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''Final Fantasy VII'' is widely as one of the most influential and greatest video games of all time, as well as the ''Final Fantasy'' series. It is credited with providing mass-market appeal to console RPGs outside of Japan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629090116/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-08-29-dirge-of-cerberus_x.htm 'Dirge of Cerberus' defies expectations, for better and worse]. USA Today (archived).</ref> ''Final Fantasy VII'' was the first game of the series that used 3D character models on 2D pre-rendered backgrounds and full-motion video sequences. It is the first ''Final Fantasy'' game that was released for a [[Sony]] console, and several ''Final Fantasy'' games would be released as console exclusives for the PlayStation line of systems. | ''Final Fantasy VII'' is widely as one of the most influential and greatest video games of all time, as well as the ''Final Fantasy'' series. It is credited with providing mass-market appeal to console RPGs outside of Japan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629090116/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-08-29-dirge-of-cerberus_x.htm 'Dirge of Cerberus' defies expectations, for better and worse]. USA Today (archived).</ref> ''Final Fantasy VII'' was the first game of the series that used 3D character models on 2D pre-rendered backgrounds and full-motion video sequences. It is the first ''Final Fantasy'' game that was released for a [[Sony]] console, and several ''Final Fantasy'' games would be released as console exclusives for the PlayStation line of systems. | ||
The game's main setting is a | The game's main setting is a dystopia named [[Midgar]], whose areas are divided into eight sectors. The main protagonist and playable character is [[Cloud Strife]], a mercenary and a former first-class [[SOLDIER]] official who works with [[AVALANCHE]] to stop [[Shinra Electric Power Company]], an evil megacorporation that profits from using the planet's natural resources for an energy source. [[Barret Wallace]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], and [[Aerith Gainsborough]] are party members in different parts of the game. The main antagonist is Cloud's nemesis, [[Sephiroth]], who tries to become a demigod after learning about his origin. | ||
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
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===Disc 1=== | ===Disc 1=== | ||
[[File:Mako Reactor 1 explosion.jpg|thumb|left|The Mako Reactor 1 explodes, following a successful raid from AVALANCHE]] | [[File:Mako Reactor 1 explosion.jpg|thumb|left|The Mako Reactor 1 explodes, following a successful raid from AVALANCHE]] | ||
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The remaining members of AVALANCHE—Cloud, Tifa, and Barret—infiltrate [[Shinra Building|Shinra's headquarters]] to rescue Aeris. After freeing her and [[Red XIII]], who joins the party, they escape when most of the personnel in the building are killed, including President Shinra. Finding the body of the president skewered by a [[masamune]], Cloud suspects a man called Sephiroth has returned from his presumed death. These suspicions are confirmed by an executive spared during the massacre, who claims to have witnessed Sephiroth murder the president and state that he would never allow Shinra to claim the Promised Land. The party also learns that during Sephiroth's attack on Shinra, the headless body of a creature named [[Jenova]] disappeared from the building's research facility. | The remaining members of AVALANCHE—Cloud, Tifa, and Barret—infiltrate [[Shinra Building|Shinra's headquarters]] to rescue Aeris. After freeing her and [[Red XIII]], who joins the party, they escape when most of the personnel in the building are killed, including President Shinra. Finding the body of the president skewered by a [[masamune]], Cloud suspects a man called Sephiroth has returned from his presumed death. These suspicions are confirmed by an executive spared during the massacre, who claims to have witnessed Sephiroth murder the president and state that he would never allow Shinra to claim the Promised Land. The party also learns that during Sephiroth's attack on Shinra, the headless body of a creature named [[Jenova]] disappeared from the building's research facility. | ||
While [[Rufus Shinra]], the president's son, assumes control of the Shinra Company, AVALANCHE pursues Sephiroth across the planet, fearing his intentions for the Promised Land may be more destructive than Shinra's. During this pursuit, the party is joined by [[Yuffie | While [[Rufus Shinra]], the president's son, assumes control of the Shinra Company, AVALANCHE pursues Sephiroth across the planet, fearing his intentions for the Promised Land may be more destructive than Shinra's. During this pursuit, the party is joined by [[Yuffie]], [[Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII)|Cait Sith]], [[Vincent Valentine]], and [[Cid Highwind]]. As the journey progresses, each member of the group must come to terms with personal conflicts from their past, and the full scope of Sephiroth's plan is eventually revealed: if the planet is significantly damaged, the [[Lifestream]] within will gather at the point of injury, attempting to heal the wound. Sephiroth explains that he intends to use a powerful spell known as [[Meteor]] to summon a powerful [[Meteor (Final Fantasy VII)|meteor]] that would heavily damage the planet, inciting a reaction in the Lifestream to heal the wound before it can cause the planet's destruction. Entering the fissure created by the meteor's impact, Sephiroth would merge with all the energy of the planet, granting him god-like power over it. At the [[Temple of the Ancients]], AVALANCHE attempts to undermine Sephiroth's plot by claiming the [[Black Materia]] needed to activate Meteor, but Sephiroth displays a mysterious power over Cloud, forcing him to relinquish the Black Materia. | ||
[[File:Sephiroth kills Aeris FF7.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Sephiroth kills Aeris with his masamune]] | [[File:Sephiroth kills Aeris FF7.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Sephiroth kills Aeris with his masamune]] | ||
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Just before dying from old age, Bugenhagen tells Red XIII to join Cloud for the final battle against Sephiroth. With each member of Cloud's group at peace with his or her past and all other opponents defeated, the group travels through the mantle of the planet to its core, where they defeat Sephiroth and free Holy. However, due to Meteor's already close proximity to the planet's surface, Holy is unable to destroy it alone. Selected as Meteor's target, Midgar is almost completely destroyed by the storms that spawn from its presence. However, sent by Aeris' spirit, the Lifestream itself rises from the planet to aid Holy by pushing Meteor away, allowing Holy to destroy it. Five hundred years later, Red XIII is seen with two cubs looking out over the ruins of Midgar, which are now covered in greenery, showing that the planet has healed. | Just before dying from old age, Bugenhagen tells Red XIII to join Cloud for the final battle against Sephiroth. With each member of Cloud's group at peace with his or her past and all other opponents defeated, the group travels through the mantle of the planet to its core, where they defeat Sephiroth and free Holy. However, due to Meteor's already close proximity to the planet's surface, Holy is unable to destroy it alone. Selected as Meteor's target, Midgar is almost completely destroyed by the storms that spawn from its presence. However, sent by Aeris' spirit, the Lifestream itself rises from the planet to aid Holy by pushing Meteor away, allowing Holy to destroy it. Five hundred years later, Red XIII is seen with two cubs looking out over the ruins of Midgar, which are now covered in greenery, showing that the planet has healed. | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== |