WHISPERS
Whispers are a completely new addition in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and probably also the biggest. Not only does their addition significantly alter how the game ends, it may also have major ripple effects on future events. These hooded ghostly apparitions are arbiters of fate who ensure that the flow of destiny isn’t changed, that everything plays out the way it was supposed to. Essentially, their job is to ensure that events in FF7 Remake don’t deviate from the original game’s events. It’s all very meta. They intervene in the story at several points to make sure that things that are not supposed to happen don’t happen- such as making sure that Barret doesn’t die, even after he gets impaled by Sephiroth. Cloud and co do destroy the Whispers at the end, taking control of their own fate, and the implication is that the sequels are going to have a lot of changes to the narrative.
