Final Fantasy VII is a classic piece of video-game history that revolutionized the genre, it's a game that brings alot of nostalgia to fans.



The main story revolves around Cloud Strife, a young Ex-SOLDIER that seemingly suffers from amnesia and other irregularities around his memory. The game jumps into action as Cloud blows up a reactor in a city called Midgar. The player discovers fairly quickly that the powerful Shinra Electric Company is sucking all the energy out of the planet with the result that it's slowly dying. What follows is an adventure in which friends and foes are made, tough obstacles are faced and overcome, and in which one of the most well-known villains plays a crucial role: Sephiroth. I'm not going to spoil anything story related for you, but it suffices to say that the story is much better than most RPG stories, and the fact that it set a standard for many other RPG developers ever since makes this a justified statement.



FF VII continues to expand on the ATB system that the previous installments from the Final Fantasy Series already established in a very innovative way. Battles are turn based and the player gets random encounters every now and then (maybe a little bit more 'now', than 'then'). The game introduces Materia, colored orbs that hold a special Magic Power. This system allows for an incredible variety of combinations that have never been so diverse in any other Final Fantasy game before.



Nobuo Uematsu was still a part of Squaresoft at the time of FF VII's creation, and I'm glad he was. I personally love almost every track of the inspiring, moving and touching songs that drown this game with emotion and suspense, action or intimate moments, wacky and goofy scenes; It's all in there, and it's all of a very high level musically. Nobuo confessed that he had been inspired by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. It can be heard, and that's meant as a very big compliment. I have read an argument somewhere that people only liked the music of FF VII because at the time they were used to SNES midi songs and their ears were blown wide open by the sheer beauty of music due to technological advancements. While this is certainly an improvement over SNES or Megadrive music, it doesn't explain why FF VII's soundtrack is still selling well, and why tons of people are still mentioning FF VII's tracks as memorable. The music is simply said splendit, and while one could argue that even music is a matter of taste, compared to other games there is good and bad taste. If you don't like FF VII's music, I feel for you.



I recommend this game to everyone, this game will always have a place in my heart and I just wanted to throw this out here.



Thank you for reading this. ♥