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Final Fantasy VII

The 2012 release of Final Fantasy VII made its way to consoles with new Speed-Up, Battle Enhancement, and No Encounter features. It was later brought to PC.

5 December 2015

Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing (rpg) developed by DotEmu, released 5 December 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Final Fantasy VII is

Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by DotEmu and released in 2015. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story takes place on a world whose very lifeforce, a flowing spiritual energy called the Lifestream, sustains all living things. That balance is under threat from the Shinra Electric Power Company, a world-dominating megacorporation headquartered in the sprawling industrial city of Midgar, which drains the Planet's Lifestream to harness its processed form, Mako, slowly killing the world in the process. Standing against them is AVALANCHE, an eco-terrorist group determined to bring Shinra down before it is too late. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra's elite SOLDIER unit turned mercenary, is hired to aid AVALANCHE in a daring strike against one of the company's Mako reactors. In the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy VII is the 206th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Cloud in 2015.

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What it launched against

Final Fantasy VII launched on 5 December 2015, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Rainbow Six Siege. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Rainbow Six Siege.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Final Fantasy VII — frequently asked questions

When did Final Fantasy VII come out?
Final Fantasy VII was released on 5 December 2015 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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