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[Darkmakaimura]

I'm watching my antenna television because it's all I can afford and a commercial about mental health awareness just came on and featured the cast from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Cloud and gang are doing mental health awareness commercials now?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

yep. every time FFVII sales come out we all have mental breakdowns.

 

[Atrus]

So we don’t have to use our imaginations:

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Three]

Saw one with Vinnie Jones recently



I'm guessing there are a lot of people going through a rough patch and need encouragement to talk about it

 

[Danjin44]

So we don’t have to use our imaginations:

Cloud: Are you finished?

 

[consoul]

Well, they succeeded in uh, ...seizing the awkward.

 

[ranmafan]

I've seen on facebook in some gaming groups people posting pictures of billboards in the us with the same ads as well.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It’s no joke. If you constantly grunt like this it’s a sign of severe mental health issues.

 

[Puscifer]

Ok so that explains this image near the college in my city.

 

[Punished Miku]

I guess they're saying their audience is deeply depressed?

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

I'm watching my antenna television because it's all I can afford and a commercial about mental health awareness just came on and featured the cast from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Cloud and gang are doing mental health awareness commercials now?

Lines up perfectly with their target demographics.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

I guess they're saying their audience is deeply depressed?

Doing the same bullshit side activities for Chadley will make anyone depressed, so I'm not fucking surprised.

 

[SiahWester]

It's like they are insinuating people who play this remake are wanting to hurt themselves.

 

[mitch1971]

You think I'm going to risking approaching a friend with a giant fucking sword strapped to his back and ask if he has mental issue?!

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

I guess they're saying their audience is deeply depressed?

Whatever.

 

[mortal]

Well, video game characters are used to sell and promote all sorts of stuff. So what's wrong with mental health awareness?
Better than shilling more junk imo

 

[kiphalfton]

TLDR; if you have somebody who looks like Tifa in your life, all is well.

 

[A.Romero]

Cloud: Are you finished?

Cloud: ...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I'd be depressed too if I played FF games and had to live through unskippable cut scenes. I remember playing FF7 on a PS1 demo disc and I was mashing buttons to no avail from endless text boxes and summon monster spells.

 

[Meicyn]

I'm watching my antenna television because it's all I can afford

Download PlutoTV, my man.

 

[hybrid_birth]

Probably because too many people have a final fantasy and kill themselves.

Only you can prevent suicide gamers.

 

[consoul]

Italian senate agrees. Totally worth it.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Probably because too many people have a final fantasy and kill themselves.

Only you can prevent suicide gamers.

That's terrible, man

 

[Hardensoul]

WTF! Safe Space? That was cringe!!

 

[March Climber]

WTF! Safe Space? That was cringe!!

It's language used in places like Seattle and California, which just so happen to both be places where the majority of the western video game industry exists. It's why the conversations surrounding a certain 3 letter company are silly, because this is ingrained in the culture over there. You would have to rip out 2 and a half states and multiple industries for it to go away.

 

[Synless]

Well, let’s be real. Cloud is a completely broken fuck of a protagonist. It’s made quite obvious in Rebirth as a character he’s suffering from schizophrenia. Makes sense to use it in the ad space.

 

[saintjules]

So we don’t have to use our imaginations:

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[Mooreberg]

No match for the Canadian domestic violence commercials of the mid aughts.





Not sure these ads delivered the intended effect.

 

[Zheph]

God bless Square Enix

 

[SHA]

So having feelings towards something is no longer a privilege in the gaming industry? that's straight nazi docs trying to lecture us imo.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

No match for the Canadian domestic violence commercials of the mid aughts.





Not sure these ads delivered the intended effect.

I have the strangest boner right now...

 

[Skifi28]

FF waifus are the only thing keeping me sane.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

FF waifus are the only thing keeping me sane.

 

[Skifi28]

 

[squarealex]

It’s no joke. If you constantly grunt like this it’s a sign of severe mental health issues.

Not gonna lie, this is one of many reasons I hate FF7 Remake.

Somehow, FF16 didn't do this (maybe because English dub), but even on FF14 with Japanese dub, they not act like this bullshit.

 

[Randall365]

Saw one with Vinnie Jones recently



I'm guessing there are a lot of people going through a rough patch and need encouragement to talk about it

The same Vinnie Jones who was convicted of assaulting his elderly neighbour and was a notorious bully on and off the pitch?

 

[Facism]

she's 16, big man

 

[sigmaZ]

I had to call Better Help after that Cait Sith section in the mansion.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Tifa in the shining spirit swimsuit bettered my mental health.

 

[Deft Beck]

This is just the marketing arm wanting to do something new, but it actually fits well with the overall themes of the game.

 

[Garibaldi]

she's 16, big man

Is she? She was 16 in 97. Got to get my wife whatever moisturiser Yuffie uses. Probably materia infused.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Nice. Good job ad council. Seriously.

Suicide prevention/mental health is a super important issue especially with the housing market like it is. Sure it could come off as cheesy but I bet this speaks to some video game players

 

[*Nightwing]

I would have preferred to use my imagination.

First Disney ruins the lore of my childhood by making Luke, Han, and Leiahs journey pointless cause they never really defeated the empire.

Now FF7 characters are being pimped out to the highest bidder despite it being a great cause?!?!
I really don’t need the cgi characters I fap to telling me not to kill myself. That’s just even more depressing.

What’s next!! Is the clean boy Drake gonna go full evil pedo and bastardize Tupac’s legacy to loose a fake rap beef and loose his NCard?

 

[Skifi28]

she's 16, big man

25 years ago I was also a teen. This is legal.

 

[RoboFu]

I mean cloud suffers from a mental disability. He literally thinks he is someone else while think he is becoming even another person.

 

[Kurotri]

It's better than what they did with Cup Noodle in FF15.

 

[Revolutionary]

 

[Kssio_Aug]

It’s no joke. If you constantly grunt like this it’s a sign of severe mental health issues.

That Remake is so fucking lame.

 

[Redneckerz]

OP apparently doesn't know that Cloud and them do sidequests in their spare time.