For many gamers, their favorite memories with video games come from classic games that they played when they were younger. Whether it is a long time gamer playing The Legend of Zelda for the first time or a younger gamer loading up Final Fantasy VII to see its beautiful FMV, many of our favorite games are now considered classics. But what happens when the games that we and the gaming community see as classics become difficult to play? Are those games as good as we remember or are we seeing those games purely through “nostalgia-vision”? By Jordan of Trendy Gamers.
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
Lol. I thought the description was going to end with "or is the modern gaming community just a bunch of trendy gamers."
As long as the game plays well and solid mechanics are in place, I'm still a sucker for retro classics. Something about them, the challenge, music and overall feel is something I miss at times. Luckily I have a Retro3 and I revisit these classics when the mood strikes ;)
But I absolutely know what you mean though when you remember being fond of a certain game and returning to it and you're sitting their saying..."What was I thinking!?" This is horrendous...LOL.
I had this problem with Super Mario Sunshine. It just doesn't hold up today, I just replayed Super Mario 64 again instead.