10 Biggest WTF Moments In Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

10. The Mako Vacuum

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth gets off to an utterly electric start. Between killing off half the cast (in an alternate timeline, thankfully), letting players control franchise-favourite villain Sephiroth and having Tifa and Aerith lambast Cloud as an a**hole for digging through the latter's closet, Rebirth's opening hours are a merry old-time for Final Fantasy fans.

And then, in a moment designed to give gamers flashbacks to all those times their parents told them to stop playing video games and start tidying their room, Square Enix brings the fun to a screeching halt by forcing the player to indulge in a spot of vacuuming.

Yes, in order to progress through the game's opening chapter, you are forced to use an industrial vacuum cleaner to hoover up hazardous material. Because nothing screams "Fantasy" quite like slowly dragging a plus-sized household appliance across the floor!

Watching protagonist Cloud partake in tedious menial labour - while supervised by future nemesis Sephiroth, no less - is such a bizarre moment you can't help but chuckle at Square-Enix's audacity for including it. Kudos to you Square, but please - no more chores in the next game. It's a joke that only works once.