Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII is a video game that consists of 8 releases
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Final Fantasy VII revolves around a company named Shinra that is drawing energy called Mako out of the planet to power its technology. This process is causing widespread ecological problems. The main character, Cloud Strife, is a mercenary. He is hired by a rebel group, AVALANCHE , to destroy Shinra's Mako reactors in an attempt to slow down the planet's decay. Fellow Avalanchers, Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace , join Cloud even after his quest takes his focus away from Shinra. Along the way, Cloud and his group discover that Mako comes from the life energy of the planet called the Lifestream. Also when the planet is injured the energy focuses on that injury to heal the planet. To make things even more troubling, Sephiroth, Cloud's former partner and the most powerful SOLDIER on the planet, plans to cause a planet-wide cataclysm by summoning Meteor and drawing all the Mako to himself to gain god-like power.
Perhaps the most poignant moment and certainly the most well-remembered by many fans of the title comes just before the first change of discs, when Sephiroth kills Cloud's potential love interest Aerith Gainsborough (potential only because there are certain ways to play that minimize her in that role), sparking many debates along the lines of 'Can a Video Game Make You Cry?'
Final Fantasy VII introduced an updated combat system from previous Final Fantasy titles. It used 3-dimensional graphics to bring new life to the turn-based comba t system of 8 and 16-bit RPGs. U t ilizing Active Time Battle system (ATB) introduced in Final Fantasy IV, players must make their decisions quickly in battle, as enemies will attack whether or not the player acts. The player may choose 2 characters to acompany the main character, Cloud, in battle.
Final Fantasy VII introduced the materia system. P layers collect magical orbs of pure mako energy that contained magic. They would level up along with the characters, getting stronger, introducing better and more advanced moves and eventually even spawning another orb of the same name. You attac h materia to the available slo ts on the two types of equipment (Weapons/Accessory) any of the characters have on at the time. Depending on the types of slots (single/combined) you could create some powerful combinations of magic, characters can use to devastate the battlefield with. For example, a combined materia slot could have the magic "Bolt " in one side and "All" on the other, creating a magic attack that would attack all the enemies on the screen at once. Some of t he more powerful materia in the game required many hours of searching or side-questing. These were usually worth seeking because they allowed players to perform some of the more powerful moves in the game. Special Weapons like Apocalypse and Accessories also had the ability to gain double, or even triple triple AP, allowing the player to level materia more quickly. a good materia for fighting is sometimes summoning creatures to attack and help u win.
Development
Soon after the release of FFVI, Square started pre-production on FFVII in 1994. The game was originally planned as a 2D game on the SNES, that was not the only major change to how the game eventually turned out. The Creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi originally intended for the game to take place in present day New York City. Development on the game was stalled, due to priority going over to the Chrono Trigger project that was being developed at the same time.
Development recommenced later on in 1995. The original script saw a major overview, with a detective story theme being cast aside and co-director, Yoshinori Kitase, pushed for the game to go 3D for concerns that the series would be left behind back in the 2D era. Also, it was decided to make the game for Nintendo’s next console, the N64. Though due to FFVII’s ambitious design, Square expressed concerns to Nintendo over their decision to use cartridges instead of a new format capable of storing much more information, called CD-ROM’s, on their new console. This dispute continued and led to Square announcing on the 12 of January 1996, that it would be dropping relations with Nintendo and developing FFVII on Sony’s debut console, the Playstation. A reported $45,000,000 was spent over the extent of the games development.
Final Fantasy VII is the highest selling Final Fantasy game with sales reaching over 9.8 million as of December 2005.
Original Soundtrack - Nobuo Uematsu
Disc 1 (71 minutes)
1. Prelude
2. Opening ~ Bombing Mission
3. Makou Reactor
4. Anxious Heart
5. Tifa's Theme RM sample
6. Barett's Theme
7. Hurry!
8. Lurking In The Darkness
9. ShinRa Company
10. Fighting
11. Fanfare
12. Flowers Blooming In The Church
13. Turk's Theme
14. Underneath The Rotting Pizza
15. Oppressed People
16. Honeybee Manor
17. Who Are You?
18. Don Of The Slums
19. Infiltrating ShinRa Tower
20. Still More Fighting RM sample
21. Red XIII's Theme
22. Crazy Motorcycle
23. Holding My Thoughts In My Heart
1. FFVII Main Theme
2. Ahead On Our Way
3. Good Night, Until Tomorrow
4. On That Day, 5 Years Ago
5. Farm Boy
6. Waltz De Chocobo
7. Electric De Chocobo
8. Cinco De Chocobo
9. Chasing The Black-Caped Man RM sample
10. Fortress Of The Condor
11. Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony
12. It's Difficult To Stand On Both Feet, Isn't It?
13. Trail Of Blood
14. J - E - N - O - V - A RM sample
15. Continue?
16. Costa Del Sol
17. Mark Of The Traitor
18. Mining Town
19. Gold Saucer
20. Cait Chit's Theme
21. Sandy Badlands
1. Cosmo Canyon
2. Life Stream
3. Great Warrior RM sample
4. Descendant Of Shinobi
5. Those Chosen By The Planet
6. The Nightmare's Beginning
7. Cid's Theme
8. Steal The Tiny Bronco!
9. Uutai
10. Stolen Materia
11. Racing Chocobos - Place Your Bets
12. Fiddle De Chocobo
13. A Great Success
14. Tango Of Tears
15. Debut
16. Interrupted By Fireworks
17. Forested Temple
18. You Can Hear The Cry Of The Planet
19. Aerith's Theme RM sample
20. Buried In The Snow
21. The Great Northern Cave
22. Reunion
23. Who Am I?
1. ShinRa Army Wages A Full-Scale Attack
2. Weapon Raid
3. HighWind Takes To The Skies RM sample
4. A Secret, Sleeping In The Deep Sea
5. Parochial Town
6. Off The Edge Of Despair
7. On The Other Side Of The Mountain
8. Hurry Faster!
9. Sending A Dream Into The Universe
10. The Countdown Begins
11. If You Open Your Heart...
12. The Makou Cannon Is Fired ~ ShinRa Explodes
13. Judgment Day
14. Jenova Absolute RM sample
15. The Birth Of God
16. A One-Winged Angel
17. World Crisis
18. Staff Roll
Availability on the PlayStation Network
On April 10th 2009, Final Fantasy 7 was released onto the Japanese PSN Store for 1,500 Yen.
On June 3rd 2009, Final Fantasy 7 was released for the European and American PSN stores for €9.99 and $9.99 respectively. This announcement was made days before during Sony's press conference of E3 2009. June 4th Marked the release of FF7 on the UK PSN store for the price of £7.99.
Windows 95 with DirectX 5.1 installed;
Pentium 166 (without 3D accelerator card), Pentium 133 (with 3D accelaerator card);
260MB Hard drive space (standard install), 460MB (maximum install);
32MB RAM;
100% DirectX 5.1 compatible SVGA video card;
100% Windows 95 compatible 4x CD-ROM drive;
100% DirectX 5.1 compatible sound card configured to playback digital and MIDI audio.
A young man quests to save the world and exact revenge upon the man who wronged him, uncovering dark secrets about his past along the way in the classic RPG epic. This game brought the RPG genre into the mainstream in a way no other game had before.
Overview
Final Fantasy VII was developed by Squaresoft (now known as Square Enix) and published in the US by Sony Computer Entertainment on the Sony PlayStation on September 7, 1997. The game is credited for updating the role-playing genre, and many of today's RPGs use the story-and-cutscene heavy model as a blueprint. The game originally shipped on three CDs. The extra space was required to house the game's pre-rendered video content. Though RPGs had an American audience throughout the 8- and 16-bit eras, many credit Final Fantasy VII for the genre's current level of popularity, as the game's beautiful pre-rendered scenes and wide scope were quite unlike anything that had come before it. A PC version of the game was later released, and even though Square has developed many Final Fantasy games in the years following VII, fans still clamor for a remake or more adventures from Cloud and the other members of the Final Fantasy VII cast.Plot
Final Fantasy VII revolves around a company named Shinra that is drawing energy called Mako out of the planet to power its technology. This process is causing widespread ecological problems. The main character, Cloud Strife, is a mercenary. He is hired by a rebel group, AVALANCHE , to destroy Shinra's Mako reactors in an attempt to slow down the planet's decay. Fellow Avalanchers, Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace , join Cloud even after his quest takes his focus away from Shinra. Along the way, Cloud and his group discover that Mako comes from the life energy of the planet called the Lifestream. Also when the planet is injured the energy focuses on that injury to heal the planet. To make things even more troubling, Sephiroth, Cloud's former partner and the most powerful SOLDIER on the planet, plans to cause a planet-wide cataclysm by summoning Meteor and drawing all the Mako to himself to gain god-like power. Perhaps the most poignant moment and certainly the most well-remembered by many fans of the title comes just before the first change of discs, when Sephiroth kills Cloud's potential love interest Aerith Gainsborough (potential only because there are certain ways to play that minimize her in that role), sparking many debates along the lines of 'Can a Video Game Make You Cry?'
Combat
PHS: changing the party lineup.
A combat sequence in action.
Final Fantasy VII introduced the materia system. P layers collect magical orbs of pure mako energy that contained magic. They would level up along with the characters, getting stronger, introducing better and more advanced moves and eventually even spawning another orb of the same name. You attac h materia to the available slo ts on the two types of equipment (Weapons/Accessory) any of the characters have on at the time. Depending on the types of slots (single/combined) you could create some powerful combinations of magic, characters can use to devastate the battlefield with. For example, a combined materia slot could have the magic "Bolt " in one side and "All" on the other, creating a magic attack that would attack all the enemies on the screen at once. Some of t he more powerful materia in the game required many hours of searching or side-questing. These were usually worth seeking because they allowed players to perform some of the more powerful moves in the game. Special Weapons like Apocalypse and Accessories also had the ability to gain double, or even triple triple AP, allowing the player to level materia more quickly. a good materia for fighting is sometimes summoning creatures to attack and help u win.
Characters
Playable Characters
- Barret Wallace
- Tifa Lockheart
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Red XIII
The playable cast - Cait Sith
- Cid Highwind
- Yuffie Kisaragi (optional)
- Vincent Valentine (optional)
Non-playable Characters
- Sephiroth
- Jenova
- Rufus Shinra ( Shinra Co.)
- Professor Hinjo ( Shinra Co.)
- Scarlet ( Shinra Co.)
- Heidegger ( Shinra Co.)
- Reeve ( Shinra Co.)
- Palmer ( Shinra Co.)
- Tseng (Turk)
- Reno (Turk)
- Rude (Turk)
- Elena (Turk)
- Bugenhagen ( Cosmo Canyon)
- Dio ( Gold Saucer)
- Biggs ( AVALANCHE)
- Wedge ( AVALANCE)
- Jessie ( AVALANCHE)
Development
Soon after the release of FFVI, Square started pre-production on FFVII in 1994. The game was originally planned as a 2D game on the SNES, that was not the only major change to how the game eventually turned out. The Creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi originally intended for the game to take place in present day New York City. Development on the game was stalled, due to priority going over to the Chrono Trigger project that was being developed at the same time.
Development recommenced later on in 1995. The original script saw a major overview, with a detective story theme being cast aside and co-director, Yoshinori Kitase, pushed for the game to go 3D for concerns that the series would be left behind back in the 2D era. Also, it was decided to make the game for Nintendo’s next console, the N64. Though due to FFVII’s ambitious design, Square expressed concerns to Nintendo over their decision to use cartridges instead of a new format capable of storing much more information, called CD-ROM’s, on their new console. This dispute continued and led to Square announcing on the 12 of January 1996, that it would be dropping relations with Nintendo and developing FFVII on Sony’s debut console, the Playstation. A reported $45,000,000 was spent over the extent of the games development.
Sales
Final Fantasy VII was a huge hit sales-wise. In Japan, the game moved 2.3 million units in three days. The game sold a million copies in the US in its first four months.Final Fantasy VII is the highest selling Final Fantasy game with sales reaching over 9.8 million as of December 2005.
Summons
Summon materia are colored red. There are a total of 16 Summon Materia. Some Summons have associated elements or status ailments (Example Ifrit is fire, Shiva is ice), meaning that they can be linked with Elemental or Added Effect Materia to enhance the wearer's weapon or armor. Each summon does a single large amount of damage against all foes. The exception to this is Knights of The Round which attacks 13 times in one summon, making it the most powerful summon in the game. The first acquirable Summon is Choco / Mog at the Chocobo Ranch.- Alexa nder (Holy damage)
- Bahamut
- Bahamut ZERO
- Choco / Mog (Chance of paralysis)
- Hades
- Ifrit (Fire damage)
- Knights of the Round Table (Found in cave reachable only with a Gold Chocobo)
- Kujata (Fire and Ice damage)
- Leviathan (Water damage)
- NEO Bahamut
- Odin
- Phoenix
- Ramuh (Lightning damage)
- Shiva (Ice damage)
- Titan (Earth damage)
- Typhon (Wind damage)
Original Soundtrack - Nobuo Uematsu
Disc 1 (71 minutes) 
Soundtrack Cover
Soundtrack Cover
1. Prelude
2. Opening ~ Bombing Mission
3. Makou Reactor
4. Anxious Heart
5. Tifa's Theme RM sample
6. Barett's Theme
7. Hurry!
8. Lurking In The Darkness
9. ShinRa Company
10. Fighting
11. Fanfare
12. Flowers Blooming In The Church
13. Turk's Theme
14. Underneath The Rotting Pizza
15. Oppressed People
16. Honeybee Manor
17. Who Are You?
18. Don Of The Slums
19. Infiltrating ShinRa Tower
20. Still More Fighting RM sample
21. Red XIII's Theme
22. Crazy Motorcycle
23. Holding My Thoughts In My Heart
Disc 2 (64 minutes)
1. FFVII Main Theme
2. Ahead On Our Way
3. Good Night, Until Tomorrow
4. On That Day, 5 Years Ago
5. Farm Boy
6. Waltz De Chocobo
7. Electric De Chocobo
8. Cinco De Chocobo
9. Chasing The Black-Caped Man RM sample
10. Fortress Of The Condor
11. Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony
12. It's Difficult To Stand On Both Feet, Isn't It?
13. Trail Of Blood
14. J - E - N - O - V - A RM sample
15. Continue?
16. Costa Del Sol
17. Mark Of The Traitor
18. Mining Town
19. Gold Saucer
20. Cait Chit's Theme
21. Sandy Badlands
Disc 3 (69 minutes)
1. Cosmo Canyon
2. Life Stream
3. Great Warrior RM sample
4. Descendant Of Shinobi
5. Those Chosen By The Planet
6. The Nightmare's Beginning
7. Cid's Theme
8. Steal The Tiny Bronco!
9. Uutai
10. Stolen Materia
11. Racing Chocobos - Place Your Bets
12. Fiddle De Chocobo
13. A Great Success
14. Tango Of Tears
15. Debut
16. Interrupted By Fireworks
17. Forested Temple
18. You Can Hear The Cry Of The Planet
19. Aerith's Theme RM sample
20. Buried In The Snow
21. The Great Northern Cave
22. Reunion
23. Who Am I?
Disc 4 (68 minutes)
1. ShinRa Army Wages A Full-Scale Attack
2. Weapon Raid
3. HighWind Takes To The Skies RM sample
4. A Secret, Sleeping In The Deep Sea
5. Parochial Town
6. Off The Edge Of Despair
7. On The Other Side Of The Mountain
8. Hurry Faster!
9. Sending A Dream Into The Universe
10. The Countdown Begins
11. If You Open Your Heart...
12. The Makou Cannon Is Fired ~ ShinRa Explodes
13. Judgment Day
14. Jenova Absolute RM sample
15. The Birth Of God
16. A One-Winged Angel
17. World Crisis
18. Staff Roll
Availability on the PlayStation Network
On April 10th 2009, Final Fantasy 7 was released onto the Japanese PSN Store for 1,500 Yen.On June 3rd 2009, Final Fantasy 7 was released for the European and American PSN stores for €9.99 and $9.99 respectively. This announcement was made days before during Sony's press conference of E3 2009. June 4th Marked the release of FF7 on the UK PSN store for the price of £7.99.
PC Requirements
Windows 95 with DirectX 5.1 installed;
Pentium 166 (without 3D accelerator card), Pentium 133 (with 3D accelaerator card);
260MB Hard drive space (standard install), 460MB (maximum install);
32MB RAM;
100% DirectX 5.1 compatible SVGA video card;
100% Windows 95 compatible 4x CD-ROM drive;
100% DirectX 5.1 compatible sound card configured to playback digital and MIDI audio.
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