I began my playthrough of Final Fantasy VII a while ago. For the longest time, I just could not get into the gameplay loop. The random encounters frustrated me to no end, there were many moments in which I very nearly dropped the entire playthrough.
Mind you, I really wanted to get through the game. Having played the remake beforehand, (which turned out to become one of my genuine favorite games of all time) I already had a ton of investment in the original.
Weeks became months, months became years, struggling to get myself to even attempt to boot the game up, I gave myself one last shot.
And lo and behold, for whatever reason, it just… clicked. Somehow, out of goddamn nowhere, I got the appeal of this gameplay loop. Somehow, I was… genuinely, for the first time, having fun playing.
And so, I started my actual playthrough.
…Contrary to what my log says, I did not actually complete Final Fantasy VII.
Don’t get me wrong, I got through basically the entire game. All 3 discs (physical, yea I played this on an actual ps1 (don’t know if I would personally recommend it, but I had a good time regardless)) had been used.
I got to THE battle, and it’s just… un-fucking-believable. Genuinely, the final boss of Final Fantasy VII is, to this day, UNDOUBTEDLY one of, if not the single greatest of all time, for countless reasons.
And then I lost.
I so, so, SO badly want to truly finish this game, but the fact that you basically only have one chance to save in the entire last part of the game is just fucking ridiculous. I understand this is an old game with old ways of saving, but for heaven's sake, what the actual FUCK were they thinking. Pardon my language, but understand it comes from a place of love. I want to go back and finish the game, however, I REALLY want to avoid redoing the entire last half of disc 3.
I write all this, mostly to simply vent my frustrations with this absolute treasure of a work of art. My save file will most likely remain unfinished, and if I’m gonna be honest, I’m probably fine with that. In the moment, however, I am quite sad at the prospect of never having truly completed it. I hope that feeling will fade with time.
Mind you, I really wanted to get through the game. Having played the remake beforehand, (which turned out to become one of my genuine favorite games of all time) I already had a ton of investment in the original.
Weeks became months, months became years, struggling to get myself to even attempt to boot the game up, I gave myself one last shot.
And lo and behold, for whatever reason, it just… clicked. Somehow, out of goddamn nowhere, I got the appeal of this gameplay loop. Somehow, I was… genuinely, for the first time, having fun playing.
And so, I started my actual playthrough.
…Contrary to what my log says, I did not actually complete Final Fantasy VII.
Don’t get me wrong, I got through basically the entire game. All 3 discs (physical, yea I played this on an actual ps1 (don’t know if I would personally recommend it, but I had a good time regardless)) had been used.
I got to THE battle, and it’s just… un-fucking-believable. Genuinely, the final boss of Final Fantasy VII is, to this day, UNDOUBTEDLY one of, if not the single greatest of all time, for countless reasons.
And then I lost.
I so, so, SO badly want to truly finish this game, but the fact that you basically only have one chance to save in the entire last part of the game is just fucking ridiculous. I understand this is an old game with old ways of saving, but for heaven's sake, what the actual FUCK were they thinking. Pardon my language, but understand it comes from a place of love. I want to go back and finish the game, however, I REALLY want to avoid redoing the entire last half of disc 3.
I write all this, mostly to simply vent my frustrations with this absolute treasure of a work of art. My save file will most likely remain unfinished, and if I’m gonna be honest, I’m probably fine with that. In the moment, however, I am quite sad at the prospect of never having truly completed it. I hope that feeling will fade with time.
Hank7777
7 months ago
Listen to Barret, boot it back up, and drop the Save Crystal before making the descent to Jenova/Sephiroth... you got this!