Fainaru fantajî VII (1997) (VG)

User Rating:

9.6/10   

Director:

Yoshinori Kitase

Writers:

Yoshinori Kitase (story)
Kazushige Nojima (story)

Release Date:

7 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The story of a love that can never be, and a hate that always was.

Plot:

A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.

Plot Keywords:

Shinra | Sephiroth | Alien | RPG | Ruby Weapon

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Also Known As:

Final Fantasy VII (International: English title) (alternative spelling) (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | France:-12 | USA:T

Company:

Square Company

Trivia:

Several of the towns, cities and summon forces in the game have derived their names from Norse mythology, such as Midgar which is derived from the Norse word Midgard which is where humans were put by the gods to protect them from the giants, or Nibelheim which is the land of the dead (which is very apt when you consider the town is full of Sephiroths clones who are basically the walking dead) and also literally means 'fog home' or 'mist home', revealing the true name 'Cloud's home'. One of Cloud's swords which is called the Ragnarok which is the Norse doomsday. They Ragnarok appears in several of the Final Fantasy games such as, FFVIII, FFX-2.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the Gold Saucer Battle Arena, during the speech involving Cloud, one of the characters incorrectly says "Off-course!" instead of "Of-course!".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Barret Wallace: C'mon newcomer. Follow me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Multiplayer (2009)

Wonderful Plot, Awesome Music, Breathtaking Environments...

If you like RPGs...no...if you like video games AT ALL, and haven't played this game, then get off this computer NOW and go find a copy. You won't regret it.

Final Fantasy 7 is the game that brought RPGs to the mainstream US market. It's amazing graphics(at the time) were enough to warrant a rental, it's music and atmosphere enough to immerse you(even with today's graphics), and one of the most intricate and marvelous plots to ever grace game, movie, or anything of the sort.

The game sets you in the role of Cloud Strife, an ex-Shinra soldier and now a mercenary, who is hired by a small 'terrorist' group(this was made in 1997, mind you...) called "AVALANCHE" to aid them in their fight against the evil corporate menace Shinra, that is slowly destroying the Planet, polluting it's own cities(you quickly find out how horrible life is for the poor in the Midgar slums), stretching its dominance, and that will someday kill the Planet with its greed...their Mako Reactors are slowly but surely destroying the Planet, and AVALANCHE will NOT let them continue their actions. But what first starts with a string of reactor bombings, soon evolves into a much, much bigger tale, as you learn the dirty secrets of the company, and of the terror that overshadows even Shinra in terms of the destruction it will cause...

This game is often hailed as the best game ever made, and I fully support that. A must-play for all gamers.