Fans of the action genre will find plenty to enjoy in Final Fantasy VII (1997).
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Verdict
93%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 30K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Final Fantasy VII is a Japanese role-playing game, a seventh installment in the series, excluding spin-offs. The main events take place in the world of Gaia, in the city of Midgar; the game combines standard fantasy elements with steampunk and other science fiction, providing the players with well-defined lore and locations. The main character, a mercenary named Cloud Strife, joins the cause of disrupting a megacorporation, which was destroying the planet with its excavations for energy. However, the storyline offers much more beyond that, allowing players to discover the secrets of Midgar, and eventually, save the world. Final Fantasy VII follows the trend set by previous games of the series, offering a grand world map to explore, with unique locations and lengthy battles. The combat system is a trademark for the genre and the series, where the player’s team and the enemies trade blow in a turn-based manner, employing different skills and items until either side is defeated. The game’s art style is innovative for a Final Fantasy, as it uses 3D models over 2D backgrounds, resulting in a unique and memorable art style.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Amazing port of the best game ever made. Sucks that they delisted it. Square Enix can go eat a ♥♥♥♥ for replacing this perfectly fine port with that garbage new one from earlier this year. At least you can mod it to be playable ig. Still, this port still plays absolutely fine and didn't need replacing at all
After leaving this game unfinished for almost 30 years, I finally beat one of the greatest video games ever made. I first played this back in 1998 the year after it came out and didn't get very far because I was renting the console and game so I had no memory card to save it on. So in the early 2000's I played it again, that time I was able to afford the game and a PS2 (still the best game console ever made) and got close to the end back then and lost against Safer Sephiroth. So this final time with the PC version being restored in 2013 I gave it more than just a college try, I gave this game literally my all to get to the end. After beating not just the final boss but the super bosses Ruby and Emerald weapons, I can safely say this game is still undefeated as not only one of the greatest video games but also one of the greatest JRPGs. I'm surprised they made it possible for my controller to work as well (though the buttons are moved around a little). The sad part is that this version was discontinued because apparently Square Enix didn't like the mods that fans made, that's kind of stupid. Either way the newer version is apparently the one that has all the new console features added when it was ported to Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and PS4. I'd have to play that for a little longer to see what I think of the improvements. Either way, I love it and it has withstood the test of time like so many other pieces of media I'm noticing this year.
♥♥♥♥ the rerelease, this is the version you want, then you want to mod it. The 2026 version can suck every ♥♥♥♥.
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