Why is Final Fantasy 7 loved so much?

[Veylon]

It's nostalgia. Explaining now, after the fact, in a way that makes much sense is pretty hard. Nowadays, there are lots of games with CGI cutscenes, 3D graphics, complex environments, and such.

The impact of FF7 can only really be understood by comparing it with what came before. Most people hadn't seen anything as impressive as that swoop into Midgar in the title. When we played it, we were playing it for the first time.

Sephiroth is a household name now, to be dissected on wiki pages, but our knowledge of him then came through dribs and drabs. Seeing President Shin-Ra, the main villain of the game, who is little more than a footnote now, skewered on a sword. Seeking a Midgar Zolom, one of the biggest (and nigh-invincible) monsters of the game up to that point, impaled on a broken tree. Sephiroth was badass defined by the tokens he left to be found.

But, yeah, it's fair to wonder why people like it so much. It lacks the awe value now. The polygons are blocky, you have to read every line of dialogue, and the story's been analyzed and discussed to the point that nothing can shock or surprise or hold mystery. There's a whole set of sequels and tie-ins that didn't exist back then.

 

[Reaper195]

12 years to remake it? Fuck off, it didn't even take four years to make.

 

[FalloutJack]

So I was just taking with a friend of mine, and they point out that it would take something like 12 years to remake final fantasy 7 to up todate graphics and what not. Hes making it that FF7 was the greatest one ever made. 7 is a great game but is it really worth remaking? If so help me with what was so great about it. I really want to know from other gamers. Personally I am a fan of the orginal NES version final fantasy.

Depending on who you ask, people will say that any of the Final Fantasy games are worth remaking and others or not. That's the problem of perception and fanhood. If you have to ask WHY people want FF7 to be remade, there will be an assortment of answers that can stack all the way to the sun if we wait long enough.

Personally...I'm with it because it's like the in-between show of the old era and the new era. I think redoing 5 and 6 could be cool too, but that might be even more work than 7. I don't think it could hurt.

 

[ryanthemadman]

LUCRETZIA!!!!!!

 

[Tselis]

Well, the graffics were awesome for thier time, so there is probably some small amount of nostalgia going on there. But honestly, I love FFVII because the story is complex, twisted, and tragic. The characters are well thought out and the over all story arc is really well done. Also, just as a small side note, CHOCOBOS ROCK!!! Just puttin' that out there ...

 

[subfield]

what makes it so great?

characters
plot
story
graphics
innovation
creativity
beauty
timelessness
gameplay
flow

basically - anything great that could be said about a game is DEFINED by FF7.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

Heh, thankfully the wall of text that passed for my last post didn't put people off the thread altogether...

It's interesting to see what other peoples' stand out moments of FFVII are. For me, it was coming out of Midgar for the first time. I'd been running round the city for a long time now, and it felt like so much had happened there that I sort of got it into my head that's where the whole game was based. Then came this huge escape from Shinra HQ on a motorbike (you do not want to know how badly Cloud's insurance went up after that little jaunt) and suddenly I was outside and the entire world opened up to me and I realised just how immense it was. I think my brain might have melted a little at that point.

I also remember the excitement of trying to find out WTF was going on. That's another thing that worked well for me, was the way the game threw you right in the thick of tha bombing mission, and you were loaded up with what turned out to be false misconceptions about who you were and why you were there. Watching Cloud's mind unravel came as much of a shock to me as it did to him, I reckon. And realising that Tifa knows some things he doesn't but is holding back... Yeah, it was all too easy for me to get sucked into that plot.

The game also served as a source of frustration when I unlocked Vincent. Mainly because here was this guy who was right there at the start of the Jenova Project, working for the enemy and is, in this fangirls' opinion, seriously hot, and there was almost nothing there about him. Apart from the aforementioned "Lucrecia!" of course. I wanted more!

Oh, and the steampunk style setting was really cool.

 

[Kagim]

It was the first one on the playstation, so the newest generation(at the time) played it first.

Having played four, five, and six before seven i found the game quite underwhelming. As well now that cloud is a sad emo kid, no longer the sarcastic jackass, what charm was left in the series has pretty much melted away for me.

 

[Lunar Templar]

It's loved because it's actually a decent game. It had its flaws of course, but there weren't many console RPGs at the time that were like VII.

FF6 was my favorite.
FF7 adding NOTHING new except a 3D engine and a variety to magic and whatnot.

7 did to add new stuff

whiny emo protagonists, not like Cecil at his worst ether
and featured a moms boy for a villain, who got no personality dose very little 'evil' out side screwing with cloud and killing a girl that, by all rights, had no real chance against him anyway, but he stands around looking cool >.> so we have fanboys now to

-.- thank you FF7

*goes back to playing FF6*

Oh god I hope you're just a terrible troll.

ment to reply sooner but site was having issues that day and i forgot, then Space Marine came out and was busy

no, not trolling, its my OPINION, it be trolling if i said it to start shit.
it was said in jest to be sure, I'm rather sarcastic in person, but its also how i feel about the game, 7 is GOOD, not great, just good.

 

[Raika]

Oh, look. It's this thread again.

In case you haven't noticed, the entire internet shares your opinion. Final Fantasy VII, just like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Halo, and others, is almost universally looked down upon because of the claim that it is "overrated" and therefore worthless. The internet is made of people who want to stand out, so any time something becomes popular, everybody turns against it because they think it makes them look edgy and anti-establishment. It doesn't. All that's happened is that Final Fantasy VI has gained the worst fanbase imaginable. I can't remember any instance of someone pitching Final Fantasy VI to me without taking a dump all over Final Fantasy VII in the process. You are not a beautiful flower of individualism because you love Kefka Palazzo(who is the exact same character as DC Comics' Joker) and loathe Sephiroth. Nobody likes Sephiroth.

...I think he's alright, actually. Final Fantasy VII in general is perfectly serviceable. Time has not been kind to it, but the ground that it broke is something that merits respect.

 

[ShakenBake]

Barrett taking Cloud on a "date" at the Gold Saucer. After this, humor in FF games went downhill.