History YMMV / BeforeCrisis

* HarsherInHindsight: In the original game, a throwaway line is made about how Barret split off from the rest of AVALANCHE, with the lingering implication that they were too extreme even by [[{{Revenge}} his intentions]]. Then you see the AVALANCHE branch in this game, who intend [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized worse things]] than Barret ever did even if they're a WellIntentionedExtremist and [[spoiler:Fuhito's sociopathic FaceHeelTurn]] that makes Barret look positively tame by comparison. For a starter, they attempted the Sector 7 Reactor bombing first but with an actual mobilized force ready to tear their way through Shinra forces in the sector, versus Barret's more contained and quiet strike team that actually pulled off the task.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the original game, a throwaway line is made about how Barret split off from the rest of AVALANCHE, with the lingering implication that he was too extreme for them given his personal motivations of {{Revenge}} stapled on top of their mission statement. Then you see the AVALANCHE branch in this game, who intend [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized worse things]] than Barret ever did even if they're a WellIntentionedExtremist and [[spoiler:Fuhito's sociopathic FaceHeelTurn]] that makes Barret look positively tame by comparison. For a starter, they attempted the Sector 7 Reactor bombing first but with an actual mobilized force ready to tear their way through Shinra forces in the sector, versus Barret's more contained and quiet strike team that actually pulled off the task.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the original game, a throwaway line is made about how Barret split off from the rest of AVALANCHE, with the lingering implication that he was too extreme for them given his personal motivations of {{Revenge}} stapled on top of their mission statement. Then you see the AVALANCHE branch in this game, who intend [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized worse things]] than Barret ever did even if they're a WellIntentionedExtremist and [[spoiler:Fuhito's sociopathic FaceHeelTurn]] that makes Barret look positively tame by comparison. For an idea, they attempted the Sector 7 Reactor bombing first but with an actual mobilized force ready to tear their way through Shinra forces in the sector, versus Barret's more contained and quiet strike team that actually pulled off the task.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the original game, a throwaway line is made about how Barret split off from the rest of AVALANCHE, with the lingering implication that he was too extreme for them given his personal motivations of {{Revenge}} stapled on top of their mission statement. Then you see the AVALANCHE branch in this game, who intend [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized worse things]] than Barret ever did even if they're a WellIntentionedExtremist and [[spoiler:Fuhito's sociopathic FaceHeelTurn]] that makes Barret look positively tame by comparison. For an idea, they attempted the Sector 7 bombing first but with an actual mobilized force ready to tear their way through Shinra forces in the sector, versus Barret's more contained and quiet strike team that actually pulled off the task.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the original game, a throwaway line is made about how Barret split off from the rest of AVALANCHE, with the lingering implication that he was too extreme for them given his personal motivations of {{Revenge}} stapled on top of their mission statement. Then you see the AVALANCHE branch in this game, who intend [[ThisRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized worse things]] than Barret ever did even if they're a WellIntentionedExtremist and [[spoiler:Fuhito's sociopathic FaceHeelTurn]] that makes Barret look positively tame by comparison. For an idea, they attempted the Sector 7 bombing first but with an actual mobilized force ready to tear their way through Shinra forces in the sector, versus Barret's more contained and quiet strike team that actually pulled off the task.

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized Hojo, found a way to copy part of [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Shinra]]'s [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIISOLDIER SOLDIER]] program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim, and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient Ultimate Summon that has been broken long, long ago. He builds on Hojo's having implanted a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm power base to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

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* ''YMMV/FinalFantasyEverCrisis''

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized Hojo, found a way to copy part of Shinra's [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIISOLDIER SOLDIER]] program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim, and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient Ultimate Summon that has been broken long, long ago. He builds on Hojo's having implanted a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm power base to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Hojo]], found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient Ultimate Summon that has been broken long, long ago. He builds on Hojo's having implanted a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm power base to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Rufus.]] He's the one controlling AVALANCHE for most of the game in order to [[spoiler:discredit his father and make Shinra look bad, and many of AVALANCHE's attacks, such as sabotaging the rocket into space, are done to further that goal.]] Why? So he can take over Shinra. And he's a KarmaHoudini to boot, [[spoiler:since the President can't admit that the Vice-President and his own son was scheming with his enemies right under his nose.]]

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Hojo]], found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim, and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient Ultimate Summon that has been broken long, long ago. He builds on Hojo's having implanted a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Rufus.]] He's the one controlling AVALANCHE for most of the game in order to [[spoiler:discredit his father and make Shinra look bad, and many of AVALANCHE's attacks, such as sabotaging the rocket into space, are done to further that goal.]] Why? So he can take over Shinra. And he's a KarmaHoudini to boot, [[spoiler:since the President can't admit that the Vice-President and his own son were scheming with his enemies right under his nose.]]

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized the aforementioned Hojo, found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim, and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient '''Ultimate Summon''' that has been broken long, long ago. He builds on Hojo's having implanted a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Rufus.]] He's the one controlling AVALANCHE for most of the game in order to [[spoiler:discredit his father and make Shinra look bad, and many of AVALANCHE's attacks, such as sabotaging the rocket into space, are done to further that goal.]] Why? So he can take over Shinra. And he's a KarmaHoudini to boot, [[spoiler:since the President can't admit that the Vice-President and his own son was scheming with his enemies right under his nose.]]

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized the aforementioned Hojo, found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program, which he uses to create his own variants; this degrades the mind of the victim, and turns said victim into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient '''Ultimate Summon''' that has been broken long, long ago. He implants a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* CompleteMonster: In this prequel, [[MadScientist Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. Fuhito, who idolized Hojo, found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program, which he uses to create his own variant complete with monstrous degradation of the mind and turns the subject into a monster. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations. He later finds an ancient '''Ultimate Summon''' that has been broken long, long ago. He implants a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which would [[OmnicidalManiac burn the entirety of the world]]. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. His mindset can be described in a single expression: [[spoiler: Hojo's his hero.]] In addition to that, [[spoiler: Hojo likes him a lot enough to seriously consider leaving Shinra to work with the guy.]] Fuhito found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program. With the data he [[spoiler: invents his own variant complete with monstrous degradation of the mind and turning the subject into monsters. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations.]] He later [[spoiler: finds an ancient '''Ultimate Summon''' that has been broken long, long ago. He implants a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which is to burn the entirety of the world. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it. We all know what happens when you do that. ]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Fuhito]] is a scientist for the original AVALANCHE. His mindset can be described in a single expression: [[spoiler: Hojo's his hero.]] In addition to that, [[spoiler: Hojo likes him a lot enough to seriously consider leaving Shinra to work with the guy.]] Fuhito found a way to copy part of Shinra's SOLDIER program. With the data he [[spoiler: invents his own variant complete with monstrous degradation of the mind and turning the subject into monsters. He takes two of the [=SOLDIERs=] Zack later remembers and turns them into abominations on par with Hojo's aberrations.]] He later [[spoiler: finds an ancient '''Ultimate Summon''' that has been broken long, long ago. He implants a piece in an innocent girl, transforming her into a weapon to be AVALANCHE's spearhead against Shinra, while the piece starts sucking out her life to rebuild itself. He establishes a firm powerbase to release the Summon, which is to burn the entirety of the world. In the end, he winds up taking it all and merging with it. [[CaptainObvious We all know what happens when you do that.]] ]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Rufus.]] He's the one controlling AVALANCHE for most of the game in order to [[spoiler:discredit his father and make Shinra look bad, and many of AVALANCHE's attacks, such as sabotaging the rocket into space, are done to further that goal.]] Why? So he can take over Shinra. And he's a KarmaHoudini to boot, [[spoiler:since the President can't admit that the Vice-President and his own son was scheming with his enemies right under his nose.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: When Cait Sith is introduced he's easily damaged and is nearly useless in a fight. Reeve is frustrated but later has an idea to improve Cait Sith's fighting capabilities. Consider how useful he was in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - that was ''after'' Reeve upgraded him!

* HilariousInHindsight: When Cait Sith is introduced he's easily damaged and is nearly useless in a fight. Reeve is frustrated but later has an idea to improve Cait Sith's fighting capabilities. Consider how useful he was in ''FinalFantasyVII'' - that was ''after'' Reeve upgraded him!