Vote For The Top 50 Reasons Why Final Fantasy VII is the Greatest Game Ever Made

clowd

Pro Adventurer
The following list is just suggestions, or reminders. Your reasons do not have to come from the list.

List up to 50 reasons, but be sure to put them in order. Your #1 reason will receive 50 points, #2 49 points, #3 48 points and so on.

I will make a series of youtube videos with the results at a later time.

Battle


Enemy Skills
Limit Breaks
Materia System
Omnislash
Simple, but engaging
Summon Sequences
Top-level materia (i.e. Bahamut ZERO, KotR)
Total class customisation


Characters


Aeris Gainsborough
Barret Wallace
Biggs
Bugenhagen
Cait Sith
Cetra
Choco Bill
Choco Billy
Chole
Cloud Strife
Cid Highwind
Don Corneo
Dyne
Elena
Elmyra
Heidegger
Hojo
Jenova
Jessie
Johnny
Kotch
Lucrecia Crescent
Marlene Wallace
Mayor Domino
Mr. Holzoff
Mukki
NPCs
I could write a book about them, but just take for example the philosophical, dedicated station guard at Sector 7, and contrastr him with all those surfer dudes and beach bunnies in Costa wo just don't give a tit about anything but their own good time. There are the ones who have been broken by Shinra and have sunk into apathy and despair, and the ones who still believe that Shinra will save them from everything. Comparisons are odious, but in none of the other games have the NPCs captured my imagination like the ones in FFVII. - LicoriceAllsorts
Palmer
President Shinra
Red XIII
Reeve Tuesti
Reno
Rude
Rufus
Scarlett
Scotch
Sephiroth
Seto
SOLDIER (1st, 2nd, 3rd Class)
Tifa Lockhart
Tseng
Turks
Vincent Valentine
Wedge
Yuffie Kisargi
Zangan
Zack Fair


Enemies


Diamond WEAPON
Emerald WEAPON
Ruby WEAPON
Sapphire WEAPON
Ultima WEAPON


Gameplay


The ability to change how a character reacts to you.
The ability to have a character you showed generosity towards and hit on like you enough to date you.


Graphics


3D World Map
FMVs
Graphics that show, but do not choke imagination
Prerendered backgrounds


Legacy


Helped bring RPGs to the mainstream
Original copies being sold for as high as $500
Still learning new things about the game even today


Mini Games


Basketball
Boxing
Chocobo Betting
Chocobo Breeding
Chocobo Racing
Fort Condor Battles
Hardy Daytona Bike Battle
Mog
Scoring 300 on "Super Dunk" so you can buy a life-time Gold Saucer pass on your first visit.
Snow boarding
Submarine


Moments


Aeris' Death
Arriving at '7th Heaven' in Sector 7. Your first "safe" environment of the game
Barret mourns Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie
Beating Joe and Teioh with your Chocobo
Cait Sith giving the key to the ancients to Tseng
Cait Sith's Death in the Temple of Ancients
Cid Highwind's Rocket Story about how it ended up tilted over
Cloud's date with Aerith/Tifa, messing up your lines on the Gold Saucer date
Cloud meets Aeris for the first time
Cloud cross-dressing
Cloud remembers the truth about the Nibelheim Incident , how he threw Sephiroth into the reactor
Diamond WEAPON's attack on Midgar
Dyne's suicide/encounter with Barret
Ending FMV
Escaping Shinra Tower FMV
Finding Yuffie (again!) in Wutai
Flushing toilets
Having Vincent in your party when you fight Hojo
Jenova escapes Shinra building
Junon Parade
Nanaki's introduction - Going from bad guy to party member.
Opening FMV
Parachuting into Midgar
Prelude credits
Red XIII/Nanaki FMV at the very end
Red XIII/Nanaki Learns the Truth about Seto
Sapphire WEAPON's attack on Junon
Seeing Jenova for the first time in the Nibelheim reactor
Seeing Jenova for the first time in the Shinra Building
Sector 7 Pillar collapse
Sephiroth frees Jenova from Nibelheim reactor
Sephiroth walks through the fire
Stopping or letting the train hit Corel
Tifa helps Cloud find himself in the lifestream
WEAPON's Escape from North Crater
Zack's death/flashback in Nibelheim basement


Music


Anxious Heart
Aeris' Theme
Birth of a God
Cid's Theme
Crazy Motorcycle Chase
Electric de Chocobo
Highwind Takes to the Skies
J-E-N-O-V-A
Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII
One Winged Angel
Reunion
Still More Fighting
The Great Warrior
Those Chosen by the Planet
Tifa's Theme
Trail of Blood
Turk's Theme
Underneath the Rotting Pizza
You Can Hear the Cry of the Planet


Places


Aeris' church in Sector 5
Battle Arena
Bone Village
City of the Ancients
Chocobo Ranch
Corel
Corel Prison
Cosmo Canyon
Costa Del Sol
Fort Condor
Golden Saucer
Gongaga
Icicle Inn
Junon
Kalm
Mideel
Midgar
Mt. Nibel
Nibelheim
Northern Crater
Rocket Town
Sector 7 Slums
Shinra Tower
Temple of the Ancients
Wall Market
Wutai


Story


Campy
Elements of Horror
Elements of Science Fiction
Epic
Exposition
Lifestream mythology
Love Triangle
Mako mythology
Pace
Significance of its themes to contemporary life
Transition from fighting a tyrant megacorporation to saving the world to going after one man to settle personal issues


Vehicles


Chocobo (Blue, Green, Black, Gold)
Hardy Daytona
Highwind
Submarine
Tiny Bronco


Weapons


Apocalypse
Buster Sword
Gatling Gun
Junon Cannon
Masamune
Meteor
Sister Ray
Ultimate Weapon (Cloud's)

MY LIST


1. Midgar
2. Mako mythology
3. Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII
4. Cloud Strife
5. Opening FMV
6. Barret Wallace
7. Sephiroth
8. Golden Saucer
9. WEAPON's Escape from North Crater
10. Prerendered Backgrounds
11. Sapphire WEAPON's attack on Junon
12. Sector 7 Pillar collapse
13. Aerith's Death
14. Barret mourns Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie
15. Cid Highwind's Rocket Story about how it ended up tilted over
16. Red XIII/Nanaki Learns the Truth about Seto
17. Dyne's suicide/encounter with Barret
18. Cid's Theme
19. Chocobo Breeding
20. Wall Market
21. Cloud's date with Aerith/Tifa, messing up your lines on the Gold Saucer date
22. One Winged Angel
23. Still More Fighting
24. Tifa Lockhart
25. Still learning new things about the game even today
26. 3D World Map
27. Snow Boarding
28. Jenova
29. Materia System
30. Jenova escapes Shinra building
31. Cloud meets Aeris for the first time
32. Rufus Shinra
33. Junon Parade
34. Buster Sword
35. Cid Highwind
36. Chocobo Racing
37. Cloud remembers the truth about the Nibelheim Incident , how he threw Sephiroth into the reactor
38. Limit Breaks
39. Sector 7 Slums
40. Summon Sequences
41. Turks
42. Lifestream mythology
43. NPCs
44. Zack's death/flashback in Nibelheim basement
45. The ability to have a character you showed generosity towards and hit on like you enough to date you.
46. Cait Sith
47. Ominslash
48. Highwind
49. Ultimate WEAPON
50. Aerith's house in Sector 7 slums
 
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Roger

He/him
AKA
Minato
  1. Sephiroth
  2. Cloud Strife
  3. Shinra #26's voyage
  4. Tifa helps Cloud find himself in the lifestream
  5. Red XIII/Nanaki Learns the Truth about Seto
  6. Cloud remembers the truth about the Nibelheim Incident , how he threw Sephiroth into the reactor
  7. Midgar
  8. Finding Cloud in Mideel
  9. The ability to change how a character reacts to you.
  10. Hardy Daytona
  11. Highwind
  12. Buster Sword
  13. Meteor
  14. Rufus Shinra
  15. Tifa Lockhart
  16. Barret Wallace
  17. Those Chosen by the Planet
  18. Aeris Gainsborough
  19. Materia System
  20. Aeris' death
  21. Cid Highwind
  22. Hojo
  23. Zack Fair
  24. FMVs
  25. Jenova
  26. Limit Breaks
  27. Red XIII
  28. Turks
  29. Junon Cannon
  30. Yuffie Kisaragi
  31. Hardy Daytona Bike Battle
  32. Seto
  33. Still More Fighting
  34. Transition from fighting a tyrant megacorporation to saving the world to going after one man to settle personal issues
  35. Junon
  36. The ability to have a character you showed generosity towards and hit on like you enough to date you.
  37. Aeris' Theme
  38. Sephiroth frees Jenova from Nibelheim reactor
  39. Vincent Valentine
  40. J-E-N-O-V-A
  41. Sephiroth walks through the fire
  42. Love Triangle
  43. Sapphire WEAPON's attack on Junon
  44. Golden Saucer
  45. Cloud's date with Aerith/Tifa, messing up your lines on the Gold Saucer date
  46. Cid's Theme
  47. Shinra Tower
  48. Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII
  49. One Winged Angel
  50. The Great Warrior
Phew, finally got it all narrowed to 50 and sorted out. I think I only made two personal additions.
 

Arth

Pro Adventurer
AKA
Arthquake
1.Cloud remembers the truth about the Nibelheim Incident , how he threw Sephiroth into the reactor
2.Aerith´s Death
3.The complete soundtrack as one magnificent work
4.Red XIII/Nanaki FMV at the very end
5.Ending FMV
6.Dead Midgar Zolom by the hands of Sephiroth
7.Opening FMV
8.Jenova escapes Shinra building
9.Tifa helps Cloud find himself in the lifestream
10.WEAPON's Escape from North Crater
11.Sector 7 Pillar Collapse
12.Zack's death/flashback in Nibelheim basement
13.Don Corneo´s OG death in Wutai
14.Diamond WEAPON approaching Midgar and the crew must stop it
15.Playing the Main Theme on the piano ( I myself am a piano player :D )
16.The first Cosmo Canyon observatory scene
17.Barret mourns Biggs,Wedge and Jesse
18.Junon Parade
19.Cloud cross-dressing
20.Cid fulfilling his dream to be the first man in space
21.Red XIII/Nanaki Learns the Truth about Seto
22.NPCs
23.Costa Del Sol
24.Walking through the snow while listening to ´´Buried in the Snow´´
25.Pre rendered backgrounds
26.Highwind
27.Graphics that show, but do not choke imagination
28.Materia System
29.Ultimate Weapon (Cloud's)
30.Still learning new things about the game even today
31.Lifestream Mythology
32.Omnislash
33.Snow boarding
34.City of the Ancients
35.Transition from fighting a tyrant megacorporation to saving the world to going after one man to settle personal issues
36.Epic
37.Golden Chocobo
38.Buster Sword
39.Final Fantasy VII logo
40.Aerith´s Church in Sector 5
41.Aerith´s ´´ghost´´ in the church
42.Shinra Tower
43.Significance of its themes to contemporary life
44.Parachuting into Midgar
45.Meeting the dragon Sephiroth once defeated easily
46.The Condor dies
47.Cloud nearly killing Aerith with the Buster Sword
48.Finding Cloud in Mideel
49.The different camera angles in battles to let them look dynamic
50.Simple,but engaging battle system
 
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