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" -- Traditional Chinese Title
- "太空戰士 7" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
- "Финальная Фантазия 7" -- Russian Spelling
- "Zui Zhong Huanxiang 7" -- Chinese Title
- "Finalnaja Fantazija 7" -- Russian Title
- "FFVII" -- Informal Name
- "FF7" -- Informal Name
- "ファイナルファンタジーＶＩＩ" -- Japanese Title
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| HonestGamers |
PlayStation |
Jan 28, 2005 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| CyberJoy |
Windows |
Apr 25, 1999 |
4.8 out of 5 |
96 |
| Just RPG |
PlayStation |
Sep 03, 1997 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| PC Zone |
Windows |
Aug, 1998 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| Mygamer.com |
PlayStation |
Oct 31, 2004 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Jaded Gamer, The |
PlayStation |
Apr 08, 2003 |
91 out of 100 |
91 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Windows |
Sep, 1998 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Christ Centered Game Reviews |
PlayStation |
Jun 01, 2005 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| RPGamer |
PlayStation |
Nov 11, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Windows |
Jul 01, 1998 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
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Trivia
In the Playstation version of this game, there's a live chorus singing during the final battle. In the PC conversion, the music is in midi format so only certain soundcards and drivers can support this. Without the proper soundcard/driver combination, you get no chorus and just the background midi.
The wonky thing is that you have to play all the way to the end of the game just to see if your soundcard is supported :).
