THE GOOD: For its time, the graphics were state-of-the-art, but they will be a bit of a nuisance to the modern gamer. Even so, the cutscenes still looked really neat.
I think the story of Final Fantasy VII was pretty solid. Granted, I already knew much of what happened from Advent Children and from the game simply being so old. I still enjoyed learning the parts that I did not know or understand that well before. It all fit together nicely and had, for the most part, a pretty elaborate plot. I liked how they kept teasing us about Cloud and his past and that there seemed to be something odd about him. I also like the depth into which they developed the characters. Everybody had their fair share of backstory, except for Cait Sith, but then he was never the favorite character in the game, nor entirely significant, but the rest of the main characters filled their personae exceedingly well and gave a sense of realism as they interacted. I thought...
THE GOOD: Completely immersive storyline, addictive gameplay, enjoyable battle system, Materia management, Wonderful character developement (storywise).
THE BAD: Unpredictable save points, Zero control of character stats and leveling, lack of "journal," poor porting of console commands
SUMMARY: I was drawn into the title from its notoriety, and I was not disapointed. Shortly after starting into the game you find yourself, drawn in to the story, wanting to know where the characters are heading. The writers were great about sprinkling little bits of foreshadowing into the early points in the game, just to get you wondering what's going on. The battle system is turnbased, more or less. Basically, you form two groups, (you and the enemy) and you take turns attacking each other, except the order is determined by Time. after each attack you have to wait a certain amount of time before your next turn. This time can be modified...
THE GOOD: Everything. Hardly a glitch with this game.
THE BAD: Nothing.
SUMMARY: Concept- Your an X-SOLDIER who is trying to save the world from a very evil man.
Graphics- 10/10 This game had awsome graphics for its time. They may even impress you today. The glitch with them is that the characters don't look atall real. They look more like puupets.
Sound- 10/10 The sounds for this game are beutifal. I am always humming them (especially that boss theme, you gotta love it it). The battle theme is awsome, it makes sense, not anything sissy, nice and hard core.
Playability- 10/10 Nice. like most RPGs ofcourse. Not much to explaine.
Entertainment- 10/10 Best part of this game, and here it comes. The entertainment for this game was off the charts. Ride your Chcobo, play a war game, ride your airship, and even sink into the dephs of the ocean and fight and the dephs of the ocean, play at the arcade, game...
THE GOOD: The levelling up system. The materia system was the best of any final fantasy game in my opinion. This was the first Final Fantasy to include FMV's, and they are truly stunning!
THE BAD: There simply isn't anything bad to say about this game!
Users running the game on XP might have problems when getting to the chocobo races at the gold saucer, but there is a fix available for that!
SUMMARY: If you have it, then you already know. If you don't have it, go and get it!
I've played this game through twice on the PS1 back in the early days, and had to go out and find a PC copy of it to re-live the good old days. No other Final Fantasy game comes close to this, with the expection of Final Fantasy X, which is a close call, and there are elements of VII which I'd have liked to have seen in X.
SUMMARY: Final Fantasy VII is undoubtebly one (if not the) of the best games I have ever played perhaps even shaming all of it's predecessors.<br><br>The only real criticism I give for this game is the graphics seem sort of 'chunky' in a sense but square have created a patch to improve the graphics on the PC which I admit changes the quality of graphics significantly.<br><br>First of all unlike all of the other earlier Final Fantasies FFVII is set in a sci-fi-type setting whereas the others were set in a kind of medievil athmosphere.<br><br>It has also introduced the use of Materia which may be simple but is still one of the best systems yet.<br><br>I Have played all the Final Fantasies from 1-X-2 (only ones yet released in Britain). And in my oppinion this is the best one yet.<br><br>Overall: 5/5 Keep it up Square!
THE GOOD: Story Line Characters Replay Value Sound Graphics Gameplay
THE BAD: The game eventually ends!
SUMMARY: The Final Fantasy series has always been my favorite game series because Square has always worked their magic and made each game unique in its own way. Final Fantasy VII takes place in a world where it is run by a evil empire known as Shinra. You take the role of Cloud Strife, a Ex SOLDIER from Shinra, he joins a rebel group known as AVALANCHE to destroy Mako reactors, which are destroying the Planet slowly. But what happens next is beyond anything that they ever imagined.
Final Fantasy VII features one of the best story lines I've ever seen in a video game. It is the only game that has ever had me emotionally attached to it the way I was, I felt for the characters, when somthing good happened I was happy, when somthing bad happened I was sad, when the classic death of Aerith happened I cried... When...
THE GOOD: Most all of the points that made this game a bestseller on the PSX have stayed intact; the script has been cleaned up to correct some minor translation-flaws.
THE BAD: The graphics could and should have been improved, the sound has been done horrible injustice by being converted into MIDI.
SUMMARY: (Don't mind me as I copy/paste most of my review from the PSX-version, it's mostly the same - I'll discuss the changes a bit further on)
The planet, of course, is in jeopardy. On one side, a soulless conglomerate is draining its lifeforce and selling it to the people, on the other side, a sleeping demi-god has awoken, and he's in a very bad mood indeed.
You play the role of Cloud Strife, a mercenary who abandoned his position in the militaristic SOLDIER-organization, and you'll find yourself in the middle of all this. While you try to make your way through the story you'll find out more about Cloud and the people that...
THE GOOD: Lets see......The graphics are the best of its time, fot a game made in 1997. The music...yes the music! its awesome, brilliant. It souns even better if your game console is hooked to your stereo! The battle system is simple and easy to understand. The soryline is complex but still makes sense. Did I mention the music?
THE BAD: The charachters sometimes look like a guy took some body parts and just stuck 'em together. The controls are a bit wacky, O being confirm and X being cancel. Travel on the world map takes too long, even with the veichle you get eventually. Also, you cant see your enemies.
SUMMARY: This game was way ahead of its time, being made in 1997. The graphics are good, especially the Summons, which really stand out against the usual graphics. As I mentioned before, I love the music. The batte system is easy to understand. There are various magic spells, enemy skills, special skills, and the such which can also be...
THE GOOD: The gameplay is awesome, the materia system is easy to learn and has good combos in it, Storyline is awersom, Graphics these days for the PS1 are better but dont forget this game was made in like 1997 so that makes it's graphics awesom
THE BAD: WHAT YA TALKING ABOUT? WHAT IS BAD?
SUMMARY: The best FF ever. This is the Very first Final fantasy to use a 3d world! It came out perfect for just about every single gamer! And also the characters in this game are easily adored by all and of course half of the forums in the FF7 forum are about the things in the game that are left a mystery. So if u r an RPG gamer that doesnt have this game get it!
THE GOOD: its charaters and awesome consept and the materia battle system is the main basis of this game
THE BAD: probably a lack of graphics
SUMMARY: the characters are really the best part of this game oh and the world map i also like the sence of sadness and bravery that cloud and companions have in there fight to save the world from the materia producing shinra corporation and sephiroth
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