Description

The seventh installment of Final Fantasy series takes place in a post-modern, steampunk sci-fi world where high technology reigns and where robots and bio-engineered mutants co-exist with humans and dragons.

The story focuses on Shinra Inc., an evil mega-corporation responsible for all the world's high technology. Shinra supports this technology with Mako Energy, Shinra's patented source of power. Unfortunately Mako is the lifeblood of the living planet and by using it up Shinra is slowly upseting the balance of nature.

In comes Avalanche, a rebel group of disenfranchised citizens who have taken it upon themselves to oppose Shinra's ambitions. The main character is an ex-Shinra soldier named, Cloud Strife, an angst ridden fella with a complex history that's explained as the game goes on. Cloud joins up with Avalanche as a mercenary for hire, and together they take on Shinra's maniacal executives and their army of shocks troops, robots, and mutants. However after a while it becomes apparent that there are other forces at work, and ultimately Cloud must not only fight against Shinra, but also stop a powerful terrorist from destroying the world.

Final Fantasy VII introduces a new materia system: your weapons have different amounts of slots where you can equip various orbs (called "materia"). All magic spells must be learned by equipping materia, but there are also other types which enhance your spells, parameters, etc. By equipping different materia on different characters, you can customize them freely, without depending on character classes. "Final Fantasy VII" also features plenty of mini-games and many ways to explore the game world, including the submarine first introduced in Final Fantasy V.

Alternate Titles

  • "最终幻想7" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "最終幻想VII" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "太空戰士 7" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "Финальная Фантазия 7" -- Russian spelling
  • "Zui Zhong Huanxiang 7" -- Chinese title
  • "Finalnaja Fantazija 7" -- Russian title
  • "FFVII" -- Informal title
  • "FF7" -- Informal title
  • "ファイナルファンタジーVII" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
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Final Fantasy VII PlayStation $46.95  
Final Fantasy VII Windows $55.90  
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User Reviews

The manifestation of what is great in console-style RPGs Windows Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60141)
Hey-hey, I saved the world again today! PlayStation Rabbi Guru (1238)
The best Final Fantasy Game by far. Windows Iceman256 (5)
The seventh era of Square's rule PlayStation DreinIX (9294)
Love it or hate it, this game made the PlayStation. PlayStation Anatole (52)
Almost the greatest in comparison to PS1. Windows Kain Ceverus (33)
Quite possibly the most overrated game of all time.... PlayStation MasterMegid (858)
The console RPG that rules its genre... epic, funny, tragic, imaginative, unforgettable. Windows Silverblade (1430)
Great 32-bit capture of the original spirit of the series, yet it lead everyone in the wrong direction PlayStation Zovni (9141)
Yuffie, give back all my materia!.. PlayStation Fading3 (21)

The Press Says

Softpedia PlayStation Jan 11, 2008 10 out of 10 100
IGN PlayStation Sep 03, 1997 9.5 out of 10 95
PC Zone Windows Aug, 1998 93 out of 100 93
Jaded Gamer, The PlayStation Apr 08, 2003 91 out of 100 91
Thunderbolt Games PlayStation Oct 24, 2007 9 out of 10 90
PC Player (Germany) Windows Jul, 1998 88 out of 100 88
GameStar (Germany) Windows Jul, 1998 87 out of 100 87
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Windows Sep, 1998 87 out of 100 87
Game Revolution PlayStation Jun 04, 1998 B+ 83
PC Action Windows Jul, 1998 81 out of 100 81

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Amazing. Simply amazing. The price I mean. 14 Haoie (54)
Jun 03, 2009
overrated? 22 Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60141)
Mar 21, 2008

Trivia

For the US release of FF7 on the playstation Squaresoft made some improvements over the original, these included the elimination of several bugs and, most importantly, the addition of some cutscenes (game engine-based, not rendered). This caused a big scandal in japan, which was left with an "inferior" version.To correct this, Squaresoft released an "international version" which was released mainly in japan but also in the states and which is simply the american version with a fourth "making of" cd added.


This entry was contributed by Alan Chan (3712) and Grant McLellan (555)
 

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