FF7 (Final Fantasy 7) seems a little bit overrated game from the FF community makes it out to be. Story was good not perfect however; the game does find a way to keep players entertain. The story could’ve been better in some areas and situation, like for example you only got to fight Rufus once and that it, and he’s this arching villain we only get to see but not even fight a lot.
At the time FF7 did push the limits to what PlayStation was capable at the time with their FMV. The FMV are a bit dated by today standards but man do they look stunning. The only issue is that you can’t skip the FMV’s. The OST to this game is really good, Square Enix should release it officially on Steam.

There was some unnecessary fluff to the game with some of their mini games. Some of the mini games didn’t outstay their welcome while others did. Mini games like Chocobo Racing in order to progress you had to make it to first place, so you didn’t come first it’s a restart. Another one is snowboarding mini game where it seems like it took forever to get anywhere. Let not forget some of the time mini game that was presented in the game, where some wasn’t a major requitement to progress but felt unnecessary like with safe in the mansion in order to get Vincent. These are just some of the examples of the mini games not being engaged and just put in for the sake of it.

The FF7 port should’ve had some TLC to it and should’ve been release as a proper remaster. If you wish to experience the game in HD, and bypass the sign in requitement use 7th heaven. Its hard to get it working on the steam deck but not impossible to get around. The community made a good job at giving the game some TLC, then Square Enix will ever do in their entire life.

Overall the game is pretty solid, just be prepare with some of the unnecessary fluff the game may throw at you.

*If my hours are showing 13 hours gameplay its because i played the title on the steam deck*