Memories of playing FFVII

[Joppylop]

The thing that struck me most the first time I played it was Cloud's behavior. I'd always played games with those reliable, heroic main characters, but then you get this guy that's hearing voices in his head and twitching on the floor and it's like "THIS is my main character. Really?" It was kinda unsettling knowing that he was in charge.


Of course I cried when Aerith died, but am I the only one that freaking bawled during the flashback in the Shinra mansion of Zack's death? I don't really know why, but even when I first played the game I was really intrigued by him. He kept getting mentioned and I kept wondering who the hell this Zack person was, then you find out and it's so SAD.

 

[Ravynne Nevyrmore]

I remember flipping through the instruction manual when I first found the game on my friend's bedroom floor and suggested we play it. I thought Sephiroth was an old man because he had gray hair, and I thought Cloud was cute, lol. Yep, much like Yuffie (lolz), my first FF7 crush was on Cloud, not Vincent. D: He looked so cool when he did those limit breaks.

But when I think back on my first experiences with FF7, I can't not think of fanfiction. Horrid, horrid fanfiction. Oh god, I wish I could find it now. My first fanfic involved Aeris coming back to life possessed by Sephiroth.

Sephiroth coming back from the dead... Can you imagine what a bad plot device that would be? ;P

 

[megas_sephiroth]

I bought the platinum version, it was the first RPG I ever played...

I remember searching the net for a way to get Sephiroth in the party, it had something to do with the 1/35 soldiers and a silver chocobo or something...

 

[namakemono]

Memories of FFVII?

I was pretty young when I first saw this game. My older cousin was playing it. I would remember dancing around with my other 6 year old cousin everytime we hear the victory theme. <3

FVII was a huge part of my childhood. XD

 

[Nocturne]

I remember watching my cousin play it when he bought it and I didnt have a playstation yet.

We got to the final cutscene and the playstation froze XD

 

[wayfarer]

I was with one of my friends when I saw the Midgar Zolom's head impaled into a tree. That was BEYOND epic.

I lost the game.

 

[Alex]

Fuck. I just lost the game too now.

 

[DrakeClawfang]

My main gripe with VII is that I really didn't like Sephiroth. So the memory that really sticks out for me is my reaction to the Nibelheim scene - "......that's it? That's all? This is the guy people say is the best villain in the series?".

I mean yeah, the scene of him in the flames was cool, but it just really didn't do much for me in the end. I grew up with the Super NES and Golbez and Kefka, villains for whom torching villages and killing civilians was just another event on the day planner. Sephiroth by comparison, really underwhelmed me. I just like to see villains causing chaos and working against the heroes, Sephy didn't give me a lot of that in comparison to many of the other villains I've seen.

 

[megas_sephiroth]

Sephiroth wasn't always evil, he was lied to and that ultimately resulted in his insanity. Also he isn't working against anyone, he is working towards a goal, for himself and actually manages to have the hero working for him.

I think the thing about Sephiroth is that people can "understand" his reasons.

That and he looks cool.

 

[DrakeClawfang]

Oh he definitely looks cool, I don't dispute that. But in hindsight, he reminds me too much of Sesshomaru (anyone who has seen Inuyasha, I'm sure understands).

I also found his character a bit odd. I saw Advent Children before I played FF7, and there he's cruel and vicious and takes delight in fighting Cloud and causing him torment. In FF7, he just seemed to go on and on about becoming a God and being an heir to the planet, just came off to me as a totally different guy from game to movie.

 

[Ravynne Nevyrmore]

I also found his character a bit odd. I saw Advent Children before I played FF7, and there he's cruel and vicious and takes delight in fighting Cloud and causing him torment. In FF7, he just seemed to go on and on about becoming a God and being an heir to the planet, just came off to me as a totally different guy from game to movie.

Two years passed. His first plan got pwned and now he's pissed at Cloud.

 

[megas_sephiroth]

He probably thought no-one could stop him in FFVII, since he controlled Cloud and whatnot, while in AC he recognized Cloud as a serious danger.

 

[Cthulhu]

while in AC he recognized Cloud as a serious danger.

Spoiler: ACC spoiler here

I didn't get that impression until Cloud's power level went over nine THOUSAAAND in both AC and ACC. In fact, they've only added a slight 'oh shits' in ACC, where it was just 'mm, getting pwned' in AC. I don't think he's the type to consider anything a danger, unless it involves his mom lol.

 

[Sephiroth]

I still remeber the day I first played Final Fantasy VII for the first time after I bought it at the mall. It was enjoying playing it the whole time. I never knew that this game was going to be so good until I finished the game. It became my favorite Final Fantasy game of all times.

 

[Eerie]

My first memory of FF7 was right before I began to play the game.
Boyfriend: "Don't play with Aerith she dies so you lose all your hours of game with her"
Me: "No shit!" *never puts Aerith in her parties*

Signed: a gamer who doesn't like to lose hours of camping

As a side note, I have to say that a 3 fighters team worked very well. My parties were mostly Cloud/Tifa/Vincent because... RANDOMNESS PWNS I was - still am - weird like that

 

[Smaddy]

I remember getting that preview/demo FFVII (with Parasite Eve I think?) and just being amazed by the graphics.

Back then I really disliked Cloud. I used to only play from the point where you get Vincent and Cid to the end. My favorite part was always when Cid became leader.

I learned some of the game mechanics on my own, and I'd purposely set my party up in ways to try to trigger different reactions from different characters. That is, in a conversation it's normally Cloud and the 2nd person in the party talking, with the 3rd person only saying little to nothing. I used to not do things early on in the game and then try them later as Tifa and Cid (favorite being the potion in Kalm).

I also remember being obsessed with that snowboard game, and I would always try to get it to let me play as Tifa or Cid. Cid was funny because if you'd go really, really fast and then smack into an obstacle, he'd freak out.

I always knew to save before exiting the Gelnika, because being greeted by Emerald WEAPON is not fun when you're unprepared. XD

I remember being so excited to get some of the FFVII merch (Toys, Plushies, wall scrolls, and 2 sticker sheets) from a local comics store. FFVII came out right before we got internet access, so getting that kind of thing was pretty tough. Those original action figures were poor quality though- their sockets would always fall apart, and they didn't stand up either. I was disappointed that they never came out with the full party (I think we have/had Cloud, Aeris, Tifa, Vincent, and Barret?).

 

[Neo Bahamut]

This one time, a very bizarre glitch hit me. It's hard to explain, but this should work:

Character: HP total

Before:

Cloud: ~3000
Cid: ~2000
Cait: ~1000

After:

Cloud: ~1000
Cid: ~3000
Cait: ~2000

That's right. For some reason, all of my characters switched HP totals. As a result, Cloud would die from damn near everything. Since he was my strongest character, & I was up against Carry Armor at the time, I made the decision to restart, rather than somehow, miraculously fix that mess.

Incidently, I think that Final Fantasy VII is cursed.

 

[Aki]

Living in the UK we didnt really get many decent RPG's. Infact other than wonderboy and golden axe warrior. I hadnt really played many.

Me and my mate at the weekend used to go to the local video shop n rent a game for the weekend. I kept seeing FFVII with sitckers on the case raving how good it was. We rented it and were hooked. I kept it an extra few nights and paid the fine. Then went and bought the game.


I still remember when I first played it, stuck in Midgar. It took me ages to her out of there. I stayed up all night thinking "one more save point and I'll go to bed"


Still remember the first time we got to Coral it was really sunny outside n we was inside bieng anti social blasting the game

 

[Killer Tofu]

I remember going to Wutai, having Yuffie steal all my materia, going through all the B.S. to get it back and still only getting back green and yellow materia in the end. I'm surprised I didn't just give up...I ended up playing it again. Yuffie is 100% my least favorite character...evar! because of that. Not to mention she's just irritating in general.

 

[Vendel]

My last play though I did the Yuffie part late in the game. When she stole my materia I still had like a third of it left.

Also Tifa's reaction was hilarious.

 

[Dawnbreaker]

When Sephiroth obliterated the dragon in the Nibelhiem flashback. Pwnage!

 

[Dashell]

My last play though I did the Yuffie part late in the game. When she stole my materia I still had like a third of it left.

Also Tifa's reaction was hilarious.

Did you do this when Tifa was in charge of the party? I always wanted to wait until Cid or Tifa were in charge of the party to do this... but I just love Yuffie so much

 

[Vendel]

Did you do this when Tifa was in charge of the party? I always wanted to wait until Cid or Tifa were in charge of the party to do this... but I just love Yuffie so much

No Cloud was in charge. Of the party that is. We know who is really in charge between him and Tifa.

 

[Dashell]

Even though I posted it before, I still say my favorite memory of all my FFVII playing is this:

i loled so hard

 

[ForceStealer]

Did you do this when Tifa was in charge of the party? I always wanted to wait until Cid or Tifa were in charge of the party to do this... but I just love Yuffie so much

...That's actually a good idea, does anyone know how different any dialogue is? If at all.