Final Fantasy VII – Phoenix Down
Massive Gaming Plot Holes
Final Fantasy VII is regarded by many as one of the greatest games of all time, with a legendary (if complicated) storyline, and setting a precedent for many games ahead of it. However, there is one plot hole that riles players even to this very day. Throughout a lot of the game Aerith, the healer of the group, is an essential part of the story and your team, and you grow close to her just like you would any other well-written character. So it comes as a shock to many players when the game’s main antagonist, Sephiroth, kills Aerith permanently.
Aerith’s death shook the very foundations of the Final Fantasy series, and perhaps the games industry in general, as one of the most shocking moments in any video game at the time. However, it left some scratching their heads. Why didn’t Cloud simply use a Phoenix Down – something you can use throughout the game to revive dead teammates – on Aerith? It’s a topic that’s had many scratching their heads for the longest time.
Mostly, people tend to simply write off that Cloud could’ve even used a Phoenix Down, saying that the item is just a game mechanic, and one that was never meant to have an effect on the plot of the game. This is an acceptable response, we suppose, but the subject will always be a fierce topic of debate among Final Fantasy fans, even twenty years later.
