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Final Fantasy VII turns 17 years old today
- Thread starter The Praiseworthy
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Werewolf Jones
Member
All of them.
I was confused until I remembered there used to be a substantial wait time between when a game was released in Japan and when it was localized. I think it was September of that year before I got around to finally getting my hands on it. I must have played the demo that came with Tobal No.1 a hundred times during that wait. I had never been that hyped for a game before or since.
I spent I think 2 hours total in that area. I was pretty overleveled when I finally figured out how to get out.
This motherfucker
GAAAH! This got 12 year old me for like a week. The RAGE I felt when I discovered I only had to go up that plank.
Yeah, picking one is near impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3srk8Dkuo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcEGFAaSpzI
Feeling nostalgic
By the way, any of you were stuck MONTHS searching for the ancient key underwater? Maybe I missread some clue about its location, but that was a real pain in the ass. Months literally.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
The opening scene.... even before you play the game you are given the briefest taste of what to expect. Then you go through the bombing missions and Midgar and the game already felt huge... then you make it outside and a sprawling world lies in front of you with every town and dungeon getting the same attention and care as Midgar.
I can't wait for SE to troll with on its 20th anniversary with a big announcement of a:
Cologne, or another port, or some awful mobile mini game.
I still think VII is a close to flawless game. I can see why some people like to pick it at after all these years but those problems don't bother me. Can still return to a new start of the game and play through like it was 1997.
Cologne, or another port, or some awful mobile mini game.
I still think VII is a close to flawless game. I can see why some people like to pick it at after all these years but those problems don't bother me. Can still return to a new start of the game and play through like it was 1997.
DeSo
Banned
YEP.
This fucking place fucked me for some time too. That stupid board looked so out of place. Also I've seen a guy get stuck on it for a good half an hour on a twitch stream. Don't feel too bad, haha.
Aahh, This game would come close to my favourite game of all time. Just an amazing experience.
And the best, most eerie song in the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRAkpXTmCs
Just gives me chills to this day. Such an underrated track.
KZObsessed
Member
I remember years after originally playing the game, I discovered secret scenes with Zack at the Nibelheim mansion. Hell, I'm still discovering things about the game I didn't know like awesome materia combos I never thought of as a kid.
Incredible game.
Incredible game.
God I miss pre-rendered backgrounds
Almost 20 years later, I still find this art style more appealing than the "realistic" art directions SE (and the industry as a whole) have turned towards.
DeSo
Banned
And I love the story in this game. Complete mindfuck. It's so fuckin' strange with Jenova and the Ancients and Sephiroth...
The fact that you're actually chasing Jenova most of the game, albeit at the command of Sephiroth... and that scene where Cloud tosses Sephiroth into the lifestream... so badass.
The fact that you're actually chasing Jenova most of the game, albeit at the command of Sephiroth... and that scene where Cloud tosses Sephiroth into the lifestream... so badass.
In the original script, the cloaked Sephiroth clones were floating Jenova pieces hidden by cloaks that you would fight.
PixyJunket
Member
I have the same birthday as one of my most hated games, haha.
God I miss pre-rendered backgrounds
Almost 20 years later, I still find this art style more appealing than the "realistic" art directions SE (and the industry as a whole) have turned towards.
yeah I liked pre-rendered backgrounds too. I don't need a fully interactive 3D city or w/e in my JRPGs. are pre-rendered backgrounds more costly/time consuming then doing it the other way?
I'm sure someone knows better than me, but pre-rendered backgrounds are a way to have a higher fidelity than what would be possible in real time. If you look at the fidelity thats possible in real time graphics today, you can imagine how much work would go into creating an even more detailed pre-rendered background.
Also I guess there is the problem with static angles so you would have to create more of these high-quality backgrounds for the same scene if you wanted some different perspectives.
I think it still fits some genres but in general no, sadly.
John Bender
Banned
The Last of Us + FF7 = Best games ever!
Acquiescence
Member
God I miss pre-rendered backgrounds
Almost 20 years later, I still find this art style more appealing than the "realistic" art directions SE (and the industry as a whole) have turned towards.
Agreed wholeheartedly. Pre-rendered environments really bring out the personality in a location, whether it's a town or a dungeon or whatever, because there's so much artistic flair involved. Way more captivating than running around in a big open field.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Greatest game of all time.
Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday.
Wark
Member
I spent I think 2 hours total in that area. I was pretty overleveled when I finally figured out how to get out.
This motherfucker
THIS and that shitty swinging bar above Wall Market.
Bugenhagen
hydrophilic attack
Member
Wark
Member
hydrophilic attack
Member
Thought this was going to be a Yuffie pic ( ≖‿≖
Here you go, Yuffie all grown up, legal and willing.
openrob
Member
My brother!!!
Basically it was luck that allowed me to progress!
I was stuck for a good few days. It wasn't until I was reading a magazine in WHSmiths that had some sort of FF7 review and had this screenshot printed in that I was aware about what to do.
What are the chances that it would show me exactly what I was supposed to do! I previously thought that plank was a pole sticking up vertically in the ground.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Best FF girl.
DeSo
Banned
UGH.You can make the Game look like this.
Well, it's not really "good lookin", but at least it's something.
Sephiroth_GR_
Member
The Last of Us??? it's a good game, but nowhere near as close as FF VII.That game was way ahead of its time. Same thing goes for TLoZ: Ocarina of Time.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Exactly the same pal. I'd love a Resi Remake-style effort, but this being Square Enix I wouldn't trust them to do it properly. At least we'll always have the original game; they can't ruin that.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I honestly don't think I could chose just one because IMO it's the best soundtrack ever by some distance, and I adore dozens of the tracks. I've read that Uematsu composed 80-something different songs for the game, and probably a couple of dozen I consider stone cold classics.
Edit - although I do adore Cid's Theme. When I hear it it makes me feel proud and brave and a little bit sad. I think because I associate it with them all piloting the rocket and giving their lives to destroy Meteor.
Final Fantasy VII - Cid's Theme [HQ]: http://youtu.be/SJzfOA9uV6E
I mean, what do you expect ? The game is 18 Years old.
Spieler Eins
Member
About to start it for the first time sometime this year... (maybe).
Jonneh3003
Banned
I had no idea, started replaying it this week and finally finished it for the first time today only to come on GAF and see this thread. Happy birthday FF7!
The Praiseworthy
Member
Your thoughts please !
gamergirly
Member
Yup, my favorite rpg of all time. Never old, never ugly
IAmRandom31
Banned
Hmmm ...
I would say TLOU is the pinnacle of its genre, the same as FFVII was for its time.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Get out of here and read nothing.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Well i'm usually not a huge RPG fan but a few have grabbed me such as Xenoblade and Skies of Arcadia and now of course Final Fantasy 7. I played it years back but didn't even get passed the first disc...this time I pretty much played the whole thing non stop. There were a few issues such as occasionally poorly designed backgrounds, slow animations and a big difficulty spike for about 3 bosses but I really can't flaw anything else. There was never a moment when I wasn't having fun and when I conquered the difficult bosses after dying numerous times I felt an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. I'm not sure it's one of my favourite games of all time but it sure is one of the most memorable.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
That area confused me, as well. Where I really got lost was the train graveyard. I forget where exactly, but there was a car or ladder that wasn't obvious to the eye and I was stuck there for days.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Me to.
First I got stuck on the walk to that park for like a day. Then I had problems figuring out what to do in Wall Market (I was eleven and English is not my first language) and then I was stuck in the Train Graveyard for like a week. The rest of the game was a breeze in comparison.
Good times.