[A quick correction! A few folks have pointed out the distinction that Jenova escaped instead of being "freed" by Sephiroth. That's a fair and important distinction, but one we don't think fundamentally alters how we guessed Sephiroth's appearances in this trailer might play out since it's not truly revealed until far after leaving Midgar.]
2:22 - Cut to Tifa, Cloud, and Barret running away from a boss enemy called the Heli Gunner. This fight originally takes place on the elevator as you are leaving Shinra HQ, but now it looks like it'll happen on the way there instead. You can even see the massive expanse of debris behind them that is likely the destruction of Sector 7, with the rest of the plate still above. The party is then running up the rubble instead of climbing and swinging on those annoying ropes near Wall Market. 2:23 - Also, blink and you'll miss it, but Cloud isn't using the Buster Sword here, instead wielding what looks like the Mythril Saber. That's a weapon you could previously only get once you left Midgar! [ignvideo url="https://ift.tt/2RLcTQz] 2:26 - He also has what seems to be some kind of gun, but we are guessing it may actually be a sort of grappling hook to help melee fighters reach flying enemies, as the same device can be seen on Tifa's back too. Barret and Tifa also seem to have new weapons equipped here, but not ones that directly resemble anything from the original game as far as we could tell. 2:33 - Speaking of things Cloud shouldn't have in Midgar, we immediately see the Leviathan summon being used, which you don't get in the original all the way until Wutai Village. 2:38 - A curved staircase indicates we're back in the Shinra HQ lobby, while the stairs after are definitely the long, arduous climb up its dozens upon dozens of floors. You can even see in the bottom right that Tifa, Cloud, and Barret are on different floors as they climb. Only 33 more floors to go, Cloud! 2:41 - Wait, Shinra HQ has escalators now? That's cheating! 2:43 - Another recognizable scene, here we see the party in a Shinra HQ bathroom as Cloud climbs up into a vent to spy on the board meeting we mentioned earlier. This is straight out of the original. [ignvideo url="https://ift.tt/31eGGUV] 2:45 - Cut to a different scene entirely, here Cloud is fighting enemies called Sweepers on his own. Sweepers are fought in the very first Mako reactor, so this shot seems to be much earlier – except he's also got the Choco/Mog summon, which has a Moogle riding a Chocobo fighting alongside him with a timer on the right showing how much longer they'll be around. We also get a look at its signature Chocobo stampede animation, but Choco/Mog isn't a Materia you get until leaving Midgar either. So, once again, either it's been moved much earlier, the Remake will leave Midgar in some way, or Square Enix is messing with what abilities characters have here to make the trailer look cool. 2:55 - After Cloud's combat, we see Tifa beating down some Shinra soldiers, and judging by the light and rubble, it's probably on the way to Shinra HQ again. 2:59 - Next, Barrett brings some pain to a couple of enemies called Vargid Police. These strange-looking baddies are fought in Shinra HQ after Jenova is released. [ignvideo url="https://ift.tt/36KUA2c] 3:01 - And finally, we come to what's likely the biggest surprise so far, but we think we might have figured out what's going on here. Sephiroth seems to disappear into a cloud smoke and light, which then fills up the room as Jenova appears for a boss fight. This is massive because you normally wouldn't fight Jenova until much later, but we're pretty sure this confrontation actually takes place in the Shinra President's office sometime after the previous Sephiroth scene. As we zoom out from Sephiroth to Aerith and Red XIII at the very start, you can see the same red, gold, and black carpet on the floor here that's behind Tuesti in the scene earlier, indicating it's the same office. You can also see what appears to be the President's wide desk where Sephiroth was standing, so we're willing to bet this is a brand new boss fight that occurs just after he kills Shinra. That said, the Jenova fight then takes place in a very different looking room, so either Jenova has transformed it significantly or the trailer is cleverly cutting two scenes together to throw us off. 3:12 - Following that bombshell is, well, a literal bomb as we see a Mako reactor explode. 3:15 - ...followed by Barrett firing his Big Shot Limit Break at a boss called Hundred Gunner, which is also usually fought on the Shinra HQ elevator. We can't quite tell where it's placed now, but likely still in Shinra HQ. [ignvideo url="https://ift.tt/2OfsaXI] 3:16 - This scene of Tifa calling out to Cloud as he falls is likely just after you destroy the Sector 5 Mako Reactor, just before he lands in Aerith's church. 3:19 - Moving on quickly, we get our first look at Midgar's final car chase, with the party's little blue car and Cloud's motorcycle looking very familiar. 3:20 - As Barrett and Cloud run through an unfamiliar pipe, they are chased by a snake-like enemy called a Sword Dance, also fought in Shinra HQ, before Aerith hits it with a fire spell. 3:24 - Jumping back in time to another recognizable moment, Cloud, Barrett, and Tifa escape the destruction of Sector 7 by swinging (or, possibly changed in this case, sliding) out of danger on a cable as President Shinra looks down on the chaos. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=final-fantasy-7-remake-over-100-screenshots&captions=true"] 3:31 - The trailer then closes by raising even more questions. The party stops on the highway after their Shinra escape only to see black smoke-like figures flying upward toward the HQ. These smoke creatures appearing here is obviously entirely new to the remake, but a similar moment was shown in the TGS trailer. Right now it's hard to guess what they are, but from their hooded appearance, it may be that they're failed clones of Sephiroth that have taken on a very different nature compared to the original game? We'll have to wait to find out for sure, but that's everything we dug up right now. What do you think of our theories, and have any of your own? Let us know in the comments below! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Tom Marks is IGN's Deputy Reviews Editor and resident pie maker. You can follow him on Twitter.from IGN Articles https://ift.tt/31d1fBf
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