FF7 Rebirth’s Most Annoying Character Can Be Redeemed In FF7 Remake Part 3

is filled to the brim with memorable characters, but there’s one in particular that’s memorable for all the wrong reasons. Anyone who’s played the game through knows the pain that hearing Cloud’s communicator device ping brings, as it inevitably means that Chadley’s about to start chattering. Although he’s a font of knowledge on materia, enemies, and the world at large, Chadley is also just annoying, and the fact that he’s a key figure in exploring much of what has to offer quickly becomes a sore point.

The Chadley problem was first introduced in, which used him in a similar but comparatively limited role. He wasn’t all that much better received the first time around, so it’s a weird thing for to double down on, and the commitment to Chadley’s involvement doesn’t bode well for. There might also be a reason that the trilogy isn’t giving up on Chadley, however, and seeing it pay off in has the potential to finally make his inclusion feel at least a little worthwhile.

A standard playthrough of FF7 Rebirth will actually never reveal some interesting side quest content, but it's easy to find once you know how.

The hint to Chadley’s future appears in the protorelic quest in Nibelheim, which mostly consists of following the mysterious robed figures that appear throughout the game. The task itself isn't particularly interesting, but a cutscene that interrupts it is arguably the most intriguing Chadley moment in the entire game (not the world's highest bar, but it's something). The camera zooms out to show Hojo watching the party, and he fixes his attention on Chadley, whom he refers to as «before correcting himself to the number seven.

Of all the Protorelic quests available in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, there's only one that adds enough to the story to be considered an imperative.

Another of Hojo's monitors shows a sheet covering an operating chair with only a limp hand lying exposed. Hojo zooms in to reveal a barcode and the name Chadley before counting some metal tanks