Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24725 in Video Games
• Brand: EA
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD-ROM

Customer Reviews

Good game but bad edition
If I recall Correctly, EA used to distribute games for Squaresoft in SE asia, so it might be possible that this version is genuine.
However BEWARE because this version doesn't work with Windows XP and Vista as well as with recent videocards.

DO Not Buy
BEWARE game does not run properly on anything newer than Win XP pre service pack 2. Most of the patches do not really fix the problems. Second Win 95 through ME are no longer supported or sold by Microsoft so drivers are impossible. Square Enix (Squaresoft) no longer support these games and will not help you neither will EA or Edios. I have tried to get this game running for 6 weeks and still no luck and none of the companies above will return my call. This game should be taken off the market and companies selling it should be sued under the lemon law as they all know this game is no longer supported and will not work with about 98% of the computers out there. By the way don't fall for running it on a virtual Machine. I have tried them all with the same out come. They dont have directdraw support or there are sound issues that are not repairable or any number of other issues.

Love FFVII, hate this version (2.5 stars)
I saw Advent Children and immediately fell in love with it. I wanted to play Final Fantasy VII, but at the time didn't have a PS1 or PS2. So I bought the PC version as a quick and relatively cheap alternative, and now I kind of regret it.

First off, it does NOT run right on windows xp. It is EXTREMELY buggy on my xp machine. There are patches out there to fix the bugs, but having to install patches makes the game no fun. The bugs detract from this amazing game.

The game itself is great and all there, and I love it to death. But the version is terrible. I have fun playing it when it's not acting up, but when it does, I'm ready to throw it out the window. The music sounds awful on my computer speakers (so laptop users beware). And the controls are a nightmare. I installed the game on my laptop before I realized that all of the controls are on the number pad, which a laptop of course does not have. So I had to spend another $16 on a USB keyboard. That allowed me to control the character, but the controls are still a real pain and hard to master. Half of the time I have to press two buttons at the same time (I wish I had a joystick), and going up a ladder is challenging. The controls alone turned my friend off to this version.

This game is DEFINITELY NOT worth $140! I bought it for $50, and it wasn't worth that! Installation was kind of a pain (I had to get my computer-savvy friend to help me), and overall, it is a real disappointment. Now that I have a PS2, I am going to fork out the money and buy the PS1 version (used), and I would advise everyone to do the same. Unless you have a spare Windows 95 machine kicking around, this game is too buggy to be worth the money (especially since I've heard that some of the bugs and glitches later on prohibit game play). I hate to buy this game twice, especially since it's so much money. But I'd rather buy the PS1 version than stick through this buggy mess.