So KOtv put up a video the other day showing the first sixteen minutes of the re-release of Final Fantasy VII for PC and I got a couple requests to make a comparison video between the Playstation 1 version and the re-release.
You all asked and KOtv delivers! This video compares similar scenes in both games. Somehow I pretty much got all the same battles running through in both versions of the game!
The ultimate question here is…. Which version is better? I will let the readers decide! Leave a comment here, on my YouTube channel, or both on which you prefer!

Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
Modern day publisher be like: "Failed to meet sales expectations. Pivoting to live service."
It's an absolute legend of a game. And I honestly really love how the remake trilogy is shaping up so far.

Square Enix announced its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year, related to the period between April and December 2025.

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.
If you already own it... There, I saved you the click on a deliberately misleading article.
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.
u get the switch 1 version of the og ff7 for free if you own 7 remake for the switch 2.
lol.
Anti Aliasing and the character models benefit from being rendered at a higher resolution on the PC, other than that its the exact same.
On a side note, he's running it on the PS3 not PS1
I get no enjoyment playing these games on PC, my black label PlayStation Final Fantasy VII is something I am very proud to own. A few years ago I downloaded an emulator to play Secret of Evermore on PC, played a few minutes and immediately deleted it from my computer. PC gives you no sense of NosTalgia.
are you serious?
i was expecting the same thing but damn look at that anti aliasing. It makes the game look way better, def getting this on pc