Play FF VII in which order?

[St0rmwielder]

Since i've never played FFVII before and also haven't played the Remake yet, what would be the best order here? FF Crisis Core first(since it's a prequel?) or is it more of a "flashback" story after finishing the Remake first? Since i haven't played them i might as well just start playing them in chronological order.

[Gyz]

Crisis core contains massive spoilers for plot twists which haven't even happened in the remake's first part yet. Technically, best would be to play ff7 original, after that either crisis core or the remake wouldn't make much difference.

[steba]

I'd say original VII, Crisis Core, then Remake. Remake at least is definitely best left after the original since narratively it's more like a sequel. It was clearly made with the intention that players had played the original.

[Koby]

I'd say play original FF7, then Crisis Core, then the Remake.

[REIVENTH]

FF7 original 1997, then Crisis Core,then go watch Advent Children movie, then play FF7 Remake since its like a sequel

[Bio]

The proper way is of course release order.
PS1 FF7, Crisis Core, then FF7R

However you could get away with playing
PS1 FF7, then FF7R, then Crisis Core if you want. It's seeming like they want you to play Crisis Core before FF7R2 but I don't think you really need to play it before FF7R1

I've even seen people go
FF7R, then PS1 FF7
but you'll miss out on some nods and implications if you do that. But that might not bother you, and it might be a better entry point for some people who get offput by PS1 graphics before they're invested in the universe idk.

I would probably recommend one of the first two options.

[Spawn]

Originally posted by VENTH85:

FF7 original 1997, then Crisis Core,then go watch Advent Children movie, then play FF7 Remake since its like a sequel

You forgot to mention there's Advent Children, and Advent Children Complete. lol

[stuntrock]

Originally posted by Spawn:

Originally posted by VENTH85:

FF7 original 1997, then Crisis Core,then go watch Advent Children movie, then play FF7 Remake since its like a sequel

You forgot to mention there's Advent Children, and Advent Children Complete. lol

Also Dirge of Cerberus and Before Crisis, but who's counting?

[shade00]

Originally posted by stuntrock:

Originally posted by Spawn:

You forgot to mention there's Advent Children, and Advent Children Complete. lol

Also Dirge of Cerberus and Before Crisis, but who's counting?

the last order, kinda what crisis core is but animated, dirge coming after the events of ff7 with whats become oh hojo and cloud and the group, co exists with the movie advent children

[Bio]

look we don't talk about dirge of cerberus

[Ace]

OG FF7 first, Crisis Core and FF7R last is definitely the best order. It's probably also worth watching Advent Children Complete before FF7R.

[stuntrock]

Originally posted by shade00:

Originally posted by stuntrock:

Also Dirge of Cerberus and Before Crisis, but who's counting?

the last order, kinda what crisis core is but animated, dirge coming after the events of ff7 with whats become oh hojo and cloud and the group, co exists with the movie advent children

Last Order was basically just animated Nibelheim Incident. Still very good though. I hope we get some kind of additional story material for First Soldier and Ever Crisis in some future installments, kinda similar to how KH2 Remix got cinemated remakes of re:Coded and X for 2.8, but I digress.

[stuntrock]

Originally posted by Bio:

look we don't talk about dirge of cerberus

Shh, the multiplayer for it was great.

[shade00]

there is also more FF stuff lost to time, last orders not exactly around as much
there was the japanese mobile phone game played as the turks, storyline to that
so much ff7 based history is out there hard to keep track of it all
and then side stuff thats missable

like ff7 vincents story, and the end outcome to get his true limit break
and an few events that are missable

[anthonychaves79]

Original, Crises Core because it explains who zack is and how did cloud became to be, and then the remake because the remake is more of a sequel to the original.... it makes more sense when you play it. Dirge of Cerberus is forgettable..... and advent children is a movie that wraps up what happens after the original FF7.... idk if the remake is going to have the same ending so I would probably watch it after playing the original FF7 and Crises Core since it also kinda spoils zack in that movie too.... as its obvious that the FF7 Remake is going to a different alternative timeline.

[✪ Sw00pz]

Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Last Order, Classic, Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, Remake, Intergrade.