Final Fantasy VII

released on Jan 31, 1997

Final Fantasy VII is the seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series, and was the first title to feature three-dimensional graphics, pre-rendered backgrounds and numerous full motion videos. The gameplay is a departure from previous entries in the series in many ways. Though it retains the Active Time Battle pseudo-turn based menu command system, FFVII features three party members rather than four. The Materia system allows the player to customize each party member's abilities to their liking, and the Limit system grants them unique combat skills. Though minigames had been a recurring feature, FFVII introduces numerous new ones, many of them playable in the theme park Gold Saucer varying from racing with Chocobos to snowboarding.


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NGL I expected more, not that the game was not good, but after playing so many JRPGs I was expecting something more of the story, the cast was good, love Tifa, Barret, Cloud and Cid, the rest was hit or miss in my opnion.
The gameplay was pretty solid and a step further from VI, materia gives room to make a truly devastating team.
It's a good game, I understand why it was THE talk when it launched, but VI had a more compelling story and more lovable characters.

For starters, I was not expecting myself to have binge this game so soon after buying the game.

FF7 was not the first game I was originally intending to play in this series but I couldn't help still wanting to play it due to recommendations from friends and as rebirth has just came out.

What I hadn't expect though was a story, so entrenched in so many ideas that I think it reasons that it stands the test of time. From the beginning, insinuating a anti-corporation stance with Barret and Avalanche, it truly immerses you to midgar.

What this game does with it's protagonist has to be one of the most touching story I've seen in gaming. Cloud's character paved the way for a lot of my favourite characters in some shape or form, but that's not even the full brunt on what makes me appreciate him. His inspirations and insecurities are at the heart of the story. They somehow managed to trick me multiple times in terms of reveals that one its all said and done, it does so in such a profound and human way.

It feels like a triumph in storytelling and video games and I'm genuinely happy I got to experience this classic to it's fullest.

pretty good for it's time. I can easily see how this title was groundbreaking at the time, though It just felt so slow at the beginning it made me really wanna drop it, but when the story gets good, oh boy it gets good. Even though I did really like the story, I didn't really have that much fun with the gameplay aspects, that's mostly bc I've played OT2 and all of the Bravely default games, so for me it wasn't anything new or special for me. Overall though it's a pretty solid game that I would 100% recommend.

Really is crazy just how phenomenal this game is. Heartfelt, joyful, and typical of the Final Fantasy series; full of the love of life.

If you’re lucky like me, you’ll get to carry this heavyweight work in your heart for the rest of your life.