Final Fantasy VII Playthrough

[auronlu]

I really got into the Final Fantasy bandwagon with VIII. While I have actually played through VII once and vaguely remember it, many of the details are fuzzy, and I recall being extremely confused by the whole Cloud-Sephiroth backstory (clone, puppet, wha?)  Also, I didn't entirely grasp where I was or what I was looking at the first time through most of Midgar, since I was playing with a lousy TV or a confused Mac Molar trying desperately to emulate a PS1.  Now, armed with a PS3, good speakers, and a screen I can see, I'm trying it again.

So yeah. I don't know if I'll get through it, but for the moment I have joined in the group playthrough here in ff7_oldschool .

I've always been fond of VII, but it's never been THE GAME the way some other games (RIVEN, FFX) are for me. 

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[paperclipchains.livejournal.com]

I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE JOINING IN!

Even if you can't play along, check out let's plays or just join in the conversation with all of us as time goes on.

I WILL EXPLAIN THE CLONE THING LATER.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

FF7 is our FAVORITE. Except for FF9, which is REALLY our favorite.

[euphonious-glow.livejournal.com]

I liked the beginning of VII a lot, basically the whole first disc, and especially the entire portion in Midgar. But after Aerith dies, I kind of lose interest.

FFX will always be my Number 1.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

FFX was the 1st console game I ever played and it hooked me hard. It was like 'the 1st taste is free', as a chum loaned me the game and a PS2 to try it out. Wandered through the start and after getting to Besaid, I lost it completely, went out and BOUGHT a PS2 & FFX because no -way- would someone get it away from me. ^_^

Shortly after this I learned about FF7. It wouldn't play on my PS2; sighs. But I was about to find a really cheap PS1 and was hooked on it, too.

IMO, FFX is -still- the prettiest game I've ever played - but FF7 has the best plot & story, hands down.

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

Didn't know about that community! So, yeah, I'm totally in. :-) Granted, I belong to the hoary old school of people who started at FF1 in 1990, but I still have a soft spot for FF7 as it was back in the day.

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

GOOD.

I ALMOST FIGURED IT OUT
except really not quite.

I will say that my ignorance spares me from all the grief of the Cloud/Aerith Cloud/Tifa teeth-gnashing, except that I have a bad habit of sticking with "Aeris" since that's what the game said.

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

I need to play IX again and get why. I still feel vaguely embarrassed that it wasn't mine.

I like bits and pieces of it very much, but it didn't grab me the way the more angstbucket ones do. I think I have a sweet tooth for bad angst and melodrama. (No, reaaaaally?)