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Game Critique: Final Fantasy VII. By: David Liu. Company. Square- Enix -Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo Merger (April 1, 2003) Business Model: “ P olymorphic Content“ D eveloping franchises on all potential hardware. Game Type and Innovations. Turn Based RPG (Role Playing Game)
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Game Critique: Final Fantasy VII By: David Liu
Company • Square-Enix -Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo • Merger (April 1, 2003) • Business Model: “Polymorphic Content“ • Developing franchises on all potential hardware
Game Type and Innovations • Turn Based RPG (Role Playing Game) • Released in 1997 for Sony’s Playstation • First Final Fantasy to use 3D rendering graphics • Switch to Playstation
FFVII Universe • Setting: “The Planet” • Energy Source: Mako Energy (Lifeforce) • Mako Energy is depletable (oil) • Midgar: Metropolis and HQ of Shinra Electric Power Company • Materia: Orbs of Life Energy (Magic) • Summons: Mythical Beasts used to assist in battle
Character Development • “Reverse Backstory” • Protagonist: Cloud Strife • Antagonist: Sephiroth and Shinra Electric Power Company
Combat System • Turn Based Fighting • Limit Break • Active Time Battle (Bar Attack) • Level Up System • Party System
Plot • Shinra vs. AVALANCHE • Cloud, Sephiroth, and Jenova • Casting of Meteor • Complexity
Gameplay • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmj8VFDupus
Soundtrack • Composed by Nobuo Uematsu • First Final Fantasy to use Digitalized Tracks (MIDI) • Speed of Melody
Works Cited • http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/25/square-and-enix-merge • http://editthis.info/beyond_a_wiki/Summons • http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/400/draft_lens17579828module149818915photo_1303868148medium_logo-playstation1. • http://www.enixorigin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/square_enix_logo_black1.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/FFVIIbattlexample.jpg • http://www.my-bestgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ff-vii-charactersffvii-artwork-group-by-giovannimicarelli-on-deviantart-kkk0hh9z.png • VII, Final Fantasy. "Final Fantasy VII." Final Fantasy Series: 160.