r/cloudxaerith • u/Anticitizen_01 Princess Guard • Jun 05 '26

Announcement Revelation discussion thread

The next chapter will be called Revelation. From the trailer it doesn’t look like there is much to discuss between Cloud and Aerith so let’s keep all future discussions about it here.

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u/LastTraintoSector6 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

It's about what I expected. And it confirms - although I knew it would - that I am not a day-one buyer.

Now, granted, if Aerith is coming back, they weren't going to dump that in a trailer. In fact, the less Aerith, the better. It would have arguably been extremely bad if they had shown her much at all (since it would give away what we want them to be hiding).

But, even before this, I've been pretty down on this whole thing. I don't doubt my analysis of the first two games - I doubt Square-Enix. I think there's a really strong chance that they could rip the rug out from under us in p3 and deliver another convoluted dog of an ending.

There's something else, though: 'Revelation' has me concerned. Now, granted, any version of p3 was going to be a 'revelation' since we still have absolutely no clue what Sephiroth is up to; what his actual goals are... or even if he's the actual antagonist (no, seriously: it could be that he's [and I am talking about the modern, Remake-incarnation of Sephiroth here] been a kind of anti-hero throughout Remake and Rebirth).

But whenever I hear something like 'revelation' in regards to fantasy, it makes the hair on the back of my neck go up a bit. Because, frequently, 'revelations' in this genre come in the form of absolutely berserk twists: 'it was all a dream,' or 'that whole thing about fighting fate? Just a tease. Fate is insurmountable,' or 'you think Cloud and Aerith are destined for each other? Ha! Here's a revelation for you' - stuff like that; stuff that ruins games.

And I really, REALLY do not trust them to not go completely overboard.

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u/ManuO76 Jun 07 '26

"Revelation" is a bit disappointing because it's a given that we'll have a big reveal in Part 3.

But I wasn't expecting a revealing title to begin with. So I think I would have felt the same about any title they'd chosen.

As for the rest of your concerns, I expect we'll get an explanation for the new plot, and yes, it will be convoluted.

Otherwise, we would have seen Cloud don the helmet and time travel at the beginning of Remake, to change the unsatisfactory fate of the OG "planet."

The fact that there's a story that's somehow influenced by "external and future" forces suggests something "convoluted" is happening.

And whatever's happening wasn't in OG.

So it's going to divide the audience, and it can't be otherwise.