49 - Final Fantasy VII Remake: Reimagining, Sequel, and Fate

49 - Final Fantasy VII Remake: Reimagining, Sequel, and Fate

From Mythic Mind Games by Andrew Snyder

June 19, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the remake of the iconic JRPG Final Fantasy VII and its implications as a reimagining or sequel.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/GpBsTGBtTZY Final Fantasy VII Remake is less a straight remake than a reimagining that often plays like a sequel: Midgar expands into a full game that deepens Avalanche, Barret, Jessie, and Cloud's found-family bonds, while the Whispers and a broken fate open multiverse speculation that leads straight into Rebirth. The heart of the original returns stronger, renewing the grief beats (the plate fall, Jessie's death, Aerith foreshadowing) that Mythic Mind Games framed as consolation and recovery in the Roundtable. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Snyder is joined by Micah to weigh nostalgia against craft on Square Enix's 2020 revisit of the 1997 classic. They praise character deepening that still feels like the same people, the soundtrack's adapted nostalgia, and Midgar's longer runtime as emotional buildup rather than empty padding. They also probe the remake-vs-sequel question, Sephiroth's early pressure on fate's arbiter, timeline splits after the Whisper bosses, and why Advent Children's character handling left trepidation that Remake largely dissolves. Next in the mini-series: Advent Children, then Rebirth. Continue the Final Fantasy VII…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Snyder

Guest: Micah

Topics covered

  • video games
  • JRPG
  • remake
  • nostalgia
  • game design

Keywords

  • Final Fantasy VII
  • remake
  • JRPG
  • 2020
  • gaming
  • Micah
  • Andrew Snyder

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII

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