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Anthony McGlynn

Sephiroth's cutscene with Jenova in Final Fantasy 7 was so scary it terrified one of the producers: "I felt like I was going to have a heart attack"

Sephiroth in Final Fantasy 7.

There's plenty of horror strewn across Final Fantasy 7, to the point the scariest moments don’t all involve the literal vampire you can recruit. Sephiroth is responsible for most of them, and if you were to ask one of the classic JRPG's producers, a particular scene involving Jenovah stands at the top of the pile.

On X/Twitter, some Japanese developers shared the weirdest they've encountered while making games. Among the stories shared comes a little jumpscare Takashi Tokita, a producer at Square Enix, suffered while working on Final Fantasy 7 for the original PlayStation.

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