SPOILERS Who is Chadley really..?

[Xd00206]

Long time listener, first time caller. As I completed normal mode I decided to visit my one of favorite chapters, chapter 3. I ran into our good friend Chadley and he seemed to recall our previous conversations and who we were while everyone else was seeing Cloud for the first time. My question is:

Maybe I am overthinking this but is Chadley only recognizing Cloud for the sake of the replayability or is it something else. Seeing as we are dealing with alternate timelines and such. This could be a fun conspiracy.

I apologize if this is discussed elsewhere, I gave a quick look.

 

[Ite]

Hah! That’s an oversight in game design, as the Chadley NPC object is updated according to your save file, not chapter placement. Buuuut you probably already knew that.

I’m still cheesed about being punk’d by the timeline shenanigans, so I say fuck it, let him time travel. Of course, since Cloud doesn’t find this weird, I say fuck it, Cloud’s achieved CHIM and knows he’s playing New Game+

(I almost spoiled an endgame Chadley spoiler here but I realize that even those who have finished the game may not have yet plundered all of the Chadley’s riches from his pyramid of secrets.)

 

[Master Bates]

He is a Sephiroth remnant created from the lifestream, that's why he can create materia. Like Sephiroth, he also read the script.

 

[looneymoon]

A brief dialogue describing my reaction to this thread.

Me: Chadley is Sephiroth's son.
Intrusive thoughts: Because of this I am going to make you viscerally imagine Sephiroth's penis
Me: aaaah gross no it's all purple and corpse-like

I doubt that's a popular read of what the man's got packing down there, but I stand by it. Yuck.

Spoiler

I read the spoiler on his truth, and of course that's what he is lmfao. I let out a genuine chuckle, that's actually great

 

[Keveh Kins]

Truly Hojo's most abhorrent creation

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Like Tseng, he's a product of Shinra's science department attampts at extending the human life span. Unlike Tseng, he got stuck in the pe-puberty stage. He pretends to be an android but really he's just yet another boring old experiment in genetic splicing.

 

[Ite]

In all seriousness, I think Chadley is bar none the best and most fitting addition to the FFVII canon since the original game. I thoroughly enjoyed his presence throughout the game in a way I do not enjoy Denzel, Loli-Bait Shelke, Kyrie, Leslie, or any of the other Compilation “kids” hucked at me from the mouse-lancer’s guilded perch. Chadley’s design is excellent. His role in the video game is engaging to me, the player. His characterization is realized with an effortlessness most of the writing in this game lacks. He provides silly comedy that is never pulls focus or relies on slide-whistles. He’s great. The only thing I can’t speak to is his voice performance, because I have yet to play FF7 Remake with voices turned on and I never plan to.

 

[Makoeyes987]

@Mr. Ite come on, you do know April Fools was months ago right? No ones falling for that.

 

[Ite]

@Mr. Ite come on, you do know April Fools was months ago right? No ones falling for that.

Did you not like Chadley???

 

[Wol]

Oh that's an interesting question,

Chadley is Brad, Chad and Bradley's younger brother. They were created by Hojo to be his eyes outside in the world.

Those fuckers can also fuse to become the ultimate bro, Brodley. That's going to be an optional boss on Part 3.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Chadley just wants to be a real boy.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Did you not like Chadley???

Oh, I did. I found him adorkable and endearing in his own unique way.

However, I just find it extremely unlikely that out of all the new characters added to the Remake, Chadley would be the one to earn your effusive praise like this. I'm like, 99% certain you're being sarcastic or something

That just doesn't seem "in-character" for you. Maybe I'm wrong.. But I don't think so

 

[Ite]

Oh, I did. I found him adorkable and endearing in his own unique way.

However, I just find it extremely unlikely that out of all the new characters added to the Remake, Chadley would be the one to earn your effusive praise like this. I'm like, 99% certain you're being sarcastic or something

That just doesn't seem "in-character" for you. Maybe I'm wrong.. But I don't think so

Happy to report that I was being sincere! Effusiveness is probably Tim Rogers’ fault.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Wow, well it just goes to show that people are always full of surprises. Well that's cool.

Chadley gets mocked pretty liberally here so I suppose I was surprised the strongest critic of the Remake would have fond words for one of it's most uniquely strange and mysterious NPCs. But there you go!

 

[looneymoon]

After reading the spoiler, Chadley is kind of my fav too.

I'm sincerely with @Mr. Ite

 

[Strangelove]

is there a final chadley scene after you've completed all the battle simulations or something? someone said that there's a scene that talks about the weird bow thing on his shoulder but i've not seen anything like that, but i also have the final simulation left to beat

 

[Strangelove]

getting ffx-2 international flashbacks

 

[Makoeyes987]

is there a final chadley scene after you've completed all the battle simulations or something? someone said that there's a scene that talks about the weird bow thing on his shoulder but i've not seen anything like that, but i also have the final simulation left to beat

Yes there is, and you learn about Chadley's history and stuff. It's a special event scene.

 

[Strangelove]

i guess i finally have to pick up the courage to try the last simulation now, since i last saved standing right in front of the console

i will at least know what his whole deal is

 

[Odysseus]

Hah! That’s an oversight in game design, as the Chadley NPC object is updated according to your save file, not chapter placement. Buuuut you probably already knew that.

Oh, it's no mistake. Chadley just r e m e m b e r s.

Anyway, I used to hate him but at some point he went from being annoying to hilarious for me. I completely agree with Ite's post up there.

 

[ForceStealer]

I never had a strong feeling about him one way or the other. He was just another questgiver, didn't really think any more or less of him than I did of Wymer. Talking to him when you're in your dress was funny. The visceral reactions people had puzzled me.
The "truth" about him is interesting, though.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

In all seriousness, I think Chadley is bar none the best and most fitting addition to the FFVII canon since the original game. I thoroughly enjoyed his presence throughout the game ...

Was so close to thanking this post.

Then I got to here:

... in a way I do not enjoy ... Loli-Bait Shelke, Kyrie, ...

And then you were dead to me.

 

[Odysseus]

Ah, so Tres is also a man of culture.

 

[looneymoon]

Kyrie is just Yuffie but more bland

 

[Odysseus]

Okay I don't care about Kyrie much in Remake she's fine in the novel but you all leave Shelke out of this.