Bryan Dawson (Prima Games): Final Fantasy 7 is a timeless classic in the RPG realm. For most people it’s not because the game was so much better than any other RPG at the time, or even that they enjoyed FF7 more than other games. For many, the reason Final Fantasy 7 holds such fond memories is because it was the first true RPG they played for the then next-generation platform, the original PlayStation. Up until the release of Sony’s first PlayStation, gaming was regulated to a hobby for kids.
Sony’s platform helped propel gaming into the mainstream and with so many consoles sold, it’s easy to see how Final Fantasy 7 was a first for many people. Just taking a quick look at lifetime sales figures, the original PlayStation is sitting around 102 million units worldwide. As a comparison, the Super Nintendo, which was the previous home for Japanese RPGs, sits at a mere 49 million units sold.
With more than double the installed user base, Sony’s PlayStation was one of the first conso...
But BG2 didn't emerge in a vacuum, and in a recent chat with Slandered Gaming it emerged that—while we can thank BG2 for a lot of our favourite RPGs since—we have a whole other game to thank for BG2. That'd be Final Fantasy 7, which lit a fire under BG2 director James Ohlen to go all out with the game's structure and companions, per Trent Oster—who worked on the original Baldur's Gate and has since become CEO of Beamdog, the studio behind the BG1 and BG2 Enhanced Editions.
Baldurs Gate 1&2 were my games back in the day on PC. Icewindale and Neverwinter Nights as well
Square Enix has announced multiple classic Final Fantasy titles will receive physical releases this December;including Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX.
7,8,9 only Switch
7 remake & rebirth only PS5?
Is this accurate? Wish it was all for both.
Why can’t they just do a cool classic collection with VII, VIII and IX in with some goodies similar to what they did with the Pixel Remaster.
I would honestly go for a Remaster Collection, just AI upscale some textures (there are really good fan mods for that), widescreen everything where possible, higher native resolution, etc...
It seems like a no-brainer to make such a large portion of what was FF's golden age into a collection of it's own.
Weird that 7 and 8 are together for 40 and 9 is 40 on it's own.
8 should be the one on it's own as it actually has redone models.
I have ff8 ps4 remastered physical euro version. They should have put these on PS5 physically so lame.
I'm actually so tired of hearing about FFIX. Just replayed it with Moguri Mod earlier this month. That might as well be the definitive version.
Video games are always evolving. Okay, video games are sometimes evolving. And that’s especially true for long-standing franchises where innovation is essential to keep fans from getting, well, a bit bored. But there are plenty of franchises that just completely changed the game.
Yeah I don't mind more content added to ff7. Like how did cloud meet barrett and avalanche etc
Got to be the end performing Omnislash on Sephiroth. Felt like revenge for killing Aerith.