Why the heck do people call Final Fantisy VII a good game!?

[*ETERNAL FANTASY*]

You have nerve....though you are entitled to your opinion you have nerve....

I seriously cant believe you gave a story below 10 compare the most recent FF's im seriously surprised...

Graphics yea look at the context in retrospect....it was made in '97 to this day id rather take a game with bad graphics and a great story anyday...getting the most perfect graphics today is more focused on the actual story itself....yea the story of recent ff's were ok but 7 had so much layers (story wise) it had everything from emotional moments to psychologic elements....to damn right funny that were sometimes annoying (thinks of yuffie and Wutai)....Your statement about your doubts about people caring for the plot is downright laughable

the environments were mad/awesome/beautiful it made me realise how close this game was to reality yet it still had that fantasy feel....
No offense but 10 mins was more than enough time to get out of the reactor

music was perfect...appropriate in every event of the game....what are u comparing it too...the popy sounds of FFX-2....please its hard to take that game seriously these days....

It even raised the bar for the next game ff8 which was great...

mate i can go on....

Point= this game was friggen awesome and totally deserved all the praise it gets!

I'd like to hear your fav ff man!?

[razor248725]

k. since im too lazy to read other peoples posts ill just.....yeah.
yes the graphics are pretty bad but c'mon ffVII came out 7 years ago!
music:uhh......dude u have only played 40 mins of it...this game takes more than 40 hours to beat, how could have u possibly heard all the songs and say there is like 5. there are heaps of songs in ffVII the quality of the songs isnt that good the actual tunes are very good. gameplay is actually quite good and u will have absolutly no idea what its like considering u have only played 40 mins of it. adn the story? u cannot, i repeat, u cannot judge ffVII's story by playing a mere 40 mins of it. even if u beat teh game and still give the story a low score that will be alot better because u know the whole story not just 100th of it.

ok put simply: dont judge ffVII by playing 40 mins of it, finish it THEN do a review on it and u will find that it is alot better than u originally thought. even i thougth ffVII was gonna be crap at first but i gave it a chance and wen i beat it i was surprisinly satisfied by what i had played.

so the moral of this is dont judge a book by its cover. lol.

EDIT: lol at ed's post u know how to bring em down (wtf am i talking about?!) :freak:

[Halenite]

Seriously, i have NO IDEA!!! What do you people see in this game!?

Visual rating: 3/10
all i saw were some pretty backgrounds, and characters that look like they were the greatest 3d acheivements on a damn SNES! The CG looks great, the models look just like syphon filter 3, except syphon filter did not have as a nice texturing, but then again this is CG, not the actual game models you play with. THOSE are a damn joke! they are boxy, the dude with the huge sword..well, his hands, seem slightly separate from his body, the sword twirl gets old after the first three battles you win, the enemies are stupid looking, and the attacks are worse! THe most laughable thing is when they try and add actual facial expressions to these people, OMG that is just so funny because they do it so badly!

Sound: 2/10
They have 5 tracks, each song about 3-4 minutes in length, and i swear, if i didn't turn off the sound and put on my favorite radio station i would go INSANE!!! a damn game that has nice CG cut scenes and spans 3 freaken disks should not have mysic that sucks so badly. and don't give my any BS that you are supposed to play the game with no sound and the radio on, the sound is supposed to help emerse you in the experience, not water it down!

Gameplay: 1/10
OH wow...it's just horrible, and i have played some bad turn based games (anyone remember pokemon?). the random battles are annoying, especially if you have a 10:00 time limit before you bomb goes off. at least turn that damn fearure off during that one part!!! DAMN!!! as if that weren't bad enough, the controls are both clunky and bad. on screen you character wanders around, and you get lost easily becuase the background is drawn so well you have no freaken clue what is an exit, and what isn't. and if your charcter is not being hung up on an invisible wall, or box, or...air, then we would have slightly less of a problem. in battle, using hte same repedative attacks so early in the game is just not right. sword guy uses bolt, black dude using gatling gun, and everyone wins no matter what. the largest ammount of strategy is knowing when to use elixer and potion. wow...so hard...the ps1 is capable of so much more....

Story: ? (it's gonna be low)/10
What is the story? i know that like 40 minutes into a game like this you should know a bit more than you do, and on top of that, what is with the text boxes? i have seen what the ps1 can do, and guess what!? it supports VOICE!!! some voice and subtitles would have gone a long way in helping me give a damn about reactors sapping away the planets magical energy or life fore or whatever. as far as "character building" goes...i have no seen any. and to think, i thought i was going to get something good when i read so many rave reviews. i want to get into final fantasy, i really do, but clearly VII is NOT the game for me.

OVERALL SCORE: 3/10
Why do they like it so much? how could this game have made final fantasy go mainstream and become a masterpiece for the ps1 that like everyone who has ever liked turn based RPG/stragety should own? the graphics suck, the sound is worse, the gameplay is horrible, and i am doubtful anyone really cares about the plot, or cannot stand the first three to the extent they play through enough to start giving a damn.

First off, Visuals... like several people said, for the time this came out, they were damn good.

Sound: i did read that you exaggerated on the track thing. Yes some of the theme's got annoying after a while (i.e. Aeris's theme), but other than that I see no problem with the sound.

Gameplay, you had trouble escaping the reactor? most of those enemies are on hit kills. but, anyway, the story gets much more involved as you get further.

See my gameplay stuff about the story getting much more involved.

Besides, if you don't like the game, don't come to this thread.

[DMKA]

Kids today..... Sheeeeeeeeesh........

As for the creator of this thread...you are a complete liar, and a horrendous analyzer. You represent all of the things I can't stand in this world. Please go outside and walk into oncoming traffic now so your mommy will have to pay the insurance on the Mercedes that was forced to swerve out of your way and crash into the light pole on the corner next to AM PM and then when you get home she take away all your video games for a week.

[SeanWY]

wow

[DJZen]

As for the creator of this thread...you are a complete liar, and a horrendous analyzer. You represent all of the things I can't stand in this world. Please go outside and walk into oncoming traffic now so your mommy will have to pay the insurance on the Mercedes that was forced to swerve out of your way and crash into the light pole on the corner next to AM PM and then when you get home she take away all your video games for a week.

somebody needs a cigarette.....

I honestly don't have beef with this dude hating on this game, he just did it in such a way that showed he disliked the game before he even played it. I mean, yes, you SHOULD be able to judge a game by the first 40 minutes of play. The initial parts of a game really need to sink its hooks into your brain or you'll have no desire to continue playing to the end. This reminds me of a tip I got about essays in English class: always start with a hook, give your reader a reason to give a damn with what you're about to say. However, the first 40 minutes of FF7 are actually really fun. It's a shame that the graphics have aged so poorly though. Modern gamers are so into eye candy it can put a bad taste in their mouths.

[DMKA]

somebody needs a cigarette.....

I don't smoke...the dude in my avatar does though.

I honestly don't have beef with this dude hating on this game, he just did it in such a way that showed he disliked the game before he even played it.

Exactly.

[Yuffie514]

sometimes the games are not always about the looks, you know. there's storylines and characters too.

[Fayth]

OOoo i was getting pissed while reading this guy's horrible excuse for a review! I would like to know how this guy feels now...he seems to have disappeared because he got burned so badly. Yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but he could have told his friends that; not an entire FF fanbase. He obviously didn't listen to his friends who recommended the game, and i have no idea what he was thinking when he came to this site expecting a "FINAL FANTASY VII MESSAGE BOARD" to back up his claim. Regardless of whether people like FFVI better, or like FFX better, Final Fantasy VII is still a Final Fantasy and Square rarely ceases to satisfy FF fans. That's the point of this site: for the fans. So coming to a fan's website with the review he chose to share with us was complete suicide. And you can tell he's never played a FF before; he mispelled "fantisy."

[Alain]

When i had played about an hour(back in2000) i thought-what the hell i have bought,but soon as the story expand i couldnt nor eat or sleep anymore
Its an brilliant game.
And your so called rewiew its total crap(man should play the came trouhg first,then deside if it was good or not).

[DJZen]

Formative impressions are also important. I thought the first scenario in FFVII was VERY intruiging. "Okay, we're gonna blow up a power plant!" What? Blow up power plant? Just show me the way! Then there's a huge explosion. Unfortunately, FFVII also attracted people who want violent, action packed adrenaline rush games. FFVII is a FF game, putting it closer to chess than whack-a-mole. Not everyone wants a game where you attack by selecting "attack". Tecmo released a soccer game that played almost exactly like Dragon Warrior, and you know what? IT WAS A COMMERCIAL FAILURE. Was it a bad game? No, but people didn't want to shoot by selecting "shoot", they wanted to kick the ball and watch it go flying. FFVII presents you with a guy with an enormous sword, and a man with a gun attacked to his arm, yet the fights are still fairly passive when compared to, say, Doom. Instead of reflexes, your best asset is strategy. Instead of aiming a shot, you just hit "attack" and hope the stats are in your favor. Unfortunately, a lot of RPGs seem to be catering more and more to the people who want action games. Are action games bad? No, but it leads to RPGs feeling less inspired and like they're trying to do too many things at once.

[Del Murder]

DMKA, that post wasn't necessary. Share your opinion or your distaste for his, but do it without being insulting.

I think FFVII was great, but I can accept if someone else doesn't like it. If you don't have time to play through the whole thing then that's fine, but if you want a really good glimpse of the story you should at least get out of Midgar first. Some things have to grow on you.

[Necronopticous]

No dude, you are totally wrong FFVII is Da Bomb Yo!

[Halenite]

Have any of you noticed that Gregoriev has stopped posting here at the end of last month? I think he left.

[Bahamut]

Sorry, but the starter of this topic is now on my kill list.
I cant believe they said that. i cant believe they expected peeps to agree!