The "fool them" "fooled them" line doesn't make sense no matter what order you say it it.

"That's how you fool them."
"That's how you fooled them."

"That's how you fooled them."
"That's how you fool them."

It's a typo. It should say something like "so that's how you'll fool them?" As Cloud hadn't fooled anybody at all by that point.


Yeah the Jenova/Sephiroth thing is confusing. I do kind of like it that way though.

The Nebelhiem residents being the Sephiroth drones isn't really explained, though there is that scene where Cloud meets the two kids he met 5 years ago who have now been turned into the "clones." Of course that bit of dialogue is easily avoided and you won't even pick up on it had you not spoke to them in the flashback.


I don't think you can ever call this game underrated. Harshly criticised? Yes, but underrated? Not imo as the general feeling among critics is that it's great.