FINAL FANTASY VII

As one of the second Final Fantasy games I’ve played growing up! FFVII has won me over instantly I beat the bombing mission! Of course at a younger age I didn’t understand the story much, but wow I did enjoy the active turn base battle! Later on when FFVII was ported to PC I grabbed it and it was great as they kept the graphics as it was. Played through and understood the story. Now that I got my hands on the mobile port(finally had iPhone with enough room) I can enjoy the game on the go! Of course the controls feel a little weird as it’s all over the screen, but as you play on you tend to forget it’s there. The music is great especially using headphones or AirPods! The ability to iCloud save is a great move as now I can continue from iPhone to iPad! I like the auto save BUT it was never in the game before so I will never use it! Cheats will make the game way too simple, no fun, sure you can get the full story quicker but the combat is worth it combine with the story. All in all though this port gave me the chance to play at work...shhhh don’t tell! 11/10 thanks! TL:DR funny this is the first time I used it! So the port is very good with controls that cover the screen making it quite distracting unless you play for 30+ minutes it’s like it not there. Cheat are not worth it and auto save made it too easy. But to include it was great for new players. I give this game 11/10 nostalgia, great story, replay value, and portable!

Final Fantasy VII is one of the best video games of all time, and there's nothing different about it in this mobile port except for one thing. That says a lot right there! But that begs the question: what is the one problem this game has? Auto saving. This game NEEDS an auto saving mechanic. When you play a good RPG, you play it for HOURS, and this is one of those cases. However, chances are, if you're so in the game and can't stop playing. You'll likely be having an experience so unreal that you'll forget to save in the long run. That being said, if you die and you haven't saved for a while or at all, then you're going to have to start the game all over again. Which will be very frustrating, rage insisting, annoying, and disappointing. And shockingly enough (sarcasm) this happened to not only myself, but to basically every other person who played this port. So please, game developers, add this feature.

It felt like ever since '97 I've heard nothing but how great Final Fantasy VII is, and why it's such an amazing game and everyone should play it. Naturally, I've always been hesitant to play it out of fear that the hype for the game would lead me to an ultimately disappointing experience, but now, in my 21st year, I've finally had the chance to experience this game. Despite it's aged appearance and some rather archaic design choices, I'm still very impressed by this game and would certainly recommend it to fans of the RPG genre or those simply interested in a good story. It may not be the greatest game of all time or anything so bold, but it's nothing short of a triumph, and perhaps even a masterpiece. The game runs very well on my iPod Touch 6, with no crashes or slowdown of any kind, the music comes through clearly, and the environments ooze of wonder and detail. One complaint I do have is that movement control feels somewhat slippery, but it still serves it's purpose well enough I suppose. Another boom of the game is the iCloud save feature, allowing you to easily and quickly share your save across all of your iOS devices, which has been nice when I want to continue my adventure from my iPod touch with a larger screen on my iPad. From what I've gathered, this is a very faithful port of the original game on the PlayStation, as I've been playing through that version of the game alongside this one for the sake of comparison. The only alteration in terms of content that I've noticed is that some of Barret's more harsh vocabulary has been censored, but I don't think it takes anything a way from his character or the core values of the experience. All things considered, I think this is a wonderful purchase for both newcomers and those who played his game as children with an original dual shock. If you have the $16 to spare, there are fare worse ways to spend it.