Soapbox: Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Cloud Goes From Hero to Zero in a Single Side Quest

Liam pulls a 180 on soldier boy.

While I wouldn’t consider myself nostalgic for Final Fantasy VII in the slightest, I did at least manage to leave Midgar when I first gave the Square Enix classic a shot upon its PlayStation 4 rerelease. Final Fantasy VII Remake won’t take me that far, with this first instalment signing off as the team plans to leave the Mako-infested city. However, at the grand age of 25, I’d like to consider this reimagining to be my first proper taste of the Japanese franchise’s seventh entry. The character of Cloud Strife hasn’t alluded me quite as much as the 1997 masterpiece though. The selfish ex-solider only ever takes on a job in exchange for money, but nothing could prepare me for his actions during one certain side quest.

Taking place in chapter eight, Paying Respects is the optional task I’m talking about. An elderly gentleman has asked Cloud and Aerith to clear out a nearby graveyard of monsters so that someone can visit his wife’s grave on the anniversary of her death. It’s not a problem whatsoever as the duo speeds over to the site and quickly slaughters the beasts with ease before paying their respects to the lady in question. It’s when Cloud returns to the old man to inform him that the job has been completed that things take a turn for the worse, however.

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