Temple of the Ancients makes zero sense to be frank, that's a wet blanket of an ending
We learn about Meteor, Sephiroth gets the Black Materia,Cloud beats Aerith, Aerith vanishes, Cloud's doubts about his identity/existence are at a fever-pitch. It's not as strong as the Northern Crater would be, but that's not a wet blanket of an ending. What about Forgotten Capitol makes a more exciting ending?
Yes, given the trailer, they're definitely going to Northern Crater. Meteor being summoned, Aerith praying Holy, Holy in the water, plus Tifa's line probably happening when Cloud is being manipulated by Sephiroth there, it all makes sense and it's the place where it makes the most sense to stop part 2, narratively. I've been convinced for a long while that this would be the stop of a part (be it 2 or 3).
I think they'll also clearly want to separate Aerith's death and the Lifestream's scenes; the Lifestream's scene has always been *more* important narratively than Aerith's death (it's the turning point of the game), but because of Aerith's death, this is what stuck in the players' minds. By separating them in two different games, the Lifestream scene can shine on its own and be remembered for what it is: the culminating point of Cloud's story, when he takes back control of his own body.
Personally I think this dialogue exchange from the trailer (presuming they are in direct response to each other, and aren't from two separate conversations)i agree with you that phrase of tifa about the clones is probably when sephiroth tells cloud that he is a clone of him and that he never existed.
There doesn't necessarily need to be a prior mention of a imposter for Tifa to bring it up. If Tifa's dialogue is indeed in direct response to Cloud's dialogue, it can just be part of the general response of Tifa questioning how Cloud assumed Tifa's injuries were fatal. (it's a way to emphasize incredulity/confusion about being told someone thought you died in the past, but you being alive presently)but how can tifa say that if someone else has not mentioned being an impostor/clone before, like sephiroth for example?
may be ur right and that dialogue has nothing to do with the northern cave but in the trailer there are hints that it may end up in that area in part 2.
i think part 2 is going to end in junon with barret and tifa seeing the arrival of meteor.
I mean I agree that the Northern Crater is another viable option of where/when Tifa's trailer dialogue is coming, but I currently feel at the moment with the information at hand, Kalm (or Junon) are the more likely contexts of the dialogue.@Theozilla : I thought like you at first, but there's something off in Tifa's way to respond to Cloud that definitely caught my ear in French; plus answering that to Cloud seems especially off since he specifically says he thought she was a goner, as in "oh I was wrong obviously". Like, why would Tifa react so badly to a line like this when in the OG she was simply trying to figure out if he'd truly seen her? It doesn't add up to what we know and to Tifa's character, imho.
In both cases, her lines are changed from the OG, this is a new line and it makes more sense to give it to the Northern Crater context, since she's still trying to figure out Cloud's story in Kalm. Meanwhile, I completely believe that the devs are going an extra mile for the Northern Crater and it's going to hurt badly with Sephiroth twisting and manipulating both Cloud and Tifa there. I think Mako really hit the nail with this theory.
I mean I agree that the Northern Crater is another viable option of where/when Tifa's trailer dialogue is coming, but I currently feel at the moment with the information at hand, Kalm (or Junon) are the more likely contexts of the dialogue.
@Theozilla : I thought like you at first, but there's something off in Tifa's way to respond to Cloud that definitely caught my ear in French; plus answering that to Cloud seems especially off since he specifically says he thought she was a goner, as in "oh I was wrong obviously". Like, why would Tifa react so badly to a line like this when in the OG she was simply trying to figure out if he'd truly seen her? It doesn't add up to what we know and to Tifa's character, imho.
In both cases, her lines are changed from the OG, this is a new line and it makes more sense to give it to the Northern Crater context, since she's still trying to figure out Cloud's story in Kalm. Meanwhile, I completely believe that the devs are going an extra mile for the Northern Crater and it's going to hurt badly with Sephiroth twisting and manipulating both Cloud and Tifa there. I think Mako really hit the nail with this theory.
Cut content for the OG had Tifa and Aerith discussing Cloud's mental state and Tifa afraid to call him on his lies because she's afraid he'll snap. The friendship between Tifa and Aerith and their novella seems to hint strongly to me that we're going to see this concept resurface. Tifa and Aerith will discuss how odd Cloud is, and in greater ways than before. That'll lead to Tifa-Cloud will-they-won't-they tensions.The thing is, I don't think there will be such a tension between the two before Northern Crater. There are two instances where Tifa ponders about Cloud's identity, and that's in Kalm (how badly was I cut?) and in Cosmo Canyon (Cloud... you are you, right? or something similar).