Final Fantasy VII

Now yall know by now how I feel about RPGs unless it is shoved on me I will avoid it. This was my first ever Final Fantasy game I've played a few but I'm not a die hard fan it's just one of those franchises that you have to dedicate MONTHS for and I'm frankly too lazy to do that. You can tell how much technology had developed back then for them to make this game. It is classified as one of the best games ever made back in the PS1 era and I do wholeheartedly agree.

As I said this franchise isn't for anyone, back then it looked amazing however nowdays even tho we know how beloved this game is, Final Fantasy VII is not without its shortcomings and occasional design problems which clearly would make someone unfamiliar with the franchise to want to avoid it. One of the biggest things this game has is the god tier soundtrack, like it's just so masterfully constructed. The fighting sequences are well designed. The more powerful space sometimes take a lot of different pov camera angles which is unique in its own way for a game that came out in the 90s.

The story is equally as gripping as the music is, the aesthetics are chef's kiss! This game felt like it was paying a lot of tributes to classic films such as Dune. You as Cloud get to experience the character blossom as he gains experience through different monster encounters and battles. The battles are pretty much what you can expect from a jrpg...however they can become interesting by using the mechanics of "limit breaks" or "Materia" which is something you can buy to create different effects in combat. Sometimes these are even hidden around you so you'd have to do a lot of environmental explorations.

Although there is no voice acting if memory serves right the dialogue does feel heavy and at times you will be forced to do some decision making even tho the game is pretty straight forward with how it needs to advance. At times you actually must plan ahead and devise some sort of strategy to beat some of the boss monsters that can be likely to make life difficult. Overall excellent game however as I said it does take a long time and if you're not the type of player that likes to play HOURS on a game you have a lot of commitment to be prepared to give. I only played it once. I think it took roughly 90-100 hours for me to complete in a span of 7-8 months. As I said it is a lot but that's what RPGs are known for.

- DIFFICULTY -

🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
✅ Normal
🔲 Hard
🔲 "Dark Souls"

- GRAPHICS -

🔲 "MS Paint"
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game
✅Good
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece

- MUSIC -

🔲 Bad
🔲Not special
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful
✅MasterPiece

- STORY -

🔲 This game has no story
🔲Like playing "Temple Runners" for the story
🔲 It's there for the people who want it
🔲 Well written
✅Epic story

- PRICE -

🔲 Underpriced
🔲 Perfect price
🔲Could be cheaper
✅Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money

- LENGTH -

🔲Very short (0 - 3 hours)
🔲 Short (3 - 10 hours)
🔲 Average (10 - 30 hours)
🔲Long (30 - 50 hours)
✅Extremely long (50 - 100 hours)
🔲 No ending

- FUN -

🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive
✅ Actually pretty amusing
🔲 Ride of your life

- REPLAYABILITY -

✅It's a one - time experience
🔲 Only for achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months / years
🔲Definitely
🔲 Infinitely replayable

- WORTH BUYING -

🔲 No
✅ Wait for sale
🔲 Yes

Sephiroth said: "I want this twink obliterated."

There's a reason this game is so beloved, but there's also a reason it's receiving an expansive rework. The game is far ahead of its time but the story is severely uneven in depth and pacing. Still, I'll never turn down the opportunity to commit eco-terrorism with Cloud and his hot friends.

The Pros:
1. Amazing Story
2. Great Character and Design
3. Optional Content are enjoyable
4. Emotional
5. Enjoyable Mini-Games
6. Limit Breaks
7. Challenging enemies
8. Beautiful Music
9. Optional Choices

The Cons:
1. None

Way ahead of its time but not perfect either.
FF7's world, story and characters are simply great, making it pretty easy to see how it all became so iconic and popular. The pacing is pretty uneven at times still and certain parts of the game are either going by too fast or too slow.
There's a lot of enemy variety but most of them do not feel too unique due to how easy it is to become overpowered by accident and just steamroll everyone. The combat's fun nontheless and has a LOT of room for experimentation in terms of skills and party member combinations.

Not every game cannot beat this. The writing, the characters, the world... I don't rate games that high most of the time but this one will be different. Despite a guy like me, who hate RPG and love interactive movies, Final Fantasy VII made me fall in love with it. Sepiroth is one of the rare characters that gave me goosebumps.

One of the best games I ever played.

STORY

🔲 Perfection
✅ Amazing
🔲 Well written
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Don't have a story

CHARACTERS

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
✅ Well written
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Don't have any characters

STORYLINE AND PLOT

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
✅ Well written
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Don't have a plot

GAMEPLAY

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
🔲 Very good
✅ Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Interactive Movie

LEVEL DESIGN

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
🔲 Very good
✅ Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage

MECHANICS

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
🔲 Very good
🔲 Normal
✅ Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Don't have any mechanics (?)

GRAPHICS

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
🔲 Very good
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
✅ Graphics don't matter in this game.

ART DIRECTION

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
✅ Very good
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage

MUSICS

🔲 Perfection
✅ Amazing
🔲 Very good
🔲 Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Don't have any music

OPTIMIZATION

🔲 Perfection
🔲 Amazing
🔲 Well done
✅ Normal
🔲 Bad
🔲 Awful
🔲 Garbage
🔳 Unfortunate events