Cloud Strife contains multitudes, and I would argue that nothing embodies this vibe more than him riding a Segway. On Thursday, Square Enix released a new trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth .

Because of this, Cloud Strife is perhaps one of the least reliable narrators in literally all of video games. And now, the ending of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth just adds a whole new layer onto that.

Fans of Final Fantasy 7 and its associated compilation media have been debating the right fit for the broody mercenary since 1997. On one side we have Cloti — a pairing between Cloud and Tifa ...

Final Fantasy 7 and its compilation media have introduced some of my favorite video game characters. There’s Cloud Strife, the emotionally cagey but endlessly awkward dude who just wants to be ...

Final Fantasy 7’s Cloud Strife also wields an iconic oversized sword, but he swings it around effortlessly — even twirling it one-handed before sheathing it on his back. It looks cool, but it ...

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is out on PlayStation 5. The game is so pretty I ended up with hundreds of screenshots of Cloud, Tifa, and the others.

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. Who is Zack in Final Fantasy 7 ...

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth poses ...

Pixar’s Kelsey Mann, voice artist Yong Yea, and others on Lance Slashblade, a mix of Final Fantasy’s Cloud and Sephiroth and Kingdom Hearts’ Auron and Axel.

I’m going to embed a photo of Cloud Strife playing the piano (also funny) to try and spare casual scrollers, but right underneath it, there will be a YouTube video of one of the funniest things ...

The four Commander Decks each highlight different characters from the Final Fantasy franchise, including Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7, and Tidus from Final Fantasy X, along with his weird pants.

The story of Crisis Core follows not the iconic Cloud Strife but Zack Fair, an outgoing man who’s as capable of doling out a uniquely warmhearted kindness as he is of decimating whatever targets ...