Final Fantasy VII

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Universal acclaim- based on 2606 Ratings

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  1. Marwans
    Feb 24, 2022
    8
    One of the best representatives of the RPG genre has iconic characters in video games, undoubtedly the best of the saga.
  2. THOUSANDEYEKAii
    May 5, 2023
    10
    My third favorite Final Fantasy game and the third one I tried. Never ended up beating it though.
  3. Xanathos
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Gran rpg, con un sistema clásico de combate por turnos que con su sistema de materias permite personalizar los personajes como deseas desde el minuto uno, gran historia y una joya atemporal.
  4. DarkwingSchmuck
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Final Fantasy VII exploded onto the scene and drove not only the Final Fantasy franchise, but the whole genre to new heights as it put JRPGs into the spotlight for western audiences. Like Final Fantasy VI before it, Final Fantasy VII features a multi-dimensional story filled with a rich cast of characters and deep, relevant themes. Final Fantasy VII is the most iconic JRPG for a reason,Final Fantasy VII exploded onto the scene and drove not only the Final Fantasy franchise, but the whole genre to new heights as it put JRPGs into the spotlight for western audiences. Like Final Fantasy VI before it, Final Fantasy VII features a multi-dimensional story filled with a rich cast of characters and deep, relevant themes. Final Fantasy VII is the most iconic JRPG for a reason, and it earned every bit of that legacy.… Expand
  5. Umbra30
    Jan 17, 2023
    10
    Estuans interius ira vehementi
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    Sephiroth! Sephiroth! Estuans interius ira vehementi Estuans interius ira vehementi Sephiroth! Sephiroth! Sors immanis Et inanis Sors immanis Et inanis Estuans interius ira vehementi Estuans interius ira vehementi Sephiroth! Sephiroth! Veni, veni, venias Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias Ne me    Estuans interius ira vehementi
    Estuans interius ira vehementi

    Sephiroth!
    Sephiroth!

    Estuans interius ira vehementi
    Estuans interius ira vehementi

    Sephiroth!
    Sephiroth!

    Sors immanis
    Et inanis
    Sors immanis
    Et inanis

    Estuans interius ira vehementi
    Estuans interius ira vehementi

    Sephiroth!
    Sephiroth!

    Veni, veni, venias
    Ne me mori facias
    Veni, veni, venias
    Ne me mori facias
    Veni, veni, venias
    Ne me mori facias
    Veni, veni, venias
    Ne me mori facias

    Veni, veni, venias
    (Gloriosa)
    Ne me mori facias
    (Generosa)
    Veni, veni, venias
    (Gloriosa)
    Ne me mori facias
    (Generosa)
    Veni, veni, venias
    (Gloriosa)
    Ne me mori facias
    (Generosa)
    Veni, veni, venias
    (Gloriosa)
    Ne me mori facias
    (Generosa)

    Sephiroth!
    Sephiroth!    … Expand
  6. HiStuffGuy
    Apr 22, 2022
    8
    I honestly can't even express how much of an enthralling, incredible experience the first half of this game was for me. That sense of curiosity, it's exactly what make rpgs like this shine. My favorite arc of the story is most definitely the climbing of the Shinra Tower. With every floor, new secrets are revealed, and that sense of mystery is incredible. For me though, my interest took aI honestly can't even express how much of an enthralling, incredible experience the first half of this game was for me. That sense of curiosity, it's exactly what make rpgs like this shine. My favorite arc of the story is most definitely the climbing of the Shinra Tower. With every floor, new secrets are revealed, and that sense of mystery is incredible. For me though, my interest took a dip after leaving Midgar; it just felt like the characters had less personal connection to the story, and the places they wandered through. At around the 65% mark (around after the characters meet Sephiroth in the mansion in Nibelheim), my interest plummeted, and I really didn't enjoy myself much. It just really felt like the story had widened itself out too much, and that the characters weren't at all personally connected to it. In conclusion, I found the first half of this game to be indescribable, and had no flaws, from around 50-65% I still really enjoyed myself, but not to the extent I had before. From 65-100%, I thought the characters felt disconnected from the story, and that the general quality of the adventure as a whole took a giant dip.… Expand
  7. GDsReviews
    Aug 13, 2023
    8
    The greatest game I never finished. No kidding. This game is a legend and masterpiece easily among the greatest games ever made to this day, with one the best soundtracks and stories of any game made as well. However, the game is an extremely brutal, hard, and long grind fest that can easily drain your enthusiasm for playing the game and as well reducing the immersion in the lore andThe greatest game I never finished. No kidding. This game is a legend and masterpiece easily among the greatest games ever made to this day, with one the best soundtracks and stories of any game made as well. However, the game is an extremely brutal, hard, and long grind fest that can easily drain your enthusiasm for playing the game and as well reducing the immersion in the lore and story. If the grind is too much for you and still want to experience the lore and story, watch a walkthrough of the game without commentary like a movie. Whether you play it and/or watch a walkthrough without commentary like a movie, this game has a story and soundtrack you don't want to miss.… Expand
  8. Strife69420
    Jun 29, 2022
    8
    Contains some minute spoilers

    Since it's initial release in the 90s, Final Fantasy 7 has been revered as this "amazing game that you have to play". And for the most part, that does hold true. The overall plot, and executions were great. Great tension building when revealing the villain. The combat had nice progression, alongside some fun weapons and magic. The map and scenery was    Contains some minute spoilers

    Since it's initial release in the 90s, Final Fantasy 7 has been revered as this "amazing game that you have to play". And for the most part, that does hold true.

    The overall plot, and executions were great. Great tension building when revealing the villain. The combat had nice progression, alongside some fun weapons and magic. The map and scenery was beautiful. The music helped give a great atmosphere to the locations, and are just some great songs in general. The character designs were also great, and the characters were enjoyable.

    The combat was really slow due to animations. Area themes would be interrupted by the battle theme in some areas. The graphics were quite ugly, and did not age well. Most areas felt incredibly time consuming and annoying to complete. The random encounter rate felt like you’d be getting a random encounter every 10 seconds. The characters felt really flat as well. The ending was also quite lackluster.

    Overall, I really did enjoy the game, I really did. The graphics are ugly, the characters didn't hit me like I thought they would, the animations in the combat were incredibly annoying, the random encounters and some areas were an absolute pain in the ass, and the ending was incredibly disappointing. But... I did still like the game though, really. Great story, great music, great locations, great and memorable character designs, nice magic system, and great overall feel and theme of the game. If you do want to get into the JRPG genre, and want to experience a great story and music as well, or if you're just interested in playing it because of Final Fantasy Remake, do play it because it is still a great game. However, do be warned as it's definitely not the phenomenal JRPG you've been told it is.

    Overall Score: 8/10, didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to because the characters didn't hit me all that hard. Emotional scenes also didn't hit me that hard as well.

    As an extra side note, I really wanted to give a more in-depth review but I sadly couldn't because I'd be getting a 404 because of **** **** engine but it's fine. :///////    … Expand
  9. Tomplexthis
    Jul 7, 2022
    10
    Played this, while listening to Eifel 65, that was it.
    This was kind of the best world, best story, ever for rpgs, and i never got the same love ever again, even though i played alot of games, this world was one of my favorites.
    Then square enix decided they were greedy, and now we have 18 different versions of this world, and that dumb remake that doesn't want anything but your money,    Played this, while listening to Eifel 65, that was it.
    This was kind of the best world, best story, ever for rpgs, and i never got the same love ever again, even though i played alot of games, this world was one of my favorites.

    Then square enix decided they were greedy, and now we have 18 different versions of this world, and that dumb remake that doesn't want anything but your money, 180$ or more of it.
    This game gave you a full package, that newer games, will never touch on ever again.    … Expand
  10. trinovatic
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Si me dieran 1 peso por cada vez que me perdí o no sabía que hacer en este juego sería millonario, supongo que es normal. ¿Qué decir de este juego? cumplió mis expectativas, entiendo por que es de los FF más queridos y por que es considerado de los pilares en la industria del videojuego. De las mejores historias que he jugado sin pedos, es que neta que puta historia y que personajazos, leSi me dieran 1 peso por cada vez que me perdí o no sabía que hacer en este juego sería millonario, supongo que es normal. ¿Qué decir de este juego? cumplió mis expectativas, entiendo por que es de los FF más queridos y por que es considerado de los pilares en la industria del videojuego. De las mejores historias que he jugado sin pedos, es que neta que puta historia y que personajazos, le estoy agarrando bastante cariño, no se que tan bien haya envejecido no lo jugué en su momento, aunque sea un jrpg del 97 me divertí mucho, nunca fui amante de los combates por turno pero tampoco los odiaba, me lleve una sorpresa, gracias a este juego me dan ganas de un Persona o un Pokémon, para nada se me hace aburrido. Qué ganas de rejugarlo, ya se esta haciendo de mis favoritos esta saga tiene un nuevo fan. OBRA MAESTRA.… Expand
  11. Nythya
    Oct 29, 2022
    10
    A great game to play even today.
    Way superior to the trashy title that today they call FF7 Remake.

    The kind of classic game that shouldn't have been touched with prequels, sequels, spinoffs, and alternative cringe s%it, just to milk and ruin characters, stories and the world.
  12. Crimson9
    Jun 28, 2023
    9
    One of the best things about this game is that you can play it now and really get a good understanding of how deep the decline of Square Enix has been since Square Soft's golden age by comparing it to its horrific remake.

    But anyway, while FF6 was probably actually the game that kickstarted Final Fantasy's golden age, FF7 is the one that really propelled Final Fantasy's popularity in    One of the best things about this game is that you can play it now and really get a good understanding of how deep the decline of Square Enix has been since Square Soft's golden age by comparing it to its horrific remake.

    But anyway, while FF6 was probably actually the game that kickstarted Final Fantasy's golden age, FF7 is the one that really propelled Final Fantasy's popularity in gaming. It was also a monumental game in showing the capability of games to be cinematic experiences. That alone would make this a respectable game in video game history, but FF7 is amazing in general.

    The characters are exceptional in both their personality, and their designs - which are absolutely iconic. The story starts off fantastically, and then takes a turn into JRPG convolution and insanity. But it continues to have exceptional moments throughout and ends fantastically. The score might be the best Nobuo Uematsu has ever done, and thats saying a lot - because it propels this game to have perhaps the best OST in video games. The gameplay is pretty typical of JRPGs, which means its somewhat mediocre, but the materia system is pretty excellent.    … Expand
  13. DanielGG91
    Nov 15, 2022
    8
    Como no tuve PS1 no pude jugar este juego hasta mucho después, y no defrauda. Un juegazo para la época, con muchísima profundidad en la historia y personajes, y un gameplay por turnos divertido y que no cansa en sus largas horas de juego.
  14. CriticJoeB
    Dec 26, 2022
    10
    Still to this day, my favourite game of all time.

    Cloud and Sephiroth may just be the 2 most iconic Final Fantasy characters of all time.
  15. LastResource
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this seventh game in the series.
  16. Strifefair600
    Jan 15, 2023
    10
    This was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever experienced I was thinking about putting in spoilers but it’s just too good that’s why you should get this game I’ve beaten it on my PS1 but it doesn’t matter which console you play it on I’m currently beating it again on my PS5 I’m 6 hours in but that’s not even close to half of the game.
  17. Noahakx
    Jan 15, 2023
    10
    This is the first final fantasy game I've played. I am going to finish it tonight (1/15/23). This game came out when my dad was in middle school, it's over a quarter of a century old and it's held up so absurdly well, there is no doubt in my mind some other 15 year old kid will pick a port of this game up in another 26 years and have the same reaction as me.

    Part one is an amazing    This is the first final fantasy game I've played. I am going to finish it tonight (1/15/23). This game came out when my dad was in middle school, it's over a quarter of a century old and it's held up so absurdly well, there is no doubt in my mind some other 15 year old kid will pick a port of this game up in another 26 years and have the same reaction as me.

    Part one
    is an amazing introduction and it's one hell of a Rollercoaster. I spent over 20 hours in part one and I'm planning on replaying it because I actually kinda miss it lol.

    Part two is super immersive and made me incredibly anxious. This bit probably has the best story section of the game. The craziest twists I've ever seen are in this section. I felt like I was Cloud by this point and seeing him turn into a potato wrecked me I just wanted to play as cloud again. When I got the submarine I was overleveled by atleast ten levels or so but it's not like that mattered because I met emerald weapon just a minute later and was obliterated. I decided to breed a gold chocobo to get kotr just to fight it and still got obliterated. I now plan on slaying it at a later point     … Expand
  18. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    10
    One of the best Final Fantasy (maybe the best).
    Just a masterpiece, no more no less.
  19. aaronnmp96
    Jan 30, 2023
    8
    The experience is unforgettable but it is not the best in the series, there is more nostalgia than realism
  20. hekoh
    Feb 19, 2023
    9
    one of the most beloved games on the franchise. The story is great, the gameplay is fun, although i think it was kinda easy, main campaign wise
  21. VaeL_XJB
    Mar 18, 2023
    10
    una historia excelente graficos y animaciones muy buenas para la epoca lo unico malo su traduccion xd
  22. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    10
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  23. lemos1898
    May 7, 2023
    10
    Just amazing, who knows me well won't even ask about the details, a open world with a lot of things to see, great villain and last battle, cool minigames, a lot of characters and styles to tinker with, 10.
  24. Theodore1986
    May 17, 2023
    10
    This game have a soul. A true experience. For whatever reason games nowadays can’t reproduce this. It’s not perfect. But it’s a solid 9.9
  25. AkaneChan123
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's So Good, I'll recommend it since it's the best RPG game of all time!!!… Expand
  26. tonberry_ftw
    Jun 24, 2023
    10
    in my opinion, this is the best playstation game that's been ever made. a masterpiece
  27. EducatedWhim
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    I mean what else can I say other than it’s FF Freaking VII… it’s utterly legendary and lives up to the hype imo. Yeah it’s old now, but so is pulp fiction.
  28. lizardkingg
    Jul 21, 2023
    10
    The best turn-based RPG ever made. The graphics don't hold up to today's standards, but it's so damn good that it doesn't even matter. Cloud is arguably the best main character in video game history.
  29. VLG
    Aug 23, 2023
    10
    What can i say. I played it as a kid, while isolated from the videogame community. I really thought i was one of the few people that played it and liked it. Also, from my perspective, this game was infinite lol I really thought it would take me years to finish and that probably nobody had ever finished it.
  30. GameMan2005
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    An absolute masterpiece with compelling characters, plot, and gameplay. One of my favorite games ever, and the reason why Cloud Strife is my favorite video game character of all time.
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#2 Best PS1 Game of 1997
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#1 Most Discussed PS1 Game of 1997
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#2 Most Shared PS1 Game of 1997

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. GMR Magazine
    90
    Brought RPGs into the Western spotlight and contained the most debated plot twist of an era. [Feb 2003, p.97]
  2. Gamestyle
    90
    You can play the game time and time again. Always finding something new, from a new piece of materia to a new place, to defeating the ultimate weapons. The story twists and turns all the time always keeping you guessing as to what will happen next.
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  3. Thunderbolt
    90
    Without a doubt, FF7 is one of the top Final Fantasy games out there. It is also one of the best RPG adventures of all time.
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