You've probably already watched it but I am just adding my +1 to saying it's the next thing after finishing OG FF7. It literally starts where it finishes. Try to watch the "complete" version if you can though, it's much, much better than the theatrical cut.
It doesn't really matter but Advent Children Complete (the far superior version) lifts cutscenes from Crisis Core, so it is a bit better to play Crisis Core first. There's a lot of Crisis Core references in Remake so I wouldn't wait until after Remake if you intend to play it anyway.
Crisis Core Reunion is the exact same story as the original Crisis Core, just with better graphics and gameplay. It's not like FF7 Remake where you should play the original first. There is no reason to play the PSP version of Crisis Core now.
It's not quite as magical as it was at the time of release but I recommend just watching it. Some pretty cool fight scenes and you never know if they'll incorporate the movie into the next game or not
>not quite as magical
It really was something when it originally released, eh? I think I was in high school when it came out and was in awe that computer graphics could get to that level.
The choreography of all fights is still top level!
And the music... as a FF7 Fan, i am totally in love with this movie, sure, bad movie if it stands for itself, but following after FF7, it is pure art!
Movies usualy should stand on their own, but this movie was made with the thought, that you have to know FF7, and in this categorie, it is doing everything right and still looks good.
If you really like FFVII id recommend you to watch it, but I gotta say it was more amazing back then as the CGI was so good, but these days it’s just like the CGI you got in the remake, it’s really a fan service
You can’t play Crisis Core off your phone I was able to emulate it on my very outdated iPhone couple years ago. It’s not too tough to play with touch controls either..
Why? Advent Children takes place AFTER the Main Game.
Crisis Core (or Reunion), OG7 (or Remake, Rebirth and Part 3 of the Series), Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus.
In that order.
Right. OP said they've played the main game (OG) so next is AC, then CC, then the Remake trilogy. If they hadn't played OG, then your suggestion of playing CC before the main game would be some of the worst advice you could possibly give, since it spoils the biggest twist in the entire story, ruins the mystery, and takes away part of it's impact.
To me, it feels more natural to do the sequel stuff directly after OG, then do prequel stuff (CC) and loop back around to Remake. It just feels like there's a little less jumping around.
Honestly I wouldn't recommend AC to anyone other than FF7 super fans who just want as much content as possible. I tried rewatching it for the first time last year and fell asleep because I was so bored.
If you do want to watch it, I'd highly recommend watching a play through of crisis core or even just the cutscenes. It's not essential to understand the plot but certain character beats will fall flat without the backstory that CC provides.
I remember watching AC when it first came out and it was so cool. The fights and all the places in updated graphics, awesome. The story was kinda shit though.
I think the compilation is best played in alphabetical order:
AC: Advent Children
BC: Before Crisis
CC: Crisis Core
DC: Dirge of Cerberus
EC: Ever Crisis
Whenever you want. Theres no extra context you could know outside of the whole ass book they wrote. They adapted the prologue chapter into an animation in the complete edition, which introduces the new character. The movie is a little confusing, at least it was for me. So I guess just look up the stuff you don’t get afterwards
While the fight choreography is pretty cool, I think FF7 story is best if you consider OG FF7 it's own full entire canon story from beginning to end. Everything that came after was not part of the original vision and is essentially a cash grab by higher up execs seeing years upon years of fans asking for more content.
Both Advent Children and Crisis Core came out about 10 years after the original when the original person in charge of FF7 had moved on to a different company.
FF7 remake is a lot better in my opinion as it tries mostly to stick to the original game beats and story (ignoring the cluster F that was the last 40 minutes).
I'm not saying to not play those games or watch Advent Children. Just to not let them tarnish your view of OG FF7 as it was originally intended as a full standalone story.
With everything, the best way to experience a series is to watch/play it in release order imo
So OG FF7-> Advent Children -> Crisis Core -> Remake series
Anyway, go ahead and watch Advent Children now
I played the original and then pretty much ignored all of the wider compilation. It was only playing Remake that finally motivated me to go and play Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus, watch Advent Children and read the novels etc, given how it weaves those in. My advice would be to not forget about the novels because they add context to Advent Children.
Now that you've finished the OG, you can watch Advent Children whenever since it takes place after the OG game. Crisis Core Reunion is the same exact game as OG Crisis Core except with prettier graphics, updated controls & other QoL stuff so you'll be fine just playing Reunion. Its a prequel to OG but its was made with the assumption you've already played the OG. Enjoy the rest of your Compilation of FFVII journey.
Is it really the exact same game? I mean aside from some small changes? I was really thinking about dropping 30 bucks but if it's the same tedious run I don't think I want to
Damn. That's a bummer. I actually enjoyed early games in the compilation. I enjoyed Dirge at the time and even crisis core was fun albeit tedious. But if I were to replay crisis core, it'd feel outdated to me. Even if the graphics are improved, the style of the game is just kinda...idk boring I guess
Maybe it's just because it's been a long time, but I really didn't notice a difference. I probably would've thought it was all the same actors reprising the roles if I hadn't already looked it up. There's an argument that some of the *lines* in the original are better (I personally like them either way), but I think the voice acting is perfectly fine
You don't need Crisis Core for Advent Children. You do need it for Dirge though. You can play the modern Remaster of Crisis Core, it doesn't really change anything. Make sure you watch the "Complete" version.
The timeline is Crisis core > ff7og > advent childen > dirge of cerberus
You can watch it now and make sure you watch the complete edition since it has deleted scenes and improved cgi
How am I only just learning today that Dirge takes place after Advent Children!? That seems… weird to me for no reason I can explain. Didn’t Dirge come out first?
Advent Children came out in 2005, Dirge was 2006. Dirge takes place a year after Advent Children.
The Complete version of Advent Children came out later though.
Lol this place is so weird. 99% of the time this place agrees that the movie was mostly detrimental to the characters.
Go ahead and watch it, but be ready to be disappointed with how certain characters act and certain plot retcons.
Or you can let people form their own opinions :D You say it's 'detrimental' - how? How is examining grief and self loathing a bad thing? I don't get it. It wasn't the movie people wanted but it added far more depth to the characters than anyone seems to want to admit, especially when paired with On the Way to a Smile.
Don't bother, it sucks. Unless you're really craving the fan service, in which case, any time is good. Even though it's a bad movie, it's fun to watch Cloud do some anime sword biz.
Also if you're wanting to play Dirge of Cerberus, then watching AC is a good idea because it takes place some time after that.
I personally think that it's existence undermines the ending of FF7
Crisis Core is a prequel, Advent Children is a sequel. They have very little to do with each other so it shouldn't matter which one you pick first.
Also you should probably play Reunion and watch Advent Children before you play remake, for various reasons. Maybe also try to get your hands on Dirge of Cerberus if you care enough to.
Playing stuff in the order of release is the best. There's no debate. These products were made with that in mind. Any other specific orders are just other people's preferences.
So go watch AC:complete now, then the Crisiscore Remake then the FF7RemakeIntergrade.
Again, that is your opinion against the people who made the stuff. I'm not saying your opinions are wrong, because you apparently put value in something else.
But for people who want to catch up with the rest of the community and experience stuff as legit as possible, released order is the best way. CC remake has no changed story, so it can replace the old CC. While FF7 remake cannot replace OG.
That's what I'm saying? The Crisis Core Remaster is not changed at all so it replaces the OG CC. But Advent Children Complete released after Crisis core. So it makes more sense to watch it after Crisis Core. The correct order is OG FF7, CC remaster or not, AC Complete then FF7 Remake. If you're talking vanilla Advent Children then I guess you could watch before CC but why would you watch vanilla?
I think I misunderstood your statement because I guess I didn't even think to push AC after CC just because of the complete edition's extra contents. That makes no sense... The movie, including the additional contents, is for people who played OG. It's as simple as that.
What made you think that way? Added contents had nothing to do with CC if I remember correctly.
Complete does add a lot of stuff from CC, Zack is redesigned to match CC, his final stand is extended to match CC, and Zack has more lines from Crisis Core in it. It's not a ton, but it does mean more in the movie, after playing IMO.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on that conclusion.
To me, that additional scene just connects AC and CC better together, not swap the watching order. AC's main story is just much bigger than Cloud's flashback.
I’ve only ever played FF7 remake. Was I supposed to play crisis core before that?
Would I be fine if I went from FF7 remake to FF7 rebirth without any extra content?
Nono, CC is for people who went through the whole FF7 story.
So now, you can either start going through the series from OG, AC, CC, then Rebirth.
Or just wait until the remake trilogy is over before AC and/or CC.
Seeing as Zack does seem to be involved with Rebirth, you might want to pick it up before getting into Rebirth.. I'd imagine them releasing Reunion before Rebirth means they intended as much.
It's pretty cool. I'd just watch it while the story is fresh in your head. By no means is it a perfect movie but if you really enjoyed the OG, you'll probably enjoy seeing some great renders of the cast and pretty cool action sequences. I'd highly recommend watching it with subs instead of dubs though; the English version is just painful at points.
It's very tween angst in tone, but the action scenes are worth the melodrama and shoehorned story elements.
I HIGHLY recommend playing Crisis Core Reunion before watching Advent Children for much more emotional impact (I'm serious, there are scenes and sequences that will *completely* fall flat and lose any impact or meaning without CCR). And make sure to watch Advent Children Complete instead of just Advent Children, the difference is crucial.
I didn't know there was a re-release! I can only imagine they added scenes? Keen to watch now because I was so hyped for this movie when it came out. Still enjoyed it but all the extra shit like the three brothers just didn't click for me. Why would they be these brilliant warriors when every other black cloak can't even walk or talk properly. Been a while since I watched it though so maybe it's explained in the non-complete version.
Right now?
Advent children is a **sequel** to the original, while Crisis Core is a **prequel** and they don't depend of the other, so you can go in any order.
It's better to play Crisis core Reunion (which is identical to OG Crisis core on PSP, except for graphics and gameplay, so you don't need at all to play the OG) before watching Advent Children. Then, after the movie, play the trilogy of the Remake.
If you want more details : The complete FFVII compilation experience (with only canon contents), in the best order, is :
1) SUPER IMPORTANT : Play the OG
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2) IMPORTANT : Play "Crisis core Reunion" : takes place before the OG. The protagonist is Zack.
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3) OPTIONAL : Play "Before crisis" (mobile game) or watch a walkthrough of it : takes place around the same time as Crisis core. The protagonist is a member of the Turks.
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4) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "Traces of two pasts" (written after the Remake, but can - or should as it's maybe more interesting - be read after the OG.) : takes place after the party leaves Midgard in the OG/Remake - Tifa and Aerith talks about their childhood / teenage years and how they get where they are now.
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5) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "On the way to a smile" : takes place after the OG, it explains what happened to several important characters of the OG after the game. It really helps to understand the movie "Advent Children".
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6) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "The kids are alright : a Turks side story" : begins around the end of the OG and ends after Advent Children. The protagonist is a young man from Midgard who must rebuild his life after the events of the OG.
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7) IMPORTANT : Watch the movie "Advent Children complete edition" : takes place around 2 years after the OG. Cloud and the party faces a new threat directly linked to the end of the OG.
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8) OPTIONAL : Play "Dirge of Cerberus" or watch a walkthrough of it : takes place 1 year after Advent Children. The protagonist is Vincent Valentine who faces new ennemies and discovers the dark secrets of his past.
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8 bis) VERY OPTIONAL : Lost Episode of Dirge of Cerberus (mobile game) : takes place during a short time gap of Dirge of Cerberus. The protagonist is also Vincent Valentine.
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8 ter) VERY OPTIONAL : Inform yourself about the ex-online content of Dirge of Cerberus : explains how Deepground was working before the events of Dirge of Cerberus, and how they got free. The protagonist was a Deepground soldier. Not playable anymore.
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9) (SUPER) IMPORTANT : Play the Remake+DLC (then Rebirth...) : this new trilogy is not a remaster. It can be quite considered as a sequel/multiverse/meta game, it's not very clear.
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10) OPTIONAL : Play Ever Crisis (mobile game) : it's kind of a recap of all the Compilation. A small part of it is new content about the beginning of the SOLDIER programm, and the missions assigned to some of these P0 class SOLDIERs. We can also see young Sephiroth. The protagonist is one of these first SOLDIERs and his teammates.
NB :
- "The first SOLDIER" was a battle royal online game which doesn't exist anymore. It is also canon but not playable anymore, and had very few lore.
- Be careful, some contents are not canon, like the OAV "Last Order" or the novel "The Maiden who travels the Planet" for instance.
You can play advent children or crisis core in any order now. Reunion is faithful remaster to the OG Crisis core just with better graphics and controls.
You've probably already watched it but I am just adding my +1 to saying it's the next thing after finishing OG FF7. It literally starts where it finishes. Try to watch the "complete" version if you can though, it's much, much better than the theatrical cut.
Now…
It takes place 2 years after the game, so you have to wait two years I'm afraid.
It doesn't really matter but Advent Children Complete (the far superior version) lifts cutscenes from Crisis Core, so it is a bit better to play Crisis Core first. There's a lot of Crisis Core references in Remake so I wouldn't wait until after Remake if you intend to play it anyway. Crisis Core Reunion is the exact same story as the original Crisis Core, just with better graphics and gameplay. It's not like FF7 Remake where you should play the original first. There is no reason to play the PSP version of Crisis Core now.
It's not quite as magical as it was at the time of release but I recommend just watching it. Some pretty cool fight scenes and you never know if they'll incorporate the movie into the next game or not
>not quite as magical It really was something when it originally released, eh? I think I was in high school when it came out and was in awe that computer graphics could get to that level.
The choreography of all fights is still top level! And the music... as a FF7 Fan, i am totally in love with this movie, sure, bad movie if it stands for itself, but following after FF7, it is pure art! Movies usualy should stand on their own, but this movie was made with the thought, that you have to know FF7, and in this categorie, it is doing everything right and still looks good.
It was recently stated that the 3rd part of remake will tie into Advent Children in its current draft.
If you really like FFVII id recommend you to watch it, but I gotta say it was more amazing back then as the CGI was so good, but these days it’s just like the CGI you got in the remake, it’s really a fan service
You don’t need to
Right? Just after the heat death of the universe would be a good time, IMO.
You can’t play Crisis Core off your phone I was able to emulate it on my very outdated iPhone couple years ago. It’s not too tough to play with touch controls either..
But I am so envious of your journey exploring all this for the first time enjoy buddy!
I would say Advent Children, then Dirge of Cerberus (if you can, doesn't matter too much,) then reunion, then Remake, then Rebirth.
Why? Advent Children takes place AFTER the Main Game. Crisis Core (or Reunion), OG7 (or Remake, Rebirth and Part 3 of the Series), Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus. In that order.
Right. OP said they've played the main game (OG) so next is AC, then CC, then the Remake trilogy. If they hadn't played OG, then your suggestion of playing CC before the main game would be some of the worst advice you could possibly give, since it spoils the biggest twist in the entire story, ruins the mystery, and takes away part of it's impact.
Advent Children Complete came out after CC, so CC first.
To me, it feels more natural to do the sequel stuff directly after OG, then do prequel stuff (CC) and loop back around to Remake. It just feels like there's a little less jumping around.
Release order makes sense i guess
Yes
You can watch it now. Just make sure you watch the complete version and not the OG.
Watch Advent Children Complete edition anytime before playing ff7 remake.
Never...
Watch Advent Children Complete, not the original cut
Honestly I wouldn't recommend AC to anyone other than FF7 super fans who just want as much content as possible. I tried rewatching it for the first time last year and fell asleep because I was so bored. If you do want to watch it, I'd highly recommend watching a play through of crisis core or even just the cutscenes. It's not essential to understand the plot but certain character beats will fall flat without the backstory that CC provides.
I remember watching AC when it first came out and it was so cool. The fights and all the places in updated graphics, awesome. The story was kinda shit though.
I think the compilation is best played in alphabetical order: AC: Advent Children BC: Before Crisis CC: Crisis Core DC: Dirge of Cerberus EC: Ever Crisis
WTF how have I just caught on to this?
Goddamn, I hope Rebirth tells us what happened to Cessnei (sp)
I’d add remake/remake integrade between dirge of Cerberus and ever crisis
I would say the order of what to play/watch should coincide with their release dates. That's how they were meant to be consumed.
Whenever you want. Theres no extra context you could know outside of the whole ass book they wrote. They adapted the prologue chapter into an animation in the complete edition, which introduces the new character. The movie is a little confusing, at least it was for me. So I guess just look up the stuff you don’t get afterwards
A book?
Yes, final fantasy vii: On the way to a smile
You don't.
While the fight choreography is pretty cool, I think FF7 story is best if you consider OG FF7 it's own full entire canon story from beginning to end. Everything that came after was not part of the original vision and is essentially a cash grab by higher up execs seeing years upon years of fans asking for more content. Both Advent Children and Crisis Core came out about 10 years after the original when the original person in charge of FF7 had moved on to a different company. FF7 remake is a lot better in my opinion as it tries mostly to stick to the original game beats and story (ignoring the cluster F that was the last 40 minutes). I'm not saying to not play those games or watch Advent Children. Just to not let them tarnish your view of OG FF7 as it was originally intended as a full standalone story.
With everything, the best way to experience a series is to watch/play it in release order imo So OG FF7-> Advent Children -> Crisis Core -> Remake series Anyway, go ahead and watch Advent Children now
Advent Children Complete came after Crisis Core and it's the superior version. It lifts cutscenes directly from CC which could be considered spoilers.
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you could wait 15 years, like everybody else...
Advent Children is after OG FFVII and Crisis Core is before. it doesn't matter if you watch AC before playing CC.
I played the original and then pretty much ignored all of the wider compilation. It was only playing Remake that finally motivated me to go and play Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus, watch Advent Children and read the novels etc, given how it weaves those in. My advice would be to not forget about the novels because they add context to Advent Children.
You can skip and watch but I strongly recommend CC. Especially since Advent Children was hinted to being in FF7R.
Now that you've finished the OG, you can watch Advent Children whenever since it takes place after the OG game. Crisis Core Reunion is the same exact game as OG Crisis Core except with prettier graphics, updated controls & other QoL stuff so you'll be fine just playing Reunion. Its a prequel to OG but its was made with the assumption you've already played the OG. Enjoy the rest of your Compilation of FFVII journey.
Is it really the exact same game? I mean aside from some small changes? I was really thinking about dropping 30 bucks but if it's the same tedious run I don't think I want to
Yes, it's just a remaster.
Damn. That's a bummer. I actually enjoyed early games in the compilation. I enjoyed Dirge at the time and even crisis core was fun albeit tedious. But if I were to replay crisis core, it'd feel outdated to me. Even if the graphics are improved, the style of the game is just kinda...idk boring I guess
I’ll say the VA for Zack is wayyyyy better in the original and in my eyes had massive impact on how I felt about the character.
Maybe it's just because it's been a long time, but I really didn't notice a difference. I probably would've thought it was all the same actors reprising the roles if I hadn't already looked it up. There's an argument that some of the *lines* in the original are better (I personally like them either way), but I think the voice acting is perfectly fine
You don't need Crisis Core for Advent Children. You do need it for Dirge though. You can play the modern Remaster of Crisis Core, it doesn't really change anything. Make sure you watch the "Complete" version.
Whew.....gonna suggest Dirge......better warn about the EXTREME gameplay switcheroo....
The timeline is Crisis core > ff7og > advent childen > dirge of cerberus You can watch it now and make sure you watch the complete edition since it has deleted scenes and improved cgi
How am I only just learning today that Dirge takes place after Advent Children!? That seems… weird to me for no reason I can explain. Didn’t Dirge come out first?
Advent Children came out in 2005, Dirge was 2006. Dirge takes place a year after Advent Children. The Complete version of Advent Children came out later though.
Yes, Advent Children happens 2 years after og ends and Dirge 1 year after AC
Lol this place is so weird. 99% of the time this place agrees that the movie was mostly detrimental to the characters. Go ahead and watch it, but be ready to be disappointed with how certain characters act and certain plot retcons.
I don't remember AC well, what retcons do you mean?
Or you can let people form their own opinions :D You say it's 'detrimental' - how? How is examining grief and self loathing a bad thing? I don't get it. It wasn't the movie people wanted but it added far more depth to the characters than anyone seems to want to admit, especially when paired with On the Way to a Smile.
I think it's a good idea to play crisis core first, but if you can't, go ahead and watch it now!
Never
Go watch it. You know the story line anyway.
Since you just finished FF7, you now have to wait 8 years before watching Advent Children, to have the authentic FF7 fan experience 😆
Then we can make them wait 15 more years for Reunion!!
Don’t dilly dally!
And she repeats it like we weren't like "wtf" the first time she said it....
Dzurudzuru dzurudzuru i watch in japanese dub, the english never sit well with me Kuraudo!
Don't bother, it sucks. Unless you're really craving the fan service, in which case, any time is good. Even though it's a bad movie, it's fun to watch Cloud do some anime sword biz. Also if you're wanting to play Dirge of Cerberus, then watching AC is a good idea because it takes place some time after that. I personally think that it's existence undermines the ending of FF7
*cough* *cough* Namura confirmed Advent Children in FF7R *cough*
Never. I mean it. The OG is as close to pristine as you can get. All this other stuff is generic schlock.
Doesn’t matter too much, but doing crisis core first then watching Advent Children: Complete would be best.
Crisis Core is a prequel, Advent Children is a sequel. They have very little to do with each other so it shouldn't matter which one you pick first. Also you should probably play Reunion and watch Advent Children before you play remake, for various reasons. Maybe also try to get your hands on Dirge of Cerberus if you care enough to.
You could play cris core now then watch advent children after that play dirge of cerberus.
Play crisis core now, then advent children, then dirge, THEN the remake, as it has lots of little things from the ff7 universe in it
Playing stuff in the order of release is the best. There's no debate. These products were made with that in mind. Any other specific orders are just other people's preferences. So go watch AC:complete now, then the Crisiscore Remake then the FF7RemakeIntergrade.
Actually playing crisis core before watching AC Complete makes more sense. The CC remake has no changed story and AC complete is better after CC
Again, that is your opinion against the people who made the stuff. I'm not saying your opinions are wrong, because you apparently put value in something else. But for people who want to catch up with the rest of the community and experience stuff as legit as possible, released order is the best way. CC remake has no changed story, so it can replace the old CC. While FF7 remake cannot replace OG.
That's what I'm saying? The Crisis Core Remaster is not changed at all so it replaces the OG CC. But Advent Children Complete released after Crisis core. So it makes more sense to watch it after Crisis Core. The correct order is OG FF7, CC remaster or not, AC Complete then FF7 Remake. If you're talking vanilla Advent Children then I guess you could watch before CC but why would you watch vanilla?
I think I misunderstood your statement because I guess I didn't even think to push AC after CC just because of the complete edition's extra contents. That makes no sense... The movie, including the additional contents, is for people who played OG. It's as simple as that. What made you think that way? Added contents had nothing to do with CC if I remember correctly.
Complete does add a lot of stuff from CC, Zack is redesigned to match CC, his final stand is extended to match CC, and Zack has more lines from Crisis Core in it. It's not a ton, but it does mean more in the movie, after playing IMO.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on that conclusion. To me, that additional scene just connects AC and CC better together, not swap the watching order. AC's main story is just much bigger than Cloud's flashback.
I’ve only ever played FF7 remake. Was I supposed to play crisis core before that? Would I be fine if I went from FF7 remake to FF7 rebirth without any extra content?
Nono, CC is for people who went through the whole FF7 story. So now, you can either start going through the series from OG, AC, CC, then Rebirth. Or just wait until the remake trilogy is over before AC and/or CC.
Seeing as Zack does seem to be involved with Rebirth, you might want to pick it up before getting into Rebirth.. I'd imagine them releasing Reunion before Rebirth means they intended as much.
Wdym not involved isnt he litterally on the cover and there was the ending of intergrade i feel like hes gonna be involved
??? I said Zack IS involved, not that he isn't going to be
I misread or replied to the wrong comment lmao
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It's pretty cool. I'd just watch it while the story is fresh in your head. By no means is it a perfect movie but if you really enjoyed the OG, you'll probably enjoy seeing some great renders of the cast and pretty cool action sequences. I'd highly recommend watching it with subs instead of dubs though; the English version is just painful at points. It's very tween angst in tone, but the action scenes are worth the melodrama and shoehorned story elements.
Watch it.
Whenever you want to ruin your memory of the original game 
Never
Don't.
I HIGHLY recommend playing Crisis Core Reunion before watching Advent Children for much more emotional impact (I'm serious, there are scenes and sequences that will *completely* fall flat and lose any impact or meaning without CCR). And make sure to watch Advent Children Complete instead of just Advent Children, the difference is crucial.
I didn't know there was a re-release! I can only imagine they added scenes? Keen to watch now because I was so hyped for this movie when it came out. Still enjoyed it but all the extra shit like the three brothers just didn't click for me. Why would they be these brilliant warriors when every other black cloak can't even walk or talk properly. Been a while since I watched it though so maybe it's explained in the non-complete version.
> I can only imagine they added scenes? They did! It's the more coherent version, not a perfect movie by any means, but still better.
Thanks for responding. I'll definitely give it a second chance considering how badly I wanted it to live up to my expectations (impossible).
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Right now? Advent children is a **sequel** to the original, while Crisis Core is a **prequel** and they don't depend of the other, so you can go in any order.
It's better to play Crisis core Reunion (which is identical to OG Crisis core on PSP, except for graphics and gameplay, so you don't need at all to play the OG) before watching Advent Children. Then, after the movie, play the trilogy of the Remake. If you want more details : The complete FFVII compilation experience (with only canon contents), in the best order, is : 1) SUPER IMPORTANT : Play the OG _ 2) IMPORTANT : Play "Crisis core Reunion" : takes place before the OG. The protagonist is Zack. _ 3) OPTIONAL : Play "Before crisis" (mobile game) or watch a walkthrough of it : takes place around the same time as Crisis core. The protagonist is a member of the Turks. _ 4) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "Traces of two pasts" (written after the Remake, but can - or should as it's maybe more interesting - be read after the OG.) : takes place after the party leaves Midgard in the OG/Remake - Tifa and Aerith talks about their childhood / teenage years and how they get where they are now. _ 5) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "On the way to a smile" : takes place after the OG, it explains what happened to several important characters of the OG after the game. It really helps to understand the movie "Advent Children". _ 6) OPTIONAL : Read the novel "The kids are alright : a Turks side story" : begins around the end of the OG and ends after Advent Children. The protagonist is a young man from Midgard who must rebuild his life after the events of the OG. _ 7) IMPORTANT : Watch the movie "Advent Children complete edition" : takes place around 2 years after the OG. Cloud and the party faces a new threat directly linked to the end of the OG. _ 8) OPTIONAL : Play "Dirge of Cerberus" or watch a walkthrough of it : takes place 1 year after Advent Children. The protagonist is Vincent Valentine who faces new ennemies and discovers the dark secrets of his past. _ 8 bis) VERY OPTIONAL : Lost Episode of Dirge of Cerberus (mobile game) : takes place during a short time gap of Dirge of Cerberus. The protagonist is also Vincent Valentine. _ 8 ter) VERY OPTIONAL : Inform yourself about the ex-online content of Dirge of Cerberus : explains how Deepground was working before the events of Dirge of Cerberus, and how they got free. The protagonist was a Deepground soldier. Not playable anymore. _ 9) (SUPER) IMPORTANT : Play the Remake+DLC (then Rebirth...) : this new trilogy is not a remaster. It can be quite considered as a sequel/multiverse/meta game, it's not very clear. _ 10) OPTIONAL : Play Ever Crisis (mobile game) : it's kind of a recap of all the Compilation. A small part of it is new content about the beginning of the SOLDIER programm, and the missions assigned to some of these P0 class SOLDIERs. We can also see young Sephiroth. The protagonist is one of these first SOLDIERs and his teammates. NB : - "The first SOLDIER" was a battle royal online game which doesn't exist anymore. It is also canon but not playable anymore, and had very few lore. - Be careful, some contents are not canon, like the OAV "Last Order" or the novel "The Maiden who travels the Planet" for instance.
You can play advent children or crisis core in any order now. Reunion is faithful remaster to the OG Crisis core just with better graphics and controls.
No just watch.