Their unchecked harvesting and conversion of Lifestream into expendable Mako energy has led to widespread ecological decay, potentially threatening all life on the Planet. Shinra's Mako reactors create power by extracting " Lifestream," the physical form of the Planet's spiritual energy, directly out of the earth. The city is controlled by the Shinra Electric Power Company, an oppressive megacorporation headquartered in Midgar that leverages their global monopoly on basic utilities, as well as a powerful standing military, in order to exert their authority over much of the world's population. Story Midgar, the game's first major locationįinal Fantasy VII's opening cinematic depicts the disc-shaped city of Midgar, an industrialized dystopia built atop the convergence of several older villages (now known only as "Sectors") and powered by convenient Mako energy. However, due to the technical limitations and higher manufacturing costs associated with the N64's cartridge-based format, the game's development was eventually transitioned to Sony's PlayStation hardware, causing a rift between Square and Nintendo that put an end to their working relationship for several years afterward.Ī remake of the original game, Final Fantasy VII Remake, was released worldwide in 2020 for PlayStation 4. This was especially true in the case of Nintendo 64, as Final Fantasy VII first began development in 1994 as a Nintendo platform exclusive. Because the game's pre-rendered video content requires a significant amount of storage space, the PlayStation release of Final Fantasy VII consists of three discs which are swapped-between at certain points over the course of the story.įinal Fantasy VII has also been acknowledged for boosting sales of the PlayStation, helping to cement Sony's dominant position over other fifth-generation console manufacturers. This tiny resistance group struggles to protect their world (referred to simply as "the Planet" or " Gaia") from ruthless exploitation by the megacorporation Shinra, pitting the ex- SOLDIER Cloud and his companions against Shinra's heavily armed security forces.įinal Fantasy VII is generally credited for popularizing the role-playing genre outside of Japan, thanks in part to its extensive use of pre-rendered cutscenes, and its overwhelming critical and commercial success helped to pave the way for the rise of cinematic storytelling in the video game industry. The story follows Cloud Strife, an aloof mercenary hired by an eco-terrorist group known as AVALANCHE. Square also published the game in Japan, but its release in North America and Europe was handled by Sony Computer Entertainment. Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing game developed by Squaresoft (now known as Square Enix) and originally released for PlayStation in 1997.
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