One of my personal favorites, a trend setter, constantly called "overrated" and above all, delivered. This game defines jrpgs, so let us take a look inside what made the game so stellar.
Story:
Quite simple, evil people killing the world, a good guy gone bad, Cloud is the apathetic main character who has a band of "heroes" who save the world. Of course it's much deeper than that, the evil people (Shinra) leading into the ancient history of Jenova and why Sephiroth (the now bad guy) is so bad. It's all confusing at first, especially the Cloud parts, but in the end I find it fitting nicely. Even better, the compilation's story lines actually help clear it up and further refine it. I could go much deeper into this, but unlike 95% jrpgs, this storyline is worth figuring out yourself.
100/100
Gameplay:
This is the main revolutionary point. The game play is an active time battle rpg with commands much like the previous Final Fantasy's. The biggest difference is Materia, which holds magic, skills, abilities, and even summons. You level this up, get new ones, and customize characters. This jrpg was revolutionary for having such a vast way of creating character builds unlike ever before.
As for the rest, it's an exploration non-linear jrpg that Square Enix needs to remember so they can create positive jrpgs once again.
I'd show pictures, but a game this old most know what they're looking at.
100/100
Graphics & Sound:
For the time, good graphics. Not much I can say for that, though I will admit the better graphics in XIII did leave most envious.
In terms of sound, amazing. The soundtrack was beautiful, every song having a special ring.
100/100 Both
Replay Value:
Amazing. All I can say is, I've beaten it four times at least.
Total: 100!
Sorry for a quick review, need to get some of these out of the way, and well.. this one is a fairly simple one. Everyone knows FFVII, so all I can review is the basics really.
Till next time!
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