The PC version corrected almost all of these errors, but also sanitized the game by censoring the most major expletives and having Barret generally speak normal English rather than Ebonics.įor nearly two decades, aside from the PC, this game, like all of Square's output in the fifth and sixth console generations, was only playable on the PlayStation line of consoles, whether it be through backwards compatibility, Emulation, or a port note for the PlayStation 4. This is not helped by the poor translation, whose errors range from horrific spelling/grammar errors ("This guy are sick") to outright misinformation ("Attack while the tail is up"). Squaresoft's change in platform allegiance is said to been a major contribution to the PlayStation's massive success in the Console Wars, with many developers following Square into Sony's camp.įew people completely grasp the plot during the first playthrough even for a RPG, this game can get extremely complicated. Sony was more than willing to permit more "mature" content on its systems coupled with the then-impressive storage capacity of the CD-ROM format, this proved to be much more accommodating to Square's design philosophy than Nintendo's restrictions. Squaresoft (now Square Enix) published Final Fantasy VII on Sony's PlayStation console after a falling-out with Nintendo over the latter's extreme censorship policies (as well as a reported refusal to move away from the industry-standard ROM cartridge, which severely limited the scope of a game).