Un-be-lie-va-ble game!!!
The story is amazing: it begins with a simple "task" to be performed by Cloud Strife (the oh-so-cool hero) and company, and evolves to a complicated, breathtaking, profound plot that is so incredible it should get a Pulitzer (I know, I'm going a little overboard, but still...).
The characters are lovable, to say the least. As the story develops and all the characters are truly revealed, you can't help but get in touch with their feelings, their personalities, their issues. Trust me, you'll end up choosing your favourite three, but they're all amazingly real and well thought.
Since it is an "old" game (1997) you can't expect top-of-the-art graphics or FMV's, but it is good enough a game to look the other way on this one. Still, for its time, it was a hell of a game!!
Music, of couse, was left to the master of all Final Fantasy, Nobuo Uemasu, and he does a great job. Considering the fact that this is a LONG game (with enough secrets to play it over and over), the music should be good enough to listen to and soft enough so that it doesn't bother you when you're stuck on some village. Uemasu is truly an inspiring composer.
I could blab some more, but I think this is enough (MORE than enough, I must say) to get anyone to try this incredible game, one of the best I have ever played. I swear I can't reccomend it enough. If you like RPG's, give Final Fantasy VII a shot, you won't be dissapointed at all...
Oh, and sorry if my english is somewhat poor... I'm from Argentina, so english is not my first language.