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Top Amazon Review
Long recognised as role-playing games par excellence, the Final Fantasy series gets a technological makeover in this instalment. Shedding the two-dimensional graphics and limited sound capabilities of its predecessors, Final Fantasy VII features lush 3-D graphics, beautifully animated "movie" sequences, and soundtrack-quality music. Coupled with the game's intricate storyline, endearing characters, and an immense yet highly imaginative world, these new advancements make for a quite an engrossing experience.The story of Final Fantasy VII centres around a solider named Cloud Strife, who joins forces with Avalanche, a group of resistance fighters, to take down an evil mega-corporation known as Shinra. (The fate of the world hangs in the balance, of course.) Truly epic in scope, this three-disc game requires a considerable amount of time to complete---this reviewer gladly gave up over 80 hours of his life to finish it. But it's definitely a rewarding adventure that every gamer should consider undertaking, especially since it's now one of the low-priced "Greatest Hits" titles.
Customer Review 1
Simply fantastic. It is a few years since I first played this game and even now it still holds up as the greatest RPG of all time.It is challenging,rewarding and ultimately brilliant.
The list of legendary characters is amazing.Cloud Strife,Sephiroth,Tifa,Aeris,Red XIII,Barret,Yuffie,Vincent,Cid,Cait Sith,they are all gaming legends simply because of this game.It is a massive game too and you could easily spend 100 hours or so if you wanted to see everything that the game has to offer.
Some of the side quests are very difficult and you will need a guide in order to see everything(I did anyway).Breeding that elusive Gold Chocobo is time consuming but you simply have to do it because you want The Knights Of The Round Summon.You are drawn into this world of Final Fantasy and what a delight it is.Yes,it can be very frustrating at times and the fact that you have to be extremely careful where you leave your ONE save point towards the end of the game can make or break you.But this is gaming at it's very best and quite simply wonderful.
Never has a video game made the player become so involved in it's characters.You do genuinely care about them and the scene around half way with Cloud,Sephiroth and Aeris(you know the one!)shook me up badly when I first played it.Sad but true.
I doubt that there is anyone out there that hasn't played this game by now but if you haven't,do yourself a favour and buy it now.It really is as great as you have heard.
Customer Review 2
Quite possibly the most beautiful game ever made. Reviewing Final Fantasy VII puts me in a rather curious position, as I really don't know what I can say about it that hasn't already been said, but like an attention-starved child with ADHD, I still feel the need to say something. So rather than fruitlessly look for some subtle new angle or philosophical conceit that hasn't already been mined to death, I'll just tell it like it is.
Some games impress with their graphics, some showcase memorable characters or plots, and some keep us entertained with thrilling gameplay. All of these individual elements are fine in themselves, but they don't make a game great. Instead, on very rare occasions, a game makes such a deep and forceful impact on your psyche that it somehow transcends its medium to become more than it is, more than it should be, and you know you'll never experience anything quite like it again. Final Fantasy VII is such a game.
Kicking off in the cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar, Final Fantasy VII thrusts you into the role of Cloud Strife, an outwardly tough and cold-hearted mercenary hired by a group of eco-warriors to bomb a dangerous reactor that's literally draining the life force out of the planet. Soon however you're battling not just the totalitarian mega-corporation named Shinra, but also a sinister face from Cloud's past determined to destroy everything you are striving to save. Along the way you explore a vast world, making unlikely friends and dangerous enemies as you struggle to piece together the mystery of Cloud's past in time for an epic battle to save the life of every soul on the planet. But it's a battle with losses on both sides. Yes, as just about everyone who was remotely connected to gaming back in the late 90's knows, a main character gets killed about halfway through Final Fantasy VII's story in a scene that has justifiably been hailed as one of the most iconic moments in computer games.
Final Fantasy VII was a revolution when it was first released in 1997. I know that's an easy word to bandy about these days, but in this case it really is justified. With its movie-quality cutscenes, complex multilayered plot and engaging, likeable cast of characters, it had everything that RPG players had been awaiting for so long. It was the first computer game to really establish games as a legitimate storytelling medium, and rightly so.
Never has a game grabbed me so completely from the first frame of its epic opening sequence and refused to let go until the deeply poignant and emotional finale. I was simply entranced, utterly caught up in the world of Final Fantasy VII like I haven't been with any game before or since. But why? What is it about this game that's so special it could melt even my withered, cynical heart?
Replaying old games is a strange experience. Secretly we know they're not very good compared to today's efforts, but then the dreaded nostalgia kicks in and suddenly we're transported back to a simpler, more innocent time in our lives when mortgage payments were something only our parents had to think about. Is that the case with Final Fantasy VII?
The short answer is no. The long answer is no, and how dare you ever suggest such an appalling thing you hideous excuse for a human being?
As a test of this, I decided to replay the game recently from start to finish - something I hadn't done since I completed it about ten years ago. I was braced for the worst, ready to have my foolish illusions shattered, but amazingly, I found that Final Fantasy VII actually stood the test of time.
Well, let's be realistic about a few things. The graphics which were state of the art back in 1997 are pretty embarrassing by today's standards, with the blank-faced super-deformed characters lending a slightly absurd element to some of the dramatic scenes. The Jap-to-English translations were clearly done in a bit of a rush, and it shows at times. And the music, reduced to MIDI files due to storage constraints, will no doubt feel like an assault on the ears for gamers who were never around to experience such things.
And yet strangely the game works despite, or perhaps because of, these flaws. There's a deceptively charming innocence to the whole thing that only serves to highlight the far darker later chapters of the story.
Gameplay-wise, it's hard to find fault. Weapon and equipment management screens - always a staple of RPG's - are simple and easy to navigate. Materia, the magical crystals used in the game to cast magic, is intuitive to use, and the slot system makes for some interesting possibilities for creative gamers. As usual, battles are turn-based, though the Active Time element lends a sense of urgency to proceedings. Some have criticised this system for being overly simplistic, but surely that's the point - not everyone wants to spend hours of their life deciding on the perfect balance of equipment, weapons and items.
The game world is large and enjoyable to explore. Although we're faintly aware that it's actually quite linear and that certain areas will only become accessible when the game decides it's time, it never really becomes intrusive. Naturally there are plenty of NPC's to meet and talk to, and while many of them spout only a couple of lines of generic dialogue, some are genuinely interesting personalities.
There seem to have been something of a Final Fantasy VII backlash in recent years, with many claims flying about that it was overrated and not half as intelligent as people would like to believe. The situation hasn't been helped by the growing Compilation of Final Fantasy VII - a cynical attempt by publishers Square to squeeze more money from the brand by releasing innumerable `additions' on varying media and of varying quality. And while it's inevitable that a game which has been so built up over the years would find its share of detractors, I find such criticism pretty unfair. Marking a game down simply because you've been told it's really good makes about as much sense as refusing to drink water because you've been told it'll stop you dying of dehydration.
But none of this should detract from the fact that Final Fantasy VII is a truly inspirational game in every sense of the word. If you're in any way passionate about computer games, you owe it to yourself to experience this one.
Customer Review 3
PRICELESS. This game is without a doubt the best final fantasy game of all time!!! There has never been and probably will never be a final fantasy as great as this one!! You must buy this game if you haven't already!! It's a must have!
Customer Review 4
Amazing!!!!!!!. This game is thrilling from start to finish. It has a brilliant soundtrack,9 in depth characters and loads of weird and wonderful monster.It is the longest game i've played.Even though it is old you should still get this game.
Customer Review 5
The Best Game Ever.. FF7 is one of the most brilliant and memorable games ive ever played in my life. I was truely gripped through this when i was younger, the music, graphics at the time, story line, the way the game worked with the materia and all the items, just blew me away. This is a real classic and any for any true gaming fan, this will be in their hearts as one of the best games of all time. Excellent.
