Playing this for the first time in 2024, it's easy to see why the game was so impressive in 1997. The iconic scenes hit well with good music usage despite the nowadays lacking graphics+brief text, and there's plenty of soul in the construction of the world. I was all for Aerith when I played FF7 Remake but the scenes with Tifa in the second half of the game really won me over.
Gameplay-wise I did not enjoy the ATB system and would rather play something made with the default battle system in RPG Maker. The dungeons were surprisingly short but I'll take it over something that is needlessly long given that I was playing the game for the story.
The Switch version giving you 3x speedup and the ability to turn off encounters is good, going up and down ladders take too long.
Gameplay-wise I did not enjoy the ATB system and would rather play something made with the default battle system in RPG Maker. The dungeons were surprisingly short but I'll take it over something that is needlessly long given that I was playing the game for the story.
The Switch version giving you 3x speedup and the ability to turn off encounters is good, going up and down ladders take too long.