Platform Nation: This week’s battle is one for the fanboys. It pits two RPG titans from different worlds into one epic battle that will leave you wanting more: Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII versus Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII. Which of these heavy hitters will come out victorious? Only time will tell, but before we can delve into the crux of this story, I must first present you with the skinny on these iconic characters.
Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
I’d love to know how many units have been sold of all the Final Fantasy VII franchise games, including the original, the remakes, spin offs such as Crisis Core, and mobile games Ever Crisis. I bet a fair few copies.
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.
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.
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
Cloud wins. Squall is annoying and his gunblade is useless.
Catfight!
CLOUD HAS TEH BIGGAR SWORD!!
Are they guys or girls? I can't tell!
Stupid gay EMO/Japanese haircuts.
UPDATE:
Not prejudice but the plain truth! (Unless you are BLIND)
Parapraxis: I wouldn't type that because it sounds mean. YOU IS SICK.
Cloud is less emo... but his name is "Cloud"....
i can't decide.