Most video games age like bananas. You buy them and they’re really great for a day, maybe two. Then one day you come home, and suddenly they’re all brown, and gross, and have regressive views on gender and sexuality. Just like bananas.

But some games age much better than bananas. Some games have visuals and mechanics that don’t wither with age, but rather only seem to improve as time goes by. I’m struggling to think of a fruit-based analogy for something that gets better with age, so I’ll say that these special games are like pineapples. Do pineapples get better as time goes by? I don’t know. No one knows, because no one eats them.

Let’s find out how well classic games stand the test of time, judging them not with rose-tinted nostalgia goggles, but with a critical eye. I’ll be grading these games based on how dated they’ve become, and whether or not they’re still worth checking out today for someone who didn’t grow up playing them.

The first game I’ll be examining is Final Fantasy VII, arguably the most important RPG ever made. With the long awaited remake released, I figured it would be a good time to look at the PlayStation original.

I should preface this and say that this game really holds no nostalgic value for me; I was 7 when this game came out, but I didn’t play it until I was in high school. So I will try to examine this game as objectively as possible, grading it based on four categories: visuals, music, story and gameplay. I’ll grade each category a score out of 25, then add it up to provide its final grade.

Will FF7 ace the test and get into a great college where it chooses a useless liberal arts major, and after graduation gets a soul-sucking desk job? Or will it fail, and end up going into trade school and get a job making $60,000 a year by the time it’s 21? Let’s find out!