I hate

[dyingchild]

The beginning of this game.
After you blow up the reactor....god.....

Its like boring untill you leave and get to explore the world around you, i have the pc version.


Other then I like this game

[Bahamut2000X]

I kind of liked how it began out. For like the first few hours my sister, my brother, and my self were playing through it and we didn't think there was a world map, it was kind of a mind blower to see how much they added into just going through a single city (actually part of a city, we never fully explore Midgar, let alone all of it at the start.)

[Tallulah]

I admit, Midgar was really SLOW. :rolleyes2 Try playing through the whole of it without saving! :p

[Rantz]

Yeah, the beginning of VII is pretty dull compared to the rest of the game, and even more so compared to IX, whose beginning is my favourite part of the game.

[cloud21zidane16]

Ithink its much better once your on to the world map becasue theres much more to do and places to explore, but i always enjoy the start of being stuck on a set path of VII, it did have an interesting story of how things developed, its also nice easy start where you havent got to remember to much like collecting enemy skills and so on:D

[Basic123s]

I guess it was OK, but then again, I haven't played FFVII in a long time. I need to refresh my memory on that.

[Avarice-ness]

Yeah, and you also thought the first quarter of FFVI was the end of the game.

I feel like it started like any RPG, a slow enough pace to keep you learning the system but enough random drama to keep you going through the slowness.

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

i don't think there's anything wrong with the beginning at all, it's just that every last one of us has overplayed it so much that its become mundane! :D

i'm the same with the 1st disc of ff8

[Serapy]

Boring? Hell no, when it came out as my first PS game. I loved it all the way from the start to the end.

[Polaris]

I really enjoyed this game specially because of the fights ^^ (even though I hated mp I ended up playing it and enjoying the battles! ^^

[Sarc the Swordsman]

I agree, after a few playthroughs the start got boring.

[Bahamut2000X]

I agree, after a few playthroughs the start got boring.

After a few play throughs the start of any game is boring. :p

I've played through the start of VII well over a half dozen times and whenever I get an urge to play it again I always go "Oh god not that crap again" especially sitting through the tutorials.

[Sarc the Swordsman]

I do appreciate the level of effort put into Midgar though. A shame we couldn't fully explore it. [We never got to set foot in the upper sectors, did we?]

Like any game though, some parts dragged and others didn't. I think most people find the start boring because once you know what happens later on, it's pretty pointless.

[Bolivar]

I agree with Sarc and Phoenix - after playing it a bunch of times, i sometimes want to speed through Midgar as fast as possible. One of my last playthroughs, the game really got going for me with the Flashback at Kalm. Although I have to admit, I think the opening sequence and mission in VII is the greatest RPG intro of all time.

[NeoCracker]

I agree, after a few playthroughs the start got boring.

After a few play throughs the start of any game is boring. :p

I've played through the start of VII well over a half dozen times and whenever I get an urge to play it again I always go "Oh god not that crap again" especially sitting through the tutorials.

Actually, I have always enjoyed the beginning of FF IX. Though eventually it will get boring.

Though someone mentioned it was their first, so of course the beginning won't seem that bad. We who have been RPing since the SNES or before realize the begining of FF VII isn't exactly the most amazing thing ever.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the beginning too. But there just isn't anything amazing about it.

[Elly]

i've been RPing since the Atari2600 (Adventure anyone) and Sega Master System (Phantasy Star, Y's) and still find Midgar one of my favorite parts of FFVII... the only part i didn't like because of the tedium is the Training House in Sector7, so much dialogue to go through, i just don't do it anymore except to get the few free items you get for starting the tutorial... after i've been through the training house a good half dozen times i just don't wanna do it again... when i first played FFVII and started in Midgar i was like "allright this isn't gonna suck like a lot of other RPGs because it's gonna be all SteamPunk" at least when i got out of Midgar it didn't seem too much like D&D upon hitting the world map, and kept a lot of the SteamPunk feel... that's the only problem i have with most RPGs is that they try too hard to emulate D&D, so seeing Midgar was very refreshing...

[Breine]

I actually like the beginning of the game. I like the whole deal with you having to sort of break out of the prison-like city of Midgar.. and then you get to explore the world.

[Aerith's Knight]

I didnt even think we'd be leaving midgar when i first played it. It was quite a suprise when it seemed the game had only just begun :)

[Serapy]

If you didn't play FF7 when it came out for the first time, until a few laters later, (you played some superior PS games) then obviously you would find some parts in FF7 boring. If you played FF7 as your first PS gaming expierence, then you would find it more fun.

[NeoCracker]

Actually, FF VII was my first PS RP. Yet I still find it a Mediocer Game. Fun to play, but nothing special.

Except Cid. He rocks.

[Gennosuke]

LOL i quite liked it tbh, but as this is my favourite game im going to say that:up:

[ReloadPsi]

There's quite a few games where I compare a certain opening section to "getting out of Midgar".

Arlia and Salva in Star Ocean 2, getting the Cut HM in Pokemon Blue, Completing the Great Deku Tree in Zelda, the list goes on.

[Skyblade]

I like Midgar. You start out with set objectives in a fairly small, but still quite well developed, world. You blow up a couple reactors, fight your way up through the city to the HQ, get ready for a fight against the arch nemesis who's destroying the planet and then, boom, you get tossed out into the world map. It's just a great feeling when you get through it and step out into the world beyond.

[Fynn]

I acually found the beginning one of the best aspects of the game. The motorcycle riding part is a perfect end to something sort of a prologue.

[Dark Eternal Knight]

I agree with Sarc and Phoenix - after playing it a bunch of times, i sometimes want to speed through Midgar as fast as possible. One of my last playthroughs, the game really got going for me with the Flashback at Kalm. Although I have to admit, I think the opening sequence and mission in VII is the greatest RPG intro of all time.

I second that. It's right behind FFVIII's cinematic intro for me. The first time I watched that, I was floored. It was so beautifully epic. :cry:

[Heath]

I really enjoyed Midgar, it was probably one of my favourite locations in the game. I've always found dystopias to be very interesting and I think the dark, lifeless and fairly scummy aspects of Midgar make it seem rather like one. I thought the Shinra were decent enough villains and quite enjoyed the battle against them in their stronghold. To each their own, I suppose.

[Bolivar]

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the beginning too. But there just isn't anything amazing about it.

"I also like the opening sequence where Aeris walks out...and a motorcycle goes by...and then you see the smoke stacks...and then the logo pops up...and then, going from that transition into the actual game, that part is something that I am very proud of as a team, not just the musical element, but how it matches up with the whole opening sequence... that was a huge leap."

- Nobuo uematsu.

In '97, especially having played RPGs in the "SNES Era", that was pretty amazing, at the time.

[Carl the Llama]

I Hate.... Haveing to sit through Clouds past in Kalm, its the most boring thing evar!