Retronauts Episode 206: Final Fantasy VII (Pt. 1)
Added 2019-03-04 19:11:00 +0000 UTCJust in time for the upcoming release of the game on non-Sony consoles for the first time, the usual Final Fantasy deep-dive crew (myself, Bob, Kohler, and Kat) dives deep into the biggest Final Fantasy of all. Yep, the seventh one. We went into this one knowing that there was no way for us to cover all our bases in a single episode, so what you have here is the first of two episodes on the game. The second part will actually be along later this month so that (1) you don't have to wait long to hear the rest or (2) you can get it out of the way sooner... depending on your view of the game. Anyway, I feel like we do justice to the topic here, but personally for me it's just us clearing the decks before we get to the really good stuff: Tactics and VIII. That's just me, though.
Speaking of Tactics, I'll be soliciting mailbag submissions on that one this week. Keep your eye on the Retronauts blog!—Jeremy
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This is not a complaint, but a note about the libsyn survey, I can see the ads will be US-centric (the "ethnicity" dropdown is a dead giveaway) in any case, I'm not sure I'll contribute towards getting that sweet sweet ad-targeting to meeeee by answering it (being from Finland). Is there no international podcast market(ing)? :-)
Eino Keskitalo
2019-03-14 06:20:58 +0000 UTCA real sweet spot in FF art direction. I really like the look of 6 and 7. Both are steampunk I suppose, but I like this period when FF was transitioning away from more traditional medieval fantasy, but before it got too glam-rock and fashion orientated. Before the dark times....Before Nomura.
2019-03-06 22:51:32 +0000 UTCI never had a Play Station, but in 97-98 I was keenly observing my high school friends play this new amazing expansive game with incredible cut scenes! So in 2003, I had a roommate with a PS2, and I finally got to play. I only made to Mt. Corel before we parted ways. (I am sure I kept a memory card with my progress, but who knows where that went to.) In 2009 I had a PS3, bought FF7 on PSN and started again. Each experience was just as exciting as the previous! So then, about 50 hours in, my original fat PS3 dies, no revival... all data was lost. So I sent it to Sony and had it fixed, and started again! A long fractured journey, but totally worth it! Glad to hear your discussion!
Christopher Hughes
2019-03-05 17:41:30 +0000 UTCI remember Guybrush Threepwood on alt.games.final-fantasy ! Those were the days when you waited two or three hours to download a 10 MB realmedia video from Andrew Vestal’s unofficial squaresoft page. FF7 looks so dated now; flat shaded polygons running at 10-15 FPS...
John Simon
2019-03-05 02:35:42 +0000 UTCReally looking forward to listening to this: FF7 is one of the Hallmark games of my college years. My roommate worked at Funcoland so those years were a deep-dive into videogames. I had never heard of Final Fantasy when he brought it home. He was so much better at games than I was so I would watch him play. From Golden chocobos to Knights of the Round to the special extra enemies he grinded them all. And I had fun watching. This made me find and play FF6 on emulator and trudge to obscure comic shows to buy the (then) $50 soundtrack which I still play to this day. Looking forward to Future Final Fantasy episodes. Thank you for everything!
VanDiagram
2019-03-04 23:08:12 +0000 UTCPlayed ff7 some on a friend's psx, but didn't really get into it until the Eidos pc version. I remember dealing with an upside down video bug and running out to buy a 3d graphics card (voodoo2 I think) it also let me load custom midi fonts to my soundblaster. I finished it using a Gravis gamepad. My partner played it and loved it too, but never got passed the chocobo racing/breeding. By which I mean she got near the end, didn't want it to end and just kept playing with chocobos until we moved on to Baldur's Gate.
Jessie Cook
2019-03-04 19:48:30 +0000 UTC
