In 2020, Final Fantasy 7 Remake put the long-anticipated remake trilogy on a path that many hadn’t expected, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth continues down that road. Though it does hit all (or most) of the major beats you would expect it to, it does so much more on top, charting its own story in unexpected ways with a litany of major reveals thrown at you in the game’s final chapter.

There is, in fact, so much going on in those last couple of hours that it’s all too easy to miss crucial details and be left confused about a lot of what you’re shown. To help crystallize the picture that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth paints, here, we’re going to analyze its ending and talk about how it sets up Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 (or whatever it ends up being called).