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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Role-playing/Third-Person 3D RPG
RELEASE DATE
19/APR/98
ESRB RATING
TEEN, Realistic Violence
DEVELOPER
Square Soft, Inc., Square Electronic Arts L.L.C, Square Co. Ltd.
PUBLISHER
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DESCRIPTION
After accepting a mission offered by Avalanche, a rebellious organization created to overthrow the Shinra Corporation, Cloud Strife, Barret, and a few others began targeting Mako Reactor No. 1, a Shinra made facility. When they finally got to the reactor, Cloud placed an explosive device on it and collapsed, clutching his ears in agony.
He began hearing voices and couldn't decipher who or what they were. More worried about escaping the facility alive, Barret picked him up and they began running back to the entrance. After it blew up, Cloud kept thinking about the voices he had heard — they sounded so familiar. He couldn't place them.
Cloud, an ex-member of Soldier, stuck around the Avalanche base and awaited his payment. After hanging around for a while, Cloud decided to help the organization out. For what reasons, he didn't know — but he felt it was the right thing to do. As the word spread of Avalanche's actions regarding the Mako Reactor, none of them knew that their adventure was just beginning.
You assume the role of Cloud Strife in the futuristic 3D rendered world of Final Fantasy VII. As you progress throughout the game, the storyline is filled in more and more — evil dealings surrounded by the Shinra Corporation, an unknown assassin wreaking havoc on certain people and groups, and the struggle to find out who Cloud really is. As in the tradition of the series, you will come across characters that will join your party.
Among them is Tifa Lockheart, a childhood friend of Cloud's; Cid Highwind, an outspoken aircraft pilot; Vincent Valentine, a shape-shifting vampire; and Aeris Gainsborough, a flower merchant with the ability to use magic. Each character has his or her own personalities and reasons for helping out the Avalanche organization. You will be able to pick and choose which characters you want in your party (you can have three characters in your party at once).
In addition to the long and in-depth quest against Shinra, a few mini-games have been included. You'll be able to snowboard down a mountainous hill, play a game of motorcycle racing (think Road Rash) and race on the majestic bird-like creatures called Chocobos (you will even get to breed them).
The battle system for Final Fantasy VII is pretty traditional to the series. The combat is turned-based and each character is able to attack, use an item, special attack or defend when it's their turn. Additionally, a system of Limit Breakers are introduced — special attacks that gradually charge up in each battle. As characters become more advanced and raise levels, their Limit Breaks will increase in power and new ones will be learned.
Magic is obtained from crystals called Materia. Each piece of Materia you come across has a different effect — some are for attack (like fire and lightning) and some are health and poison remedies. In order to use these, you'll need to equip a weapon and attach the crystal to it. Each weapon has slots for Materia use — some only have two or three while others have six or seven. The more slots a weapon has, the more magic that character can use. Additionally, there are special Materia pieces that allow you to summon great demons and warriors to help you fight in the heat of battle. ~ Matthew House, All Game Guide
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“Defeated Jenova in the whirlwind maze, escaped the gas chamber and obtained the highwind”
created 30/SEP/2009
“Final Fantasy 7 is the GREATEST RPG ever written. The word is nice and large, there is plenty of different activities to keep you entertained for a long time.”
“Final Fantasy 7 is the GREATEST RPG ever written. The word is nice and large, there is plenty of different activities to keep you entertained for a long time.”
created 30/SEP/2009
“Yes I played the PC version. Get the Play station version instead. I enjoyed the storyline and game play, however this was a rather weak port from the PSX version, since the only benefit you got by having the PC version was if you had a Sound...”
“Yes I played the PC version. Get the Play station version instead.
I enjoyed the storyline and game play, however this was a rather weak port from the PSX version, since the only benefit you got by having the PC version was if you had a Sound Blaster AWE32/64 in which the music was improved. However the video was highly dithered and poorer than the Playstation version, which made things like the opening scene's low resolution video with the high resolution PC models look really, amateurish.
If you can put the port issues aside, the game play and storyline is rather long and enjoyable. If the game is too hard, you can usually just grind a few levels before containing to the next part of the story. Final Fantasy has always been rather balanced in this regard. Not having to level grind, ensures the most challange, where if you simply want the game too easy, you can level grind a fair bit before even starting the storyline.”
created 25/SEP/2009
“Leveled up, mastered Ice materia, and defeated Jenova in Forbidden City”
created 21/SEP/2009
“Entered the temple of the Ancients, leveled up, mastered Mystify materia, and defeated Hells Gate at the end of the Temple of the Ancients”
created 20/SEP/2009
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“No matter how hard I try my Final Fantasy VII disc 1 always gets kinda scratched up or messed up to were my old PS2 can't read it anymore. So I picked up a PSX emulator for the PC and since a PC has...”
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“Best game of the series, truly a classic”
“Best game of the series, truly a classic”
created 01/SEP/2009
“I actually downloaded the full 3 disc came to my PSP, love the online store feature they have on there eh. I am playing Crisis Core first though.”
created 19/AUG/2009
“Just trying to finally beat this m-f'er.. just started disc 3 and looking to get everyone's ultimate weapons.. and of course a gold chocobo for Knights of the Round”
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created 20/JUL/2009
“Very nice weapon customization”
“Very nice weapon customization”
created 16/JUL/2009
“This is my all time favorite final fantasy game, as it has one hell of a story and you really get sucked into it. Music is awesome here, emotionally touching. Cool Characters.”
“This is my all time favorite final fantasy game, as it has one hell of a story and you really get sucked into it. Music is awesome here, emotionally touching. Cool Characters.”
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of Fable 2 players also played Oblivion
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