Is Final Fantasy 7 steampunk?

[Electrobubbles87]

Well, is it?

[Grimp]

No.

[The Laundromancer]

Steampunk is a setting / device. It allows for a world to have selective things - things between the modern world and from years gone-by. It's why you can have people sailing in the sky and using magic and a sword and shield and gun, but not have it so that this technology basically revolutionized the way people live to where they aren't doing things like treasure hunting. It's also an aesthetic. So is FF VII steampunk-like? No. It's a modern world. Final Fantasy IX, however, is.

[Udders]

To me FF7 had more of a Neo Tokyo feel than a steampunk feel. Steam punk didn't really come into light til after FF7 with the release of Bioshock.

[Grimp]

I would classify Bioshock as dieselpunk, although it's a less well known -punk. Mid twentieth century nostalgia fueled by petrol with more of an American focus, whereas steampunk is industrial revolution, usually Victorian England or a setting similar in tone, driven by steam engines. The first game that springs to mind is Arcanum.

In as much as FFVII is any punk I would consider it cyberpunk. Some of the features are present, such as the evil megacorporation, some seriously high tech (read sci-fi) technology, and a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ quality of life for a significant swath of the population (high tech, low life – genre staple). That said FFVII mixes themes to such an extent that it comes of as more of a smorgasbord of different themes and genres than any specific one – to me, at least.

[Uber SunTzu]

Originally posted by Udders:

To me FF7 had more of a Neo Tokyo feel than a steampunk feel. Steam punk didn't really come into light til after FF7 with the release of Bioshock.

Why would you pass off random thoughts and assumptions as facts as though you know what you're talking about?

Bioshock isn't steampunk much less the pioneer of steampunk. Anochronistic technology or at least sufficiently advanced technology to appear anochronistic to the casual observer isn't the same thing as steampunk.

The original Wild Wild West tv show is steampunk. Bioshock is just a period piece with sci-fi elements.

[St. Magus]

Originally posted by revolver-:

Well, is it?

Steampunk? No. Cyberpunk? I suppose so.

[MancSoulja]

No lol Most of you don't even know what steampunk is In fact only Ubersuntzu seems to understand.

[The Laundromancer]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

No lol Most of you don't even know what steampunk is :tgrin: In fact only Ubersuntzu seems to understand.

It's the use of anachronistic technology in an aesthetic similar to that of the 19th century - usually Victorian. But it can be a lot of things. FFVII wasn't steampunk per-se, but it did blend a few things in that have that feel in spirit.

[Charlie Love]

Don't you need steam for Steampunk? This game is more cyberpunk than anything.

[BossStompTV]

Sweet jesus @ all of these comments

@OP: no.

[Moolissa]

Originally posted by Ubersuntzu:

Originally posted by Udders:

To me FF7 had more of a Neo Tokyo feel than a steampunk feel. Steam punk didn't really come into light til after FF7 with the release of Bioshock.

Why would you pass off random thoughts and assumptions as facts as though you know what you're talking about?

Bioshock isn't steampunk much less the pioneer of steampunk. Anochronistic technology or at least sufficiently advanced technology to appear anochronistic to the casual observer isn't the same thing as steampunk.

The original Wild Wild West tv show is steampunk. Bioshock is just a period piece with sci-fi elements.

>.< If i poke your ego with this pin will it pop? :D

[Tiradyn]

I'd go with urban distopian fantasy.

[DooG Is Eternal]

more like cyber punk, ff 6 is closer to steam punk