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from the comments I& #39;m getting, I notice a lot of fans know Zack mainly from Crisis Core, so I& #39;m-a share a quick thing about OG!FF7& #39;s treatment of Zack Fair before Nomura started using one of the biggest titles in game history to profess his love to gackt
as powerful as how they retconned Zack& #39;s ending when doing Crisis Core (takes a beat to listen to & #39;Why,& #39; weeping) I& #39;m deeply haunted by his OG death: unceremonious, overkilled by a full machine gun cartridge from a couple of grunts who got a lucky shot
aside from Zack& #39;s reveal re: Nibelheim in Disc 2, you can play OG!FF7 and pretty much miss all (optional) text on Zack. There& #39;s an unforgiving ruthlessness in how OG!FF7 left Zack& #39;s memory on the outskirts of the plot, barely discoverable, a ghost of a ghost.
I remember the afternoon I (very accidently) stumbled into triggering Zack& #39;s final scene. It wasn& #39;t even my first playthrough. I was left stunned, mouth hanging open at 7yo, overwhelmed by the implications and recontextualization of Cloud& #39;s story.
