Bugs from the original PC release will be addressed in this new release. Though initially going to the Square Enix store, this will come to Steam at one point, I assume it will use steamworks and the new achievements will be available to Steam users also.
Final Fantasy VII to be rereleased on PC in 2012
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undyinglight
United States611 Posts
Bugs from the original PC release will be addressed in this new release. Though initially going to the Square Enix store, this will come to Steam at one point, I assume it will use steamworks and the new achievements will be available to Steam users also. | ||
Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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polyphonyEX
United States2539 Posts
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Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
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myopia
United States2928 Posts
(VI for life, btw) | ||
TheEmulator
28057 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:14 Torte de Lini wrote: Maybe I'll actually play this game :D I've only played 8 as my first then 9, 10 (then 1-2-4-6, etc.) It is easily the best FF in terms of the characters and story. If you can put up with outdated graphics you will love this game so much. | ||
oxxo
988 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:42 TheEmulator wrote: It is easily the best FF in terms of the characters and story. If you can put up with outdated graphics you will love this game so much. Arguably. There are more than a few people (including myself) that think other games (6, 4, 9) are much better. It's definitely a good game, just overrated by the people who started at the PSX age. | ||
Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:42 TheEmulator wrote: It is easily the best FF in terms of the characters and story. If you can put up with outdated graphics you will love this game so much. Haven't we all come to terms with the fact that best FF in terms of anything is different for everyone? They should include something new with it... maybe a new ending? Or at least an art book? | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:48 oxxo wrote: Arguably. There are more than a few people (including myself) that think other games (6, 4, 9) are much better. It's definitely a good game, just overrated by the people who started at the PSX age. I would say 9 is more entertaining story wise. But the combat is garbage. Overall I think 7 is the best if you include everything (how the items work, materia, combat, story, characters so on.). | ||
UndoneJin
United States438 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:50 Infernal_dream wrote: I would say 9 is more entertaining story wise. But the combat is garbage. Overall I think 7 is the best if you include everything (how the items work, materia, combat, story, characters so on.). Well said, it's the most balanced of the FF series between all the important elements of a good RPG. Definitely excited for this | ||
CamTSU
United States93 Posts
(I'm obviously biased, but I'm very serious about my love for the game) | ||
PH
United States6173 Posts
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Slaughter
United States20249 Posts
Regardless its cool that they are releasing it again! | ||
thesideshow
930 Posts
Unfortunately, looking at final fantasys on android/ios, I'm not hopeful :/ | ||
Garnet
Vietnam9001 Posts
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empty.bottle
685 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:48 oxxo wrote: Arguably. There are more than a few people (including myself) that think other games (6, 4, 9) are much better. It's definitely a good game, just overrated by the people who started at the PSX age. +1 I think that 4 sucks though, and that was the first that I played. | ||
Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
I still have my PSX copy and saves on my memory card with every character at lvl 99, gold chocobo, dead weapons etc. The only thing I balked at was the option that allows you to max HP/MP and so forth from the options menu... Implying that this game was, perhaps, too hard in the first place? WTF? I beat this game at like 14 or 15 years of age without any problems at all. Weird inclusion. | ||
Neurosis
United States893 Posts
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TheEmulator
28057 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:49 Sinensis wrote: Haven't we all come to terms with the fact that best FF in terms of anything is different for everyone? They should include something new with it... maybe a new ending? Or at least an art book? My bad. I actually agree with you, I just forgot to add imo to my post. So I will restate that the the characters and story are the best imo. | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 06 2012 15:33 Brett wrote: Without doubt the greatest RPG of all time from where I sit. If you haven't played this (wtf?), then buy it and give it a real go, i.e. expect nothing and play the game for a reasonable stretch. I highly doubt you'll be disappointed with the purchase, even if you don't think it's the greatest of all time. I still have my PSX copy and saves on my memory card with every character at lvl 99, gold chocobo, dead weapons etc. The only thing I balked at was the option that allows you to max HP/MP and so forth from the options menu... Implying that this game was, perhaps, too hard in the first place? WTF? I beat this game at like 14 or 15 years of age without any problems at all. Weird inclusion. What? There definitely is not an option in the option menu to set your stats max. Maybe you had a gameshark or something. The original game does not have this stuff. | ||
cozzE
Australia357 Posts
What you can say though was that FF7 was undoubtedly the revolutionary title out the aforementioned that changed the genre forever - with not just characters + story but also the OST, the pure depth of content, graphics for the time, cutscenes, and originality. | ||
hyperdemented
Austria372 Posts
i mean, its one of my favourite games and always will be and on the one hand its awesome if they optimize the game to run on new pcs/os, since such old games always have those problems, but on the other hand, anything over 10$ would be a complete ripoff for a mere re-release of such an old game. | ||
ControlMonkey
Australia3109 Posts
Anyway, my fave is FF12. | ||
Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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Kyhol
Canada2574 Posts
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On July 06 2012 15:53 Infernal_dream wrote: What? There definitely is not an option in the option menu to set your stats max. Maybe you had a gameshark or something. The original game does not have this stuff. Errr.... An official website for a renewed PC version of Final Fantasy VII has surfaced, confirming that Square-Enix's classic will be available from the publisher's online store in the near future. The updated version will feature 36 new achievements that you can compare with friends online, the site states. Cloud saves are also part of the online feature package. Another addition, "Character Booster", will apparently allow you to increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to maximum, which seems to be intended to soften the difficulty. Source: http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/07/04/final-fantasy-vii-is-coming-to-pc I know it wasn't in the original; Hence my reference to it not being hard enough in the first place to warrant such a feature. | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 06 2012 17:33 Brett wrote: Errr.... Source: http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/07/04/final-fantasy-vii-is-coming-to-pc I know it wasn't in the original; Hence my reference to it not being hard enough in the first place to warrant such a feature. Ah ok. I didn't see that article. Indeed, what's the purpose of doing a remake if you're just going to allow "godmode" in it for ezpz play? Although you won't be able to unlock all of the limit breakers that way since some of them have to be used x amount of times before you unlock the next one and limit break build up is based off how much damage you're taking vs. your current max hp. | ||
Musicus
Germany23567 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
Also wish square would release(or better yet, remake) xenogears, another one of my personal favorites. | ||
Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
But guess what, I didn't use it. Nobody forces you to use these things, also games had cheat codes for ever, so it's definitely not a new thing. Although whining for whatever reason seems to be... | ||
Isualin
Turkey1903 Posts
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
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Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 06 2012 18:21 Talin wrote: Neat. I'd be willing to give this one more try, though my last two attempts have left me relatively unimpressed with the story and especially the gameplay. Pretty cool that they're doing this either way. Sounds like turn based combat in rpg's just aren't your thing then. Personally wish they'd do away with the combat system they have now and return to this. Auto healing after battles is as bad as laying down in CoD to regain health. | ||
Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On July 06 2012 18:07 Vardant wrote: Honestly, why do people care about that stuff? I remember playing the AvP game(PC), it had no saves, no checkpoints, nothing. Then a patch came out and it allowed a fixed number of saves depending on the difficulty. But guess what, I didn't use it. Nobody forces you to use these things, also games had cheat codes for ever, so it's definitely not a new thing. Although whining for whatever reason seems to be... Lol. If you think that's comparable then I don't know what to say. | ||
uppTagg
Sweden473 Posts
6,8,9,10,10-2 all came close in their own ways though. Beautiful games all around! Since these games, nothing has even been close. (suggestions welcome!!) | ||
Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
On July 06 2012 18:41 Brett wrote: Lol. If you think that's comparable then I don't know what to say. Enlighten me please. The point isn't what is added, but that it makes the game easier, yet nobody forces you to use it. So why care? | ||
Aerisky
United States12128 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Good news anyway, my PS2 is not working that well and the original PC version I own is so buggy it's not even funny^^ | ||
pedduck
Thailand468 Posts
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yokohama
United States1116 Posts
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Geisterkarle
Germany3256 Posts
Because of that I don't understand what they want to achieve with this ... besides getting your money by doing "nothing"... | ||
Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
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chuky500
France473 Posts
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6117 Posts
I'll surely buy it and if there is some achivement, it can be fun. | ||
EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
I know many will probably disagree with me. But this just reminds me why I don't enjoy the majority of "modern" console games. | ||
Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On July 06 2012 20:53 EscPlan9 wrote: I've tried a few times to complete this game, but I always lose interest before I'm even half way through. I just feel like this gameplay is severely outdated and doesn't stand up to the test of time. By this I mean I've played through a ton of NES and SNES games, which though clearly outdated, still stand the test of time as classics. FF7 combat is incredibly boring and I can't play a game for story alone. The NES and SNES games had to stand by their gameplay alone to make up for the 8/16 bit graphics and sound. Once PSX came out, games started to move away from that into more pretty pictures than gameplay. I know many will probably disagree with me. But this just reminds me why I don't enjoy the majority of "modern" console games. This is quite surprising since FFVII has a far better combat system than the NES/SNES FFs... | ||
brachester
Australia1786 Posts
On July 06 2012 20:55 Tobberoth wrote: This is quite surprising since FFVII has a far better combat system than the NES/SNES FFs... to be fair, the 3rd(or 2nd?) and 5th job system was better by far. 7th's was pretty straight forward and I'm not suprised some people can get bored quickly with it. | ||
D u o
Canada381 Posts
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atrocity3010
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kaleidoscope
Singapore2887 Posts
the improved graphics can really be a huge appeal to gamers now.. most of them will just be disgusted by the graphics and ignore it.. | ||
EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
On July 06 2012 20:55 Tobberoth wrote: This is quite surprising since FFVII has a far better combat system than the NES/SNES FFs... I'm not referring to the NES/SNES FFs anyways. I'm referring to the NES/SNES games in general. | ||
polyphonyEX
United States2539 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:42 TheEmulator wrote: It is easily the best FF in terms of the characters and story. If you can put up with outdated graphics you will love this game so much. Played both, and it's hands down 6 for me. Although I suppose 7 carries more nostalgic value for most people. | ||
EAGER-beaver
Canada2799 Posts
EDIT: Actually got to the final boss on the PC version of FFVIII years ago (yeah, never beat it, couldn't be bothered to waste hours drawing more stupid magic for hours on end, i just youtubed the ending, lolz, seriously worst combat system ever) and never encountered any game breaking bugs that plagued ff7. | ||
Deleuze
United Kingdom2102 Posts
The is potentially stuff to discuss, maybe add the link below to the OP plus the additonal features planned to be included: http://eu.square-enix.com/en/games/final-fantasy-vii PC Only Features Include: Achievements – 36 brand new achievements, only available as digital download on PC! Cloud Saves – Continue and save your progress wherever you are. (Requires internet connection) Character Booster – Stuck? Boost your stats for that extra advantage. Optimized for PC – Play FINAL FANTASY VII on the latest hardware. | ||
PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
People really liked FF8? what? that game was the worst in the series. i'd replay X-2 over 8.. | ||
Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7645 Posts
On July 06 2012 21:01 brachester wrote: to be fair, the 3rd(or 2nd?) and 5th job system was better by far. 7th's was pretty straight forward and I'm not suprised some people can get bored quickly with it. FF5's job system is the best for me but the story wasn't great. IMO, FF6 was the best game in the series, with FF4 coming in second. FF7 overdid cutscenes and long attack animations, and I'm not a fan of either in my RPGs. | ||
snow2.0
Germany2073 Posts
With all the hype we oldfags put on it, they must expect it to play like a unicorn puking rainbows through their noses up into their brains. If they rerelease, i buy. I originally played it on the PC. First the demo, then with a friend - sadly, he owned the copy Own it on the PS, but the disks i bought off ebay came pretty scratchy. had a hard time getting the 1st disk to even start lol. I know the game by heart, but still find the story engaging. The fuck, i still have tears welling up in my eyes when i hear Aeris theme. And i know of nothing else that makes me cry --;;; | ||
FlyingToilet
United States840 Posts
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Fuddudle
United Kingdom23 Posts
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sapht
Sweden141 Posts
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NeonFlare
Finland1307 Posts
If they are planning to re-release it, I hope they will provide something extra or sell it at reasonable price. Think about remade cinematics, better sound quality tracks, smoother/faster options etc. | ||
TonyL2
England1953 Posts
The sort of pairings you can do like mime-limit breaks or fill up on counterattacks | ||
FraCuS
United States1072 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:14 Torte de Lini wrote: Maybe I'll actually play this game :D I've only played 8 as my first then 9, 10 (then 1-2-4-6, etc.) Aha me too! I've never really gottened into FF7 after playing 8,9 and 10. | ||
cozzE
Australia357 Posts
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Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
On July 06 2012 23:36 Fuddudle wrote: What really needs to be done is the game to be remade on a new engine, similar to how there are BW ports to SC2 and Half Life to Source engine etc.. Obviously the developers would have to spend an enormous amount of time on it but given how the popularity of FF7 seems to grow despite its age (not to forget the other FF's as some are great too) I think it would be a smashing success..My 2 cents People were asking for this for years and it will probably never happen. They've said this like a dozen of times already. It would be like admitting, we can't do any better, our fans do not believe we can best this, we've failed as developers. That's really hard to do. | ||
IntoTheWow
is awesome32244 Posts
On July 07 2012 00:12 cozzE wrote: 8 sucked compared to the rest. fact. The draw system was an abomination. Seifer was a cool antagonist though. This is not a fact. All FF are broken in one way or another (I have played them all except for FF13 and FF11, including Tactics and some spin offs). | ||
brachester
Australia1786 Posts
On July 07 2012 00:58 IntoTheWow wrote: This is not a fact. All FF are broken in one way or another (I have played them all except for FF13 and FF11, including Tactics and some spin offs). lol, the hates toward FF8's draw system never fail to amuse me | ||
PassiveAce
United States18069 Posts
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32244 Posts
On July 07 2012 01:45 PassiveAce wrote: mother of god. I could never get a hold of the old version of 7 for pc, very excited for this. Don't lose your time. Download a PSX emulator and run it with a decent plugin. There's even patched versions of the game with higher difficulties. All this will bring to the game it a "legal" trainer, cloud-sync save files (lol) and some shitty extras. Feels like sucha rip-off. | ||
CajunMan
United States823 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:42 TheEmulator wrote: It is easily the best FF in terms of the characters and story. If you can put up with outdated graphics you will love this game so much. I think it's one of the best, but 4, 6, and 8 are all great contenders for the title of best characters and story. I wish they would do a hd redo of 7 though. | ||
Tiegrr
United States607 Posts
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:48 oxxo wrote: Arguably. There are more than a few people (including myself) that think other games (6, 4, 9) are much better. It's definitely a good game, just overrated by the people who started at the PSX age. FF6 is the best hands down. | ||
undyinglight
United States611 Posts
On July 06 2012 21:59 Deleuze wrote: OP please try harder... The is potentially stuff to discuss, maybe add the link below to the OP plus the additonal features planned to be included: http://eu.square-enix.com/en/games/final-fantasy-vii All of this info was in the youtube video I linked if you watched it... | ||
Cuh
United States403 Posts
On July 06 2012 15:17 CamTSU wrote: Not only is FF7 the best in the series, it's also a top contender for best game of all time, without a doubt top 3. (I'm obviously biased, but I'm very serious about my love for the game) 100% feel the same way | ||
NEOtheONE
United States2233 Posts
On July 06 2012 16:18 ControlMonkey wrote: I played this on PC when it first came out. My PC barely had the minimum specs to run it, and it was slow as hell. I think Knights of the round actually took 10 minutes, for real. It was like playing a sideshow in parts. Anyway, my fave is FF12. >_> Please just no. NO. Hell No. Please play FF1, FF6, and FF8. 12 was just ugh. On July 07 2012 01:37 brachester wrote: lol, the hates toward FF8's draw system never fail to amuse me Yeah I don't get the hate either. Personally 8 was my favorite. I loved the draw system and junctioning system. I put all the GFs on 3 people and got them all 9999 HP and maxed out Attack, was good times. Also, angel wings limit break + only castable spell of meteor = OP as hell. | ||
snow2.0
Germany2073 Posts
Also, thanks to the guy suggesting playing the PS version by emulator - my pcs drive is apparently way more capable at working through the horrid scratching my CDs have. No issue starting it at all, while i've literally spent half a day resetting the PS2 to get it working originally. i'll still probably buy this new version... just to get it in english. Unless its priced outrageously. I feel l'd spend 30€ tops. I'm with the FFVIII draw system haters. It was just so pointlessly boring to grind the spells out. Game as a whole was pretty funky. Weapon upgrades pretty hard to get when you don't know what you're doing, Battlerank system for your payment actually punishes spending an age in battles drawing spells... Still liked it. I'm weak. xD | ||
PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 07 2012 04:19 NEOtheONE wrote: >_> Please just no. NO. Hell No. Please play FF1, FF6, and FF8. 12 was just ugh. Yeah I don't get the hate either. Personally 8 was my favorite. I loved the draw system and junctioning system. I put all the GFs on 3 people and got them all 9999 HP and maxed out Attack, was good times. Also, angel wings limit break + only castable spell of meteor = OP as hell. I don't understand why people like 8 at all and typically the same people hate on Fallout 3. FF8 is the fallout3 of the final fantasy series. terrible combat, super easy, cliche'd storyline with little depth. ect. What do people like about it? | ||
TBone-
United States2309 Posts
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MiyaviTeddy
Canada697 Posts
if I wasn't waiting for PSone support for PS Vita and play FF7 there there. A portable FF7 > PC FF7 | ||
Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
I replayed it (multiple runs) a few years ago, was extremely addictive. If you want an additional challenge, run from all fights that you can to keep your level as low as possible. No side quests either. It's extremely difficult! IIRC, I completed at lvl 39 haha. Jumped from 36 to 39 at the second last bossfight (Jenova Synthesis). | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 07 2012 11:46 Heh_ wrote: Damn, I was hoping for a graphics upgrade.. it'll open itself up to a lot more players. I replayed it (multiple runs) a few years ago, was extremely addictive. If you want an additional challenge, run from all fights that you can to keep your level as low as possible. No side quests either. It's extremely difficult! IIRC, I completed at lvl 39 haha. Jumped from 36 to 39 at the second last bossfight (Jenova Synthesis). Meh. Really easily overcome if you just stack materia. Put a few level 5 +hp materia and you're golden. | ||
Kupon3ss
時の回廊10066 Posts
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P7GAB
Canada486 Posts
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brachester
Australia1786 Posts
On July 07 2012 12:38 P7GAB wrote: dam wish they did 10 instead they are doing a remastered version instead -_- | ||
Dacendoran
United States825 Posts
On July 07 2012 12:37 Kupon3ss wrote: and yuffie 9999s bosses even at lv 25 because of the way her dmg is calculated Yuffie did that because of her ultima weapon it scaled with enemy level or HP or something similar, I had yuffie with some kind of counter 16x setup and 1 hit sephiroth it kind of ruined the final fight for me =[ | ||
cozzE
Australia357 Posts
On July 07 2012 08:17 PrinceXizor wrote: I don't understand why people like 8 at all and typically the same people hate on Fallout 3. FF8 is the fallout3 of the final fantasy series. terrible combat, super easy, cliche'd storyline with little depth. ect. What do people like about it? Pretty much same as my opinion. Opinions will always be opinions though! Actually, the one saving grace of FF8 was Laguna. Holy shit he was a badass and so was his battle-soundtrack: | ||
PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
jenova life. Possibly the perfect boss fight in terms of atmosphere. + Show Spoiler + From the moment you see Aeris in the city of the ancients praying until the end of the boss fight, the musical score, the imagery and the agony of having to fight a boss immediately after a character is murdered is extremely well done. Especially when, there is no jerk out of the scene. you feel like you are just inside the scene, no battle start sound, no new music, no awkward transition, just the saddest song for any FF7 fan ever playing throughout. Every attack and spell sound haunts you as it stands out completely from the scene. It's at this point in the game where the player stops fearing sephiroth but instead hates him completely. The boss fight solidifies this feeling and the entire tone of the game changes. | ||
CAPSLOCKED
563 Posts
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Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 07 2012 13:10 PrinceXizor wrote: The best executed boss fight in any FF is in FF7 too. jenova life. Possibly the perfect boss fight in terms of atmosphere. + Show Spoiler + From the moment you see Aeris in the city of the ancients praying until the end of the boss fight, the musical score, the imagery and the agony of having to fight a boss immediately after a character is murdered is extremely well done. Especially when, there is no jerk out of the scene. you feel like you are just inside the scene, no battle start sound, no new music, no awkward transition, just the saddest song for any FF7 fan ever playing throughout. Every attack and spell sound haunts you as it stands out completely from the scene. It's at this point in the game where the player stops fearing sephiroth but instead hates him completely. The boss fight solidifies this feeling and the entire tone of the game changes. I get chills everytime I do that fight. It's like time stands still while you fight. | ||
Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On July 07 2012 13:10 PrinceXizor wrote: The best executed boss fight in any FF is in FF7 too. jenova life. Possibly the perfect boss fight in terms of atmosphere. + Show Spoiler + From the moment you see Aeris in the city of the ancients praying until the end of the boss fight, the musical score, the imagery and the agony of having to fight a boss immediately after a character is murdered is extremely well done. Especially when, there is no jerk out of the scene. you feel like you are just inside the scene, no battle start sound, no new music, no awkward transition, just the saddest song for any FF7 fan ever playing throughout. Every attack and spell sound haunts you as it stands out completely from the scene. It's at this point in the game where the player stops fearing sephiroth but instead hates him completely. The boss fight solidifies this feeling and the entire tone of the game changes. Agreed. That was just one of those surreal moments in gaming... Amazing juxtaposition of music, sound, silence and story. I felt so many different emotions. | ||
endy
Switzerland8966 Posts
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Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
On July 07 2012 12:25 Infernal_dream wrote: Meh. Really easily overcome if you just stack materia. Put a few level 5 +hp materia and you're golden. No farming, no side quests at all. You can't even gain enough AP to level up the materia, or even buy more than 2 materia. Go try it. It's really challenging. The boss that I got stuck at was the fire/ice dragon which casts earthquake upon death. Restarted countless times because the boss kept hitting the one that wasn't immune.. and I kept getting 1/2 shotted. | ||
Morthy
Netherlands78 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Kingdom hearts and Dissidia bitches!!! The should actually make Dissidia an e-sport. I really liked the game mechanics there. Tho I'm no real fighting game pro. The best final fantasy game is a game they fuse with the best movie company :D | ||
Juissi
Finland209 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On July 06 2012 14:48 oxxo wrote: Arguably. There are more than a few people (including myself) that think other games (6, 4, 9) are much better. It's definitely a good game, just overrated by the people who started at the PSX age. On July 08 2012 02:42 Juissi wrote: Final Fantasy 7 is without a doubt the best one of the series. Best story, best music and best battle mechanics. I'd recommend playing this in emulator since pc versions music just didn't sound the same at all. U can also enhance graphics with the emulator. ive heared all kinds of people making arguments for evrypart of the series beeing the best. and almost all have good arguments. i for example didnt like 9 much. didnt even finish it. 7 was my first one so it has a bonus anyways but overall from the mechanics,the world and characters its a great allrounder. some love 8 for its story, i like 5 for the job system or 10 for its deep endgame and storytelling. after 12 i stopped getting em and i didnt even finish that cause too much mobhunt sidetracking made the game way way way too easy (i could kill story bosses in ~10-30 secs without even touching the controller thx to gambits). but i could discuss the strengths of evry other one for hours and make strong points for most. | ||
endy
Switzerland8966 Posts
On July 08 2012 02:42 Juissi wrote: Final Fantasy 7 is without a doubt the best one of the series. Best story, best music and best battle mechanics. I'd recommend playing this in emulator since pc versions music just didn't sound the same at all. U can also enhance graphics with the emulator. Actually the PC version allows you to choose a 3rd party MIDI synthesizer for the music and you can definitely find one that will sound as good as, if not better than the PS version. PC Version will also be enhanced thanks to your graphic card anti aliasing. There are also numerous mods to improve graphics a lot. + Show Spoiler [example of mod] + Characters replaced my models with a lot more polygons | ||
Choo
United States126 Posts
FF7 was released on steam today for $12 for anyone interested | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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anatase
France532 Posts
I wish they would release all the FF on PC Wait, i've heard of a thing called emulators... | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 05 2013 01:24 rezoacken wrote: Does it run at faster speed than the PS version ? My only complaint when I try to replay old PS games is that battle loading and battle presentations etc is sooooooooo slow :/ Yeah it runs smoothly. Battles load instantly and such. The issue with emulators is that...they're emulators. The sound can get fucked up, a lot of things can corrupt, it's for ease. I have no issue paying 10 dollars to never have to reconfigure an emulator for a game that I play multiple times a year. | ||
Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
On July 05 2013 01:04 a176 wrote: not sure why as a 'fan' of ff7 i should blindly throw money at square enix for the same game over and over again As a huge fan of the 'real' FFs, i hate Square for a passion now so i will never give them any money in future (13 was my last straw). Just gonna keep reminding myself that i have ps1 and pc version of ff7 laying somewhere in the house so i will not buy the game again, very tempted to just pay for it on psn >_> | ||
Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
On July 07 2013 19:48 Catch]22 wrote: Wow I remember this game being a lot better than it actually is... I was surprised that it seemed just as good as I remembered it being. | ||
Chillax
England585 Posts
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ReignSupreme.
Australia4123 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18002 Posts
On July 07 2013 19:48 Catch]22 wrote: Wow I remember this game being a lot better than it actually is... really? its way better than I remembered | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
Yeah. The mechanics, plot and nobuo's music in this one really all hold up fantastically well when compared to any of the other titles. As does the pacing of the story and the general atmosphere. Nothing in the ff series can compete with its all round quality. And on a smaller note, the materia system is the coolest system. | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 07 2013 23:10 sc4k wrote: Yeah. The mechanics, plot and nobuo's music in this one really all hold up fantastically well when compared to any of the other titles. As does the pacing of the story and the general atmosphere. Nothing in the ff series can compete with its all round quality. And on a smaller note, the materia system is the coolest system. I hope you've replaced the in game audio files. Because the ones that come with the game are horrendous compared to the original. | ||
Fuchsteufelswild
Australia2028 Posts
On July 08 2012 15:05 endy wrote: Actually the PC version allows you to choose a 3rd party MIDI synthesizer for the music and you can definitely find one that will sound as good as, if not better than the PS version. PC Version will also be enhanced thanks to your graphic card anti aliasing. There are also numerous mods to improve graphics a lot. For graphics, a modern PC version should be better and there were issues with using some of the 'enhancements' on emulators (green lines, freezing etc.). Even without bothering with a 3rd party midi synthesizer, on a PC, you can directly replace the music files if you just want different themes (such as metal versions) if desired. I'm not sure about the original PC version, but I know that on emulator, some sound effects just don't sound correct at all. Most of the music is fine, but some SFX just sound quirky, like the (updated) emulator's sound plugin (have tried multiple) can't render some sounds correctly. I still love FF7! ♥ It's a real shame there is a popular mentality (and some people just genuinely don't like it as much, I know) to pick on it for being the most popular or talked about. There are also "Sephi-haters" (usually Kekfa-fanciers), who try to claim that Kefka "wanting to just destroy everything" is more evil than Sephiroth wanting to use a meteor to nearly kill a planet and suck up all of the life force from the dead/destroyed plants/minerals/animals in order to be selfishly reborn as a god to rule over all. Pfft. People have odd perspectives. Maybe they're just apathetic types who like the idea of pointless destruction more than destruction for evil gains. | ||
deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On July 07 2013 23:42 deth2munkies wrote: Waiting for FFVIII. My disc 1 from the original PC version is missing and it won't install on Win7 Torrents exist for this purpose. I think its legal to torrent shit you own that is damaged / partially-lost Anyone who says FF7 is bad can get the fuck out... | ||
deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On July 08 2013 00:07 Capped wrote: Torrents exist for this purpose. I think its legal to torrent shit you own that is damaged / partially-lost Anyone who says FF7 is bad can get the fuck out... Never said it was bad. Personally, I think it's overrated (tops far too many BEST GAMES EVAR lists), but still good. | ||
OoFuzer
Chile436 Posts
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
In every room there is a set list of encounters, you will always get the same fights in the same order in the same room. Thats it. | ||
Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
I would definitely recommend people who haven't played FFVII before to buy it. Easily the best FF ever, still an amazing game, the story, music, gameplay... it's all great. | ||
FFGenerations
7088 Posts
if you like insane scale of story-telling like a novel then get this. (make sure you look at a walkthrough (at gamefaqs.com) to pick up the two "hidden" characters, Yuffie and Vincent, who are major roles in the game) i can emulate this with good/modified graphics already but a steam pickup is a great option! presumably they used the PC version (with slightly improved dialogue and Ultima sword animation) | ||
Hey Sean.
United Kingdom196 Posts
I wouldn't use a walkthrough like above says though. There's no need. You can pick up those characters at any time as they don't disappear. + Show Spoiler + Besides, walkthroughs spoil easy tactics. Like poisoning Lost Number and then just healing all the time and you won't lose. Heck, some bosses don't attack back if you don't hit them and just poison them. | ||
Duka08
3391 Posts
On July 08 2012 15:05 endy wrote: Actually the PC version allows you to choose a 3rd party MIDI synthesizer for the music and you can definitely find one that will sound as good as, if not better than the PS version. PC Version will also be enhanced thanks to your graphic card anti aliasing. There are also numerous mods to improve graphics a lot. + Show Spoiler [example of mod] + Characters replaced my models with a lot more polygons Does anyone know if mods like this work on the newly released Steam version? I'm kind of curious to try something like this out, might pick it up if mods function similar to old-school PC version. | ||
Infernal_dream
United States2359 Posts
On July 09 2013 03:07 Duka08 wrote: Does anyone know if mods like this work on the newly released Steam version? I'm kind of curious to try something like this out, might pick it up if mods function similar to old-school PC version. They do. I've already modded the sound. | ||
Fuchsteufelswild
Australia2028 Posts
On July 09 2013 01:58 Hey Sean. wrote: Still have the PS1 version, fun game. I wouldn't use a walkthrough like above says though. There's no need. You can pick up those characters at any time as they don't disappear. MY EDIT: Fuchsteufelswild hereby declares you should only read his and the following spoilers if you have completed the game! + Show Spoiler + Besides, walkthroughs spoil easy tactics. Like poisoning Lost Number and then just healing all the time and you won't lose. Heck, some bosses don't attack back if you don't hit them and just poison them. Completely agree with this post. 0 spoilers ahead (unless you check the spoilered text): It's obvious that there's something 'secret' at on point in the game and that is simply how you find one of the two secret characters, so you're shouldn't have trouble finding where that character is unless you don't bother with things that seem "obviously secret". The other you are likely to encounter and can figure out on your own how to find again to actually get them in your party, which is quite a fun + Show Spoiler + Teehee! Also frustrating! Some of the things that can make the game more difficult if you already know the tactics ahead of time. + Show Spoiler + Similar to what Hey Sean. said, many bosses cannot be poisoned/slowed/stopped etc. as they are immune to many or all major status effects, but it's certainly not the case for all bosses, which is also fun to discover either by accident or just from trying just in case! Besides which, people who find things that can be considered 'exploits' (such as unreasonably easy and lazy methods to beat certain enemies) and then call a game 'easy' based on THAT are fucking morons, obviously. ^__^ | ||
SheaR619
United States2399 Posts
On July 08 2013 00:07 Capped wrote: Torrents exist for this purpose. I think its legal to torrent shit you own that is damaged / partially-lost Anyone who says FF7 is bad can get the fuck out... FF7 was definitely a good game but I think it definitely over rated. It had a decent early story and a very emotional and powerful mid story but the ending of FF7 was the weakest part. The ending was pretty lack luster. I think FF10 had the best story line with a powerful intro and ending off with an amazing ending and an unexpected emotional ending. The ending of FF7 was yay they killed Seph and the world is saved etc etc etc. It wasnt bad ending but from a story that had a very strong plot, the ending was pretty weak. | ||
dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On July 09 2013 15:40 SheaR619 wrote: FF7 was definitely a good game but I think it definitely over rated. It had a decent early story and a very emotional and powerful mid story but the ending of FF7 was the weakest part. The ending was pretty lack luster. I think FF10 had the best story line with a powerful intro and ending off with an amazing ending and an unexpected emotional ending. The ending of FF7 was yay they killed Seph and the world is saved etc etc etc. It wasnt bad ending but from a story that had a very strong plot, the ending was pretty weak. So, killing the bad guy at the end is just... not good enough of an ending? Man, Hollywood's going to be pissed when they find this out. | ||
Velr
Switzerland10416 Posts
On July 09 2013 15:40 SheaR619 wrote: FF7 was definitely a good game but I think it definitely over rated. It had a decent early story and a very emotional and powerful mid story but the ending of FF7 was the weakest part. The ending was pretty lack luster. I think FF10 had the best story line with a powerful intro and ending off with an amazing ending and an unexpected emotional ending. The ending of FF7 was yay they killed Seph and the world is saved etc etc etc. It wasnt bad ending but from a story that had a very strong plot, the ending was pretty weak. FF10's starts out good... But the more you learn about what actually is happening the more you realise that it's just utter garbage. | ||
Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On July 09 2013 15:40 SheaR619 wrote: FF7 was definitely a good game but I think it definitely over rated. It had a decent early story and a very emotional and powerful mid story but the ending of FF7 was the weakest part. The ending was pretty lack luster. I think FF10 had the best story line with a powerful intro and ending off with an amazing ending and an unexpected emotional ending. The ending of FF7 was yay they killed Seph and the world is saved etc etc etc. It wasnt bad ending but from a story that had a very strong plot, the ending was pretty weak. This is all just opinion. Yours is no different to anyone else's. | ||
Alabasern
United States4005 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands3926 Posts
I'd still like to play any of 9, 10, 12, 13, although I think it will be hard to match the magic of that period. Nowadays, I don't have much patience, and traveling or just leveling you character isn't something I can spend much time doing. | ||
Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On July 09 2013 21:19 aseq wrote: I'd prefer they released another FF to PC than 7 or 8. I've played both of those at least 3 times, all on PC. I didn't think those releases were bad, btw. FF7 allowed you to play with one hand using the numpad (so you could use the other hand for drinking beer or something else). I'd still like to play any of 9, 10, 12, 13, although I think it will be hard to match the magic of that period. Nowadays, I don't have much patience, and traveling or just leveling you character isn't something I can spend much time doing. You could quite easily set up a psx emulator to let you play all FFs with the numpad... | ||
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