The remaining members of AVALANCHE-Cloud, Tifa, and Barret-infiltrate Shinra's headquarters to rescue Aeris. The party finds President Shinra dead at his desk President Shinra believes that Aeris can lead him to a mythical land of fertility known as the Promised Land, which he expects to be ripe with easily harvested Mako energy. The Turks finally capture Aeris, who is the last living member of the Cetra, a race closely attuned with the planet, and previously thought extinct. Despite AVALANCHE's efforts to prevent it, Shinra successfully destroys Sector 7, killing its population and three members of AVALANCHE. From him, the party learns that Shinra has discovered the location of AVALANCHE's hideout and plans to collapse the upper level of Sector 7 onto the slums below.
They then meet up with Tifa Lockhart, and the three infiltrate Corneo Hall, the mansion of crime boss Don Corneo. Prompted by the arrival of Shinra's Turks operatives sent to capture Aeris, Cloud agrees to work for Aeris as her bodyguard.Īfter Cloud defends Aeris from her would-be kidnappers, Aeris offers to show him the way back to Sector 7. He lands unharmed on a flower bed, where he is formally introduced to Aeris. Before they can escape the reactor explodes, launching Cloud from the upper levels of Midgar into the slums below. Although their first mission, which was to blow up the Mako Reactor 1, is a success, AVALANCHE is trapped at another reactor during a subsequent raid. The story begins with Cloud joining a group known as AVALANCHE in a series of raids against the Mako reactors that surround the city of Midgar. The Mako Reactor 1 explodes, following a successful raid from AVALANCHE The main antagonist is Cloud's nemesis, Sephiroth, who tries to become a demigod after learning about his origin. Along the way, Cloud gathers a party of people whose lives have been variably affected by Shinra's exploits. The main protagonist and playable character is Cloud Strife, a mercenary who works with the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE in their fight against Shinra. The game's main setting is a planet largely industrialized by the Shinra Electric Power Company, a mega-corporation that profits from mining the planet's natural resources for energy. 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 was the first game of the series that used 3D character models on 2D pre-rendered backgrounds and full-motion video sequences. It is credited with providing mass-market appeal to console RPGs outside of Japan. In 2005, the game received an unlicensed Famicom port exclusive to China.įinal Fantasy VII is widely as one of the most influential and greatest video games of all time, as well as the Final Fantasy series.
The game has its own subseries, the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and a remake for the PlayStation 4, titled Final Fantasy VII Remake.
PlayStation, Windows, iOS/ Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switchįinal Fantasy VII is the seventh installment of the main Final Fantasy series, and it was originally released for the PlayStation in 1997.