Final Fantasy 7 PS1
Final Fantasy 7
I have played final fantasy 7 on platform PS1 few years ago and I really do enjoy the game. I have played it for several times and I still haven't get bored with the game. Now, I am going to write a personal review about the game.
First, final fantasy 7 was made by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997. Final fantasy 7 was released in 2 versions, namely on PS1 and on PC. The PS1 version was released in 1997 whereas the PC versions was released 1 year after. It is the first 3D RPG game. The main character is Cloud Strife and he is an ex-soldier from Shinra company. In the beginning of the game, he joins an rebel group, called the Avalanche in order to stop the company. Shinra is a giant corporation which uses the life of the planet as an energy source for the benefit of the human beings. But, people from avalanche think that if ever the energy source is drained out entirely, the planet will die and Earth will no longer exists, that is the reason why they stand up and fight against the big company. In the rebel group avalanche, we also have Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace, who is the leader of the group.
First, final fantasy 7 was made by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997. Final fantasy 7 was released in 2 versions, namely on PS1 and on PC. The PS1 version was released in 1997 whereas the PC versions was released 1 year after. It is the first 3D RPG game. The main character is Cloud Strife and he is an ex-soldier from Shinra company. In the beginning of the game, he joins an rebel group, called the Avalanche in order to stop the company. Shinra is a giant corporation which uses the life of the planet as an energy source for the benefit of the human beings. But, people from avalanche think that if ever the energy source is drained out entirely, the planet will die and Earth will no longer exists, that is the reason why they stand up and fight against the big company. In the rebel group avalanche, we also have Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace, who is the leader of the group.
Final Fantasy 7
The story was based on the fight between avalanche and Shinra company. In between, Sephiroth, the best soldier from the company reappears and tries to destroy the world with his most powerful spell called meteor. There is only one white magic that is strong enough to counter meteor and that will be Aerith Gainsborough's holy. Unfortunately, Aerith is killed by Sephiroth right in front of Cloud and the materia holy drops into the bottom of the lake. Yet, they don't give up hope and the remaining 8 playable characters (Cloud Strife, ex-first class soldier from Shinra, Tifa Lockhart, Cloud's childhood friend, Barret Wallace, leader of avalanche, Red XIII, a talking lion creature experimented on by Shinra's scientists, Cait Sith, a fortune telling cat, Cid Highwind, pilot who dreams to be the first man who travels into space, Yuffie Kisaragi, a skill ninja and thief and Vincent Valentine, a former member of Shinra's Turk units) still continue to fight against Sephiroth. Eventually, the lifestream of the Earth rises and protects the Earth from the destructive power of meteor.
Buster Sword given by Zack
Well, that is the main story line of the game. Final fantasy 7 is one of the best games in the series. I like its unique story line and the complexity of its battle system. Each character can be equipped with different types of weapons and armors and each one of them has different abilities. Some will give 3 times growth rate for the materias equipped on the character, whereas some will nullify some elemental attacks. Each one of them will give different stats and they can be obtained either by buying or by defeating certain bosses throughout the entire game.
Buying materias at shop
Talking about the materias, in the beginning of the game, we are given with some basic materias such as fire, thunder and ice and they will be more or less useless in the late game. Normally for each materia, you are only allowed to cast one spell throughout the entire battle. But, as game proceeds, the materias will grow and its rank will increase. When the materia has finally reached rank 5, namely 5 stars, you will be able to cast as many as 5 times the spell throughout the entire fight. There are certain materias that need to be equipped with other materias. A good example will be the materia ALL. If you equip ALL materia with FIRE materia, then whenever you cast the fire spell in the battle, it will be inflicted to all the enemies in that particular fight. In the late game, there are some powerful and valuable materias that can be found and picked up in the caves non-accessible by any normal ways. In this case, you will need to raise your own chocobo and then pick them up.
Capturing a chocobo
We are now going to talk about chocobo. Chocobo will be very useful in the late game, especially in the case where you want to pick up those valuable materias. You will need to catch some chocobos in some particular areas and then put them in the chocobo farm to raise them up. Afterwards, you will need to register them for the chocobo race until they have reached rank S. Don't worry, you can boost the abilities of your chocobos up by giving them some specials items bought at 1 special shop. By doing so, you will be able to win the race more easily as compared to normal ways. Next, you will need to inter-breed them to have chocobos with some specify colors. You need to repeat these whole steps a few more times before you can finally your first golden chocobo. Gold chocobo will allow you to climb up mountains as well as swim in the seas, so that you will be able to access to those caves.
Last battle against Sephiroth
Personally, I have played the game for more than 4 times and I think I will start it over again if I have some free time in the future. I love the game for its story line and battle system. Of course, we can't compare its graphics with those games on PS3 nowadays since the game was released in 1997. I heard that Square Enix plans to remake the game on PS3 with a nicer graphics though and I am really looking forward to it. If you have any questions regarding the game, please feel free to send me an email, thanks. Click here if you wish to buy the game.