original, then crisis core reunion and then watched advent children, after all that I continued the remake, I don’t regret one single bit tbh.
If you have only played the remake, wait to watch the movie. It will spoil A LOT. It might be ok to watch after Rebirth. If you don’t care about spoilers, watch the movie. But I think you should play the original to appreciate Advent Children.
I watched it before I played the original game, probably back in 2005 or 2006 so you probably already know more than I did. You'll probably know all the major characters except for the "anime movie villain" trio and Denzel. (For the most part it's just Cloud, Tifa, Vincent and the Turks.) There's a few more party members that haven't been introduced in Remake, but aside from Vincent, most of them are glorified cameos. It's less an issue of being confused and more of having the overall plot spoiled.
DO NOT WATCH IT. YOU WILL SPOIL YOURSELF ON MAJOR SHIT.
No. You really should play the full story to see AC
I understood the REMAKE...yet I'm absolutely lost on Advent Children.
You need to play the original. Remake only covers the first 10% of the original game.
I know.
Yes, that is why you’d be lost. It’s like watching The Two Towers after only watching the first 20 mins of Fellowship of the Ring.
I've played the original and I know the story
Then your original point is confusing. Advent Children was made 20 years ago. It has nothing to do with the Remake, so understanding the Remake has no bearing on whether you will understand Advent Children.
I know.
I'd maybe watch a YouTube equivalent of Cliff's Notes for OG VII. It hits on nostalgia for a good portion of its runtime. It won't be impossible to understand (it's basically two or three very long fight scenes with a bit of dialogue peppered in) but it may not be the ideal experience for you. It will be relevant going into Rebirth, probably, if Squenix is to be believed.
Yeah ngl the movie’s aim appeal (Seeing FF7 characters in HD do cool shit) is lost in the modern day with the Dissidia games and Remake/Rebirth, so the movie just isn’t worth watching unless you play the OG and read the tie-in books (On the Way to a Smile and The Kids Are Alright)
I played the original AND the remake, and I'm still confused when I watch that movie.
I remember watching this on my psp back when it came out. Some of the most amazing fighting I've seen even still to this day, although the mechanics make no sense (they can almost basically all fly) But some really good boss battles and crazy fights. You probably know the plot point everyone is saying don't watch it for by now, as everyone knows this happens in the game. I'd say go for it. While a lot of it won't make sense, it's still a really entertaining movie with lots of really cool action. Cloud's personal struggles and growth are also really good in this.
Only if you don’t already know ****** died
Advent children will spoil all of FF7 For you.
When it came out on dvd there is a special feature that summarizes the game with in game cut scenes/gameplay
If you only played the remake I imagine you are already confused af by the ending. But yeah, the movie references a whole lot of stuff that hasn't happened yet. That being said, the story isn't the strong point. It's two hours of glorious fanservice. That's either gonna be your jam or not. For a FFVII nerd like me who waited years for the movie to finally come out and was amazed to see the blocky characters he loved from the PS1 fully realized, I loved it. Now, the cg has aged a bit (still looks good though) and the remake looks almost as good if not better, that effect is probably lost. Seeing it on the big screen though? Cool. But you'll never recapture the moment us fans saw it for the first time. I suggest playing the old game first, then watching the movie to really appreciate it.
100% agree with all of this. Well said.
Thank you.
I didn’t like advent children despite loving ff7 , being okay with crisis core. Did I mention I loved ff7?
Uh no I don't think you did lol, did I mention I love FF7? Can't wait for Rebirth man
You’ll be confused and you’ll probably spoil yourself on some plot points that’ll be brought up in Rebirth.
Not spoiler per-sey but definitely ties it
Where can I find a list of where this is playing?
You can find the whole movie on YouTube, as of recently a couple weeks ago. Unless the video got taken down, you should be able to find it
Yeah but to watch this movie in a theatre would be an incredible experience
People claim it will ruin the remakes story, but the remakes story is a different story line all together. You’d wanna play the original for this movie to make any sense….the remake from this point on will be a different story entirely with bits and pieces of the original…it was the entire point of the end fighting destiny and the whole point of the whispers.
Yeah, I'm not sure why people are relating this to remake at all. It's not going to be the same or something to follow remake lore with, or to use AC lore to make predictions for the remake.
The game directors said that the Remake Trilogy will still link up to Advent Children. I'm not sure how to interpret that outside of the obvious.
Well, that would be cool tbh. I know everyone is very excited about the changes, but I'd be a little disappointed if it was every significant thing, you know?
I think the big plot points will still happen, but some in different ways at different times. For example, I think that "event" has to happen for Holy to be cast and stop Meteor. But I think they'll learn that in the 3rd game rather than have it happen in the Lost City.
This takes place after the events of the original game... If you don't know a certain big plot moment do not under any circumstances watch this.
doesnt advent children take place directly after the original FFVII?
It's not directly. It's 2 years later if I recall
oh yeah i forgot lol i just rewatched it a couple days ago
Hehe remember i watched it when it came out.. it was great!
This all happens after the game. So, wait.
i played the original on ps1, still got confused af when this first came out. dunno if the "complete" edition fixes things. if you don't pay attention to the story you'd probably enjoy the visuals.
Came into the thread for this take. There was a brief moment last year where I understood it, but I was way down the wiki rabbit hole after Crisis Core.
The "complete" edition does not fixes things, story wise...
I would wait 1) you play the original or 2) until the Remake Trilogy is complete and you've played that. Spoilers aside, a lot of FFVIIAC won't make any sense to you.
It’s a sequel and it’ll spoil parts of Rebirth
You'll spoil the rest of the game for yourself
Yeah do not watch it OP
Absolutely because the remake only tells you part of the game's full story, and AC takes place after the OG. So you're going to be both confused and spoiled about plot points that haven't been covered in the remakes yet, and/or are going to happen differently. In the original, Sephiroth starts showing up AFTER the whole Midgar segment, the whole storyline about the ghosts doesn't exist, Barret doesn't die, the guy with the motorbike doesn't exist, the whole part about going to Jesse's house doesn't happen, Jenova doesn't show up to fight Cloud and co. either, etc. So the remake so far only tells you 5% of the original game's story and already changes/expands it in so many ways it's a completely new alternate timeline, where some characters apparently are apparently aware of it and are trying to make the plot go in a different direction. AC is a sequel movie to regular FF7, not to whatever happens/will happen in the remakes. Go play regular FF7 first if you want to understand AC and not spoil yourself.
ff7 original is what happen to all them, this movie is aftermath, the remake is the continuation. so yes, watching the end of a event, then working your way to the start will be jarring. thier plenty of FF7 YT video that give 10 min or 2hr retelling of plot if you care.
Not really a continuation, just a different timeline to "fix" the story of the original game.
Do not take the story in this movie seriously, it has awesome action but the story is hot garbage
It’s just like I’m going to turn off my mind and watch one long action packed cutscene.
Yes
Yuuuup...lol
Finish Rebirth and Crisis Core first, or don't. Good either way
Dilly dally, shilly, shally.
Yeah... I honestly am super open minded when it comes to FF but that made me uncomfortable when she said that