For Song Ren, the biggest feeling that Final Fantasy brings to him is the richness of the characters.
The previous "Xenoblade Chronicles" gave him the feeling that it was a group drama but actually more like a one-man show between Lex and Flame.
The manly Melev, the fat house tiger, the second prince, and the always-favorite Nia, if they have roles, they are not as much as expected.
But in "Final Fantasy" it's completely different, with richer group portrait performance.
Not only Cloud as the protagonist, but also Aerith, Tifa and even Sephiroth, all have very detailed descriptions and excellent scenes.
Especially Sephiroth, although he has only appeared in memories so far, but combined with the content in Midgar, it brings a very strong sense of oppression.
The stories of other characters are also impressive.
For example, Barrett has a fiery personality that hates Shinra's use of Mako, and talks about saving the planet mother all day long.
It makes people feel that this is a pure idealist with a great desire to save the planet.
But after accompanying Claude and his party to North Collier, Barrett's hometown, they understood the story that had happened to Barrett.
It is different from Barrett who now hates Shinra and shouts that he wants to save the mother planet.
In the past, Barrett believed in Shinra so much that he even promoted the construction of the Mako Reactor in his imaginary North Kelil.
He even persuaded his good friends to give up the coal mines in his hometown and embrace Shinra's Mako energy instead.
It can be said that Barrett was a person who was truly close to Shinra.
But what Shinra did next gave Barrett a painful memory.
The Mako Reactor in North Collier in his hometown exploded, and in order to cover up the safety issues of the Mako Reactor, Shinra carried out a silencing operation against the local town.
Not only did Barrett's wife die in this disaster, but he also lost his right hand trying to protect his friend Dane.
Then, in order to take revenge on Shinra, Barrett installed a machine gunner on himself.
As for the talk of saving the planet, it was actually just an excuse, just to seek revenge from Shinra and make himself feel better.
“So, the members of this Avalanche organization are really made up of all the characters from the Avalanche organization!
Watching Barrett reveal his heart, Song Ren couldn't help but feel emotional.
Think about the people who joined the Avalanche organization. Jesse's family suffered a bloodbath and his father turned into a vegetative state. Tifa's hometown was destroyed and her parents were killed. Barrett also suffered a bloodbath in his hometown and lost his wife and hands.
As for Biggs and Weiji who received the lunch, although there is no detailed description in the game, Song Ren estimates that they will not be much better.
But what makes Song Ren more interesting is not the story behind Barrett in this episode.
It is the unique amusement park scene of the Golden Saucer Amusement Park. Compared with the previous Midgar, the Golden Saucer Amusement Park can be said to be very interesting.
It has a box garden-style map design and a variety of mini-games, especially the chocobos in it, which are extremely interesting, and there is also a new member, Catsy Doraemon, joining here.
As the plot of the game progressed, when we arrived at a place called Gongjia, a question that had puzzled Song Ren before was answered, and of course, deeper doubts followed.
In this small town abandoned by Mako, Claude and the others met an older couple. Through conversation, they learned that they had a son named Zack who was also a member of the Shinra Special Forces, but they had not called back for many years. I have been to my hometown and asked Claude if he had seen it.
Then through the conversation with Alice, I learned that this special soldier named Zack was the same as Claude, a 1st special soldier and Alice's first love.
'He's very popular with girls, maybe he's found another one? 'Alice stood by the rock, looking a little lonely.
Alice's first love, Zack
Song Ren looked at this scene in a daze.
Who is Zack? new role
Such a good deal! ? The identity setting turned out to be Alice's ex-boyfriend, and the more critical point is that judging from the performance, not only Alice, but even Tifa knows the character of Zack.
Although Tifa said she didn't know him, her expression said everything, she did know Zack.
"So Zack, this is a very important role? It has something to do with the two heroines, maybe even Sephiroth and Cloud? But why doesn't Cloud recognize him?"
Watching the plot of this scene, Song Ren's heart was filled with countless confusions.
One question was answered, but more questions emerged. He could only say that he was digging a hole. Nebula Games was simply amazing!
Like Song Ren, Cloud in the game also has a lot of confusion at this time, but compared to these confusions, it is more important to continue to search for the whereabouts of Sephiroth.
What they saw and heard along the way allowed Claude and the others to meet ordinary people who were harmed by Shinra's hegemony and Mako.
And the experiences of characters such as Red Thirteen, Kate West, and Yuffie are also revealed bit by bit during this journey.
The Red Thirteen can speak human language. Their race is the sacred beast that protects the planet. Their real name is Nanazi.
As for Red Thirteen, it was just the codename written by Hojo for him.
Crimson Thirteen, who once left the clan, always thought that his father was a coward who abandoned his mother and left the clan during the battle with the sworn enemy Ji tribe. However, as Claude came to the Universe Canyon again, Crimson Thirteen was convinced by his grandfather's explanation. Understood everything.
That is, his father Seth is not a coward, but a hero. He has been fighting against the Ki tribe, even if his body turned to stone due to poisonous arrows, and even if he has to bear the name of a coward, he still waits in the cosmic canyon.
As the tears of Set, who transformed into stone, fell, the Red Thirteen stood beside his father's body and screamed to the sky. This scene also touched Song Ren a little. Apart from the scene of Sephiroth disappearing into the sea of fire, this was considered the second scene. It was a shocking performance for him.
There is also Yuffie, a lively, cute and sunny girl born in Wutai, who calls herself a magic crystal hunter.
She is the daughter of the lord of Wutai City, because Wutai was developed into a tourist attraction after losing the war with Shinra.
Yuffie was unwilling to let her hometown be ruled by Shinra and believed that her father who obeyed Shinra was a coward.
So she began to travel around the world, aiming to collect enough magic crystals to revive her hometown.
A strange robot cat riding a fat moogle, claiming to be a divination machine, joins the team under the pretext of witnessing Claude's fate with her own eyes.
But in fact, he is a high-performance robot that can be controlled from a distance. His true identity is an undercover agent sent by Shinra to Claude's team. However, after getting along with Claude's team, the manipulator behind it, Commander Lief, gradually came to understand him. After what they did, they simply acted as double spies.
The portrayal and shaping of different characters made Song Ren feel that the entire protagonist team became alive.
Everyone has a past that is difficult to look back on and sad, but there are more liveliness and jokes during the journey, which seems to be enjoyable.
Until we came to the map of Sleeping Forest.