| Thoughts on Final Fantasy VII | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 21 2013, 05:27 PM (117 Views) | |
| Power_Box | Jul 21 2013, 05:27 PM Post #1 |
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Look what I've decided to do around here! Thank goodness for Steam flash sales! -Alright. This game is pretty much as famous as LoZ:OoT. Now that I think about it... Personally, I'm hoping it does better than LoZ:OoT. I never saw why LoZ:OoT was THAT popular... Wait. I'm getting off topic. The point is, I've wanted to play this thing forever. I know very, VERY little to nothing about it. Let's see what we've got! -Huh. Looks like a start-up screen or something. Guess I'll just play for now and- -Square-Enix ID? What? Okay, I'm positive we didn't have to worry about this on the PlayStation... Looks like I've got no choice. Let's just do it. -...That got a little frustrating at one point. And I haven't even started playing yet. -Here we go. -...The graphics... They are certainly something. I wonder how many people were wowed by these graphics back then? -Eh? The way that title screen shows up... The opening music that sounds a lot like un-edited MIDI... The slow opening credits... Heheheheheh! This is so surreal! It's a AAA game, but I feel like I'm playing something made with RPG Make- -WHOA! The title screen exploded into the real title screen! What's that all about?! -Wonder if... No, it just loops. Let's go. -The new game screen featuring Cloud's iconic sword... Well let's begin! -...Stars? -Am... Am I in outer space? -There's nothing but stars out here... -Seriously, there's been nothing but stars for a good long while. What, is this the loading screen or... Oh! Now there's green stars! -And now we see the face of a human girl. She was looking at whatever those stars were through some wall-thing I guess? -She stands up, offers a prayer, picks up a basket, and heads out for work... Into... -Whooooooaaaa... Look at this metropolis! It's real gritty, but at the same time... So cool! -Thus begins FF7! Now we seem to be focusing our attention on a train docking at a station... -What the?! The screen suddenly got pixely and- -A bunch of guys jumped out, beat up the conductors, and rushed ahead!! They're calling out to the rookie... -That's him! That's Cloud! Cloud Strife makes his very first appearance! -Stopped by policemen with machine-guns and batons. They're no match! -Huh. It looks like Cloud's already the iconic and gigantic Buster Sword with him, magnetic clamp and all. -Looking back... And I looted a potion off one of the conductors. -I was with SOLDIER, and now I'm with AVALANCHE? What? Speak english! -Oh, I get it. They're organizations. -Time to name Cloud. -Whoa! I forgot your characters can talk in FF! Man, Cloud has QUITE the attitude... -This guy shows up... He looks big and powerful... Oh, and I get to name him? Barret, huh? -So let me get this straight. This AVALANCHE that we work for is against SOLDIER? So Cloud is a traitor to someone, somewhere... -The goal: blow up the Mako reactor. Though people practically live life as it is now due to Mako, it is also the planet's life-blood. The planet will die soon, apparently, if nothing is done. -Still... Blow up a gigantic and vital power-plant? Yikes, I... I seem to be part of a well-meaning terrorist group! And if there's one thing one of my history classes taught me, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter... -Nevermind. We're in We seem to be splitting up for the most part... -Looking and searching around in these maps... Feels so weird! -As we ride an elevator down, Cloud affirms that he does not care about the fact that the planet's dying. What? Cloud's no hero, is he? Barret is understandably frustrated. -Seems he joined me. Let's see now... He uses a gattling gun! Cool! -Oh COOL! His right hand IS a gattling gun! -This kid teaches me about ladders, then lets me go ahead. -Cloud reaches his LIMIT... I... I can't do a normal attack until I use the LIMIT. -Used BRAVER on a mech of some kind. And... Wow. It's still standing?! -Things haven't been too tough so far, but there have been little moments in battle. -Ah, a save point! Guess the boss is ahead? -Found something called materia along the way. -We've reached the core. Time to plant the bomb... -What? The screen turned red... That message was... What? What was that all about?! -Nevermind. Giant mecha scorpion! -Lock on? This guy doesn't attack right away? -That hurt! -That should be easy... When it locks onto you, hit defense, right? -Oh. -OH NO. NO. GOD DAMN IT! -Okay, that was STUPID!! What the hell am I doing?! -I misread Barret's line. I thought I was supposed to attack it when it's tail was raised!! -Ahhhhh!! I had to waste a phoenix down on a battle like that?! Where were my skills?! -10 minutes. More than enough time to get out. -Ha! I only had one battle in that sequence! -Huh? That kid from earlier. What are you doing?! This place is gonna blow up!! MOVE!! -Oh. You're leg's stuck. Here. Now let's move. -That was relatively easy. -Stop tripping and get a move on! -Welp, mission success. Time to get outta here. Barret leaves the party for now. -There's a flower girl. Better tell her to get out of here. And she does just that. Later. -Hmmm... Now where do I go from ACK!! The electric wire freaked me out!! -Exploring exploring... Eh? Soldiers are coming this way? -Fight now or later?? What a weird option. Let me- hey! Wait! -These guys didn't wait for me at all. Oh well. Let's get some experiance. -Good. Now- more? -Another forced battle... Whatever. Cloud's no fallen human. He's a warrior, a traitor, a killer, a terrorist/freedom-fighter who doesn't even care about the cause... Wow. Now that I typed all that, I'm starting to realize just how messed up he is. -Cloud gets tired of all the soldiers surrounding him, so he just hitches a ride on a passing train crossing under the bridge. -And regroups with his allies by smashing through the door of said train. Apparently, he tends to do things like that. -Nothing to find here. Let's jump towards the screen like everyone else! -In the next room... Oh my! These guys pretty much force their way in and scare everyone off. A salarymen laments that he has to take the train so late at night, when things like that happen. -That one guy, I think his name was Wedge, is messing with some controls- pffffffft. I love how his upper boddy mostly detaches from the lower body when he leans forward! Heheheh! These 3D models aren't exactly high-class yet, are they? -Chatting with everyone. Man, Barret's quite loud and foul-mouthed, huh? -Jesse, the guy I rescued earlier, gives a low down on the city of Midgar, the 8 mako generators, and the train. -I also hear of a plate that blocks out the entire sky. That sounds awful... -That's our stop. The gang goes one way, but what's over there? -I guess that's the train graveyard I heard of? -Monsters are here, and... That's about it. -A 4-way intersection. AVALANCHE heads east. -Going south, leads you to guards, one of whom is learning about what it means to be the broken bridge NPC. -North leads to... Is that guy doing what I think he's doing? That's not a washroom, pal!! -Guess I was wrong. He shows me the pillar we're next too... That does look cool. I wonder what it'd be like to work at a place like that? -Time to save again! -Moving Avalanche... Wow! They just push their way into a saloon and kick everyone out! Way to be subtle, guys! -Let's look around! Oh, I can enter this other place here! One guy pushes on me to buy weapons, some gunman shouts for me to come back tomorrow, and this kid says something nasty when I refuse to stay at the inn. -Not much else here. I explore for a bit... -Those must be the inn bedrooms. No kid, still not stayin'. Now let's see... Um. Is that a pin-up calender? And on that bed, is that girl's underwear? Why would THAT be there? -Well. Okay. This obviously isn't your mother's brand of Final Fantasy this time. -Let's get outta here and regroup. -This little kid named Maylene ran up to me and shouted papa! Is... I didn't think Cloud was a father... Wait. I think I'm missing something here. -A main character named Tifa is introduced. -Cloud and Barret were childhood friends? That'd be hard to tell. -Chatting it up with the guys. Maybe I'm coming off as too soft though... -What's with these neon signs? BEER? TEXAS? What? But... This isn't Earth...? -Barret comes in. Oh! He's Maylene's dad! Awwww. -Everyone heads to an underground hideout by way of pinball machine. -Give me something hard. Sounds like Cloud may or may not be a bit of an alcoholic too. -Back in the hideout, Cloud once again makes it clear that he doesn't care about the planet and doesn't plan to stick around. What the hell motivates a guy like him then?! -Tifa's not happy, and reminds Cloud of a promise the two apparently made as kids. When he becomes a famous and noteworthy warrior of SOLDIER, he pretty much has to become Tifa's knight in shining armor and help her out. Except, we're pretty much going to ignore the famous part here. -Looks like that promise was made in a town that didn't belong to Midgar... I can see the sky in this cutscene. -Cloud's going to be like the great Sephiroth!! -...Sephiroth? But doesn't that guy... Nah. I won't worry about it now. -Cloud sticks around for the night. The next day, he receives a pay in 1500 gil. He's not satisfied and decides to stick around for more funds. What's he planning with that money. -Cloud, you're eating away at Maylene's education funding. Quit it. -Cloud gives a tutorial about this Materia stuff to both Barret and me. He makes sure to be snide about it when he can, ticking off Barret some more. -That place I was told to visit the next day turns out to be a big tutorial center. Except Cloud is the one teaching us how things go. Mostly, he's straightforward as a teacher, but he also takes moments to remind us of how tough he is and everything. -Cloud teaches us the importance of keeping weak characters in the back... Using Barret as an example. Um... -"If you press [MENU], you can take your turn later. This is useful for when I want Barret to do all the work." -I'm talking to this dog and this FINGER APPEARED ABOVE MY HEAD AND IS TALKING TO ME. GOOD TO KNOW CLOUD IS FREAKED OUT BY THIS TOO! -Ramdomly picking up a materia and BOOM. A chest appears. When I talk to the kid behind it about it again, the chest goes into a state of constantly opening. Heh. -A boy is beating a girl. Cloud encourages her to endure it, build up her LIMIT, and return a powerful counterattack. She knocks him out and wins. -A save point talks to me, then is squished and interrupted by a treasure chest. -At this point, I decided to try my hand at another thread. Whew. Don't know if I'm going to keep this up. We'll see. |
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