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Prologue
A large part of the delay was due to changing formats - Square felt it had done as much as they could with the SNES, and wanted to start developing for one of the next generation of consoles. Of course, giving the companies long term partnership with Nintendo, everyone was expecting it to plump for the N64. Square, however, the only way to create the kind of games they wanted was to use the massive storage space of the CD-ROM, and once it became clear that the Nintendo's wonder machine was going to stick to the cartage format, the company looked for another console. In one of the most significant endorsements of Sony's game machine ever, Square announced that Final Fantasy VII was to be released on Playstation.
Cloud Strife's struggle with the
oppressive Shin-Ra corporation and
his own mysterious past were an
astonishing achievement, and both
the game's techno-magical world
and main characters have become
icons for Playstation, rivalling
such stars as Lara Croft and Crash
bandicoot. Until the release of
Final Fantasy VIII it was probably
the most stunning game on Sony's
little grey-box of tricks, with
all 3 discs packed to the gills
with sumptuous graphics, intricate
plotting and ridiculously addictive
game play. Even given the Playstation's
32-bit architecture and much-framed
3D capabilities, no-one ever expected
an RPG to look this good. If you
still haven't got a copy, you really
should slap yourself about for being
such a fool and rush out immediately
and buy one - you've no excuse not
to sacrifice months of your free
time now, especially since it's
available as a platinum BARGAIN.
| Graphics: |  | 9/10 | ||
| Game Play: | | 9/10 | ||
| Originality: |  | 10/10 | ||
| Sound Track: | | 10/10 | ||
| Replay Value: | | 9/10 | ||
| Story: | | 10/10 |
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