One of the greatest things about PC gaming is the ability to modify games. Since Doom, fan-made sprites, levels, and even tweaks to gameplay can be found for any number of classic and modern PC titles. Recently, games like Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age have received amazingly detailed texture packs for all their characters, improving the graphics incredibly.
I was 21 years old the first time I heard the word “soapland” and upon finding out exactly what one was, I reacted with confusion and disbelief. The concept just seemed too absurd to be true. But really, it shouldn’t have. After all, one of the best-selling and most renowned video games of all time introduced me to soaplands back when I was but a high schooler — even if I didn’t know it at the time. The year was 1997. The game: Final Fantasy VII.
From Shinra HQ to Wall Market, it’s all there. Final Fantasy VII‘s capital city of Midgar. In its entirety. File this one under “Holy S**t”.
Your Final Fantasy VII experience begins with its haunting score, and your Tuesday is about to begin with this A cappella cover of Nobuo Uematsu’s The Shinra Corporation.
Do you have problems pronouncing the people, places and things of Final Fantasy VII? Just follow this simple rule and you can’t go wrong: the way I say it is always correct.
Don’t let that long hair and fine features fool you; Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth is definitely a dude. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/the-very-best-in-cosplay-crystal-graziano”><a href=”Crystal Graziano is definitely not.
As if the Reapers, the Geth and a twisted web of intergalactic political intrigue weren’t enough to deal with, Fan-Fiction.net author Master-of-Mythology has to throw one of Final Fantasy‘s most powerful villains at him. Some days it’s just not worth getting out of bed with Tali.
You’ve heard “One Winged Angel”, the memorable dark melody that plays during Final Fantasy VII‘s Sephiroth’s most chilling moments, but did you know that much of it was inspired by the Latin cantata Carmina Burana?