Playing FFVII again...

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I've still got an original PS1 copy that I break out from time to time. Never have managed to complete it, but it's not from lack of wanting to. I got to the crater the first time out, but then my little sister accidentally saved over my only file. Every time I've tried to do it since then I've lost interest on the first or second disc. Not because I don't love the game or anything, but because my controlling psycho mother monopolizes my time to such an extent that I just don't have the time to play a game like that. It would take me months of playing nothing but FFVII and forgoing pretty much all other forms of entertainment just to get to the third disc. I cannot wait to move out.

 

[thanatos388]

Yeah FFVII is pretty great. i just hope that if they ever remake the game its just a texture update (a la Baulders Gate Enhanced Edition) with an updated script that is somewhat more faithful. If they ever do a full remake they will change the combat and characters to what they would make today and I don't want them to change Clouds character to what he recognized as today. (His character arc what that he faced his past, accepted it, and moved on. Then in Kingdom Hearts and Advent Children they had to make him all emo and stereotypical anime badass).

 

[Yuugasa]

Howdy all, I'm new to the Escapist, how you'll doing?


Just replayed FF7 on PSN recently myself, great game. Kinda a twist on the classic rpg plotline. Instead of being an epic hero out to save the world from a great evil, you're a mercenary terrorist with delusions of being epic, but then eventually become an actual epic hero saving the world from a great evil, lol.

This game and Chrono Trigger are two of my fav rpgs of all time.

 

[MrWunderful]

Howdy all, I'm new to the Escapist, how you'll doing?


Just replayed FF7 on PSN recently myself, great game. Kinda a twist on the classic rpg plotline. Instead of being an epic hero out to save the world from a great evil, you're a mercenary terrorist with delusions of being epic, but then eventually become an actual epic hero saving the world from a great evil, lol.

This game and Chrono Trigger are two of my fav rpgs of all time.

Welcome! Those are my 2 favorites of all time too.

Ot: let us know when you beat the emerald and ruby weapons

 

[Yuugasa]

Welcome! Those are my 2 favorites of all time too.

Thanks man=) Both those games have features I really liked. I love the customization potential of the materia system and Chrono Trigger's true new game+ feature was the greatest thing for me, knowing it was an option let me play through the game without a guide without fear of missing content knowing that i could just play through it again, I kinda wish every modern rpg had a new game + feature.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

I can't bring myself to re-purchase it on the PSN since I'm fortunate enough to have a backward compatible PS3 and a copy of the original PlayStation game. I've thought about putting it in and picking it back up many times in the past... Except I've lost disc one, which basically makes the entire game unplayable. Darn you disc one!

[sub][sub]Maybe I will just re-buy it on the PSN[/sub][/sub]

 

[Leemaster777]

Personally I kind of blame Advent Children for the way Cloud is generally perceived.

Not quite. While Advent Children certainly didn't help matters, the first instance of Cloud's modern personality perception that I'm aware of was actually Kingdom Hearts, funnily enough.

Anyways, I played FFVII for the first time last year, and as someone un-blinded by nostalgia, I think that, while aged, FFVII is most definitely deserving of the praise it gets.

The dialogue is dated as hell, and in desperate need of a re-write, the Materia system kinda makes the characters too interchangable, it looks like absolute ass on anything other than a portable screen, and several of the game's most important plot points and moments have been completely ruined for newcomers by the game's own popularity.

In spite of all this, I thoroughly enjoyed my playthrough of the game. Dialogue aside, the story is top-notch, the characters are interesting and fun, Sephiroth is definitely one of gaming's signature villains for a reason, and while alot of plot points have been completely worn down over time due to internet common knowledge, the game STILL found ways of legitimately surprising me. Hell, if I didn't know it was coming, I would probably have been moved to tears by Aerith's death.

FFVII sits, currently, as my #2 Final Fantasy, just below X, and just above IX (although those three are grouped pretty close together in how much I like them).

 

[Olrod]

I can't bring myself to re-purchase it on the PSN since I'm fortunate enough to have a backward compatible PS3 and a copy of the original PlayStation game. I've thought about putting it in and picking it back up many times in the past... Except I've lost disc one, which basically makes the entire game unplayable. Darn you disc one!

[sub][sub]Maybe I will just re-buy it on the PSN[/sub][/sub]

I bought it on the PSN just in case I lose one of my PS1 discs. Plus having it stored on my PS3 means I don't have to keep swapping discs over when my housemate plays Gran Turismo 5.

V, VII and X-2 are my top three all-time favourite Final Fantasy games. (If only XII's Zodiac Job System remake was released in the EU/AU region that probably would have been another favourite of mine, but nevermind.)

I played IX once, for about a day. I bought the "official" strategy guide and was so utterly disappointed in it - Hey! Want to know these secrets you bought our guide for? Too bad: Go to our website instead! LOL! - I put down my game of IX in disgust and never ever picked it up ever again.

 

[scorptatious]

Personally I kind of blame Advent Children for the way Cloud is generally perceived.

Not quite. While Advent Children certainly didn't help matters, the first instance of Cloud's modern personality perception that I'm aware of was actually Kingdom Hearts, funnily enough.

Good point. Kinda forgot Cloud also acted that way in the KH series. More so 2 than 1 if I remember correctly.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

I played IX once, for about a day. I bought the "official" strategy guide and was so utterly disappointed in it - Hey! Want to know these secrets you bought our guide for? Too bad: Go to our website instead! LOL! - I put down my game of IX in disgust and never ever picked it up ever again.

Aww don't fault the game for the strategy guide. IX has some good points. It was one of my favorites at least.

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

As big a part of the games as combat is, people generally don't play Final Fantasy because of all the scintillating grinding. And it's infinitely more dynamic than Final Fantasy XIII.

True, but pointing out that something else is worse ain't the best defence out there I don't think FFVII's combat is terrible, personally, it's just not great. I found myself populating my party exclusively with hard-hitters throughout the game because everyone can use every magic.

I actually think IX still looks pretty damn good.

I just played through IX again recently and I was shocked to find that it looked exactly how I remembered it. Definitely the PS1's best looking game, imo.

 

[shrekfan246]

As big a part of the games as combat is, people generally don't play Final Fantasy because of all the scintillating grinding. And it's infinitely more dynamic than Final Fantasy XIII.

True, but pointing out that something else is worse ain't the best defence out there I don't think FFVII's combat is terrible, personally, it's just not great. I found myself populating my party exclusively with hard-hitters throughout the game because everyone can use every magic.

I wasn't so much defending it as pointing out that it could be much worse than it was, and the person's criticism was rather silly and generic.

I generally go through with Cloud, Tifa, and Barret for as much of the game as they're in the party.

I actually think IX still looks pretty damn good.

I just played through IX again recently and I was shocked to find that it looked exactly how I remembered it. Definitely the PS1's best looking game, imo.

Yeah, playing it again on my Vita, all of the landscapes and everything just surprised me in how beautiful they were. It melded the prerendered backgrounds with the character models extremely well, it holds up pretty well today.

 

[The_Scrivener]

I still play it about once or twice every year or so. If it was a woman, I'd marry it. It is the eternal love in gaming for me. It was the first game I played that really showed me that video games could say something and be bigger than just fun and entertaining. The environmental/corporate message and its dense symbolism and maternity themes get me every time.

I positively adore it.

 

[Olrod]

It would have been interesting (for me at least) if they could somehow combine X-2's Dresspheres with Materia, somehow.

Perhaps a possibility for Final Fantasy VII-2, if they ever get around to making one.

 

[Tanis]

Mediocre JRPG when it was released.
It has NOT aged well.

 

[Grimh]

Ah yes Final Fantasy 7 which came out 1997, the year I turned 7.

I've played through it 7 times.

...I wish it was 2014 so I could say "the last time I played the game was 7 years ago in 2007."