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Final Fantasy VII (1997)

Square Product Development Division 1

Expanded Game of Final Fantasy VII

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable

4.41 from 5523 ratings · #48 top rated on Grouvee

12244 members have it in their collection · 745 playing now · 3529 backlogged · 1287 wish listed

How long? Main story 41h · with extras 56h · 100% 72h (from 113 logged playthroughs)

The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.

Details

Developers
Square Product Development Division 1
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy, Science fiction
Franchises
Final Fantasy
Series
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII
Events
Sony Computer Entertainment America E3 2012 Press Conference, Sony E3 2009 Press Conference
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 07, 1997 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
  • Oct 02, 1997 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
  • Nov 17, 1997 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
  • Jun 02, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Jun 04, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

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Rating distribution

5 stars
3168
4 stars
1623
3 stars
570
2 stars
130
1 star
31

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McDoot

Status McDoot Mar 26, 2021

I think I need a break for now, I'm about 28 hours in, near the half way with what seems to be a big revelation, but I'm not gripped. I've played too many JRPGs at this point with a similar story arc and while this is definitely a case of Seinfield Isn't Funny where the ideas were new and interesting …

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I think I need a break for now, I'm about 28 hours in, near the half way with what seems to be a big revelation, but I'm not gripped. I've played too many JRPGs at this point with a similar story arc and while this is definitely a case of Seinfield Isn't Funny where the ideas were new and interesting at the time, it hasn't had the impact on me now, 24 years of JRPGs later.

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TheBeautifulEric

Status TheBeautifulEric Feb 23, 2021

I think I like 5 and 6 more, 7 is pretty darn slow. And I wish they did the materia system differently. Grinding materia exp is a bit annoying. Still a fun game though.

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BMO

Status BMO Feb 19, 2021

The AI upscaled backgrounds appear to me like what my nostalgia clouded memory thinks this game looked like on Playstation.

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internpepper

Status internpepper Nov 14, 2020

One of my favorite entries in the franchise and the first one I completed. This is basically a 3D version of FF6 as the story is very similar (group of rebels taking on an evil organization and insane individual from said organization). There is so much extra content in this game and the soundtrack is just one of the best. …

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One of my favorite entries in the franchise and the first one I completed. This is basically a 3D version of FF6 as the story is very similar (group of rebels taking on an evil organization and insane individual from said organization). There is so much extra content in this game and the soundtrack is just one of the best. The materia system makes each character feel a bit same-y, but FF6 had the same problem with Espers.

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Aoriku

Status Aoriku Oct 13, 2020

Dropped it after getting the chocobo materia then getting into a random battle on the world map due to being confused on where to go next. Don't get me wrong, this game might or is great but as for someone who was born in the early 2000s and only started playing video games around 2009 or 2010, I'd say the …

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Dropped it after getting the chocobo materia then getting into a random battle on the world map due to being confused on where to go next. Don't get me wrong, this game might or is great but as for someone who was born in the early 2000s and only started playing video games around 2009 or 2010, I'd say the problem has nothing to do with the game but me. I'm just not into old retro games or games before the PS2 and GameCube

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Othy

Status Othy Jul 22, 2020

I'm not playing Final Fantasy VII, but my wife is (I'm half watching, half reading the Myst series of books from the 90s). It is, however, a lot of fun to see my wife playing a game that she's never played but that I'm very familiar with. She knows all the spoilers, and she watched me play some of it …

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I'm not playing Final Fantasy VII, but my wife is (I'm half watching, half reading the Myst series of books from the 90s). It is, however, a lot of fun to see my wife playing a game that she's never played but that I'm very familiar with. She knows all the spoilers, and she watched me play some of it (and the Remake), but playing through is different. And WATCHING someone play through a classic for the first time is so much fun. It's like playing it again for the first time.

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Raven

Status Raven Jun 22, 2020

This surely showed its age sometimes but it still has that PS1 charm to it. A legendary game in its time and it will always have a special placed in my heart. <3

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Begbie

Status Begbie Jun 2, 2020

Should I still play it? Or is it just a waste of time with the remake out?

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Malus

Status Malus May 13, 2020

So I tried going back and playing FF VII, but it has been so long (a year) that I don't remember what's going on. I looked up what to do in a guide, but nothing the guide says matches what is happening (I'm in Wutai). I'm confused on why none of these events are happening, I don't remember where to …

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So I tried going back and playing FF VII, but it has been so long (a year) that I don't remember what's going on. I looked up what to do in a guide, but nothing the guide says matches what is happening (I'm in Wutai). I'm confused on why none of these events are happening, I don't remember where to go, and I'm just frustrated. I want to restart the game from the beginning, but I generally dislike turn-based RPGs and don't want to have to redo 16.5 hours of progress. Now I just feel like shit for not having played and beaten what is considered one of the best games ever made.

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Malus

Status Malus May 13, 2020

It's been 3 years... I need to go back and finish this already.

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hyrumsutton

Status hyrumsutton Mar 26, 2020

After a four-month hiatus, I'm giving this another go. Made it through Nibelheim and going relatively strong. Forget virtually every strategy I'd figured out when I started playing it.

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grok

Status grok Feb 11, 2020

I am ridiculously close to beating this game. Last night I went into Northern Cavern with the intentions of defeating Sephiroth, and died to his first form :(. To make matters worse there is no save point in there, so today I will do the whole Northern Cavern again, then remember that Save Crystal right before fighting him.

Super excited, …

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I am ridiculously close to beating this game. Last night I went into Northern Cavern with the intentions of defeating Sephiroth, and died to his first form :(. To make matters worse there is no save point in there, so today I will do the whole Northern Cavern again, then remember that Save Crystal right before fighting him.

Super excited, this has been a very rewarding experience, so much of this game that I missed when I first played it in Middle and High School, also probably why I couldn't beat it (not using HP Plus and MP Plus, or All Materia, or status ignoring items, and the list goes on of the things I just didn't get when 13 year old me played).

This first play through is just to beat the game. Down the road I want to replay it, now that I know more about it, and really play with every character a decent amount. I tried to use most of them some, but ended up leaning into mostly Cloud, Tifa, Vincent, and Yuffie.

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GigaDeathNullGolem

Status GigaDeathNullGolem Jan 14, 2020

I'd always wanted to get to the point to playing FF7 someday and here i am. I've been playing it a few hours the past few evenings on PSX and I'm feeling lukewarm. I find JRPG therapeutic at times and this is nice break from CRPG. Maybe its that I definitely prefer a 16-bit aesthetic to the 3D low res …

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I'd always wanted to get to the point to playing FF7 someday and here i am. I've been playing it a few hours the past few evenings on PSX and I'm feeling lukewarm. I find JRPG therapeutic at times and this is nice break from CRPG. Maybe its that I definitely prefer a 16-bit aesthetic to the 3D low res polys against rendered backgrounds... The coolest interactive FMV sequences here just dont woo me.
Nothing about this game is overly good or bad. the setting here is cool but its just not the mind blowing FF7 i had always heard about for 25 years. (like so much hype to the extend they made some huge movie about it before Blizzard was even a thing)

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grok

Status grok Jan 8, 2020

I am thru Cosmo Canyon, and have done all the Fort Condor battles (I think). Really enjoying playing this on the Switch, the portability, and being able to snatch a few minutes of play while on my lunch breaks has been amazing.

Playing this definetely has me excited for the remake coming out in March.

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grok

Status grok Jan 6, 2020

I have never fully beaten this game, on a whim I bought it on the PS4. The x3 speed makes some of the negatives of this game (the grind for levels and money for example) go by mercifully fast!

The story of the game and the characters are still excellent.

I have vague aspirations to try to beat this before …

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I have never fully beaten this game, on a whim I bought it on the PS4. The x3 speed makes some of the negatives of this game (the grind for levels and money for example) go by mercifully fast!

The story of the game and the characters are still excellent.

I have vague aspirations to try to beat this before the remake comes out.

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joel.jordan.5030

Review joel.jordan.5030 5/5 · Oct 8, 2013

I remember playing this for the first time in 98, my dad got it from the local game store and told me that it was like Pokemon. I did not understand the complexity of battles or the dark, adult story at that age but I simply loved it and I still do to this day. There is nothing to say …

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I remember playing this for the first time in 98, my dad got it from the local game store and told me that it was like Pokemon. I did not understand the complexity of battles or the dark, adult story at that age but I simply loved it and I still do to this day. There is nothing to say about this game to explain what an epic it is. If you have never played it, you truly haven't experienced an RPG.

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rosebottles

Review rosebottles 5/5 · Jun 12, 2013

One of the best games I've ever played, battle system is still perfect, the story is mind blowing, the map is amazing and there are so many little details in it, it must have taken ages to create. And let's not forget all the "secrets" in the game!
I have played it about 4 times now and I still haven't …

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One of the best games I've ever played, battle system is still perfect, the story is mind blowing, the map is amazing and there are so many little details in it, it must have taken ages to create. And let's not forget all the "secrets" in the game!
I have played it about 4 times now and I still haven't done everything. time to replay!

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buffaling

Review buffaling 4/5 · Jan 29, 2013

One of these days I'm going to have to go back for another spin and see how well it's aged. I'm optimistic.