So I just got final fantasy 7
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I've played from start to end about there times, I think he first time the clock stopped counting on all 9s. Funny thing is I only vaguely liked the game. I played it mostly to try to 'get it' but I never did. I'm not a shallow gamer by any stretch (greatest RPG IMO is a tie between the Ultima 7's and Fallouts 1 or 2) but if the music and most especially the visuals hadn't been so sill and terrible (respectively) I might no have loathed it as much.
I digress.
I played he game for more hours than it could count, thrice over, but I'm a completionistic (that a word?) player and was deeply motivated to attempt to love the game as much as I had earlier titles in the series.
I digress.
I played he game for more hours than it could count, thrice over, but I'm a completionistic (that a word?) player and was deeply motivated to attempt to love the game as much as I had earlier titles in the series.
So far, i am 6 hours into it, and have yet to see a single reason it has been hailed as the best game of all time.AvsJoe said:
Either you've really wasted some time or are exaggerating more than a little if it took you 6 hours to reach the second reactor. The part that is a drag actually comes after that (too much trivial stuff in the slums), but I recall the "finale" for the prologue being quite redeeming.Wrathchild231123 said:
Honestly, you've only at the beginning the game when you get to the world map the first time. The game could have cut some content near the beginning, but honestly: use a bit patience.
Just a fello warning the game hasn't aged well so don't go in expecting FF12 level of graphics.
Still a good game thou about 50 hrs if you do everythink
Still a good game thou about 50 hrs if you do everythink
I think I clocked in around 40 hours when I beat it. I had done some of the extra stuff (golden chocobo, knights of the round) but not too much (I think Cloud was only level 73, I didn't have anyone but Cloud's ultimate weapon... I dunno, I'm sure there's a whole legion of things I didn't do).
'98 to '03. I know that seems to be an exorbitant amount of time but I was always busy. Ended up fighting desperately at like Level 70 against the last one. I got so frustrated I lost my disks, I was pissed when my older bro broke the 3rd disk and I had to buy a $7 open copy from EB, which ended up being like a year later.
Calling it the best game of all time might be an overstatement, but depending on how far you have gotten on those 6 hours, I'll say "It gets better".Wrathchild231123 said:
Of course, there's the matter of taste. It might just be that the game isn't you.
In this thread, a bunch of people who haven't touched FFVII in years who forgot how long it takes to get everything.
If you claim to have gotten everything in any time less than 80, you're lying through your teeth, as that would imply that you:
Got all the weapons for each character
Beat the two extras.
Cleared the game normally.
Obtained all the materia (a few that can only be obtained at the Golden Saucer and are completely random in coming up)
Mastered all said-materia
Got all the level 4s (perhaps excluding Aeris/Aerith and if you can get that you're a trooper)
Beating the game doesn't take up that much time (hell, Chocobo breeding, although a pain, isn't as long a process as people make it out to be). It's everything else that takes an eternity. I would say that the ratio of plot and extras is just big, if not, LARGER than Tales of Vesperia or Disgaea.
The game itself is pretty short (especially compared to today's RPGs) as long as you don't grind to the point of overkill, but it's doing everything else that will take up your time, and if all you're interested is a straight-forward Disc 1 to Disc 3 completion, why even bother?
If you claim to have gotten everything in any time less than 80, you're lying through your teeth, as that would imply that you:
Got all the weapons for each character
Beat the two extras.
Cleared the game normally.
Obtained all the materia (a few that can only be obtained at the Golden Saucer and are completely random in coming up)
Mastered all said-materia
Got all the level 4s (perhaps excluding Aeris/Aerith and if you can get that you're a trooper)
Beating the game doesn't take up that much time (hell, Chocobo breeding, although a pain, isn't as long a process as people make it out to be). It's everything else that takes an eternity. I would say that the ratio of plot and extras is just big, if not, LARGER than Tales of Vesperia or Disgaea.
The game itself is pretty short (especially compared to today's RPGs) as long as you don't grind to the point of overkill, but it's doing everything else that will take up your time, and if all you're interested is a straight-forward Disc 1 to Disc 3 completion, why even bother?
