Binding: Video Game Brand: Playstation EAN: 0711719416326 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Square Enix Manufacturer: Square Enix Number Of Discs: 3 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Square Enix Sales Rank: 1089 Studio: Square Enix
Editorial ReviewLong recognized as role-playing games par excellence, the Final Fantasy series gets a technological makeover in this installment (and series debut on the PlayStation). Shedding the two-dimensional graphics and limited sound capabilities of its predecessors, Final Fantasy VII features lush 3-D graphics, beautifully animated ''movie'' sequences, and soundtrack-quality music. Coupled with the game's intricate storyline, endearing characters, and immense yet highly imaginative world, these new advancements make for a quite an engrossing experience.
The story of Final Fantasy VII centers around a solider named Cloud Strife, who joins forces with Avalanche, a group of resistance fighters, to take down an evil mega-corporation known as Shinra. (The fate of the world hangs in the balance, of course.) Truly epic in scope, this four-disc game requires a considerable amount of time to complete---this reviewer gladly gave up over 80 hours of his life to finish it. But it's definitely a rewarding adventure that every PlayStation owner should consider undertaking, especially since it's now one of the low-priced ''Greatest Hits'' titles. --Joe Hon
Pros:
Intricate and absorbing storyline with endearing characters
Immense and highly imaginative game world
Special battle system
Beautifully animated movie sequences
Cons:
Your friends and family may feel neglected
What Others Say
Nice!
Thanks for this classic Final Fantasy game. This will be the first 3 disk long rpg I've played though but who cares. It's great!
The Beginning of the End of Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy 7 is an abomination, a plague upon the Final Fantasy universe, and an embarassment to the Final Fantasy name.
The graphics are absolutely atrocious by today's standards and they were mediocre at best ten years ago. The difficulty level is far too easy and the battle system is nothing groundbreaking. The story is typical and the character design is awful. The overall game design is unorganized and illogical. The mini games are terrible and are more frustrating than fun.
This game does not reward you well for exploring dungeons or defeating bosses, but rather grants you the ultimate materia through mindless, tedious, and uninteresting side quests like chocobo breeding.
A late review
For me this was my first Final Fantasy experience and I am proud to say this is not only one of my favorite Final Fantasy's its also one of my most favorite rpg's. I don't give VII 5 stars because its the first final fantasy game I played, I give it 5 stars because it truly is an amazing roller coaster of excitement, emotion and even add humor into the mix as well as not being just kid friendly. Not only that but it has the one of the most memorable vilians if not the most memorable one, Sephiroth.
Storyline: In VII you play as Cloud Strife a mercenary for hire. As the game begins you are thrust into battle immediately as you have joined up with a rebel (or terrorist, if you will) group called Avolanche, who either its members or supporters ... Read More
Ultimate Nostalgia
Recently threw this into the PS2 and revisited what I consider to be not only the best RPG but the best game of all times... Aeris. All I gotta say. :D
The nostalgia levels are through the roof.
Square Soft brings the Final Fantasy series to the Playstation with a gem that will (and did) change the industry. Even today, nearly twelve years later, many consider Final Fantasy VII to not only be the best game Square Soft has released, but the greatest RPG of all time. For those not familiar with the series, there were six prior releases to this one and all were considered gems in their own right. So what sets FF VII above all others in the genre?
Story:
Cloud Strife is an ex member of Soldier, a military arm under an evil organization named Shinra. After witnessing his idol, Sephiroth, torch his home town upon discovering the truth behind Materia and the Mako reactors, he switches sides and joins Avalanche, a secret organization ... Read More
