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
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
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
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.
