Every aspect of the game is virtually flawless, from its movie inspired soundtrack, to the incredibly life-like FMV, to the detailed battle and Materia systems, to the boatload of simplistic and addictive mini-games. This is what RPG fans have been waiting for.
Imagine being 7 years old and this being one of your first gaming experiences. Through the decades, this game still holds it's weight in much more than just childhood nostalgia. It is without a doubt my favorite experience of all time when it comes to video games. Bold & innovative for it's time. Cinematic, jarring, you will laugh and you will cry. The soundtrack is still one of the greatest to date; Nobuo Uematsu is a genius. I won't spoil you, I won't even urge you to play it.
For many, the graphics and the turn based combat won't stick with this generation of novelty brains. For me, this is the best game ever made. Bar none.
If you're interested in a video essay that profoundly outlines many of my same thoughts regarding this game, go watch "Why Final Fantasy VII Matters" on YouTube. It's worth the listen.
Thank you Square for bringing us this masterpiece.
The one drawback in my opinion would be the replay value, as many people would find it pointless to replay the entire game just for a few secrets, since the story is the main reason to play a game like this.
There is tons of RPG combat, which is a little too slow for some people and slowed even further by all of the spectacular but lengthy spell animations.
Una obra atemporal que fue el culmen del éxito a su llegada a Occidente.
El juego fue un antes y un después para todos los RPGs de la época, una historia, personajes emblemáticos que aún siguen permaneciendo en las memorias de todos los amantes del género.
Aspectos positivos:
La música de Nobuo Uematsu es sencillamente increíble, esta cargada de emociones y encaja perfectamente con cada personaje y escenario.
A nivel gráfico el juego ha envejecido mal, para su época si era bastante bueno pero aún hoy día se percibe una esencia única.
El sistema de combate es genial, hoy día se sentiría algo arcaico pero como juego de rpg funciona y tiene muchas dosis de estrategia.
El juego aunque en realidad es semi abierto con zonas de mapa mundi vacías pero interconectadas para su época era una experiencia única.
Aspectos negativos:
La historia aunque es muy buena tiene algunas lagunas, se nota que el juego tuvo que ser terminado con prisas y algunas cosas no se explicaron.
Esto es algo más subjetivo o personal pero el villano principal es algo plano, si bien en cuanto a diseño es único, no tiene una presencia, personalidad o motivaciones muy interesantes si lo compramos con su antecesor Kefka de FFVI.
Una opinión personal y subjetiva es que debo reseñar es que este clásico para mi es mejor que el Remake por que percibo que estuvo hecho con más amor a la saga.
El combate aleatorio llega a cansar mucho y las escenas a veces son demasiaaaaado largas contemplativas, si fueran unas pocas estaría bien, pero lo siento un abuso. Personalmente no me gusta ver como cloud sube una escalera... y sube... y sube... o como camina hacia un fondo al que parece que no llegará nunca. Sin embargo, la historia es muy buena y los giros siguen siendo magníficos.
God I was so hyped for this, and the first few hours of the game that take place in the cyberpunk city TOTALLY live up to the hype. After that it is awful.
First, it is so beautiful, each shop, each house, each room is hand drawn and unique, which makes the world feel so real, this is a special accomplishment [no assets used]. The city feels real. The grind feels well paced and fun. The art style with the music is complimentary.
After you leave, you instantly feel that tugging in your heart that you should stop; seriously even with a guide and the speed and deathproof boosts that the Nintendo Switch version offers (which I forced myself not to use for 16 hours], even with that it feels like a lifeless hollow grind with no point. This game falls off a cliff taller than the one in Death Note. I do not joke. So many of the reccomendations from people are people who played it back in the day and use the annoying, time wasting, dumb grind as a way to wind down because they don't bother to deep breath or meditate so they can play a real game like Bloodborne or Dragon Quest IV on the DS.
I seriously warn you that overall the game is **** and, if you can get it very cheep on sale, if you truly love jrpgs, I highly encourage you to get it just for the first few hours, because at first it really is actually as good as they say!
Kind **** pleasure of mine. The game ****, but there are some redeeming factors of the game that make me keep playing. But JohnnyD is right. I wasted 42 hours on this game. Wasn't worth it. But I've played worse RPGs. Still the graphics, story, gameplay,and characters are all a mess.
SummaryAn evil and powerful corporation is slowly draining life from the planet in an effort to control the universe. However, a small rebellion, known as AVALANCHE, has vowed to put an end to this destructive plan.
You take on the role of Cloud Strife, an ex-soldier of the evil Shinra corporation, who joins AVALANCHE as a selfish mercenary,...