Mog’s Fantastic Journey: All of the Towns and Cities of FFVII And What I Think of Them

Rocket Town

Rocket Town is pretty nice. I like the concept. A bunch of bored engineers peter out a living in a boring suburb after a failed rocket crash. I think this town is the most realistic city in the game so far, mostly because it’s the first town to consistently display bathrooms in every house. Of course this place is most memorable because it’s the current city of FFVII’s straight balla shot calla, Cid Highwind. Why Cid is such a fucking badass would be another topic entirely, but one thing that always stuck out to me is how Cid kicks that comedian in Rocket Town in the balls in his own house.

I kinda wish you spend more time here. It’s very IN AND OUT, like most places in FFVII. It’s sometimes hard to really appreciate the places because you’re there and gone. That’s why Midgar is so memorable, it makes an impression and it really settles in, with the player spending hours there before they leave for the next town. In a possible remake, I hope they find a good way to slow it down just a little bit, while keeping the spirit of each location. I dunno. Here’s hoping.

(Thoughts c/o ForceStealer: Cid definitely dominates the memory of Rocket Town, but important shit went down there. The theft of the Tiny Bronco, and the final launching of the Shinra 26 at Meteor. And how could we forget that guy dealing with some serious intestinal distress.
“I dunno what’s going to happen first, Meteor falling or that guy coming out of the bathroom.”)

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