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User Review : Final Fantasy 7

Ups
  • Fantastic Characters
  • Emotional Ride
  • Great Story
Downs
  • Plot Holes
  • A tad bit confusing

Take me with you.

Squaresoft. One of the most dominate developers and history and arguably the greatest during the original Playstation era. They never would believe that they would be in the situation they're at right now. Now is the ultimate risk, an ultimate chance to culminate themselves.

Final Fantasy 7 starts out a bit slow. You start out with a tough and gritty character named Cloud Strife who is on a mission with Barret Wallace. He just left soldier and is reuniting with a longtime friend, Tifa Lockheart. He is confused about what happened years ago, and after soldier, he becomes a changed man.

The battle system is turn-based and fun for Classic RPG fans. It might be outdated today, but at its time it was amazing. Its all about strategy and how your characters match up. Limit Breaks and Magic. Materia System is what makes this game shine. It works really well for players and gives them plenty of options.

Graphically, its was very impressive for its time. Eye popping cinematic and an amazing environment. The world map is really fantastic and so is the blossoming theme.

The soundtrack is just beautiful, you could even find yourself searching the internet just to hear some of the tracks, Nobuo Uematsu and his team did an amazing job.

One of the biggest pluses for Final Fantasy VII is the Characters. One of the greatest cast of characters in Final Fantasy history. You care and want to know the characters. They're very honest and human. They have feelings, emotions, and love. They all get their own part in the game, so in turn you learn a lot about them. They're all unique to the game and each posses different abilities. The characters in this game, are truly one of a kind. The main antagonist is brilliant as you journey to find him, before he finds you. He is truly amazing and one of the best characters in the series and serves the game well.

Story wise, plenty of games can't compete, the story is well-put and truly shows the character development and even makes you grow with them. However, the story does contain a few plot holes and might be a little confusing for some. It certainly doesn't mean the story was bad. The story in this game serves the game well and shows how great SquareSoft is at story telling. I got out a few tissue boxes for Aries special scene.

Overall, this is a game that you should definitely play. It's one of those games that you'll never forget. It shows how brilliant Squaresoft is and how amazing the Final Fantasy series is. It's truly an amazing game. Still affects me till this day.

Score
9.4
Graphics
Great graphics, might not be the best on the fifth generation era. But fantastic for its time.
9.5
Sound
9.2
Gameplay
9.7
Fun Factor
Enjoyable Mini-Games, Strategic, and very creative.
Overall
9.6
fsfsxii4635d ago

Its not very confusing at all IF you played Crisis Core.
Anyway, i beat the game about a month ago, ever since then, my taste in gaming and everything has changed.

Finalfantasykid4633d ago

Crisis core pretty much answers and clears up all the confusion and plot holes. But I suppose this review should only take into account FFVII, and not any of the spin offs, especially since they didn't come out until a long time after.

nooneknows4633d ago

True, however, its confusing for first timers who'v played the game for the first time.

Like the guy said below, this only accounts for FFVII.

fsfsxii4633d ago

My bad.
I wanted the review to have a little more depth but its good nonetheless

iliimaster4634d ago

i remember playing this game for hours and hours just to level up, it re introduced me to the franchise and had me hooked till 10x2 after the turn based system went it wasn't final fantasy anymore it was world of warcraft 2.0 i even fired off a letter to their cooperate office to voice my displeasure, i even have purchased this last one with lightning ? i dont even know the games name but i have the part 2 to it aswell. and i cannot bring myself to get thru the first one to play what they said was kinda fixed from the first one...

good read

wishingW3L4634d ago (Edited 4634d ago )

Justin Wong turned into a believer after beating the game for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And for those that don't know who he is, he's the protagonist of EVO Moment #37 and one of the best fighting game players (if not the best) in NA.

If a game this old still has the capacity to impress people then imagine playing it when it came out....

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Final Fantasy 7 Fans Can Get New Game For Free

Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most iconic video games of all time, with it helping to changed the RPG landscape when it was released in 1997.

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Killer2020UK100d ago

If you already own it... There, I saved you the click on a deliberately misleading article.

DivineHand125100d ago

I bought the game yesterday on steam for $4 because Square Enix is trying to replace it with a version that has no mod support.

Prior to yesterday, I had no idea the game had so many great mods until people started making a fuss out of it.

Knightofelemia100d ago

I wish Square would port other old games to newer systems I want Xenogears.

gold_drake100d ago

u get the switch 1 version of the og ff7 for free if you own 7 remake for the switch 2.

lol.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Director Shares Switch 2 Rebirth And Part 3 Update

Ahead of the release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Switch, the game's director shares exciting news regarding Rebirth and Part 3.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Cyberpunk 2077 lead a rush of AAA Switch 2 ports

Big publishers who haven’t been able to bring their biggest multiplatform games to the Nintendo Switch due to its relative lack of processing power are racing to release ports of these titles on the more powerful Switch 2.

_SilverHawk_403d ago (Edited 403d ago )

After seeing the performance and quality of the games being inferior on switch 2 I'm curious to see the sales when released for switch 2 because those games are available now at discounted prices on pc handhelds and consoles with versions of those games far superior to what was shown on switch 2. Im wondering if millions of gamers will buy inferior versions of older games for switch 2 when they have better avenues of experiencing multiplatform games in way better quality

franwex403d ago

Yes. The answer to your question is yes.

To us those are inferior versions. To the people who Nintendo is marketing the switch 2, they are not. They don’t have other gaming consoles or gaming pcs. They have phones/tablets, maybe a work laptop.

Not sure if they will sell those versions for $70 or $80. But at $40 it is possible that they will sell well.

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gold_drake403d ago

so funny, especially ff7 remake.

big fk u to ms ha

Obscure_Observer403d ago

"big fk u to ms ha"

This comment will not age well.

Look no further than the upcoming Xbox Showcase.

gold_drake403d ago (Edited 403d ago )

mh probably not no ur right, but right at this very moment, its hilarious ha.

i guess because typically theres still gonna be a trailer on other systems if theres a multiplatform game in a showcase. wasnt im this case.

we'll see.

pwnmaster3000403d ago

lol I feel like you made this call for a couple of games but always ended up wrong.
Forza not going to PlayStation.
Indiana jones not going PlayStation
Ms going multiplatform.
If your wrong here again im just gonna take everything you say and just believe the complete opposite.

andy85403d ago

It will. Isn't a chance on this planet its going to Xbox. Switch gamers buy games that's why it's on there, only wasnt already because it couldnt run it. Xbox players aren't interested in these types of games, and the fact they'd have to make 2 new console versions compared to 1 on Switch. Isn't worth it

Terry_B403d ago

Great. The Switch 2 can play Playstation 4 games released 5 years ago.

Obscure_Observer403d ago

Nice try.

It will also run current gen games like Split Fiction, Star Wars: Outlaws and the upcoming Borderlands 4, to name a few.

gold_drake403d ago

we dont know what they're gonna have to do to downgrade that tho.

all of these games are demanding titles.

especially outlaw and bdl 4

ThePacemaker403d ago

And the upcoming James Bond 007 game

gold_drake403d ago (Edited 403d ago )

that was my thought too, they made a huge deal about the new performanboost when we had this sorta thing with x1 and ps4 already.

Obscure_Observer403d ago

Console features 4K resolution up to 120fps. Plus DLSS and Ray Tracing support confirmed by Nintendo.

I think it will be more on par with the Xbox Series S rather than the PS4 Pro.

CrashMania403d ago

Will have to see I guess, most of the games they showed were cross gen and ran on PS4 and base X1, elden ring looked a bit rough if that was in game. Borderlands 4 doesn't look like much more graphically impressive than 3 to me, but as we've seen with switch 1 ports there'll probably have to be compromises for current gen games.

MDTunkown403d ago

Every multiplat is released on Xbox series S and switch 2 is around its strength but with newer hardware and better dlss and vrr so it probably will have better performance than S

CrashMania403d ago

@MD I think it's a pipedream, but I'd love to be proven wrong and would find it funny if it could somehow outperform the S. But i've not seen anything from the leaked specs or otherwise that suggests it's around series S level, more around PS4 and PS4 Pro level, which is to be expected from a handheld device, I think it has more RAM than the S though?

MDTunkown403d ago

@Crash it has more memory than series s and memory seems to be the main problem with series s. Now thinking about it, it’s quite interesting that MS decided to go with 8gb of ram while one X already had 12gb of ram.

darthv72402d ago (Edited 402d ago )

@md, ms has the opportunity to use ssd space as a memory cache but have not implemented it. It could help alleviate the memory issues devs say about the SS.

This is something MS has years of experience with in their OS division. Virtual memory. Switch 2 has 256gb of storage but they never gave specs on cpu/GPU or ram... some are saying that 256gb is shared with system ram. And it could be dynamic too.

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Ryzza5403d ago

When I saw how much the console and games cost online it might as well already be scalped. The console price is basically the same as the PS5 and the games cost twice as much as I usually spend.

gold_drake403d ago

yeh i might just get the cknsole next year and just mod it quite honestly.

aint no way ima pay close to 100 quid or euros for a hame

badz149403d ago

Good luck playing the worst versions at inflated prices Nintendo fans

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