The historic, defining crown jewel of JRPGs. Final Fantasy VII couples the highly customizable socketed Materia magic system and ATB combat with a legendary cyberpunk-fantasy story that permanently changed the industry.

Final Fantasy VII is a historic, epoch-defining JRPG that completely revolutionized the video game industry, bringing cinematic 3D storytelling to the global mainstream. You play as Cloud Strife, a mercenary joining an eco-terrorist group in a cyberpunk Midgar to stop the corporate Shinra company and the legendary Sephiroth. The game's primary mechanical core is its groundbreaking Materia system: players slot magical colored orbs into weapon and armor sockets, allowing players to fully customize spells, passive buffs, summon monsters, and character stat adjustments. The combat merges classic Active Time Battle (ATB) timers with high-tier ultimate attacks called Limit Breaks. Traversal transitions from dense cyberpunk cities to a massive overworld map, featuring diverse mini-games like chocobo breeding.