When you first played through you thought...
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Gym Leader Devil
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I got stuck inside the Gelnika once, with the damn thing just hovering right outside every time I tried to leave. Thankfully my last save was on dry land 
Random Nobody
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I remember entering Gelnika for the first time (at a fairly low level) and being arseraped by all the horrors and monstrosities therein.
Master Bates
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- Mr. Koiwai
I THOUGHT THE MARLBORO IS UNBEATABLE!!!
And oh! The Tonberries were cute. Deadly, but cute.
And oh! The Tonberries were cute. Deadly, but cute.
e.suna
little nerdling
- Agreed on thinking Tseng and Rufus were really, really dead.
- Also agreed on the scary close calls with Emerald WEAPON showing up out of nowhere. I was kind of scared of the WEAPONs in general and still have never killed Ruby.
- That guy with the weird hat walking by after Aeris and Cloud escape the church... I thought he was a bad guy I needed to avoid because of something Aeris said, and it was a while before I realized you could go right back to the church with no consequence.
- I didn't know the first several play-throughs that you could actually get Corneo to pick Cloud. Same with getting anyone other than Aeris for the date. Which was frustrating because I had become a real Cloud/Tifa supporter throughout the game.
- I thought Yuffie and Caith Sith were stupid and totally worthless, and never used them. I never got Yuffie until I was in the Gongaga area and didn't know you could get her back on the first continent. I eventually got over my hatred of Yuffie, but I still think Cait Sith is worthless.
- That Yin-Yang monster in the basement of the Shinra Mansion still really disturbs me to this day, I think, because I imagined it to be this creepy science experiment of Hojo's that got out.
- The sunken Gelnika was a den of horrors until I was at a high enough level, and then it became a favorite place to grind.
- My innocent 9-year-old mind really thought Cloud and Tifa spent an innocent night sitting together under the Highwind before the last battle.
- I was hell-bent on finding EVERY TREASURE IN THE GAME and went around mashing the circle button on every damned thing in every room in every town and exploring every nook and cranny.
- Also agreed on the scary close calls with Emerald WEAPON showing up out of nowhere. I was kind of scared of the WEAPONs in general and still have never killed Ruby.
- That guy with the weird hat walking by after Aeris and Cloud escape the church... I thought he was a bad guy I needed to avoid because of something Aeris said, and it was a while before I realized you could go right back to the church with no consequence.
- I didn't know the first several play-throughs that you could actually get Corneo to pick Cloud. Same with getting anyone other than Aeris for the date. Which was frustrating because I had become a real Cloud/Tifa supporter throughout the game.
- I thought Yuffie and Caith Sith were stupid and totally worthless, and never used them. I never got Yuffie until I was in the Gongaga area and didn't know you could get her back on the first continent. I eventually got over my hatred of Yuffie, but I still think Cait Sith is worthless.
- That Yin-Yang monster in the basement of the Shinra Mansion still really disturbs me to this day, I think, because I imagined it to be this creepy science experiment of Hojo's that got out.
- The sunken Gelnika was a den of horrors until I was at a high enough level, and then it became a favorite place to grind.
- My innocent 9-year-old mind really thought Cloud and Tifa spent an innocent night sitting together under the Highwind before the last battle.
- I was hell-bent on finding EVERY TREASURE IN THE GAME and went around mashing the circle button on every damned thing in every room in every town and exploring every nook and cranny.
1. I thought Cloud had schizophrenia, but that Zack was real and Cloud thought he was Zack because twins 'can hear each others thoughts and memories' (or some philosephers say) meanwhile Cloud not remembering about Zack being his brother.
2. I thought jenova was infecting the lifestream, making cloud and areth draw closer to Sephy.
2. I thought jenova was infecting the lifestream, making cloud and areth draw closer to Sephy.
I never thought that this scene with Sephiroth and Aerith I´ve already known before I´ve played the game still could touch me because the soundtrack is brilliantly placed in the scene.
And I never thought that it could be possible,that a game has something interesting to offer even after the final credits and the final scene AND after the logo shows up again.
And I never thought that a translation could be so bad
And I never thought that it could be possible,that a game has something interesting to offer even after the final credits and the final scene AND after the logo shows up again.
And I never thought that a translation could be so bad
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Super-long thread, sorry that I haven't read all of it before posting.
Here are the first things that come to mind:
The first time my brother and I played FFVII (we had a joint game where we would take it in turns to play), we both thought something was wrong with the game because the X button didn't work.
The second time we played FFVII, we got as far as the first save point and thought it was rubbish. Then we didn't touch it again for about a year
Much much later, we used to think Emerald Weapon was the most terrifying thing imaginable, and would never use the submarine except when forced to (so we didn't get Vincent's final weapon or limit break, for example). Once I submerged and it was right in front of me, and I nearly had a heart attack. We thought the northern crater, and the possibility of fighting Sephiroth, were pretty scary too, and we put off going there for as long as possible by doing ALL the side-quests. Except beating Emerald, obviously.
And here's a completely random one:
For years and years, I used to think that the FFVII save icon (on the memory card browser) - you know, Cloud's head - was a bag of gil
Here are the first things that come to mind:
The first time my brother and I played FFVII (we had a joint game where we would take it in turns to play), we both thought something was wrong with the game because the X button didn't work.
The second time we played FFVII, we got as far as the first save point and thought it was rubbish. Then we didn't touch it again for about a year
Much much later, we used to think Emerald Weapon was the most terrifying thing imaginable, and would never use the submarine except when forced to (so we didn't get Vincent's final weapon or limit break, for example). Once I submerged and it was right in front of me, and I nearly had a heart attack. We thought the northern crater, and the possibility of fighting Sephiroth, were pretty scary too, and we put off going there for as long as possible by doing ALL the side-quests. Except beating Emerald, obviously.
And here's a completely random one:
For years and years, I used to think that the FFVII save icon (on the memory card browser) - you know, Cloud's head - was a bag of gil
Azure Eternal
Lv. 1 Adventurer
Well, seeing as my first playthrough of VII was fifteen years ago, I can’t remember a lot except for a few key pieces. One, I remember thinking the boss, Air Buster, was impossible to beat. I can vivdly recall running around the house, gloating once I finally bested him. I mean, this guy took me weeks to beat! I was 12, mind you, so I wasn’t particularly great at video games yet. Not RPGs, anyhow.
The second thing I remember is thinking Aeris was going to be a critical member of party, because of Healing Wind, so I spent hours upon hours leveling her, only to be extremely disappointed (for various reasons) when she got axed.
Lastly, I recall believing, whole heartedly, that there was a way to revive Aeris. I tried everything I could find on the interwebs back then. I can’t even begin to count how many Angelfire websites I looked at, trying to find the “actual” way to bring her back. Angelfire and AOL... oh how I miss late 90s Internet.
The second thing I remember is thinking Aeris was going to be a critical member of party, because of Healing Wind, so I spent hours upon hours leveling her, only to be extremely disappointed (for various reasons) when she got axed.
Lastly, I recall believing, whole heartedly, that there was a way to revive Aeris. I tried everything I could find on the interwebs back then. I can’t even begin to count how many Angelfire websites I looked at, trying to find the “actual” way to bring her back. Angelfire and AOL... oh how I miss late 90s Internet.
Soakette
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I watched AC before playing FFVII and I remember thinking god, i hate this cloud guy and falling in love with Shinra and the Turks. Then I played the game and it only confirmed how much more i didn't like cloud and how much more bad ass Shinra and the Turks got.
I also remember waiting for their to be a love scene between Cloud and Tifa, but I was never satisfied with the "under the highwind" scene.
I remember thinking why the fuck is there so much talking! I need voice acting. For me when reading I never really know what the emotions are like so when I played I thought of cloud like the AC cloud all depressed and shit and not like Zack, or how he was in CC.
And also Vincent and Cid was the only characters making me want to continue playing because well I thought Vincent was a hottie and Cid just made me laugh. I really just wanted to play as The Turks and watching their scenes to just made me keep playing because I wanted to see what happened to them. I also really wanted Sephiroth to kill Cloud. But in a way I'm glad he didn't.
I also remember waiting for their to be a love scene between Cloud and Tifa, but I was never satisfied with the "under the highwind" scene.
I remember thinking why the fuck is there so much talking! I need voice acting. For me when reading I never really know what the emotions are like so when I played I thought of cloud like the AC cloud all depressed and shit and not like Zack, or how he was in CC.
And also Vincent and Cid was the only characters making me want to continue playing because well I thought Vincent was a hottie and Cid just made me laugh. I really just wanted to play as The Turks and watching their scenes to just made me keep playing because I wanted to see what happened to them. I also really wanted Sephiroth to kill Cloud. But in a way I'm glad he didn't.
Lex
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I assumed that the Ancient Forest next to Cosmo Canyon was a place where you could go to see Aerith, or some sort of portal to the Promised Land (which I also thought we'd see). I think I thought these things because I had no idea how to get to it for months (I was what... 7 when I first played this game?) but you could clearly see that it was a place to go.
I also believed a rumor that if you did certain things the fish would be removed from that house in City of the Ancients, and I was convinced that this was the key to reviving she-beast.
I thought we'd see/ learn a lot more about the Cetra/Ancients, and I thought that the City of the Ancients would be more important to the story than it actually was. I don't know why. I'm sure I kept going back there all the time expecting to see something else happen. I also wanted people to move in and repair it all... shell houses are cool.
@Sollux, I completely agree. I still don't understand why they try to stop them either, to me it was always a huge plot hole.
I also believed a rumor that if you did certain things the fish would be removed from that house in City of the Ancients, and I was convinced that this was the key to reviving she-beast.
I thought we'd see/ learn a lot more about the Cetra/Ancients, and I thought that the City of the Ancients would be more important to the story than it actually was. I don't know why. I'm sure I kept going back there all the time expecting to see something else happen. I also wanted people to move in and repair it all... shell houses are cool.
@Sollux, I completely agree. I still don't understand why they try to stop them either, to me it was always a huge plot hole.
Gym Leader Devil
True Master of the Dark-type (suck it Piers)
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- So many names
I have seen many a fic where this happened. Thus, I believe you're not alone at all in this desire
Mirai Zack Fair
Rookie Adventurer
Aerith's death scene still remains a very sad scene for me. Even when I saw it a second time, my immediate response was turning away from the screen, and waiting until the scene was over.
AvecAloes
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It has been a few years since I first played VII, but let's see what I can remember thinking...it was my first RPG experience, and I'd heard several things about it before I played so I wasn't completely in the dark in regards to story, but...
-I was really confused as to what was going on with Cloud, but I guess that's to be expected, it being purposefully done and all
-I knew that Aeris was going to die, so I spent my time finding reasons to not like her. I didn't know when it would happen though, and was genuinely surprised that it happened so early in the game. I was expecting it to be near the end, if not at the end. So I was kind of shocked and taken aback, but as I had mentally steeled myself against her in general, I wasn't too heartbroken about it.
-Speaking of her death, I remember watching the White Materia fall into the pool of water and thinking "Oh man, I have to remember to grab that before I leave here oh wait what hey the materia I have to get it awwww crap. Fine." I was worried though that I was missing something crucial by not swimming after it.
-I was frustrated with Tifa's wishy washiness when it came to her interactions with Cloud and her obvious avoidance of the truth as she remembered it. I could tell she was hiding something and it really bothered me. I liked her, don't get me wrong, that just bugged me.
-I never got Yuffie. I encountered her once, had no idea what was going on, got frustrated, and never ran into her again. It was only later that I realized what that was all about. So in never getting Yuffie I never had to deal with the whole materia mission in Wutai.
-I did get Vincent, and I loved him.
-Never liked Cait Sith.
-I remember getting very very frustrated during the battle against Safer Sephiroth every time he used Super Nova because it took freaking foreverrrrrr
Force and I are running through a playthrough now, and it's amazing how much stuff I'd forgotten about or just didn't get/understand the first time I played through. I think that's kind of my MO for story based games, though. The first time I play through them I miss a lot and/or don't make the connections.
-I was really confused as to what was going on with Cloud, but I guess that's to be expected, it being purposefully done and all
-I knew that Aeris was going to die, so I spent my time finding reasons to not like her. I didn't know when it would happen though, and was genuinely surprised that it happened so early in the game. I was expecting it to be near the end, if not at the end. So I was kind of shocked and taken aback, but as I had mentally steeled myself against her in general, I wasn't too heartbroken about it.
-Speaking of her death, I remember watching the White Materia fall into the pool of water and thinking "Oh man, I have to remember to grab that before I leave here oh wait what hey the materia I have to get it awwww crap. Fine." I was worried though that I was missing something crucial by not swimming after it.
-I was frustrated with Tifa's wishy washiness when it came to her interactions with Cloud and her obvious avoidance of the truth as she remembered it. I could tell she was hiding something and it really bothered me. I liked her, don't get me wrong, that just bugged me.
-I never got Yuffie. I encountered her once, had no idea what was going on, got frustrated, and never ran into her again. It was only later that I realized what that was all about. So in never getting Yuffie I never had to deal with the whole materia mission in Wutai.
-I did get Vincent, and I loved him.
-Never liked Cait Sith.
-I remember getting very very frustrated during the battle against Safer Sephiroth every time he used Super Nova because it took freaking foreverrrrrr
Force and I are running through a playthrough now, and it's amazing how much stuff I'd forgotten about or just didn't get/understand the first time I played through. I think that's kind of my MO for story based games, though. The first time I play through them I miss a lot and/or don't make the connections.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
Super Nova is freaking amazing.
Once.
Once.
robotwarui
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Responding to the Link on This Week's Roundup from
When I played FFVII for the first time, I didn't understand most of what was going on, but I just kept playing. The previous games' plots somehow were easier to understand. But I felt desperate to get a grip especially since the music was playing with my heartstrings. Maybe it was Cloud's fault! Maybe I wanted to meet him too.
Anyway, the silly story of how it took me 13 years to beat the game is in the Foreword chapter of one of my fanfics.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7584545/5/This-New-Day
But it mostly talks about the technical difficulties of my first time playing.
</H3>Sheesh! I thought the link would take me to a new and/or active thread!
When I played FFVII for the first time, I didn't understand most of what was going on, but I just kept playing. The previous games' plots somehow were easier to understand. But I felt desperate to get a grip especially since the music was playing with my heartstrings. Maybe it was Cloud's fault! Maybe I wanted to meet him too.
Anyway, the silly story of how it took me 13 years to beat the game is in the Foreword chapter of one of my fanfics.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7584545/5/This-New-Day
But it mostly talks about the technical difficulties of my first time playing.
SirVival
Pro Adventurer
Hah, this sure brings back memories. I was maybe 8-10 years old when I went to the friends place. It was a kind of an everyday habit. My friend's older brother happened to be fighting the final battles against Sephiroth and the whole room was full of people trying not to miss any second of this epic match. He had loaned the game from some acquaintance of his. That was the first moment I laid my eyes on this masterpiece and I have to tell you, that was like heroin to my still underage eyes. That magic system, Limit breaks, the freaking blue background panel, Sephiroth, everything - I remember everything like yesterday.
This is when I started to look for that game; i needed my own. It wasn't until six months later we finally met again. I was spending a holiday with my family and finally found it in a spanish atrium - Final Fantasy 7. You can't possibly imagine this rush I got just from staring at the front cover. It was enough to piss my pants, almost. Rest of the holiday I pretty much spent staring at the discs and that small "info" zettel that came with the game. Who cares about culture, sun and sand, waterparks or the most amazing serrano, because LOOK WHAT I HAVE HERE.
Sorry for ranting, but I still remember those days very clearly.
Yeah so we finally came back home. The freaking game was in spanish, which really didn't matter at the time because I couldn't understand english neither. I had absolutely no idea about the plot, I just played and played, making my own interpretations. After being killed by Migdar Zolom (and pretty much by everything else up to that point too) ca. 1000 times, I finally was able to run past him without chocobo. I loved every minigame, battle, music and rendered background - eventhough it took me often weeks/months to get past some points (Lunar harp I'm looking at you). I remember crying when Aerith died, as I thought she was MY girlfriend, and I remember laughing when Barret or Cid cursed in spanish (DIABLO), as they were my mates and my trusted companions in every battle. I didn't get Vincent or Yuffie on my first playthrough, who had any idea? Yuffie I had met from time to time while exploring the local forests, and she pretty much shat on my face everytime. Still hate that bitch. When I make my disadvantaged playthroughs nowadays I still often miss her, just BECAUSE I FUCKING CAN. In the days, when information moved much slower or didn't move at all, it was very common to miss such major events of the game. Well, maybe it's better not to tell you guys my personal interpretations and thoughts about this game, because plot never played any kind of role for me, especially after the first playthrough.
All I can say is that finishing that game took me longer than it did for the most of you and that was such an accomplishment for me, that I actually felt very empty for a long time after finishing FF7. I missed experiencing with materia and this in a way grew up to be an obsession: I started to play the game in a experimental way. Trying to resurrect Aeris, my girlfriend, was an everyday routine for me between the years 1999-2001. It was until 2002 that I beat the satan out of Ruby weapon, around 4 years after I actually bought the game. Only later when I bought english-version I grew up to appreciate sidecharacters and other things of the game. Now I know so much more, mostly thanks to internet, but back in the days I would post once a month, due to allowance I got, to a TV-chat to share ideas about Aeris-resurrection. Oh there were many. Now I know better, but I still will never accept Tifa getting it on with Cloud.
Wow, pff, this was a long and pointless post. Back to work, I guess.
This is when I started to look for that game; i needed my own. It wasn't until six months later we finally met again. I was spending a holiday with my family and finally found it in a spanish atrium - Final Fantasy 7. You can't possibly imagine this rush I got just from staring at the front cover. It was enough to piss my pants, almost. Rest of the holiday I pretty much spent staring at the discs and that small "info" zettel that came with the game. Who cares about culture, sun and sand, waterparks or the most amazing serrano, because LOOK WHAT I HAVE HERE.
Sorry for ranting, but I still remember those days very clearly.
Yeah so we finally came back home. The freaking game was in spanish, which really didn't matter at the time because I couldn't understand english neither. I had absolutely no idea about the plot, I just played and played, making my own interpretations. After being killed by Migdar Zolom (and pretty much by everything else up to that point too) ca. 1000 times, I finally was able to run past him without chocobo. I loved every minigame, battle, music and rendered background - eventhough it took me often weeks/months to get past some points (Lunar harp I'm looking at you). I remember crying when Aerith died, as I thought she was MY girlfriend, and I remember laughing when Barret or Cid cursed in spanish (DIABLO), as they were my mates and my trusted companions in every battle. I didn't get Vincent or Yuffie on my first playthrough, who had any idea? Yuffie I had met from time to time while exploring the local forests, and she pretty much shat on my face everytime. Still hate that bitch. When I make my disadvantaged playthroughs nowadays I still often miss her, just BECAUSE I FUCKING CAN. In the days, when information moved much slower or didn't move at all, it was very common to miss such major events of the game. Well, maybe it's better not to tell you guys my personal interpretations and thoughts about this game, because plot never played any kind of role for me, especially after the first playthrough.
All I can say is that finishing that game took me longer than it did for the most of you and that was such an accomplishment for me, that I actually felt very empty for a long time after finishing FF7. I missed experiencing with materia and this in a way grew up to be an obsession: I started to play the game in a experimental way. Trying to resurrect Aeris, my girlfriend, was an everyday routine for me between the years 1999-2001. It was until 2002 that I beat the satan out of Ruby weapon, around 4 years after I actually bought the game. Only later when I bought english-version I grew up to appreciate sidecharacters and other things of the game. Now I know so much more, mostly thanks to internet, but back in the days I would post once a month, due to allowance I got, to a TV-chat to share ideas about Aeris-resurrection. Oh there were many. Now I know better, but I still will never accept Tifa getting it on with Cloud.
Wow, pff, this was a long and pointless post. Back to work, I guess.
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Sorry
I prefer linking to and possibly reviving old threads to creating new, duplicate threads.
JBedford
Pro Adventurer
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- JBed
My brother got FFVII a long time ago. I suspect sometime after 1997, or between 1997 and 2000. That would put me somewhere between four and seven. My memories are vague, but I remember him in the Wall Market, that it took him 24 hours of game time to get out of Midgar, and that Disk 2 froze after running off screen. Although my memory associates this event with the field screen in Gongaga for absolutely no reason. I also remember him running over the marshes and avoiding the zolom on foot. I remember the slain zolom scene too. And I think my brother got lost in Corel Desert. And I remember the slum drunk line.
And my brother told me Ester was a robot. Which I just accepted. It was only further down the line that I questioned it thinking "how? what? that doesn't make sense"
Also my brother called the evil company "Shrina" (like Shrine-ar), and the evil man in black "Sephroith". Which were admittedly still pretty cool things to call them, and it was strange and funny to come to the realisation years after that they were wrong when I actually properly read the words. Other memorable misreadings/mispronunications I inherited from my brother was the main character of Tekken, "Heihachi", or "Hyechi" ("Hye", like in Hyena, "Chi" like in "Cheetah"). Don't know how they got that.
Anyway, Disk 2 was broken, and some point a friend of my brother borrowed the game and that was the last time we saw it. We got another copy at some point, and I must have played it at some point, although I don't remember properly playing it. I often "play" games with my brother, but spend most of the time observing. I don't think I've ever had a real and full playthrough, definitely not alone anyway.
My last early memory of the game is when my brother first played it. He doesn't like dying in games, which means I pretty much had to do all the difficult fights. He also avoided going underwater, because he was scared of Emerald Weapon.
Anyway, he had to go down there for a reason, and I thought he was being scared for no reason, so progress hadn't saved it in a while and I went down. At that point in time I only thought Emerald Weapon circled the main area (or maybe I knew he appeared in front of things just to freak the player out, but I always expected him in the main area). And so I was down there and started looking around for him. --Literally, I turn around and he's right behind me and moving towards me. So I panicked and returned to the surface and saved my game.
It's funny because I thought there was nothing to worry about, then almost lost a couple of hours progress trying to prove it.
And my brother told me Ester was a robot. Which I just accepted. It was only further down the line that I questioned it thinking "how? what? that doesn't make sense"
Also my brother called the evil company "Shrina" (like Shrine-ar), and the evil man in black "Sephroith". Which were admittedly still pretty cool things to call them, and it was strange and funny to come to the realisation years after that they were wrong when I actually properly read the words. Other memorable misreadings/mispronunications I inherited from my brother was the main character of Tekken, "Heihachi", or "Hyechi" ("Hye", like in Hyena, "Chi" like in "Cheetah"). Don't know how they got that.
Anyway, Disk 2 was broken, and some point a friend of my brother borrowed the game and that was the last time we saw it. We got another copy at some point, and I must have played it at some point, although I don't remember properly playing it. I often "play" games with my brother, but spend most of the time observing. I don't think I've ever had a real and full playthrough, definitely not alone anyway.
- I found Titan, which I recall my brother didn't, and I found it by hitting X around the reactor looking for Huge Materia. Also the "X" and "O" confusion has always been there, but I don't remember the annoyance during my first playthrough.
- I found Ramuh, which I recall my brother didn't.
- I thought the Forest of the Ancients on the World Map represented the Gi Cave which you can't return to. Not that that makes sense, but I couldn't get to it (in VIII they also do this with the place Laguna goes to in a flashback and some other areas, but I only discovered that in the last couple years).
- I thought Tseng died. I also thought Rufus died, but Rufus did actually die. I hated him being in AC.
- I thought Cloud was an actual clone. As in actually created. I don't even know how I figured out that wasn't the case, might have been the Lifestream scene.
- I thought Johnny was Cloud's childhood friend, and also the person who wrote the letter to Tifa you find in her room.
- I thought the fish in the City of the Ancients had something to do with reviving Aeris, which I never thought was possible but I remember this made me think something about it.
- I got lost on Mt. Nibel for ages, and must have levelled up at least ten times. So lucky I managed to find the exit behind the reactor.
- I thought the Northern Cave actually was the Promised Land. And I always referred to that cave as it.
My last early memory of the game is when my brother first played it. He doesn't like dying in games, which means I pretty much had to do all the difficult fights. He also avoided going underwater, because he was scared of Emerald Weapon.
Anyway, he had to go down there for a reason, and I thought he was being scared for no reason, so progress hadn't saved it in a while and I went down. At that point in time I only thought Emerald Weapon circled the main area (or maybe I knew he appeared in front of things just to freak the player out, but I always expected him in the main area). And so I was down there and started looking around for him. --Literally, I turn around and he's right behind me and moving towards me. So I panicked and returned to the surface and saved my game.
It's funny because I thought there was nothing to worry about, then almost lost a couple of hours progress trying to prove it.
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Poe-Lantern
Pro Adventurer
The first time I played, I was 10, over ten years ago. I thought Tseng was dead too. Or dying in a 'it's too late to save him' way.
I got the 'date' with Barret, (I spent the vast majority of the first disk trolling Aerith and Tifa) The whole thing confused me. Only when I replayed it like a year later, I got Aerith and realised that you weren't supposed to get Barret.
I thought I could find Zangan somewhere.
I thought Cait Sith wasn't coming back.
Wasn't Johnny the one who wrote the letter to Tifa?
Slightly off topic but kinda not, my original copy of final fantasy 7 came with a demo for final fantasy 8. The first time I played the demo CD my 8 year old sister watched it with me. She thought it a was a direct sequel for 7 and that Rinoa was Tifa. She demanded to know why she had dumped Cloud for this new guy and how dare they replace him.
I got the 'date' with Barret, (I spent the vast majority of the first disk trolling Aerith and Tifa) The whole thing confused me. Only when I replayed it like a year later, I got Aerith and realised that you weren't supposed to get Barret.
I thought I could find Zangan somewhere.
I thought Cait Sith wasn't coming back.
Wasn't Johnny the one who wrote the letter to Tifa?
Slightly off topic but kinda not, my original copy of final fantasy 7 came with a demo for final fantasy 8. The first time I played the demo CD my 8 year old sister watched it with me. She thought it a was a direct sequel for 7 and that Rinoa was Tifa. She demanded to know why she had dumped Cloud for this new guy and how dare they replace him.