I've never experienced the game before but all the praise and hype is getting me interested. Would playing the original beforehand be a bad idea?
Should I play FF7 now or wait until the remake?
No of course not. The remake is completely different. Play FFVII it's an essential part of game culture for better or worse.
you'll be waiting years for all three parts to come out
Play the original, so you can hate the remake later.
It's only great due to the goofy translation
If you don't actually like RPGs then wait for the remake.
FFVII is the quintessential JRPG in my honest and educated gamer opinion.
You should play it for sure
PLAY THE GAME
Wait 4 the remake
FFVII is great, but it's still a 20 year old first gen PSX RPG, temper your expectations accordingly.
The remake will not be the same game. Just play the original.
Especially because you'll have to keep waiting to know how it ends; I'm pretty sure the original's sales will be boosted after the first remake because people will want to know what happens next.
I played through it for the first time over the summer and loved it. I'd say it mostly holds up well.
Original shit all over the remaster i mean we al know what happened to 8 remastered and it's a pile of human garbage. reimagine my ass that's a fancy way of saying we at cuck enix hate our fans and cater only to zoomers and faggots. We will ruin your game by raping and butchering everything that made it good and give you what's left of the shit sandwich. Fuck you cunts at cuck enix your shit niggers.
Do as you want, but make sure to play the original PS1 version if you do play it. The ports are really bad.
Definitely have a go with the original
What this user said, it's a ps1 game although the gameplay holds up well imo.
Only recently played it for the first time 3years ago and still really enjoyed it.
Wait for the remake. Original FF7 has a lot more value for nostalgia reasons. New players will likely find it "meh" cuz of bad graphics and translation errors.
Daily reminder SquareSoft is rolling in it's grave seeing how final fantasy is raped. SquareSoft is KING!
Go fuck yourself zoomer.
u r a fag and so is OP for even having to ask that question
Midgar remastered
The remake is looking to be essentially a different game inspired by FF7 rather than an actual remake. And they'll release it so slowly that you'll either be waiting a decade or it will become the next Half Life 2: Episode 3. So just play the original and forget about the remake until it's finished.
Don't get mad cuz I'm right. FF7 is my favorite game of all time, but it's cuz my older brother, my father, and I used to play it when I was a babe. I remember how dad refused to buy a memory card and we had to keep the PS1 on for the data not to be erased. Some seriously fond memories that make me love playing it even to this day.
Literally everyone who I've introduced this to who never played it as a kid dropped it midway through the game due to being too boring/outdated. Call those people whatever you want, but my census says new players of it don't prefer it.
I played FFVII for the first time very recently, it holds up just fine