If you're a beginner, then you have the ability to slow down the battles giving you time to find what attack you want to use, or what magic you want to wreak havok with.

Cons (there are few):-Sometimes a bit tedious-Battle system is a bit flawed.-Terrible

The reason they buy them is for a great story, great characters, and great battle systems

There's also a great battle system, a multitude of vechiles at your disposal, an excellent soundtrack, and plenty of other goodies

The only real problem I have with this game, is that the FMVs can't be skipped (there's only so many times you can watch the thing with the gondola ...) and that the last battle, especially if you've done the optional quests, is too easy.

The random battles can get tedious eventually, but RPG fans know this very well

The game is filled with a variety of fun methods for winning battles, from high-powered summons to enemy skills, and some otherwise difficult boss battles become unloseable after equipping a specific accessory

On top of that, many of the elements within the game are still great and have aged gracefully in time- the great battle system, intriguing story (although imho it had a few too many twists toward the end), collecting "materia" (essentially a crystal-like material that adds abilities and power to weapons, armor, and your character, and allows you to summon creatures; also, it levels up the more you use it and your spells/abilities gain power), the dystopian-style setting, quirky characters, and the overall "sci-fi meets fantasy" feel

ffX's battle is very dumb

This case is true for Final Fantasy VII while it's graphics are outclassed by VIII I would argue that the former is superior because of a better, more in depth story, better music, different style (I love the dark corporate armaggeddon portrayed in VII) and better magic/battle system.

Some (occasionally) repetitive battles and animations.5

It has a great battle system as well.

Good characters and plot mixed with a great new battle system with arch-enemies like this World has never before seen make this a game which will stand the test of time.

how to get Yuffie is a little hard you go search in the grass outside of fort condor and ull meet a mystery ninja and u have to win the battle

Some of the cons would be that the battles can become really annoying at times, and if you are not at a high enough level, it will take forever to beat some bosses

But the "old-school" look of this game is drowned out by the convenient battle system and the cleverly made gameplay, which made the game complex and challenging but exhilirating once you grasped the concept of "materia"

It features an excellent storyline, an excellent battle system, AWESOME MUSIC (people by the soundtrack

I had my volume very high-The random battles do get annoying

The battles were pretty fun too.

I honestly think it has the best battle system in the series with the exception of FF12.

Or the other way around, say you just won a battle or finally made it in to a secret place, and someone dear to the game dies (That's it

There are a few mediocre pieces, such as Honeybee Manor, but the truly excellent pieces, such as the Turks' Theme, Nightmare's Beginning (Vincent's Theme), and One-Winged Angel (final battle music), more than make up for them, and there are no truly annoying God-don't-play

This game delivered amazing battle technique, incredible CGI sequences, and rememerable characters to the world when Playstation first came out

The character models look ridiculous, nobody has anything interesting to say no matter where you are in the game, the battles are boring and unworthy to the franchise's name, and you'll be lucky if you can even make it to the end without exploiting a glitch or two

Or the other way around, say you just won a battle or finally made it in to a secret place, and someone dear to the game dies (That's it

Many of the mini games are great my only beef with the mini games is that they should of amde the mini-battle game available in the Golden Saucer, also why didnt they put in real voices in the end instead of a postscript?

and they think that they are going to win the battle

classic storyline, good music, sweet battle system.

The plot is fantastic, the movie sequences incredible, every little battle entertaining

There are all sorts of pros to the game, but only a few cons...and the cons barely matter!Pros:-An incredible story.-Deep and engaging play.-Beautiful battle graphics and CG cinemas.-Plenty of subquests.-VERRRRY lengthy!-Unique characters.-Hollywood-worthy music.-Plenty of plot-twists

While some battles can be tough the game is magificent.

A good story, which I still debate certain things about with friends, excellent battles, fun characters, and all kinds of mini games (a.k.a. the Gold Saucer).

FF7 specializes in an awsome battle system using Materia: magical "stones" with various abilities for attcks

One thing about some rpgs is the pain of random battles, but these battles are fun to play

The battles are fun, but they are certainly not what sold over 11 million copies

Either way, Square is trying to get the original team from this game to pull off a grand remake (to make this game look REALLY NICE) which is still in question, however they have other games they're working on nowGameplay 7/10:Well, lets just say that its not hard but its not easy, of course the actual battles are fairly simple if you know what your doing

Unfortunately VIII is bogged down by the hideous battle system that tends to distract one from the story.

Final Fantasy VII is an amazing game with great battle- and cut-scenes, wonderful graphics, completely unique characters, a large world to explore, and an extremely AMAZING (SOOOOOO

it has one of the most innovative battle systems I have ever played (next to ffX)

it has the best battling system Iv'e seen

I never found the game to be boring (except during the tedious random battles :)

The battles are fierce and fun, the character development, both in game and through out the story, is excellent, and the story itself is one of the best the art of gaming has offered up yet!I won't spoil a single moment of this amazing game for you

First of all, it has absolutely breath taking graphics and awe inspiring FMV scenes as well as some beautiful battle moves.

As for the materia system, this system is [poo]& requires you to play through many redundant battles just to try to get some spells to use on the higher creatures

The battles are in fact mainly totally ridiculously easy, but at least they are generally highly entertaining

The battle system is very simple any [person] can win random battles with the clean interface.

Its the small things too, like being able to just head over to the golden saucer amuzment park and play on the arcade machines, gamble on some chocobo racing, or go and test your skill at the most enjoyable battle arena of all the FF's

Either way, Square is trying to get the original team from this game to pull off a grand remake (to make this game look REALLY NICE) which is still in question, however they have other games they're working on nowGameplay 7/10:Well, lets just say that its not hard but its not easy, of course the actual battles are fairly simple if you know what your doing

The bottom line: this is an altogether gaming masterpiece spanning three discs of epic conflict, timeless romance, and magical battles

Man..bad graphics, horrible gameplay, sucky battle system, hard to understand, VERY difficult to get into it, too confusing, dumbxxx characters like cloud, hes the worst.(except sephiroth), sometimes too long of cutscenes, boring cutscenes, you can barely see their eyes & mouth, etc. etc

The pre-rendered backgrounds are more artistic than most entire games are, the battles are cool with cool monsters and amazing spell effects, and the Cinematics, ..., well, just WOW!To continue this interacive movie/addition to life itself is yet another great soundtrack composed by gamemusic god Nobuo Uematsu (bigger than any other composer name).

I love the battles, especially

I personally like the Conditional Turn-Based Battle (CTB) more, which can be found in Final Fantasy X, as it leaves room for more strategy, and faster battles, without worrying about the running time clock.

The music is just beautiful, the song played in cosmo canyon is let alone a reason to get the game sountrack as well as the final battle with Sepheroth.

I love this game so much, and am so dedicated from all these years, I could go into a boss battle stripped of all materia and weapons and armor and not take a hit....and win the battle with ease

From the great music to the excellent battle system to the plot with a depth rarely seen in video games to the wonderful graphics

If the battles as a whole seem too easy in this game, it is because the game was designed with the intention of challenging the player to experience it, rather than challenging the player to get through it

It has all the things a good RPg should have- a good story, a good battle system, and most importantly for me good characters

Great battles

Great graphics, great story, great battle

(both have 4 cds) and the soundtrack is Superb especially the last battle

The badest villians, the coolest characters, manageable battle system.

This game also has it all, a great cast of characters, an addicting, deep and rewarding battle system, a fantastic soundtrack by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu, hidden characters and quests galore, one of, if not the most moving cinematics in gaming history, if you are willing over three hundred hours of gameplay if you want to build all of your characters' stats to the max 255, and an epic plot to save the world from an evil planet destroying corporation and the best villain of all time, Sephiroth

The battles, though turn-based, are incredibly exciting

Several traditional RPG elements are present - battle monsters, equip magic, find new and better weapons, grind your character up, etc

Other than that, they aren't stunning, and leave you sometimes confused as to what you can walk on and what you can't, but I really don't look at a game for the graphics if it's an RPG

Im still alittle confused as to why square never remade this game with updated H.D graphics for any of the current consoles , just keeping everything the same other than the visuals, there is a whole lot of money to be had there, just ask capcom with all there Resident Evil Remakes

all RPG's the game can get a bit static and repetitive as you get stuck on your first adventure

i bought thta as fast as i could

VII stands as outstanding graphically as it did then and weaves a tale that will still amaze.

I bought this game for under 20$ back then, and as great as it may have been then

Honestly, when I randomly decided to look up old videogames for fun and happened to check out the reviews for FF7, I was confused as to why anybody who played it would give it anything but 5 stars

And the story, It starts as cloud blowing up a

This game is a great game...though not as great as it's decendant (FF8).This game offers great graphics the best ever next to 8.I have yet to play (ff9).85 %-90% you will play the part of cloud strife,an ex-SOLDIER.Soldier is an elite group of men and Women taught to fight very well

And you’ll be confused as to why the game costs so much

And after a couple of months, or a couple of years pass, you will start this game over and beat it again, just with the same feelings of satisfactory, entertainment, exhilartion, excitness, fun, proudness, as when you first played and beated it

not as good, not nearly as good as ff8

Has beautiful CGI cutscenes, that look better than the in-game cutscenes of Final Fantasy X (in some ways)Has fun gameplay (aside from the mini-games), and will keep you hooked for hoursHas great music, and will keeped you hooked into the game for hours, even if the gameplay doesn't, which it shouldHas an even better storyline, and like Final Fantasy X, if for some reason you hate the gameplay and the music (which is a hard thing to do), the story should keep you glued to your TV set with controller in handHas an easy 30+ hour completion time, without doing the side quests, ideal for those that like lots of gameplay timeHas good player customization (with what you call "Materia"), but not nearly as good as Final Fantasy X (although if you thought it was too time consuming in Final Fantasy X, this is much faster)The battle speed can be set as slow or fast as you want, with many settings in betweenCons:This game has a somewhat high encounter rate; if you're just playing this game for the story, you may want to consider using a cheat code for no random battles or something, as you'll be spending huge amounts of time with the random battlesThe graphics outside of the battles are very awful, using low polygon levelsThe graphics inside of the battles aren't too bad, but still leave a lot to be desiredIf you have much in the way of scratches on your discs, namely where the CGI cutscenes happen to be, look forward to the game going into an eternal freeze, and not being able to do anything about it, except try it on your PS2 or PS3If lots of extreme "French" language bother you, you may not want to play this game, as two of your main characters use these words a LOT and other side characters do as wellThis game comes with 3 discs, so if you are too lazy to get off your rear end after so many hours of play, to switch the discs, then this game is not for you.

Trust me the graphics may be good but the story is not as strong as FF7

I don't particularly care--he was supposed to be Mr. T, and he turned out well in that regard, but if you intend to read some kind of general statement on the merit of people of a particular shade, you may as well just let this one pass by

I don't particularly care--he was supposed to be Mr. T, and he turned out well in that regard, but if you intend to read some kind of general statement on the merit of people of a particular shade, you may as well just let this one pass by