85
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.8
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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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User Reviews

The manifestation of what is great in console-style RPGs Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60749) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
The best Final Fantasy Game by far. Iceman256 (5) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Almost the greatest in comparison to PS1. Kain Ceverus (33) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
The console RPG that rules its genre... epic, funny, tragic, imaginative, unforgettable. Silverblade (1430) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
The Greatest game of all time! Matthew Bailey (1169) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
It can keep its beliefs to itself! Fake Spam (94) 2.2 Stars2.2 Stars2.2 Stars2.2 Stars2.2 Stars
Mystery beyond mystery. Why is this game fun? WWWWolf (391) unrated
Linear, artificial, repetitive, overrated Joku Ugo (6) 2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars
Great story and concept in general. Poorly animated, though. MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) 2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars2.8 Stars
Very good game, very good! eric eric (2) unrated

The Press Says

Just Adventure Jun, 1998 A+ 100
Pelit Aug, 1998 93 out of 100 93
Power Unlimited Sep, 1998 8.9 out of 10 89
PC Player (Germany) Jul, 1998 88 out of 100 88
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Sep, 1998 87 out of 100 87
GameStar (Germany) Jul, 1998 87 out of 100 87
PC Action Jul, 1998 81 out of 100 81
PC Player (Denmark) 1998 8 out of 10 80
games xtreme Aug 06, 1998 8 out of 10 80
RPGamer Sep 25, 2000 5 out of 10 50

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 (60749)
Mar 21, 2008

Trivia

In all Final Fantasy games except for Final Fantasy 1 the mysterious character Cid has appeared doing small cameo-roles, sidekicks. The Producer of the Final Fantasy games, Hironobu Sakaguchi, once described this mysterious character as "the Yoda of the Final Fantasy series". One interesting fact to note is that almost always Cid is an engineer or mechanic.


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

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