The Year of Legends - 10 Best Games Released in 1997
How many timeless hits were released in just one year, 1997? We invite you to join us for an extraordinary journey back in time to the era of the birth of Diablo, Fallout and GTA!
Table of Contents
- The Year of Legends - 10 Best Games Released in 1997
- Fallout
- Grand Theft Auto
- Quake 2
- Final Fantasy 7
- Dungeon Keeper
- Age of Empires
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Ultima Online
- Blade Runner
Final Fantasy 7
- Release date: January 31
- Developer: Square
- Genre: jRPG
- Platform: PlayStation
In the 90s, Poland stands of PC. Consoles were something exotic, and even such an influential medium as Secret Service magazine didn't deal with console game reviews yet. Despite the premiere of Final Fantasy 7 on PlayStation in January 1997, the text about the game appeared only in the summer of 1998, when its port for personal computers was released. But luckily, the game went to a connoisseur and a Japanophile, so the epic story of eco-terrorists, a sinister corporation and the brave Cloud Strife was duly appreciated in our country, as it was around the world.
Final Fantasy 7 was the first game in the series to take full advantage of the CD disc, introducing 3D graphics and Full Motion Video sequences. The Seventh Final was so good in every aspect - graphics, music, plot, gameplay mechanics - that it is credited with popularizing jRPGs worldwide. Although much of this success is also due to a powerful marketing campaign which involved collaboration with, among others, Pepsi, Saturday Night Live, appearances in The Simpsons and DC and Marvel comics. Thanks to such a hype, the Western world in the 1990s. literally pulsed with the atmosphere of FF7, and even without that, the game deservedly entered the group of all-time productions. FF7 has become famous again thanks to the PS4 remake
