Expanded Game

Final Fantasy VII

1997 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation · PlayStation Portable · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure

88IGDB player score
1,636 ratings

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An 88 average from 1,636 ratings: not perfect, but the kind of game people keep recommending anyway. An RPG that understands the assignment: fantasy, science fiction, meaningful choices, and combat with actual teeth. One player, no compromises. This was built for the solo run.

About this game

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.

Final Fantasy VII follows the story of mercenary Cloud Strife, who is hired by the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE led by Barret Wallace to help fight the mega-corporation Shinra Electric Power Company, who attempts to drain the planet's lifeblood as an energy source to further their profits. Apathetic to the cause, Cloud initially fights for personal gain, and for the promise he made to childhood friend Tifa Lockhart. Cloud eventually joins forces with many others to save the planet, which is threatened by Shinra and Cloud's nemesis Sephiroth, and discovers a reason to fight for a cause other than his own.