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Game entry

Final Fantasy VII

1997 · JRPG, Adventure · PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3 · Square Enix

Final Fantasy VII is ranked no. 22 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,908 and 74% of duels won.

World rank

no. 22

ELO score

1,908

Wins

74%

Duels played

656

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 1,908 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. Lynn_2005

    My kid picked the party colors before she could even read the menu.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

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