Final Fantasy 7
Reviewed by Clement Chan Zhi Li
Various companies, mainly Square Soft, have produced lots of
RPG games and it includes the Final Fantasy series. Some
people may not even know what is RPG! RPG stands for
Role-playing Game, which means you can interact with
characters, usual interesting battles and fight through the
game with storyline. RPG was not very well known before and
even the Final Fantasy was not very well known to the whole
world until one very amazing RPG was created, Final Fantasy 7.
Graphics - 9
The game itself is dramatically amazing, added with the
superior graphics that depends if you have the right
accessories for this Playstation version game. The pictures,
characters, enemies and background through the whole game
are very well lined. Yes, this game is in 3D as you may know
and that adds the beautiful scenery in the game (though it's
not in full 3D, meaning you cannot see the characters or
anything in the game in whole).
The lighting effects are good to make it look realistic but
major changes to the character's faces will be good. The
characters look a bit weird in the game because of their
eyes and sometimes, you may not even see the mouths. But,
the FMV sequences in the game are the best of all. It's
better than the whole game itself as they are triple times
clearer, wonderful with the cool colours and special effects
that made the characters look more 'real'.
Music - 10
Usually, music is one thing that is slightly noticeable or
not at all. Some people may argue that it doesn't even
effect the game but it did to Final Fantasy VII and other
games as well. The background music that is played at
certain parts are quite touching while others sounds a bit
rough in battles. All music fit at the right scenes and my
personal favourite is Flowers Blooming in the Church. Square
Soft might as well make music instead of producing games!
Gameplay - 10
No other Final Fantasy series can ever beat this incredible
game. Some people say that Final Fantasy 7 is the real RPG
game and true Final Fantasy series that did Square proud.
Why? Actually, lots of people don't know anything about the
Final Fantasy series and don't have the faintest idea what
RPGs are (and all that includes me) until they are
introduced by friends and magazines or the game just look
nice by the front cover.
Inside the game, the battle system is quite simple if you
played RPGs before. What you need to do is just fight the
enemies by using attacks, items, magic, summon Materia and
special moves that all characters have called Limit Break.
Attacks are just one simple attack by using weapons that
they have and you can switch to their useable weapons from
time to time. Certain items contained magic or attacks
therefore, they can be used to destroy enemies.
Magic in this game are called and known as 'Materia', orbs
that can be bought or found throughout the adventure. These
'Materia' are divided into four types, yellow for command,
blue as helper to make magic more powerful, green as magic
and red as summon. It actually takes time to learn them and
different Materia contained different abilities. Materia can
also be upgraded by collecting more experience points and
battling but the side effect is, Materia can affect
character's attack, HP and MP by decreasing or increasing
them.
One unique system for battling is actually Limit Break where
when your life is low, your character will gain anger and
produce a special attack and special damages for it. This
Limit Break can be 'leveled up' to make them more powerful
and learn new moves through more experience points and most
importantly, battles.
For those who is an RPG beginner, you will have slight
problem to learn carefully what they are. Life is called HP
(Hit Points) while Magic is known as MP (Magic Points).
Bosses can be a bit of problem and you'll need good strategy
and good attacks. You can also explore other places and
cities a lot here too.
Mini-games are here too and you can play lots of them to
enjoy the whole game completely, after the hard work of tons
of battles in the game. You can buy items, Materia and
weapon by using the currency 'Gil' that can be obtained
through battles and characters. Overall, if you are a good
player, 50 hours are need to complete the whole game but if
you're not, you know you're going to use 200 hours!
Story - 10
So, you've heard enough of breath-taking graphics, serene
and wonderful music and truly cool gameplay that this game
can offer, right? This story can be downright confusing if
you just close one eye and play through the game without
taking notice.
It all starts off with the most mysterious Cloud who works
as a mercenary and with a SOLDIER ranking, together with his
best and closes friends. Then, they battled against the
horrifying company Shinra, the most hated company who simply
loves to drain and sucked out energy called Mako from the
planet, which can only mean that the planet is dying.
Then, they all got mixed up in a violent, love and tragedy
story that can make people love their fictional characters,
including one ultimate villain that everyone can ever known
in life, the pure evil Sephiroth (yes, more emphasis on pure
evil). There are tons of secrets in the game that can reveal
the mysterious story more and more, after meeting more
characters who became your best of friends.
Replay Value - 9
Most people will agree to me; they will play the game all
over again for simple reasons, they love it, they are
confused with the story or just want to play again. As for
me, the absolutely admirable yellow fluffy birds called
Chocobo is enough for me as they are used as pets to roam
about cities and places. As I had said before, mini-games
like snowboarding and motorcycle racing are all available to
satisfy yourself.
Overall - 10 out of 10
It's one game that lets you enjoy every single bit of itself
and one perfect RPG and game for all gamers. The intense fun
and enjoyable aspects can be seen clearly once you played
through the game. Three discs are more than enough to enjoy
the whole game but there is only one regrettable thing that
I can't tell (because of spoiler) and I hope that Square can
re-release it. Other than that, it's one good RPG for
everyone to play!
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