And since there's a remake coming out why would anyone recomend a version that looks ugly as sin.

The remake wont be out till at least 2017 or 2018. Go ahead and play the original and enough time would have past to enjoy the remake without getting the feeling like your playing the same game you just played.

Play FF9. It is better.

Play the Classic. So you can enjoy all them bad translation stuff like we did. xD

1) Ugly as 'sin' is perspective, game is still great, story and gameplay.

2) He could wait 6 years for the remake to come out because at this stage the remake is probably only concept, let alone coming out next year. The PS4 PC version is meant to be out before the years end, is it not?

They're gonna be changing quite a bit, so if you can suffer through VII as it currently is you might be better off than if you wait for what could very well be Advent Children: The Game.

Personally, I'd say only play it if you're really set on wanting to play THIS FF game. There are few I'd choose VII over to be completely honest, but even something as widely criticized as X did more for me than VII does (and that's after we account for having been spoiled for both years before playing either).

I mean, Legend of Kay got a remake so even the "successful" requirement for remakes isn't true anymore lol

As someone whose favourite ever game is FF7, I feel pretty well equipped to give you an answer. I've also done what you're trying to do now in that I recently played Suikoden II for the first time this year and enjoyed it alot, despite it being a Psone game I'm playing retrospectively.

For you it's sort of a win-win situation if you play the original FF7. You'll either quickly realize that the game has aged poorly and you'll quit and wait for the remake, or you'll enjoy the original and then probably get the remake also. The only negative in that scenario is that you'll have to buy both games but FF7 is only $15 and is frequently on special for half that.

The main concern is that SquareEnix have not made a great RPG in about a decade (with the exception of DQIX which wasn't made internally). You can just google the phrase "square enix sucks now" and read the amount of threads on that subject. Almost every person who made FF7 is gone from the company and what the remake will end up being will probably be a shell of the original. I know this sounds pretty negative and predictable as obviously I have fond memories of the original, but I am almost certain it will unfold this way based on the rhetoric surrounding the game. Square are also outsourcing the FF7 remake to a studio with a pretty lousy track record. I think you're best off buying the original on sale (the remake won't be out for a very, very long time) and taking your chances. Hey, you might not like it. But you might, and I think it's worth finding out. It could be what Suikoden II was for me. At the very least, the game tells a beautiful story, has beautiful music and great systems. If you like buying weapons, maintaining a party and learning abilities, this game does that masterfully. None of these aspects have aged at all. The only thing that's aged are the character models. Even the environments still look great as they are prerendered.

I just think you guys are being assholes by rushing OP to play the likely worse version of a game that's aged like bad cheese.

And MISTER listen don't bother bringing my age or experience into question, I can be under 20 and have valid opinions on games older than myself if I play a lot on emulators and spend enough time on the internet.

Admittedly SIR I didn't beat this FF but from the ones that I did finish I can tell that the quality of these games is inflated cause people played them when they were baby children therefore the best course of action if you're playing them now is playing the best possible version, I mean let's put this "SE sucks" shit aside a version that's better looking, better sounding, has the same story and plays differently(though let's face it it's either ATB or the FFXV system) will probably be better than a PS1 game.

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I'm gonna say get it. A lot of remakes tend to alter things in ways. Take the RE1 remake. To make the game feel more natural. A lot of the camp and the ridicules cut scenes were dropped. Even some missions were streamlined. So more dialog was dropped. I say play the original. Then you can judge the remake, on a better understanding the material. Just ignore the "crappy" graphics. You aren't gonna die for playing it. If the remake takes something out. And reviewers give it bad scores. You'll understand their posisions.