/vr/ - Retro Games

>>11463661
At the time; the biggest reason was that it was a huge cultural movement. Part of the deal of Square defecting to Sony was Sony paying for an absolutely absurd marketing budget. This ad played in theaters, which was unheard of at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVgDgQSk8s
Because of that it was a lot of people's first RPG.

The graphics were way ahead of their time, and for many people it was the first game they played that had "realistic" human characters.

The two main heroines, Aeris/Aerith and Tifa, are widely considered to be two of the greatest heroines, not just in Final Fantasy, but in all of gaming and to this day. Although most casual fans just like them for their attractiveness and the surface-level elements of their personalities, they're both actually very complex and well-developed characters with interesting relationships with the protagonist.
The story is also very well written in the original Japanese, although the initial English translation was infamously poor.

The two new main mechanics introduced in the game, Materia and Limit Breaks, were both extraordinarily popular and became the yardstick that all other RPG mechanics are judged against, even to this day.

In short, Final Fantasy VII isn't a perfect game, but it was a perfect storm.
There's lots of little things about it that are flawed, but all of its big ideas were spot-on, and it was released at the moment that would give it the maximum possible cultural impact.

>>10565586
I think so since most of them are crucial to the experience and the storytelling. Off the top of my head, you could probably cut the Golden Saucer FMV's (replace them with still frames with 3D gondolas/carriages/whatever), and the Tifa weapon FMV is a classic but probably not necessary either.
>>10565592
You are retarded, nothing was said about the strength of either console; this is about about dispelling the common myth about FMV's being the culprit. Fact is the game was not designed in such a way that it could fit on 64MB; calling that console warring is like accusing me of console warring for saying the newest Call of Duty couldn't have been on an N64 cart.

obligatory tifa boobstream gif

>>4782427
TITFA FROM NIPPLEHAM

TITFA FROM NIPPLEHAM

>>3122885
Ayy

obligatory

Sue me. Her tits were amazing.

I almost still could to this

>>1208406
>I'm not so sure. Did they fix One Winged Angel?

HOLY FUCK THEY FIXED IT

Tifa's firm, gigantic tits.

>>1099139
>>1099156
>>1099190
They're goin' nutz.

>>569796
>hooker Tifa

Isn't that a bit redundant?