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My kid picked the party colors before she could even read the menu.
Game entry
Final Fantasy VII
1997 · JRPG, Adventure · PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3 · Square Enix
GameForever voters place Final Fantasy VII no. 72 in the world ranking, with 1,850 ELO points and 74% of wins across 695 duels settled. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Chrono Trigger: 16 wins to 17 across 33 duels. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 3 out of 77 (1997).
World rank
no. 72
ELO score
1,850
Wins
74%
Duels played
695
About Final Fantasy VII
The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,850 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Chrono Trigger 48% 33 duels played · 24 points ahead
- against Persona 5 61% 23 duels played · 44 points ahead
- against Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 68% 19 duels played · 57 points behind
- against Final Fantasy III 42% 19 duels played · 25 points ahead
- against Final Fantasy IX 47% 19 duels played · 60 points behind
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Around this spot
The games Final Fantasy VII sits between in the world ranking.
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The standing
Where Final Fantasy VII ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Final Fantasy VII stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 77 (1997).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 72 | 5,035 |
| JRPG | 10 | 228 |
| 1990s | 15 | 659 |
| 1997 | 3 | 77 |
The community
The debate
18 comments
Lynn_2005
My kid picked the party colors before she could even read the menu.
EmileWarden
22nd place, 649 duels, 73% win rate, those numbers barely move duel after duel and I've stopped expecting them to shift much either way at this point.
ComboWarden
Les menus, justement, c'est ce qui m'a le plus étonné en y rejouant.
MertieHunter
Went back to it recently on an emulator, no rose tinted glasses this time, and honestly the systems still hold up better than I expected, the menus especially once you get used to them again
TurboLegend2
Interesting take because Chrono Trigger never made me sit through menus twice, it just moved, this one asks more patience upfront and I think that's the real gap between them.
GhostByte2
Replying to TurboLegend2
Tu trouves vraiment que Chrono Trigger fait plus confiance au joueur, ou c'est juste que le rythme est plus court ?
CoopAce
the materia slotting still teaches you build variety faster than most modern menus manage, that part genuinely aged well
NeonKnight12
Replying to TurboLegend2
Les menus, oui... c'est ce qui m'avait le plus marqué aussi en y retournant.
Frédéric_1997
Et moi les menus, ça m'a jamais gêné, allez savoir.
Celia_44
Mi hermana miraba mientras yo jugaba, y terminó sabiéndose los nombres de todo mejor que yo.
PixelDragon2
Replying to Celia_44
Same, I never rush the world map either, it's the one part I don't mind replaying slowly.
suzanne16
I keep coming back to how much they crammed into that world map, the towns actually felt different from each other, and that's rarer than people admit.
CoopRunner
It sits at 22nd right now and honestly that feels about right given how often it loses close votes lately
BossDragon2
tbh i've only put maybe 15 hrs into it total across yrs, never finished, still get why it's ranked where it is tho